WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. President Trump's budget chief said on Wednesday that the White House intends to send Congress a package next week to formalize cuts made by billionaire Elon Musk's team targeting federal government spending.

For months, Republican lawmakers in the U.S. Congress have urged the administration to institute the federal spending cuts announced by Musk's Department of Government Efficiency."We are doing everything we can to codify DOGE cuts," Office of Management and Budget Director Russ Vought said in an interview on Fox Business' Kudlow program.

The value of the proposed cuts was not immediately available.

By law, the White House must propose changes to spending and send them to Congress for approval.

Two unidentified Republican officials told Politico that the package will codify funding cuts for National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service, as well as foreign aid agencies already hollowed out by President Donald Trump's administration through DOGE.

Musk on Tuesday criticized the price tag of Republicans' tax and budget legislation making its way through Congress.

"I was disappointed to see the massive spending bill, frankly, which increases the budget deficit, not just decreases it, and undermines the work that the DOGE team is doing," Musk told CBS News.

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson responded in a social media post that "the House is eager and ready to act on DOGE's findings so we can deliver even more cuts to big government that President Trump wants and the American people demand."

However, it is unclear if Congress will approve the DOGE spending cuts. Republicans control both chambers by slim majorities.