The Department of Government Efficiency’s (DOGE) first rescission bill will hit Congress as early as Monday, in order to codify the Musk-led department’s cuts into law.
Speaking on Fox, Director of White House Office of Budget Management Russ Vought said the bill will be sent to Congress “whenever the house is back in session,” which could be Monday.
“We want to make sure that Congress passes its first rescissions bill, including the DOGE, and we will send more if they pass it,” Vought said.
He explained the first bill will concern cuts to foreign aid, USAID, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and NPR, as well as various forms of “waste and garbage” that was “not only wasteful but hurting our foreign policy.”
Vought also explained that the bill would be carefully managed to ensure it “evades the Senate filibuster.”
“And so we are being very careful that we do not use our procedural opportunities and in going down a path that won’t lead to passage.”
A simple majority is all that will be required to pass the bill
The bill will total over $9 billion in cuts, a spokesperson later added.
House Speaker Mike Johnson has indicated the House’s readiness to pass the bill and make government savings.
The House, he Tweeted, is “eager and ready to act on DOGE’s findings so we can deliver even more cuts to big government that President Trump wants and the American people demand.”