,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cacg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #bf1     
#bjah,mr4 ,johnson 7for himself and ,mr4
 ,lankford7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,homeland ,security
 and ,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  
,to provide for reforming agencies of   
the ,federal ,government to improve     
efficiency and effectiveness4  #a4      
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,reforming ,government ,act of      
#bjah4  #b4 ,providing consolidation    
authority  7a7 ,definitions ,section    
#ijb of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code1
 is amended--  7#a7 by redesignating    
paragraph 7#b7 as paragraph 7#d7 and    
moving that paragraph to appear after   
paragraph 7#c72  7#b7 by inserting after
 paragraph 7#a7 the following3  7#b7    
efficiency-enhancing plan means a       
reorganization plan that the ,director  
of the ,office of ,management and       
,budget determines will result in1 or is

 likely to result in--  7,a7 a decrease 
in the number of agencies2 or  7,b7 cost
 savings in performing the functions    
that are the subject of that plan2  2   
7#c7 in paragraph 7#c71 by striking the 
period and inserting 2 and2 and  7#d7 in
 paragraph 7#d71 as so redesignated--   
7,a7 by striking or abolition and       
inserting abolition1 or creation2 and   
7,b7 by striking 2 and and inserting a  
period4  7b7 ,modernizing reorganization
 authority  7#a7 ,limitation on powers  
,section #ije7;a7 of title #e1 ,united  
,states ,code1 is amended--  7,a7 by    
amending paragraph 7#a7 to read as      
follows3  7#a7 abolishing or            
transferring an independent regulatory  
agency1 or all the functions thereof1 or
 consolidating #b or more independent   
regulatory agencies1 or all the         
functions thereof2  2  7,b7 by striking 
paragraph 7#e72 and  7,c7 by            
redesignating paragraphs 7#f7 and 7#g7  
as paragraphs 7#e7 and 7#f71            
respectively4  7#b7 ,reorganization     

plans ,section #ijc7;a7 of title #e1    
,united ,states ,code1 is amended-- 7,a7
 in paragraph 7#e71 by striking or2     
7,b7 in paragraph 7#f71 by striking the 
period and inserting 2 or2 and  7,c7 by 
inserting after paragraph 7#f7 the      
following3  7#g7 the creation of a new  
agency that is not a component or part  
of an existing executive department or  
independent agency4  4  #c4 ,duration   
and scope of authority  7a7 ,in general 
,section #ije7;b7 of title #e1 ,united  
,states ,code1 is amended by striking if
 the plan and all that follows and      
inserting the following3 8if the plan   
is--  7#a7 transmitted to ,congress 7in 
accordance with section #ijc7;b77 on or 
before the date that is #b years after  
the date of enactment of the ,reforming 
,government ,act of #bjah2 and  7#b7 an 
efficiency-enhancing plan4  4  7b7      
,exercise of rulemaking power ,section  
#ijh7a7 of title #e1 ,united ,states    
,code1 is amended by striking chapter7  
on or before ,december #ca1 #aihd and   

inserting title7 on or before the date  
that is #b years after the date of      
enactment of the ,reforming ,government 
,act of #bjah4  7c7 ,terms of resolution
 ,section #iji of title #e1 ,united     
,states ,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 by     
striking the matter after the resolving 
clause and all that follows through such
 modifications and inserting the matter 
after the resolving clause of which is  
as follows3 ,that ,congress approves the
 reorganization plan numbered           
transmitted to ,congress by the         
,president on 41 and includes such      
modifications2 and  7#b7 by striking    
chapter and inserting title4  #d4       
,severability ,if any provision of this 
,act1 an amendment made by this ,act1 or
 the application of such provision or   
amendment to any person or circumstance 
is held to be unconstitutional1 the     
remainder of this ,act1 the amendments  
made by this ,act1 and the application  
of the provisions of such to any person 
or circumstance shall not be affected   

thereby4