SEC. 506. FEDERAL CONTRACTOR COMPLIANCE. 
(a) PERIODIC INSPECTION OR REVIEW OF CONTRACT 
FILES.—Section 2313(e)(2) of title 41, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) PERIODIC INSPECTION OR REVIEW.— 
The Inspector General of each Federal agency 
shall periodically— 
‘‘(i) conduct an inspection or review of 
each contract file described in subpara-
graph (B) to determine if the agency is 
providing appropriate consideration of the 
information included in the database estab-
lished under subsection (a); and 
‘‘(ii) submit a report containing the 
results of the inspection or review con-
ducted under clause (i) to the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate and the Committee 
on Oversight and Government Reform of 
the House of Representatives.’’. 
(b) SELF-REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Subsection 
(f) of section 2313 of such title is amended to read as 
follows: 
‘‘(f) SELF-REPORTING REQUIREMENT.— 
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‘‘(1) CONTRACTS IN EXCESS OF SIMPLIFIED AC-
QUISITION THRESHOLD.—No funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available by any Act may be used for 
any Federal contract for the procurement of prop-
erty or services in excess of the simplified acquisition 
threshold unless the contractor has first made the 
certifications set forth in section 52.209–5 of the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation. 
‘‘(2) CONTRACTS IN EXCESS OF $500,000.—No 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 
any Act may be used for any Federal contract for 
the procurement of property or services in excess of 
$500,000 unless the contractor— 
‘‘(A) certifies that the contractor has sub-
mitted to the Administrator of General Services 
the information required under subsection (c) 
and that such information is current as of the 
date of such certification; or 
‘‘(B) certifies that the contractor has cu-
mulative active Federal contracts and grants 
with a total value of less than $10,000,000.’’. 
(c) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Comptroller General of 
the United States shall annually submit a report to the 
appropriate congressional committees describing the ex-
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tent to which suspended or debarred contractors on the 
Excluded Parties List System— 
(1) are identified as having received Federal 
contracts on USAspending.gov; or 
(2) were granted waivers from Federal agencies 
from suspension or debarment for purposes of enter-
ing into Federal contracts. 
SEC. 507. IMPROVING ACCESS TO INFORMATION DIS-
CLOSED ON LOBBYING ACTIVITIES. 
(a) INFORMATION FILED WITH THE ADMINISTRATOR 
OF GENERAL SERVICES.—Section 1352(b) of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘file with that 
agency’’ and inserting ‘‘file electronically with the 
Administrator of General Services’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(7) The Administrator of General Services shall es-
tablish and maintain an online database that— 
‘‘(A) is available to each agency and the public; 
‘‘(B) contains information disclosed pursuant to 
this subsection; and 
‘‘(C) is searchable, sortable, machine-readable, 
and downloadable.’’. 
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(b) DEADLINE FOR DATABASE.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Ad-
ministrator of General Services shall establish the data-
base required by paragraph (7) of section 1352(b) of title 
31, United States Code, as added by subsection (a). 
SEC. 
508. 
INCLUSION 
OF 
NARRATIVES 
ON 
USASPENDING.GOV. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Of-
fice of Management and Budget shall allow any agency, 
in reporting an award to USAspending.gov (or a successor 
website), to upload a narrative for such award. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section, the terms ‘‘agen-
cy’’ and ‘‘award’’ have the meanings given those terms on 
USAspending.gov (or a successor website). 
TITLE VI—EXECUTIVE BRANCH 
TRANSPARENCY 
Subtitle A—Public Availability of 
Information 
SEC. 601. REQUIREMENT FOR DISCLOSURE OF FEDERAL 
SPONSORSHIP 
OF 
ALL 
FEDERAL 
ADVER-
TISING OR OTHER COMMUNICATIONS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Except as provided for in sub-
section (b), each advertisement or other communication 
paid for by an agency, either directly or through a contract 
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awarded by the agency, shall include a prominent notice 
informing the target audience that the advertisement or 
other communication is paid for by that agency. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The requirement in subsection (a) 
shall not apply to an advertisement or other communica-
tion— 
(1) that is 200 characters or less; or 
(2) that is distributed through a short message 
service. 
(c) ADVERTISEMENT OR OTHER COMMUNICATIONS 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘advertisement or 
other communication’’ includes— 
(1) an advertisement disseminated in any form, 
including print or by any electronic means; and 
(2) a communication by an individual in any 
form, including speech, print, or by any electronic 
means. 
SEC. 602. IMPROVING ACCESS TO INFLUENTIAL EXECUTIVE 
BRANCH 
OFFICIAL’S 
VISITOR 
ACCESS 
RECORDS. 
(a) DISCLOSURE OF WHITE HOUSE VISITOR ACCESS 
RECORDS.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and monthly thereafter, the Presi-
dent shall disclose to the public all White House visitor 
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access records for the previous month that are redacted 
in accordance with subsection (c). 
(b) DISCLOSURE
OF
AGENCY
VISITOR
ACCESS 
RECORDS.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and monthly thereafter, the head 
of each agency shall disclose to the public all visitor access 
records for the previous month for such agency head that 
are redacted in accordance with subsection (c). 
(c) INFORMATION NOT DISCLOSED.—The President 
under subsection (a), and the head of the relevant agency 
under subsection (b), as the case may be, may determine 
to not disclose the following information pursuant to this 
section: 
(1) Any information— 
(A) that implicates personal privacy or law 
enforcement concerns (such as date of birth, so-
cial security number, and contact phone num-
ber); 
(B) that implicates the personal safety of 
White House staff (including daily arrival and 
departure); or 
(C) whose release would so threaten na-
tional security interests that it outweighs a 
strong presumption in favor of the public’s in-
terest in disclosure. 
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(2) For a non-renewable period of up to a year, 
any information related to purely personal guests of 
the first and second families, but only if the execu-
tive branch’s interest in protecting an unfettered 
consultation conducted in secret strongly outweighs 
the public’s interest in an accountable Government 
free of corruption and political influence. 
(3) Any information related to a small group of 
particularly sensitive meetings (such as visits of po-
tential Supreme Court nominees). 
SEC. 603. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF BUDGET JUSTIFICA-
TIONS AND APPROPRIATION REQUESTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 3 of the Federal Funding 
Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 
6101 note) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 3. FULL DISCLOSURE OF FEDERAL FUNDS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not less frequently than monthly 
when practicable, and in any event not less frequently than 
quarterly, the Secretary (in consultation with the Director 
and, with respect to information described in subsection 
(b)(2), the head of the applicable Federal agency) shall 
ensure that updated information with respect to the infor-
mation described in subsection (b) is posted on the website 
established under section 2. 
‘‘(b) INFORMATION TO BE POSTED.— 
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‘‘(1) FUNDS.—For any funds made available to 
or expended by a Federal agency or component of a 
Federal agency, the information to be posted shall 
include— 
‘‘(A) for each appropriations account, in-
cluding an expired or unexpired appropriations 
account, the amount— 
‘‘(i) of budget authority appropriated; 
‘‘(ii) that is obligated; 
‘‘(iii) of unobligated balances; and 
‘‘(iv) of any other budgetary re-
sources; 
‘‘(B) from which accounts and in what 
amount— 
‘‘(i) appropriations are obligated for 
each program activity; and 
‘‘(ii) outlays are made for each pro-
gram activity; 
‘‘(C) from which accounts and in what 
amount— 
‘‘(i) appropriations are obligated for 
each object class; and 
‘‘(ii) outlays are made for each object 
class; and 
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‘‘(D) for each program activity, the 
amount— 
‘‘(i) obligated for each object class; 
and 
‘‘(ii) of outlays made for each object 
class. 
‘‘(2) BUDGET JUSTIFICATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph— 
‘‘(i) the term ‘agency’ has the mean-
ing given that term in section 101 of title 
31, United States Code; and 
‘‘(ii) the term ‘budget justification 
materials’ means the annual budget jus-
tification materials of an agency that are 
submitted to Congress in support of the 
budget of the agency, in conjunction with 
the budget of the United States Govern-
ment submitted under section 1105(a) of 
title 31, United States Code, but does not 
include budget justification materials that 
are classified. 
‘‘(B) INFORMATION.—The information to 
be posted shall include the budget justification 
materials of each agency— 
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‘‘(i) for the second fiscal year begin-
ning after the date of enactment of this 
paragraph, and each fiscal year thereafter; 
and 
‘‘(ii) to the extent practicable, that 
were released for any fiscal year before the 
date of enactment of this paragraph. 
‘‘(C) FORMAT.—Budget justification mate-
rials shall be posted under subparagraph (B)— 
‘‘(i) in an open format machine read-
able and text searchable; 
‘‘(ii) in a manner that enables users 
to download individual reports, download 
all reports in bulk, and download in bulk 
the results of a search, to the extent prac-
ticable; and 
‘‘(iii) in a structured data format, to 
the extent practicable. 
‘‘(D) DEADLINE.—The budget justification 
materials required to be posted under subpara-
graph (B)(i) shall be posted not later than 2 
weeks after the date on which the budget jus-
tification materials are first submitted to Con-
gress. 
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‘‘(E) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing 
in this paragraph shall be construed to author-
ize an agency to destroy any budget justifica-
tion materials relating to a fiscal year before 
the fiscal year described in subparagraph 
(B)(i).’’. 
(b) INFORMATION REGARDING AGENCY BUDGET 
JUSTIFICATIONS.—Section 1105 of title 31, United States 
Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(i)(1) The Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget shall make publicly available on an internet 
website, and continuously update, a tabular list for each 
fiscal year of each agency that submits to Congress budget 
justification materials in support of the budget of the 
agency, which shall include— 
‘‘(A) the name of the agency; 
‘‘(B) a unique identifier that identifies the 
agency; 
‘‘(C) to the extent practicable, the date on 
which the budget justification materials of the agen-
cy are first submitted to Congress; 
‘‘(D) the date on which the budget justification 
materials of the agency are posted online under sec-
tion 3 of the Federal Funding Accountability and 
Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note); 
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‘‘(E) the uniform resource locator where the 
budget justification materials submitted to Congress 
are published on the website of the agency; and 
‘‘(F) a single data set that contains the infor-
mation described in subparagraphs (A) through (E) 
with respect to the agency for all fiscal years for 
which budget justifications of the agency are made 
available under section 3 of the Federal Funding Ac-
countability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 
U.S.C. 6101 note) in a structured data format. 
‘‘(2)(A) Each agency that submits to Congress budg-
et justification materials in support of the budget of the 
agency shall make the materials available on the website 
of the agency. 
‘‘(B) The Director of Office of Management and 
Budget shall establish best practices for agencies relating 
to making available materials under subparagraph (A)(i), 
which shall include guidelines for using a uniform resource 
locator that is in a consistent format across agencies and 
is descriptive, memorable, and pronounceable, such as the 
format of ‘agencyname.gov/budget’. 
‘‘(C) If the Director of Office of Management and 
Budget maintains a public website that contains the budg-
et of the United States Government submitted under sub-
section (a) and any related materials, such website shall 
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also contain a link to the tabular list required under para-
graph (1). 
‘‘(3) In this subsection, the term ‘budget justification 
materials’ has the meaning given that term in section 3 
of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency 
Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note).’’. 
SEC. 604. IMPROVING RULEMAKING DISCLOSURE FOR THE 
OFFICE OF INFORMATION AND REGULATORY 
AFFAIRS. 
(a) INCLUSION IN THE RULEMAKING DOCKET OF 
DOCUMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS RELATED TO THE 
IMPLEMENTATION OF CENTRALIZED REGULATORY RE-
VIEW.—As soon as practicable, and not later than 15 days 
after the conclusion of centralized regulatory review for 
a draft proposed or draft final rule, the Administrator of 
the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs shall in-
clude in the rulemaking docket the following: 
(1) A copy of the draft proposed or draft final 
rule and supporting analyses submitted to the Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs for review. 
(2) A copy of the draft proposed or draft final 
rule that incorporates substantive changes, if any, 
made to the rule as part of implementing centralized 
regulatory review. 
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(3) A document describing in a complete, clear, 
and simple manner all substantive changes made by 
the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs to 
the draft proposed or draft final rule submitted by 
the agency to Office for review. 
(4) A copy of all documents and written com-
munications (including all electronic mail and elec-
tronic mail file attachments), and a summary of all 
oral communications (including phone calls, phone 
conferences, and meetings), exchanged as part of the 
implementation of the centralized regulatory review 
between or among any of the following: 
(A) The agency responsible for the rule. 
(B) The Office of Information and Regu-
latory Affairs. 
(C) Any other office or entity within the 
Executive Office of the President. 
(D) An agency that is not the agency re-
sponsible for the rule. 
(E) An individual who is not employed 
by— 
(i) the executive branch of the Federal 
Government; or 
(ii) an agency that is not the agency 
responsible for the rule. 
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(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CENTRALIZED REGULATORY REVIEW.—The 
term ‘‘centralized regulatory review’’ means the in-
stitutional process of Presidential oversight of indi-
vidual agency rules governed by Executive Order 
12866 (58 Fed. Reg. 51735; relating to regulatory 
planning and review), or any successor to such Exec-
utive order. 
(2) RULE.—The term ‘‘rule’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 551 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to preempt or displace the disclo-
sure requirements under any other provision of law affect-
ing administrative procedure, if such requirements are not 
inconsistent with the requirements of this section. 
SEC. 605. IMPROVING REGISTRATION INFORMATION FROM 
AGENTS OF FOREIGN PRINCIPALS. 
(a) IMPROVING ONLINE ACCESS TO REGISTRATION 
INFORMATION.—Section 6(d)(1) of the Foreign Agents 
Registration Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 616(d)(1)) is amend-
ed 
by 
striking 
‘‘in 
a 
searchable, 
sortable, 
and 
downloadable manner’’ and inserting ‘‘in a format which 
is directly searchable, sortable, downloadable, and ma-
chine-readable’’. 
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(b) REPEALING EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION 
UNDER FOREIGN AGENTS REGISTRATION ACT OF 1938 
FOR PERSONS FILING DISCLOSURE REPORTS UNDER 
LOBBYING DISCLOSURE ACT OF 1995.— 
(1) REPEAL OF EXEMPTION.—Section 3 of the 
Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 
613) is amended by striking subsection (h). 
(2) TIMING
OF
FILING
OF
REGISTRATION 
STATEMENTS.—Section 2 of the Foreign Agents 
Registration Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 612) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in subsection (a), in the matter pre-
ceding paragraph (1), in the fourth sentence, by 
striking ‘‘The registration statement shall in-
clude’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in 
subsection (h), the registration statement shall 
include’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(h) TIMING FOR FILING OF STATEMENTS BY PER-
SONS REGISTERED UNDER LOBBYING DISCLOSURE ACT 
OF 1995.—In the case of an agent of a person described 
in section 1(b)(2) or an entity described in section 1(b)(3) 
who has registered under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 
1995 (2 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.), after the agent files the 
first registration required under subsection (a) in connec-
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tion with the agent’s representation of such person or enti-
ty, the agent shall file all subsequent statements required 
under this section at the same time, and in the same fre-
quency, as the reports filed with the Clerk of the House 
of Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate (as the 
case may be) under section 5 of the Lobbying Disclosure 
Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1604) in connection with the 
agent’s representation of such person or entity.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect upon the expiration of the 
30-day period which begins on the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
SEC. 606. AGENCY DEFINED. 
In this subtitle (except for section 608), the term 
‘‘agency’’ has the meaning given that term under section 
551 of title 5, United States Code. 
SEC. 607. GOVERNMENT-WIDE ENTITY IDENTIFIER. 
(a) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term 
‘‘agency’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘Executive 
agency’’ under section 105 of title 5, United States Code. 
(b) REQUIREMENT FOR ALL AGENCIES TO USE A 
GOVERNMENT-WIDE
ENTITY
IDENTIFIER.—(1) Each 
agency shall, to the extent practicable, require all private 
sector entities from which it regularly collects reports, fil-
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ings, forms, disclosures or other regularized information 
to obtain a unique entity identifier. 
(2) The unique entity identifier required under this 
section shall allow private sector entities to be identified 
uniquely across all Federal regulatory, procurement, as-
sistance, and other reporting regimes. 
(c) PUBLICATION OF INFORMATION CATEGORIZED 
USING GOVERNMENT-WIDE ENTITY IDENTIFIER.—Each 
agency shall, to the extent practicable, publish all public 
regulatory, procurement, assistance, and other reported 
information categorized using the unique entity identifier 
required under this section. 
(d) GOVERNANCE.—The unique entity identifier re-
quired under this section shall be based on the global enti-
ty identifier issued by— 
(1) utilities endorsed by the Regulatory Over-
sight Committee, whose charter was set forth by the 
Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors of 
the Group of Twenty and the Financial Stability 
Board; or 
(2) utilities endorsed or otherwise governed by 
the Global LEI Foundation so long as that Founda-
tion remains recognized by the Regulatory Oversight 
Committee or any successor global public oversight 
body. 
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SEC. 608. GRANTS TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle V of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 73 the 
following: 
‘‘CHAPTER 74—GRANTS TRANSPARENCY 
REQUIREMENTS 
‘‘Sec. 
‘‘7401. Definitions. 
‘‘7402. Pre-award evaluation requirements. 
‘‘7403. Website relating to Federal grants. 
‘‘7404. Postdecision explanation for failed applicants. 
‘‘7405. Inspector General review of peer review process. 
‘‘§ 7401. Definitions 
‘‘In this chapter: 
‘‘(1) APPLICANT.—The term ‘applicant’ means 
an entity that submits a proposal or application for 
a grant. 
‘‘(2) COMPETITIVE
GRANT.—The term ‘com-
petitive grant’ means a discretionary grant entered 
into through the use of merit-based selection proce-
dures for the purpose of allocating funds authorized 
under a grant program of an Executive agency. 
‘‘(3) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘Execu-
tive agency’ has the meaning given the term in sec-
tion 105 of title 5, except the term does not include 
the Government Accountability Office. 
‘‘(4) GRANT.—The term ‘grant’ means an 
award of Federal financial assistance through a 
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grant agreement or cooperative agreement making 
payment in cash or in kind to a recipient to carry 
out a public purpose authorized by law. 
‘‘(5) GRANT REVIEWER.—The term ‘grant re-
viewer’, with respect to a grant— 
‘‘(A) means any individual who reviews, 
evaluates, or participates in the decision to se-
lect an applicant for award of the grant; and 
‘‘(B) includes— 
‘‘(i) a peer reviewer; 
‘‘(ii) a merit reviewer; and 
‘‘(iii) a member of a technical evalua-
tion panel or board or a special emphasis 
panel. 
‘‘§ 7402. Pre-award evaluation requirements 
‘‘(a) EVALUATION REQUIRED.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Before awarding a competi-
tive grant and after determining eligibility and con-
ducting a merit-based review, an Executive agency 
shall conduct an evaluation of the risk posed by an 
applicant to successfully carry out the grant in ac-
cordance with section 200.205 of title 2, Code of 
Federal regulations (or any successor thereto). 
‘‘(2) REVIEW
OF
INTERAGENCY
DUPLICA-
TION.—To the extent practicable, each evaluation 
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conducted under paragraph (1) shall include a re-
view of any interagency duplication of efforts for re-
search grants, which may be completed through a 
text-similarity detection process. 
‘‘(b) SIMPLIFIED
EVALUATION
PROCEDURE
FOR 
CERTAIN APPLICANTS.— 
‘‘(1) DEFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 
‘covered applicant’ means an applicant that, based 
on a risk assessment conducted by the Executive 
agency, is determined to pose a relatively low risk of 
failing to execute the grant successfully and prop-
erly. 
‘‘(2) PROCEDURE.—In conducting the evalua-
tion required under subsection (a) with respect to a 
covered applicant, an Executive agency shall— 
‘‘(A) minimize the burden on the covered 
applicant; and 
‘‘(B) consider any existing findings with 
respect to the covered applicant under the sin-
gle audit process under chapter 75 of this title 
related to the matters described in subsection 
(b). 
‘‘§ 7403. Website relating to Federal grants 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—The Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget shall consult with Executive 
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agencies to upgrade grants.gov or any proposed successor 
public website for finding Federal grant opportunities and 
applying for those grants so that the website— 
‘‘(1) may serve as a central point of informa-
tion and provide full access for applicants for com-
petitive grants; and 
‘‘(2) shall capture in 1 site, or provide elec-
tronic links to, other relevant databases. 
‘‘(b) NOTICE
OF
COMPETITIVE
GRANT
FUNDS 
AVAILABILITY.—At the time an Executive agency issues 
a solicitation or otherwise announces the availability of 
funds for a competitive grant, the Executive agency shall 
post on the grants website maintained under this section, 
in a searchable electronic format, relevant information 
about the grant opportunity, including— 
‘‘(1) the grant announcement and purpose of 
the grant; 
‘‘(2) the anticipated period of performance for 
new awards and whether the Executive agency an-
ticipates that the grant will be continued; 
‘‘(3) in the case of an announcement with re-
spect to which a specific sum is reserved, the 
amount of funds available for the grant; 
‘‘(4) a statement of eligibility requirements for 
the grant; 
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‘‘(5) contact information for the Executive 
agency, including the name, telephone number, and 
electronic mail address of a specific person or per-
sons responsible for answering questions about the 
grant and the application process for the grant; 
‘‘(6) a clear statement of the evaluation factors 
or criteria that the Executive agency intends to use 
to evaluate and rank grant applications or proposals 
submitted, including the weight to be applied to each 
factor or criterion; 
‘‘(7) a description of the process and standards 
to be used by the Executive agency to determine 
that each grant reviewer does not have a prohibited 
conflict of interest, as defined by applicable statute 
or regulation, with respect to the evaluation or re-
view of a grant application or proposal, or the deci-
sion to award a grant; 
‘‘(8) the anticipated deadline for submission of 
grant applications or proposals; and 
‘‘(9) a set of sample winning grant proposals 
awarded under the same or similar program within 
the last 3 years. 
‘‘(c) USE
BY APPLICANTS.—The grants website 
maintained under this section shall, to the greatest extent 
practicable, allow applicants to— 
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