House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Identifying and Eliminating Wasteful Programs Act
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 7, 2023
- Committee action—
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Mar 7, 2023 — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1390.
- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CUELLAR, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 169, No. 43, March 7, 2023, Page H1150):Article 1, Section 8 The single subject of this legislation is: To amend title 31, United States Code, to require the Chief Operating Officer of each agency to compile a list of unnecessary programs.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 7, 2023 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 199 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1390, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/1390
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.
Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a CBO cost estimate or a committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
10 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 7 Democrats
3 of 10 cosponsors (30%) are from the other party.
Sharice Davids (D-KS), Byron Donalds (R-FL), Jeff Jackson (D-NC), Nancy Mace (R-SC), Wiley Nickel (D-NC), Zachary Nunn (R-IA), Dean Phillips (D-MN), Hillary Scholten (D-MI), Eric Sorensen (D-IL), David Trone (D-MD).
More from the sponsor
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 14, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.