[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
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[S. 565 Reported in Senate (RS)]

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                                                       Calendar No. 435
116th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                 S. 565

                          [Report No. 116-220]

   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.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           February 26, 2019

Ms. Ernst (for herself, Mr. Braun, Mr. Paul, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Peters, 
and Mr. Scott of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was read 
     twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
                          Governmental Affairs

                             March 2, 2020

               Reported by Mr. Johnson, with an amendment
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]

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                                 A BILL


 
   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.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    This Act may be cited as the ``Billion Dollar Boondoggle 
Act of 2019''.</DELETED>

<DELETED>SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT.</DELETED>

<DELETED>    (a) Definition of Covered Agency.--In this section, the 
term ``covered agency'' means--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) an Executive agency, as defined in section 105 
        of title 5, United States Code; and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) an independent regulatory agency, as defined 
        in section 3502 of title 44, United States Code.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (b) Requirement.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act, and every year thereafter, the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget shall submit to Congress and post on 
the website of the Office of Management and Budget a report on each 
project funded by a covered agency--</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) that is more than 5 years behind schedule; 
        or</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) 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.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (c) Contents.--Each report submitted and posted under 
subsection (b) shall include, for each project included in the report--
</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (1) a brief description of the project, 
        including--</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (A) the purpose of the project;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (B) each location in which the project is 
                carried out;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (C) the year in which the project was 
                initiated;</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (D) the Federal share of the total cost of 
                the project; and</DELETED>
                <DELETED>    (E) each primary contractor, 
                subcontractor, grant recipient, and subgrantee 
                recipient of the project;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (2) an explanation of any change to the original 
        scope of the project, including by the addition or narrowing of 
        the initial requirements of the project;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (3) the original expected date for completion of 
        the project;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (4) the current expected date for completion of 
        the project;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (5) the original cost estimate for the project, as 
        adjusted to reflect increases in the Consumer Price Index for 
        All Urban Consumers, as published by the Bureau of Labor 
        Statistics;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (6) the current cost estimate for the project, as 
        adjusted to reflect increases in the Consumer Price Index for 
        All Urban Consumers, as published by the Bureau of Labor 
        Statistics;</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (7) an explanation for a delay in completion or 
        increase in the original cost estimate for the project; 
        and</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    (8) the amount of and rationale for any award, 
        incentive fee, or other type of bonus, if any, awarded for the 
        project.</DELETED>
<DELETED>    (d) Submission With Budget.--Section 1105(a) of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following:</DELETED>
        <DELETED>    ``(40) the report required under section 2(b) of 
        the Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act of 2019 for the calendar year 
        in which the fiscal year covered by the budget 
        begins.''.</DELETED>

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act of 
2019''.

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; 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; and
            (3) the term ``project'' means a major acquisition, a major 
        defense acquisition program (as defined in section 2430 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) Requirement.--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--
            (1) a brief description of the covered project, including--
                    (A) the purpose of the covered project;
                    (B) each location in which the covered project is 
                carried out;
                    (C) the contract or award number of the covered 
                project, where applicable;
                    (D) the year in which the covered project was 
                initiated;
                    (E) the Federal share of the total cost of the 
                covered project; and
                    (F) each primary contractor, subcontractor, grant 
                recipient, and subgrantee recipient of the covered 
                project;
            (2) 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;
            (3) the original expected date for completion of the 
        covered project;
            (4) the current expected date for completion of the covered 
        project;
            (5) 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;
            (6) 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;
            (7) 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
            (8) the amount of and rationale for any award, incentive 
        fee, or other type of bonus, if any, awarded for the covered 
        project.
                                                       Calendar No. 435

116th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                 S. 565

                          [Report No. 116-220]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

   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.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             March 2, 2020

                       Reported with an amendment