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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2113 

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. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 12, 2014 

Mr. COBURN (for himself, Ms. AYOTTE, Mr. BEGICH, Mr. BURR, Mr. CHAMBLISS, Ms. COLLINS, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. ENZI, Mr. FLAKE, Mr. HATCH, Mr. 

INHOFE, Mr. JOHNSON of Wisconsin, Mr. MCCAIN, Mrs. MCCASKILL, 

Mr. PAUL, Mr. PORTMAN, Mr. RISCH, Mr. SCOTT, Mr. VITTER, and Mr. 

WARNER) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

A BILL 

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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Taxpayers Right-To5 Know Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. COST AND PERFORMANCE OF GOVERNMENT PRO2 GRAMS. 

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

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

5 following: 

6 ‘‘(3) ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.— 

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

8 program described under paragraph (1) shall 

9 include the following (which shall be updated 

10 not less frequently than annually): 

11 ‘‘(i) The total administrative expenses 

12 for the program for the previous fiscal 

13 year. 

14 ‘‘(ii) The expenditures for services for 

15 the program for the previous fiscal year. 

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

17 clients served by the program and bene18 ficiaries who received assistance under the 

19 program (if applicable) for the previous fis20 cal year. 

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

22 fiscal year— 

23 ‘‘(I) the number of full-time Fed24 eral employees who administer the 

25 program; and 


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1 ‘‘(II) the number of full-time em2 ployees whose salary is paid in part or 

3 full by the Federal Government 

4 through a grant or contract, a 

5 subaward of a grant or contract, a co6 operative agreement, or another form 

7 of financial award or assistance who 

8 administer or assist in administering 

9 the program. 

10 ‘‘(v) An identification of the specific 

11 statute that authorizes the program, in12 cluding whether such authorization is ex13 pired. 

14 ‘‘(vi) Any finding of duplication or 

15 overlap identified by internal review, an In16 spector General, the Government Account17 ability Office, or other report to the agency 

18 about the program. 

19 ‘‘(vii) Any program performance re20 views (including program performance re21 ports required under section 1116). 

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

23 ‘‘(i) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.— 

24 The term ‘administrative expenses’— 


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1 ‘‘(I) has the meaning given that 

2 term by the Director of the Office of 

3 Management and Budget under sec4 tion 504(b)(2) of the Energy and 

5 Water Development and Related 

6 Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 

7 (31 U.S.C. 1105 note); and 

8 ‘‘(II) includes, with respect to an 

9 agency— 

10 ‘‘(aa) costs incurred by the 

11 agency and costs incurred by 

12 grantees, subgrantees, and other 

13 recipients of funds from a grant 

14 program or other program ad15 ministered by the agency; and 

16 ‘‘(bb) expenses related to 

17 personnel salaries and benefits, 

18 property management, travel, 

19 program management, pro20 motion, reviews and audits, case 

21 management, and communication 

22 about, promotion of, and out23 reach for programs and program 

24 activities administered by the 

25 agency. 


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1 ‘‘(ii) SERVICES.—The term ‘serv2 ices’— 

3 ‘‘(I) has the meaning given that 

4 term by the Director of the Office of 

5 Management and Budget; and 

6 ‘‘(II) shall be limited to only ac7 tivities, assistance, and aid that pro8 vide a direct benefit to a recipient, 

9 such as the provision of medical care, 

10 assistance for housing or tuition, or 

11 financial support (including grants 

12 and loans).’’. 

13 (b) EXPIRED GRANT FUNDING.—Not later than Feb14 ruary 1 of each fiscal year, the Director of the Office of 

15 Management and Budget shall publish on the public 

16 website of the Office of Management and Budget the total 

17 amount of undisbursed grant funding remaining in grant 

18 accounts for which the period of availability to the grantee 

19 has expired. 

20 SEC. 3. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE REQUIRE21 MENTS RELATING TO IDENTIFICATION, CON22 SOLIDATION, AND ELIMINATION OF DUPLICA23 TIVE GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS. 

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

25 2010 (31 U.S.C. 712 note) is amended— 


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1 (1) by striking ‘‘The Comptroller General’’ and 

2 inserting the following: 

3 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General’’; and 

4 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

5 ‘‘(b) UPDATES.—The Comptroller General shall 

6 maintain on a publicly available website (which shall in7 clude regular updates, not less frequently than annually) 

8 the status of responses by Departments and Congress to 

9 suggested actions that the Comptroller General has pre10 viously identified in annual reports under subsection (a). 

11 The status of the suggested actions shall be tracked for 

12 an appropriate period to be determined by the Comptroller 

13 General.’’. 

14 SEC. 4. CLASSIFIED INFORMATION. 

15 Nothing in this Act shall, or the amendments made 

16 by this Act, be construed to require the disclosure of clas17 sified information. 

18 SEC. 5. REGULATIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION. 

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

20 the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Of21 fice of Management and Budget shall prescribe regula22 tions to implement this Act, and the amendments made 

23 by this Act. 


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1 (b) IMPLEMENTATION.—This Act, and the amend2 ments made by this Act, shall be implemented not later 

3 than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act. 

4 (c) NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED.—No addi5 tional funds are authorized to carry out the requirements 

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

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