Restoring America's Faith and Trust Act
Latest action · Nov 29, 2011 Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
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.
- IntroducedNov 18, 2011
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Restoring America's Faith and Trust Act - Makes rescissions in the discretionary budget authority for FY2012-FY2014. Limits increases in total new budget authority after FY2013 to the percentage by which the U.S. gross domestic product increases from the previous year.
Directs the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to take appropriate measures to ensure that the total number of federal employees does not exceed the total number of such employees as of October 1, 2007. Requires such reduction to be achieved through voluntary separation of employees. Allows the President to waive requirements for the reduction of the federal workforce upon a determination that the existence of a state of war or other national security concern or the existence of an extraordinary emergency threatening life, health, public safety, property, or the environment so requires.
Requires the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) to conduct a Federal Real Property Disposal Program for the disposal of surplus real property.
Requires the Secretary of the Interior to offer for sale at fair market value certain lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary that are located in states where more than 50% of the total land area is federally-owned. Requires the net proceeds from the sale of such lands to be used for the reduction of the public debt.
Requires the Director of OMB to submit a plan to Congress for the phased-in expiration of all federal programs every three years. Requires any federal program scheduled to expire to be reauthorized by an act of Congress.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 4
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 Nov 18, 2011 |
| House | Appropriations Committee | Referred Nov 18, 2011 |
| House | Budget Committee | Referred Nov 18, 2011 |
| House | Natural Resources Committee | Referred Nov 18, 2011 |
| Federal Lands Subcommittee | Referred Nov 29, 2011 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Nov 29, 2011Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
- Nov 18, 2011Introduced in House
- Nov 18, 2011Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on Appropriations, the Budget, and Natural Resources, 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.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H7891.
Related bills 6
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1476 | Federal Workforce Reduction and Reform Act of 2011 | Related bill | Aug 2, 2011 |
| S 1611 | Reducing the Size of the Federal Government Through Attrition Act of 2011 | Related bill | Sep 22, 2011 |
| S 1936 | Implementation of Simpson-Bowles Spending Reductions Act of 2011 | Related bill | Dec 1, 2011 |
| HR 2114 | Reducing the Size of the Federal Government Through Attrition Act of 2011 | Related bill | Jun 20, 2011 |
| HR 3029 | Reducing the Size of the Federal Government Through Attrition Act of 2011 | Related bill | Dec 19, 2011 |
| HR 3487 | Job Creation Act of 2011 | Related bill | Mar 29, 2012 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To restore faith and trust in the United States economy and financial system by reducing Federal spending, reducing the size of the Federal workforce, liquidating certain property and assets of the Federal Government, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Restoring America's Faith and Trust Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Budget deficits and national debt
- Congressional oversight
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government buildings, facilities, and property
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government information and archives
- Government Operations and Politics
- Land transfers
- Public contracts and procurement
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Nov 18, 2011Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
