I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3262 
To amend title 31, United States Code, to increase Government transparency. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 26, 2011 
Mr. GUINTA (for himself and Mr. WALSH of Illinois) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform 
A BILL 
To amend title 31, United States Code, to increase 
Government transparency. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Government Results 
Transparency Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY OF 
GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE RESULTS. 
(a) TRANSPARENCY AMENDMENTS.—Section 1122 of 
title 31, United States Code, is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as 
subsections (f) and (g), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (b) the fol-
lowing new subsections: 
‘‘(c) SIMULTANEOUS REPORTING TO THE BOARD ON 
AGENCY PROGRAMS, PRIORITY GOALS, AND RESULTS.— 
‘‘(1) AGENCY
REQUIREMENT.—The head of 
each agency shall submit to the Board all informa-
tion concerning the agency’s programs, priority 
goals, and results that is required to be reported 
under this section. 
‘‘(2) PUBLICATION ONLINE.—The Board shall 
publish all such information online in its original 
format. 
‘‘(3) COMPARISON OF SPENDING TO PERFORM-
ANCE.—To the extent practicable, for each fiscal 
year the Board shall publish, for each program iden-
tified by an agency under subsection (a)(1)— 
‘‘(A) the amount spent for the program; 
and 
‘‘(B) performance information for the pro-
gram. 
‘‘(d) COMMON DATA ELEMENTS FOR AGENCY PRI-
ORITY GOALS AND RESULTS.— 
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‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Board shall, by rule, 
designate common data elements, such as codes, 
identifiers, and fields, for information required to be 
reported by agencies under this section, including 
common data elements that identify each agency, 
each priority goal, each program, each program ac-
tivity, performance indicators, and any other infor-
mation that the Board determines should be stand-
ardized. 
‘‘(2) CHARACTERISTICS OF COMMON DATA ELE-
MENTS.—The common data elements designated 
under this subsection shall, to the extent practicable, 
be nonproprietary. 
‘‘(3) EXISTING COMMON DATA ELEMENTS.—In 
designating common data elements under this sub-
section, the Board shall, to the extent practicable, 
incorporate codes, identifiers, and fields that are al-
ready in use within the Federal government. 
‘‘(e) DATA REPORTING STANDARDS
FOR AGENCY 
PRIORITY GOALS AND RESULTS.— 
‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Board shall des-
ignate data reporting standards to govern the re-
porting required to be performed by agencies under 
this section. 
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‘‘(2) CHARACTERISTICS
OF
DATA
REPORTING 
STANDARDS.—The data reporting standards des-
ignated under this subsection shall, to the extent 
practicable— 
‘‘(A) incorporate a widely accepted, non-
proprietary, searchable, platform-independent 
computer-readable format; 
‘‘(B) be consistent with and implement ap-
plicable best practices; and 
‘‘(C) be capable of being continually up-
graded as necessary. 
‘‘(3) 
EXISTING
DATA
REPORTING
STAND-
ARDS.—In designating reporting standards under 
this subsection, the Board shall, to the extent prac-
ticable, incorporate existing nonproprietary stand-
ards.’’. 
(b) DEFINITION OF BOARD.—Section 1122 of title 
31, United States Code, is further amended by adding at 
the end the following new subsection: 
‘‘(h) DEFINITION OF BOARD.—In this section, the 
term ‘Board’ means the Recovery Accountability and 
Transparency Board or any successor entity.’’. 
(c) ASSIGNMENT OF TRANSPARENCY RESPONSIBIL-
ITIES.—Section 1122 of title 31, United States Code, is 
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further amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection: 
‘‘(i) ASSIGNMENT OF TRANSPARENCY RESPONSIBIL-
ITIES.—In the event that the Recovery Accountability and 
Transparency Board does not exist and there is no suc-
cessor entity to the Recovery Accountability and Trans-
parency Board, the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget shall carry out the Board’s responsibilities 
under subsections (c), (d), and (e).’’. 
Æ 
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