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[S. 2560 Reported in Senate (RS)]
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Calendar No. 436
116th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2560
[Report No. 116-221]
To amend the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of
2006, to require the budget justifications and appropriation requests
of agencies be made publicly available.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 26, 2019
Mr. Peters (for himself and Mr. Portman) introduced the following bill;
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security
and Governmental Affairs
March 2, 2020
Reported by Mr. Johnson, with an amendment
[Omit the part struck through]
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A BILL
To amend the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of
2006, to require the budget justifications and appropriation requests
of agencies be made publicly available.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Congressional Budget Justification
Transparency Act of 2019''.
SEC. 2. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF BUDGET JUSTIFICATIONS AND APPROPRIATION
REQUESTS.
(a) In General.--Section 3 of the Federal Funding Accountability
and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is amended to read
as follows:
``SEC. 3. FULL DISCLOSURE OF FEDERAL FUNDS.
``(a) In General.--Not less frequently than monthly when
practicable, and in any event not less frequently than quarterly, the
Secretary (in consultation with the Director and, with respect to
information described in subsection (b)(2), the head of the applicable
Federal agency) shall ensure that updated information with respect to
the information described in subsection (b) is posted on the website
established under section 2.
``(b) Information To Be Posted.--
``(1) Funds.--For any funds made available to or expended
by a Federal agency or component of a Federal agency, the
information to be posted shall include--
``(A) for each appropriations account, including an
expired or unexpired appropriations account, the
amount--
``(i) of budget authority appropriated;
``(ii) that is obligated;
``(iii) of unobligated balances; and
``(iv) of any other budgetary resources;
``(B) from which accounts and in what amount--
``(i) appropriations are obligated for each
program activity; and
``(ii) outlays are made for each program
activity;
``(C) from which accounts and in what amount--
``(i) appropriations are obligated for each
object class; and
``(ii) outlays are made for each object
class; and
``(D) for each program activity, the amount--
``(i) obligated for each object class; and
``(ii) of outlays made for each object
class.
``(2) Budget justifications.--
``(A) Definitions.--In this paragraph--
``(i) the term `agency' has the meaning
given that term in section 101 of title 31,
United States Code; and
``(ii) the term `budget justification
materials' means the annual budget
justification materials of an agency that are
submitted to Congress in support of the budget
of the agency, in conjunction with the budget
of the United States Government submitted under
section 1105(a) of title 31, United States
Code.
``(B) Information.--The information to be posted
shall include the budget justification materials of
each agency--
``(i) for the second fiscal year beginning
after the date of enactment of this paragraph,
and each fiscal year thereafter; and
``(ii) to the extent practicable, that were
released for any fiscal year before the date of
enactment of this paragraph.
``(C) Format.--Budget justification materials shall
be posted under subparagraph (B)--
``(i) in an open format;
``(ii) in a manner that enables users to
download individual reports, download all
reports in bulk, and download in bulk the
results of a search, to the extent practicable;
and
``(iii) in a structured data format, to the
extent practicable.
``(D) Deadline.--The budget justification materials
required to be posted under subparagraph (B)(i) shall
be posted not later than 2 weeks after the date on
which the budget justification materials are first
submitted to Congress.
``(E) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this
paragraph shall be construed to authorize an agency to
destroy any budget justification materials relating to
a fiscal year before the fiscal year described in
subparagraph (B)(i).''.
(b) Information Regarding Agency Budget Justifications.--Section
1105 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end
the following:
``(i)(1) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall
make publicly available on an internet website, and continuously
update, a tabular list for each fiscal year of each agency that submits
to Congress budget justification materials in support of the budget of
the agency, which shall include--
``(A) the name of the agency;
``(B) a unique identifier that identifies the agency;
``(C) to the extent practicable, the date on which the
budget justification materials of the agency are first
submitted to Congress;
``(D) the date on which the budget justification materials
of the agency are posted online under section 3 of the Federal
Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C.
6101 note);
``(E) the uniform resource locator where the budget
justification materials submitted to Congress are published on
the website of the agency; and
``(F) a single data set that contains the information
described in subparagraphs (A) through (E) with respect to the
agency for all fiscal years for which budget justifications of
the agency are made available under section 3 of the Federal
Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C.
6101 note) in a structured data format.
``(2)(A) Each agency that submits to Congress budget justification
materials in support of the budget of the agency shall make the
materials available on the website of the agency.
``(B) The Director of Office of Management and Budget shall
establish best practices for agencies relating to making available
materials under subparagraph (A) (i), which shall include guidelines
for using a uniform resource locator that is in a consistent format
across agencies and is descriptive, memorable, and pronounceable, such
as the format of `agencyname.gov/budget'.
``(C) If the Director of Office of Management and Budget maintains
a public website that contains the budget of the United States
Government submitted under subsection (a) and any related materials,
such website shall also contain a link to the tabular list required
under paragraph (1).
``(3) In this subsection, the term `budget justification materials'
has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the Federal Funding
Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note).''.
Calendar No. 436
116th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2560
[Report No. 116-221]
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To amend the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of
2006, to require the budget justifications and appropriation requests
of agencies be made publicly available.
_______________________________________________________________________
March 2, 2020
Reported with an amendment
Congressional Budget Justification Transparency Act of 2019
#2560 | S Congress #116
Policy Area: Economics and Public Finance
Last Action: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 436. (3/2/2020)
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