H.R. 1423 — what changed
Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act
From Reported in House to Engrossed in House. 4 sections amended and 2 removed between Reported in House and Engrossed in House.
Sec. 2 Cost and performance of Government programs
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Requirement To identify and describe programs—Amendment— On an annual basis, for purposes Section 1122(a) of the report required title 31, United States Code, is amended by subsection (b), adding at the head of each agency shall—end the following:
added “(3) Additional information
added “(A) In general—Information for each program described under paragraph (1) shall include the following to be updated not less than annually:
added “(i) The total administrative cost of the program for the previous fiscal year.
added “(ii) The expenditures for services for the program for the previous fiscal year.
added “(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.
added “(iv) An estimate of, for the previous fiscal year—
added “(I) the number of full-time Federal employees who administer the program; and
added “(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.
added “(v) An identification of the specific statute that authorizes the program, including whether such authorization is expired.
added “(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.
added “(vii) Any program performance reviews (including program performance reports required under section 1116).
added “(B) Definitions—In this paragraph:
added “(i) Administrative cost—The term administrative cost has the meaning as determined by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget under section 504(b)(2) of Public Law 111–85 (31 U.S.C. 1105 note), except the term shall also include, for purposes of that section and this paragraph, with respect to an agency—
added “(I) costs incurred by the agency as well as costs incurred by grantees, subgrantees, and other recipients of funds from a grant program or other program administered by the agency; and
added “(II) 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.
added “(ii) Services—The term services has the meaning provided by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and 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).”
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identify and describe every program administered by the agency;
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for each such program—
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determine the total administrative costs of the program;
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determine the expenditures for services for the program;
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estimate the number of clients served by the program and beneficiaries who received assistance under the program (if applicable); and
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estimate—
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the number of full-time employees who administer the program; and
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the number of full-time equivalents (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 assist in administering the program; and
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identify programs within the agency with duplicative or overlapping missions, services, and allowable uses of funds, including 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.
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Report—Expired grant funding— Not later than February 1 of each fiscal year, the head Director of each agency shall create a link on the homepage Office of Management and Budget shall publish on the official public website of the agency Office of Management and Budget the total amount of undisbursed grant funding remaining in grant accounts for which the period of availability to a report containing the following:grantee has expired.
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Identification and description of programs— The information required under subsection (a) with respect to the preceding fiscal year.
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Performance reviews— The latest performance reviews (including the program performance reports required under section 1116 of title 31, United States Code) of each program of the agency identified under subsection (a)(1), including performance indicators, performance goals, output measures, and other specific metrics used to review the program and how the program performed on each.
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Improper payment information— For all programs and activities that may be susceptible to significant improper payments, as identified by the head of the agency under section 2(a) of the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 (31 U.S.C. 321 note), the latest improper payment rate and the total estimated amount of improper payments during the preceding fiscal year, including fraudulent payments and overpayments.
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Expired grant funding— The total amount of undisbursed grant funding remaining in grant accounts for which the period of availability to the grantee has expired.
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Recommendations— Such recommendations as the head of the agency considers appropriate—
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to consolidate programs within the agency that are duplicative or overlapping;
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to eliminate waste and inefficiency; and
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to terminate lower priority, outdated, and unnecessary programs and initiatives.
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Relationship to catalog of domestic financial assistance— With respect to the requirements of subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2)(B), the head of an agency may use the same information provided in the Catalog of Domestic Financial Assistance if applicable.
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Format— Each agency shall make reports required by subsection (b) available in a searchable, machine-readable format, and shall expend no funds for the printing of such reports, except when providing such documents to the Congress.
Sec. 3 Government Accountability Office requirements relating to identification, consolidation, and elimination of duplicative Government programs
added Section 21 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (31 U.S.C. 712 note) is amended by inserting “(a)” before the first sentence and by adding at the end the following:
added “(b) The Comptroller General shall maintain and provide regular updates, on not less than an annual basis to a publicly available website that tracks the status of responses by Departments and the Congress to suggested actions that the Comptroller General has previously identified in annual reports under subsection (a). The status of these suggested actions shall be tracked for an appropriate period to be determined by the Comptroller General. The requirements of this subsection shall apply during the effective period of subsection (a).”
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Report by Office of Management and Budget— Not later than February 1 of each fiscal year, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall publish on the official public website of the Office of Management and Budget a report containing the following:
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Identification of duplicative programs— An identification of programs across agencies with duplicative or overlapping missions, services, and allowable uses of funds.
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Recommendations— Such recommendations as the Director considers appropriate—
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to consolidate programs across agencies that are duplicative or overlapping;
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to eliminate waste and inefficiency; and
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to terminate lower priority, outdated, and unnecessary programs and initiatives.
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Relationship to president’s budget— With respect to the requirements of subsection (a)(2), the Director may use the same information provided in the President’s annual budget submission, if applicable.
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Database required— The Director shall maintain a database of information—
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used to create the report required by subsection (a); and
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obtained through meeting the requirements of section 21 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (31 U.S.C. 712 note).
Sec. 4 Classified information
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Section 21 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Nothing in this Act of 2010 (31 U.S.C. 712 note) is amended by inserting “(a)” before shall, or the first sentence and amendments made by adding at the end this Act, be construed to require the following:disclosure of classified information.
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“(b) The Comptroller General shall maintain and provide regular updates, on not less than an annual basis to a publicly available website that tracks the status of responses by Departments and the Congress to suggested actions that the Comptroller General has previously identified in annual reports under subsection (a). The status of these suggested actions shall be tracked for an appropriate period to be determined by the Comptroller General. The requirements of this subsection shall apply during the effective period of subsection (a).”
Sec. 5 Regulations and implementation
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Regulations— Not later than 120 days after the date of the 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.
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In this Act:
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Administrative costs—Implementation— The term administrative costs has This Act, and the meaning as determined amendments made by the Director of this Act, shall be implemented not later than one year after the Office of Management and Budget under section 504(b)(2) date of Public Law 111–85 (31 U.S.C. 1105 note), except the term shall also include, for purposes enactment of that section and this section, with respect to an agency—Act.
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costs incurred by the agency as well as costs incurred by grantees, subgrantees, and other recipients of funds from a grant program or other program administered by the agency; and
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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.
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Services—No additional funds authorized— The term services has the meaning provided by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and shall be limited to only activities, assistance, and aid that provide a direct benefit No additional funds are authorized to a recipient, such as carry out the provision requirements of medical care, assistance for housing or tuition, this Act, or financial support (including grants and loans).the amendments made by this Act.
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Agency— The term agency has the same meaning given that term in section 551(1) of title 5, United States Code, except that the term also includes offices in the legislative branch other than the Government Accountability Office.
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Performance indicator, performance goal, output measure— The terms performance indicator, performance goal, and output measure have the meanings provided those terms by section 1115 of title 31, United States Code.
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Program— The term program has the meaning provided by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and shall include, with respect to an agency, any organized set of activities directed toward a common purpose or goal undertaken by the agency that includes services, projects, processes, or financial or other forms of assistance, including grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, loans, leases, technical support, consultation, or other guidance.
Sec. 6 Classified information
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Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require the disclosure of classified information.
Sec. 7 Regulations and implementation
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Regulations— Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall prescribe regulations to implement this Act.
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Implementation— This Act shall be implemented not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.