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H.R. 1295

U.S. HouseHouse Floor Calendar

Summary

H.R. 1295, the Reorganizing Government Act of 2025, was introduced in the House on Feb 13, 2025 by Rep. James Comer (R) with 19 co-sponsors. It last saw action on Jan 27, 2026: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 397.


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Text

H.R. 1295 has 19 co-sponsors.

hb1295/introduced-in-house.txt
119 HR 1295 IH: Reorganizing Government Act of 2025
U.S. House of Representatives
2025-02-13
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Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain.
I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1295 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 13, 2025 Mr. Comer (for himself, Mr. Donalds , Mr. Biggs of Arizona , Ms. Greene of Georgia , Mr. Jack , Mr. Gill of Texas , Mr. Grothman , Mr. Fallon , Mr. Crane , Mrs. Luna , Mr. Burlison , Mr. Langworthy , Mr. Sessions , Mr. Higgins of Louisiana , Ms. Boebert , and Mr. Timmons ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform , and in addition to the Committee on Rules , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL
To amend chapter 9 of title 5, United States Code, to reauthorize the executive reorganization authority of the President and to ensure efficient executive reorganization, and for other purposes.
1.
Short title
This Act may be cited as the Reorganizing Government Act of 2025 .
2.
Executive reorganization amendments
Chapter 9 of title 5, United States Code, is amended—
(1)
in section 901—
(A)
in subsection (a)—
(i)
in paragraph (3), by inserting , including the elimination of operations determined to be unnecessary for the execution of constitutional duties before the semicolon;
(ii)
in paragraph (5)—
(I)
by striking agencies in each place the term appears and inserting executive departments ; and
(II)
by striking and at the end;
(iii)
in paragraph (6), by striking the period and inserting ; and ; and
(iv)
by adding at the end the following:
(7)
to reduce the number of federal employees;
(8)
to amend rules, regulations, and other requirements for the purpose of decreasing the cost and difficulty of compliance thereof, and to eliminate unnecessary and burdensome rules, regulations, and other requirements; and
(9)
to eliminate government operations that do not serve the public interest.
; and
(B)
in subsection (d), by striking agencies and inserting executive departments ;
(2)
in section 902, by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:
(1)
executive department —
(A)
means—
(i)
any executive department, agency, or independent establishment of the United States or any corporation wholly owned by the United States; and
(ii)
an office or officer of the executive branch; and
(B)
does not include the Government Accountability Office or the Comptroller General of the United States.
;
(3)
in section 903(a)—
(A)
in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking agencies and inserting executive departments ;
(B)
by striking agency in each place the term appears and inserting executive department ; and
(C)
in paragraph (2), by striking , except that no enforcement function or statutory program shall be abolished by the plan ;
(4)
in section 904, by striking agency in each place the term appears and inserting executive department ;
(5)
in section 905—
(A)
in subsection (a)—
(i)
by striking paragraph (1);
(ii)
by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (7) as paragraphs (1) through (6), respectively;
(iii)
in paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), as so redesignated, by striking agency in each place the term appears and inserting executive department ; and
(iv)
in paragraph (4), as so redesignated, by striking new agency and inserting new executive department ;
(v)
in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by striking or ;
(vi)
in paragraph (6), as so redesignated, by striking the period and inserting ; or ; and
(vii)
by adding at the end the following:
(7)
creating a net increase in the number of federal workers or a net increase in expenditures.
.
(B)
in subsection (b), by striking December 31, 1984 and inserting December 31, 2026 ;
(6)
in section 907, by striking agency in each place the term appears and inserting executive department ;
(7)
in section 908, by striking December 31, 1984 and inserting December 31, 2026 ; and
(8)
in section 909, by striking 19 . and inserting 20 . .

Tracker

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  1. Introduced2025-02-13
  2. Passed House
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Conference
  5. To President
  6. Became Law

CRS Summary

The summaries are the Congressional Research Service’s, one per stage. Read them in full.

Introduced in House Feb 13, 2025

hb1295/introduced-in-house.md

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Introduced in House (02/13/2025)

Reorganizing Government Act of 2025

This bill revives expedited congressional consideration of certain Presidential plans to reorganize the executive branch, expands permissible plan purposes, and changes the prohibitions on plan content.

The bill reauthorizes through 2026 a currently expired authority that requires expedited congressional consideration of certain executive branch reorganization plans submitted by the President.

The bill also expands the purposes for which such reorganization plans may be undertaken, to include

  • reducing the number of federal employees;
  • eliminating unnecessary and burdensome rules, regulations, and other requirements; and
  • eliminating government operations that do not serve the public interest.

The bill removes the following prohibitions on the contents of such plans:

  • creating new executive departments or renaming existing executive departments;
  • abolishing or transferring executive departments or independent regulatory agencies or all of their functions; and
  • consolidating executive departments or independent regulatory agencies or all of their functions.

The bill also adds a new prohibition on content, specifying that any such plan may not create a net increase in federal workers or expenditures.

Sponsors

Rep. James Comer (R) sponsors H.R. 1295, and 19 members have co-sponsored it, 15 of them from the day it was introduced.

Committees

H.R. 1295 went before 2 committees: Rules and Oversight and Government Reform.

Rules
Rules
Discharged From · Jan 27, 2026 · 75 Bills
Oversight and Government Reform
Oversight and Government Reform
Reported By · Jan 27, 2026 · 696 Bills

Reports

1 committee report has been filed on H.R. 1295, the latest H. Rept. 119-464.

Actions

H.R. 1295 has taken 7 actions since Feb 13, 2025, the latest on Jan 27, 2026.

ChamberAction
Jan 27, 2026
House
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 119-464, Part I.Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Jan 27, 2026
House
Committee on Rules discharged.Rules Committee
Jan 27, 2026
House
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 397.
Mar 25, 2025
House
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session HeldOversight and Government Reform Committee
Mar 25, 2025
House
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 20.Oversight and Government Reform Committee

Votes

H.R. 1295 has not gone to a roll call.

1 bill is related to H.R. 1295.

Titles

H.R. 1295 goes by 4 titles, 2 of them short titles.

  • Reorganizing Government Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Reported to House
  • Reorganizing Government Act of 2025 — Display Title
  • Reorganizing Government Act of 2025 — Short Title(s) as Introduced
  • To amend chapter 9 of title 5, United States Code, to reauthorize the executive reorganization authority of the President and to ensure efficient executive reorganization, and for other purposes. — Official Title as Introduced

Cost estimate

The Congressional Budget Office has filed 1 estimate for H.R. 1295, the latest on Apr 21, 2025.


Lobbying

7 clients hired 7 firms and 39 registered lobbyists who named H.R. 1295 in 25 quarterly filings, 2025 to 2026. Reported under the Lobbying Disclosure Act; a filing’s income covers everything its registrant worked that quarter, so the amounts below are the filings’, not this bill’s.

Filed under Government Issues, Budget/Appropriations, Health Issues, Labor Issues/Antitrust/Workplace, Education, Taxation/Internal Revenue Code, Unemployment, Financial Institutions/Investments/Securities.

Clients

Who paid to be heard, by how many filings named the bill.

ClientBusinessStateFirmsFilingsReported
JOB CREATORS NETWORKadvocacy organization for small businessTexas19$55.5K
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONDistrict of Columbia16
SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTERVirginia16
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEESDistrict of Columbia11
EARTHJUSTICEDistrict of Columbia11
EARTHJUSTICE ACTIONnonprofit advocacy organizationDistrict of Columbia11
NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONDistrict of Columbia11

Firms

Registrants who filed on the bill, by filings.

Lobbyists

Named on the filings that cite the bill. The 20 named most often, of 39.

Filings

The documents themselves, on the Senate’s Lobbying Disclosure site, largest reported first.

ClientRegistrantPeriodReportedDocument
NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATIONNATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION2025 first_quarter$650K1st Quarter - Report
AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEESAMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES2025 first_quarter$630K1st Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2025 fourth_quarter$350K4th Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2025 second_quarter$350K2nd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2026 second_quarter$340K2nd Quarter - Report
SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTERSOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER2025 first_quarter$330K1st Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2026 first_quarter$310K1st Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2025 third_quarter$300K3rd Quarter - Report
NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNIONNATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2025 first_quarter$300K1st Quarter - Report
SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTERSOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER2026 first_quarter$280K1st Quarter - Report
SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTERSOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER2025 second_quarter$160K2nd Quarter - Report
SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTERSOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER2025 fourth_quarter$110K4th Quarter - Report
SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTERSOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER2025 third_quarter$100K3rd Quarter - Report
EARTHJUSTICE ACTIONEARTHJUSTICE ACTION2025 first_quarter$92.6K1st Quarter - Report
SOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTERSOUTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW CENTER2026 second_quarter$90K2nd Quarter - Report
EARTHJUSTICEEARTHJUSTICE2025 second_quarter$48.2K2nd Quarter - Report
JOB CREATORS NETWORKHARNED STRATEGIES LLC2025 second_quarter$7.5K2nd Quarter - Amendme…
JOB CREATORS NETWORKHARNED STRATEGIES LLC2025 second_quarter$7.5K2nd Quarter - Report
JOB CREATORS NETWORKHARNED STRATEGIES LLC2025 first_quarter$7.5K1st Quarter - Report
JOB CREATORS NETWORKHARNED STRATEGIES LLC2025 fourth_quarter$6K4th Quarter - Report

Classification

The Congressional Research Service files H.R. 1295 under Government Operations and Politics, one of its 31 policy areas, and gives it 3 legislative subjects.

CRS Subjects

CRS assigns every bill one policy area from its 31; H.R. 1295’s is Government Operations and Politics.

hr1295/policy-areas.txt
Government Operations and PoliticsAgriculture and FoodAnimalsArmed Forces and National SecurityArts, Culture, ReligionCivil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesCommerceCongressCrime and Law EnforcementEconomics and Public FinanceEducationEmergency ManagementEnergyEnvironmental ProtectionFamiliesFinance and Financial SectorForeign Trade and International FinanceHealthHousing and Community DevelopmentImmigrationInternational AffairsLabor and EmploymentLawNative AmericansPublic Lands and Natural ResourcesScience, Technology, CommunicationsSocial WelfareSports and RecreationTaxationTransportation and Public WorksWater Resources Development

Legislative Subjects

H.R. 1295 carries 3 of CRS’s legislative subjects, from Administrative law and regulatory procedures to Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management.

hr1295/subjects.txt
Administrative law and regulatory proceduresExecutive agency funding and structureGovernment employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Constitutional authority

The clause the sponsor cites as Congress’s power to enact H.R. 1295, as entered in the Congressional Record.

[Congressional Record Volume 171, Number 30 (Thursday, February 13, 2025)][House]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. COMER:H.R. 1295.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 18 of the U.S. Constitution,in that the legislation ``is necessary and proper forcarrying into Execution the . . . Powers vested by thisConstitution in the Government of the United States, or inany Department or Officer thereof.''[Page H710]

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