Sec. 4. Review of efficiency and need for Federal agencies

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The Commission shall review the efficiency and public need for each agency in accordance with the criteria described in section 5. The Commission shall submit to Congress and the President not later than September 1 of each year a report containing— 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; recommendations on whether each such agency should be abolished or reorganized; 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 recommendations for administrative and legislative action with respect to each such agency, but not including recommendations for appropriation levels.

The Commission shall submit to Congress and the President not later than September 1 of each year a draft of legislation to carry out the recommendations of the Commission under subsection (b). The Commission shall— conduct public hearings on the abolishment of each agency reviewed under subsection (b); provide an opportunity for public comment on the abolishment of each such agency; require the agency to provide information to the Commission as appropriate; and consult with the Government Accountability Office, the Office of Management and Budget, the Comptroller General of the United States, 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.

The Commission shall use the program inventory prepared under section 9 in reviewing the efficiency and public need for each agency under subsection (a).