Federal Employee Cost-Savings and Fraud Prevention Awards

Current understanding

To be populated as evidence accumulates.

2026-08-06 — Bonuses for Cost-Cutters Act of 2025: cross-connection with bonuses-for-cost-cutters: Both establish/modify cash-award mechanisms for federal employees who surface wasteful or unused agency spending. (novelty: 2)
2026-06-09 — Bonuses for Cost-Cutters and Fraud Preventers Act of 2026: Bonuses for Cost-Cutters and Fraud Preventers Act of 2026 (introduced) would expand the existing federal awards program to cover employee identification of wasteful operational expenses, require agencies to propose those expenses for rescission, and double the maximum cash award. (novelty: 2)