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‘‘(B) RANKING.—The Comptroller General 
of the United States shall make available a 
ranking of Federal agencies regarding data 
quality, accuracy, and compliance with this Act. 
‘‘(h) RECOVERY
ACCOUNTABILITY
AND
TRANS-
PARENCY BOARD.— 
‘‘(1) RESOURCES AND MECHANISMS.—The Re-
covery Accountability and Transparency Board shall 
develop and test information technology resources 
and oversight mechanisms to enhance the trans-
parency of and detect and remediate waste, fraud, 
and abuse in Federal spending for Inspectors Gen-
eral. 
‘‘(2) WEBSITE.—The Recovery Accountability 
and Transparency Board shall maintain a website 
informing the public of its activities to identify 
waste, fraud, and abuse and increase transparency 
of Federal funds to provide support for Inspectors 
General. 
‘‘(3) RECOVERY
OPERATIONS
CENTER.—The 
Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board 
shall establish and maintain a Recovery Operations 
Center as a government-wide Internet-based data ac-
cess system to carry out the functions described in 
paragraph (4). 
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‘‘(4) FUNCTIONS
OF
THE
RECOVERY
OPER-
ATIONS CENTER.—The functions referred to in para-
graph (3) are the following: 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Recovery Oper-
ations Center shall incorporate— 
‘‘(i) all information described in sub-
section (b)(1); 
‘‘(ii) other information maintained by 
Federal, State, local, and foreign govern-
ment agencies; and 
‘‘(iii) other commercially and publicly 
available information. 
‘‘(B) SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS.—The Recovery 
Operations Center shall be designed and oper-
ated to carry out the following functions: 
‘‘(i) Combine information described in 
subsection (b)(1) with other compilations 
of information, including those listed in 
subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(ii) Permit agencies, in accordance 
with applicable law, to detect and reme-
diate waste, fraud, and abuse.’’. 
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SEC. 4. PILOT PROGRAM TO EVALUATE CONSOLIDATED RE-
CIPIENT REPORTING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 days after the 
date of enactment of this Act, the Recovery Accountability 
and Transparency Board, in consultation with the Sec-
retary of the Treasury and the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget, shall establish a pilot program 
relating to reporting by recipients of Federal funds (in this 
section referred to as the ‘‘pilot program’’) for the purpose 
of increasing financial transparency to— 
(1) display the full cycle of Federal funds; 
(2) improve the accuracy of Federal financial 
data; and 
(3) develop recommendations for reducing re-
porting required of recipients of Federal funds by 
consolidating and automating financial reporting re-
quirements across the Federal Government. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS.—The pilot program shall— 
(1) include a combination of recipients of Fed-
eral contracts, grants, and subawards, the aggregate 
value of which is not less than $1,000,000,000; 
(2) include a diverse group of recipients of Fed-
eral awards; and 
(3) to the extent practicable, include recipients 
that receive Federal awards from multiple programs 
across multiple agencies. 
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(c) 
REPORTING
AND
EVALUATION
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Each recipient of Federal funds participating in 
the pilot program shall submit to the Recovery Account-
ability and Transparency Board reports on the finances 
of the selected Federal awards. 
(d) PUBLICATION OF INFORMATION.—All the infor-
mation collected by the Recovery Accountability and 
Transparency Board under the pilot program shall be 
made publicly available and searchable on the website es-
tablished under section 2 of the Federal Funding Account-
ability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 
note). 
(e) TERMINATION.—The pilot program shall termi-
nate on the date that is 3 years after the date on which 
the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board es-
tablishes the pilot program. 
(f) REPORT.—Not later than 90 days after the date 
on which the pilot program terminates under subsection 
(e), the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board 
shall submit to the Office of Management and Budget, the 
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Af-
fairs of the Senate, and the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform of the House of Representatives a re-
port on the pilot program, which shall include— 
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(1) a description of financial data collected 
under the pilot program, the accuracy of the data 
provided, and the cost to collect the data from re-
cipients; and 
(2) recommendations for— 
(A) consolidating some or all aspects of 
Federal financial reporting to reduce the costs 
to recipients of Federal funds; 
(B) automating some or all aspects of Fed-
eral financial reporting to increase efficiency 
and reduce the costs to recipients of Federal 
funds; and 
(C) improving financial transparency. 
(g) 
GOVERNMENT-WIDE
IMPLEMENTATION.—Not 
later than 90 days after the date on which the Office of 
Management and Budget receives the report required by 
subsection (f), the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget shall determine whether to authorize the Re-
covery Accountability and Transparency Board to extend 
the recipient reporting requirements of the pilot program 
to all Federal funds. The Recovery Accountability and 
Transparency Board shall begin requiring Government- 
wide recipient reporting at the start of the fiscal year that 
commences after the fiscal year during which such author-
ization is granted, and under such terms and conditions 
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that the Board shall determine, in consultation with the 
Director. 
SEC. 5. CLASSIFIED AND PROTECTED INFORMATION. 
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. CLASSIFIED AND PROTECTED INFORMATION. 
‘‘Nothing in this Act shall require the disclosure to 
the public or to any person without an identifiable need 
to know— 
‘‘(1) information protected under section 552 of 
title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the 
‘Freedom of Information Act’); or 
‘‘(2) information protected under section 552a 
of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as 
the ‘Privacy Act of 1974’), or section 6103 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986.’’. 
SEC. 6. AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT OF 
2009 AMENDMENTS. 
Division A of Public Law 111–5 is amended— 
(1) in section 1501 of title XV, by striking 
paragraph (4) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(4) COVERED
FUNDS.—The term ‘covered 
funds’— 
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‘‘(A) except as provided in subparagraph 
(B), means any funds that are expended or ob-
ligated from appropriations made under this 
Act; and 
‘‘(B) for purposes of sections 1522 and 
1524, means funds that are expended or obli-
gated by an agency from appropriations made 
under this or any other Act.’’; 
(2) in section 1512 of title XV, by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(i) EXPIRATION.—The requirements in this section 
shall expire on December 30, 2013.’’; 
(3) in section 1523 of title XV, by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(d) EXPIRATION.—The requirements in this section 
shall expire on December 30, 2013.’’; 
(4) in section 1526 of title XV, by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(e) EXPIRATION.—The requirements in this section 
shall expire on December 30, 2013.’’; and 
(5) in section 1530 of title XV, by striking 
‘‘September 30, 2013.’’ and inserting ‘‘September 
30, 2017.’’. 
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SEC. 7. DISASTER RELIEF APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 2013 
AMENDMENTS. 
Division A of Public Law 113–2 is amended in sec-
tion 904(d)— 
(1) by striking ‘‘for purposes related to the im-
pact of Hurricane Sandy’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘related to the impact of Hurri-
cane Sandy’’ after ‘‘receiving appropriations’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘related to funds appropriated 
for the impact of Hurricane Sandy’’ after ‘‘on its ac-
tivities’’. 
SEC. 8. EXECUTIVE AGENCY ACCOUNTING AND OTHER FI-
NANCIAL 
MANAGEMENT 
REPORTS 
AND 
PLANS. 
Section 3512(a) of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and make 
available on the website described under section 
1122 of this title’’ after ‘‘appropriate committees of 
the Congress’’; 
(2) in paragraph (3)(B)(vi), by inserting ‘‘, sys-
tem development, financial management workforce 
development, related risk assessment and mitigation 
for the Federal Government as a whole, related risk 
assessment and mitigation for executive agencies, 
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development of capacity to prevent and detect 
fraud,’’ after ‘‘equipment acquisitions’’; and 
(3) in paragraph (4), by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(C) Not later than 90 days after the date of enact-
ment of the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act 
of 2013, and every 90 days thereafter, the Director shall 
make available on the website described under section 
1122 of this title a report regarding— 
‘‘(i) specific goals for the most recent full fiscal 
year, the fiscal year during which the report is sub-
mitted, and the fiscal year following the year during 
which the report is submitted that are necessary 
steps toward implementing the Federal Funding Ac-
countability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 
U.S.C. 6101 note) fully and in an effective, efficient, 
and accurate manner; and 
‘‘(ii) the status and progress achieved toward 
each goal described in clause (i), including any 
changes to the cost, schedule, or performance base-
lines of achieving each goal, using earned value man-
agement where appropriate.’’. 
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SEC. 9. LIMITS AND TRANSPARENCY FOR CONFERENCE 
AND TRAVEL SPENDING. 
(a) AMENDMENT.—Chapter 57 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 5711 
the following: 
‘‘§ 5712. Limits and transparency for conference and 
travel spending 
‘‘(a) CONFERENCE TRANSPARENCY AND SPENDING 
LIMITS.— 
‘‘(1) PUBLIC
AVAILABILITY
OF
CONFERENCE 
MATERIALS.—Each agency shall post on the public 
website of that agency detailed information on any 
presentation made by any employee of that agency 
at a conference (except to the extent the head of an 
agency excludes such information for reasons of na-
tional security or information described under sec-
tion 552(b)) including— 
‘‘(A) the prepared text of any verbal pres-
entation made; and 
‘‘(B) any visual, digital, video, or audio 
materials presented, including photographs, 
slides, and audio-visual recordings. 
‘‘(2) LIMITS ON AMOUNT EXPENDED ON A CON-
FERENCE.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Except as provided 
under subparagraph (B), an agency may not 
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expend more than $500,000 to support a single 
conference. 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—The head of an agency 
may waive the limitation under subparagraph 
(A) for a specific conference after making a de-
termination that the expenditure is justified as 
the most cost-effective option to achieve a com-
pelling purpose. The head of an agency shall 
submit to the appropriate congressional com-
mittees a report on any waiver granted under 
this subparagraph, including the justification 
for such waiver. 
‘‘(C) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing 
in this paragraph shall be construed to preclude 
an agency from receiving financial support or 
other assistance from a private entity to pay or 
defray the costs of a conference the total cost 
of which exceeds $500,000. 
‘‘(b) INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE
RULE.—An 
agency may not pay the travel expenses for more than 50 
employees of that agency who are stationed in the United 
States, for any international conference, unless the Sec-
retary of State determines that attendance for such em-
ployees is in the national interest, or the head of the agen-
cy determines that attendance for such employees is crit-
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ical to the agency’s mission. The Secretary of State and 
the head of an agency shall submit to the appropriate con-
gressional committees a report on any waiver granted 
under this subsection, including the justification for such 
waiver. 
‘‘(c) REPORTING ON TRAVEL AND CONFERENCE EX-
PENSES REQUIRED.—At the beginning of each quarter of 
each fiscal year, each agency shall post on the public 
website of that agency a report on each conference that 
costs more than $10,000 for which the agency paid travel 
expenses during the preceding 3 months that includes— 
‘‘(1) the itemized expenses paid by the agency, 
including travel, lodging, and meal expenses, and 
any other agency expenditures to otherwise support 
the conference; 
‘‘(2) the primary sponsor of the conference; 
‘‘(3) the location of the conference; 
‘‘(4) the date of the conference; 
‘‘(5) a brief explanation of how the participa-
tion of employees from such agency at the con-
ference advanced the mission of the agency; 
‘‘(6) the title of any employee, or any individual 
who is not a Federal employee, whose travel ex-
penses or other conference expenses were paid by the 
agency; 
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‘‘(7) the total number of individuals whose trav-
el expenses or other conference expenses were paid 
by the agency; and 
‘‘(8) in the case of a conference for which that 
agency was the primary sponsor, a statement that— 
‘‘(A) describes the cost to the agency of se-
lecting the specific conference venue; 
‘‘(B) describes why the location was se-
lected, including a justification for such selec-
tion; 
‘‘(C) demonstrates the cost efficiency of 
the location; 
‘‘(D) provides a cost benefit analysis of 
holding a conference rather than conducting a 
teleconference; and 
‘‘(E) describes any financial support or 
other assistance from a private entity used to 
pay or defray the costs of the conference, and 
for each case where such support or assistance 
was used, the head of the agency shall include 
a certification that there is no conflict of inter-
est resulting from such support or assistance. 
‘‘(d) FORMAT
AND PUBLICATION
OF REPORTS.— 
Each report posted on the public website under subsection 
(c) shall— 
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‘‘(1) be in a searchable electronic format; and 
‘‘(2) remain on that website for at least 5 years 
after the date of posting. 
‘‘(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘agency’ has the 
meaning given that term under section 5701, but 
does not include the government of the District of 
Columbia. 
‘‘(2) CONFERENCE.—The term ‘conference’ 
means a meeting, retreat, seminar, symposium, or 
event that— 
‘‘(A) is held for consultation, education, 
discussion, or training; and 
‘‘(B) is not held entirely at a Government 
facility. 
‘‘(3) INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE.—The term 
‘international conference’ means a conference occur-
ring outside the United States attended by rep-
resentatives of— 
‘‘(A) the Government of the United States; 
and 
‘‘(B) any foreign government, international 
organization, or foreign nongovernmental orga-
nization.’’. 
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(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
The table of sections for chapter 57 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relat-
ing to section 5711 the following: 
‘‘5712. Limits and transparency for conference and travel spending.’’. 
(c) ANNUAL TRAVEL EXPENSE LIMITS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of each of fiscal 
years 2014 through 2018, an agency (as defined 
under section 5712(e) of title 5, United States Code, 
as added by subsection (a)) may not make, or obli-
gate to make, expenditures for travel expenses, in an 
aggregate amount greater than 70 percent of the ag-
gregate amount of such expenses for fiscal year 
2010. 
(2) EXEMPTIONS.—The agency may exclude 
certain travel expenses from the limitation under 
paragraph (1) only if the agency head determines 
that inclusion of such expenses would undermine na-
tional security, international diplomacy, health and 
safety inspections, law enforcement, or site visits re-
quired for oversight or investigatory purposes. 
(3) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—In each of fiscal 
years 2014 through 2018, the head of each agency 
shall submit to the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform of the House of Representatives 
and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-
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ernmental Affairs of the Senate a report con-
taining— 
(A) the justification for any expenses ex-
cluded (under paragraph (2)) from the limita-
tion under paragraph (1); and 
(B) the positive or negative impacts, if 
any, of the limitation under paragraph (1) on 
the agency’s mission, cost-effectiveness, effi-
ciency, and ability to perform core functions. 
(4) IDENTIFICATION OF TRAVEL EXPENSES.— 
(A) RESPONSIBILITIES.—Not later than 
January 1, 2014, and after consultation with 
the Administrator of General Services and the 
Director of the Administrative Office of the 
United States Courts, the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget shall establish 
guidelines for the determination of what ex-
penses constitute travel expenses for purposes 
of this subsection. The guidelines shall identify 
specific expenses, and classes of expenses, that 
are to be treated as travel expenses. 
(B) EXEMPTION FOR MILITARY TRAVEL.— 
The guidelines required under subparagraph 
(A) shall exclude military travel expenses in de-
termining what expenses constitute travel ex-
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