Signed into law
Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act of 2025
This act 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.
- Measure
- S. 766 · 119th Congress
- Latest action
- October 7, 2026
- Policy changes
- 3
- Source
- CRS summary (Public Law) · Congress.gov
Became Public Law No: 119-120.
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What it would cost
Congressional Budget Office estimate
September 19, 2025 · As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on July 30, 2025 · Read CBO’s estimate
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Dollar amounts in the bill itself
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1 other dollar figure (thresholds, limits, tax amounts)
- $1 billion Sec. 2(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;
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Who wrote it
All 4 cosponsors
- Sen. Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH)
- Sen. Ashley Moody (R-FL)
- Sen. Jacky Rosen (D-NV)
- Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL)
How Congress voted
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Provision 1
Specifically, the act 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.
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Provision 2
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.
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Provision 3
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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