HR 428

Summary

Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act of  2025 This bill expands the awards program for cost-saving identifications by federal employees of fraud, waste, or mismanagement to include identifications of certain operational expenses that are wasteful (i.e., that are identified as wasteful by an employee and that an agency determines are not required for the purposes for which the amounts were made available). An agency must propose any identified wasteful expenses for rescission. The bill also doubles the maximum cash award that may be made under the program.

Bill status

Status

Passed House

Sponsor

Rep. Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann [R-TN-3]

Cosponsors

2

Policy area

Government Operations and Politics

Introduced

2025-01-15

Latest action

2026-06-09: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Committee referrals

• Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee: Senate · Referred To · 2026-06-09
• Oversight and Government Reform Committee: House · Markup By · 2026-03-18
• Oversight and Government Reform Committee: House · Referred To · 2025-01-15

Recent actions

• 2026-06-09: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
• 2026-06-08: The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
• 2026-06-08: Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
• 2026-06-08: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3936-3937)
• 2026-06-08: Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H3936-3937)