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U.S. GOVERNMENT
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111TH CONGRESS J REPT. 111-387
1st Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Part 1
GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE IMPROVEMENT
ACT OF 2009
DECEMBER 19, 2009.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State
of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. TOWNS, from the Committee on Oversight and Government
Reform, submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 2646]
[Including cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office]
The Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, to whom
was referred the bill (H.R. 2646) to amend title 31, United States
Code, to enhance the oversight authorities of the Comptroller Gen-
eral, and for other purposes, having considered the same, report fa-
vorably thereon with an amendment and recommend that the bill
as amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
Purpose and Sum m ary ........................................................................................... 3
Background and Need for Legislation ................................................................... 4
Legislative H istory ................................................................................................. 4
Section-by-Section .................................................................................................... 4
Explanation of Am endm ents ................................................................................... 6
Com m ittee Consideration ....................................................................................... 7
R ollcall V otes ............................................................................................................ 7
Application of Law to the Legislative Branch ...................................................... 7
Statement of Oversight Findings and Recommendations of the Committee ...... 7
Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives .................................... 7
Constitutional Authority Statem ent ...................................................................... 7
Federal Advisory Com m ittee Act ........................................................................... 7
Unfunded M andates Statem ent ............................................................................. 8
Earm ark Identification ........................................................................................... 8
Com m ittee E stim ate ............................................................................................... 8
Budget Authority and Congressional Budget Office Cost Estimate .................... 8
Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported .................................... 9
The amendment is as follows:
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the following:
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