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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.

Trump Signs Laws On Social Security Identity-Theft Cases And Over-Budget Projects
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This article1 analysis · Oct 8, 2026
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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.

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Joni Ernst
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Senator who sponsored the federal-project reporting law

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House Ways and Means Committee chairman who commented on identity-theft cases during debate

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Trump Signs Law Requiring Reports on Costly Federal Projects

President 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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