[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3734 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3734

   To require the President to submit reports and certifications to 
 Congress on the duties of certain employees who are appointed without 
     the advice and consent of the Senate, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             August 5, 2010

 Mr. Feingold introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require the President to submit reports and certifications to 
 Congress on the duties of certain employees who are appointed without 
     the advice and consent of the Senate, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Czar Accountability Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Appropriate congressional committees.--The term 
        ``appropriate congressional committees'' means--
                    (A) the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate;
                    (B) the Committee on Foreign Relations of the 
                Senate; and
                    (C) the Committee on Homeland Security and 
                Governmental Affairs of the Senate.
            (2) Covered employee.--The term ``covered employee'' 
        means--
                    (A) any employee of the Executive Office of the 
                President who--
                            (i) is not appointed by and with the advice 
                        and consent of the Senate; and
                            (ii) reports directly to the President; or
                    (B) any employee of the Department of State who--
                            (i) is not appointed by and with the advice 
                        and consent of the Senate; and
                            (ii) is an envoy or special representative.

SEC. 3. REPORTS BY THE PRESIDENT.

    Not later than January 1, 2011, and every 6 months thereafter, the 
President shall submit a report to the appropriate congressional 
committees that--
            (1) identifies each covered employee;
            (2) describes the duties of each covered employee; and
            (3) includes any certification described under section 4.

SEC. 4. CERTIFICATIONS.

    (a) In General.--The President shall include in each report 
submitted under section 3 a certification to Congress of each covered 
employee who meets the conditions under subsection (b).
    (b) Certification Conditions.--The conditions referred to under 
subsection (a) are--
            (1) with respect to each covered employee described under 
        section 2(2)(A), that the employee is not exercising 
        significant authority under the laws of the United States;
            (2) with respect to each covered employee described under 
        section 2(2)(B), that the employee is not an ambassador, other 
        public minister, or consul; and
            (3) with respect to each covered employee, that the 
        employee is not exercising any power that has been expressly 
        delegated to the President by the United States Constitution.
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