BAD DOGE Act

This bill would cancel Executive Order 14158, which set up the President’s “Department of Government Efficiency.” If passed, the order would have no force or effect anymore. The bill says a temporary group created by that order, along with the U.S. Digital Service, went far beyond their powers—reportedly under the direction of Elon Musk—by freezing federal payments, accessing federal worker personnel files, taking control of Treasury’s payment systems, locking employees out of computers, offering buyouts, trying to shut down agencies like USAID and CFPB, and removing public health information from CDC and FDA websites. The bill argues these actions break the Constitution and several federal laws, so it moves to stop them by overturning the order.

Key points:

• Who is affected: Federal agencies and workers; programs that rely on federal payments; the public that needs access to health information.
• What changes: The executive order creating this “Department of Government Efficiency” would be repealed, ending its temporary organization and related actions.
• Why: The bill states these activities exceeded legal authority and violated spending, privacy, and other protections.
• When: If enacted, the order would no longer have any effect.