House bill · 118th Congress · Did not become law
Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act of 2024
Sponsor: Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks R-IAWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 10, 2024
- Committee actionMay 15, 2024
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: May 15, 2024 — Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by the Yeas and Nays: 44 - 0.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8335.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8335, Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act” on July 17, 2024. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability on May 15, 2024”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, July 17, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/60542
- CBO publication date
- July 17, 2024
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8335, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8335
- 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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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mrs. MILLER-MEEKS, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 170, No. 82, May 10, 2024, Page H3005):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States Constitution The single subject of this legislation is: This bill directs the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance requiring federal agencies to report annually to Congress regarding certain federally funded projects that (1) are more than five years behind schedule, or (2) have expenditures that are at least $1 billion more than the original cost estimate for the project.Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 10, 2024 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 430 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8335, 118th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/118/hr/8335
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- December 5, 2025
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 14, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
7f21a7fb7205887da0dfa026a539fb163459f20018d5e7e63cedecec79913d77
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 committee report (as of December 5, 2025). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 8335, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 14, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.
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
No cosponsors.
More from the sponsor
Other 118th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks.
- H.Res. 461 (118th) Condemning the use of elementary and secondary school facilities to provide shelter for aliens who are not admitted to the United States.
- H.R. 5390 (118th) Critical Infrastructure Manufacturing Feasibility Act
- H.R. 8111 (118th) Medicaid Program Improvement Act
- H.R. 7637 (118th) Refrigerator Freedom Act
- H.R. 5555 (118th) DRA of 2023
- H.R. 6283 (118th) DRUG Act
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 15, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.