Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act of 2025
Take action
Record your position on this measure.
Create an account to record your position, submit testimony, or contact your legislator.
Progress
Where this bill stands in the legislative process.
- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To President
- Became Law
Overview
The Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act of 2025 aims to strengthen employee cost savings programs within the Federal Government. It modifies existing law to define ‘surplus salaries and expenses funds’ as amounts identified by employees, inspectors general, or financial officers as unnecessary for their intended purpose. The bill establishes a process for agencies to transfer these funds to the Treasury for deficit reduction, with a small percentage potentially reserved for cash awards to employees who identify them. It also requires agencies to report on cost savings and awards, and the Office of Personnel Management to ensure compliance with the program.
Key provisions
- Defines ‘surplus salaries and expenses funds’ for identification by employees, inspectors general, and financial officers.
- Establishes a process for agencies to transfer identified surplus funds to the Treasury for deficit reduction.
- Allows agencies to retain up to 10% of transferred funds for cash awards to employees who identify the savings.
- Requires agencies to submit annual reports on cost savings and awards to the Treasury and Congress.
- Specifies that the Director of OPM must ensure agency cash award programs comply with the act.
- Prohibits cash awards to high-level officials (Level I of the Executive Schedule, agency heads, commissioners, etc.)
- Mandates that the Comptroller General review the program's operation every three years.
- Includes a sunset provision, ending the act's provisions six years after enactment.
Who is affected
Bill text
Read the latest version inline or switch to a previous version.
Text extraction is in progress. View the official source.
Sponsors
Official sponsors from legislative records.
2 on record
Primary sponsor
Cosponsor
Arguments
Reasons offered for and against this legislation.
Arguments in favor
No arguments in favor have been submitted.
Submit yoursArguments opposed
No arguments opposed have been submitted.
Submit yours