,i  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #hdfd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #ba1 #bjbb,mr4 
,cawthorn introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,oversight and ,reform  ,a ,,bill  ,to 
require certain agencies in the         
executive branch of the ,federal        
government to conduct a study on        
duplicative functions1 and for other    
purposes4  #a4 ,study on duplicative    
functions  7a7 ,study ,the head of each 
covered agency shall conduct a study    
to-- 7#a7 identify functions of such    
covered agency that duplicate the       
functions of any other covered agency2  
7#b7 calculate the annual cost of such  
duplicative functions2 and  7#c7 analyze
 solutions for eliminating such         
duplicative functions1 including        
identifying which covered agency is best
 suited to have sole responsibility for 
such duplicative functions4  7b7 ,report
 ,not later than #a year after the date 
of enactment of this ,act1 the heads of 

the covered agencies shall jointly      
submit to the appropriate congressional 
committees a consolidated report on the 
results of the studies conducted under  
subsection 7a74  7c7 ,definitions ,in   
this section3 7#a7 ,covered agency ,the 
term covered agency means-- 7,a7 the    
,department of ,agriculture2  7,b7 the  
,department of ,commerce2  7,c7 the     
,department of ,energy2  7,d7 the       
,department of ,health and ,human       
,services2  7,e7 the ,department of     
,housing and ,urban ,development2  7,f7 
the ,department of the ,interior2  7,g7 
the ,department of ,labor2  7,h7 the    
,department of ,transportation2 and     
7,i7 the ,environmental ,protection     
,agency4  7#b7 ,appropriate             
congressional committees ,the term      
appropriate congressional committees    
means-- 7,a7 with respect to the ,house 
of ,representatives-- 7i7 the ,committee
 on ,agriculture2  7ii7 the ,committee  
on ,appropriations2  7iii7 the          
,committee on ,education and ,labor2    

7iv7 the ,committee on ,energy and      
,commerce2  7v7 the ,committee on       
,financial ,services2  7vi7 the         
,committee on ,natural ,resources2      
7vii7 the ,committee on ,oversight and  
,reform2  7viii7 the ,committee on      
,science1 ,space1 and ,technology2 and  
7ix7 the ,committee on ,transportation  
and ,infrastructure2 and  7,b7 with     
respect to the ,senate-- 7i7 the        
,committee on ,agriculture1 ,nutrition1 
and ,forestry2  7ii7 the ,committee on  
,appropriations2  7iii7 the ,committee  
on ,banking1 ,housing1 and ,urban       
,affairs2  7iv7 the ,committee on       
,commerce1 ,science1 and                
,transportation2  7v7 the ,committee on 
,energy and ,natural ,resources2  7vi7  
the ,committee on ,environment and      
,public ,works2  7vii7 the ,committee on
 ,health1 ,education1 ,labor1 and       
,pensions2 and  7viii7 the ,committee on
 ,homeland ,security and ,governmental  
,affairs4