113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2061 

AN ACT 

To expand the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 to increase accountability and transparency in Federal spending, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

2 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

3 ‘‘Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2013’’. 

4 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

5 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Purposes. 

Sec. 3. Amendments to the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency 

Act of 2006. 

Sec. 4. Pilot program to evaluate consolidated recipient reporting. 

Sec. 5. Classified and protected information. 

Sec. 6. American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 amendments. 

Sec. 7. Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013 amendments. 

Sec. 8. Executive agency accounting and other financial management reports 

and plans. 

Sec. 9. Limits and transparency for conference and travel spending. 

6 SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 

7 The purposes of this Act are to— 

8 (1) expand the Federal Funding Accountability 

9 and Transparency Act of 2006 by disclosing direct 

10 Federal agency expenditures and linking Federal 

11 contract, loan, and grant spending information to 

12 programs of Federal agencies in order to enable tax13 payers and policy makers to track Federal spending 

14 more effectively; 

15 (2) provide consistent, reliable, and searchable 

16 Government-wide spending data that is displayed ac17 curately for taxpayers and policy makers on 

18 USASpending.gov; 
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1 (3) analyze Federal spending data to 

2 proactively prevent waste, fraud, abuse, and im3 proper payments; 

4 (4) simplify reporting for entities receiving Fed5 eral funds by streamlining reporting requirements 

6 and reducing compliance costs while improving 

7 transparency; and 

8 (5) improve the quality of data submitted to 

9 USASpending.gov by holding Federal agencies ac10 countable for the completeness and accuracy of the 

11 data submitted. 

12 SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL FUNDING AC13 COUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY ACT OF 

14 2006. 

15 Section 2 of the Federal Funding Accountability and 

16 Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is 

17 amended— 

18 (1) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘FULL

19 DISCLOSURE OF ENTITIES RECEIVING FED20 ERAL FUNDING’’ and inserting ‘‘DISCLOSURE OF

21 FEDERAL FUNDING’’; 

22 (2) in subsection (a)— 

23 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 

24 (3) as paragraphs (3) and (7), respectively; 
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1 (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 

2 following new paragraph (2): 

3 ‘‘(2) FEDERAL AGENCY.—The term ‘Federal 

4 agency’ has the meaning given the term ‘Executive 

5 agency’ under section 105 of title 5, United States 

6 Code.’’; 

7 (C) by inserting after paragraph (3), as re8 designated by subparagraph (A), the following 

9 new paragraphs: 

10 ‘‘(4) FEDERAL FUNDS.—The term ‘Federal 

11 funds’ means any funds that are made available to 

12 or expended by a Federal agency. 

13 ‘‘(5) OBJECT CLASS.—The term ‘object class’ 

14 means the category assigned for purposes of the an15 nual budget of the President submitted under sec16 tion 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, to the 

17 type of property or services purchased by the Fed18 eral Government. 

19 ‘‘(6) PROGRAM ACTIVITY.—The term ‘program 

20 activity’ has the meaning given that term under sec21 tion 1115(h) of title 31, United States Code.’’; and 

22 (D) in paragraph (7), as redesignated by 

23 subparagraph (A)— 
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1 (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

2 ‘‘paragraph (2)(A)(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘para3 graph (3)(A)(i)’’; and 

4 (ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

5 ‘‘paragraph (2)(A)(ii)’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘paragraph (3)(A)(ii)’’; 

7 (3) in subsection (b)— 

8 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

9 (i) by striking ‘‘the Office of Manage10 ment and Budget’’ and inserting ‘‘the Sec11 retary of the Treasury’’ each place it ap12 pears; 

13 (ii) in subparagraph (F)— 

14 (I) in clause (i), by redesignating 

15 subclauses (I) and (II) as items (aa) 

16 and (bb), respectively; 

17 (II) by redesignating clauses (i) 

18 and (ii) as subclauses (I) and (II); 

19 and 

20 (III) by striking the period at the 

21 end of subclause (II) as so redesig22 nated and inserting ‘‘; and’’; 

23 (iii) by redesignating subparagraphs 

24 (A) through (G) as clauses (i) through 
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1 (vii), respectively, and adjusting the mar2 gin accordingly; 

3 (iv) by striking ‘‘for each Federal 

4 award—’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘for 

5 all Federal funds— 

6 ‘‘(A) for each Federal agency, component 

7 of a Federal agency, appropriations account, 

8 program activity, and object class (including 

9 any subcomponent of an object class), and other 

10 accounts or data as appropriate— 

11 ‘‘(i) the amount of budget authority 

12 available; 

13 ‘‘(ii) the amount obligated; 

14 ‘‘(iii) the amount of outlays; 

15 ‘‘(iv) the amount of any Federal funds 

16 reprogrammed or transferred; and 

17 ‘‘(v) the amount of expired and unex18 pired unobligated balances; and 

19 ‘‘(B) for each Federal award—’’; and 

20 (v) in subparagraph (B)(iii), as so 

21 designated by this subparagraph, by insert22 ing ‘‘, which shall be assigned a unique 

23 identifier,’’ after ‘‘information on the 

24 award’’; 

25 (B) in paragraph (3)— 
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1 (i) by striking ‘‘The Director of the 

2 Office of Management and Budget’’ and 

3 inserting ‘‘The Secretary of the Treasury’’; 

4 and 

5 (ii) by striking ‘‘the Director’’ and in6 serting ‘‘the Secretary’’; 

7 (C) in paragraph (4)— 

8 (i) by striking ‘‘the Director of the 

9 Office of Management and Budget’’ and 

10 inserting ‘‘the Secretary of the Treasury’’; 

11 and 

12 (ii) by striking ‘‘the Director’’ and in13 serting ‘‘the Secretary’’, each place it ap14 pears; and 

15 (D) by adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(5) APPLICATION OF DATA STANDARDS.—The 

17 Secretary of the Treasury shall apply the data 

18 standards established under subsection (e) to all 

19 data collection, data dissemination, and data publi20 cation required under this section. 

21 ‘‘(6) DATA FEED TO RECOVERY ACCOUNT22 ABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY BOARD.—The Sec23 retary of the Treasury shall provide the data de24 scribed in paragraph (1) to the Recovery Account25 ability and Transparency Board so that it can be in-
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1 cluded in the Recovery Operations Center described 

2 in subsection (h).’’; 

3 (4) in subsection (c)— 

4 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

5 (i) in the matter preceding subpara6 graph (A), by striking ‘‘and Grants.gov’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘Grants.gov, the Payment 

8 Automation Manager and Financial Infor9 mation Repository and other data or data10 bases from the Department of the Treas11 ury, the MAX Information System of the 

12 Office of Management and Budget, and 

13 other data from Federal agencies collected 

14 and identified by the Office of Manage15 ment and Budget’’; 

16 (ii) in subparagraph (B), by adding 

17 ‘‘and’’ at the end; and 

18 (iii) by adding at the end the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘(C) specify such search shall be confined 

21 to Federal funds;’’; 

22 (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘the 

23 Payment Automation Manager and Financial 

24 Information Repository and other data or data25 bases from the Department of the Treasury, the 
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1 MAX Information System of the Office of Man2 agement and Budget, other data from Federal 

3 agencies collected and identified by the Office of 

4 Management and Budget,’’ after ‘‘Grants.gov 

5 website,’’; 

6 (C) in paragraph (4)— 

7 (i) by striking ‘‘shall be updated not 

8 later’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘shall 

9 be updated— 

10 ‘‘(A) not later’’; and 

11 (ii) by adding at the end the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(B) not less than once each quarter with 

14 information relating to Federal funds;’’; 

15 (D) in paragraph (5)— 

16 (i) by inserting ‘‘Federal funds and’’ 

17 before ‘‘Federal awards’’ the first place it 

18 appears; 

19 (ii) by striking ‘‘subsection 

20 (a)(2)(A)(i) and those described in sub21 section (a)(2)(A)(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub22 section (a)(3)(A)(i) and those described in 

23 subsection (a)(3)(A)(ii)’’; and 

24 (iii) by striking the period at the end 

25 and inserting a semicolon; and 
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1 (E) by adding at the end the following: 

2 ‘‘(6) shall have the ability to aggregate data for 

3 the categories described in paragraphs (1) through 

4 (5) without double-counting data; and 

5 ‘‘(7) shall permit all information published 

6 under this section to be downloaded in bulk.’’; 

7 (5) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), and 

8 (g) as subsections (i), (j), and (k), respectively; and 

9 (6) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol10 lowing new subsections: 

11 ‘‘(e) DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY REQUIRE12 MENTS FOR DATA STANDARDS.— 

13 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the 

14 Treasury, in consultation with the Director of the 

15 Office of Management and Budget, the Adminis16 trator of General Services, and the heads of Federal 

17 agencies, shall establish Government-wide financial 

18 data standards for Federal funds, which shall— 

19 ‘‘(A) include common data elements, such 

20 as codes, unique award identifiers, and fields, 

21 for financial and payment information required 

22 to be reported by Federal agencies and entities 

23 receiving Federal funds, including identifiers for 

24 Federal awards and entities receiving Federal 

25 awards; 
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1 ‘‘(B) to the extent reasonable and prac2 ticable, ensure interoperability and incor3 porate— 

4 ‘‘(i) common data elements developed 

5 and maintained by an international vol6 untary consensus standards body, as de7 fined by the Office of Management and 

8 Budget, such as the International Organi9 zation for Standardization; 

10 ‘‘(ii) common data elements developed 

11 and maintained by Federal agencies with 

12 authority over contracting and financial as13 sistance, such as the Federal Acquisition 

14 Regulatory Council; and 

15 ‘‘(iii) common data elements devel16 oped and maintained by accounting stand17 ards organizations; and 

18 ‘‘(C) include data reporting standards 

19 that— 

20 ‘‘(i) incorporate a widely accepted, 

21 nonproprietary, searchable, platform-inde22 pendent computer-readable format; 

23 ‘‘(ii) are consistent with and imple24 ment applicable accounting principles; 
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1 ‘‘(iii) are capable of being continually 

2 upgraded as necessary; 

3 ‘‘(iv) are structured to specifically 

4 support the reporting of financial and per5 formance-related data, such as that any 

6 data produced, regardless of reporting 

7 need or software used for creation or con8 sumption, is consistent and comparable 

9 across reporting situations; 

10 ‘‘(v) establish, for each data point, a 

11 standard method of conveying the report12 ing period, reporting entity, unit of meas13 ure, and other associated attributes; and 

14 ‘‘(vi) incorporate nonproprietary 

15 standards in effect on the date of enact16 ment of the Digital Accountability and 

17 Transparency Act of 2013. 

18 ‘‘(2) DEADLINES.— 

19 ‘‘(A) GUIDANCE.—The Secretary of the 

20 Treasury, in consultation with the Director of 

21 the Office of Management and Budget, shall 

22 issue guidance on the data standards estab23 lished under paragraph (1) to Federal agencies 

24 not later than 1 year after the date of enact-
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1 ment of the Digital Accountability and Trans2 parency Act of 2013. 

3 ‘‘(B) WEBSITE.—Not later than 1 year 

4 after the date on which the guidance under 

5 clause (i) is issued, the Secretary of the Treas6 ury shall ensure that the website required under 

7 this section makes data publicly available in ac8 cordance with the data standards established 

9 under paragraph (1). 

10 ‘‘(C) AGENCIES.—Not later than 180 days 

11 after the date on which the guidance under sub12 paragraph (A) is issued, each Federal agency 

13 shall collect, report, and maintain data in ac14 cordance with the data standards established 

15 under paragraph (1). 

16 ‘‘(3) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of the 

17 Treasury shall consult with public and private stake18 holders in establishing data standards under this 

19 subsection. 

20 ‘‘(f) CONSOLIDATED RECIPIENT FINANCIAL RE21 PORTS.—The Director of the Office of Management and 

22 Budget shall— 

23 ‘‘(1) review the financial reporting required by 

24 Federal agencies for Federal award recipients to 

25 consolidate financial reporting and reduce duplica-
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1 tive financial reporting and compliance costs for re2 cipients; 

3 ‘‘(2) request input from Federal award recipi4 ents to reduce duplicative financial reporting, espe5 cially from State and local governments and institu6 tions of higher education; 

7 ‘‘(3) not later than 1 year after the date of en8 actment of the Digital Accountability and Trans9 parency Act of 2013, provide guidance to the heads 

10 of Federal agencies regarding how to simplify the re11 porting requirements for Federal award recipients to 

12 consolidate financial reporting, reduce duplicative re13 porting, and reduce compliance costs, as appro14 priate; and 

15 ‘‘(4) not later than 18 months after the date of 

16 enactment of the Digital Accountability and Trans17 parency Act of 2013, submit to Congress a report 

18 regarding any legislative action required to consoli19 date, streamline, or reduce the cost of reporting re20 quirements for Federal award recipients. 

21 ‘‘(g) ACCOUNTABILITY FOR FEDERAL FUNDING.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

23 the date of enactment of the Digital Accountability 

24 and Transparency Act of 2013, and every 2 years 

25 thereafter until the date that is 6 years after such 
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1 date of enactment, the Inspector General of each 

2 Federal agency, in consultation with the Comptroller 

3 General of the United States, shall review a sam4 pling of the data submitted under this Act by the 

5 agency, and shall submit to Congress and make pub6 licly available a report on the completeness, timeli7 ness, quality, and accuracy of the data sampled and 

8 the implementation and use of consistent data 

9 standards by the Federal agency. 

10 ‘‘(2) COMPTROLLER GENERAL.— 

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years 

12 after the date of enactment of the Digital Ac13 countability and Transparency Act of 2013, and 

14 every 2 years thereafter until the date that is 

15 6 years after such date of enactment, and after 

16 review of the reports submitted under para17 graph (1), the Comptroller General of the 

18 United States shall submit to Congress and 

19 make publicly available a report on the com20 pleteness, timeliness, quality, and accuracy of 

21 the data submitted under this Act by each Fed22 eral agency and the implementation and use of 

23 consistent data standards by each Federal 

24 agency. 
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1 ‘‘(B) RANKING.—The Comptroller General 

2 of the United States shall make available a 

3 ranking of Federal agencies regarding data 

4 quality, accuracy, and compliance with this Act. 

5 ‘‘(h) RECOVERY ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANS6 PARENCY BOARD.— 

7 ‘‘(1) RESOURCES AND MECHANISMS.—The Re8 covery Accountability and Transparency Board shall 

9 develop and test information technology resources 

10 and oversight mechanisms to enhance the trans11 parency of and detect and remediate waste, fraud, 

12 and abuse in Federal spending for Inspectors Gen13 eral. 

14 ‘‘(2) WEBSITE.—The Recovery Accountability 

15 and Transparency Board shall maintain a website 

16 informing the public of its activities to identify 

17 waste, fraud, and abuse and increase transparency 

18 of Federal funds to provide support for Inspectors 

19 General. 

20 ‘‘(3) RECOVERY OPERATIONS CENTER.—The 

21 Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board 

22 shall establish and maintain a Recovery Operations 

23 Center as a government-wide Internet-based data ac24 cess system to carry out the functions described in 

25 paragraph (4). 
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1 ‘‘(4) FUNCTIONS OF THE RECOVERY OPER2 ATIONS CENTER.—The functions referred to in para3 graph (3) are the following: 

4 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Recovery Oper5 ations Center shall incorporate— 

6 ‘‘(i) all information described in sub7 section (b)(1); 

8 ‘‘(ii) other information maintained by 

9 Federal, State, local, and foreign govern10 ment agencies; and 

11 ‘‘(iii) other commercially and publicly 

12 available information. 

13 ‘‘(B) SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS.—The Recovery 

14 Operations Center shall be designed and oper15 ated to carry out the following functions: 

16 ‘‘(i) Combine information described in 

17 subsection (b)(1) with other compilations 

18 of information, including those listed in 

19 subparagraph (A). 

20 ‘‘(ii) Permit agencies, in accordance 

21 with applicable law, to detect and reme22 diate waste, fraud, and abuse.’’. 
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1 SEC. 4. PILOT PROGRAM TO EVALUATE CONSOLIDATED RE2 CIPIENT REPORTING. 

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 

4 date of enactment of this Act, the Recovery Accountability 

5 and Transparency Board, in consultation with the Sec6 retary of the Treasury and the Director of the Office of 

7 Management and Budget, shall establish a pilot program 

8 relating to reporting by recipients of Federal funds (in this 

9 section referred to as the ‘‘pilot program’’) for the purpose 

10 of increasing financial transparency to— 

11 (1) display the full cycle of Federal funds; 

12 (2) improve the accuracy of Federal financial 

13 data; and 

14 (3) develop recommendations for reducing re15 porting required of recipients of Federal funds by 

16 consolidating and automating financial reporting re17 quirements across the Federal Government. 

18 (b) REQUIREMENTS.—The pilot program shall— 

19 (1) include a combination of recipients of Fed20 eral contracts, grants, and subawards, the aggregate 

21 value of which is not less than $1,000,000,000; 

22 (2) include a diverse group of recipients of Fed23 eral awards; and 

24 (3) to the extent practicable, include recipients 

25 that receive Federal awards from multiple programs 

26 across multiple agencies. 
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1 (c) REPORTING AND EVALUATION REQUIRE2 MENTS.—Each recipient of Federal funds participating in 

3 the pilot program shall submit to the Recovery Account4 ability and Transparency Board reports on the finances 

5 of the selected Federal awards. 

6 (d) PUBLICATION OF INFORMATION.—All the infor7 mation collected by the Recovery Accountability and 

8 Transparency Board under the pilot program shall be 

9 made publicly available and searchable on the website es10 tablished under section 2 of the Federal Funding Account11 ability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 

12 note). 

13 (e) TERMINATION.—The pilot program shall termi14 nate on the date that is 3 years after the date on which 

15 the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board es16 tablishes the pilot program. 

17 (f) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 

18 on which the pilot program terminates under subsection 

19 (e), the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board 

20 shall submit to the Office of Management and Budget, the 

21 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af22 fairs of the Senate, and the Committee on Oversight and 

23 Government Reform of the House of Representatives a re24 port on the pilot program, which shall include— 
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1 (1) a description of financial data collected 

2 under the pilot program, the accuracy of the data 

3 provided, and the cost to collect the data from re4 cipients; and 

5 (2) recommendations for— 

6 (A) consolidating some or all aspects of 

7 Federal financial reporting to reduce the costs 

8 to recipients of Federal funds; 

9 (B) automating some or all aspects of Fed10 eral financial reporting to increase efficiency 

11 and reduce the costs to recipients of Federal 

12 funds; and 

13 (C) improving financial transparency. 

14 (g) GOVERNMENT-WIDE IMPLEMENTATION.—Not 

15 later than 90 days after the date on which the Office of 

16 Management and Budget receives the report required by 

17 subsection (f), the Director of the Office of Management 

18 and Budget shall determine whether to authorize the Re19 covery Accountability and Transparency Board to extend 

20 the recipient reporting requirements of the pilot program 

21 to all Federal funds. The Recovery Accountability and 

22 Transparency Board shall begin requiring Government23 wide recipient reporting at the start of the fiscal year that 

24 commences after the fiscal year during which such author25 ization is granted, and under such terms and conditions 
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1 that the Board shall determine, in consultation with the 

2 Director. 

3 SEC. 5. CLASSIFIED AND PROTECTED INFORMATION. 

4 Section 3 of the Federal Funding Accountability and 

5 Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is 

6 amended to read as follows: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 3. CLASSIFIED AND PROTECTED INFORMATION. 

8 ‘‘Nothing in this Act shall require the disclosure to 

9 the public or to any person without an identifiable need 

10 to know— 

11 ‘‘(1) information protected under section 552 of 

12 title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the 

13 ‘Freedom of Information Act’); or 

14 ‘‘(2) information protected under section 552a 

15 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as 

16 the ‘Privacy Act of 1974’), or section 6103 of the 

17 Internal Revenue Code of 1986.’’. 

18 SEC. 6. AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT OF 

19 2009 AMENDMENTS. 

20 Division A of Public Law 111–5 is amended— 

21 (1) in section 1501 of title XV, by striking 

22 paragraph (4) and inserting the following: 

23 ‘‘(4) COVERED FUNDS.—The term ‘covered 

24 funds’— 
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1 ‘‘(A) except as provided in subparagraph 

2 (B), means any funds that are expended or ob3 ligated from appropriations made under this 

4 Act; and 

5 ‘‘(B) for purposes of sections 1522 and 

6 1524, means funds that are expended or obli7 gated by an agency from appropriations made 

8 under this or any other Act.’’; 

9 (2) in section 1512 of title XV, by adding at 

10 the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(i) EXPIRATION.—The requirements in this section 

12 shall expire on December 30, 2013.’’; 

13 (3) in section 1523 of title XV, by adding at 

14 the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(d) EXPIRATION.—The requirements in this section 

16 shall expire on December 30, 2013.’’; 

17 (4) in section 1526 of title XV, by adding at 

18 the end the following: 

19 ‘‘(e) EXPIRATION.—The requirements in this section 

20 shall expire on December 30, 2013.’’; and 

21 (5) in section 1530 of title XV, by striking 

22 ‘‘September 30, 2013.’’ and inserting ‘‘September 

23 30, 2017.’’. 
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1 SEC. 7. DISASTER RELIEF APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 2013 

2 AMENDMENTS. 

3 Division A of Public Law 113–2 is amended in sec4 tion 904(d)— 

5 (1) by striking ‘‘for purposes related to the im6 pact of Hurricane Sandy’’; 

7 (2) by striking ‘‘related to the impact of Hurri8 cane Sandy’’ after ‘‘receiving appropriations’’; and 

9 (3) by striking ‘‘related to funds appropriated 

10 for the impact of Hurricane Sandy’’ after ‘‘on its ac11 tivities’’. 

12 SEC. 8. EXECUTIVE AGENCY ACCOUNTING AND OTHER FI13 NANCIAL MANAGEMENT REPORTS AND 

14 PLANS. 

15 Section 3512(a) of title 31, United States Code, is 

16 amended— 

17 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and make 

18 available on the website described under section 

19 1122 of this title’’ after ‘‘appropriate committees of 

20 the Congress’’; 

21 (2) in paragraph (3)(B)(vi), by inserting ‘‘, sys22 tem development, financial management workforce 

23 development, related risk assessment and mitigation 

24 for the Federal Government as a whole, related risk 

25 assessment and mitigation for executive agencies, 
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1 development of capacity to prevent and detect 

2 fraud,’’ after ‘‘equipment acquisitions’’; and 

3 (3) in paragraph (4), by adding at the end the 

4 following: 

5 ‘‘(C) Not later than 90 days after the date of enact6 ment of the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act 

7 of 2013, and every 90 days thereafter, the Director shall 

8 make available on the website described under section 

9 1122 of this title a report regarding— 

10 ‘‘(i) specific goals for the most recent full fiscal 

11 year, the fiscal year during which the report is sub12 mitted, and the fiscal year following the year during 

13 which the report is submitted that are necessary 

14 steps toward implementing the Federal Funding Ac15 countability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 

16 U.S.C. 6101 note) fully and in an effective, efficient, 

17 and accurate manner; and 

18 ‘‘(ii) the status and progress achieved toward 

19 each goal described in clause (i), including any 

20 changes to the cost, schedule, or performance base21 lines of achieving each goal, using earned value man22 agement where appropriate.’’. 
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1 SEC. 9. LIMITS AND TRANSPARENCY FOR CONFERENCE 

2 AND TRAVEL SPENDING. 

3 (a) AMENDMENT.—Chapter 57 of title 5, United 

4 States Code, is amended by inserting after section 5711 

5 the following: 

6 ‘‘§ 5712. Limits and transparency for conference and 

7 travel spending 

8 ‘‘(a) CONFERENCE TRANSPARENCY AND SPENDING

9 LIMITS.— 

10 ‘‘(1) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF CONFERENCE

11 MATERIALS.—Each agency shall post on the public 

12 website of that agency detailed information on any 

13 presentation made by any employee of that agency 

14 at a conference (except to the extent the head of an 

15 agency excludes such information for reasons of na16 tional security or information described under sec17 tion 552(b)) including— 

18 ‘‘(A) the prepared text of any verbal pres19 entation made; and 

20 ‘‘(B) any visual, digital, video, or audio 

21 materials presented, including photographs, 

22 slides, and audio-visual recordings. 

23 ‘‘(2) LIMITS ON AMOUNT EXPENDED ON A CON24 FERENCE.— 

25 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided 

26 under subparagraph (B), an agency may not 
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1 expend more than $500,000 to support a single 

2 conference. 

3 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—The head of an agency 

4 may waive the limitation under subparagraph 

5 (A) for a specific conference after making a de6 termination that the expenditure is justified as 

7 the most cost-effective option to achieve a com8 pelling purpose. The head of an agency shall 

9 submit to the appropriate congressional com10 mittees a report on any waiver granted under 

11 this subparagraph, including the justification 

12 for such waiver. 

13 ‘‘(C) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing 

14 in this paragraph shall be construed to preclude 

15 an agency from receiving financial support or 

16 other assistance from a private entity to pay or 

17 defray the costs of a conference the total cost 

18 of which exceeds $500,000. 

19 ‘‘(b) INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE RULE.—An 

20 agency may not pay the travel expenses for more than 50 

21 employees of that agency who are stationed in the United 

22 States, for any international conference, unless the Sec23 retary of State determines that attendance for such em24 ployees is in the national interest, or the head of the agen25 cy determines that attendance for such employees is crit-
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1 ical to the agency’s mission. The Secretary of State and 

2 the head of an agency shall submit to the appropriate con3 gressional committees a report on any waiver granted 

4 under this subsection, including the justification for such 

5 waiver. 

6 ‘‘(c) REPORTING ON TRAVEL AND CONFERENCE EX7 PENSES REQUIRED.—At the beginning of each quarter of 

8 each fiscal year, each agency shall post on the public 

9 website of that agency a report on each conference that 

10 costs more than $10,000 for which the agency paid travel 

11 expenses during the preceding 3 months that includes— 

12 ‘‘(1) the itemized expenses paid by the agency, 

13 including travel, lodging, and meal expenses, and 

14 any other agency expenditures to otherwise support 

15 the conference; 

16 ‘‘(2) the primary sponsor of the conference; 

17 ‘‘(3) the location of the conference; 

18 ‘‘(4) the date of the conference; 

19 ‘‘(5) a brief explanation of how the participa20 tion of employees from such agency at the con21 ference advanced the mission of the agency; 

22 ‘‘(6) the title of any employee, or any individual 

23 who is not a Federal employee, whose travel ex24 penses or other conference expenses were paid by the 

25 agency; 
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1 ‘‘(7) the total number of individuals whose trav2 el expenses or other conference expenses were paid 

3 by the agency; and 

4 ‘‘(8) in the case of a conference for which that 

5 agency was the primary sponsor, a statement that— 

6 ‘‘(A) describes the cost to the agency of se7 lecting the specific conference venue; 

8 ‘‘(B) describes why the location was se9 lected, including a justification for such selec10 tion; 

11 ‘‘(C) demonstrates the cost efficiency of 

12 the location; 

13 ‘‘(D) provides a cost benefit analysis of 

14 holding a conference rather than conducting a 

15 teleconference; and 

16 ‘‘(E) describes any financial support or 

17 other assistance from a private entity used to 

18 pay or defray the costs of the conference, and 

19 for each case where such support or assistance 

20 was used, the head of the agency shall include 

21 a certification that there is no conflict of inter22 est resulting from such support or assistance. 

23 ‘‘(d) FORMAT AND PUBLICATION OF REPORTS.— 

24 Each report posted on the public website under subsection 

25 (c) shall— 
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1 ‘‘(1) be in a searchable electronic format; and 

2 ‘‘(2) remain on that website for at least 5 years 

3 after the date of posting. 

4 ‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 ‘‘(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘agency’ has the 

6 meaning given that term under section 5701, but 

7 does not include the government of the District of 

8 Columbia. 

9 ‘‘(2) CONFERENCE.—The term ‘conference’ 

10 means a meeting, retreat, seminar, symposium, or 

11 event that— 

12 ‘‘(A) is held for consultation, education, 

13 discussion, or training; and 

14 ‘‘(B) is not held entirely at a Government 

15 facility. 

16 ‘‘(3) INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE.—The term 

17 ‘international conference’ means a conference occur18 ring outside the United States attended by rep19 resentatives of— 

20 ‘‘(A) the Government of the United States; 

21 and 

22 ‘‘(B) any foreign government, international 

23 organization, or foreign nongovernmental orga24 nization.’’. 
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1 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

2 The table of sections for chapter 57 of title 5, United 

3 States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relat4 ing to section 5711 the following: 

‘‘5712. Limits and transparency for conference and travel spending.’’. 

5 (c) ANNUAL TRAVEL EXPENSE LIMITS.— 

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of each of fiscal 

7 years 2014 through 2018, an agency (as defined 

8 under section 5712(e) of title 5, United States Code, 

9 as added by subsection (a)) may not make, or obli10 gate to make, expenditures for travel expenses, in an 

11 aggregate amount greater than 70 percent of the ag12 gregate amount of such expenses for fiscal year 

13 2010. 

14 (2) EXEMPTIONS.—The agency may exclude 

15 certain travel expenses from the limitation under 

16 paragraph (1) only if the agency head determines 

17 that inclusion of such expenses would undermine na18 tional security, international diplomacy, health and 

19 safety inspections, law enforcement, or site visits re20 quired for oversight or investigatory purposes. 

21 (3) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—In each of fiscal 

22 years 2014 through 2018, the head of each agency 

23 shall submit to the Committee on Oversight and 

24 Government Reform of the House of Representatives 

25 and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-
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1 ernmental Affairs of the Senate a report con2 taining— 

3 (A) the justification for any expenses ex4 cluded (under paragraph (2)) from the limita5 tion under paragraph (1); and 

6 (B) the positive or negative impacts, if 

7 any, of the limitation under paragraph (1) on 

8 the agency’s mission, cost-effectiveness, effi9 ciency, and ability to perform core functions. 

10 (4) IDENTIFICATION OF TRAVEL EXPENSES.— 

11 (A) RESPONSIBILITIES.—Not later than 

12 January 1, 2014, and after consultation with 

13 the Administrator of General Services and the 

14 Director of the Administrative Office of the 

15 United States Courts, the Director of the Office 

16 of Management and Budget shall establish 

17 guidelines for the determination of what ex18 penses constitute travel expenses for purposes 

19 of this subsection. The guidelines shall identify 

20 specific expenses, and classes of expenses, that 

21 are to be treated as travel expenses. 

22 (B) EXEMPTION FOR MILITARY TRAVEL.— 

23 The guidelines required under subparagraph 

24 (A) shall exclude military travel expenses in de25 termining what expenses constitute travel ex-
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1 penses. Military travel expenses shall include 

2 travel expenses involving military combat, the 

3 training or deployment of uniformed military 

4 personnel, and such other travel expenses as de5 termined by the Director of the Office of Man6 agement and Budget, in consultation with the 

7 Administrator of General Services and the Di8 rector of the Administrative Office of the 

9 United States Courts. 

Passed the House of Representatives November 18, 

2013. 

Attest: 

Clerk. 

113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2061 

AN ACT 

To expand the Federal Funding Accountability and 

and for other purposes. ability and transparency in Federal spending, Transparency Act of 2006 to increase account-