Review of efficiency and need for Federal agencies

(a) In general The Commission shall review the efficiency and public need for each agency using criteria described in section 5. (b) Recommendations; report to congress The Commission shall submit to Congress and the President not later than September 1 of each year a report containing— (1) an analysis of the efficiency of operation and public need for each agency to be reviewed in the year in which the report is submitted pursuant to the schedule submitted to Congress under section 2; (2) an analysis of authority claimed by the executive branch but not specifically authorized by statute; (3) recommendations on whether each such agency should be abolished, reorganized, or continued; (4) recommendations on whether the functions of any other agencies should be consolidated, transferred, or reorganized in an agency to be reviewed in the year in which the report is submitted pursuant to the schedule submitted to Congress under section 2; and (5) recommendations for administrative and legislative action with respect to each such agency, but not including recommendations for appropriation levels. (c) Joint resolution The Commission shall submit to Congress and the President not later than September 1 of each year a joint resolution to carry out the recommendations of the Commission under subsection (b). (d) Information gathering The Commission shall— (1) conduct public hearings on the abolishment of each agency reviewed under subsection (b); (2) provide an opportunity for public comment on the abolishment of each such agency; (3) require the agency to provide information to the Commission as appropriate; and (4) consult with the General Accountability Office, the Office of Management and Budget, the Comptroller General, and the chairman and ranking minority members of the committees of Congress with oversight responsibility for the agency being reviewed regarding the operation of the agency. (e) Use of program inventory The Commission shall use the program inventory prepared under section 9 in reviewing the efficiency and public need for each agency under subsection (a).