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<dc:title>119 HR 1722 EH: Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act</dc:title>
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<congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">2d Session</session> 
<legis-num display="yes">H. R. 1722</legis-num> 
<current-chamber display="no">IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber> 
<legis-type>AN ACT</legis-type> 
<official-title display="yes">To require an annual report of taxpayer-funded projects that are over budget and behind schedule.</official-title> 
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<section section-type="section-one" id="H0CE8019D2BD54319B7FF9C58A432D3C2" 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</short-title></quote>.</text> </section> <section id="H8D23676FA2BC42CE9CC5BD124E48AEF1"><enum>2.</enum><header>Annual report</header> <subsection id="HF975224DD5694D8792AE2D46DEB8FC4D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section—</text> 
<paragraph id="H8B9E9A876FD6419CBA6E1F0BD9D54FBA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term <quote>covered agency</quote> means—</text> <subparagraph id="HEAE16814E1E3442A93F75270076535BD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an Executive agency, as defined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code; and</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H7C6460BB6F5F482D8D709A5B53E4F177"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an independent regulatory agency, as defined in section 3502 of title 44, United States Code;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H8BF12C2469C647B3AC3A015D314DD6A6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term <quote>covered project</quote> means a project funded by a covered agency—</text> 
<subparagraph id="H6D30BBD242E74DDE8C663F55C33963B0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that is more than 5 years behind schedule, as measured against the original expected date for completion; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD7EB47831A0F476DA842D2A5A42435E0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>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;</text></subparagraph></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="HA854CE6E69A747768E8331EB60DAE36C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term <quote>Director</quote> means the Director of the Office of Management and Budget; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H4E1FCD650D644EDBA52E734842A9B7B0"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the term <quote>project</quote> 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="H88D0C24EC4774714B866F2096A0EA7C0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirements</header> 
<paragraph id="H685B45269E3F499B8D7B98833659A9D0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Submission</header><text>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—</text> <subparagraph id="H98DD504B437F4F60AC11A680047D2FC8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a brief description of the covered project, including—</text> 
<clause id="H0C7E22CF867F4782A1E556405D6E6EB8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the purpose of the covered project;</text></clause> <clause id="H0E1702820F78456CB0EE5FCE3F5C041E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>each location in which the covered project is carried out;</text></clause> 
<clause id="H865C4E47E17C487B826E88887171AAD6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the contract or award number of the covered project, where applicable;</text></clause> <clause id="HC46D54652AAF46A18F466BE33588BFFA"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the year in which the covered project was initiated;</text></clause> 
<clause id="HE098CFBB6E594E7E85E1C7493C74A5F3"><enum>(v)</enum><text>the Federal share of the total cost of the covered project; and</text></clause> <clause id="H21AC42C7391947ABA3E35CA26F31AB30"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>each primary contractor, subcontractor, grant recipient, and subgrantee recipient of the covered project;</text></clause></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H91E1AB0BF2F44BEB80CB4010CA29B8BB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>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></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0AB37FBA39724B5E9660DD490416ACE5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the original expected date for completion of the covered project;</text></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="HA25214D5312A49E78250E84B9692564A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the current expected date for completion of the covered project;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H49CDFA4D5B6A415CB7218F60FADD62B2"><enum>(E)</enum><text>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></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H94A4D5F3D3284A0697BDCAAA87741B00"><enum>(F)</enum><text>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></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA0F4F1FE724D4441A1FA4AADE1D81ADD"><enum>(G)</enum><text>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></subparagraph> 
<subparagraph id="H28735CFF89BE497095D2E0D0194B1F74"><enum>(H)</enum><text>the amount of and rationale for any award, incentive fee, or other type of bonus, if any, awarded for the covered project.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H0135BE9A74AD4E86AF9A03E1E26E77D8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text>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.</text></paragraph> 
<paragraph id="H58E75BF8230346128695159B768E2357"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Form</header><text>The report required under paragraph (2) shall be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> </legis-body> <attestation><attestation-group><attestation-date date="20260722" chamber="House">Passed the House of Representatives July 22, 2026.</attestation-date><attestor display="no">Kevin F. McCumber,</attestor><role>Clerk.</role></attestation-group></attestation> <endorsement display="yes"></endorsement> </bill> 

