{"bill":{"id":"119-hr-1295","congress":119,"type":"HR","number":1295,"title":"Reorganizing Government Act of 2025","originChamber":"House","introducedDate":"2025-02-13","sponsors":[{"bioguideId":"C001108","fullName":"Rep. Comer, James [R-KY-1]","party":"R","state":"KY","district":1}],"cosponsorsCount":19,"latestAction":{"actionDate":"2026-01-27","text":"Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 397."},"policyArea":"Government Operations and Politics","subjects":["Administrative law and regulatory procedures","Executive agency funding and structure","Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management"],"actions":[{"date":"2026-01-27","text":"Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 397.","type":"Calendars","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-01-27","text":"Committee on Rules discharged.","type":"Discharge","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-01-27","text":"Committee on Rules discharged.","type":"Committee","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-01-27","text":"Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 119-464, Part I.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2026-01-27","text":"Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 119-464, Part I.","type":"Committee","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-03-25","text":"Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 20.","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-03-25","text":"Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held","type":"Committee","chamber":"House committee actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-02-13","text":"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.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-02-13","text":"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.","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"House floor actions","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-02-13","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false},{"date":"2025-02-13","text":"Introduced in House","type":"IntroReferral","chamber":"Library of Congress","hasVote":false}],"summary":"<p><strong>Reorganizing Government Act of 2025</strong><br/>&nbsp;<br/>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.<br/>&nbsp;<br/>The bill reauthorizes through 2026 a currently expired authority that requires expedited congressional consideration of certain executive branch reorganization plans submitted by the President.&nbsp;<br/>&nbsp;<br/>The bill also expands the purposes for which such reorganization plans may be undertaken, to include</p><ul><li>reducing the number of federal employees;</li><li>eliminating unnecessary and burdensome rules, regulations, and other requirements; and</li><li>eliminating government operations that do not serve the public interest.</li></ul><p>The bill removes the following prohibitions on the contents of such plans:&nbsp;</p><ul><li>creating new executive departments or renaming existing executive departments;&nbsp;</li><li>abolishing or transferring executive departments or independent regulatory agencies or all of their functions; and</li><li>consolidating executive departments or independent regulatory agencies or all of their functions.</li></ul><p>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.</p>","updateDate":"2026-02-14T21:41:17Z"},"markets":[],"stateBills":[],"meta":{"sources":["congress.gov"],"latencyMs":693,"ts":"2026-04-19T12:49:46.964Z"},"nextActions":{"inspect":[],"related":[{"description":"Search related legislation","method":"GET","url":"/api/public/query-gov?q=Reorganizing%20Government%20Act%20of%202025"}]}}