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<dc:title>118 S1258 ES: Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act of 2023</dc:title>
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<congress display="yes">118th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">2d Session</session><legis-num display="yes">S. 1258</legis-num><current-chamber display="no">IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES</current-chamber><legis-type display="yes">AN ACT</legis-type><official-title display="yes">To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to submit to Congress an annual report on projects that are over budget and behind schedule, and for other purposes.</official-title></form><legis-body display-enacting-clause="yes-display-enacting-clause" style="OLC"><section section-type="section-one" id="idb6774323-9a76-41e7-8639-de99fffc030c" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>1.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act of 2023</short-title></quote>.</text></section><section id="idf37924e7-32cc-447c-b7c5-3137fc5487e2" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>2.</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Annual report</header><subsection id="id40e663fb-10da-46b4-bf03-8fc68a45d7b0" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section—</text><paragraph id="id7BD6DB588BF7437B8A03F078DFC538C2" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>covered agency</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="idbfa9095c-e9ca-4d33-b5e0-1a96a2215f2c" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an Executive agency, as defined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idcf82a825-bd72-4d36-9771-c80b90401708" changed="not-changed" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">an independent regulatory agency, as defined in section 3502 of title 44, United States Code; </text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id8F896AA0753A4A07AA6B1C1207E7A1D4" changed="not-changed" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>covered project</term> means a project funded by a covered agency—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id4D49E8BBB8234D2CA97588BFFF74BDF7" changed="not-changed" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that is more than 5 years behind schedule, as measured against the original expected date for completion; or </text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idAB6BA859D561449A9FB9980D0AB50DD3" changed="not-changed" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idA4F00B5EBB0B46749C4E4A147F9247BB" changed="not-changed" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the term <term>project</term> 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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/900">2 U.S.C. 900(c)</external-xref>)).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idfc3e9506-cd54-462e-91bf-63984b4862ed" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(b)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall issue guidance requiring covered agencies to include, on an annual basis in a report described in paragraph (2) of section 3516(a) of title 31, United States Code, or a consolidated report described in paragraph (1) of such section, information relating to each covered project of the covered agency, which shall include—</text><paragraph id="id28bdf3d9-c6ff-4919-a7b4-4233dbaf2b82" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a brief description of the covered project, including—</text><subparagraph id="idb7d4343f-0ccc-45da-ad9c-7e3d089b18a3" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the purpose of the covered project;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id70d6fa7a-e3b5-42ec-b9c6-20770a9dbce7" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each location in which the covered project is carried out;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA8C98CFB293B464EA4792455C0681B7C" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the contract or award number of the covered project, where applicable;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ideca00e17-4bab-4172-ac41-164243d37feb" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the year in which the covered project was initiated;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id749e6acd-e646-48be-8dec-b9c720ae9e76" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Federal share of the total cost of the covered project; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5f2647ab-b844-4257-b230-59d26882d4e9" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">each primary contractor, subcontractor, grant recipient, and subgrantee recipient of the covered project;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idc4ba7379-f6d6-4565-a9aa-037bbe36fce5" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idaa033279-c813-4894-9888-0cdb408ccaf8" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the original expected date for completion of the covered project;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfca4dacc-f4d3-48f2-8c01-282ecb65e4f7" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the current expected date for completion of the covered project;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id91c0041c-7512-45c0-82d2-8b9622980846" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide752ee90-5612-4d8c-bd55-39a3e96c1c51" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id750d5216-07ed-42e8-8a8f-1f5da9985564" changed="not-changed" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id490b9bd9-691e-4dfc-81a8-5f8f7f08b2ea" changed="not-changed"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the amount of and rationale for any award, incentive fee, or other type of bonus, if any, awarded for the covered project.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></legis-body><attestation><attestation-group><attestation-date date="20240323" legis-day="20240322" chamber="Senate">Passed the Senate March 23 (legislative day, March 22), 2024.</attestation-date><attestor display="no"></attestor><role>Secretary</role></attestation-group></attestation><endorsement display="yes"></endorsement></bill> 

