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[S. 565 Reported in Senate (RS)]
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Calendar No. 435
116th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 565
[Report No. 116-220]
To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to
submit to Congress an annual report on projects that are over budget
and behind schedule, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
February 26, 2019
Ms. Ernst (for herself, Mr. Braun, Mr. Paul, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Peters,
and Mr. Scott of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was read
twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and
Governmental Affairs
March 2, 2020
Reported by Mr. Johnson, with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
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A BILL
To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to
submit to Congress an annual report on projects that are over budget
and behind schedule, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>
<DELETED> This Act may be cited as the ``Billion Dollar Boondoggle
Act of 2019''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) Definition of Covered Agency.--In this section, the
term ``covered agency'' means--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) an Executive agency, as defined in section 105
of title 5, United States Code; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) an independent regulatory agency, as defined
in section 3502 of title 44, United States Code.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Requirement.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act, and every year thereafter, the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget shall submit to Congress and post on
the website of the Office of Management and Budget a report on each
project funded by a covered agency--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) that is more than 5 years behind schedule;
or</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) for which the amount spent on the project is
not less than $1,000,000,000 more than the original cost
estimate for the project.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) Contents.--Each report submitted and posted under
subsection (b) shall include, for each project included in the report--
</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) a brief description of the project,
including--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (A) the purpose of the project;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (B) each location in which the project is
carried out;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (C) the year in which the project was
initiated;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (D) the Federal share of the total cost of
the project; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (E) each primary contractor,
subcontractor, grant recipient, and subgrantee
recipient of the project;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) an explanation of any change to the original
scope of the project, including by the addition or narrowing of
the initial requirements of the project;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (3) the original expected date for completion of
the project;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (4) the current expected date for completion of
the project;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (5) the original cost estimate for the project, as
adjusted to reflect increases in the Consumer Price Index for
All Urban Consumers, as published by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (6) the current cost estimate for the project, as
adjusted to reflect increases in the Consumer Price Index for
All Urban Consumers, as published by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics;</DELETED>
<DELETED> (7) an explanation for a delay in completion or
increase in the original cost estimate for the project;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (8) the amount of and rationale for any award,
incentive fee, or other type of bonus, if any, awarded for the
project.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (d) Submission With Budget.--Section 1105(a) of title 31,
United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the
following:</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(40) the report required under section 2(b) of
the Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act of 2019 for the calendar year
in which the fiscal year covered by the budget
begins.''.</DELETED>
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act of
2019''.
SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORT.
(a) Definitions.--In this section--
(1) the term ``covered agency'' means--
(A) an Executive agency, as defined in section 105
of title 5, United States Code; and
(B) an independent regulatory agency, as defined in
section 3502 of title 44, United States Code;
(2) the term ``covered project'' means a project funded by
a covered agency--
(A) that is more than 5 years behind schedule; or
(B) for which the amount spent on the project is
not less than $1,000,000,000 more than the original
cost estimate for the project; and
(3) the term ``project'' means a major acquisition, a major
defense acquisition program (as defined in section 2430 of
title 10, United States Code), a procurement, a construction
project, a remediation or clean-up effort, or any other time-
limited endeavor, that is not funded through direct spending
(as defined in section 250(c) of the Balanced Budget and
Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 900(c)).
(b) Requirement.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment
of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall
issue guidance requiring covered agencies to include, on an annual
basis in a report described in paragraph (2) of section 3516(a) of
title 31, United States Code, or a consolidated report described in
paragraph (1) of such section, information relating to each covered
project of the covered agency, which shall include--
(1) a brief description of the covered project, including--
(A) the purpose of the covered project;
(B) each location in which the covered project is
carried out;
(C) the contract or award number of the covered
project, where applicable;
(D) the year in which the covered project was
initiated;
(E) the Federal share of the total cost of the
covered project; and
(F) each primary contractor, subcontractor, grant
recipient, and subgrantee recipient of the covered
project;
(2) an explanation of any change to the original scope of
the covered project, including by the addition or narrowing of
the initial requirements of the covered project;
(3) the original expected date for completion of the
covered project;
(4) the current expected date for completion of the covered
project;
(5) the original cost estimate for the covered project, as
adjusted to reflect increases in the Consumer Price Index for
All Urban Consumers, as published by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics;
(6) the current cost estimate for the covered project, as
adjusted to reflect increases in the Consumer Price Index for
All Urban Consumers, as published by the Bureau of Labor
Statistics;
(7) an explanation for a delay in completion or an increase
in the original cost estimate for the covered project,
including, where applicable, any impact of insufficient or
delayed appropriations; and
(8) the amount of and rationale for any award, incentive
fee, or other type of bonus, if any, awarded for the covered
project.
Calendar No. 435
116th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 565
[Report No. 116-220]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to
submit to Congress an annual report on projects that are over budget
and behind schedule, and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
March 2, 2020
Reported with an amendment