US Congress House Bill 579 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: Introduced on January 28 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-19 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, And The Internet Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

THRIFT Act of 2015 To Help Reduce Inefficient Federal Tendencies Act of 2015 Allows federal agencies, including judicial branch agencies, to: (1) retain up to 25% of annual savings from the implementation of plans developed by such agencies to create efficiencies and cost savings in agency operations; and (2) use such savings for specified purposes, including salary increases and employee awards for cost savings disclosures. Requires an agency to submit to the appropriate congressional committees a plan and an associated request to amend its approved operating budget specifying how such savings will be achieved and the amount and source of such savings.

THRIFT Act of 2015 To Help Reduce Inefficient Federal Tendencies Act of 2015

Rep. Daniel Webster [R-FL]

Rep. James Renacci [R-OH]

Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV]

Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-02-19	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet.
2015-01-28	House	Referred to House Judiciary
2015-01-28	House	Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform
2015-01-28	House	Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2015-01-28	House	Introduced in House

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/579/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr579/BILLS-114hr579ih.pdf