PlainBillCongress, translated.Legislation. Context. Public interest.Congressional Research Service
Version 36 · Passed House amended · Sep 4, 1996
TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Amendments to Laws Authorizing Auditing, Reporting, and Other Functions by General Accounting Office Title II: Conforming Amendments to Enact Transfers and Delegations of Functions Under Other Laws General Accounting Office Act of 1996 - Title I: Amendments to Laws Authorizing Auditing, Reporting, and Other Functions by General Accounting Office - Specifies that in any case in which a provision of law authorizes the performance of a function by the Comptroller General of the United States or General Accounting Office (GAO) is amended by this title to substitute another Federal officer, employee, or agency in that authorization the authority to perform that function is transferred to the other Federal officer, employee, or agency. Prohibits personnel transferred under this title from being separated or reduced in classification or compensation for one year after such transfer, except for cause. (Sec. 102) Amends specified Federal laws and the District of Columbia Retirement Reform Act to revise or repeal over 100 existing statutory mandates and other provisions regarding auditing, reporting, and other functions performed by the Comptroller General or GAO. Title II: Conforming Amendments to Enact Transfers and Delegations of Functions Under Other Laws - States that the purpose of this title is to amend provisions of law to reflect, update, and enact specified transfers and delegations of functions from GAO made under the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1996. Repeals implemented provisions of such Act and directs under such Act that personnel transferred prior to the effective date of this title not be separated or reduced in classification or compensation for one year after any such transfer, except for cause. Vests in the Director of the Office of Management and Budget the authority to make certain decisions concerning a function transferred, under such repealed provisions, to the Director. Makes conforming amendments.
People & committees
Rep. LaTourette, Steven C. [R-OH-19] · R–OH
Legislative record
A procedural vote is different from passage. Passage in one chamber does not establish enactment. Explore the glossary.
Became Public Law No: 104-316.
Became Public Law No: 104-316.
Signed by President.
Signed by President.
Presented to President.
Presented to President.
Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S12402-12403)
Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S12402-12403)
Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H9940-9950)
Mr. LaTourette moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Primary sources
Text links open the official source. We currently store references to these documents.
No related bills are listed in this snapshot. This does not establish whether the proposal has appeared in earlier Congresses.
Source last updated: Apr 7, 2025. Consult Congress.gov for the current record.
AI Conversation Starters
Choose a perspective, copy a prompt, and paste it into your preferred AI. Each prompt includes the bill version and available official source links, and asks for counterarguments as well as supporting evidence.
Analyze H.R.3864 as objectively as possible. Explain its main provisions, who would be affected, possible benefits and harms, implementation, exceptions, and uncertainties. Present the strongest arguments for and against it, and identify evidence needed to assess its public impact.
Examine H.R.3864 through a progressive lens, focusing on fairness, access, economic inequality, and effects on vulnerable communities. Explain potential benefits, costs, and unintended consequences. Consider the strongest counterarguments and distinguish stated goals from demonstrated outcomes.
Examine H.R.3864 through a conservative lens, focusing on fiscal responsibility, institutional stability, federalism, and the scope of government. Explain potential benefits, costs, and unintended consequences. Consider the strongest counterarguments and any provisions that challenge this perspective.
Examine H.R.3864 through a civil-liberties and limited-government lens. Consider individual rights, privacy, voluntary choice, accountability, and government power. Explain tradeoffs, possible safeguards, and the strongest counterarguments without assuming the proposal is beneficial or harmful.