HR 5499 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Agency Accountability Act of 2016

Introduced Jun 16, 2016 Originated House Sponsor Gary J. Palmer R-AL

Latest action · Jun 21, 2016 Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.

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 16, 2016
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Agency Accountability Act of 2016

This bill requires any agency that receives a fee, fine, penalty, or proceeds from a settlement to deposit the amount in the general fund of the Treasury. The funds may not be used unless the funding is provided in advance in an appropriations bill.

Any amounts deposited during the fiscal year in which this bill is enacted may not be obligated during the fiscal year and must be used for deficit reduction.

The bill amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require offsetting receipts and collections to be treated as revenue. (Offsetting receipts and collections are funds collected by agencies from other government accounts or from the public in businesslike or market-oriented transactions. Under current law, the collections are treated as negative budget authority and outlays rather than revenue and may be used to offset spending for budget enforcement purposes.)

The requirements of the bill do not apply to the U.S. Postal Service or the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and the Director of the USPTO must submit annually to Congress a report describing any fee, fine, penalty, or proceeds from a settlement collected by the USPTO during the previous year.

Cosponsors 95

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 16, 2016 to Sep 22, 2016; 65 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-WV	Alexander X. Mooney	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-KY	Andy Barr	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-GA	Austin Scott	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-GA	Barry Loudermilk	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-TX	Bill Flores	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-AL	Bradley Byrne	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-TX	Brian Babin	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-AR	Bruce Westerman	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-MI	Dan Benishek	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-FL	Daniel Webster	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-AZ	David Schweikert	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-CA	Devin Nunes	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-CA	Doug LaMalfa	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-WI	Glenn Grothman	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-PA	Glenn Thompson	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-VA	H. Morgan Griffith	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-UT	Jason Chaffetz	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-MO	Jason Smith	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-TX	Jeb Hensarling	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-SC	Jeff Duncan	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-OK	Jim Bridenstine	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-OH	Jim Jordan	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-GA	Jody B. Hice	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-MI	John R. Moolenaar	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-TX	John Ratcliffe	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-CO	Ken Buck	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-TX	Kevin Brady	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-TX	Lamar Smith	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-TX	Louie Gohmert	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-IN	Luke Messer	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-NC	Mark Meadows	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-SC	Mark Sanford	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-NC	Mark Walker	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-OK	Markwayne Mullin	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-IN	Marlin A. Stutzman	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-UT	Mia B. Love	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-SC	Mick Mulvaney	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-MI	Mike Bishop	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-AL	Mo Brooks	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-TX	Pete Sessions	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-IL	Peter J. Roskam	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-TX	Randy K. Weber, Sr.	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-ID	Raul R. Labrador	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-NC	Renee L. Ellmers	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-NC	Richard Hudson	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-GA	Rick W. Allen	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-UT	Rob Bishop	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-IA	Rod Blum	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-TX	Roger Williams	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-FL	Ron DeSantis	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-TN	Scott DesJarlais	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-NJ	Scott Garrett	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-PA	Scott Perry	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-OH	Steve Chabot	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-LA	Steve Scalise	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-TX	Ted Poe	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-FL	Ted S. Yoho	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-KS	Tim Huelskamp	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-OK	Tom Cole	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-CA	Tom McClintock	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-MS	Trent Kelly	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-NC	Virginia Foxx	Original	Jun 16, 2016
R-WA	Dan Newhouse		Jun 21, 2016
R-MI	David A. Trott		Jun 21, 2016
R-TX	Pete Olson		Jun 22, 2016
R-NH	Frank C. Guinta		Jul 14, 2016
R-TX	Blake Farenthold		Sep 6, 2016
R-CO	Mike Coffman		Sep 6, 2016
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt		Sep 6, 2016
R-IA	David Young		Sep 7, 2016
R-IN	Todd Rokita		Sep 7, 2016
R-NC	Patrick T. McHenry		Sep 8, 2016
R-TX	Will Hurd		Sep 9, 2016
R-MD	Andy Harris		Sep 12, 2016
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.		Sep 12, 2016
R-SD	Kristi L. Noem		Sep 12, 2016
R-AZ	Trent Franks		Sep 12, 2016
R-VA	Dave Brat		Sep 13, 2016
R-FL	Dennis A. Ross		Sep 13, 2016
R-GA	Earl L. "Buddy" Carter		Sep 13, 2016
R-MI	Tim Walberg		Sep 13, 2016
R-GA	Tom Graves		Sep 13, 2016
R-VA	J. Randy Forbes		Sep 15, 2016
R-TX	John Abney Culberson		Sep 15, 2016
R-LA	Ralph Lee Abraham		Sep 15, 2016
R-OK	Steve Russell		Sep 15, 2016
R-OH	Warren Davidson		Sep 15, 2016
R-OH	James B. Renacci		Sep 21, 2016
R-MN	Tom Emmer		Sep 21, 2016
R-TX	K. Michael Conaway		Sep 22, 2016
R-TN	Marsha Blackburn		Sep 22, 2016
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler		Sep 22, 2016

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 Jun 16, 2016
House	Judiciary Committee	Referred Jun 16, 2016
	Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee	Referred Jun 21, 2016
House	Budget Committee	Referred Jun 16, 2016
House	Rules Committee	Referred Jun 16, 2016

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 21, 2016Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
Jun 16, 2016Introduced in House
Jun 16, 2016Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, the Budget, and 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.

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 9, Clause 7 of the Constitution gives Congress control of government spending.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 162, no. 96, June 16, 2016, page H3967.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 114-127	RESTORING THE POWER OF THE PURSE: LEGISLATIVE OPTIONS104 pages	Oversight and Government Reform Committee	Dec 1, 2016

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 3199	Agency Accountability Act of 2016	Related bill	Jul 13, 2016

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To require the appropriation of funds to use a fee, fine, penalty, or proceeds from a settlement received by a Federal agency, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Agency Accountability Act of 2016

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jun 16, 2016Introduced in House

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