119th Congress Government Operations and Politics
H.R. 1295: Reorganizing Government Act of 2025
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Summary
Reorganizing Government Act of 2025
This bill revives expedited congressional consideration of certain Presidential plans to reorganize the executive branch, expands permissible plan purposes, and changes the prohibitions on plan content.
The bill reauthorizes through 2026 a currently expired authority that requires expedited congressional consideration of certain executive branch reorganization plans submitted by the President.
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The bill also expands the purposes for which such reorganization plans may be undertaken, to include
- reducing the number of federal employees;
- eliminating unnecessary and burdensome rules, regulations, and other requirements; and
- eliminating government operations that do not serve the public interest.
The bill removes the following prohibitions on the contents of such plans:
- creating new executive departments or renaming existing executive departments;
- abolishing or transferring executive departments or independent regulatory agencies or all of their functions; and
- consolidating executive departments or independent regulatory agencies or all of their functions.
The bill also adds a new prohibition on content, specifying that any such plan may not create a net increase in federal workers or expenditures.
Written by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.
Roll calls
No roll call votes have been held on this bill.
Amendments
No amendments were offered to this bill.
Cosponsors
- Lauren Boebert R-COOriginal
- Andy Biggs R-AZOriginal
- Eric Burlison R-MOOriginal
- Eli Crane R-AZOriginal
- Byron Donalds R-FLOriginal
- Patrick Fallon R-TXOriginal
- Glenn Grothman R-WIOriginal
- Marjorie Greene R-GAOriginal
- Brandon Gill R-TXOriginal
- Clay Higgins R-LAOriginal
- Brian Jack R-GAOriginal
- Anna Luna R-FLOriginal
- Nicholas Langworthy R-NYOriginal
- Pete Sessions R-TXOriginal
- William Timmons R-SCOriginal
- Paul Gosar R-AZ
- Nancy Mace R-SC
- John McGuire R-VA
- August Pfluger R-TX
Who scored on this bill
- 1James Comer SponsorIntroduced, marked up, reported, discharged4 events+56
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History
- Introduced in the House by James Comer.
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- Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 119-464, Part I.
- Committee on Rules discharged.
- Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 397.
- Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
- Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 20.
- Introduced in House
- Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.