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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2590 

To require full disclosure of all entities and organizations receiving Federal 

funds 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 6, 2006 

Mr. COBURN (for himself, Mr. OBAMA, Mr. CARPER, and Mr. MCCAIN) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

To require full disclosure of all entities and organizations 

receiving Federal funds 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Funding Ac5 countability and Transparency Act of 2006’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FULL DISCLOSURE OF ENTITIES RECEIVING FED7 ERAL FUNDING. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.— 

9 (1) WEBSITE.—Effective beginning January 1, 

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1 fice of Management and Budget shall ensure the ex2 istence and operation of a single updated searchable 

3 database website accessible by the public at no cost 

4 that includes for each entity receiving Federal fund5 ing— 

6 (A) the name of the entity; 

7 (B) the amount of any Federal funds that 

8 the entity has received in each of the last 10 

9 fiscal years; 

10 (C) an itemized breakdown of each trans11 action, including funding agency, program 

12 source, and a description of the purpose of each 

13 funding action; 

14 (D) the location of the entity and primary 

15 location of performance, including the city, 

16 State, congressional district, and country; 

17 (E) a unique identifier for each such entity 

18 and parent entity, should the entity be owned 

19 by another entity; and 

20 (F) any other relevant information. 

21 (2) INITIAL DATA.—Effective January 1, 2007, 

22 the website shall include data for fiscal years 2006 

23 and 2007. 

24 (3) PREVIOUS FISCAL YEARS.—Not later than 

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1 tion shall be posted on the website for fiscal years 

2 1999 through 2005. 

3 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

4 (1) ENTITY.—The term ‘‘entity’’— 

5 (A) includes— 

6 (i) a corporation; 

7 (ii) an association; 

8 (iii) a partnership; 

9 (iv) a limited liability company; 

10 (v) a limited liability partnership; 

11 (vi) any other legal business entity; 

12 (vii) grantees, contractors, and, on 

13 and after October 1, 2007, subgrantees 

14 and subcontractors; and 

15 (viii) any State or locality; and 

16 (B) does not include— 

17 (i) an individual recipient of Federal 

18 assistance; 

19 (ii) a Federal employee; or 

20 (iii) a grant or contract of a nature 

21 that could be reasonably expected to cause 

22 damage to national security. 

23 (2) FEDERAL FUNDING.—The term ‘‘federal 

24 funding’’— 


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1 (A) means Federal financial assistance and 

2 expenditures that include grants, contracts, 

3 subgrants, subcontracts, loans, awards and 

4 other forms of financial assistance; and 

5 (B) does not include credit card trans6 actions or minor purchases. 

7 (3) SEARCHABLE DATABASE WEBSITE.—The 

8 term ‘‘searchable database website’’ means a website 

9 that allows the public to— 

10 (A) search Federal funding by name of en11 tity, parent entity, or type of industry, geog12 raphy, including location of the entity and the 

13 primary location of the performance, amounts 

14 and types of federal funding, program sources, 

15 type of activity being performed, time factors 

16 such as fiscal years or multiple fiscal years, and 

17 other relevant information; and 

18 (B) download data included in subpara19 graph (A) including outcomes from searches. 

20 (c) WEBSITE.—The database website established by 

21 this section— 

22 (1) shall not be considered in compliance if it 

23 links to FPDS, Grants.gov or other existing websites 

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1 mation required to be itemized can be searched elec2 tronically by field in a single search; 

3 (2) shall provide an opportunity for the public 

4 to provide input about the utility of the site and rec5 ommendations for improvements; and 

6 (3) shall be updated not later than 30 days 

7 after the award of any assistance requiring a post8 ing. 

9 (d) AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES.—The Director of 

10 OMB shall provide guidance to agency heads to ensure 

11 compliance with this section. 

12 (e) REPORT.—The Director of OMB shall annually 

13 report to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security 

14 and Government Affairs and the House Committee on 

15 Government Reform on implementation of the website that 

16 shall include data about the usage and public feedback on 

17 the utility of the site, including recommendations for im18 provements. The annual report shall be made publicly 

19 available on the website. 

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