Section 14Sec./Art. 14

Sunset Review.- As the need arises, the Congress shall conduct a sunset review of the accomplishments and impact of the National Shelter Program as well as the performance of its implementing agencies for purposes of determining whether or not the programs and the corresponding appropriations mentioned in this Act deserve to be continued based on a cost-benefit analysis thereof. If the result of the review is unfavorable to any program or its appropriate implementing program, then the Committee of Congress that has legislative jurisdiction over such entity shall not report favorably any bill or resolution which authorizes the enactment of a new budget authority on such entity.

For purposes of this Act, the term "sunset review" shall mean, with respect to any government program, a systematic evaluation by the committees of the Senate and House of Representatives which have legislative jurisdiction over such programs, with the assistance of appropriate agencies and congressional support agencies, to determine the merits of the program, justify its continuation rather than termination or its continuation at a level less than, equal to, or greater than the existing level. Such review shall be undertaken in the scope and the detail the committee having jurisdiction deems appropriate and shall include, but not limited to, an assessment of the degree to which the original objective of the program has been achieved, of the problem it was intended to address, and the costs and benefits of the program.