US Congress Senate Bill 1456 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Introduced on May 14 2019 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-05-14 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Pending: Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Requires any agency that receives a fee, fine, penalty, or proceeds from a settlement to deposit the amount in the general fund of the Treasury. The bill also prohibits the funds from being used unless the funding is provided in advance in an appropriations bill. The bill includes exceptions for funds to be paid to a whistle-blower, loan guarantee programs, and insurance programs. The requirements do not apply to the U.S. Postal Service or the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The Department of Commerce and the USPTO must report annually to Congress on funds collected by the USPTO from a settlement. The bill also requires offsetting receipts and collections to be treated as revenue for the purpose of carrying out the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and other laws. (Offsetting receipts and collections are funds collected by agencies from other government accounts or from the public in businesslike or market-oriented transactions. Under current law, the collections are treated as negative budget authority and outlays rather than revenue and may be used to offset spending for budget enforcement purposes.)

Agency Accountability Act of 2019

Sen. Mike Lee [R-UT]	Sen. James Risch [R-ID]	Sen. David Perdue [R-GA]	Sen. Ted Cruz [R-TX]
Sen. Todd Young [R-IN]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-05-14	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

HB850 (Related) 2019-03-25 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1456/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/116/bills/s1456/BILLS-116s1456is.pdf