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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION S. 583
To amend chapter 9 of title 5, United States Code, to reauthorize the
executive reorganization authority of the President and to ensure efficient
executive reorganization, and for other purposes.
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
FEBRUARY13, 2025
Mr. L
EEintroduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to
the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
A BILL
To amend chapter 9 of title 5, United States Code, to reau-
thorize the executive reorganization authority of the
President and to ensure efficient executive reorganiza-
tion, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Reorganizing Govern-4
ment Act of 2025’’. 5
SEC. 2. EXECUTIVE REORGANIZATION AMENDMENTS. 6
Chapter 9 of title 5, United States Code, is amend-7
ed— 8
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(1) in section 901— 1
(A) in subsection (a)— 2
(i) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘, 3
including the elimination of operations de-4
termined to be unnecessary for the execu-5
tion of constitutional duties’’ before the 6
semicolon; 7
(ii) in paragraph (5)— 8
(I) by striking ‘‘agencies’’ in each 9
place the term appears and inserting 10
‘‘executive departments’’; and 11
(II) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 12
(iii) in paragraph (6), by striking the 13
period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 14
(iv) by adding at the end the fol-15
lowing: 16
‘‘(7) to reduce the number of federal employees; 17
‘‘(8) to amend rules, regulations, and other re-18
quirements for the purpose of decreasing the cost 19
and difficulty of compliance thereof, and to eliminate 20
unnecessary and burdensome rules, regulations, and 21
other requirements; and 22
‘‘(9) to eliminate government operations that do 23
not serve the public interest.’’; and 24
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(B) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘agen-1
cies’’ and inserting ‘‘executive departments’’; 2
(2) in section 902, by striking paragraph (1) 3
and inserting the following: 4
‘‘(1) ‘executive department’— 5
‘‘(A) means— 6
‘‘(i) any executive department, agency, 7
or independent establishment of the United 8
States or any corporation wholly owned by 9
the United States; and 10
‘‘(ii) an office or officer of the execu-11
tive branch; and 12
‘‘(B) does not include the Government Ac-13
countability Office or the Comptroller General 14
of the United States.’’; 15
(3) in section 903(a)— 16
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 17
by striking ‘‘agencies’’ and inserting ‘‘executive 18
departments’’; 19
(B) by striking ‘‘agency’’ in each place the 20
term appears and inserting ‘‘executive depart-21
ment’’; and 22
(C) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘, except 23
that no enforcement function or statutory pro-24
gram shall be abolished by the plan’’; 25
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(4) in section 904, by striking ‘‘agency’’ in each 1
place the term appears and inserting ‘‘executive de-2
partment’’; 3
(5) in section 905— 4
(A) in subsection (a)— 5
(i) by striking paragraph (1); 6
(ii) by redesignating paragraphs (2) 7
through (7) as paragraphs (1) through (6), 8
respectively; 9
(iii) in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), 10
as so redesignated, by striking ‘‘agency’’ in 11
each place the term appears and inserting 12
‘‘executive department’’; 13
(iv) in paragraph (4), as so redesig-14
nated, by striking ‘‘new agency’’ and in-15
serting ‘‘new executive department’’; 16
(v) in paragraph (5), as so redesig-17
nated, by striking ‘‘or’’; 18
(vi) in paragraph (6), as so redesig-19
nated, by striking the period and inserting 20
‘‘; or’’; and 21
(vii) by adding at the end the fol-22
lowing: 23
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‘‘(7) creating a net increase in the number of 1
federal workers or a net increase in expenditures.’’; 2
and 3
(B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘Decem-4
ber 31, 1984’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 5
2026’’; 6
(6) in section 907, by striking ‘‘agency’’ in each 7
place the term appears and inserting ‘‘executive de-8
partment’’; 9
(7) in section 908, by striking ‘‘December 31, 10
1984’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2026’’; and 11
(8) in section 909, by striking ‘‘19 .’’ and in-12
serting ‘‘20 .’’. 13
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