He introduced two initiatives that bore his name: Lugar–Obama, which expanded the Nunn–Lugar Cooperative Threat Reduction concept to conventional weapons; and the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, which authorized the establishment of USAspending.gov, a web search engine on federal spending.
Ia memperkenalkan dua inisiatif yang diberi nama dirinya: Lugar–Obama, yang memperluas konsep pengurangan risiko bersama Nunn–Lugar menjadi senjata api konvensional; dan Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, yang mengizinkan pembuatan USAspending.gov, mesin pencari anggaran federal di Internet.