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Requires Yearly Report on Late, Over-Budget Projects
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Requires Yearly Report on Late, Over-Budget Projects

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Became Law1 month ago
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Signed into law as Public Law 119-120.
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Why This Matters

This bill requires federal agencies to report every year on projects that are far behind schedule or far over budget, and requires the White House budget office to publish those reports online.

If you want to see which federal projects are $1 billion or more over budget, you could look them up in a yearly public report on the budget office website.
Who this affects
Taxpayers · Federal contractors · Federal grant recipients · Federal agency staff
What this bill changes
  1. 1Covers projects over 5 years behind schedule or at least $1 billion over the original cost estimate, adjusted for inflation.
  2. 2Includes weapons purchases, construction, contracts, and cleanup efforts, but excludes programs paid for automatically like Social Security and Medicare.
  3. 3Agencies must list each project's locations, start year, federal cost share, and every contractor, subcontractor?, and grant recipient? involved.

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Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act This act 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 act 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 OMBa 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 act 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.

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IntroducedFeb 27, 2025
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SenateDec 11, 2025

Passed with no objections.

HouseSep 16

Passed by voice vote.

PresidentOct 7

Signed into law as Public Law 119-120.

The President

Donald Trump
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