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Protecting American Taxpayers from Wasteful Spending Act

To codify Executive Order 14249 (relating to protecting America's bank account against fraud, waste, and abuse).

Introduced Apr 2, 2025

Latest action (Apr 2, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Referred to
Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Policy area
Government Operations and Politics
Issues
Economy & Taxes

Summary

This bill converts Executive Order 14249 into law. The Executive Order, signed March 25, 2025, addresses protecting federal spending against fraud, waste, and abuse. By codifying the Executive Order, the bill makes its provisions permanent requirements that cannot be changed by future executive action alone and would require Congress to modify them.

AI-generated plain-language summary of the bill text — neutral, and may be imperfect. See the full text below for the exact wording.

Sponsor (1)
3 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Apr 2, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. · house
  2. Apr 2, 2025 Introduced in House

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Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Apr 2, 2025

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Full text

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 2, 2025

Mrs. Hinson introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

A BILL

To codify Executive Order 14249 (relating to protecting America’s bank account against fraud, waste, and abuse).

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the “Protecting American Taxpayers from Wasteful Spending Act”.

SEC. 2. CODIFICATION OF EXECUTIVE ORDER 14249, RELATING TO PROTECTING AMERICA’S BANK ACCOUNT AGAINST FRAUD, WASTE, AND ABUSE.

Executive Order 14249 (90 Fed. Reg. 14011; relating to protecting America’s bank account against fraud, waste, and abuse, signed March 25, 2025), shall have the force and effect of law. <all>

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