United StatesFederal agencies must report projects with major delays or overruns
The federal budget office must publish yearly reports for Congress and the public on major project delays or cost overruns, excluding projects funded through direct spending.
What it does
Annual public reports must cover agency-funded projects more than five years late or with spending at least $1 billion above original estimates, excluding projects funded through direct spending.
Argument forPublic reports could help taxpayers and Congress examine explanations for project delays, rising costs, and bonuses paid on troubled projects.
Argument againstYearly submissions could take agency staff time to gather project information, leaving less time to manage those projects.
More detail
Agencies must submit project information yearly. The Office of Management and Budget must send Congress an annual report and publish it online. The requirements cover time-limited projects funded by executive agencies and independent regulatory agencies, including purchases, construction, and cleanup work. The delay is measured against the original expected completion date. The cost threshold uses money already spent. Direct spending is an excluded funding category defined by reference to another federal budget law. The budget office must issue guidance requiring yearly agency submissions within one year of enactment.
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- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became Law
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History
- 2026
- Oct 7Signed by President.Became Law
- Oct 7Became Public Law No: 119-120.Minor
- Sep 29Presented to President.To President
- Sep 16Mr. Comer moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
- Sep 16Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5930-5931)
- Sep 16DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on S. 766.
- Sep 16Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H5930-5931)Passed House
- Sep 16Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Mar 18Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
- 2025
- Dec 15Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- Dec 15Received in the House.
- Dec 15Held at the desk.
- Dec 11Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S8693-8694; text: CR S8693-8694)Passed Senate
- Nov 3Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Paul without amendment. Without written report.
- Nov 3Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 254.
- Jul 30Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- Feb 27Introduced in Senate
- Feb 27Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.Introduced
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