HR 1722
Passed a chamber
Requires an annual report to Congress listing federal projects that are more than five years behind schedule or at least $1 billion over their original cost estimate.
Official title: Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
27-FEB-2025
Referred
27-FEB-2025
Approved by committee
18-MAR-2026
Passed
22-JUL-2026
Senate
Received
23-JUL-2026
- Defines a covered project as one funded by an executive agency or independent regulatory agency that is more than 5 years behind its original completion date or at least $1 billion over its original cost estimate.
- Directs the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance within 1 year of enactment requiring covered agencies to submit yearly data on each project, including its locations, contractors, schedule and scope changes, inflation-adjusted costs, and any bonuses awarded.
- Requires the OMB Director to send the annual report to Congress and post it online, in unclassified form with an optional classified annex.
Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (Passed House, 22-JUL-2026).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Armed Services Committee (House)
- Oversight and Government Reform Committee (House)
Government Operations and Politics
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