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S. 3088 · 111th Congress

Reduce Bureaucracy Act

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Never voted on. It didn't reach a floor vote before the 111th Congress ended, so it expired. A bill has to be introduced again to be considered in a new Congress.

1 cosponsor · 1 R

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Reduce Bureaucracy Act - Directs the President, acting through the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), to take such actions as necessary to ensure that the total number of political appointees shall not exceed 2,000.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in Senate · Mar 8, 2010

Reduce Bureaucracy Act - Directs the President, acting through the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), to take such actions as necessary to ensure that the total number of political appointees shall not exceed 2,000. Defines "political appointee" to mean any individual who: (1) is employed in specified positions at Levels I through V of the Executive Schedule; (2) is a limited term appointee, limited emergency appointee, or noncareer appointee in the senior executive service; or (3) is employed in a position in the executive branch of a confidential or policy-determining character.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Reduce Bureaucracy Act

Latest action (Mar 8, 2010): Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Policy area: Government Operations and Politics · Origin: Senate · Introduced: Mar 8, 2010

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.