SEC. 
2. 
DISCLOSURE 
REQUIREMENTS 
FOR 
FEDERAL 
FUNDS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subchapter III of chapter 13 of 
title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘§ 1356. Disclosure requirements for Federal funds 
‘‘(a) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘agency’ 
means— 
‘‘(1) an Executive agency, as defined in section 
105 of title 5; and 
‘‘(2) an independent regulatory agency, as de-
fined in section 3502 of title 44. 
‘‘(b) DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS.—An agency and 
an individual or entity (including a State or local govern-
ment and a recipient of a Federal research grant) carrying 
out a program, project, or activity that is, in whole or in 
part, carried out using Federal funds shall clearly state 
in any statement, press release, request for proposals, bid 
solicitation, or other document describing the program, 
project, or activity, other than a communication con-
taining not more than 280 characters— 
‘‘(1) the percentage of the total costs of the 
program, project, or activity which will be financed 
with Federal funds; 
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‘‘(2) the dollar amount of the Federal funds 
made available for the program, project, or activity; 
and 
‘‘(3) the percentage of the total costs of, and 
dollar amount for, the program, project, or activity 
that will be financed by nongovernmental sources. 
‘‘(c) CERTIFICATION.—An individual or entity car-
rying out a program, project, or activity that is, in whole 
or in part, carried out using Federal funds shall, as part 
of the performance progress reporting regarding the pro-
gram, project, or activity, include a certification indicating 
whether the individual or entity complied with the disclo-
sure requirements. 
‘‘(d) COMPLIANCE REVIEW.—The Director of the Of-
fice of Management and Budget shall annually— 
‘‘(1) review a random sampling of public com-
munications issued by agencies and recipients of 
Federal funds for compliance with the disclosure re-
quirements under subsection (b); and 
‘‘(2) make publicly available the findings of the 
review under paragraph (1). 
‘‘(e) PUBLIC REPORTING.—Not later than 1 year 
after the date of enactment of this section, the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget shall make avail-
able to the public a mechanism to anonymously report 
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communications that do not comply with the disclosure re-
quirements under subsection (b), which shall require that 
such a report include— 
‘‘(1) the noncompliant communication or, if 
publicly available, the location of the noncompliant 
communication; and 
‘‘(2) identifying information regarding the pro-
gram, project, or activity that is, in whole or in part, 
carried out using Federal funds.’’. 
(b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 
The table of sections for subchapter III of chapter 13 of 
title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘1356. Disclosure requirements for Federal funds.’’. 
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