HR 5438
Cleared committee
Requires federal agencies to split any appropriated funds they leave unspent at the end of their availability period, sending most of the money to public debt payments and a small share to employee retention bonuses.
Official title: Incentivize Savings Act
Timeline each lane is a chamber; dates pull from congress.gov actions
House
Introduced
17-SEP-2025
Referred
17-SEP-2025
Approved by committee
04-FEB-2026
- Keeps 49 percent of unspent agency funds available for one additional fiscal year and sends another 49 percent to pay principal and interest on the public debt.
- Sends 2 percent of unspent funds to retention bonuses for agency employees, with each bonus capped at 10 percent of the employee's basic pay, and sends any leftover amount to public debt payments.
- Caps an agency's next-year budget request at the prior year's request adjusted by the Consumer Price Index when these rules apply.
- Covers executive agencies, including the United States Postal Service and the Postal Regulatory Commission, but excludes the American National Red Cross.
Current. The Congressional Research Service's summary covers the bill's latest wording (Introduced in House, 17-SEP-2025).
CRS is the Library of Congress's nonpartisan research office. Read it on congress.gov- Budget Committee (House)
- Oversight and Government Reform Committee (House)
Economics and Public Finance
■ 65 R■ 4 D
65 Republicans
- James R. Baird
- Andy Barr
- Nicholas J. Begich
- Jack Bergman
- Sheri Biggs
- Lauren Boebert
- Josh Brecheen
- Tim Burchett
- Eric Burlison
- Earl L. "Buddy" Carter
- Ben Cline
- Michael Cloud
- Mike Collins
- Elijah Crane
- Scott DesJarlais
- Byron Donalds
- Chuck Edwards
- Gabe Evans
- Pat Fallon
- Julie Fedorchak
- Randy Fine
- Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann
- Vince Fong
- Virginia Foxx
- Brandon Gill
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- Carlos A. Gimenez
- Lance Gooden
- Paul A. Gosar
- Glenn Grothman
- Abraham J. Hamadeh
- Pat Harrigan
- Diana Harshbarger
- Clay Higgins
- Erin Houchin
- Richard Hudson
- Brian Jack
- Ronny Jackson
- Dusty Johnson
- Nicholas A. Langworthy
- Michael Lawler
- Laurel M. Lee
- Barry Loudermilk
- Anna Paulina Luna
- Nancy Mace
- John J. McGuire
- Max L. Miller
- Mariannette Miller-Meeks
- Cory Mills
- Blake D. Moore
- Burgess Owens
- Gary J. Palmer
- Scott Perry
- August Pfluger
- Maria Elvira Salazar
- Keith Self
- Pete Sessions
- Jefferson Shreve
- Adrian Smith
- Lloyd Smucker
- Marlin A. Stutzman
- William R. Timmons
- Michael R. Turner
- Beth Van Duyne
- Matt Van Epps
- Daniel Webster
4 Democrats