State-Level DOGE Establishment Act

119 HR 2523 IH: State-Level Departments of Government Efficiency Establishment Act U.S. House of Representatives 2025-03-31 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2523 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 31, 2025 Ms. Tenney introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To condition the disbursement of Federal funds to any State on such State establishing a department, agency, or commission of government efficiency, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the State-Level Departments of Government Efficiency Establishment Act or the State-Level DOGE Establishment Act . 2. Condition on Federal funding to States (a) Condition (1) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in fiscal year 2026 and each fiscal year thereafter, no discretionary appropriations may be disbursed to any State unless such State has established an entity described in subsection (b). (2) Exception For purposes of paragraph (1), the term discretionary appropriations does not include any discretionary appropriations within the security category (as that term is defined in section 250(c) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 ( 2 U.S.C. 900(c) ). (b) State-Level doge agency Each State shall establish and maintain a department, agency, or commission of government efficiency to review the efficacy of the State’s administration of Federal funding and to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer funds. Such a department, agency, or commission shall— (1) be comprised of at least 10 members and not more than 20 members; (2) have an equal number of members of the majority party and the minority party in the State’s Legislature; and (3) publish, on the State’s public website, and submit to the Department of Government Efficiency within the Executive Office of the President, an annual report that— (A) details the entity’s work to review the efficacy of the State’s administration of Federal funding and to eliminate waste, fraud, and abuse of taxpayer funds; and (B) provides legislative and operational suggestions and recommendations to improve the efficiency of the expenditure of Federal funds. (c) State defined In this section, the term State means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, and each territory of the United States.