,,iv  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,h4 ,,res4 #afj  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of
 ,,representatives  ,april #ae1 #bjac   
,mr4 ,gardner 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,peters
 of ,michigan1 ,mr4 ,flores1 ,mr4       
,renacci1 ,mr4 ,hanna1 ,mr4 ,carney1    
,mr4 ,coffman1 ,mr4 ,barber1 ,mr4       
,delaney1 ,mr4 ,himes1 ,mr4 ,polis1     
,mrs4 ,hartzler1 ,mr4 ,terry1 ,mr4      
,lankford1 ,mr4 ,gerlach1 ,mr4          
,benishek1 ,mr4 ,yoder1 and ,mr4 ,lance7
 submitted the following resolution2    
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,rules  ,,resolution  ,amending the     
,rules of the ,house of ,representatives
 to require authorizing committees to   
hold annual hearings on ,,gao           
investigative reports on the            
identification1 consolidation1 and      
elimination of duplicative ,government  
programs4  #a4 ,short title ,this       
resolution may be cited as the          
,congressional ,oversight to ,start     
,taxpayer ,savings ,resolution or the   
,,cost ,savings ,resolution4  #b4       

,requiring committee hearings on gao    
investigative reports ,clause #b of rule
 ,x of the ,rules of the ,house of      
,representatives is amended by adding at
 the end the following new paragraph3   
7f7 ,within #ij calendar days after the 
,comptroller ,general transmits each    
annual report to ,congress identifying  
programs1 agencies1 offices1 and        
initiatives with duplicative goals and  
activities within the ,government       
pursuant to section #ba of the joint    
resolution of ,february #ab1 #bjaj1     
increasing the statutory limit on the   
public debt 7,public ,law #aaa-aci71    
each standing committee 7except the     
,committee on ,appropriations7 with     
jurisdiction over any such program or   
agency covered by that report shall     
conduct hearings on the recommendations 
for consolidation and elimination of    
such program or agency4 4