S. 1668: Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies Act

108th Congress · introduced 2003-09-26 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Committee on Governmental Affairs Subcommittee on Oversight of Government Management, the Federal Workforce, and the District of Columbia. Hearings held.

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Where it came from: introduced 2003-09-26 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title

Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies Act

Plain summary

Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies Act - Establishes the Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies to: (1) evaluate executive agencies and their programs; and (2) submit to Congress a plan recommending agencies and programs that should be realigned or eliminated and proposing implementing legislation. Directs the President to: (1) establish a systematic method for assessing the effectiveness and accountability of agency programs; and (2) submit to the Commission assessments of not less than half of the programs that use such method. Prohibits the implementation of such method until it has been reviewed and accepted by the Commission. Requires the Commission to consider submitted assessments in evaluating programs. Requires the President to identify common performance measures for programs having similar functions and provide the Commission with data on such measures.

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Official text

Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] · 28 cosponsors

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John Cornyn (R-TX), Mike Crapo (R-ID), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-108s1668.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/108/s>

Record fed-us-cong108-s1668 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108