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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 994 

To expand the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 

2006 to increase accountability and transparency in Federal spending, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 21, 2013 

Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. PORTMAN) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Digital Accountability 

5 and Transparency Act of 2013’’. 

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 


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1 Federal agency expenditures and linking Federal 

2 contract, loan, and grant spending information to 

3 programs of Federal agencies in order to enable tax4 payers and policy makers to track Federal spending 

5 more effectively; 

6 (2) provide consistent, reliable, and searchable 

7 Government-wide spending data that is displayed ac8 curately for taxpayers and policy makers on 

9 USASpending.gov; 

10 (3) analyze Federal spending data to 

11 proactively prevent waste, fraud, abuse, and im12 proper payments; 

13 (4) simplify reporting for entities receiving Fed14 eral funds by streamlining reporting requirements 

15 and reducing compliance costs while improving 

16 transparency; and 

17 (5) improve the quality of data submitted to 

18 USASpending.gov by holding Federal agencies ac19 countable for the completeness and accuracy of the 

20 data submitted. 


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1 SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL FUNDING AC2 COUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY ACT OF 

3 2006. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2 of the Federal Funding 

5 Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 

6 6101 note) is amended— 

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

8 DISCLOSURE OF ENTITIES RECEIVING FED9 ERAL FUNDING’’ and inserting ‘‘DISCLOSURE OF

10 FEDERAL FUNDING’’; 

11 (2) in subsection (a)— 

12 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and 

13 (3) as paragraphs (3) and (7), respectively; 

14 (B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the 

15 following: 

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

17 agency’ has the meaning given the term ‘Executive 

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

19 Code.’’; 

20 (C) by inserting after paragraph (3), as re21 designated by subparagraph (A), the following: 

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

23 funds’ means any funds that are made available to 

24 or expended by a Federal agency. 

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

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1 nual budget of the President submitted under sec2 tion 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, to the 

3 type of property or services purchased by the Fed4 eral Government. 

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

6 activity’ has the meaning given that term under sec7 tion 1115(h) of title 31, United States Code.’’; and 

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

9 subparagraph (A)— 

10 (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 

11 ‘‘paragraph (2)(A)(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘para12 graph (3)(A)(i)’’; and 

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

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

15 ‘‘paragraph (3)(A)(ii)’’; 

16 (3) in subsection (b)— 

17 (A) in paragraph (1)— 

18 (i) by striking ‘‘the Office of Manage19 ment and Budget’’ and inserting ‘‘the Sec20 retary of the Treasury’’ each place it ap21 pears; 

22 (ii) by redesignating subparagraphs 

23 (A) through (G) as clauses (i) through 

24 (vii), respectively, and adjusting the mar25 gin accordingly; 


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1 (iii) by striking ‘‘for each Federal 

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

3 all Federal funds— 

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

5 of a Federal agency, appropriations account, 

6 program activity, and object class (including 

7 any subcomponent of an object class), and other 

8 accounts or data as appropriate— 

9 ‘‘(i) the amount of budget authority 

10 available; 

11 ‘‘(ii) the amount obligated; 

12 ‘‘(iii) the amount of outlays; 

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

14 reprogrammed or transferred; and 

15 ‘‘(v) the amount of expired and unex16 pired unobligated balances; and 

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

18 (iv) in subparagraph (B)(iii), as so 

19 designated by this subparagraph, by insert20 ing ‘‘, which shall be assigned a unique 

21 identifier,’’ after ‘‘information on the 

22 award’’; 

23 (B) in paragraph (3)— 


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1 (i) by striking ‘‘Director of the Office 

2 of Management and Budget’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘Secretary of the Treasury’’; and 

4 (ii) by striking ‘‘the Director may’’ 

5 and inserting ‘‘the Secretary may’’; 

6 (C) in paragraph (4)— 

7 (i) by striking ‘‘Director of the Office 

8 of Management and Budget’’ and inserting 

9 ‘‘Secretary of the Treasury’’; 

10 (ii) by striking ‘‘the Director upon’’ 

11 and inserting ‘‘the Secretary upon’’; and 

12 (iii) by striking ‘‘the Director in’’ and 

13 inserting ‘‘the Secretary in’’; and 

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

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

16 Secretary of the Treasury shall apply the data 

17 standards established by the Secretary of the Treas18 ury under subsection (e) to all data collection, data 

19 dissemination, and data publication required under 

20 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 for inclusion in the 


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1 Recovery Operations Center described in subsection 

2 (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 Federal 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 Federal In24 formation 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: 

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

13 ‘‘(1) DATA STANDARDS.— 

14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the 

15 Treasury, in consultation with the Director of 

16 the Office of Management and Budget, the Ad17 ministrator of General Services, and the heads 

18 of Federal agencies, shall establish Government19 wide financial data standards for Federal 

20 funds, which shall— 

21 ‘‘(i) include common data elements, 

22 such as codes, unique award identifiers, 

23 and fields, for financial and payment infor24 mation required to be reported by Federal 

25 agencies and entities receiving Federal 


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1 funds, including identifiers for Federal 

2 awards and entities receiving Federal 

3 awards; 

4 ‘‘(ii) to the extent reasonable and 

5 practicable, ensure interoperability and in6 corporate— 

7 ‘‘(I) common data elements de8 veloped and maintained by an inter9 national voluntary consensus stand10 ards body, as defined by the Office of 

11 Management and Budget, such as the 

12 International Organization for Stand13 ardization; 

14 ‘‘(II) common data elements de15 veloped and maintained by Federal 

16 agencies with authority over con17 tracting and financial assistance, such 

18 as the Federal Acquisition Regulatory 

19 Council; and 

20 ‘‘(III) common data elements de21 veloped and maintained by accounting 

22 standards organizations; and 

23 ‘‘(iii) include data reporting standards 

24 that— 


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1 ‘‘(I) incorporate a widely accept2 ed, nonproprietary, searchable, plat3 form-independent computer-readable 

4 format; 

5 ‘‘(II) be consistent with and im6 plement applicable accounting prin7 ciples; 

8 ‘‘(III) be capable of being contin9 ually upgraded as necessary; 

10 ‘‘(IV) are structured to specifi11 cally support the reporting of financial 

12 and performance-related data, such as 

13 that any data produced, regardless of 

14 reporting need or software used for 

15 creation or consumption, is consistent 

16 and comparable across reporting situ17 ations; 

18 ‘‘(V) establish, for each data 

19 point, a standard method of conveying 

20 the reporting period, reporting entity, 

21 unit of measure, and other associated 

22 attributes; and 

23 ‘‘(VI) incorporate nonproprietary 

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1 actment of the Digital Accountability 

2 and Transparency Act of 2013. 

3 ‘‘(B) DEADLINES.— 

4 ‘‘(i) GUIDANCE.—The Secretary of 

5 the Treasury, in consultation with the Di6 rector of the Office of Management and 

7 Budget, shall issue guidance on the data 

8 standards established under subparagraph 

9 (A) to Federal agencies not later than 1 

10 year after the date of enactment of the 

11 Digital Accountability and Transparency 

12 Act of 2013. 

13 ‘‘(ii) WEBSITE.—Not later than 1 

14 year after the date on which the guidance 

15 under clause (i) is issued, the Director of 

16 the Office of Management and Budget 

17 shall ensure that the website required 

18 under this section makes data publically 

19 available in accordance with the data 

20 standards established under subparagraph 

21 (A). 

22 ‘‘(iii) AGENCIES.—Not later than 180 

23 days after the date on which the guidance 

24 under clause (i) is issued, each Federal 

25 agency shall collect, report, and maintain 


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1 data in accordance with the data standards 

2 established under subparagraph (A). 

3 ‘‘(C) CONSULTATION.—The Secretary of 

4 the Treasury shall consult with public and pri5 vate stakeholders in establishing data standards 

6 under this paragraph. 

7 ‘‘(2) IMPROPER PAYMENT PREVENTION.— 

8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the 

9 Treasury, in consultation with the heads and 

10 Inspectors General of Federal agencies, shall 

11 use the data to which the data standards estab12 lished under paragraph (1) apply and other 

13 available data (including available data from 

14 State and local governments) to detect, prevent, 

15 and recover improper payments through pre16 award, post-award pre-payment, and post-pay17 ment analysis, which shall include analysis and 

18 investigations incorporating— 

19 ‘‘(i) review and data matching of pay20 ments and beneficiary enrollment lists of 

21 State programs carried out using Federal 

22 funds for the purposes of identifying eligi23 bility duplication, residency ineligibility, 

24 duplicate payments, or other potential im25 proper payment issues; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) review of multiple Federal agen2 cies and programs for which comparison of 

3 data could show payment duplication; and 

4 ‘‘(iii) review of other information the 

5 Secretary of the Treasury determines are 

6 effective, which may include investigation 

7 or review of information from multiple 

8 Federal agencies or programs. 

9 ‘‘(B) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days 

10 after the date of enactment of the Digital Ac11 countability and Transparency Act of 2013, the 

12 Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to Con13 gress a report, which may be included as part 

14 of another report submitted to Congress, which 

15 shall include a description of— 

16 ‘‘(i) the implementation of the fraud 

17 prevention efforts described under sub18 paragraph (A); and 

19 ‘‘(ii) the metrics used in determining 

20 whether the fraud prevention efforts have 

21 reduced, or contributed to the reduction of, 

22 improper payments or improper awards. 

23 ‘‘(3) IMPROVEMENTS TO ACCESS TO DATA.— 


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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In order to carry out 

2 this Act, upon request by the Secretary of the 

3 Treasury— 

4 ‘‘(i) the Commissioner of Social Secu5 rity shall make available the Social Secu6 rity earnings information of a living or de7 ceased employee; 

8 ‘‘(ii) the Director of the Bureau of 

9 Prisons shall make available information 

10 relating to Federal prisoners; and 

11 ‘‘(iii) the Secretary of Housing and 

12 Urban Development shall make available 

13 information in the Credit Alert Verification 

14 System of the Department of Housing and 

15 Urban Development. 

16 ‘‘(B) USE AND PROTECTION OF INFORMA17 TION.—The Secretary of the Treasury— 

18 ‘‘(i) may only use information ob19 tained under subparagraph (A) to assist in 

20 Federal debt collection and in the preven21 tion, identification or recovery of improper 

22 payments; and 

23 ‘‘(ii) shall ensure that data to which 

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1 and collected in a manner consistent with 

2 privacy protections provided for by law. 

3 ‘‘(f) CONSOLIDATED RECIPIENT FINANCIAL RE4 PORTS.—The Director of the Office of Management and 

5 Budget shall— 

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

7 Federal agencies for Federal award recipients to re8 duce duplicative financial reporting and compliance 

9 costs for recipients; 

10 ‘‘(2) request input from Federal award recipi11 ents to reduce duplicative financial reporting, espe12 cially from State and local governments and insti13 tutes of higher education; 

14 ‘‘(3) not later than 1 year after the date of en15 actment of the Digital Accountability and Trans16 parency Act of 2013, provide instructions to the 

17 heads of Federal agencies regarding how to simplify 

18 the reporting requirements for Federal award recipi19 ents to reduce duplicative reporting and reports to 

20 reduce compliance costs, as appropriate; and 

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

22 enactment of the Digital Accountability and Trans23 parency Act of 2013, submit to Congress a report 

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1 line the reporting requirements for Federal award 

2 recipients. 

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

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

5 the date of enactment of the Digital Accountability 

6 and Transparency Act of 2013, and every 2 years 

7 thereafter until the date that is 6 years after such 

8 date of enactment, the Inspector General of each 

9 Federal agency, in consultation with the Comptroller 

10 General of the United States, shall review a sam11 pling of the spending data submitted under this Act 

12 by the Federal agency and shall submit to Congress 

13 and make publically available a report in on the 

14 completeness, timeliness, quality, and accuracy of 

15 the data sampled and the implementation and use of 

16 consistent data standards by the Federal agency. 

17 ‘‘(2) COMPTROLLER GENERAL.— 

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

19 after the date of enactment of the Digital Ac20 countability and Transparency Act of 2013, and 

21 every 2 years thereafter until the date that is 

22 6 years after such date of enactment, and after 

23 review of the reports submitted under para24 graph (1), the Comptroller General of the 

25 United States shall submit to Congress and 


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1 make publically available a report on the data 

2 completeness, timeliness, quality, and accuracy 

3 of the data submitted under this Act by each 

4 Federal agency and the implementation and use 

5 of consistent data standards by each Federal 

6 agency. 

7 ‘‘(B) RANKING.—The Comptroller General 

8 of the United States shall make available a 

9 ranking of Federal agencies regarding data 

10 quality, accuracy, and compliance with this Act. 

11 ‘‘(h) RECOVERY ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANS12 PARENCY BOARD.— 

13 ‘‘(1) RESOURCES AND MECHANISMS.—The Re14 covery Accountability and Transparency Board shall 

15 develop and test information technology resources 

16 and oversight mechanisms to enhance the trans17 parency of, and detect and remediate waste, fraud, 

18 and abuse in, Federal spending for Inspectors Gen19 eral. 

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

21 and Transparency Board shall maintain a website 

22 informing the public of the activities of the Recovery 

23 Accountability and Transparency Board to identify 

24 waste, fraud, and abuse and increase transparency 


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1 of Federal spending to provide analytical support for 

2 Inspectors General. 

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

4 Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board 

5 shall establish and maintain a Recovery Operations 

6 Center as a governmentwide Internet-based data ac7 cess system to carry out the functions described in 

8 paragraph (4). 

9 ‘‘(4) FUNCTIONS OF THE RECOVERY OPER10 ATIONS CENTER.—The functions described in this 

11 paragraph are the following: 

12 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Recovery Oper13 ations Center shall incorporate— 

14 ‘‘(i) all information described in sub15 section (b)(1); 

16 ‘‘(ii) other information maintained by 

17 Federal, State, local, and foreign govern18 ment agencies; and 

19 ‘‘(iii) other commercially and publicly 

20 available information. 

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

22 Operations Center shall be designed and oper23 ated to carry out the following functions: 

24 ‘‘(i) Combine information described in 

25 subsection (b)(1) with other compilations 


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1 of information, including those listed in 

2 subparagraph (A). 

3 ‘‘(ii) Permit Inspectors Generals, in 

4 accordance with applicable law, to detect 

5 and remediate waste, fraud, and abuse.’’. 

6 SEC. 4. PILOT PROGRAM TO EVALUATE CONSOLIDATED RE7 CIPIENT REPORTING. 

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

9 date of enactment of this Act, the Recovery Accountability 

10 and Transparency Board, in consultation with the Sec11 retary of the Treasury and the Director of the Office of 

12 Management, shall establish a pilot program relating to 

13 reporting by recipients of Federal funds (in this section 

14 referred to as the ‘‘pilot program’’) for the purpose of in15 creasing financial transparency to— 

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

17 (2) improve the accuracy of Federal financial 

18 data; and 

19 (3) develop recommendations for reducing re20 porting required of recipients of Federal funds by 

21 consolidating and automating financial reporting re22 quirements across the Federal Government. 

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


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1 (1) include recipients that collectively receive 

2 not less than $1,000,000,000 in Federal funds each 

3 fiscal year; 

4 (2) include recipients that receive Federal funds 

5 under multiple programs across multiple agencies; 

6 and 

7 (3) include recipients that collectively receive 

8 Federal funds under contracts, grants, and sub9 awards. 

10 (c) REPORTING AND EVALUATION REQUIRE11 MENTS.—Each recipient of Federal funds participating in 

12 the pilot program shall submit to the Recovery Account13 ability and Transparency Board reports on the finances 

14 of the selected Federal awards. 

15 (d) PUBLICATION OF INFORMATION.—All the infor16 mation collected by the Recovery Accountability and 

17 Transparency Board under the pilot program shall be 

18 made publicly available and searchable on the website es19 tablished under section 2 of the Federal Funding Account20 ability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 

21 note). 

22 (e) TERMINATION.—The pilot program shall termi23 nate on the date that is 3 years after the date on which 

24 the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board es25 tablishes the pilot program. 


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1 (f) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 days 

2 after the date on which the pilot program terminates 

3 under subsection (e), the Recovery Accountability and 

4 Transparency Board shall submit to the Committee on 

5 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the 

6 Committee on the Budget of the Senate and the Com7 mittee on Oversight and Government Reform and the 

8 Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives 

9 a report on the pilot program, which shall include— 

10 (1) a description of financial data collected 

11 under the pilot program, the accuracy of the data 

12 provided, and the cost to collect the data from re13 cipients; and 

14 (2) recommendations for— 

15 (A) consolidating some or all aspects of 

16 Federal financial reporting to reduce the costs 

17 to recipients of Federal funds; 

18 (B) automating some or all aspects of Fed19 eral financial reporting to increase efficiency 

20 and reduce the costs to recipients of Federal 

21 funds; and 

22 (C) improving financial transparency. 


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1 SEC. 5. CLASSIFIED AND PROTECTED INFORMATION. 

2 Section 3 of the Federal Funding Accountability and 

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

4 amended to read as follows: 

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

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

7 the public or to any person without an identifiable need 

8 to know— 

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

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

11 ‘Freedom of Information Act’); or 

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

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

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

15 Internal Revenue Code of 1986.’’. 

16 SEC. 6. EXPANDING ACCESS BY THE SECRETARY OF THE 

17 TREASURY TO THE NATIONAL DIRECTORY OF 

18 NEW HIRES. 

19 Section 453(j)(9) of the Social Security Act (42 

20 U.S.C. 653(j)(9)) is amended— 

21 (1) in the paragraph heading, by inserting 

22 ‘‘AND IN THE PREVENTION, IDENTIFICATION, AND

23 RECOVERY OF IMPROPER PAYMENTS’’ after ‘‘COL24 LECTION’’; 

25 (2) in subparagraph (A)— 


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1 (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 

2 striking ‘‘with respect to persons—’’ and insert3 ing ‘‘to assist in Federal debt collection and in 

4 the prevention, identification, or recovery of im5 proper payments with respect to—’’; 

6 (B) by striking ‘‘who owe’’ and inserting 

7 the following: ‘‘persons— 

8 ‘‘(I) who owe’’; 

9 (C) by striking ‘‘31 U.S.C. 3711(g).’’ and 

10 inserting ‘‘section 3711(g) of title 31, United 

11 States Code; or’’; 

12 (D) redesignating clause (ii) as subclause 

13 (II), and adjusting the margin accordingly; and 

14 (E) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(ii) persons— 

16 ‘‘(I) who receive a payment the 

17 head of a Federal executive, judicial, 

18 or legislative agency certifies is under 

19 review to determine the eligibility of 

20 the person to receive the payment; or 

21 ‘‘(II) whose eligibility, or con22 tinuing eligibility, to participate in a 

23 program of the Federal Government 

24 (including a program administered by 


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1 a State or local government) is being 

2 reviewed.’’; 

3 (3) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘to im4 prove collection of the debt’’ and inserting ‘‘for the 

5 purposes’’; 

6 (4) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘of col7 lecting the debt’’; 

8 (5) in subparagraph (E)— 

9 (A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘of collecting 

10 the debt’’; 

11 (B) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘and to a 

12 Federal, State, or local agency in connection 

13 with preventing, identifying, or recovering im14 proper payments as described in subparagraph 

15 (A)’’ before the period at the end; 

16 (C) in clause (iv)(II), by striking ‘‘de17 scribed in subparagraph (A),’’ and all that fol18 lows and inserting ‘‘, in connection with a pur19 pose described in subparagraph (A), to a con20 tractor or agent of either Secretary, to the Fed21 eral agency (including any contractor or agent 

22 of the Federal agency) that referred a debt to 

23 the Secretary of the Treasury for collection, or 

24 to a Federal, State, or local agency (including 

25 any contractor or agent of any such agency) for 


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1 purposes of preventing, identifying, or recov2 ering improper payments, subject to the condi3 tions in clause (iii) and such additional condi4 tions as agreed by the Secretaries.’’; and 

5 (D) in clause (v), by striking ‘‘collecting 

6 the debt’’ and inserting ‘‘the purposes’’; and 

7 (6) in subparagraph (F), by adding at the end 

8 the following: ‘‘The Secretary of the Treasury shall 

9 reimburse the Secretary for any costs attributable to 

10 the prevention, identification, or recovery of im11 proper payments out of any appropriation available 

12 to the Secretary of the Treasury for this purpose.’’. 

13 SEC. 7. AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT OF 

14 2009 AMENDMENTS. 

15 Title XV of division A of the American Recovery and 

16 Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5; 123 Stat. 

17 286) is amended— 

18 (1) in section 1501, by striking paragraph (4) 

19 and inserting the following: 

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

21 funds’— 

22 ‘‘(A) except as provided in subparagraph 

23 (B), means any funds that are expended or ob24 ligated from appropriations made under this 

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

2 1524, means funds that are expended or obli3 gated by an agency from appropriations made 

4 under this or any other Act.’’; 

5 (2) in section 1512, by adding at the end the 

6 following: 

7 ‘‘(i) EXPIRATION.—The requirements under this sec8 tion shall terminate on September 30, 2013.’’; 

9 (3) in section 1523, by adding at the end the 

10 following: 

11 ‘‘(d) EXPIRATION.—The requirements under this sec12 tion shall terminate on September 30, 2013.’’; 

13 (4) in section 1526, by adding at the end the 

14 following: 

15 ‘‘(e) EXPIRATION.—The requirements under this sec16 tion shall terminate on September 30, 2013.’’; and 

17 (5) in section 1530, by striking ‘‘September 30, 

18 2013,’’ and inserting ‘‘September 30, 2017.’’. 

19 SEC. 8. DISASTER RELIEF APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 2013 

20 AMENDMENTS. 

21 Section 904(d) of division A of the Disaster Relief 

22 Appropriations Act of 2013 (Public Law 113–2; 127 Stat. 

23 18) is amended in section 904(d)— 

24 (1) by striking ‘‘for purposes related to the im25 pact of Hurricane Sandy’’; 


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1 (2) by striking ‘‘related to the impact of Hurri2 cane Sandy’’ after ‘‘receiving appropriations’’; and 

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

4 for the impact of Hurricane Sandy’’ after ‘‘on its ac5 tivities’’. 

6 SEC. 9. EXECUTIVE AGENCY ACCOUNTING AND OTHER FI7 NANCIAL MANAGEMENT REPORTS AND 

8 PLANS. 

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

10 amended— 

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

12 available on the website described under section 

13 1122’’ after ‘‘appropriate committees of Congress’’; 

14 (2) in paragraph (3)(B)(vi), by inserting ‘‘, sys15 tem development, financial management workforce 

16 development, related risk assessment and mitigation 

17 for the Federal Government as a whole, related risk 

18 assessment and mitigation for executive agencies, 

19 development of capacity to prevent and detect 

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

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

22 following: 

23 ‘‘(C) Not later than 90 days after the date of enact24 ment of the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act 

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1 make available on the website described under section 

2 1122 a report regarding— 

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

4 year, the fiscal year during which the report is sub5 mitted, and the fiscal year following the year during 

6 which the report is submitted that are necessary 

7 steps toward implementing the Federal Funding Ac8 countability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 

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

10 and accurate manner; and 

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

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

13 changes to the cost, schedule, or performance base14 lines of achieving each goal, using earned value man15 agement where appropriate.’’. 

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