H.R. 1722
Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act
Sponsor: Mariannette Miller-Meeks
3 cosponsors
Official summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service.
Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act
This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to collect information from federal agencies and report to Congress regarding projects that are behind schedule or have expenditures that have exceeded the original cost estimate.
Specifically, the bill requires OMB to issue guidance directing federal agencies to annually submit specified information to OMB regarding certain federally funded projects that (1) are more than five years behind schedule, or (2) have expenditures that are at least $1 billion more than the original cost estimate for the project.
Among other information, the agencies must submit to OMB
- a description of each project;
- an explanation of any change to the original scope of the project;
- the original and current expected dates for the completion of the project;
- the original and current cost estimates adjusted for inflation;
- an explanation for any delays in completing the project or increases in the cost; and
- the amount of and rationale for any award, incentive fee, or other type of bonus awarded for the project.
The bill also requires OMB to submit an annual report to Congress containing the information submitted by the agencies and post the report on the OMB website. The report must be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
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Where this section came from
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Feb 27, 2025 · Introduced in House Referred to House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Feb 27, 2025 Referred to House Committee on Armed Services, Feb 27, 2025
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Jul 22, 2026 · Engrossed in House Marked up by House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Mar 18 Committee members' individual votes aren't in our records.
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(3) Form. The report required under paragraph (2) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
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(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.
(3) Form. The report required under paragraph (2) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.