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4	4	STSESSION H. R. 2742
5	5	To prevent fraud, waste, and abuse by requiring the Administrator of the
6	6	United States Department of Government Efficiency Service to provide
7	7	weekly reports to Congress regarding changes DOGE has made to any
8	8	Federal agency and the realized impacts of such changes, and for other
9	9	purposes.
10	10	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
11	11	APRIL8, 2025
12	12	Mr. S
13	13	CHNEIDER(for himself and Mr. LYNCH) introduced the following bill;
14	14	which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
15	15	A BILL
16	16	To prevent fraud, waste, and abuse by requiring the Admin-
17	17	istrator of the United States Department of Government
18	18	Efficiency Service to provide weekly reports to Congress
19	19	regarding changes DOGE has made to any Federal agen-
20	20	cy and the realized impacts of such changes, and for
21	21	other purposes.
22	22	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
23	23	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
24	24	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
25	25	This Act may be cited as the ‘‘DOGE Accountability 4
26	26	and Transparency Act’’. 5
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30	30	SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 1
31	31	Congress finds the following: 2
32	32	(1) Congress has a responsibility to review, 3
33	33	monitor, supervise, and evaluate the actions of the 4
34	34	executive branch to provide effective oversight as a 5
35	35	co-equal branch of Government. 6
36	36	(2) The authority of the Congress to provide 7
37	37	oversight and obtain information from the executive 8
38	38	branch is firmly established and essential to its leg-9
39	39	islative function derived from Article I of the Con-10
40	40	stitution. 11
41	41	(3) The Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 12
42	42	established that ‘‘each standing committee of the 13
43	43	Senate and the House of Representatives shall exer-14
44	44	cise continuous watchfulness of the execution by the 15
45	45	administrative agencies concerned of any laws, the 16
46	46	subject matter of which is within the jurisdiction of 17
47	47	such committee; and, for that purpose, shall study 18
48	48	all pertinent reports and data submitted to the Con-19
49	49	gress by the agencies in the executive branch of the 20
50	50	Government.’’ 21
51	51	(4) On January 20, 2025, President Donald 22
52	52	Trump issued an executive order to reorganize the 23
53	53	U.S. Digital Service as the U.S. Department of Gov-24
54	54	ernment Efficiency (DOGE) Service and directs 25
55	55	DOGE to ‘‘implement the President’s DOGE Agen-26
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59	59	da, by monitoring Federal technology and software 1
60	60	to maximize governmental efficiency and produc-2
61	61	tivity.’’ 3
62	62	(5) DOGE has pushed for large-scale reduc-4
63	63	tions in force and office closures (often arbitrarily 5
64	64	and capriciously), which will have a significant ad-6
65	65	verse impact on the ability of agencies to serve citi-7
66	66	zens of the United States. 8
67	67	(6) Reductions in Force (RIFs) and scaling 9
68	68	back, or completely eliminating programs at Federal 10
69	69	agencies should be based on real and transparent 11
70	70	analysis and formal, deliberate program evaluation, 12
71	71	not for the purposes of pursuing personal vendettas 13
72	72	or yielding personal financial gain for well-connected 14
73	73	individuals. 15
74	74	(7) The illogical and erratic, chainsaw approach 16
75	75	of DOGE has sown confusion and chaos for employ-17
76	76	ees at Federal agencies and the citizens of the 18
77	77	United States alike. 19
78	78	(8) The citizens of the United States expect 20
79	79	and deserve ongoing transparency of the actions of 21
80	80	the Federal Government, particularly when their 22
81	81	personal, private data is concerned. 23
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85	85	SEC. 3. DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY AC-1
86	86	TIVITY AND IMPACT REPORTS. 2
87	87	(a) W
88	88	EEKLYREPORT.—Not later than 1 week after 3
89	89	the date of the enactment of this Act, and weekly there-4
90	90	after, the Administrator of the United States Department 5
91	91	of Government Efficiency Service shall provide to Con-6
92	92	gress a report regarding any action DOGE has taken with 7
93	93	respect to each Federal agency and the cumulative impact 8
94	94	of actions taken to date, including the following: 9
95	95	(1) Each statutory authorization supporting 10
96	96	each such change. 11
97	97	(2) Any change in the number of employees at 12
98	98	the respective Federal agency, including any em-13
99	99	ployee that has resigned, been removed, or had their 14
100	100	position eliminated. 15
101	101	(3) A description of each specific change DOGE 16
102	102	has made to the respective Federal agency, including 17
103	103	to an office within such agency. 18
104	104	(4) Any cost-saving measure. 19
105	105	(5) Any policy change. 20
106	106	(6) Any physical change to a Federal agency 21
107	107	structure or location, including moving a Federal 22
108	108	agency to a different building and relocating employ-23
109	109	ees. 24
110	110	(7) A description of any Federal agency data 25
111	111	accessed by DOGE, the name of the individual who 26
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115	115	accessed such data, the purpose for such access, and 1
116	116	what was done with such data. 2
117	117	(8) The realized versus expected benefits of 3
118	118	DOGE actions to date. 4
119	119	(b) I
120	120	NITIALREPORT.—Not later than 1 week after 5
121	121	the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator 6
122	122	shall submit to Congress a report of any DOGE activity 7
123	123	listed under subsection (a) that occurred between January 8
124	124	20, 2025, and the date of the enactment of this Act. 9
125	125	(c) D
126	126	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 10
127	127	(1) DOGE.—The term ‘‘DOGE’’ means the 11
128	128	United States DOGE Service (commonly referred to 12
129	129	as the Department of Government Efficiency). 13
130	130	(2) F
131	131	EDERAL AGENCY .—The term ‘‘Federal 14
132	132	agency’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘agency’’ 15
133	133	in section 551 of title 5, United States Code. 16
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