‘‘(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 the information re-
quired under subsection (c) and that such infor-
mation is current as of the date of such certifi-
cation; or 
‘‘(B) certifies that the contractor has cu-
mulative active Federal contracts and grants 
with a total value of less than $10,000,000.’’. 
(b) PERIODIC INSPECTION OR REVIEW OF CONTRACT 
FILES.—Section 2313(e)(2) of such title 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 
the contract files required under subpara-
graph (B) to determine if the agency is 
providing appropriate consideration of the 
information included in the database cre-
ated pursuant to subsection (c); and 
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‘‘(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.’’. 
(c) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Comptroller General of 
the United States shall annually submit a report to the 
appropriate congressional committees describing the ex-
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 
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(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(7) DATABASE
REQUIRED.—The Adminis-
trator of General Services shall establish and main-
tain an online database that is made available to the 
relevant agency and accessible by the public that 
contains information disclosed pursuant to this sub-
section that is searchable, sortable, machine read-
able, and downloadable.’’. 
(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). 
TITLE VI—EXECUTIVE BRANCH 
TRANSPARENCY 
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 
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. 
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(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 
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 
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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. 
(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 
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