,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #efe  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,february #bf1 #bjai
 ,mrs4 ,ernst 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,braun1
 and ,mr4 ,paul7 introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security and ,governmental ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to require the ,director of 
the ,office of ,management and ,budget  
to submit to ,congress an annual report 
on projects that are over budget and    
behind schedule1 and for other purposes4
  #a4 ,short title  ,this ,act may be   
cited as the ,billion ,dollar           
,boondoggle ,act of #bjai4  #b4 ,annual 
report  7a7 ,definition of covered      
agency ,in this section1 the term       
covered agency means-- 7#a7 an          
,executive agency1 as defined in section
 #aje of title #e1 ,united ,states      
,code2 and  7#b7 an independent         
regulatory agency1 as defined in section
 #cejb of title #dd1 ,united ,states    
,code4  7b7 ,requirement ,not later than

 #a year after the date of enactment of 
this ,act1 and every year thereafter1   
the ,director of the ,office of         
,management and ,budget shall submit to 
,congress and post on the website of the
 ,office of ,management and ,budget a   
report on each project funded by a      
covered agency--  7#a7 that is more than
 #e years behind schedule2 or  7#b7 for 
which the amount spent on the project is
 not less than #a1jjj1jjj1jjj more than 
the original cost estimate for the      
project4  7c7 ,contents ,each report    
submitted and posted under subsection   
7b7 shall include1 for each project     
included in the report--  7#a7 a brief  
description of the project1 including-- 
7,a7 the purpose of the project2  7,b7  
each location in which the project is   
carried out2  7,c7 the year in which the
 project was initiated2  7,d7 the       
,federal share of the total cost of the 
project2 and  7,e7 each primary         
contractor1 subcontractor1 grant        
recipient1 and subgrantee recipient of  

the project2  7#b7 an explanation of any
 change to the original scope of the    
project1 including by the addition or   
narrowing of the initial requirements of
 the project2  7#c7 the original        
expected date for completion of the     
project2  7#d7 the current expected date
 for completion of the project2  7#e7   
the original cost estimate for the      
project1 as adjusted to reflect         
increases in the ,consumer ,price ,index
 for ,all ,urban ,consumers1 as         
published by the ,bureau of ,labor      
,statistics2  7#f7 the current cost     
estimate for the project1 as adjusted to
 reflect increases in the ,consumer     
,price ,index for ,all ,urban           
,consumers1 as published by the ,bureau 
of ,labor ,statistics2  7#g7 an         
explanation for a delay in completion or
 increase in the original cost estimate 
for the project2 and  7#h7 the amount of
 and rationale for any award1 incentive 
fee1 or other type of bonus1 if any1    
awarded for the project4  7d7           

,submission with budget ,section        
#aaje7;a7 of title #ca1 ,united ,states 
,code1 is amended by adding at the end  
the following3  7#dj7 the report        
required under section #b7;b7 of the    
,billion ,dollar ,boondoggle ,act of    
#bjai for the calendar year in which the
 fiscal year covered by the budget      
begins4  4