Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act of 2025
U.S. Congress · S766 ·
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What the bill says
Introduced 2025-02-27. Latest action: Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
Summary (plain-language)
Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act of 2025 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.
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What analysts say
CBO cost estimates
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S. 766, Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act of 2025
— 2025-09-19
As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on July 30, 2025
Full estimate published at cbo.gov; it will appear here once an archived or committee-report copy is available.
What politicians say
No linked claims or utterances yet — no one on record has cited this measure to justify a public argument.
Action History
| Date | Action |
|---|---|
| 2026-03-18 | Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held. |
| 2025-12-15 | Message on Senate action sent to the House. |
| 2025-12-15 | Received in the House. |
| 2025-12-15 | Held at the desk. |
| 2025-12-11 | Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. |
| 2025-12-11 | Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8693-8694; text: CR S8693-8694) |
| 2025-11-03 | Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Paul without amendment. Without written report. |
| 2025-11-03 | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 254. |
| 2025-07-30 | Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably. |
| 2025-02-27 | Introduced in Senate |
| 2025-02-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. |