Fighting Budget Waste Act has not moved since its introduction on Jan 31, 2025, with cosponsors split almost evenly between the parties
IntroducedJan 31, 2025
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What it changes · CRS summary
Written by the Congressional Research Service [2]. 80 words.
Fighting Presidential Budget Waste Act This bill requires the President and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to consider the Government Accountability Office's (GAO's) annual report on ways to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the federal government when preparing the President's annual budget. Specifically, the President and OMB must consider the information and recommendations contained in the most recent GAO report titled Additional Opportunities to Reduce Fragmentation, Overlap, and Duplication and Achieve Billions of Dollars in Financial Benefits.
Context
- Committees
- House Budget Committee
- Policy area
- Economics and Public Finance: 71 of 1,188 bills became law, 113th–118th (6%)
- Sponsor
- 4 of 166 bills enacted since 2013
- Text versions
- 1: introduced in house · 134 words
- Subjects
- Budget processOffice of Management and Budget (OMB)Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Latest action
- Jan 31, 2025: Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
- Records
- Congress.gov · Bill text
Exhibit 1Passage odds band at each stage, rated when the bill reached it [4]
Related bills · 0
The bill status record lists no related bills.
Exhibit 2Articles naming the bill per day, last 90 days, US sources [3]