Senate bill · 119th Congress · Public Law 119-120
Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act of 2025
Became law on Oct 7, 2026.
Official title: A bill to require an annual report of taxpayer-funded projects that are over budget and behind schedule.
Sponsor: Sen. Joni Ernst R-IAWhere it went
- IntroducedFeb 27, 2025
- Committee actionJul 30, 2025
- Passed SenateDec 11, 2025 · by unanimous consent
- Passed HouseSep 16, 2026 · by voice vote
- To the PresidentSep 29, 2026
- Became lawOct 7, 2026
Latest action: Oct 7, 2026 — Became Public Law No: 119-120.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to S. 766.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “S. 766, Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act of 2025” on September 19, 2025. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on July 30, 2025”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, September 19, 2025 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/61753
- CBO publication date
- September 19, 2025
- Congress.gov bill record
- S. 766, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/s/766
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- October 15, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- October 19, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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Congress.gov’s record for this bill does not list a committee report (as of October 15, 2026). Not every bill gets one.
From the Congress.gov bill record for S. 766, last updated October 15, 2026. PORKER’s copy was retrieved October 19, 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
4 cosponsors — 2 Republicans, 2 Democrats
2 of 4 cosponsors (50%) are from the other party.
Maggie Hassan (D-NH), Ashley Moody (R-FL), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Rick Scott (R-FL).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Joni Ernst.
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- S. 872 (119th) Stop Secret Spending Act of 2025
- S. 1872 (119th) Critical Infrastructure Manufacturing Feasibility Act
- S. 1070 (119th) National STEM Week Act
- S. 1199 (119th) SBA Fraud Enforcement Extension Act
- S.Res. 703 (119th) A resolution expressing support for the designation of the week of May 3, 2026, through May 9, 2026, as "National Small Business Week" to…
Related bills
- H.R. 1722 (119th) Billion Dollar Boondoggle ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
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.