Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act
Latest action · Jul 23, 2026 Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 467.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2025
- Passed HouseJul 22, 2026
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act
This bill 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 bill 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 OMB
- a 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 bill 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. The report must be submitted in unclassified form, but may include a classified annex.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 12, 2026 to Apr 14, 2026.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-AZ | Yassamin Ansari | Mar 12, 2026 | |
| R-OK | Josh Brecheen | Mar 26, 2026 | |
| R-CA | Vince Fong | Apr 14, 2026 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Feb 27, 2025Markup Mar 18, 2026 |
| House | Armed Services Committee | Referred Feb 27, 2025 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 23, 2026Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 467.
- Jul 22, 2026Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5159)
- Jul 22, 2026Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.
- Jul 22, 2026Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jul 20, 2026Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4663-4664; text: CR H4663)
- Jul 20, 2026Mr. Burlison moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Jul 20, 2026DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1722.
- Jul 20, 2026At the conclusion of debate, the chair put the question on the motion to suspend the rules. Mr. Burlison objected to the vote on the grounds that a quorum was not present. Further proceedings on the motion were postponed. The point of no quorum was considered as withdrawn.
- Mar 18, 2026Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 39 - 0.
- Mar 18, 2026Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Feb 27, 2025Introduced in House
- Feb 27, 2025Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Armed Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H4663, H4664Text printed H4663 | Eric Burlison R-MO, Mariannette Miller-Meeks R-IA, Suhas Subramanyam D-VA | Jul 20, 2026 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 171, no. 39, February 27, 2025, page H920.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 766 | Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act of 2025 | Related bill | Oct 7, 2026 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require an annual report of taxpayer-funded projects that are over budget and behind schedule.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act of 2025
- Short Title(s) as Passed House
- Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act
- Short Title(s) from PCS (Placed on Senate Calendar) bill text
- Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act
- Official Title from EH (Engrossed in House) bill text
- To require an annual report of taxpayer-funded projects that are over budget and behind schedule.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jul 23, 2026Placed on Calendar Senate
- Jul 22, 2026Engrossed in House
- Feb 27, 2025Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
