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      "title": "Proposals for a Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies (CARFA): Analysis and Issues for Congress",
      "summary": "In the 109th Congress, companion bills have been introduced ( S. 1155 / H.R. 2470 ) that, if enacted, would establish a Commission on the Accountability and Review of Federal\nAgencies (CARFA). Either version of the proposed CARFA Act would require this 12-member\ncommission to review certain federal agencies and programs to determine if any are\n duplicative ,\n wasteful ,  inefficient ,  outdated ,  irrelevant , or\n failed . The House version would include within the\ncommission's scope only non-defense, non-entitlement agencies and programs in the executive\nbranch, while the Senate version would include all executive branch agencies and programs,\nincluding the Executive Office of the President. The commission would be required or, in some\ncases allowed, to recommend that any such programs and agencies be realigned or eliminated. The\ncommission's recommendations would be packaged into an implementation bill that would receive\nexpedited congressional consideration. Nearly identical provisions appeared in a budget process\nreform bill ( H.R. 2290 ) and a bill to offset costs from Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane\nRita ( S. 1928 ). In addition, nonbinding provisions in the FY2006 budget resolution\n( H.Con.Res. 95 ) called for enacting a CARFA-like commission. President George W.\nBush said in his FY2006 budget that he would propose, as part of his President's Management\nAgenda (PMA), legislation authorizing him to propose \"results commissions,\" which would consider\nand revise Administration proposals to restructure and consolidate programs and agencies. Proposals\napproved by such a results commission and the President would be considered by Congress under\nexpedited procedures. The Administration suggested that the results commissions legislation would\nbe similar to the CARFA proposal. Bills have been introduced ( H.R. 3276 / S. 1399 ) that largely incorporated the Administration's draft language.  Proponents\nhave argued that, if enacted, a CARFA could evaluate programs and agencies, use\na successful model for congressional consideration of commission recommendations, and thereby\neliminate or reform wasteful agencies and programs. The Bush Administration has suggested that\na CARFA should use the Administration's Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART). Critics might\nlikely contend that the legislation is too narrowly focused -- looking only at discretionary,\nnon-defense programs (House version); that the commission should be equally balanced along\npartisan lines or less under the President's control; that expedited procedures undermine the\ndemocratic process; and that the decision making criteria are too subjective. This report summarizes\nthe legislation's history and provisions, discusses other review commission legislation, and highlights\nperspectives about the CARFA proposal from the 108th Congress. Next, the report analyzes issues\nthat may be of interest in the 109th Congress in the event that the CARFA legislation or similar\nproposals to establish a review commission are further considered. Finally, the report discusses\npotential success factors for commissions and potential alternatives or complements to a\ncommission. A short version of this report is available ( CRS Report RS21980 ,  Proposed\nCommission on the Accountability and Review of Federal Agencies (CARFA): A Brief\nOverview ). \nThis report will be updated as events warrant.",
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