Reorganizing Government Act of 2025
Reorganizing Government Act of 2025
Plain Language Summary
# Reorganizing Government Act of 2025: Plain Language Summary **What the Bill Would Do** This bill would revive an expired presidential power to reorganize federal agencies with expedited (faster) congressional approval. Currently, presidents can propose reorganization plans, but Congress must follow standard procedures to approve or reject them. This bill would bring back a streamlined process where Congress would have a limited time to vote on these plans, making it easier for the President to restructure government agencies. The bill would also expand what reorganizations are allowed—currently there are restrictions on eliminating entire departments or regulatory agencies, but this bill would remove those restrictions. **Key Changes and Who It Affects** The bill would allow the President to pursue reorganization plans specifically aimed at reducing the number of federal employees, cutting regulations, and eliminating government programs the President deems unnecessary.
This affects federal workers, who could see job losses or restructuring, and the general public, whose access to government services could change depending on which programs are eliminated. The bill does not specify which agencies or programs would be affected—that would be up to the President. The expedited process means Congress would have less time to debate and analyze the impacts. **Current Status** The bill is currently in committee (HR 1295), meaning it has been referred to a House committee for review but has not yet been voted on by the full House or Senate.
CRS Official Summary
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 includereducing the number of federal employees;eliminating unnecessary and burdensome rules, regulations, and other requirements; andeliminating 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; andconsolidating 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.
Latest Action
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 397.