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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3926 

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. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 12, 2024 

Ms. ERNST introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

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. 

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 ‘‘Stop Secret Spending 

5 Act of 2024’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. OTHER TRANSACTION AGREEMENT REPORTING. 

2 (a) OTHER TRANSACTION AGREEMENTS.—Section 

3 2(a) of the Federal Funding Accountability and Trans4 parency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is amended— 

5 (1) in paragraph (4)(A)(ii), by striking ‘‘and 

6 delivery orders’’ and inserting ‘‘delivery orders, and 

7 other transaction agreements’’; and 

8 (2) in paragraph (7)— 

9 (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

10 ‘‘(2)(A)(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘(4)(A)(i)’’; and 

11 (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking 

12 ‘‘(2)(A)(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘(4)(A)(ii)’’. 

13 (b) DATA STANDARDS.—Section 4 of the Federal 

14 Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 

15 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is amended by adding at the end 

16 the following: 

17 ‘‘(e) OTHER TRANSACTION AGREEMENT IDENTI18 FIERS.—Not later than 90 days after the date of enact19 ment of the Stop Secret Spending Act of 2024, the Sec20 retary shall create a unique identifier for data relating to 

21 other transaction agreements made available on the 

22 website established under section 2.’’. 

23 (c) ANNUAL REPORT ON UNREPORTED FUNDING.— 

24 Section 2(a) of the Federal Funding Accountability and 

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

26 amended by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘(h) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after 

2 the date of enactment of the Stop Secret Spending Act 

3 of 2024, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall post 

4 to the website established under this section a report that 

5 includes— 

6 ‘‘(1) the total amount of Federal spending on 

7 Federal awards, data for which has not been posted 

8 to the website; and 

9 ‘‘(2) with respect to the Federal spending de10 scribed in paragraph (1)— 

11 ‘‘(A) the categories of the Federal spend12 ing; and 

13 ‘‘(B) the reason data on the Federal 

14 spending has not been posted to the website, in15 cluding whether the Federal spending was— 

16 ‘‘(i) national security-related or classi17 fied; 

18 ‘‘(ii) a grant or contract awarded or 

19 entered into by a legislative or judicial 

20 branch agency; or 

21 ‘‘(iii) a subaward below a primary 

22 subaward.’’. 

23 SEC. 3. OTHER AMENDMENTS. 

24 (a) INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORTS.—Section 6(a) of 

25 the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency 


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1 Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is amended by striking 

2 paragraph (2) and inserting the following: 

3 ‘‘(2) DEADLINES.—The Inspector General of 

4 each Federal agency shall submit to Congress and 

5 make publicly available a report described in para6 graph (1)(B)— 

7 ‘‘(A) not later than 1 year after the date 

8 of enactment of the Stop Secret Spending Act 

9 of 2024; and 

10 ‘‘(B) on the same date as the Inspector 

11 General of each Federal agency submits the 

12 second and fourth reports required under sec13 tions 3521(f) and 9105(a)(3) of title 31, United 

14 States Code following the date of the report 

15 submitted under subparagraph (A); and.’’. 

16 (b) FULL DISCLOSURE OF FEDERAL FUNDS.— 

17 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 3 of the Federal 

18 Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 

19 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is amended— 

20 (A) in subsection (b)— 

21 (i) paragraph (1), in the matter pre22 ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘a 

23 Federal agency or component of a Federal 

24 agency’’and inserting ‘‘a Federal agency or 

25 a component of a Federal agency included 


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1 on the list posted under subsection (e)(2)’’; 

2 and 

3 (ii) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking 

4 ‘‘to be posted’’ and inserting ‘‘to be posted 

5 by a Federal agency or a component of a 

6 Federal agency included on the list posted 

7 under subsection (e)(2)’’; and 

8 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘(c) QUALITY OF INFORMATION.—The Secretary and 

10 the Director, in consultation with the heads of Federal 

11 agencies, shall ensure that the information to be posted 

12 under subsection (b) that is posted by a Federal agency 

13 or component of a Federal agency is complete and accu14 rate. 

15 ‘‘(d) DISPLAY STANDARDS.—The Secretary, in con16 sultation with the Director, shall ensure that the heads 

17 of Federal agencies that post information under sub18 section (b) comply with display standards established by 

19 the Secretary. 

20 ‘‘(e) AGENCY REPORTING DETERMINATION.—Not 

21 later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Stop 

22 Secret Spending Act of 2024, and not less frequently than 

23 once every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary, in coordina24 tion with the Director, shall— 


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1 ‘‘(1) assess and make a determination with re2 spect to which Federal agencies and components of 

3 Federal agencies are required to post information 

4 under subsection (b); 

5 ‘‘(2) publish a list of the Federal agencies and 

6 components of Federal agencies determined under 

7 paragraph (1) on the website established under sec8 tion 2(b)(1); and 

9 ‘‘(3) provide to the head and inspector general 

10 of each Federal agency or component of a Federal 

11 agency included on the list published under para12 graph (2) written notice of the inclusion of the Fed13 eral agency or component of a Federal agency on the 

14 list.’’. 

15 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made 

16 by paragraph (1)(A) shall take effect on the date on 

17 which the Secretary publishes the first list under 

18 section 3(e)(2) of the Federal Funding Account19 ability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 

20 6101 note), as added by paragraph (1). 

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