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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION S. 872 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of |
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| 6 | 6 | | 2006 to ensure that other transaction agreements are reported to |
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| 7 | 7 | | USAspending.gov, and for other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES |
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| 9 | 9 | | MARCH5, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Ms. E |
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| 11 | 11 | | RNST(for herself, Mr. PETERS, Mr. LANKFORD, and Mr. MORENO) in- |
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| 12 | 12 | | troduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Com- |
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| 13 | 13 | | mittee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend the Federal Funding Accountability and Trans- |
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| 16 | 16 | | parency Act of 2006 to ensure that other transaction |
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| 17 | 17 | | agreements are reported to USAspending.gov, and for |
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| 18 | 18 | | other purposes. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 20 | 20 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop Secret Spending 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Act of 2025’’. 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | SEC. 2. OTHER TRANSACTION AGREEMENT REPORTING. 1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | (a) O |
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| 29 | 29 | | THERTRANSACTIONAGREEMENTS.—Section 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2(a) of the Federal Funding Accountability and Trans-3 |
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| 31 | 31 | | parency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is amended— 4 |
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| 32 | 32 | | (1) in paragraph (4)(A)— 5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (A) in clause (ii), by adding ‘‘and’’ and the 6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | end; and 7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (B) by adding at the end the following: 8 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ‘‘(iii) includes other transaction agree-9 |
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| 37 | 37 | | ments;’’; and 10 |
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| 38 | 38 | | (2) in paragraph (7)— 11 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking 12 |
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| 40 | 40 | | ‘‘(2)(A)(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘(4)(A)(i)’’; and 13 |
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| 41 | 41 | | (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking 14 |
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| 42 | 42 | | ‘‘(2)(A)(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘(4)(A)(ii)’’. 15 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (b) D |
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| 44 | 44 | | ATASTANDARDS.—Section 4 of the Federal 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is amended by adding at the end 18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | the following: 19 |
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| 48 | 48 | | ‘‘(e) O |
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| 49 | 49 | | THERTRANSACTIONAGREEMENTDATA.—Not 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | later than 3 years after the date of enactment of the Stop 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | Secret Spending Act of 2025, the Secretary shall ensure 22 |
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| 52 | 52 | | that, with respect to the website established under section 23 |
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| 53 | 53 | | 2, or any successor website— 24 |
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| 56 | 56 | | •S 872 IS |
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| 57 | 57 | | ‘‘(1) data relating to other transaction agree-1 |
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| 58 | 58 | | ments is automatically transmitted to the website, 2 |
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| 59 | 59 | | and 3 |
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| 60 | 60 | | ‘‘(2) a centralized view of the data described in 4 |
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| 61 | 61 | | paragraph (1) is available on the website.’’. 5 |
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| 62 | 62 | | (c) A |
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| 63 | 63 | | NNUALREPORT ONUNREPORTEDFUNDING.— 6 |
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| 64 | 64 | | Section 2 of the Federal Funding Accountability and 7 |
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| 65 | 65 | | Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is 8 |
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| 66 | 66 | | amended by adding at the end the following: 9 |
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| 67 | 67 | | ‘‘(h) A |
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| 68 | 68 | | NNUALREPORT.—Not later than 1 year after 10 |
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| 69 | 69 | | the date of enactment of the Stop Secret Spending Act 11 |
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| 70 | 70 | | of 2025, and annually thereafter, the Secretary, in con-12 |
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| 71 | 71 | | sultation with the Director, shall post to the website estab-13 |
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| 72 | 72 | | lished under this section a report that includes— 14 |
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| 73 | 73 | | ‘‘(1) the total amount of Federal spending on 15 |
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| 74 | 74 | | Federal awards for which data has not been posted 16 |
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| 75 | 75 | | to the website; and 17 |
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| 76 | 76 | | ‘‘(2) the reason data on the Federal spending 18 |
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| 77 | 77 | | described in paragraph (1) has not been posted to 19 |
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| 78 | 78 | | the website, including whether the Federal spending 20 |
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| 79 | 79 | | was— 21 |
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| 80 | 80 | | ‘‘(A) national security-related or classified; 22 |
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| 81 | 81 | | ‘‘(B) a grant or contract awarded or en-23 |
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| 82 | 82 | | tered into by a legislative or judicial branch 24 |
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| 83 | 83 | | agency; or 25 |
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| 87 | 87 | | ‘‘(C) a subaward below a primary 1 |
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| 88 | 88 | | subaward.’’. 2 |
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| 89 | 89 | | (d) I |
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| 90 | 90 | | MPLEMENTATION PLAN.— 3 |
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| 91 | 91 | | (1) D |
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| 92 | 92 | | EFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 4 |
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| 93 | 93 | | (A) D |
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| 94 | 94 | | IRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ 5 |
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| 95 | 95 | | means the Director of the Office of Manage-6 |
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| 96 | 96 | | ment and Budget. 7 |
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| 97 | 97 | | (B) R |
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| 98 | 98 | | ELEVANT AGENCY .—The term ‘‘rel-8 |
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| 99 | 99 | | evant agency’’ means a Federal agency (as de-9 |
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| 100 | 100 | | fined in section 2(a) of the Federal Funding 10 |
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| 101 | 101 | | Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 11 |
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| 102 | 102 | | (31 U.S.C. 6101 note)) that has the authority 12 |
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| 103 | 103 | | to enter into an other transaction agreement, as 13 |
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| 104 | 104 | | determined by the Director. 14 |
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| 105 | 105 | | (C) S |
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| 106 | 106 | | ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ 15 |
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| 107 | 107 | | means the Secretary of the Treasury. 16 |
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| 108 | 108 | | (D) U |
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| 109 | 109 | | SASPENDING.GOV.—The term 17 |
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| 110 | 110 | | ‘‘USAspending.gov’’ means the website estab-18 |
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| 111 | 111 | | lished under section 2 of the Federal Funding 19 |
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| 112 | 112 | | Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 20 |
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| 113 | 113 | | (31 U.S.C. 6101 note). 21 |
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| 114 | 114 | | (2) I |
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| 115 | 115 | | NITIAL COMPILATION.—If the Secretary 22 |
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| 116 | 116 | | has not yet complied with subsection (e) of section 23 |
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| 117 | 117 | | 4 of the Federal Funding Accountability and Trans-24 |
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| 118 | 118 | | parency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note), as 25 |
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| 122 | 122 | | added by this section, by the date that is 1 year 1 |
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| 123 | 123 | | after the date of enactment of this Act, not later 2 |
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| 124 | 124 | | than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, 3 |
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| 125 | 125 | | the Secretary, in coordination with the Director and 4 |
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| 126 | 126 | | the heads of relevant agencies, shall publish on 5 |
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| 127 | 127 | | USAspending.gov a report that lists and includes a 6 |
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| 128 | 128 | | detailed description of all other transaction agree-7 |
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| 129 | 129 | | ments entered into by the relevant agencies for the 8 |
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| 130 | 130 | | fiscal year preceding the fiscal year during which the 9 |
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| 131 | 131 | | report is published. 10 |
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| 132 | 132 | | (3) P |
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| 133 | 133 | | LAN.—If the Secretary has not yet com-11 |
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| 134 | 134 | | plied with subsection (e) of section 4 of the Federal 12 |
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| 135 | 135 | | Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 13 |
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| 136 | 136 | | 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note), as added by this sec-14 |
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| 137 | 137 | | tion, by the date that is 2 years after the date of 15 |
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| 138 | 138 | | enactment of this Act, not later than 2 years after 16 |
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| 139 | 139 | | the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in 17 |
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| 140 | 140 | | consultation with the Director and the heads of rel-18 |
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| 141 | 141 | | evant agencies, shall submit to Congress a plan that 19 |
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| 142 | 142 | | includes— 20 |
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| 143 | 143 | | (A) the status of including data relating to 21 |
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| 144 | 144 | | other transaction agreements on 22 |
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| 145 | 145 | | USAspending.gov; and 23 |
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| 146 | 146 | | (B) actions underway and planned to en-24 |
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| 147 | 147 | | sure that the data described in subparagraph 25 |
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| 151 | 151 | | (A) is fully incorporated into USAspending.gov 1 |
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| 152 | 152 | | by the date that is 3 years after the date of en-2 |
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| 153 | 153 | | actment of this Act. 3 |
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| 154 | 154 | | SEC. 3. OTHER AMENDMENTS. 4 |
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| 155 | 155 | | (a) I |
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| 156 | 156 | | NSPECTORGENERALREPORTS.—Section 6(a) of 5 |
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| 157 | 157 | | the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency 6 |
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| 158 | 158 | | Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is amended— 7 |
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| 159 | 159 | | (1) in paragraph (1)— 8 |
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| 160 | 160 | | (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph 9 |
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| 161 | 161 | | (A), by striking ‘‘each Federal agency’’ and in-10 |
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| 162 | 162 | | serting ‘‘each agency described in paragraphs 11 |
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| 163 | 163 | | (1) and (2) of section 901(b) of title 31, United 12 |
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| 164 | 164 | | States Code’’; 13 |
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| 165 | 165 | | (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking 14 |
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| 166 | 166 | | ‘‘Federal agency’’ and inserting ‘‘agency’’; and 15 |
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| 167 | 167 | | (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking 16 |
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| 168 | 168 | | ‘‘Federal agency’’ and inserting ‘‘agency’’; and 17 |
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| 169 | 169 | | (2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the 18 |
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| 170 | 170 | | following: 19 |
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| 171 | 171 | | ‘‘(2) D |
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| 172 | 172 | | EADLINES.—The inspector general of 20 |
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| 173 | 173 | | each agency described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of 21 |
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| 174 | 174 | | section 901(b) of title 31, United States Code, shall 22 |
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| 175 | 175 | | submit to Congress and make publicly available a re-23 |
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| 176 | 176 | | port described in paragraph (1)(B)— 24 |
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| 180 | 180 | | ‘‘(A) not later than 1 year after the date 1 |
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| 181 | 181 | | of enactment of the Stop Secret Spending Act 2 |
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| 182 | 182 | | of 2025; and 3 |
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| 183 | 183 | | ‘‘(B) not less than frequently than once 4 |
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| 184 | 184 | | every 2 years after the date described in sub-5 |
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| 185 | 185 | | paragraph (A) until the date that is 10 years 6 |
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| 186 | 186 | | after the date of enactment of the Stop Secret 7 |
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| 187 | 187 | | Spending Act of 2025 on the date of submission 8 |
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| 188 | 188 | | of the report required under section 3521(f) or 9 |
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| 189 | 189 | | 9105(a)(3) of title 31, United States Code, for 10 |
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| 190 | 190 | | the applicable fiscal year.’’. 11 |
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| 191 | 191 | | (b) F |
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| 192 | 192 | | ULLDISCLOSURE OFFEDERALFUNDS.— 12 |
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| 193 | 193 | | (1) I |
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| 194 | 194 | | N GENERAL.—Section 3 of the Federal 13 |
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| 195 | 195 | | Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 14 |
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| 196 | 196 | | 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is amended— 15 |
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| 197 | 197 | | (A) in subsection (b)— 16 |
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| 198 | 198 | | (i) paragraph (1), in the matter pre-17 |
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| 199 | 199 | | ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘a 18 |
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| 200 | 200 | | Federal agency or component of a Federal 19 |
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| 201 | 201 | | agency’’ and inserting ‘‘a Federal agency 20 |
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| 202 | 202 | | or a component of a Federal agency in-21 |
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| 203 | 203 | | cluded on the list posted under subsection 22 |
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| 204 | 204 | | (e)(2)’’; and 23 |
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| 205 | 205 | | (ii) in paragraph (2)(B), in the matter 24 |
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| 206 | 206 | | preceding clause (i), by striking ‘‘to be 25 |
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| 210 | 210 | | posted’’ and inserting ‘‘to be posted by a 1 |
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| 211 | 211 | | Federal agency or a component of a Fed-2 |
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| 212 | 212 | | eral agency included on the list posted 3 |
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| 213 | 213 | | under subsection (e)(2)’’; and 4 |
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| 214 | 214 | | (B) by adding at the end the following: 5 |
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| 215 | 215 | | ‘‘(c) Q |
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| 216 | 216 | | UALITY OFINFORMATION.— 6 |
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| 217 | 217 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 218 | 218 | | N GENERAL.—The Secretary and the Di-7 |
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| 219 | 219 | | rector, in consultation with the heads of Federal 8 |
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| 220 | 220 | | agencies, shall establish requirements to ensure that 9 |
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| 221 | 221 | | the information to be posted under subsection (b) 10 |
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| 222 | 222 | | that is posted by a Federal agency or component of 11 |
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| 223 | 223 | | a Federal agency is complete and accurate. 12 |
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| 224 | 224 | | ‘‘(2) F |
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| 225 | 225 | | EDERAL AGENCY RESPONSIBILITY .—The 13 |
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| 226 | 226 | | head of each Federal agency or component of a Fed-14 |
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| 227 | 227 | | eral agency posting data under subsection (b) shall 15 |
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| 228 | 228 | | ensure that the data is complete and accurate. 16 |
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| 229 | 229 | | ‘‘(3) A |
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| 230 | 230 | | UTHORITY TO VERIFY ACCURACY .—The 17 |
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| 231 | 231 | | Secretary and the Director may verify that the data 18 |
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| 232 | 232 | | posted under subsection (b) by a Federal agency or 19 |
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| 233 | 233 | | component of a Federal agency are complete, accu-20 |
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| 234 | 234 | | rate, and consistent. 21 |
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| 235 | 235 | | ‘‘(d) D |
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| 236 | 236 | | ISPLAYSTANDARDS.—The Secretary, in con-22 |
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| 237 | 237 | | sultation with the Director, shall ensure that the heads 23 |
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| 238 | 238 | | of Federal agencies that post information under sub-24 |
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| 242 | 242 | | section (b) comply with display standards established by 1 |
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| 243 | 243 | | the Secretary. 2 |
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| 244 | 244 | | ‘‘(e) A |
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| 245 | 245 | | GENCYREPORTINGDETERMINATION.—Not 3 |
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| 246 | 246 | | later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Stop 4 |
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| 247 | 247 | | Secret Spending Act of 2025, and not less frequently than 5 |
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| 248 | 248 | | once every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary, in coordina-6 |
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| 249 | 249 | | tion with the Director, shall— 7 |
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| 250 | 250 | | ‘‘(1) assess and make a determination with re-8 |
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| 251 | 251 | | spect to which Federal agencies and components of 9 |
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| 252 | 252 | | Federal agencies are required to post information 10 |
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| 253 | 253 | | under subsection (b); 11 |
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| 254 | 254 | | ‘‘(2) publish a list of the Federal agencies and 12 |
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| 255 | 255 | | components of Federal agencies determined under 13 |
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| 256 | 256 | | paragraph (1) on the website established under sec-14 |
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| 257 | 257 | | tion 2(b)(1); and 15 |
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| 258 | 258 | | ‘‘(3) provide to the head and inspector general 16 |
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| 259 | 259 | | of each Federal agency or component of a Federal 17 |
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| 260 | 260 | | agency included on the list published under para-18 |
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| 261 | 261 | | graph (2) written notice of the inclusion of the Fed-19 |
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| 262 | 262 | | eral agency or component of a Federal agency on the 20 |
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| 263 | 263 | | list.’’. 21 |
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| 264 | 264 | | (2) E |
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| 265 | 265 | | FFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 22 |
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| 266 | 266 | | by paragraph (1)(A) shall take effect on the date on 23 |
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| 267 | 267 | | which the Secretary publishes the first list under 24 |
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| 268 | 268 | | section 3(e)(2) of the Federal Funding Account-25 |
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| 272 | 272 | | ability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 1 |
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| 273 | 273 | | 6101 note), as added by paragraph (1). 2 |
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| 274 | 274 | | SEC. 4. GAO REPORT. 3 |
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| 275 | 275 | | Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 4 |
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| 276 | 276 | | of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 5 |
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| 277 | 277 | | shall make recommendations for any updates the Comp-6 |
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| 278 | 278 | | troller General of the United States determines advisable 7 |
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| 279 | 279 | | to clause 52.204.10 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation 8 |
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| 280 | 280 | | with respect to incorporating requirements under the Fed-9 |
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| 281 | 281 | | eral Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 10 |
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| 282 | 282 | | 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note). 11 |
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