Who it affects
- Federal employees
- Federal agencies
Passed the HouseGovernment spending
Bonuses for Cost-Cutters and Fraud Preventers Act of 2026
H.R. 428 · House bill · Introduced Jan. 15, 2025
The Bonuses for Cost-Cutters and Fraud Preventers Act of 2026 would expand awards for federal employees who identify wasteful spending and double the maximum cash award.
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Where it stands
Passed the House
How South Carolina voted
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What it would do
- The bill would expand a federal employee award program for identifying fraud, waste, or mismanagement.
- Employees could also receive awards for identifying wasteful agency operating expenses.
- An agency must determine that those expenses are not needed for the purposes the money was provided.
- The agency must propose canceling the funding for those expenses.
- The bill would double the largest cash award allowed.
Written with AI from the official summary by Congress's research office.
How South Carolina voted
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Groups that lobbied on it and gave to SC's members
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Official record
Official title, sponsor and status
- Official title
- To amend title 5, United States Code, to enhance the authority under which Federal agencies may pay cash awards to employees for making cost saving disclosures, and for other purposes.
- Sponsor
- Rep. Fleischmann, Charles J. "Chuck" (R-TN)
- Introduced
- Jan. 15, 2025
- Cosponsors
- 2
- Committees
- Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee; House Oversight and Government Reform Committee
- Latest action
- June 9, 2026 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Official summary from the Congressional Research Service
Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act of 2025 This bill expands the awards program for cost-saving identifications by federal employees of fraud, waste, or mismanagement to include identifications of certain operational expenses that are wasteful (i.e., that are identified as wasteful by an employee and that an agency determines are not required for the purposes for which the amounts were made available). An agency must propose any identified wasteful expenses for rescission. The bill also doubles the maximum cash award that may be made under the program.
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