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H.R. 6639: Federal Agency Performance Review and Efficiency Act

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H.R. 6639: Federal Agency Performance Review and Efficiency Act

110th Congress · introduced 2008-07-29 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2008-07-29 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Jordan, Jim [R-OH-4] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Federal Agency Performance Review and Efficiency Act

Plain summary

Federal Agency Performance Review and Efficiency Act - Amends the Inspector General Act of 1978 to make it the principal duty and responsibility of each Inspector General to review annually the operations, efficiency, and effectiveness of all federal programs within his or her establishment and to report to Congress and the President any recommendations, along with proposed legislation, on whether an abolishment, reorganization, consolidation, or transfer of existing federal programs and agencies is necessary to: (1) reduce federal expenditures; (2) increase efficiency of government operations; (3) eliminate overlap and duplication in federal programs and offices; (4) abolish agencies or programs that no longer serve an important governmental purpose; and (5) identify reductions in amounts of discretionary budget authority or direct spending that can be dedicated to federal deficit reduction.

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Official text

Federal Agency Performance Review and Efficiency Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Jordan, Jim [R-OH-4] · 0 cosponsors

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Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Jordan, Jim [R-OH-4] reported raising $5.6 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong110-hr6639 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong110 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong110