,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eaib  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bd1 #bjad ,mr4
 ,webster of ,florida introduced the    
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,oversight and        
,government ,reform1 and in addition to 
the ,committee on the ,judiciary1 for a 
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
provide for incentives for agencies and 
the judiciary to increase operating     
efficiency4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act
 may be cited as the ,to ,help ,reduce  
,inefficient ,federal ,tendencies ,act  
of #bjad or as the ,,thrift ,act of     
#bjad4  #b4 ,agency incentive and       
savings program  7a7 ,purpose ,in order 
to provide an incentive for agencies and
 the judicial branch to re-engineer     
business processes and otherwise        
increase operating efficiency1 it is the

 intent of the ,congress to allow       
agencies and the judicial branch to     
retain a portion of the savings produced
 by internally generated agency or      
judicial branch program efficiencies and
 cost reductions4  7b7 ,retention of    
funds ,to be eligible to retain funds1  
an agency or the ,chief ,justice of the 
,supreme ,court must submit a plan and  
an associated request to amend its      
approved operating budget to the        
committees of ,congress having          
jurisdiction over appropriations        
specifying--  7#a7 the modifications to 
approved programs resulting in          
efficiencies and cost savings2  7#b7 the
 amount and source of the funds and     
positions saved2  7#c7 the specific     
positions1 rate1 amounts1 and sources of
 funds the agency or the judicial branch
 wishes to include in its incentive     
expenditures2  7#d7 how the agency or   
the judicial branch will meet the goals 
and objectives established in its       
strategic plans2  7#e7 how the agency or

 the judicial branch will meet          
performance standards1 including those  
in its performance plans2 and  7#f7 any 
other incentive expenditures which the  
agency or the judicial branch believes  
will enhance its performance4  7c7      
,submission to ,congress ,all plans and 
budget amendments submitted to the      
committees of ,congress having          
jurisdiction over appropriations        
pursuant to this section shall be       
delivered at least #cj days prior to the
 date of the committee meetings at which
 the request will be considered4  7d7   
,determination ,in determining the      
amount the agency or the judicial branch
 will be allowed to retain1 the         
committees shall consider the actual    
savings projected for the current budget
 year and the annualized savings4  7e7  
,amount of funding retained ,the amount 
to be retained by the agency or the     
judicial branch shall be no less than #e
 percent and no more than #be percent of
 the annual savings and may be used by  

the agency or the judicial branch for   
salary increases1 including awards      
authorized in section #deab of title #e1
 ,united ,states ,code1 or other        
expenditures specified in the agency's  
or the judicial branch's plan if the    
salary increases or other expenditures  
do not create a recurring cost to the   
,treasury in excess of the recurring    
savings achieved by the agency or the   
judicial branch in the plan4  7f7       
,submission of budget request ,each     
agency or judicial branch allowed to    
retain funds pursuant to this section   
shall submit in its next budget request 
a schedule showing how it used such     
funds4