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This bill, known as the "Government Office Realignment And Closure Act of 2025" (GORAC), establishes a comprehensive process for evaluating and potentially eliminating duplicative, wasteful, or outdated federal agencies and programs. Every 10 years, the Comptroller General must hire a non-Federal auditor to conduct a thorough review of federal agencies and programs over the preceding decade. The auditor will recommend realigning agencies with similar functions, eliminating agencies that have wasted funds or failed to meet objectives, and suggesting consolidation of programs. The non-Federal auditor will submit a report to the Comptroller General within one year, who will then forward the recommendations to Congress. The bill mandates that any funds saved through these recommendations must be used to pay down the national debt, and requires agencies to make reasonable efforts to relocate employees whose positions are eliminated. The legislation also establishes a unique congressional review process for these recommendations, including a fast-track approach for introducing and voting on an implementation bill with limited debate and amendment opportunities. Notably, the bill provides the non-Federal auditor with significant investigative powers, including the ability to request documents and testimony through subpoenas, while specifically excluding military installations and entitlement program administrators from the review process.

Government Affairs

https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/824/all-info