Fighting Budget Waste Act
Official title: To amend title 31, United States Code, to require the President to consider the Government Accountability Office's annual report on how to improve the efficien… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: To amend title 31, United States Code, to require the President to consider the Government Accountability Office's annual report on how to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of Government when preparing the President's annual budget submission, and for other purposes.
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Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
Fighting Presidential Budget Waste Act
This bill requires the President and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to consider the Government Accountability Office's (GAO's) annual report on ways to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the federal government when preparing the President's annual budget.
Specifically, the President and OMB must consider the information and recommendations contained in the most recent GAO report titled Additional Opportunities to Reduce Fragmentation, Overlap, and Duplication and Achieve Billions of Dollars in Financial Benefits.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 829: Fighting Budget Waste Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-829/
"H.R. 829: Fighting Budget Waste Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-829/.
H.R. 829, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-829/.
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