[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2113 Reported in Senate (RS)]
Calendar No. 531
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2113
[Report No. 113-243]
To provide taxpayers with an annual report disclosing the cost and
performance of Government programs and areas of duplication among them,
and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 12, 2014
Mr. Coburn (for himself, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. Begich, Mr. Burr, Mr.
Chambliss, Ms. Collins, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Flake, Mr. Hatch, Mr.
Inhofe, Mr. Johnson of Wisconsin, Mr. McCain, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Paul,
Mr. Portman, Mr. Risch, Mr. Scott, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Warner, Mr. Manchin,
Mr. Alexander, Mr. Boozman, Mr. Blunt, Mr. Coats, Mr. Cochran, Mr.
Cornyn, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Grassley, Mr. Lee, Mr. McConnell, Mr. Roberts,
Mr. Rubio, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Thune, Mr. Toomey, Mr. Wicker, and Mr.
King) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
August 26, 2014
Reported, under authority of the order of the Senate of August 5
(legislative day, August 1), 2014, by Mr. Carper, with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed
in italic]
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A BILL
To provide taxpayers with an annual report disclosing the cost and
performance of Government programs and areas of duplication among them,
and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
<DELETED>SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.</DELETED>
<DELETED> This Act may be cited as the ``Taxpayers Right-To-Know
Act''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 2. COST AND PERFORMANCE OF GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) Amendment.--Section 1122(a) of title 31, United States
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(3) Additional information.--</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(A) In general.--Information for each
program described under paragraph (1) shall include the
following (which shall be updated not less frequently
than annually):</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(i) The total administrative
expenses for the program for the previous
fiscal year.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(ii) The expenditures for
services for the program for the previous
fiscal year.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(iii) An estimate of the number
of clients served by the program and
beneficiaries who received assistance under the
program (if applicable) for the previous fiscal
year.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(iv) An estimate of, for the
previous fiscal year--</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(I) the number of full-
time Federal employees who administer
the program; and</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(II) the number of full-
time employees whose salary is paid in
part or full by the Federal Government
through a grant or contract, a subaward
of a grant or contract, a cooperative
agreement, or another form of financial
award or assistance who administer or
assist in administering the
program.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(v) An identification of the
specific statute that authorizes the program,
including whether such authorization is
expired.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(vi) Any finding of duplication
or overlap identified by internal review, an
Inspector General, the Government
Accountability Office, or other report to the
agency about the program.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(vii) Any program performance
reviews (including program performance reports
required under section 1116).</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(B) Definitions.--In this
paragraph:</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(i) Administrative expenses.--
The term `administrative expenses'--</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(I) has the meaning
given that term by the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget under
section 504(b)(2) of the Energy and
Water Development and Related Agencies
Appropriations Act, 2010 (31 U.S.C.
1105 note); and</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(II) includes, with
respect to an agency--</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(aa) costs
incurred by the agency and
costs incurred by grantees,
subgrantees, and other
recipients of funds from a
grant program or other program
administered by the agency;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(bb) expenses
related to personnel salaries
and benefits, property
management, travel, program
management, promotion, reviews
and audits, case management,
and communication about,
promotion of, and outreach for
programs and program activities
administered by the
agency.</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(ii) Services.--The term
`services'--</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(I) has the meaning
given that term by the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget;
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(II) shall be limited to
only activities, assistance, and aid
that provide a direct benefit to a
recipient, such as the provision of
medical care, assistance for housing or
tuition, or financial support
(including grants and
loans).''.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Expired Grant Funding.--Not later than February 1 of
each fiscal year, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget
shall publish on the public website of the Office of Management and
Budget the total amount of undisbursed grant funding remaining in grant
accounts for which the period of availability to the grantee has
expired.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 3. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE REQUIREMENTS RELATING
TO IDENTIFICATION, CONSOLIDATION, AND ELIMINATION OF
DUPLICATIVE GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Section 21 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (31
U.S.C. 712 note) is amended--</DELETED>
<DELETED> (1) by striking ``The Comptroller General'' and
inserting the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(a) In General.--The Comptroller General'';
and</DELETED>
<DELETED> (2) by adding at the end the following:</DELETED>
<DELETED> ``(b) Updates.--The Comptroller General shall maintain on
a publicly available website (which shall include regular updates, not
less frequently than annually) the status of responses by Departments
and Congress to suggested actions that the Comptroller General has
previously identified in annual reports under subsection (a). The
status of the suggested actions shall be tracked for an appropriate
period to be determined by the Comptroller General.''.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 4. CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.</DELETED>
<DELETED> Nothing in this Act shall, or the amendments made by this
Act, be construed to require the disclosure of classified
information.</DELETED>
<DELETED>SEC. 5. REGULATIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (a) Regulations.--Not later than 120 days after the date
of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget shall prescribe regulations to implement this Act, and the
amendments made by this Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (b) Implementation.--This Act, and the amendments made by
this Act, shall be implemented not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act.</DELETED>
<DELETED> (c) No Additional Funds Authorized.--No additional funds
are authorized to carry out the requirements of this Act, or the
amendments made by this Act.</DELETED>
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act''.
SEC. 2. COST AND PERFORMANCE OF GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS.
(a) In General.--Section 1122(a) of title 31, United States Code,
is amended--
(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as paragraphs
(2) and (3), respectively;
(2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so redesignated,
the following:
``(1) Definition of program.--For purposes of this
subsection, the term `program' means an organized set of
activities by 1 or more agencies directed toward a common
purpose or goal.'';
(3) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated--
(A) by striking ``In general.--Not later than
October 1, 2012, the Office of Management and Budget
shall'' and inserting ``Website and program
inventory.--The Director of the Office of Management
and Budget shall'';
(B) by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the
following:
``(C) include on the website--
``(i) a program inventory that shall
identify each program of the Federal
Government, which shall include--
``(I) any activity that is commonly
referred to as a program;
``(II) any activity specifically
created by law, or referenced in law,
as a program;
``(III) each program that has an
application process;
``(IV) each program for which
financial awards are made on a
competitive basis; and
``(V) any activity identified as a
program activity in a budget request;
and
``(ii) for each program identified in the
program inventory, the information required
under paragraph (3).'';
(4) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated--
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by
striking ``described under paragraph (1)'' and
inserting ``identified in the program inventory
required under paragraph (2)'';
(B) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the
following:
``(A) the program activities that are considered a
program by the agency;'';
(C) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' at the
end;
(D) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at
the end and inserting a semicolon; and
(E) by adding at the end the following:
``(D) an identification of the specific statute
that authorizes the program and any regulations
specific to the program;
``(E) for any program that provides grants or other
financial assistance to individuals or entities, for
the most recent fiscal year--
``(i) an estimate of the number of
individuals served by the program and
beneficiaries who received financial assistance
under the program; and
``(ii) an estimate of--
``(I) the number of full-time
equivalents who administer the program;
and
``(II) the number of full-time
equivalents whose salary is paid in
part or full by the Federal Government
through a grant, contract, cooperative
agreement, or another form of financial
award or assistance who administer or
assist in any way in administering the
program;
``(F) links to any evaluation, assessment, or
program performance reviews by the agency, an Inspector
General, or the Government Accountability Office
(including program performance reports required under
section 1116) released during the preceding 5 years;
and
``(G) to the extent available, financial
information for each program required to be reported
under section 3(b) of the Federal Funding
Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C.
6101 note), or a direct link to such information for a
specific program on the website established under
section 2 of that Act.''.
(b) Guidance.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of
this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget--
(1) shall issue guidance to agencies to identify how the
program activities used in budget or appropriations accounts
correspond with programs identified in the program inventory
required under section 1122(a)(2)(A) of title 31, United States
Code, as amended by subsection (a); and
(2) may issue guidance to agencies on more closely aligning
program activities to the programs in the program inventory for
purposes of the budget of the President submitted to Congress
under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code.
SEC. 3. REGULATIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION.
(a) Regulations.--Not later than 120 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget shall prescribe regulations or other guidance to implement this
Act, and the amendments made by this Act.
(b) Implementation.--This Act, and the amendments made by this Act,
shall be implemented not later than 1 year after the date of enactment
of this Act.
Calendar No. 531
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2113
[Report No. 113-243]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To provide taxpayers with an annual report disclosing the cost and
performance of Government programs and areas of duplication among them,
and for other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
August 26, 2014
Reported with an amendment