Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act of 2019
Latest action · Jun 9, 2020 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 478.
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.
- IntroducedOct 17, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act of 2019
This bill temporarily expands the awards program for cost-saving identifications by federal employees of fraud, waste, or mismanagement to include identifications of surplus salaries and expenses funds.
Savings resulting from such identifications shall generally be used for deficit reduction, but agencies may retain up to 10% of such savings for the purpose of paying cash awards to employees for making the identifications. An officer may not receive such award if the officer (1) serves in a position at level one of the Executive Schedule; (2) is the head of an agency; or (3) is a commissioner, board member, or other voting member of an independent establishment.
Cosponsors 8
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 17, 2019 to Oct 28, 2019; 5 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Original | Oct 17, 2019 |
| R-IA | Joni Ernst | Original | Oct 17, 2019 |
| D-CO | Michael F. Bennet | Original | Oct 17, 2019 |
| R-UT | Mike Lee | Original | Oct 17, 2019 |
| R-OH | Rob Portman | Original | Oct 17, 2019 |
| R-CO | Cory Gardner | Oct 22, 2019 | |
| R-WY | Michael B. Enzi | Oct 22, 2019 | |
| R-PA | Patrick J. Toomey | Oct 28, 2019 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Oct 17, 2019Markup Nov 6, 2019Reported Jun 9, 2020 |
Actions 5
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 9, 2020Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with amendments. With written report No. 116-231. Minority views filed.
- Jun 9, 2020Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 478.
- Nov 6, 2019Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Oct 17, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Oct 17, 2019Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Nov 21, 2019S. 2618, Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act of 2019As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on November 6, 2019
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 1830 | Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act of 2017 | Reintroduction of | Sep 19, 2017 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- A bill to strengthen employee cost savings suggestions programs within the Federal Government.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act of 2019
- Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate
- Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act of 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Appropriations
- Budget deficits and national debt
- Budget process
- Congressional oversight
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal officials
- Fraud offenses and financial crimes
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government studies and investigations
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 9, 2020Reported to Senate
- Oct 17, 2019Introduced in Senate
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.
