Recently enacted laws

H.R. 2263 · 102nd Congress · enacted

Amend the title so as to read: An Act to amend chapter 45 of title 5, United States Code, to authorize awards for cost saving disclosures.

Became Public Law No: 102-487.

Latest official action 1992-10-24 · Enacted

The bill, briefly

Amends Federal law to increase the authorized amount of agency awards for cost savings disclosures or other benefits to the Government to not more than five percent of the savings to an agency, or not more than $20,000. (Current provisions authorize not more than $10,000, or not more than one percent of the savings to an agency.) Provides that if no cost savings are involved, the Inspector General of an agency shall determine an appropriate amount. Authorizes appropriations as necessary. Sets forth provisions governing the determination of the amounts of agency and presidential awards for cost savings disclosures. Increases the authorized amount of presidential awards for cost savings disclosures from $20,000 to $40,000. Authorizes the Inspector General of an agency to establish a program of awards to any individual or entity whose disclosure of fraud, waste, or mismanagement in the course of performing a contract has resulted or may reasonably be expected to result in cost savings or other benefits to the Government. Revises the method of determining the amount of cash awards for superior accomplishments. Authorizes the Office of Personnel Management to permit agencies to grant employees time off from duty, without loss of pay or charge to leave, as an award for superior accomplishment or other effort that improves Government operations or reduces paperwork. Establishes repor…

Congressional Research Service · 1991-11-25

Who reported lobbying on this bill?

Amount spent specifically on this bill: not disclosed

The reports below name this bill and disclose an organization’s overall lobbying expenses or a firm’s client income for the period. They can cover many bills and issues. These amounts are not payments to the bill or its politicians.

No matching lobbying report is imported yet. This is not evidence that no lobbying occurred.

2,409 latest lobbying reports imported. Some source imports are still in progress.

Politicians behind the bill

Sponsors and cosponsors from the official source, limited to members currently in office. Campaign amounts are cycle-wide and are not payments for this bill.

No current-officeholder sponsorship match is available. Historical sponsors may have left office.

1 of 1 source cosponsor records retrieved; only current officials and unwithdrawn sponsorships appear.

PAC donors to the listed sponsors

These are all-cycle contributions to the listed sponsors’ and cosponsors’ campaigns. FEC does not attribute them to this bill. A donation plus sponsorship does not establish why a politician acted.

The largest 40 donor totals appear here. Open each politician for their complete, paginated PAC donor list.

What happened after enactment?

Dated agency-reported implementation and uptake measures are shown with their scope. They do not by themselves establish causal success. If no evidence is listed, the outcome is not established.

Measured outcome: not established
Enactment alone does not show whether a law improved its intended outcome. We need a dated evaluation, observed result or verified implementation record before claiming success or failure.