A Sunset Commission for the Federal Government: Recent Developments

McMurtry, Virginia A

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Congress;    Federal advisory bodies;    Executive departments;   

RP-ID  :  RS22181
RP-ID  :  RS22181 2006-07-21

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【 摘 要 】

The sunset concept provides for programs and agencies to terminate automatically on a periodic basis unless explicitly renewed by law. In the last ten years bills to create a federal sunset commission, modeled on the sunset review process in Texas, have been introduced in each Congress, including H.R. 3282 on July 14, 2005. President Bush called for creation of a federal sunset commission in his FY2006 budget submission. Bills reflecting an Office of Management and Budget (OMB) draft proposal have beenintroduced (S. 1399, H.R. 3276, H.R. 3277). Hearings have been held in the House, and on July 20, 2006, the Committee on Government Reform voted to report H.R. 3282 favorably to the House. At the same time, the committee voted to report favorably arelated program review bill, H.R. 5766, as amended. Both bills are scheduled for floor action on July 27, 2006. This report will be updated as events warrant.