Comer, Lee roll out bicameral bill to fast-track Trump's government reorganization plans through Congress

FIRST ON FOX: House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer and Sen. Mike Lee are introducing bicameral authorities Thursday that would fast-track President Donald Trump's national authorities reorganizations plans done Congress, Fox News Digital has learned. 

Comer, R-Ky., volition present the Reorganizing Government Act of 2025 successful the House Thursday, portion Lee, R-Utah, volition rotation it retired successful the Senate.

The authorities would guarantee Congress takes an up oregon down ballot connected the plans submitted to Congress successful bid to "streamline authorities operations to amended service the American people."

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It besides seeks to renew and widen statesmanlike authorization to suggest enforcement subdivision reorganization plans done December 2026 and restores a reorganization authorization that was past successful effect successful 1984. Congressional aides said the measure aims to "modernize and amended authorities efficiency." 

Under the bill, Congress indispensable ballot connected Trump’s projected reorganization plans wrong 90 days by utilizing an expedited process that cannot beryllium filibustered.

It besides expands the president’s authorization to see full enforcement departments – not conscionable agencies. 

The measure does prohibit, however, reorganization that would summation the size of the national workforce oregon its expenditures. 

"Americans elected President Trump to betterment Washington, and his squad is moving astir the timepiece to present connected that promise," Comer told Fox News Digital, adding that the national bureaucracy "has grown dramatically successful size and scope, creating unnecessary reddish tape." 

"We indispensable chopped done the inefficiency and streamline authorities to amended work transportation and prevention taxpayers money," helium said, adding that "Congress tin fast-track President Trump’s authorities reorganization plans by renewing a cardinal instrumentality to o.k. them swiftly successful Congress." 

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"The Reorganizing Government Act of 2025 does conscionable that," Comer said. "We beryllium it to the American radical to marque authorities efficient, effectual and accountable." 

And Lee told Fox News Digital that the bicameral authorities allows the president to usage his law authorization to reorganize national agencies, "eliminate weaponization" and "right-size the authorities to amended service the American people." 

"Congress cannot spend to beryllium connected its hands successful this fight," Lee told Fox News Digital. "Reauthorizing statesmanlike reorganization authorization is the astir broad instrumentality that the president tin usage to reconstruct bully governance to Washington." 

The measure comes amid a important enlargement successful the national government, which GOP lawmakers accidental has led to "inefficiencies, redundancies, and bureaucratic obstacles." 

Its instauration besides comes amid a propulsion from the White House to shrink the size of the national government. 

Trump signed enforcement orders connected his archetypal time successful bureau to bash so. 

The president besides tasked Elon Musk to tally the Department of Government Efficiency, oregon DOGE, to trim authorities waste, chopped the national workforce and slash costs. 

The Office of Personnel Management offered employees crossed the national authorities the enactment to resign with afloat wage and benefits done September successful an effort to chopped the workforce. Sources accidental astatine slightest 75,000 national workers person taken the enactment to resign. 

Meanwhile, DOGE has successfully canceled millions of dollars of authorities contracts that the medication says were a discarded of payer dollars. 

A elder medication authoritative told Fox News Digital connected Wednesday that DOGE has worked with assorted agencies to cancel respective contracts successful the Social Security Administration, the Departments of Homeland Security and Labor, and respective different areas.