Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1722 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1722

 To require an annual report of taxpayer-funded projects that are over
                      budget and behind schedule.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 27, 2025

Mrs. Miller-Meeks introduced the following bill; which was referred to
 the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to
   the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL

 To require an annual report of taxpayer-funded projects that are over
                      budget and behind schedule.

    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 ``Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act of
2025''.

SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section--
            (1) the term ``covered agency'' means--
                    (A) an Executive agency, as defined in section 105
                of title 5, United States Code; and
                    (B) an independent regulatory agency, as defined in
                section 3502 of title 44, United States Code;
            (2) the term ``covered project'' means a project funded by
        a covered agency--
                    (A) that is more than 5 years behind schedule, as
                measured against the original expected date for
                completion; or
                    (B) for which the amount spent on the project is
                not less than $1,000,000,000 more than the original
                cost estimate for the project;
            (3) the term ``Director'' means the Director of the Office
        of Management and Budget; and
            (4) the term ``project'' means a major acquisition, a major
        defense acquisition program (as defined in section 4201 of
        title 10, United States Code), a procurement, a construction
        project, a remediation or clean-up effort, or any other time-
        limited endeavor, that is not funded through direct spending
        (as defined in section 250(c) of the Balanced Budget and
        Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900(c))).
    (b) Requirements.--
            (1) Submission.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
        enactment of this Act, the Director shall issue guidance
        requiring covered agencies to, on an annual basis, submit to
        the Director information relating to each covered project of
        the covered agency, which shall include--
                    (A) a brief description of the covered project,
                including--
                            (i) the purpose of the covered project;
                            (ii) each location in which the covered
                        project is carried out;
                            (iii) the contract or award number of the
                        covered project, where applicable;
                            (iv) the year in which the covered project
                        was initiated;
                            (v) the Federal share of the total cost of
                        the covered project; and
                            (vi) each primary contractor,
                        subcontractor, grant recipient, and subgrantee
                        recipient of the covered project;
                    (B) an explanation of any change to the original
                scope of the covered project, including by the addition
                or narrowing of the initial requirements of the covered
                project;
                    (C) the original expected date for completion of
                the covered project;
                    (D) the current expected date for completion of the
                covered project;
                    (E) the original cost estimate for the covered
                project, as adjusted to reflect increases in the
                Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, as
                published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics;
                    (F) the current cost estimate for the covered
                project, as adjusted to reflect increases in the
                Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, as
                published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics;
                    (G) an explanation for a delay in completion or an
                increase in the original cost estimate for the covered
                project, including, where applicable, any impact of
                insufficient or delayed appropriations; and
                    (H) the amount of and rationale for any award,
                incentive fee, or other type of bonus, if any, awarded
                for the covered project.
            (2) Report.--The Director shall submit to Congress and post
        on the website of the Office of Management and Budget an annual
        report containing the information submitted under paragraph (1)
        for the relevant year.
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