US SB565 | 2019-2020 | 116th Congress
Status
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 5-1)
Status: Introduced on February 26 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-03-02 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 435.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 26 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-03-02 - Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 435.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]
Summary
Directs the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance requiring federal agencies to report annually to Congress regarding certain federally funded projects that are (1) 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.
Title
Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act of 2019
Sponsors
| Sen. Joni Ernst [R-IA] | Sen. Mike Braun [R-IN] | Sen. Rand Paul [R-KY] | Sen. James Lankford [R-OK] |
| Sen. Gary Peters [D-MI] | Sen. Rick Scott [R-FL] |
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-03-02 | Senate | Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 435. |
| 2020-03-02 | Senate | Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-220. |
| 2019-11-06 | Senate | Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably. |
| 2019-02-26 | Senate | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. |
Same As/Similar To
HB1917 (Same As) 2019-03-27 - Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, 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.
Subjects
Budget process
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government operations and politics
Inflation and prices
Public contracts and procurement
Congressional oversight
Executive agency funding and structure
Government information and archives
Government operations and politics
Inflation and prices
Public contracts and procurement
