SWEEP Act
Latest action · Jun 24, 2010 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1187-1188)
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 22, 2010
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Stop Waste by Eliminating Excessive Programs Act of 2010 or the SWEEP Act - Declares that it shall not be in order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any legislation that authorizes a program unless it provides budget authority for the program for 10 or fewer fiscal years.
Requires a federal agency to make the program performance report for each program under its control available to Congress upon request.
Establishes the Federal Program Sunset Commission, which shall: (1) submit to Congress a report analyzing the interaction between authorizing legislation and appropriations legislation and the effects of such interaction; (2) establish a schedule to review each activity or project (program) listed in the program and financing schedules of the annual federal budget every 10 years; (3) conduct a review of the efficiency of operation and public need for each such program according to that schedule; and (4) annually report to Congress on the programs reviewed, including recommendations regarding whether each program should be abolished or reorganized and whether the functions of any programs should be consolidated, transferred, or reorganized in an agency or among agencies and proposals for appropriate administrative or legislative action. Terminates the Commission 11 years after this Act's enactment unless reauthorized.
Requires the Comptroller General: (1) in cooperation with the Director of the Congressional Research Service (CRS), to submit to Congress and update annually an inventory of all federal programs, with budgetary information to be provided by the Director of the Congressional Budget Office (CBO); and (2) organize the inventory by program areas that are reflective of national needs and agency missions and that are appropriate for the exercise of the review requirements of this Act. Requires the Comptroller General, the Director of CRS, and the Director of CBO to permit the mutual exchange of information that would aid in inventory compilation.
Sets forth requirements for, and procedures for congressional consideration of, proposed legislation to abolish programs.
Cosponsors 39
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 22, 2010 to Sep 16, 2010; 29 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-CA | Adam B. Schiff | Original | Jun 22, 2010 |
| D-FL | Allen Boyd | Original | Jun 22, 2010 |
| D-IN | Baron P. Hill | Original | Jun 22, 2010 |
| D-TN | Bart Gordon | Original | Jun 22, 2010 |
| D-CO | Betsy Markey | Original | Jun 22, 2010 |
| D-AL | Bobby Bright | Original | Jun 22, 2010 |
| D-IN | Brad Ellsworth | Original | Jun 22, 2010 |
| D-OH | Charles A. Wilson | Original | Jun 22, 2010 |
| D-OK | Dan Boren | Original | Jun 22, 2010 |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | Original | Jun 22, 2010 |
| D-MD | Frank Kratovil, Jr. | Original | Jun 22, 2010 |
| D-AZ | Harry E. Mitchell | Original | Jun 22, 2010 |
| D-NC | Heath Shuler | Original | Jun 22, 2010 |
| D-TX | Henry Cuellar | Original | Jun 22, 2010 |
| D-CA | Jane Harman | Original | Jun 22, 2010 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Jun 22, 2010 |
| House | Rules Committee | Referred Jun 22, 2010 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 24, 2010Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1187-1188)
- Jun 22, 2010Introduced in House
- Jun 22, 2010Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
- Jun 22, 2010Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Jun 22, 2010Referred to House Rules
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House · Extensions | Debate and remarks E1187, H4781 | Glenn C. Nye D-VA, Joe Wilson R-SC | Jun 24, 2010 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To create a means to review and abolish Federal programs that are inefficient, duplicative, or in other ways wasteful of taxpayer funds.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Stop Waste by Eliminating Excessive Programs Act of 2010
- SWEEP Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 22, 2010Introduced in House
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