Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Stop Secret Spending Act of 2024”.
Stop Secret Spending Act of 2024
A BILL
To amend the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 to ensure that other transaction agreements are reported to USAspending.gov, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 Other transaction agreement reporting
Other transaction agreements— Section 2(a) of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is amended—
in paragraph (4)(A)(ii), by striking “and delivery orders” and inserting “delivery orders, and other transaction agreements”; and
in paragraph (7)—
in subparagraph (B), by striking “(2)(A)(i)” and inserting “(4)(A)(i)”; and
in subparagraph (C), by striking “(2)(A)(ii)” and inserting “(4)(A)(ii)”.
Data standards— Section 4 of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(e) Other transaction agreement identifiers—Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the Stop Secret Spending Act of 2024, the Secretary shall create a unique identifier for data relating to other transaction agreements made available on the website established under section 2.”
Annual report on unreported funding— Section 2 of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is amended by adding at the end the following:
“(h) Annual report—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Stop Secret Spending Act of 2024, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall post to the website established under this section a report that includes—
“(1) the total amount of Federal spending on Federal awards, data for which has not been posted to the website; and
“(2) with respect to the Federal spending described in paragraph (1)—
“(A) the categories of the Federal spending; and
“(B) the reason data on the Federal spending has not been posted to the website, including whether the Federal spending was—
“(i) national security-related or classified;
“(ii) a grant or contract awarded or entered into by a legislative or judicial branch agency; or
“(iii) a subaward below a primary subaward.”
Sec. 3 Other amendments
Inspector General reports— Section 6(a) of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
“(2) Deadlines—The Inspector General of each Federal agency shall submit to Congress and make publicly available a report described in paragraph (1)(B)—
“(A) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Stop Secret Spending Act of 2024; and
“(B) not less than every two years thereafter, to be submitted on the same date as the report required under section 3521(f) or 9105(a)(3) of title 31, United States Code, for that respective fiscal year; and.”
Full disclosure of Federal funds—
In general— Section 3 of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is amended—
in subsection (b)—
paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking “a Federal agency or component of a Federal agency”and inserting “a Federal agency or a component of a Federal agency included on the list posted under subsection (e)(2)”; and
in paragraph (2)(B), by striking “to be posted” and inserting “to be posted by a Federal agency or a component of a Federal agency included on the list posted under subsection (e)(2)”; and
by adding at the end the following:
“(c) Quality of information—The Secretary and the Director, in consultation with the heads of Federal agencies, shall ensure that the information to be posted under subsection (b) that is posted by a Federal agency or component of a Federal agency is complete and accurate.
“(d) Display standards—The Secretary, in consultation with the Director, shall ensure that the heads of Federal agencies that post information under subsection (b) comply with display standards established by the Secretary.
“(e) Agency reporting determination—Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Stop Secret Spending Act of 2024, and not less frequently than once every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary, in coordination with the Director, shall—
“(1) assess and make a determination with respect to which Federal agencies and components of Federal agencies are required to post information under subsection (b);
“(2) publish a list of the Federal agencies and components of Federal agencies determined under paragraph (1) on the website established under section 2(b)(1); and
“(3) provide to the head and inspector general of each Federal agency or component of a Federal agency included on the list published under paragraph (2) written notice of the inclusion of the Federal agency or component of a Federal agency on the list.”
Effective date— The amendments made by paragraph (1)(A) shall take effect on the date on which the Secretary publishes the first list under section 3(e)(2) of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note), as added by paragraph (1).