House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Passed House
Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act
Official title: To require an annual report of taxpayer-funded projects that are over budget and behind schedule.
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2025
- Committee actionMar 18, 2026
- Passed HouseJul 22, 2026 · by voice vote
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jul 23, 2026 — Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 467.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1722.
- 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. 171, No. 39, February 27, 2025, Page H920):Article 1, Section 8 of the United States ConstitutionSource: Congress.gov, Congressional Record February 27, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- constitutionalAuthorityStatementText
- Statement length
- 54 characters
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 1722, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/1722
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 8, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 10, 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 October 8, 2026). 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
3 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 1 Democrat
1 of 3 cosponsors (33%) are from the other party.
Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ), Josh Brecheen (R-OK), Vince Fong (R-CA).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks.
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Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Oct 19, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.