State-Level DOGE Establishment Act

Bill: 119-hr-2523
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Tenney, Claudia [R-NY-24]
Introduced: 2025-03-31
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Latest action: action_date: 2025-03-31
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2025-03-31
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>State-Level Departments of Government Efficiency Establishment Act or the State-Level&nbsp;DOGE Establishment Act</strong></p><p>This bill requires states that receive certain federal funds to establish and maintain a government efficiency department, agency, or commission.</p><p>Specifically, the bill prohibits certain discretionary appropriations from being disbursed to any state that has not established and maintained a government efficiency department, agency, or commission to review the efficacy of the state’s administration of federal funding and to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer funds.</p><p>This requirement does not apply to discretionary appropriations within the security category, which includes appropriations associated with the budgets&nbsp;for the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the National Nuclear Security Administration, the intelligence community management account, and international affairs.&nbsp;</p><p>The bill also requires a state government efficiency entity established under this bill to submit to the Department of Government Efficiency within the Executive Office of the President an annual report that (1) details the entity’s work, and (2) provides legislative and operational suggestions and recommendations to improve the efficiency of expenditures of federal funds. The report must also be published on the state's public website.&nbsp;</p>

tv_txt: I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2523 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 31, 2025 Ms. Tenney introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To condition the disbursement of Federal funds to any State on such State establishing a department, agency, or commission of government efficiency, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the State-Level Departments of Government Efficiency Establishment Act or the State-Level DOGE Establishment Act . 2. Condition on Federal funding to States (a) Condition (1) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter, no discretionary appropriations may be disbursed to any State unless such State has established an entity described in subsection (b). (2) Exception For purposes of paragraph (1), the term discretionary appropriations does not include any discretionary appropriations within the security category (as that term is defined in section 250(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 ( 2 U.S.C. 900(c) ). (b) State-Level doge agency Each State shall establish and maintain a department, agency, or commission of government efficiency to review the efficacy of the State’s administration of Federal funding and to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer funds. Such a department, agency, or commission shall— (1) be comprised of at least 10 members and not more than 20 members; (2) have an equal number of members of the majority party and the minority party in the State’s Legislature; and (3) publish, on the State’s public website, and submit to the Department of Government Efficiency within the Executive Office of the President, an annual report that— (A) details the entity’s work to review the efficacy of the State’s administration of Federal funding and to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer funds; and (B) provides legislative and operational suggestions and recommendations to improve the efficiency of the expenditure of Federal funds. (c) State defined In this section, the term State means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, and each territory of the United States.