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 allow the President to reorganize federal agencies and propose changes to how the executive branch operates, with Congress required to consider these proposals quickly on an expedited timeline. The bill revives and expands an authority that had previously expired. It would permit reorganization plans aimed at reducing the number of federal employees, eliminating regulations and rules deemed unnecessary or burdensome, and shutting down government operations the President considers ineffective.
Notably, it removes previous restrictions that prevented the President from proposing the elimination or major restructuring of entire executive departments or independent regulatory agencies. **Who It Affects:** This bill primarily affects federal employees, who could face job losses or reassignments, and the general public through potential changes in which government services and regulations remain in place. Congress would be required to act quickly on any reorganization proposals rather than using its normal legislative process. **Current Status:** The bill is currently in committee (S 583 in the Senate), meaning it has not yet been voted on by the full Congress. It was introduced by Senator Mike Lee (R-UT) in the 119th Congress.
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
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.