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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1544 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To direct the head of the Department of Government Efficiency to submit |
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| 6 | 6 | | a report to Congress on the personnel of the Department and present |
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| 7 | 7 | | information to Congress on the activities carried out by the Department, |
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| 8 | 8 | | and for other purposes. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | FEBRUARY24, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. S |
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| 12 | 12 | | UBRAMANYAM (for himself, Mr. CLEAVER, Ms. NORTON, Mr. JACKSON |
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| 13 | 13 | | of Illinois, Ms. J |
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| 14 | 14 | | ACOBS, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. FIELDS, Mr. LARSONof Con- |
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| 15 | 15 | | necticut, Ms. T |
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| 16 | 16 | | LAIB, Mrs. WATSONCOLEMAN, Mr. KRISHNAMOORTHI, |
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| 17 | 17 | | Ms. L |
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| 18 | 18 | | OISFRANKELof Florida, and Mr. HUFFMAN) introduced the fol- |
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| 19 | 19 | | lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Gov- |
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| 20 | 20 | | ernment Reform |
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| 21 | 21 | | A BILL |
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| 22 | 22 | | To direct the head of the Department of Government Effi- |
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| 23 | 23 | | ciency to submit a report to Congress on the personnel |
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| 24 | 24 | | of the Department and present information to Congress |
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| 25 | 25 | | on the activities carried out by the Department, and |
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| 26 | 26 | | for other purposes. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 |
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| 33 | 33 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Enforce-2 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ment Against Setbacks from Harmful DOGE Actions 3 |
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| 35 | 35 | | Act’’ or the ‘‘LEASH DOGE Act’’. 4 |
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| 36 | 36 | | SEC. 2. REQUIRING PROVISION OF INFORMATION ON EM-5 |
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| 37 | 37 | | PLOYEES AND ACTIVITIES OF DEPARTMENT 6 |
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| 38 | 38 | | OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY. 7 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (a) R |
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| 40 | 40 | | EPORT.—The head of the United States DOGE 8 |
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| 41 | 41 | | Service (commonly referred to as the ‘‘Department of Gov-9 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ernment Efficiency’’ or ‘‘DOGE’’) shall submit a report 10 |
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| 43 | 43 | | to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 11 |
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| 44 | 44 | | of the House of Representatives and the Committee on 12 |
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| 45 | 45 | | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen-13 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ate containing the following information: 14 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (1) A list of— 15 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (A) all employees of the Department, in-16 |
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| 49 | 49 | | cluding special Government employees, and a 17 |
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| 50 | 50 | | description of each employee’s role; and 18 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (B) all employees of the Executive Office 19 |
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| 52 | 52 | | of the President, including any individual serv-20 |
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| 53 | 53 | | ing as a Senior Advisor to the President, whose 21 |
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| 54 | 54 | | duties include advising the President on the op-22 |
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| 55 | 55 | | erations of the Department. 23 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (2) For each such employee, a statement of 24 |
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| 57 | 57 | | whether the employee has undergone a background 25 |
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| 61 | 61 | | check and, if so, the results of the background 1 |
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| 62 | 62 | | check. 2 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (3) For each such employee, a statement of 3 |
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| 64 | 64 | | whether the employee has a security clearance. 4 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (4) For each such employee, a statement dis-5 |
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| 66 | 66 | | closing any conflict of interest held by the employee, 6 |
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| 67 | 67 | | including (if applicable) a description of a plan en-7 |
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| 68 | 68 | | tered into by the employee to address such conflicts 8 |
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| 69 | 69 | | and the person with whom the employee entered into 9 |
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| 70 | 70 | | the plan. 10 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (b) A |
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| 72 | 72 | | PPEARANCE ATMEETINGS OFCOMMITTEES.— 11 |
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| 73 | 73 | | (1) A |
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| 74 | 74 | | PPEARANCE OF HEAD OF DOGE RE -12 |
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| 75 | 75 | | QUIRED.—The head of DOGE and any Senior Advi-13 |
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| 76 | 76 | | sor to the President described in subsection 14 |
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| 77 | 77 | | (a)(1)(B) shall appear at a closed meeting of the 15 |
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| 78 | 78 | | Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of 16 |
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| 79 | 79 | | the House of Representatives and a closed meeting 17 |
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| 80 | 80 | | of the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-18 |
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| 81 | 81 | | ernmental Affairs of the Senate to present informa-19 |
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| 82 | 82 | | tion on the activities carried out by the Department 20 |
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| 83 | 83 | | as of the date of the meeting and on the activities 21 |
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| 84 | 84 | | the Department intends to carry out after such date. 22 |
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| 85 | 85 | | (2) I |
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| 86 | 86 | | NFORMATION ON ACCESS TO PERSONALLY 23 |
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| 87 | 87 | | IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION .—The head of DOGE 24 |
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| 88 | 88 | | and any Senior Advisor to the President described in 25 |
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| 92 | 92 | | subsection (a)(1)(B) shall include in the information 1 |
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| 93 | 93 | | presented at a meeting under this subsection a de-2 |
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| 94 | 94 | | scription of the extent to which employees of DOGE 3 |
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| 95 | 95 | | have obtained access to computer systems of the 4 |
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| 96 | 96 | | Federal Government, along with a description of the 5 |
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| 97 | 97 | | types of personally identifiable information contained 6 |
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| 98 | 98 | | in such systems for which such employees have ob-7 |
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| 99 | 99 | | tained access. 8 |
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| 100 | 100 | | (c) P |
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| 101 | 101 | | UBLICWEBSITE ONDOGE INFORMATION.— 9 |
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| 102 | 102 | | (1) E |
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| 103 | 103 | | STABLISHMENT AND OPERATION .—The 10 |
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| 104 | 104 | | head of DOGE shall establish and operate a public 11 |
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| 105 | 105 | | website through which members of the public may 12 |
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| 106 | 106 | | obtain the following information in human-readable 13 |
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| 107 | 107 | | form: 14 |
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| 108 | 108 | | (A) A list of employees of DOGE, include 15 |
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| 109 | 109 | | special Government employees, their titles, and 16 |
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| 110 | 110 | | a description of their role in DOGE. 17 |
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| 111 | 111 | | (B) The number of employees laid off and 18 |
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| 112 | 112 | | put on administrative leave within each office of 19 |
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| 113 | 113 | | the Federal Government. 20 |
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| 114 | 114 | | (C) A list of programs and activities within 21 |
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| 115 | 115 | | each office of the Government for which fund-22 |
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| 116 | 116 | | ing has been reduced, and the amount by which 23 |
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| 117 | 117 | | such funding has been reduced. 24 |
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| 121 | 121 | | (D) A list of programs and activities with-1 |
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| 122 | 122 | | in each office of the Government for which 2 |
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| 123 | 123 | | funding has been paused, and a timeline on 3 |
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| 124 | 124 | | when a final decision will be made regarding 4 |
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| 125 | 125 | | that funding. 5 |
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| 126 | 126 | | (E) A list of programs and activities within 6 |
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| 127 | 127 | | each office of the Government for which fund-7 |
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| 128 | 128 | | ing has been eliminated. 8 |
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| 129 | 129 | | (F) A list of individuals, including their 9 |
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| 130 | 130 | | contact information, whom Federal employees, 10 |
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| 131 | 131 | | recipients of Federal financial assistance, and 11 |
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| 132 | 132 | | members of the public may contact with ques-12 |
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| 133 | 133 | | tions about the status of Federal personnel and 13 |
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| 134 | 134 | | Federal financial assistance. 14 |
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| 135 | 135 | | (2) U |
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| 136 | 136 | | PDATES.—The head of DOGE shall up-15 |
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| 137 | 137 | | date the information provided on the website under 16 |
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| 138 | 138 | | this subsection not less frequently than once per 17 |
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| 139 | 139 | | week. 18 |
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| 140 | 140 | | SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF EMPLOYEES OF DOGE AGENCY 19 |
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| 141 | 141 | | TEAMS. 20 |
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| 142 | 142 | | (a) T |
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| 143 | 143 | | REATMENT AS EMPLOYEE OF DOGE.—For 21 |
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| 144 | 144 | | purposes of this Act, an employee of an agency who serves 22 |
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| 145 | 145 | | on the DOGE Agency Team of the agency in accordance 23 |
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| 146 | 146 | | with section 3(c) of Executive Order 14158 shall be con-24 |
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| 147 | 147 | | sidered an employee of DOGE. 25 |
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| 151 | 151 | | (b) PROVISION OFINFORMATION.—The head of each 1 |
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| 152 | 152 | | agency for which a DOGE Agency Team has been estab-2 |
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| 153 | 153 | | lished in accordance with such Executive Order shall pro-3 |
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| 154 | 154 | | vide the head of DOGE with such information as may be 4 |
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| 155 | 155 | | necessary for the head of DOGE to carry out the require-5 |
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| 156 | 156 | | ments of this Act. 6 |
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| 157 | 157 | | SEC. 4. DEADLINES; RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF FUNDS. 7 |
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| 158 | 158 | | (a) D |
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| 159 | 159 | | EADLINES.—Not later than March 31, 2025, 8 |
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| 160 | 160 | | the head of DOGE shall submit the report required under 9 |
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| 161 | 161 | | section 2(a), appear at meetings under section 2(b), and 10 |
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| 162 | 162 | | operate the public website under section 2(c). 11 |
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| 163 | 163 | | (b) R |
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| 164 | 164 | | ESTRICTIONS ONUSE OFFUNDS.—If the head 12 |
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| 165 | 165 | | of DOGE fails to comply with subsection (a)— 13 |
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| 166 | 166 | | (1) any funds appropriated or otherwise made 14 |
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| 167 | 167 | | available for the Department of Government Effi-15 |
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| 168 | 168 | | ciency, including amounts previously available for 16 |
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| 169 | 169 | | the United States Digital Service, may be used only 17 |
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| 170 | 170 | | to carry out activities initiated prior to January 20, 18 |
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| 171 | 171 | | 2025; and 19 |
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| 172 | 172 | | (2) no Federal funds may be used for any 20 |
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| 173 | 173 | | DOGE Agency Team established in accordance with 21 |
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| 174 | 174 | | section 3(c) of Executive Order 14158, 22 |
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| 178 | 178 | | until the head of DOGE submits the report required under 1 |
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| 179 | 179 | | section 2(a), appears at meetings under section 2(b), and 2 |
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| 180 | 180 | | operates the public website under section 2(c). 3 |
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