Official Summaries

Accountability in Government Efficiency Act

This bill requires the Government Accountability Office to report to Congress on the actions undertaken by the Department of Government Efficiency established by Executive Order 14158. The report shall include (1) an analysis of such actions on the long-term financial, public health, and safety interests of the United States; and (2) the extent to which such actions comply with certain laws related to government records maintained on individuals and to ethics in government.

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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1545 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1545

  To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to submit a 
  report to Congress on actions taken by the Department of Government 
                              Efficiency.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 24, 2025

 Mr. Subramanyam (for himself, Ms. Norton, Mr. Cleaver, Mr. Jackson of 
Illinois, Ms. Jacobs, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Fields, Mrs. Watson 
   Coleman, Mr. Krishnamoorthi, Ms. Lois Frankel of Florida, and Mr. 
   Huffman) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
  To direct the Comptroller General of the United States to submit a 
  report to Congress on actions taken by the Department of Government 
                              Efficiency.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Accountability in Government 
Efficiency Act''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON ACTIONS TAKEN BY DEPARTMENT OF GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY.

    (a) Report.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall 
prepare a report on the actions taken by the Department of Government 
Efficiency, as established by Executive Order 14158 (related to 
establishing and implementing the President's ``Department of 
Government Efficiency''), and shall include in the report--
            (1) an analysis of the effects of such actions, including 
        actions resulting in the reduction of the number of employees 
        in the civil service, the termination of Federal programs, and 
        the pausing and restarting of Federal programs, on the long-
        term financial, public health, and safety interests of the 
        United States; and
            (2) the extent to which the Department of Government 
        Efficiency has carried out such actions in compliance with 
        section 552a of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as 
        the ``Privacy Act of 1974'') and chapter 131 of such title.
    (b) Deadline for Submission.--The Comptroller General of the United 
States shall submit the report prepared under subsection (a) to 
Congress not later than December 31, 2025.
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