Trump Signs Laws On Social Security Identity-Theft Cases And Over-Budget Projects
Ernst sponsored the law requiring public reporting on significantly delayed or over-budget federal projects.

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President Donald Trump signed two laws creating new requirements for Social Security identity-theft assistance and public reporting on federal projects with major delays or cost overruns. Senator Joni Ernst sponsored the project-reporting law.
The White House announced that Trump signed H.R. 5345, which requires the Social Security Administration to provide a trained team as a single point of contact for certain identity-theft cases, and S. 766, which requires annual reporting on qualifying federal projects that are substantially behind schedule or over budget. The Social Security provision takes effect 180 days after enactment.
The project-reporting law requires agencies to disclose cost and schedule details, among other information, with the Office of Management and Budget compiling a public annual report for Congress. The article says Ernst sponsored the law after her office identified projects with more than $162 billion in combined cost overruns. It also reports that the Congressional Budget Office estimated the requirements would cost $1 million from fiscal years 2025 through 2030.
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3 OUTLETSPresident Trump signed a law requiring public reporting on federal projects with major cost overruns or delays. Joni Ernst sponsored or led the measure in the Senate. Center outlets and right-leaning outlets alike frame the law as public reporting on costly or delayed projects, with Ernst as its sponsor or lead; center coverage also relays her transparency and taxpayer-accountability case. Right-leaning outlets likewise report the requirement, while also placing it alongside Trump's signing of a Social Security identity-theft law.
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