Sponsors
This bill speeds congressional consideration of measures tied to the June 3, 2025 special message by waiving section 1017 procedures, trading faster action for reduced oversight, transparency, and increased risk of unreviewed budgetary changes.
Federal employees and taxpayers: Congress can consider and pass measures tied to the June 3, 2025 special message without meeting section 1017 procedural constraints, reducing procedural hurdles and potentially speeding implementation of related policies and funding decisions.
Taxpayers: The waiver reduces congressional oversight and transparency provided by section 1017 for the exempted measures, limiting checks on rescissions or deferrals.
Taxpayers and federal employees: Allowing consideration without the usual reporting or review increases the risk of unreviewed budgetary changes, which could alter federal program funding and raise taxpayer costs.
Based on analysis of 4 sections of legislative text.
Exempts measures tied to the June 3, 2025 special message from the requirements of section 1017 of the Impoundment Control Act and adopts House Resolution 492.
Exempts bills and joint resolutions tied to a specific special message transmitted on June 3, 2025 from the procedural requirements of section 1017 of the Impoundment Control Act of 1974, and adopts a separate House resolution (House Resolution 492) as the House’s action. The measure is procedural and narrowly targeted: it changes how certain measures connected to that June 3, 2025 special message are treated under one provision of the Impoundment Control Act and records adoption of an existing House resolution.
Introduced June 11, 2025 by Virginia Ann Foxx · Last progress June 11, 2025