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118TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4615 
To require that information on spending associated with national emergencies 
be subject to the same reporting requirements as other Federal funds 
under the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 
2006, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 13, 2023 
Mr. GOSAR (for himself, Mr. DONALDS, Mr. NEHLS, Mrs. BOEBERT, Mrs. 
MILLER of Illinois, Ms. TENNEY, Mr. BIGGS, Mr. ROSENDALE, Ms. 
HAGEMAN, Mr. CRANE, Mr. OGLES, Mr. JACKSON of Texas, Mr. SANTOS, 
Mr. HIGGINS of Louisiana, and Mr. MOORE of Alabama) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Ac-
countability 
A BILL 
To require that information on spending associated with na-
tional emergencies be subject to the same reporting re-
quirements as other Federal funds under the Federal 
Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, 
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 ‘‘National Emergency 
Expenditure Reporting Transparency Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. REPORTING ON SPENDING FOR NATIONAL EMER-
GENCIES. 
(a) FULL DISCLOSURE OF FEDERAL FUNDS.—Sec-
tion 3(b)(1) of the Federal Funding Accountability and 
Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is 
amended— 
(1) in section 3(b)(1)— 
(2) in subparagraph (C)(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ 
at the end; 
(3) in subparagraph (D)(ii) by striking the pe-
riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) beginning not later than 6 months 
after the date of enactment of this subpara-
graph, for each national emergency declared by 
the President under section 201 of the National 
Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C. 1621)— 
‘‘(i) the amount— 
‘‘(I) of budget authority appro-
priated; 
‘‘(II) that is obligated; 
‘‘(III) of unobligated balances; 
and 
‘‘(IV) of any other budgetary re-
sources; and 
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‘‘(ii) from which accounts and in what 
amount appropriations are obligated and 
outlays are made— 
‘‘(I) by object class; and 
‘‘(II) for each program activity.’’. 
(b) DATA STANDARDS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 4(b) of the Federal 
Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 
2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (6) by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(B) in paragraph (7) by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) include unique identifiers for Federal 
funds made available or expended with respect to 
each national emergency declared by the President 
under section 201 of the National Emergencies Act 
(50 U.S.C. 1621).’’. 
(2) UPDATES.—Not later than 6 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of 
the Office of Management and Budget and the Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall update the data stand-
ards established under section 4(a) of the Federal 
Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 
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2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note(a)) to comply with the 
amendments made by this section. 
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