COST Savings Resolution
Latest action · Apr 15, 2013 Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.
- IntroducedApr 15, 2013
- Agreed to in HouseNot reached
Summary
Congressional Oversight to Start Taxpayer Savings Resolution or COST Savings Resolution - Amends Rule X (Organization of Committees) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require each standing committee (except the Committee on Appropriations) with the proper jurisdiction, after the Comptroller General reports annually to Congress on federal programs, agencies, offices, and initiatives with duplicative goals and activities, to conduct hearings on the report's recommendations for consolidation and elimination of the program or agency.
Cosponsors 22
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 15, 2013 to Jun 6, 2013; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | Bill Flores | Original | Apr 15, 2013 |
| R-MI | Dan Benishek | Original | Apr 15, 2013 |
| D-MI | Gary C. Peters | Original | Apr 15, 2013 |
| D-CT | James A. Himes | Original | Apr 15, 2013 |
| R-OH | James B. Renacci | Original | Apr 15, 2013 |
| R-OK | James Lankford | Original | Apr 15, 2013 |
| D-CO | Jared Polis | Original | Apr 15, 2013 |
| R-PA | Jim Gerlach | Original | Apr 15, 2013 |
| D-DE | John C. Carney, Jr. | Original | Apr 15, 2013 |
| D-MD | John K. Delaney | Original | Apr 15, 2013 |
| R-KS | Kevin Yoder | Original | Apr 15, 2013 |
| R-NE | Lee Terry | Original | Apr 15, 2013 |
| R-NJ | Leonard Lance | Original | Apr 15, 2013 |
| R-CO | Mike Coffman | Original | Apr 15, 2013 |
| R-NY | Richard L. Hanna | Original | Apr 15, 2013 |
| D-AZ | Ron Barber | Original | Apr 15, 2013 |
| R-MO | Vicky Hartzler | Original | Apr 15, 2013 |
| R-CA | Ken Calvert | Apr 16, 2013 | |
| R-WV | David B. McKinley | Apr 24, 2013 | |
| R-IN | Todd Rokita | May 8, 2013 | |
| R-WY | Cynthia M. Lummis | May 15, 2013 | |
| R-MS | Alan Nunnelee | Jun 6, 2013 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Rules Committee | Referred Apr 15, 2013 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 15, 2013Introduced in House
- Apr 15, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require authorizing committees to hold annual hearings on GAO investigative reports on the identification, consolidation, and elimination of duplicative Government programs.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- COST Savings Resolution
- Congressional Oversight to Start Taxpayer Savings Resolution
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 15, 2013Introduced in House
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