House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer and Sen. Mike Lee are set to introduce bicameral legislation on Thursday aimed at expediting President Donald Trump’s federal government reorganization plans through Congress, Fox News Digital has learned.
Comer, R-Ky., will present the Reorganizing Government Act of 2025 in the House, while Lee, R-Utah, will introduce it in the Senate. The bill mandates that Congress take an up-or-down vote on reorganization plans submitted by the president, with the goal of “streamlining government operations to better serve the American people.”
The legislation also seeks to renew and extend presidential authority to propose executive branch reorganization plans through December 2026, restoring a reorganization authority last in effect in 1984. Congressional aides stated that the bill aims to “modernize and improve government efficiency.”
Under the bill, Congress must vote on Trump’s proposed reorganization plans within 90 days using an expedited process that cannot be filibustered. It also expands the president’s authority to include entire executive departments, not just agencies. However, the bill prohibits reorganizations that would increase the size of the federal workforce or its expenditures.
“Americans elected President Trump to reform Washington, and his team is working around the clock to deliver on that promise,” Comer told Fox News Digital. He added that the federal bureaucracy “has grown dramatically in size and scope, creating unnecessary red tape.”
“We must cut through the inefficiency and streamline government to improve service delivery and save taxpayers money,” Comer said. “Congress can fast-track President Trump’s government reorganization plans by renewing a key tool to approve them swiftly in Congress.”
“The Reorganizing Government Act of 2025 does just that,” Comer continued. “We owe it to the American people to make government efficient, effective, and accountable.”
Lee echoed Comer’s sentiments, stating that the bicameral legislation allows the president to use his constitutional authority to reorganize federal agencies, “eliminate weaponization,” and “right-size the government to better serve the American people.”
“Congress cannot afford to sit on its hands in this fight,” Lee told Fox News Digital. “Reauthorizing presidential reorganization authority is the most comprehensive tool that the president can use to restore good governance to Washington.”
The bill’s introduction comes amid a significant expansion in the federal government, which GOP lawmakers argue has led to “inefficiencies, redundancies, and bureaucratic obstacles.” It also aligns with the White House’s push to shrink the size of the federal government.
Trump signed executive orders on his first day in office to reduce government size and tasked Elon Musk to lead the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), aiming to cut waste, reduce the federal workforce, and slash costs. DOGE has already canceled millions of dollars in government contracts deemed wasteful by the administration.
Additionally, the Office of Personnel Management offered federal employees the option to resign with full pay and benefits through September as part of workforce reduction efforts. Sources indicate that at least 75,000 federal workers have taken this option.
A senior administration official told Fox News Digital on Wednesday that DOGE has worked with various agencies to cancel contracts in the Social Security Administration, the Departments of Homeland Security and Labor, and other areas.
Brooke Singman, a political correspondent and reporter for Fox News Digital, Fox News Channel, and FOX Business, contributed to this report.
