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Fact-Finding Mission of the Budgetary Control Committee (CONT) to Washington Fact-finding mission of the Budgetary Control Committee (CONT) to Washington 22 to 26 May 2017 Page 1 of 115 Page 2 of 115 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Draft programme .................................................................................................... 5 2. Background briefing by the Policy Department D on Budgetary Affairs .......... 11 3. Annexes to the background documentation 3.1. Background on the World Bank Senior Management team.....................................65 3.2. World Bank Framework Agreement .................................................................................73 3.3. World Bank & the European Commission - Portfolio at a glance............................ 79 3.4. World Bank (IBRD-IDA) Trust Fund Cost Recovery Reform .......................................83 3.5. Administrative Cooperation Agreement between the OLAF and the World Bank’s Integrity Vice Presidency......................................................................................................85 3.6. Directive: Bank Directive Cost Recovery Framework for Trust Funds ................... 97 3.7. List of Trust Funds funded by the EU under the new World Bank cost recovery ....................................................................................................................................................... 103 3.8. Background on Gene L. Dodaro - Comptroller General (Head of Government Accountability Office)............................................................................................................105 3.9. IMF Factsheet on Haiti: the IMF’s Post Catastrophe Debt Relief Fund..................107 3.10. Background on Keith Hall, Director of the Congressional Budget Office & Theresa Gullo, Budget Analysis Division of the Congressional Budget Office ................... 109 3.11. Background on Mick Mulvaney, Director of the Office of Management and Budget ....................................................................................................................................................... 111 3.12. Background on Michael Enzi, Senator, Chair of the Senate Budget Committee 113 Page 3 of 115 Page 4 of 115 Directorate-General for Internal Policies of the Union Directorate for Budgetary Affairs Secretariat of the Committee on Budgetary Control Delegation of the Budgetary Control Committee to Washington D.C. 22 to 26 May 2017 DRAFT PROGRAMME AS OF 17 MAY 2017 Members of the delegation: 1. Ms Inge Gräßle (EPP, Head of Delegation) 2. Mr Petri Sarvamaa (EPP) 3. Ms Claudia Schmidt (EPP) 4. Mr Tomáš Zdechovsky (EPP) 5. Ms Inés Ayala Sender (S&D) 6. Mr Georgi Pirinski (S&D) 7. Mr Ryszard Czarnecki (ECR) Advisors of Political Groups 8. Ms Edyta Tarczyńska (EPP) 9. Ms Kamila Wrzesinska (ECR) CONT Secretariat 10. Mr Olivier Sautière (EP mobile: +32-472.580721) 11. Mr Rudolfs Verdins - Policy Department D European Court of Auditors 12. Ms Danièle Lamarque (Member) European Parliament Liaison Office in Washington DC Mr Holger Benzing - Mobile #: +1 202 823 8063 2175 K Street, NW, Suite 600 Washington, DC 20037 Phone #: +1 202 862 4734 B-1047 Brussels - Tel +32-2-284.33.79 - Fax +32 2 284.49.07 F-67070 Strasbourg -PageTel +33 5-3 of-88.17.22.57 115 - Fax +33 3 88.17.99.76 Transport: Bus transfers by Nationwide Chauffeured Services 6598 Fleet Dr Unit B Alexandria, Virginia 22310 Phone #: +1 800-942-6281 Website: https://www.nationwidecar.com/ Email: [email protected] Hotel: One Washington Circle Hotel 1 Washington Cir NW, Washington, DC 20037, USA Phone: +1 202-872-1680 Website: http://www.thecirclehotel.com/ Page 6 of2 115 ALL PARTICIPANTS ARE REQUESTED TO HAVE THEIR PASSPORT WITH THEM AT ALL TIMES (ID card or EP badge is not sufficient) Monday, 22 May 2017 - Flights (arrival in the afternoon) Tuesday, 23 May 2017 - 7.50: Departure from hotel Exchange of views with the World Bank in the context of the funds managed on behalf of the European Commission - 8.30-9.30: Breakfast meeting with Kristalina Georgieva, Chief Executive Officer - 9.45-10.45: Meeting with Cyrill Muller, Regional Vice President, Europe and Central Asia and Seila Redzepi, Vice President External and Corporate Relations - 11.00-12.00: Meeting with Caroline Heider, Director General, Independent Evaluation Group - 12.15-13.15: Meeting with Jan Walliser, Vice President EFI Practice Group (Equitable Growth, Finance and Institutions) - 13.30-14.30: Lunch meeting with EU Executive Directors (i.e. Directors representing the EU Member States at the WB Board) - 14.45-15.45: Meeting with Hiroshi Naka, Vice President and Auditor General - 16.30-17.30: Meeting with Axel Van Trotsenburg, Vice-President, Development Finance and Antonella Bassani, Vice President Budget, Performance Review, and Strategic Plan + Sandie Okoro, Senior Vice President and Chief Counsel - 17.45-18.15: Meeting with Leonard Frank McCarthy, Vice President Integrity Page 7 of3 115 Wednesday 24 May 2017 - 8.20: Departure from hotel - 8.30-9.30: Meeting with the Deputy Head of Delegation of the EU delegation to the United States, Ms Caroline Vicini, and the Director of the European Parliament Liaison Officer, Mr Antoine Ripoll Exchange of views with the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) - 10.00 - 11.30: Meeting with Mr Gene Dodaro, Comptroller General (Head of GAO) and Mr Tim Bowling (Chief Quality Officer) and Ms Kate Siggerud (Managing Director - Congressional Relations) Exchange of views with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) -12.00-13.00: Meeting with Mr Chris Walker (mission chief for Haiti) - 13.00-13.30: Lunch break -Transfer to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) - 14:00-15:30: Exchange of views with Deputy Director Mark Hadley, and Theresa Gullo, Assistant Director for Budget Analysis at CBO - Transfer to CRS -16:00-17:30: Exchange of views with researchers of the Congressional Research Service, Government and Finance division Thursday 25 May 2017 - 8:00: Transfer to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) - 9:00-10:30: Exchange of views with Mick Mulvaney, OMB Director - 11.00-12.30: House Oversight committee (attendance to a Hearing) + exchange of views with Members of the Subcommittee on Government Operations - 12.30-13.30: Lunch break - 13.30-14.30: Exchange of views with deputy Inspector General of the U.S. House of Representatives Michael Ptasienski - 15:00-16:00: Exchange of views with Senator Mike Enzi (Republican-Wyoming), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee - 16.30-18.00: Exchange of views with the Chair of the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, Michael Horowitz, (who is also the U.S. Department of Justice Inspector General) Page 8 of4 115 Friday 26 May 2017 - 9:00: Departure from hotel Exchange of views at the EU delegation with: - 9:30 - 11:00 Meeting with Louis Clark – Government accountability Project (GAP) Executive Director, CEO and expert on corporate whistleblowing - GAP, a whistle blower and advocacy organization; -11:00 - 12:00 Meeting with Maya MacGuineas, President of the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget - Committed to educating the public on issues with significant fiscal policy impact. - 12:00: End of the Mission N.B.: Flights departure to Europe - 1 hour to go to the Airport + be at the airport 2 hours before the flight Page 9 of5 115 Page 10 of 115 Committee on Budgetary Control Mission to Washington 22-26 May 2017 The Mount Rushmore Monument. Photo by Dean Franklin Authors: Policy Department D for Budgetary Affairs: Jaroslaw Paszek, Rudolfs Verdins. European Parliament EN PE 572.721 May 2017 Page 11 of 115 CONT mission to Washington 22 - 26 May 2017 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS 2 BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA) 5 1.1. Basic Data 5 1.2. Political structure - overview 6 1.3. European Parliament Liaison Office (EPLO) Feedback Report 02 May 2017: President Trump reaches 100-day milestone 8 1.3.1. Congress and President agree short-term spending 8 1.3.2. President Trump proposes major tax reform 8 1.3.3. Congress eyes second attempt at healthcare reform 9 1.3.4. President ratings slide; Democrats surge in Republican states 9 1.3.5. NATO “no longer obsolete” 9 1.3.6. TTIP next steps under consideration 9 1.3.7. US seeks North Korea diplomatic solution 10 1.3.8. US-Russia 10 1.3.9. EU/US visa waiver “needs review” 10 1.3.10. Judge blocks President order on ‘sanctuary cities’ 10 1.3.11. Arkansas executions 10 1.3.12. Supreme Court to rule on ‘gerrymandering’ 10 1.4. Economy Overview 11 1.4.1. Main industries sectors 11 1.4.1.1. Services 11 1.4.1.2. Industry 11 1.4.1.3. Energy 12 1.4.1.4. Agriculture 12 1.5. Washington D.C. 12 2. THE US CONGRESS 13 2.1. The U.S. House of Representatives 13 2.1.1. Leadership 13 2.1.2. Committees 14 2.1.3. United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 14 2.1.3.1. Bipartisan bills strengthening whistleblower protections 15 2.1.3.2. Subcommittee on Government Operations 16 2.2. The U.S. Senate 16 2.2.1. Leadership 17 2.2.2. Committees 17 2.2.3. The U.S. Senate Committee on the Budget 18 2.3. The House and Senate compared 19 Page 2 of 51 Page 12 of 115 CONT mission to Washington 22 - 26 May 2017 2.4. U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) 19 2.5. Congressional Budget Office (CBO) 23 2.6. Congressional Research Service (CRS) 27 2.7. Inspector General of the House of representatives 29 3. THE WHITE HOUSE 31 3.1. Office for Management and Budget (OMB) 31 3.2. Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE) 33 3.2.1. Composition and role 33 3.2.2. Council Executive 33 3.2.3. Methodology 33 4. US BUDGETARY AND OVERSIGHT SYSTEM 35 4.1. Federal Budget 35 4.1.1. Trump’s ‘America First’ budget 37 4.1.1.1. The biggest losers 38 4.1.1.2. And the winners 39 4.2. Congressional Oversight 39 4.2.1. Instruments used by the US Congress 41 4.2.1.1. Formal oversight instruments 41 4.2.1.2. Informal oversight instruments 42 4.3. Internal oversight by the Administration 42 4.3.1.
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