Stay in Place, Cut the Waste Act of 2013
Latest action · Jul 10, 2013 Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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.
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.
- IntroducedJul 10, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Stay in Place, Cut the Waste Act of 2013 - Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to: (1) review and report on the extent to which federal agencies have reduced travel expenses by the use of video conferencing pursuant to Executive Order 13589 and OMB Memorandum 12-12-12; (2) develop a plan for fiscal years beginning with FY2017 to use video conferencing to achieve the lesser of a 50% reduction in federal agency travel expenses below FY2013 levels, or the greatest reduction in such expenses that the Director considers feasible; and (3) rescind amounts made available for travel expenses that are proposed for reduction under this Act.
Cosponsors 53
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 10, 2013 to Feb 27, 2014; 7 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-PA | Glenn Thompson | Original | Jul 10, 2013 |
| D-UT | Jim Matheson | Original | Jul 10, 2013 |
| D-GA | John Barrow | Original | Jul 10, 2013 |
| D-CA | Julia Brownley | Original | Jul 10, 2013 |
| R-CO | Mike Coffman | Original | Jul 10, 2013 |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Original | Jul 10, 2013 |
| R-AR | Tim Griffin | Original | Jul 10, 2013 |
| D-CA | Jared Huffman | Jul 16, 2013 | |
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Jul 16, 2013 | |
| R-MI | Kerry L. Bentivolio | Jul 16, 2013 | |
| D-OR | Kurt Schrader | Jul 16, 2013 | |
| D-ME | Michael H. Michaud | Jul 16, 2013 | |
| R-SC | Mick Mulvaney | Jul 16, 2013 | |
| R-CA | Paul Cook | Jul 16, 2013 | |
| D-MN | Richard M. Nolan | Jul 16, 2013 | |
| R-IL | Rodney Davis | Jul 16, 2013 | |
| D-GA | Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. | Jul 16, 2013 | |
| D-NY | Sean Patrick Maloney | Jul 16, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Tony Cárdenas | Jul 16, 2013 | |
| D-NY | William L. Owens | Jul 16, 2013 | |
| R-IL | Adam Kinzinger | Jul 17, 2013 | |
| D-PA | Chaka Fattah | Jul 17, 2013 | |
| R-PA | Charles W. Dent | Jul 17, 2013 | |
| D-IL | Cheri Bustos | Jul 17, 2013 | |
| R-NY | Christopher P. Gibson | Jul 17, 2013 | |
| D-IA | David Loebsack | Jul 17, 2013 | |
| I-AZ | Kyrsten Sinema | Jul 17, 2013 | |
| R-KS | Lynn Jenkins | Jul 17, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Raul Ruiz | Jul 17, 2013 | |
| R-WI | Reid J. Ribble | Jul 17, 2013 | |
| R-PA | Scott Perry | Jul 17, 2013 | |
| R-NJ | Jon Runyan | Jul 19, 2013 | |
| R-IN | Todd Young | Jul 24, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Ami Bera | Sep 12, 2013 | |
| D-NY | Daniel B. Maffei | Sep 12, 2013 | |
| D-TX | Gene Green | Sep 25, 2013 | |
| D-NH | Ann M. Kuster | Oct 8, 2013 | |
| R-OH | Bill Johnson | Dec 12, 2013 | |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Dec 19, 2013 | |
| D-CA | Scott H. Peters | Dec 19, 2013 | |
| R-NY | Tom Reed | Dec 19, 2013 | |
| D-IL | Bradley Scott Schneider | Jan 10, 2014 | |
| R-OH | David P. Joyce | Jan 10, 2014 | |
| R-GA | Jack Kingston | Jan 10, 2014 | |
| R-IN | Susan W. Brooks | Jan 27, 2014 | |
| D-AZ | Ron Barber | Jan 28, 2014 | |
| R-MO | Sam Graves | Jan 28, 2014 | |
| R-TN | Diane Black | Jan 31, 2014 | |
| D-NC | Mike McIntyre | Jan 31, 2014 | |
| R-GA | Rob Woodall | Jan 31, 2014 | |
| R-OH | Robert E. Latta | Jan 31, 2014 | |
| D-CA | Alan S. Lowenthal | Feb 27, 2014 | |
| R-PA | Jim Gerlach | Feb 27, 2014 |
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 Jul 10, 2013 |
| House | Appropriations Committee | Referred Jul 10, 2013 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 10, 2013Introduced in House
- Jul 10, 2013Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, 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 H4370.
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide for a review of efforts to reduce Federal agency travel expenses through the use of video conferencing and a plan to achieve additional reductions in such expenses through the use of video conferencing, to implement such plan through rescissions of appropriations, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Stay in Place, Cut the Waste Act of 2013
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 10, 2013Introduced in House
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