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Union Calendar No. 505 
112TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3609 
[Report No. 112–635, Part I] 
To provide taxpayers with an annual report disclosing the cost of, performance 
by, and areas for improvements for Government programs, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 8, 2011 
Mr. LANKFORD (for himself, Mr. BOREN, Mr. GERLACH, and Mrs. BLACK-
BURN) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Oversight and Government Reform 
JULY 31, 2012 
Reported with amendments and referred to the Committee on House Adminis-
tration for a period ending not later than October 1, 2012, for consider-
ation of such provisions of the bill and amendment as fall within the ju-
risdiction of that committee pursuant to clause 1(k), rule X 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
OCTOBER 1, 2012 
Additional sponsors: Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. JOHNSON 
of Illinois, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. ROE of Tennessee, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. 
AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. PITTS, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. 
WALBERG, Mr. HUIZENGA of Michigan, Mr. ROSS of Florida, Ms. FOXX, 
Mr. CANSECO, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. WESTMORELAND, Mr. BROUN of 
Georgia, Mr. POE of Texas, Mr. ROKITA, Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina, 
and Mr. PALAZZO 
OCTOBER 1, 2012 
Deleted sponsor: Mr. AMASH (added January 18, 2012; deleted January 23, 
2012) 
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OCTOBER 1, 2012 
The Committee on House Administration discharged; committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered to be 
printed 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on December 8, 2011] 
A BILL 
To provide taxpayers with an annual report disclosing the 
cost of, performance by, and areas for improvements 
for Government programs, and for other purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Taxpayers Right-To- 
Know Act’’. 
SEC. 2. AGENCY REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO ANNUAL RE-
PORT ON THE COST AND PERFORMANCE OF 
GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS AND AREAS OF DU-
PLICATION AMONG PROGRAMS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT TO IDENTIFY AND DESCRIBE PRO-
GRAMS.—On an annual basis, for purposes of the report 
required by subsection (b), the head of each agency shall— 
(1) identify and describe every program admin-
istered by the agency; 
(2) for each such program— 
(A) determine the total administrative ex-
penses of the program; 
(B) determine the expenditures for services 
for the program; 
(C) estimate the number of clients served by 
the program and beneficiaries who received as-
sistance under the program (if applicable); and 
(D) estimate— 
(i) the number of full-time employees 
who administer the program; and 
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