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116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1917 

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 

MARCH 27, 2019 

Mr. GALLAGHER (for himself and Ms. SPEIER) introduced the following bill; 

which was 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 

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 2019’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT. 

2 (a) DEFINITION OF COVERED AGENCY.—In this sec3 tion, the term ‘‘covered agency’’ means— 

4 (1) an Executive agency, as defined in section 

5 105 of title 5, United States Code; and 

6 (2) an independent regulatory agency, as de7 fined in section 3502 of title 44, United States 

8 Code. 

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

10 date of enactment of this Act, and every year thereafter, 

11 the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 

12 shall submit to Congress and post on the website of the 

13 Office of Management and Budget a report on each 

14 project funded by a covered agency— 

15 (1) that is more than 5 years behind schedule; 

16 or 

17 (2) for which the amount spent on the project 

18 is not less than $1,000,000,000 more than the origi19 nal cost estimate for the project. 

20 (c) CONTENTS.—Each report submitted and posted 

21 under subsection (b) shall include, for each project in22 cluded in the report— 

23 (1) a brief description of the project, includ24 ing— 

25 (A) the purpose of the project; 


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1 (B) each location in which the project is 

2 carried out; 

3 (C) the year in which the project was initi4 ated; 

5 (D) the Federal share of the total cost of 

6 the project; and 

7 (E) each primary contractor, subcon8 tractor, grant recipient, and subgrantee recipi9 ent of the project; 

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

11 scope of the project, including by the addition or 

12 narrowing of the initial requirements of the project; 

13 (3) the original expected date for completion of 

14 the project; 

15 (4) the current expected date for completion of 

16 the project; 

17 (5) the original cost estimate for the project, as 

18 adjusted to reflect increases in the Consumer Price 

19 Index for All Urban Consumers, as published by the 

20 Bureau of Labor Statistics; 

21 (6) the current cost estimate for the project, as 

22 adjusted to reflect increases in the Consumer Price 

23 Index for All Urban Consumers, as published by the 

24 Bureau of Labor Statistics; 


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

2 increase in the original cost estimate for the project; 

3 and 

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

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

6 for the project. 

7 (d) SUBMISSION WITH BUDGET.—Section 1105(a) of 

8 title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 

9 end the following: 

10 ‘‘(40) the report required under section 2(b) of 

11 the Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act of 2019 for the 

12 calendar year in which the fiscal year covered by the 

13 budget begins.’’. 

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