[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2742 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2742
To prevent fraud, waste, and abuse by requiring the Administrator of
the United States Department of Government Efficiency Service to
provide weekly reports to Congress regarding changes DOGE has made to
any Federal agency and the realized impacts of such changes, and for
other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 8, 2025
Mr. Schneider (for himself and Mr. Lynch) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government
Reform
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A BILL
To prevent fraud, waste, and abuse by requiring the Administrator of
the United States Department of Government Efficiency Service to
provide weekly reports to Congress regarding changes DOGE has made to
any Federal agency and the realized impacts of such changes, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``DOGE Accountability and Transparency
Act''.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS.
Congress finds the following:
(1) Congress has a responsibility to review, monitor,
supervise, and evaluate the actions of the executive branch to
provide effective oversight as a co-equal branch of Government.
(2) The authority of the Congress to provide oversight and
obtain information from the executive branch is firmly
established and essential to its legislative function derived
from Article I of the Constitution.
(3) The Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 established
that ``each standing committee of the Senate and the House of
Representatives shall exercise continuous watchfulness of the
execution by the administrative agencies concerned of any laws,
the subject matter of which is within the jurisdiction of such
committee; and, for that purpose, shall study all pertinent
reports and data submitted to the Congress by the agencies in
the executive branch of the Government.''
(4) On January 20, 2025, President Donald Trump issued an
executive order to reorganize the U.S. Digital Service as the
U.S. Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) Service and
directs DOGE to ``implement the President's DOGE Agenda, by
monitoring Federal technology and software to maximize
governmental efficiency and productivity.''
(5) DOGE has pushed for large-scale reductions in force and
office closures (often arbitrarily and capriciously), which
will have a significant adverse impact on the ability of
agencies to serve citizens of the United States.
(6) Reductions in Force (RIFs) and scaling back, or
completely eliminating programs at Federal agencies should be
based on real and transparent analysis and formal, deliberate
program evaluation, not for the purposes of pursuing personal
vendettas or yielding personal financial gain for well-
connected individuals.
(7) The illogical and erratic, chainsaw approach of DOGE
has sown confusion and chaos for employees at Federal agencies
and the citizens of the United States alike.
(8) The citizens of the United States expect and deserve
ongoing transparency of the actions of the Federal Government,
particularly when their personal, private data is concerned.
SEC. 3. DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY ACTIVITY AND IMPACT
REPORTS.
(a) Weekly Report.--Not later than 1 week after the date of the
enactment of this Act, and weekly thereafter, the Administrator of the
United States Department of Government Efficiency Service shall provide
to Congress a report regarding any action DOGE has taken with respect
to each Federal agency and the cumulative impact of actions taken to
date, including the following:
(1) Each statutory authorization supporting each such
change.
(2) Any change in the number of employees at the respective
Federal agency, including any employee that has resigned, been
removed, or had their position eliminated.
(3) A description of each specific change DOGE has made to
the respective Federal agency, including to an office within
such agency.
(4) Any cost-saving measure.
(5) Any policy change.
(6) Any physical change to a Federal agency structure or
location, including moving a Federal agency to a different
building and relocating employees.
(7) A description of any Federal agency data accessed by
DOGE, the name of the individual who accessed such data, the
purpose for such access, and what was done with such data.
(8) The realized versus expected benefits of DOGE actions
to date.
(b) Initial Report.--Not later than 1 week after the date of the
enactment of this Act, the Administrator shall submit to Congress a
report of any DOGE activity listed under subsection (a) that occurred
between January 20, 2025, and the date of the enactment of this Act.
(c) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) DOGE.--The term ``DOGE'' means the United States DOGE
Service (commonly referred to as the Department of Government
Efficiency).
(2) Federal agency.--The term ``Federal agency'' has the
meaning given the term ``agency'' in section 551 of title 5,
United States Code.
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