[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)]
[Senate]
[Page S1254]
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  SA 881. Mrs. MURRAY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by 
her to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 7, setting forth the 
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 
2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal 
years 2026 through 2034; which was ordered to lie on the table; as 
follows:

       At the end of title IV, add the following:

     SEC. 4008. GAO AUDIT AND REPORT.

       (a) In General.--To assist with its oversight, review, and 
     recommendations relating to the Federal budget, the Committee 
     on the Budget of the Senate requests the Comptroller General 
     of the United States to, not later than 90 days after the 
     adoption of this resolution, conduct a review and audit on, 
     and submit to the Committee on the Budget of the Senate a 
     report on, U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization 
     established under Executive Order 14158 (90 Fed. Reg. 8441; 
     relating to establishing and implementing the President's 
     Department of Government Efficiency) (referred to in this 
     section as the ``Department''), including with respect to--
       (1) the authorities and funding under which the Department 
     operates;
       (2) the internal controls and compliance of the Department 
     with appropriations laws, including--
       (A) statutory reprogramming requirements, data privacy 
     laws, and any other Federal law; and
       (B) whether the Department has violated section 6103 of the 
     Internal Revenue Code of 1986;
       (3) the hiring, vetting, and security clearance of each 
     employee, special government employee, or volunteer of the 
     Department, including whether any such individual has any 
     conflict of interest;
       (4) the appropriateness of actions taken by the Department 
     to cancel contracts and reassign or otherwise change the 
     status of Federal employees, including provisional Federal 
     employees;
       (5) with respect to cost savings of the Federal Government 
     realized by the Department separated out by Federal agency, 
     activity, and budget function, estimates of those cost 
     savings and projections of those cost savings over 5 and 10 
     years; and
       (6) any other matter determined appropriate by the 
     Comptroller General of the United States.
       (b) Initial Findings.--The Committee on the Budget of the 
     Senate requests that, not later than 30 days after the 
     adoption of this resolution, the Comptroller General of the 
     United States provide the Committee with initial findings 
     relating to--
       (1) the review and audit requested under subsection (a); 
     and
       (2) information on the scope of any further work of the 
     Department.
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