I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2742 
To prevent fraud, waste, and abuse by requiring the Administrator of the 
United States Department of Government Efficiency Service to provide 
weekly reports to Congress regarding changes DOGE has made to any 
Federal agency and the realized impacts of such changes, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 8, 2025 
Mr. SCHNEIDER (for himself and Mr. LYNCH) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To prevent fraud, waste, and abuse by requiring the Admin-
istrator of the United States Department of Government 
Efficiency Service to provide weekly reports to Congress 
regarding changes DOGE has made to any Federal agen-
cy and the realized impacts of such changes, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘DOGE Accountability 
and Transparency Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
Congress finds the following: 
(1) Congress has a responsibility to review, 
monitor, supervise, and evaluate the actions of the 
executive branch to provide effective oversight as a 
co-equal branch of Government. 
(2) The authority of the Congress to provide 
oversight and obtain information from the executive 
branch is firmly established and essential to its leg-
islative function derived from Article I of the Con-
stitution. 
(3) The Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 
established that ‘‘each standing committee of the 
Senate and the House of Representatives shall exer-
cise continuous watchfulness of the execution by the 
administrative agencies concerned of any laws, the 
subject matter of which is within the jurisdiction of 
such committee; and, for that purpose, shall study 
all pertinent reports and data submitted to the Con-
gress by the agencies in the executive branch of the 
Government.’’ 
(4) On January 20, 2025, President Donald 
Trump issued an executive order to reorganize the 
U.S. Digital Service as the U.S. Department of Gov-
ernment Efficiency (DOGE) Service and directs 
DOGE to ‘‘implement the President’s DOGE Agen-
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da, by monitoring Federal technology and software 
to maximize governmental efficiency and produc-
tivity.’’ 
(5) DOGE has pushed for large-scale reduc-
tions in force and office closures (often arbitrarily 
and capriciously), which will have a significant ad-
verse impact on the ability of agencies to serve citi-
zens of the United States. 
(6) Reductions in Force (RIFs) and scaling 
back, or completely eliminating programs at Federal 
agencies should be based on real and transparent 
analysis and formal, deliberate program evaluation, 
not for the purposes of pursuing personal vendettas 
or yielding personal financial gain for well-connected 
individuals. 
(7) The illogical and erratic, chainsaw approach 
of DOGE has sown confusion and chaos for employ-
ees at Federal agencies and the citizens of the 
United States alike. 
(8) The citizens of the United States expect 
and deserve ongoing transparency of the actions of 
the Federal Government, particularly when their 
personal, private data is concerned. 
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SEC. 3. DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY AC-
TIVITY AND IMPACT REPORTS. 
(a) WEEKLY REPORT.—Not later than 1 week after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and weekly there-
after, the Administrator of the United States Department 
of Government Efficiency Service shall provide to Con-
gress a report regarding any action DOGE has taken with 
respect to each Federal agency and the cumulative impact 
of actions taken to date, including the following: 
(1) Each statutory authorization supporting 
each such change. 
(2) Any change in the number of employees at 
the respective Federal agency, including any em-
ployee that has resigned, been removed, or had their 
position eliminated. 
(3) A description of each specific change DOGE 
has made to the respective Federal agency, including 
to an office within such agency. 
(4) Any cost-saving measure. 
(5) Any policy change. 
(6) Any physical change to a Federal agency 
structure or location, including moving a Federal 
agency to a different building and relocating employ-
ees. 
(7) A description of any Federal agency data 
accessed by DOGE, the name of the individual who 
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accessed such data, the purpose for such access, and 
what was done with such data. 
(8) The realized versus expected benefits of 
DOGE actions to date. 
(b) INITIAL REPORT.—Not later than 1 week after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator 
shall submit to Congress a report of any DOGE activity 
listed under subsection (a) that occurred between January 
20, 2025, and the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) DOGE.—The term ‘‘DOGE’’ means the 
United States DOGE Service (commonly referred to 
as the Department of Government Efficiency). 
(2) FEDERAL
AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Federal 
agency’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘agency’’ 
in section 551 of title 5, United States Code. 
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