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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3609 
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 
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. 
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 ‘‘Taxpayers Right to 
Know Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO ANNUAL REPORT ON 
COST OF, PERFORMANCE BY, AND AREAS FOR 
IMPROVEMENTS 
FOR 
GOVERNMENT 
PRO-
GRAMS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT TO IDENTIFY
AND DESCRIBE 
PROGRAMS.—Each fiscal year, 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 
assistance under the program (if applicable); 
and 
(D) estimate— 
(i) the number of full-time employees 
who administer the program; and 
(ii) the number of full-time equiva-
lents (whose salary is paid in part or full 
by the Federal Government through a 
grant or contract or subaward of a grant 
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or contract) who assist in administering 
the program; and 
(3) identify programs within the Federal Gov-
ernment (whether inside or outside the agency) with 
duplicative or overlapping missions, services, and al-
lowable uses of funds. 
(b) RELATIONSHIP TO CATALOG OF DOMESTIC AS-
SISTANCE.—With respect to the requirements of sub-
sections (a)(1) and (a)(2)(B), the head of an agency may 
use the same information provided in the catalog of do-
mestic and international assistance programs in the case 
of any program that is a domestic or international assist-
ance program. 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than February 1 of each fis-
cal year, the head of each agency shall publish on the offi-
cial public website of the agency a report containing the 
following: 
(1) The information required under subsection 
(a) with respect to the preceding fiscal year. 
(2) The latest performance reviews (including 
the program performance reports required under 
section 1116 of title 31, United States Code) of each 
program of the agency identified under subsection 
(a)(1), including performance indicators, perform-
ance goals, output measures, and other specific 
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