Text of Senate Amendment 881

Text of Senate Amendment 881

Congressional Record, Volume 171 Issue 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025) [Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 34 (Thursday, February 20, 2025)] [Senate] [Page S1254] From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [ www.gpo.gov ] SA 881. Mrs. MURRAY submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by her to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 7, setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2025 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2026 through 2034; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows: At the end of title IV, add the following: SEC. 4008. GAO AUDIT AND REPORT. (a) In General.--To assist with its oversight, review, and recommendations relating to the Federal budget, the Committee on the Budget of the Senate requests the Comptroller General of the United States to, not later than 90 days after the adoption of this resolution, conduct a review and audit on, and submit to the Committee on the Budget of the Senate a report on, U.S. DOGE Service Temporary Organization established under Executive Order 14158 (90 Fed. Reg. 8441; relating to establishing and implementing the President's Department of Government Efficiency) (referred to in this section as the ``Department''), including with respect to-- (1) the authorities and funding under which the Department operates; (2) the internal controls and compliance of the Department with appropriations laws, including-- (A) statutory reprogramming requirements, data privacy laws, and any other Federal law; and (B) whether the Department has violated section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986; (3) the hiring, vetting, and security clearance of each employee, special government employee, or volunteer of the Department, including whether any such individual has any conflict of interest; (4) the appropriateness of actions taken by the Department to cancel contracts and reassign or otherwise change the status of Federal employees, including provisional Federal employees; (5) with respect to cost savings of the Federal Government realized by the Department separated out by Federal agency, activity, and budget function, estimates of those cost savings and projections of those cost savings over 5 and 10 years; and (6) any other matter determined appropriate by the Comptroller General of the United States. (b) Initial Findings.--The Committee on the Budget of the Senate requests that, not later than 30 days after the adoption of this resolution, the Comptroller General of the United States provide the Committee with initial findings relating to-- (1) the review and audit requested under subsection (a); and (2) information on the scope of any further work of the Department. ______