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HR 6237 118th Congress House International Affairs

To allow Federal State Department employees to file a confidential or open report on any fiscal waste that they come across and establishes an award program for exemplary employees who file…

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To allow Federal State Department employees to file a confidential or open report on any fiscal waste that they come across and establishes an award program for exemplary employees who file non-confidential reports on wasteful spending.

Introduced: November 6, 2023 Introduced by: Baird, James R. Republican · Indiana See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Nov 6, 2023
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

This bill requires the Department of State to establish a program for employees to self-report fiscal waste they observe on the job. The State Department shall investigate such reports and rectify all instances of determined fiscal waste.

Employees must be allowed to make their reports confidential. The State Department must establish a departmental award for any exemplary employee who makes non-confidential submissions to the fiscal waste self-reporting program that result in significant cost savings or the cancellation of wasteful programs.

What's happening now November 6, 2023

Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 6237: To allow Federal State Department employees to file a confidential or open report on any fiscal waste that they come across and establishes an award program for exemplary employees who file non-confidential reports on wasteful spending.. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-6237/
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"H.R. 6237: To allow Federal State Department employees to file a confidential or open report on any fiscal waste that they come across and establishes an award program for exemplary employees who file non-confidential reports on wasteful spending.." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-6237/.
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H.R. 6237, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-6237/.
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[H.R. 6237: To allow Federal State Department employees to file a confidential or open report on any fiscal waste that they come across and establishes an award program for exemplary employees who file non-confidential reports on wasteful spending.](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-HR-6237/)
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