S. 948: Agency Administrative Expenses Reduction Act of 2009
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S. 948: Agency Administrative Expenses Reduction Act of 2009
111th Congress · introduced 2009-04-30 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2009-04-30 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Agency Administrative Expenses Reduction Act of 2009
Plain summary
Agency Administrative Expenses Reduction Act of 2009 - Requires all executive branch agencies, excluding the District of Columbia government, to include a separate category for administrative expenses when submitting their appropriation requests to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for FY2010-FY2013. Directs each agency to submit a budget to OMB for administrative expenses that reflects a reduction from its FY2009 requests for such expenses of: (1) at least 3% for FY2010; (2) 6% for FY2011; (3) 9% for FY2012; and (4) 11% for FY2013. Requires the Director of OMB to review an agency's request for administrative expenses. Authorizes the Director to reduce such a request in the budget of any noncompliant agency to achieve the appropriate reduction.
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Official text
Agency Administrative Expenses Reduction Act of 2009
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Sponsor: Sen. Dorgan, Byron L. [D-ND] · 1 cosponsors
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- Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111s948.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/s>
Record fed-us-cong111-s948 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111