I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 598 
To provide taxpayers with an annual report disclosing the cost and perform-
ance of Government programs and areas of duplication among them, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 28, 2015 
Mr. WALBERG (for himself, Mr. COOPER, Mr. BOST, Mr. KELLY of Pennsyl-
vania, and Mr. LONG) 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 and performance of Government programs and areas 
of duplication among them, 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’’. 
SEC. 2. COST AND PERFORMANCE OF GOVERNMENT PRO-
GRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1122(a) of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as 
paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; 
(2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so re-
designated, the following: 
‘‘(1) DEFINITION OF PROGRAM.—For purposes 
of this subsection, the term ‘program’ means an or-
ganized set of activities by 1 or more agencies di-
rected toward a common purpose or goal.’’; 
(3) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated— 
(A) by striking ‘‘IN GENERAL.—Not later 
than October 1, 2012, the Office of Manage-
ment 
and 
Budget 
shall’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘WEBSITE
AND
PROGRAM
INVENTORY.—The 
Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall’’; and 
(B) by striking subparagraph (C) and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(C) include on the website— 
‘‘(i) a program inventory that shall 
identify each program of the Federal Gov-
ernment, which shall include— 
‘‘(I) any activity that is com-
monly referred to as a program; 
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(D) in subparagraph (C), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting a semicolon; 
and 
(E) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) an identification of the specific stat-
ute that authorizes the program and any regu-
lations specific to the program; 
‘‘(E) for any program that provides grants 
or other financial assistance to individuals or 
entities, for the most recent fiscal year— 
‘‘(i) an estimate of the number of in-
dividuals served by the program and bene-
ficiaries who received financial assistance 
under the program; and 
‘‘(ii) an estimate of— 
‘‘(I) the number of full-time 
equivalents who administer the pro-
gram; and 
‘‘(II) the number of full-time 
equivalents whose salary is paid in 
part or full by the Federal Govern-
ment through a grant, contract, coop-
erative agreement, or another form of 
financial award or assistance who ad-
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minister or assist in any way in ad-
ministering the program; 
‘‘(F) links to any evaluation, assessment, 
or program performance reviews by the agency, 
an Inspector General, or the Government Ac-
countability Office (including program perform-
ance reports required under section 1116) re-
leased during the preceding 5 years; and 
‘‘(G) to the extent available, financial in-
formation for each program required to be re-
ported under section 3(b) of the Federal Fund-
ing Accountability and Transparency Act of 
2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note), or a direct link to 
such information for a specific program on the 
website established under section 2 of that 
Act.’’. 
(b) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget— 
(1) shall issue guidance to agencies to identify 
how the program activities used in budget or appro-
priations accounts correspond with programs identi-
fied in the program inventory required under section 
1122(a)(2)(A) of title 31, United States Code, as 
amended by subsection (a); and 
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(2) may issue guidance to agencies on more 
closely aligning program activities to the programs 
in the program inventory for purposes of the budget 
of the President submitted to Congress under sec-
tion 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code. 
(c) EXPIRED GRANT FUNDING.—Not later than Feb-
ruary 1 of each fiscal year, the Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget shall publish on the public 
website of the Office of Management and Budget the total 
amount of undisbursed grant funding remaining in grant 
accounts for which the period of availability to the grantee 
has expired. 
SEC. 3. REGULATIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION. 
(a) REGULATIONS.—Not later than 120 days after 
the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Of-
fice of Management and Budget shall prescribe regula-
tions or other guidance to implement this Act, and the 
amendments made by this Act. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.—This Act, and the amend-
ments made by this Act, shall be implemented not later 
than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act. 
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