川普签署《百亿美元浪费法案》 超支逾10亿美元的联邦工程须公开交代
美国总统川普于10月8日签署《百亿美元浪费法案》（Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act），要求联邦机构公开交代严重超支、严重延误的大型工程。该法由爱荷华州共和党联邦参议员乔尼·恩斯特（Joni Ernst）与众议员玛丽安内特·米勒-米克斯（Mariannette Miller-Meeks）等人推动，获得两党支持。按新法，凡是超支10亿美元以上、或进度滞后5年以上的联邦项目，负责机构都必须向国会和公众公开报告，说明原因、点名承包商。恩斯特同时公布了五个新列入「浪费工程」名单的项目：F-35战斗机现代化计划自2012年以来成本从3957亿美元涨到4852亿美元，超支895亿美元，还滞后5年；纽约与新泽西之间的哈德逊河隧道超支30亿美元；巴尔的摩基伊大桥（Key Bridge）重建最坏可能超支35亿美元；NASA飞往土卫六的「蜻蜓号」（Dragonfly）探测器成本从8.5亿美元涨到33.5亿美元；帕洛阿尔托退伍军人医疗中心超支12亿美元，进度滞后21年，预计要到2036年才能完工。五项合计超支近1000亿美元。恩斯特表示，要用这部法律把每一个浪费工程「拖到阳光下」。（来源：Washington Examiner、美国众议院官网通稿）
Trump signs Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act targeting costly federal projects
President Trump on October 8 signed the Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act, a law requiring federal agencies to publicly account for major projects that run badly over budget or fall far behind schedule. The bipartisan measure was championed by Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) and Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA). Under the new law, any federal project that is at least $1 billion over budget or five years behind schedule must be publicly reported to Congress and the public, with explanations and the contractors identified. Ernst simultaneously released five newly flagged "boondoggle" projects: the F-35 fighter modernization program, whose cost has climbed from $395.7 billion in 2012 to $485.2 billion — $89.5 billion over budget and five years behind schedule; the Hudson River Tunnel between New York and New Jersey, $3 billion over budget; the rebuilding of Baltimore's Key Bridge, which could run as much as $3.5 billion over its original estimate; NASA's Dragonfly mission to Saturn's moon Titan, up from $850 million to $3.35 billion; and the Palo Alto VA Medical Center, $1.2 billion over budget and 21 years behind schedule, now not expected to finish until 2036. Together the five projects account for roughly $100 billion in overruns. Ernst said the law will drag every boondoggle "into the daylight." (Sources: Washington Examiner; U.S. House press release)
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