{"bill":{"id":"118-hr-6237","congress":118,"type":"HR","number":6237,"title":"To allow Federal State Department employees to file a confidential or open report on any fiscal waste that they come across and establishes an award program for exemplary employees who file non-confidential reports on wasteful spending.","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2023-11-06","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"B001307","fullName":"Rep. Baird, James R. [R-IN-4]","party":"R","state":"IN","district":4}],"cosponsorsCount":0,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2023-11-06","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs."},"policyArea":"International Affairs","subjects":[],"actions":[{"date":"2023-11-06","text":"Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2023-11-06","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2023-11-06","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p>This bill requires the Department of State to establish a program for employees to self-report fiscal waste they observe on the job. The State Department shall investigate such reports and rectify all instances of determined fiscal waste.</p><p>Employees must be allowed to make their reports confidential. The State Department must establish a departmental award for any exemplary employee who makes non-confidential submissions to the fiscal waste self-reporting program that result in significant cost savings or the cancellation of wasteful programs.</p>","updateDate":"2024-11-19T16:16:31Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":285,"ts":"2026-04-19T09:59:47.000Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"/api/public/query-gov?q=To%20allow%20Federal%20State%20Department%20employees%20to%20file%20a%20confid"}]}}