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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 8335 

To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to submit 

to Congress an annual report on projects that are over budget and 

behind schedule, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 10, 2024 

Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Oversight and Accountability, 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 

A BILL 

To require the Director of the Office of Management and 

Budget to submit to Congress an annual report on 

projects that are over budget and behind schedule, and 

for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Billion Dollar Boon5 doggle Act of 2024’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT. 

7 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 


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1 (1) the term ‘‘covered agency’’ means— 

2 (A) an Executive agency, as defined in sec3 tion 105 of title 5, United States Code; and 

4 (B) an independent regulatory agency, as 

5 defined in section 3502 of title 44, United 

6 States Code; 

7 (2) the term ‘‘covered project’’ means a project 

8 funded by a covered agency— 

9 (A) that is more than 5 years behind 

10 schedule, as measured against the original ex11 pected date for completion; or 

12 (B) for which the amount spent on the 

13 project is not less than $1,000,000,000 more 

14 than the original cost estimate for the project; 

15 and 

16 (3) the term ‘‘project’’ means a major acquisi17 tion, a major defense acquisition program (as de18 fined in section 4201 of title 10, United States 

19 Code), a procurement, a construction project, a re20 mediation or clean-up effort, or any other time-lim21 ited endeavor, that is not funded through direct 

22 spending (as defined in section 250(c) of the Bal23 anced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 

24 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900(c))). 


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1 (b) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 1 year after the 

2 date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office 

3 of Management and Budget shall issue guidance requiring 

4 covered agencies to include, on an annual basis in a report 

5 described in paragraph (2) of section 3516(a) of title 31, 

6 United States Code, or a consolidated report described in 

7 paragraph (1) of such section, information relating to each 

8 covered project of the covered agency, which shall in9 clude— 

10 (1) a brief description of the covered project, 

11 including— 

12 (A) the purpose of the covered project; 

13 (B) each location in which the covered 

14 project is carried out; 

15 (C) the contract or award number of the 

16 covered project, where applicable; 

17 (D) the year in which the covered project 

18 was initiated; 

19 (E) the Federal share of the total cost of 

20 the covered project; and 

21 (F) each primary contractor, subcon22 tractor, grant recipient, and subgrantee recipi23 ent of the covered project; 

24 (2) an explanation of any change to the original 

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1 tion or narrowing of the initial requirements of the 

2 covered project; 

3 (3) the original expected date for completion of 

4 the covered project; 

5 (4) the current expected date for completion of 

6 the covered project; 

7 (5) the original cost estimate for the covered 

8 project, as adjusted to reflect increases in the Con9 sumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, as 

10 published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics; 

11 (6) the current cost estimate for the covered 

12 project, as adjusted to reflect increases in the Con13 sumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, as 

14 published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics; 

15 (7) an explanation for a delay in completion or 

16 an increase in the original cost estimate for the cov17 ered project, including, where applicable, any impact 

18 of insufficient or delayed appropriations; and 

19 (8) the amount of and rationale for any award, 

20 incentive fee, or other type of bonus, if any, awarded 

21 for the covered project. 

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