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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 1423 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 26, 2014 

Received 

FEBRUARY 27, 2014 

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

AN ACT 

To provide taxpayers with an annual report disclosing the 

cost and performance of Government programs and areas 

of duplication among them, 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. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Taxpayers Right-To3 Know Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. COST AND PERFORMANCE OF GOVERNMENT PRO5 GRAMS. 

6 (a) AMENDMENT.—Section 1122(a) of title 31, 

7 United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 

8 following: 

9 ‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Information for each 

11 program described under paragraph (1) shall 

12 include the following to be updated not less 

13 than annually: 

14 ‘‘(i) The total administrative cost of 

15 the program for the previous fiscal year. 

16 ‘‘(ii) The expenditures for services for 

17 the program for the previous fiscal year. 

18 ‘‘(iii) An estimate of the number of 

19 clients served by the program and bene20 ficiaries who received assistance under the 

21 program (if applicable) for the previous fis22 cal year. 

23 ‘‘(iv) An estimate of, for the previous 

24 fiscal year— 

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1 ‘‘(I) the number of full-time Fed2 eral employees who administer the 

3 program; and 

4 ‘‘(II) the number of full-time em5 ployees whose salary is paid in part or 

6 full by the Federal Government 

7 through a grant or contract, a 

8 subaward of a grant or contract, a co9 operative agreement, or another form 

10 of financial award or assistance who 

11 administer or assist in administering 

12 the program. 

13 ‘‘(v) An identification of the specific 

14 statute that authorizes the program, in15 cluding whether such authorization is ex16 pired. 

17 ‘‘(vi) Any finding of duplication or 

18 overlap identified by internal review, an In19 spector General, the Government Account20 ability Office, or other report to the agency 

21 about the program. 

22 ‘‘(vii) Any program performance re23 views (including program performance re24 ports required under section 1116). 

25 ‘‘(B) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 

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1 ‘‘(i) ADMINISTRATIVE COST.—The 

2 term ‘administrative cost’ has the meaning 

3 as determined by the Director of the Office 

4 of Management and Budget under section 

5 504(b)(2) of Public Law 111–85 (31 

6 U.S.C. 1105 note), except the term shall 

7 also include, for purposes of that section 

8 and this paragraph, with respect to an 

9 agency— 

10 ‘‘(I) costs incurred by the agency 

11 as well as costs incurred by grantees, 

12 subgrantees, and other recipients of 

13 funds from a grant program or other 

14 program administered by the agency; 

15 and 

16 ‘‘(II) expenses related to per17 sonnel salaries and benefits, property 

18 management, travel, program man19 agement, promotion, reviews and au20 dits, case management, and commu21 nication about, promotion of, and out22 reach for programs and program ac23 tivities administered by the agency. 

24 ‘‘(ii) SERVICES.—The term ‘services’ 

25 has the meaning provided by the Director 

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1 of the Office of Management and Budget 

2 and shall be limited to only activities, as3 sistance, and aid that provide a direct ben4 efit to a recipient, such as the provision of 

5 medical care, assistance for housing or tui6 tion, or financial support (including grants 

7 and loans).’’. 

8 (b) EXPIRED GRANT FUNDING.—Not later than Feb9 ruary 1 of each fiscal year, the Director of the Office of 

10 Management and Budget shall publish on the public 

11 website of the Office of Management and Budget the total 

12 amount of undisbursed grant funding remaining in grant 

13 accounts for which the period of availability to the grantee 

14 has expired. 

15 SEC. 3. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE REQUIRE16 MENTS RELATING TO IDENTIFICATION, CON17 SOLIDATION, AND ELIMINATION OF DUPLICA18 TIVE GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS. 

19 Section 21 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 

20 2010 (31 U.S.C. 712 note) is amended by inserting ‘‘(a)’’ 

21 before the first sentence and by adding at the end the fol22 lowing: 

23 ‘‘(b) The Comptroller General shall maintain and 

24 provide regular updates, on not less than an annual basis 

25 to a publicly available website that tracks the status of 

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1 responses by Departments and the Congress to suggested 

2 actions that the Comptroller General has previously identi3 fied in annual reports under subsection (a). The status 

4 of these suggested actions shall be tracked for an appro5 priate period to be determined by the Comptroller General. 

6 The requirements of this subsection shall apply during the 

7 effective period of subsection (a).’’. 

8 SEC. 4. CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. 

9 Nothing in this Act shall, or the amendments made 

10 by this Act, be construed to require the disclosure of clas11 sified information. 

12 SEC. 5. REGULATIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION. 

13 (a) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 120 days after 

14 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the 

15 Office of Management and Budget shall prescribe regula16 tions to implement this Act, and the amendments made 

17 by this Act. 

18 (b) IMPLEMENTATION.—This Act, and the amend19 ments made by this Act, shall be implemented not later 

20 than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act. 

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1 (c) NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED.—No addi2 tional funds are authorized to carry out the requirements 

3 of this Act, or the amendments made by this Act. 

Passed the House of Representatives February 25, 

2014. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 

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