Fighting Budget Waste Act

This bill makes the President and the Office of Management and Budget use the Government Accountability Office’s yearly report on waste and overlap when building the federal budget. The report points out programs that do the same thing, places where money is wasted, and ways to save billions. The budget must take these ideas into account, and OMB must send Congress a brief report on what they found the same day the budget is submitted. This aims to cut waste, improve how programs work, and protect taxpayer dollars by using proven savings ideas already identified by GAO.

Key points

• Who is affected: The President, OMB, federal agencies, and taxpayers.
• What changes: The budget must consider GAO’s latest findings on reducing fragmentation, overlap, and duplication; OMB must send Congress a findings report on budget day.
• When: Each year during preparation of the President’s annual budget submission.