,,ib  ,union ,calendar ,no4 #bdf  #aaeth
 ,,congress  #ast ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #cgh
  ,report ,no4 #aae-cda  ,,in ,,the     
,,house ,,of ,,representatives  ,january
 #i1 #bjag ,mr4 ,fleischmann 7for       
himself and ,mr4 ,cooper7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was referred to  
the ,committee on ,oversight and        
,government ,reform  ,october #aj1 #bjag
 ,reported with an amendment1 committed 
to the ,committee of the ,whole ,house  
on the ,state of the ,union1 and ordered
 to be printed ,strike out all after the
 enacting clause and insert the part    
printed in italic ,for text of          
introduced bill1 see copy of bill as    
introduced on ,january #i1 #bjag  ,a    
,,bill  ,to amend title #e1 ,united     
,states ,code1 to enhance the authority 
under which ,federal agencies may pay   
cash awards to employees for making cost
 saving disclosures1 and for other      
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,bonuses for        
,cost-,cutters ,act of #bjag4  #b4 ,cost

 savings enhancements  7a7 ,definitions 
,section #deaa of title #e1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended--  7#a7 in the
 section heading1 by striking           
,definition and inserting ,definitions2 
and  7#b7 in subsection 7a7--  7,a7 by  
striking the period at the end and      
inserting 2 and2  7,b7 by striking this 
subchapter1 the term and inserting the  
following3 8this subchapter--  7#a7 the 
term  2 and  7,c7 by adding at the end  
the following3  7#b7 the term wasteful  
expenses means amounts made available   
for salaries and expenses accounts1     
operations and maintenance accounts1 or 
other equivalent accounts--  7,a7 that  
are identified by an employee of the    
agency under section #deab7;a7 as       
wasteful2 and  7,b7 that the ,chief     
,financial ,officer of the agency       
determines are not required for the     
purpose for which the amounts were made 
available4  4  7b7 ,authority ,section  
#deab of title #e1 ,united ,states      
,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 in subsection  

7a7--  7,a7 by inserting ,the head of an
 agency may pay a cash award to any     
employee of such agency whose           
identification of wasteful expenses to  
the ,chief ,financial ,officer of the   
agency has resulted in cost savings for 
the agency4 after the first sentence2   
7,b7 in paragraph 7#a7 by striking      
#aj1jjj and inserting #bj1jjj2  7,c7 in 
paragraph 7#b7--  7i7 by inserting      
,chief ,financial ,officer1 after       
,inspector ,general1 2  7ii7 by striking
 employee designated under subsection   
7b7 and inserting designated employee2  
and  7iii7 by inserting or              
identification after disclosure2 and    
7,d7 in the matter following paragraph  
7#b7--  7i7 by inserting 1 ,chief       
,financial ,officer1 after ,inspector   
,general2 and  7ii7 by inserting or     
identification after disclosure2  7#b7  
in subsection 7b7 by striking awards    
permitted under this section and        
inserting awards for the disclosure of  
fraud1 waste1 or mismanagement under    

this section2 and  7#c7 by adding at the
 end the following3  7c7  7#a7 ,if the  
,chief ,financial ,officer of the agency
 determines that potential wasteful     
expenses identified by an employee meet 
the requirements of section             
#deaa7;a77#b77;,b71 the head of the     
agency shall notify the ,president for  
purposes of proposing the expenses for  
rescission under title ,x of the        
,congressional ,budget and ,impoundment 
,control ,act of #aigd 7#b ,u4,s4,c4    
#fha et seq474  7#b7 ,in the case of an 
agency for which there is no ,chief     
,financial ,officer1 the head of the    
agency shall designate an agency        
employee who shall have the authority to
 make the determinations for            
identification of wasteful expenses     
under this section4  7d7 ,the head of   
each agency shall make available1 along 
with1 and in the same manner and form   
as1 the provision of information        
required under section #aaaf of title   
#ca1 information on disclosures of      

wasteful expenses under this section1   
including--  7#a7 a description of each 
disclosure of possible wasteful expenses
 identified by an employee and          
determined by the agency to have merit2 
and  7#b7 the number and amount of cash 
awards provided by the agency under     
subsection 7a74  7e7 ,an individual may 
not receive a cash award under this     
subchapter if the individual is--  7#a7 
an officer or employee of the ,office of
 the ,inspector ,general of an agency2  
or  7#b7 ineligible for a cash award    
under section #deji4  7f7 ,the ,director
 of the ,office of ,personnel           
,management shall-- 7#a7 ensure that the
 cash award program of each agency      
complies with this section2 and  7#b7   
submit to ,congress an annual           
certification indicating whether the    
cash award program of each agency       
complies with this section4  7g7 ,not   
later than #c years after the date of   
enactment of the ,bonuses for           
,cost-,cutters ,act of #bjag1 and every 

#c years thereafter for #f years1 the   
,comptroller ,general of the ,united    
,states shall submit to ,congress a     
report on the operation of the cost     
savings and awards program under this   
section1 including any recommendations  
for legislative changes4  4  7c7        
,technical and conforming amendment ,the
 table of sections for subchapter ,,ii  
of chapter #de of title #e1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended by striking   
the item relating to section #deaa and  
inserting the following3  #deaa4        
,definitions and general provisions4  4 
,october #aj1 #bjag ,reported with an   
amendment1 committed to the ,committee  
of the ,whole ,house on the ,state of   
the ,union1 and ordered to be printed