In the House of Representatives, U. S., 

July 22, 2024. 

Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 1258) entitled ‘‘An Act 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.’’, do pass with the following 

AMENDMENT: 

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert: 

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Billion Dollar Boon3 doggle Act of 2023’’. 

4 SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT. 

5 (a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

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

7 (A) an Executive agency, as defined in sec8 tion 105 of title 5, United States Code; and 

9 (B) an independent regulatory agency, as 

10 defined in section 3502 of title 44, United States 

11 Code; 

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

13 funded by a covered agency— 
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1 (A) that is more than 5 years behind sched2 ule, as measured against the original expected 

3 date for completion; or 

4 (B) for which the amount spent on the 

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

6 the original cost estimate for the project; and 

7 (3) the term ‘‘project’’ means a major acquisi8 tion, a major defense acquisition program (as defined 

9 in section 4201 of title 10, United States Code), a 

10 procurement, a construction project, a remediation or 

11 clean-up effort, or any other time-limited endeavor, 

12 that is not funded through direct spending (as defined 

13 in section 250(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emer14 gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900(c))). 

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

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

17 Management and Budget shall issue guidance requiring 

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

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

20 United States Code, or a consolidated report described in 

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

22 covered project of the covered agency, which shall include— 

23 (1) a brief description of the covered project, in24 cluding— 

25 (A) the purpose of the covered project; 
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1 (B) each location in which the covered 

2 project is carried out; 

3 (C) the contract or award number of the 

4 covered project, where applicable; 

5 (D) the year in which the covered project 

6 was initiated; 

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

8 covered project; and 

9 (F) each primary contractor, subcontractor, 

10 grant recipient, and subgrantee recipient of the 

11 covered project; 

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

13 scope of the covered project, including by the addition 

14 or narrowing of the initial requirements of the cov15 ered project; 

16 (3) the original expected date for completion of 

17 the covered project; 

18 (4) the current expected date for completion of 

19 the covered project; 

20 (5) the original cost estimate for the covered 

21 project, as adjusted to reflect increases in the Con22 sumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, as pub23 lished by the Bureau of Labor Statistics; 

24 (6) the current cost estimate for the covered 

25 project, as adjusted to reflect increases in the Con-
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1 sumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, as pub2 lished by the Bureau of Labor Statistics; 

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

4 an increase in the original cost estimate for the cov5 ered project, including, where applicable, any impact 

6 of insufficient or delayed appropriations; and 

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

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

9 for the covered project. 

10 (c) FORM.—If any information required under sub11 section (b) is classified, such information may be submitted 

12 in the form of a classified annex consistent with the protec13 tion of sources and methods. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 1258 

AMENDMENT