I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1535 
To repeal President Donald Trump’s January 20, 2025, Executive Order 
titled ‘‘Establishing and Implementing the President’s ‘Department of 
Government Efficiency’ ’’, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 24, 2025 
Mr. MIN (for himself, Ms. STANSBURY, Ms. ANSARI, Ms. PRESSLEY, and Ms. 
CROCKETT) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To repeal President Donald Trump’s January 20, 2025, Ex-
ecutive Order titled ‘‘Establishing and Implementing the 
President’s ‘Department of Government Efficiency’ ’’, 
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 ‘‘Bolstering America’s 
Democracy and Demanding Oversight and Government 
Ethics Act’’ or the ‘‘BAD DOGE Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 
The Congress finds the following: 
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(1) The United States DOGE Service (in this 
section referred to as ‘‘USDS’’) (formerly known as 
the United States Digital Service) and the U.S. 
DOGE Service Temporary Organization (in this sec-
tion, referred to as ‘‘USDSTO’’) created by Execu-
tive Order 14158 (90 Fed. Reg. 8441; relating to es-
tablishing and implementing the President’s ‘‘De-
partment of Government Efficiency’’) (in this section 
referred to as ‘‘the DOGE Executive Order’’) are 
operating beyond the scope of their authorities and 
organizational purposes. 
(2) The DOGE Executive Order specifically cre-
ates the USDSTO as a ‘‘temporary organization’’ in 
accordance with section 3161 of title 5, United 
States Code, which limits the purpose of such an or-
ganization to ‘‘performing a specific study or other 
project’’. 
(3) The DOGE Executive Order specifies that 
the USDSTO shall be headed by the USDS Admin-
istrator, who is to be appointed by the Office of 
Management and Budget, and shall be dedicated to 
advancing the President’s DOGE agenda. 
(4) This DOGE agenda is described in the 
DOGE Executive Order as a ‘‘Software Moderniza-
tion Initiative’’ led by the USDS Administrator to 
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‘‘improve the quality and efficiency of government- 
wide software, network infrastructure, and informa-
tion technology (IT) systems’’. 
(5) The DOGE Executive Order additionally 
specifies that USDS shall adhere to rigorous data 
protection standards. 
(6) In fact, both the USDS and USDSTO are 
being led by Elon Musk, who was not appointed as 
USDS Administrator. 
(7) There are no government records indicating 
that Mr. Musk has any formal role with the Federal 
Government, or that he is complying with any disclo-
sure or conflict-of-interest requirements that would 
apply to Federal employees or officials. 
(8) The White House subsequently indicated 
that Mr. Musk is a ‘‘special government employee’’ 
but has not produced any evidence that he was re-
tained in this role, or that he is complying with any 
rules or laws that would be required for a Federal 
employee or the USDS Administrator. 
(9) According to numerous media reports and 
first-hand accounts, including social media posts and 
press statements from Mr. Musk himself, under the 
leadership of Mr. Musk, the USDSTO has taken ac-
tions that go far beyond what the DOGE Executive 
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Order authorized either USDS or USDSTO to do, 
including freezing payments to different Federal 
agencies and programs, acquiring personnel informa-
tion for all Federal employees from the Office of 
Personnel Management (in this section referred to 
as ‘‘OPM’’), gaining control over and access to the 
Department of Treasury’s Bureau of Fiscal Services 
(in this section referred to as ‘‘BFS’’) Federal pay-
ments system and its associated data, locking Fed-
eral employees out of their computer systems, offer-
ing Federal employees a buyout, and ostensibly ter-
minating Federal agencies, bureaus, and programs 
created by and funded by Congress. 
(10) These actions are inconsistent with the 
provisions of the DOGE Executive Order and also 
with what a ‘‘temporary organization’’ is statutorily 
permitted to do. 
(11) Mr. Musk’s actions and authorities also 
grossly exceed what he might be permitted to do as 
a ‘‘special government employee’’. 
(12) The USDS and the USDSTO, under the 
direction of Mr. Musk, are repeatedly violating a 
number of Federal statutes and provisions of the 
United States Constitution. 
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(13) USDS, USDSTO, and Mr. Musk have re-
portedly gained access to OPM’s personnel files, 
gained control and access to BFS’s payments sys-
tems and associated data, sent a buyout offer to all 
Federal employees, attempted to dismantle the 
United States Agency for International Development 
and the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau 
without congressional approval, and removed public 
health information from the Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Ad-
ministration websites, among other things. 
(14) These actions violate the Constitution, in-
cluding Article I, section 1 (Separation of Powers), 
Article I, section 7 (Presentment and Appropriations 
Clause), Article I, section 8 (Spending Clause), and 
Article II, section 3 (Take Care Clause). 
(15) These actions also violate a broad array of 
Federal statutes, including— 
(A) the Congressional Budget and Im-
poundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 601 
et seq.); 
(B) chapter 15 of title 31, United States 
Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Anti-Deficiency 
Act’’); 
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(C) section 6329a through 6329c of title 5, 
United States Code (commonly known as the 
‘‘Administrative Leave Act of 2016’’); 
(D) chapter 36 of title 44, United States 
Code (commonly known as the ‘‘E-Government 
Act of 2002’’); 
(E) section 552a of title 5, United States 
Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Privacy Act of 
1974’’); 
(F) subchapter II of chapter 35 of title 44, 
United States Code (commonly known as the 
‘‘Federal Information Security Modernization 
Act of 2014’’); 
(G) the Foreign Affairs Reform and Re-
structuring Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 6501 et 
seq.); 
(H) chapter 10 of title 5, United States 
Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Federal Advi-
sory Committee Act’’); 
(I) chapter 41 of title 44, United States 
Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Paperwork Re-
duction Act of 1995’’); 
(J) numerous Federal ethics regulations; 
and 
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(K) various provisions of subchapter II of 
chapter 5 of title 5, United States Code (com-
monly known as the ‘‘Administrative Procedure 
Act’’). 
SEC. 3. REPEAL OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 14158. 
Executive Order 14158 (90 Fed. Reg. 8441; relating 
to establishing and implementing the President’s ‘‘Depart-
ment of Government Efficiency’’) shall have no force or 
effect. 
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