(B) the name, State, and district of the Mem-
ber of Congress requesting the earmark; 
(C) the name and address of the intended re-
cipient; 
(D) whether the intended recipient is a for-prof-
it or not-for-profit entity; 
(E) the requested amount (only in the case of 
congressional earmarks); 
(F) a brief description of the earmark; and 
(G) the applicable department or agency of the 
Government, and the account or program (if pro-
vided to the committee in the request). 
(2) The centralized database for earmarks referred 
to in paragraph (1) shall be implemented within six 
months after the date of enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 105. ONLINE POSTING OF DISBURSEMENTS FROM 
MEMBERS’ 
REPRESENTATIONAL 
ALLOW-
ANCE. 
(a) REQUIRING POSTING.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—With respect to each session 
of a Congress (beginning with the second session of 
the One Hundred Thirteenth Congress)— 
(A) the Chief Administrative Officer of the 
House of Representatives shall post on the offi-
cial public Internet site of the House of Rep-
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resentatives 
a 
machine-readable 
statement 
showing each disbursement made from the 
Members’ Representational Allowance during 
that session, and include as part of the state-
ment hyperlinks to information on the amount 
of such disbursements which are attributable to 
each specific Member of the House of Rep-
resentatives; and 
(B) except as provided in paragraph (2), 
each Member of the House of Representatives 
shall include on the Member’s official public 
Internet site a hyperlink to the information pro-
vided on the House of Representatives site 
under subparagraph (A) with respect to the dis-
bursements made by the Member. 
(2) EXCEPTION
FOR
FORMER
MEMBERS.— 
Paragraph (1)(B) does not apply to any individual 
who is not a Member of the House of Representa-
tives at the time the Chief Administrative Officer 
posts the statement described in paragraph (1)(A). 
(b) SOURCE
OF INFORMATION.—The information 
provided on the House of Representatives site under sub-
section (a)(1) shall be based on the reports of disburse-
ments for the operations of the House of Representatives 
which are submitted by the Chief Administrative Officer 
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under section 106 of the House of Representatives Admin-
istrative Reform Technical Corrections Act (2 U.S.C. 
104b). 
(c) DEADLINES.— 
(1) CHIEF
ADMINISTRATIVE
OFFICER.—The 
Chief Administrative Officer shall post the informa-
tion required under subsection (a)(1) with respect to 
a session of Congress not later than 30 days after 
the publication of the final report of disbursements 
for the operations of the House of Representatives 
(as described in subsection (b)) for that session. 
(2) MEMBERS.—Each Member of the House of 
Representatives shall meet the requirements of sub-
section (a)(2) not later than 5 days after the Chief 
Administrative Officer posts the information re-
quired under subsection (a)(1) with respect to a ses-
sion of Congress. 
(d) MEMBER DEFINED.—In this section, a ‘‘Member 
of the House of Representatives’’ includes a Delegate or 
Resident Commissioner to the Congress. 
SEC. 106. GAO STUDY AND REPORT ON EFFECTS OF WRIT-
TEN REQUESTS BY MEMBERS OF CONGRESS 
FOR FUNDING OF PROJECTS. 
(a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General shall conduct 
a study of the effect of written requests to carry out and 
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provide funding for projects and activities which are sub-
mitted to offices of the executive branch by Members of 
Congress on the decisions made by such offices regarding 
the funding of those projects and activities. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall 
submit to Congress a report on the study conducted under 
subsection (a). 
TITLE II—ENHANCING PUBLIC 
ACCESS TO THE WORK OF 
CONGRESSIONAL 
COMMIT-
TEES, 
LEGISLATION, 
AND 
VOTES 
SEC. 201. INCREASED TRANSPARENCY OF COMMITTEE 
WORK. 
(a) IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.—Clause 
1 of rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
is amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
‘‘(e)(1) Each committee shall post on its Internet 
website the public hearings and markup schedules of the 
committee and each of its subcommittees at the same time 
that information is made available to members of the com-
mittee. 
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‘‘(2) For each hearing and markup for which infor-
mation is posted under subparagraph (1), the committee 
shall post on its Internet website within 45 days the fol-
lowing: the topic, related legislation, testimony of wit-
nesses, opening statements of the chair and ranking mi-
nority member, transcripts, and audio and video record-
ings. 
‘‘(3) Within 24 hours after a committee or sub-
committee orders any bill or resolution to be reported, the 
committee or subcommittee, as applicable, shall post on 
its Internet website all amendments that were agreed to, 
except for technical and conforming changes authorized by 
the committee or subcommittee.’’. 
(b) IN THE SENATE.—Comparable language to be 
added by the Senate. 
SEC. 202. INCREASED TRANSPARENCY OF COMMITTEE 
SCHEDULES THROUGH THE CLERK. 
Clause 2 of rule II of the Rules of the House of Rep-
resentatives is amended by adding at the end the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(l) The House Committees shall provide to the 
Clerk, in a structured data format, a complete list 
of all public hearing and markup schedules of com-
mittees and subcommittees as soon as publically 
available; and the Clerk shall post this information 
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on its Web site, including links to committee 
websites.’’. 
SEC. 203. INCREASED TRANSPARENCY OF RECORDED 
VOTES. 
(a) ADDITIONAL DUTIES OF THE CLERK OF THE 
HOUSE AND THE SECRETARY OF THE SENATE.—The 
Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary 
of the Senate shall post on the public Internet site of the 
Office of the Clerk or of the Secretary, respectively, a 
record, organized by the name of each Member or Senator, 
in a structured data format, of the recorded votes of that 
Member or Senator, including the roll, date, issue, ques-
tion, result, and title or description of the vote, and any 
cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office related 
to the vote. 
(b) WEB LINK.—Each Member shall provide a link 
to the Clerk of the House of Representatives of a list of 
recorded votes from that Member’s website, and each Sen-
ator shall provide a link to the Secretary of the Senate 
of a list of recorded votes from that Senator’s website. 
(c) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term 
‘‘Member’’ means a Representative in Congress, a delegate 
to Congress, or the Resident Commissioner from Puerto 
Rico. 
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(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply to 
recorded votes occurring after the date of enactment of 
this Act. 
SEC. 204. ELECTRONIC FORMAT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 2 of title 1 of the United 
States Code is amended by adding, after section 107, the 
following new section: 
‘‘§ 107a. Electronic format 
‘‘To the extent practicable, all bills, resolutions, or-
ders, and votes shall be created, exchanged, and published 
in searchable electronic formats, consistent with data 
standards recommended by such advisory bodies as Con-
gress may establish.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions at the beginning of chapter 2 of title 1 of the United 
States Code is amended by adding after the item relating 
to section 107 the following new item: 
‘‘107a. Electronic format.’’. 
SEC. 205. CONGRESSIONAL DATA TASK FORCE. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Clerk of the House and 
the Secretary of the Senate shall establish an advisory 
Congressional Data Task Force to recommend data stand-
ards for the creation, exchange, and publication of con-
gressional information. 
(b) COMPOSITION.—The Congressional Data Task 
Force shall be composed of staff representatives of the 
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Clerk of the House, the Secretary of the Senate, the Li-
brary of Congress, the Congressional Research Service, 
the Government Publishing Office, the Center for Legisla-
tive Archives, such other congressional offices and agen-
cies may be necessary, and representatives of the public. 
(c) DATA STANDARDS.—All data standards rec-
ommended by the Congressional Data Task Force shall 
be nonproprietary and machine-readable. 
(d) SCOPE.—The Congressional Data Task Force 
shall recommend data standards for congressional infor-
mation, including all bills, amendments, Acts, reports, 
committee hearing/meeting notices, the United States 
Code, and other legislative documents and records. 
SEC. 206. USE OF DATA STANDARDS BY CONGRESSIONAL 
SUPPORT OFFICES. 
All congressional support offices shall, to the extent 
practicable, use the data standards recommended by the 
Congressional Data Task Force for the congressional in-
formation that they create, exchange, and/or publish. 
TITLE III—ENHANCING PUBLIC 
ACCESS TO CONGRESSIONAL 
RESEARCH SERVICE 
SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This title may be cited as the 
‘‘Public Access to Congressional Research Service Reports 
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Resolution of 2015’’ or the ‘‘Congressional Research Serv-
ice Electronic Accessibility Resolution of 2015’’. 
(b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) The Congressional Research Service, a spe-
cial reference unit within the Library of Congress, 
offers invaluable research and analysis to Members 
of Congress on all current and emerging issues of 
national policy. 
(2) The Congressional Research Service staff of 
approximately 700 employees, including lawyers, 
economists, reference librarians, and social, natural, 
and physical scientists, are governed by require-
ments for accuracy, objectivity, balance, and non-
partisanship. 
(3) The Congressional Research Service has a 
responsibility to ensure that Members of Congress 
have available the best possible information and 
analysis on which to base the policy decisions the 
American people have elected them to make. 
(4) It is often burdensome, difficult, and time- 
consuming for citizens to obtain access to objective 
and nonpartisan policy analysis on issues affecting 
their interests. 
(5) It will enhance our democracy to provide 
citizens with access to unbiased and accurate CRS 
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documents on legislation and other critical issues be-
fore Congress. 
(6) Allowing public access to CRS will empower 
citizens and enable Members of Congress to become 
even more effective ‘‘representatives’’ of the public’s 
concerns and goals. 
SEC. 302. AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN CONGRESSIONAL RE-
SEARCH SERVICE INFORMATION. 
(a) ESTABLISHMENT AND MAINTENANCE OF DATA-
BASE OF INFORMATION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Clerk of the House of 
Representatives, in consultation with the Director of 
the Congressional Research Service, shall establish 
and 
maintain 
a 
centralized, 
searchable, 
bulk 
downloadable, electronic database consisting of— 
(A) all of the information described in 
paragraph (2) that is available to Members, of-
ficers, employees, and offices of the House of 
Representatives through the Congressional Re-
search Service website; and 
(B) in accordance with subsection (b), an 
index of the information described in subpara-
graph (A). 
(2) INFORMATION
DESCRIBED.—The informa-
tion described in this paragraph is as follows: 
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(A) Congressional Research Service Issue 
Briefs. 
(B) Congressional Research Service Re-
ports. 
(C) Congressional Research Service Au-
thorization of Appropriations Products and Ap-
propriations Products. 
(D) Materials intended or available for 
general congressional distribution that are the 
same or substantially similar in content to CRS 
Reports, Issue Briefs, and Appropriations Prod-
ucts. 
(3) SPECIFIC INFORMATION FOR MATERIALS IN-
CLUDED.—With respect to each issue brief, product, 
or report included in the database under this sub-
section, the Clerk shall include— 
(A) the name and identification number; 
(B) the dates of initial release and updates 
(if any); and 
(C) the Congressional Research Service di-
vision or divisions that were responsible for its 
production. 
(4) UPDATES.—The Clerk, in consultation with 
the Director, shall ensure that the information in 
the database under this subsection is updated auto-
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matically and electronically to reflect the availability 
of new information and updates to existing informa-
tion described in paragraph (2). 
(5) INITIAL INFORMATION.—The initial estab-
lishment of the database under this subsection shall 
include all of the contents described in paragraph 
(1) as of the date on which this resolution is agreed 
to. 
(b) INDEX OF DATABASE INFORMATION.—In addi-
tion to the database under subsection (a), the Clerk, in 
consultation with the Director, shall establish and main-
tain contemporaneously a website containing a searchable, 
sortable index of all of the information in the database 
in both human-readable and machine-readable formats 
(such as XML) that includes for each issue brief, product, 
or report in the database— 
(1) the name and identification number; 
(2) the dates of initial release and updates (if 
any); and 
(3) the Congressional Research Service division 
or divisions that were responsible for its production. 
(c) LIMITATIONS.— 
(1) CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION.—Subsections 
(a) and (b) do not apply to— 
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(A) any information that is confidential, as 
determined by— 
(i) the Director, or 
(ii) the head of a Federal department 
or agency that provided the information to 
the Congressional Research Service; or 
(B) any document that— 
(i) is the product of a confidential re-
search request made by a Member, officer, 
employee, or office of the House of Rep-
resentatives; 
(ii) has not been distributed to any in-
dividual or office other than the individual 
or office making the request; and 
(iii) is not intended for distribution to 
any person other than the individual or of-
fice making the request. 
(2) REDACTION
AND
REVISION.—In carrying 
out this section, the Clerk, on the basis of informa-
tion provided by the Director, may— 
(A) remove from the information included 
in the database (including from the issue brief, 
product, or report itself) the name and contact 
information regarding an employee of the Con-
gressional Research Service; 
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(B) remove from the information included 
in the database (including from the issue brief, 
product, or report itself) any material for which 
the Director determines that including the in-
formation on the database may infringe the 
copyright of a work protected under title 17, 
United States Code; and 
(C) make any changes in the information 
included in the database (including from the 
issue brief, product, or report itself) that the 
Director determines necessary to ensure that 
the information is accurate and current, except 
that if the Clerk makes any such change with 
respect to any material in the database, the 
Clerk shall indicate in the database (with such 
notation as the Clerk considers appropriate) 
that more current information is available with 
respect to the material than the information 
provided in the database. 
(3) METHOD OF REDACTION.—The Clerk shall 
carry out any redaction under paragraph (2)(C) in 
a manner which removes the least amount of mate-
rial necessary to carry out the purposes of the redac-
tion. 
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(4) ASSISTANCE FROM DIRECTOR FOR AUTO-
MATIC REDACTION.—The Clerk shall consult with 
the Director to ensure the availability and implemen-
tation of such technology as may be necessary to fa-
cilitate the automatic redaction of information under 
this subsection. 
(d) FURNISHING OF NECESSARY INFORMATION.— 
The Clerk shall consult with the Director to ensure that 
the Clerk is provided with all of the information necessary 
to carry out this section in such format as the Clerk con-
siders appropriate. 
SEC. 303. OTHER METHODS OF PUBLIC ACCESS. 
(a) ACCESS THROUGH WEBSITES OF MEMBERS AND 
COMMITTEES.—Each official public website of a Member 
of the House of Representatives, a committee of the House 
of Representatives, or a joint committee of the Congress 
shall permit members of the public to use the website to 
obtain the information contained in the database estab-
lished under section 302, in the same manner and to the 
same extent as Members, officers, employees, and offices 
of the House of Representatives may obtain such informa-
tion through the Congressional Research Service website. 
(b) REGULATIONS.—Subsection (a) shall be carried 
out in accordance with regulations promulgated by the 
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Committee on House Administration of the House of Rep-
resentatives. 
SEC. 304. DEFINITIONS. 
In this title— 
(1) the term ‘‘Clerk’’ means the Clerk of the 
House of Representatives; 
(2) the term ‘‘Director’’ means the Director of 
the Congressional Research Service; and 
(3) the term ‘‘Member of the House of Rep-
resentatives’’ includes a Delegate or Resident Com-
missioner to the Congress. 
SEC. 305. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
This title shall take effect upon the expiration of the 
6-month period which begins on the date of the enactment 
of this Act, without regard to whether the regulations de-
scribed in section 303(b) or any other regulations have 
been promulgated prior to the expiration of such period. 
TITLE IV—LOBBYING 
DISCLOSURE 
SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Lobbyist Disclosure 
Enhancement Act’’. 
SEC. 402. MODIFICATIONS TO ENFORCEMENT. 
(a) LOBBYING DISCLOSURE ACT TASK FORCE.— 
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(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Attorney General 
shall establish the Lobbying Disclosure Act Enforce-
ment Task Force (in this subsection referred to as 
the ‘‘Task Force’’). 
(2) FUNCTIONS.—The Task Force— 
(A) shall have primary responsibility for 
investigating and prosecuting each case referred 
to the Attorney General under section 6(a)(8) 
of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 
U.S.C. 1605(a)(8)); 
(B) shall collect and disseminate informa-
tion with respect to the enforcement of the Lob-
bying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1601 et 
seq.); 
(C) shall audit, at a minimum on an an-
nual basis, and as frequently as deemed nec-
essary by the Task Force, the extent of compli-
ance or noncompliance with the requirements of 
the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 by lobby-
ists, lobbying firms, and registrants under that 
Act through a random sampling of lobbying 
registrations and reports filed under that Act 
during each calendar year; and 
(D) shall establish, publicize, and operate a 
toll-free telephone number to serve as a hotline 
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for members of the public to report noncompli-
ance with lobbyist disclosure requirements 
under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, 
and shall develop a mechanism to allow mem-
bers of the public to report such noncompliance 
online. 
(b) REFERRAL OF CASES TO THE ATTORNEY GEN-
ERAL.—Section 6(a) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 
1995 (2 U.S.C. 1605(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘United 
States Attorney for the District of Columbia’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Attorney General’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘United 
States Attorney for the District of Columbia’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Attorney General’’. 
(c) RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVED ENFORCE-
MENT.—The Attorney General may make recommenda-
tions to Congress with respect to— 
(1) the enforcement of and compliance with the 
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995; and 
(2) the need for resources available for the en-
hanced enforcement of the Lobbying Disclosure Act 
of 1995. 
(d) INFORMATION
IN ENFORCEMENT REPORTS.— 
Section 6(b)(1) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 
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(2 U.S.C. 1605(b)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘by case’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘public record’’ and inserting 
‘‘by case and name of the individual lobbyists or lobbying 
firms involved, any sentences imposed’’. 
SEC. 403. DEFINITION OF LOBBYIST. 
Section 3(10) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 
(2 U.S.C. 1602(10)) is amended by striking ‘‘, other than 
an individual’’ and all that follows through ‘‘period’’. 
SEC. 404. EXPEDITED ONLINE REGISTRATION OF LOBBY-
ISTS; EXPANSION OF REGISTRANTS. 
Section 4(a) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 
(2 U.S.C. 1603(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘45 days’’ and inserting 
‘‘10 days’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘, or on the first business 
day after such 45th day if such 45th day is not 
a business day,’’ and inserting ‘‘, or on the first 
business day occurring after such 10th day if 
such 10th day does not occur on a business 
day,’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘online’’ after ‘‘shall reg-
ister’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (2)— 
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(A) by striking ‘‘Any organization’’ and in-
serting the following: 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), any organization’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) THRESHOLD FOR CERTAIN ORGANI-
ZATIONS.—In the case of an organization whose 
employees who are lobbyists engage in lobbying 
activities only on behalf of the organization, the 
organization is required to register under this 
subsection only if the lobbying activities of each 
such employee includes or is expected to include 
more than one lobbying contact.’’. 
SEC. 405. DISCLOSURE OF POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS. 
Section 5(d)(1) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 
1995 (2 U.S.C. 1604(d)(1)) is amended— 
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 
by striking ‘‘30 days after’’ and all that follows 
through ‘‘30th day is not’’ and inserting ‘‘20 days 
after the end of the quarterly period beginning on 
the first day of January, April, July, and October of 
each year, or on the first business day after such 
20th day if such 20th day is not’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘semiannual period’’ each place 
it appears and inserting ‘‘quarterly period’’. 
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SEC. 406. IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS FOR LOBBYISTS. 
Section 6(a)(3) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 
1995 (2 U.S.C. 1605(a)(3)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (A); 
(2) by adding ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon the 
end of subparagraph (B); and 
(3) by adding after subparagraph (B) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(C) a system that assigns an identifica-
tion number for each lobbyist for whom a reg-
istration or report is filed under this Act;’’. 
SEC. 407. ETHICS TRAINING FOR LOBBYISTS. 
(a) REQUIRED ETHICS TRAINING.—Any individual 
who is a lobbyist registered or required to register under 
section 4 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 
U.S.C. 1603) shall— 
(1) complete ethics training described in sub-
section (b)— 
(A) not later than 6 months after the indi-
vidual is first employed or retained for services 
that include one or more lobbying contacts; and 
(B) at least once in each 5-year period 
during which the individual is registered or re-
quired to register under section 4; and 
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(2) submit to the Clerk of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Secretary of the Senate certifi-
cation of the training completed under paragraph 
(1). 
(b) QUALIFIED TRAINING.—The Ethics Committee 
of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee 
on Ethics of the Senate shall jointly— 
(1) determine the curriculum and certification 
requirements for the ethics training for individuals 
described in subsection (a); 
(2) approve those educational institutions, pro-
fessional associations, or other persons who are 
qualified to provide such ethics training; 
(3) determine the maximum fee that may be 
charged for the ethics training; and 
(4) provide oversight of the ethics training pro-
gram established under this section in order to de-
termine the quality of instruction in, and the admin-
istration of, the training program. 
(c) 
RESPONSIBILITIES
OF
CLERK
AND
SEC-
RETARY.—The Clerk of the House of Representatives and 
the Secretary of the Senate shall— 
(1) collect and review for completion and accu-
racy the certifications of ethics training submitted 
under subsection (a)(2); and 
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(2) post on the websites of the Clerk and the 
Secretary, with respect to each individual required to 
complete ethics training under this section— 
(A) whether the individual has complied 
with such requirement; and 
(B) the certifications submitted by the in-
dividual under subsection (a)(2). 
SEC. 408. ESTIMATES BASED ON TAX REPORTING SYSTEM. 
Section 15 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 
(2 U.S.C. 1610) is repealed. 
SEC. 409. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
(a) SECTION 402.—Section 402 and the amendments 
made by that section take effect upon the expiration of 
the 90-day period beginning on the date of the enactment 
of this Act. 
(b) SECTIONS 403, 404, AND 405.—The amendments 
made by sections 403, 404, and 405 shall take effect on 
the first day of the first quarterly period described in sec-
tion 5(a) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 
U.S.C. 1604(a)) that begins after the end of the 90-day 
period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(c) SECTION 406.—The amendments made by section 
406 shall apply to any registration or report that is filed 
under section 4 or 5 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 
1995— 
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(1) on or after the 90th day after the date of 
the enactment of this Act; or 
(2) before such 90th day, if such registration or 
report is, as of such 90th day, being retained under 
section 6(a)(5) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 
1995 (2 U.S.C. 1605(a)(5)). 
(d) SECTION 407.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 407 shall take effect 
upon the expiration of the 1-year period beginning 
on the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) CURRENT LOBBYISTS.—In the case of indi-
viduals who are registered under section 4 of the 
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1603) as 
of the effective date under paragraph (1), the ethics 
training required under section 407(a)(1) shall be 
completed not later than the end of the 6-month pe-
riod beginning on the effective date under paragraph 
(1) of this subsection, in lieu of the date specified 
in section 407(a)(1). 
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TITLE V—TRANSPARENCY IN 
FEDERAL CONTRACTING 
SEC. 501. IMPROVING APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTER-
FACE AND WEBSITE DATA ELEMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2 of the Federal Funding 
Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (Public Law 
109–282; 31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (2)(A)(ii), by striking 
‘‘and delivery orders’’ and inserting ‘‘lease 
agreements and assignments, and delivery or-
ders’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 
(ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking 
the period and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) programmatically search and access 
all data in a serialized machine readable format 
(such as XML) via a web-services application 
programming interface.’’; and 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (3) the 
following new paragraph: 
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‘‘(4) CONGRESSIONALLY
DIRECTED
SPENDING 
ITEM.—The term ‘congressionally directed spending 
item’ means a provision or report language included 
primarily at the request of a Member of Congress 
providing, authorizing, or recommending a specific 
amount of discretionary budget authority, credit au-
thority, or other spending authority for a contract, 
loan, loan guarantee, grant, loan authority, or other 
expenditure with or to an entity, or targeted to a 
specific State, locality, or congressional district, 
other than through a statutory or administrative for-
mula-driven or competitive award process.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (F), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting semicolon; 
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (G) as 
subparagraph (J); and 
(C) by inserting after subparagraph (F) 
the following new subparagraphs: 
‘‘(G) to the extent possible, the Federal 
agency, including the bureau, office, or subdivi-
sion, that authorized the Federal award; 
‘‘(H) after January 1, 2016, for all con-
tracts, subcontracts, purchase orders, task or-
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ders, lease agreements and assignments, and 
delivery orders— 
‘‘(i) information about the extent of 
competition in making the award, includ-
ing the number of bids or proposals deter-
mined to be responsive during the competi-
tive process, and if the award was not com-
peted, the legal authority and specific ra-
tionale for making the award without full 
and open competition; 
‘‘(ii) the full amount of money that is 
awarded under a contract or, in the case of 
lease agreements or assignments, the 
amount paid to the Government, and the 
full amount of any options to expand or 
extend under a contract; 
‘‘(iii) the amount of the profit incen-
tive, such as award fees; 
‘‘(iv) the type of contract, such as 
fixed price, cost plus pricing, labor hour 
contracts, and time and materials con-
tracts; 
‘‘(v) a permanent link to the original 
solicitation or notice and the solicitation 
ID; 
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‘‘(vi) an indication if the contract is 
the result of legislative mandates, set- 
asides, preference program requirements, 
or other criteria, and whether the contract 
is multi-year, consolidated, or performance 
based; and 
‘‘(vii) an indication if the contract is 
a congressionally directed spending item; 
‘‘(I) after January 1, 2016, for all grants, 
subgrants, loans, awards, cooperative agree-
ments, and other forms of financial assistance, 
an indication if the funding is a congressionally 
directed spending item; and’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as otherwise pro-
vided, the amendments made by subsection (a) shall be 
implemented not later than 6 months after the date of 
the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 502. IMPROVING DATA QUALITY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Federal Funding Account-
ability and Transparency Act of 2006 (Public Law 109– 
282; 31 U.S.C. 6101 note), as amended by section 501, 
is further amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 5. IMPROVING DATA QUALITY. 
‘‘(a) INSPECTOR GENERAL DATA AUDIT.—Each In-
spector General shall annually audit for the previous fiscal 
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year the data used on the website created by this Act for 
the relevant Federal agency of the Inspector General, in 
compliance with generally accepted Government auditing 
standards, and submit a report on such audit to the Direc-
tor of the Office of Management and Budget that includes 
at least the following: 
‘‘(1) A review of data used for the website to 
verify accuracy of the data and assess the process 
used for improving data quality. 
‘‘(2) A review of a statistically representative 
sample of Federal awards to determine whether Fed-
eral agencies have appropriate measures in place to 
review data submissions under this Act for accuracy 
and completeness. 
‘‘(3) An identification and report on new stand-
ards that Inspector General recommends for imple-
mentation by agencies to improve data quality. 
‘‘(b) OMB REPORT.—Not later than April 1 of each 
year, the Director of the Office of Management and Budg-
et shall make each report submitted under subsection (a) 
for the previous fiscal year available to the public, includ-
ing a review of the findings of the audit and recommenda-
tions to improve data quality, through the website created 
by this Act.’’. 
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SEC. 503. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO REPORTING OF 
AWARD DATA. 
(a) REVISION OF GUIDANCE.—The Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget shall revise the Office’s 
guidance to Federal agencies on reporting Federal awards 
to clarify— 
(1) the requirement that award titles describe 
the award’s purpose; and 
(2) requirements for validating and docu-
menting agency award data submitted by Federal 
agencies. 
(b) INCLUSION OF CITY INFORMATION.—The Direc-
tor of the Office of Management and Budget shall include 
information on the city where work is performed in the 
Office’s public reporting of the completeness of agency 
data submissions. 
SEC. 504. RECIPIENT PERFORMANCE TRANSPARENCY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Federal Funding Account-
ability and Transparency Act of 2006 (Public Law 109– 
282; 31 U.S.C. 6101 note), as amended by sections 501 
and 502, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘SEC. 6. RECIPIENT PERFORMANCE TRANSPARENCY AND 
PAST PERFORMANCE. 
‘‘The Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall ensure that the unique identifier required in 
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section 2(b)(1)(E) that is used to link information about 
the entity receiving the award on the searchable website 
is also used to link information about that entity on the 
Federal Awardee Performance Integrity Information Sys-
tem.’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by 
subsection (a) shall be implemented not later than June 
30, 2015. 
SEC. 505. IMPROVEMENT OF FEDERAL AWARDEE PER-
FORMANCE AND INTEGRITY INFORMATION 
SYSTEM DATABASE. 
(a) REQUIREMENT TO INCLUDE IN DATABASE 10 
YEARS OF INFORMATION ON CERTAIN PERSONS AWARD-
ED FEDERAL CONTRACTS OR GRANTS.—Section 872 of 
the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act 
for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110–417; 122 Stat. 
4555) is amended in subsection (c) by striking ‘‘5-year’’ 
and inserting ‘‘10-year’’. 
(b) REQUIREMENT TO INCLUDE INFORMATION IN 
DATABASE REGARDING CERTAIN JUDGMENTS AND SET-
TLEMENTS.—Section 872 of such Act is further amended 
in subsection (c)(1) by adding at the end the following 
new subparagraphs: 
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‘‘(E) In an administrative proceeding, any 
administrative judgment that does not contain 
an explicit finding or acknowledgment of fault. 
‘‘(F) In a civil proceeding, any settlement 
that does not contain an explicit finding or ac-
knowledgment of fault.’’. 
SEC. 506. FEDERAL CONTRACTOR COMPLIANCE. 
(a) SELF-REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Subsection 
(f) of section 2313 of title 41, United States Code, is 
amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(f) SELF-REPORTING REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(1) CONTRACTS IN EXCESS OF SIMPLIFIED AC-
QUISITION THRESHOLD.—No funds appropriated or 
otherwise made available by any Act may be used for 
any Federal contract for the procurement of prop-
erty or services in excess of the simplified acquisition 
threshold unless the contractor has first made the 
certifications set forth in section 52.209–5 of the 
Federal Acquisition Regulation. 
‘‘(2) CONTRACTS IN EXCESS OF $500,000.—No 
funds appropriated or otherwise made available by 
any Act may be used for any Federal contract for 
the procurement of property or services in excess of 
$500,000 unless the contractor— 
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‘‘(A) certifies that the contractor has sub-
mitted to the Administrator the information re-
quired under subsection (c) and that such infor-
mation is current as of the date of such certifi-
cation; or 
‘‘(B) certifies that the contractor has cu-
mulative active Federal contracts and grants 
with a total value of less than $10,000,000.’’. 
(b) PERIODIC INSPECTION OR REVIEW OF CONTRACT 
FILES.—Section 2313(e)(2) of such title is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) PERIODIC INSPECTION OR REVIEW.— 
The Inspector General of each Federal agency 
shall periodically— 
‘‘(i) conduct an inspection or review of 
the contract files required under subpara-
graph (B) to determine if the agency is 
providing appropriate consideration of the 
information included in the database cre-
ated pursuant to subsection (c); and 
‘‘(ii) submit a report containing the 
results of the inspection or review con-
ducted under clause (i) to the Committee 
on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate and the Committee 
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on Oversight and Government Reform of 
the House of Representatives.’’. 
(c) ANNUAL REPORT.—The Comptroller General of 
the United States shall annually submit a report to the 
appropriate congressional committees describing the ex-
tent to which suspended or debarred contractors on the 
Excluded Parties List System— 
(1) are identified as having received Federal 
contracts on USAspending.gov; or 
(2) were granted waivers from Federal agencies 
from suspension or debarment for purposes of enter-
ing into Federal contracts. 
SEC. 507. IMPROVING ACCESS TO INFORMATION DIS-
CLOSED ON LOBBYING ACTIVITIES. 
(a) INFORMATION FILED WITH THE ADMINISTRATOR 
OF GENERAL SERVICES.—Section 1352(b) of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘file with that 
agency’’ and inserting ‘‘file electronically with the 
Administrator of General Services’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(7) DATABASE
REQUIRED.—The Adminis-
trator of General Services shall establish and main-
tain an online database that is made available to the 
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relevant agency and accessible by the public that 
contains information disclosed pursuant to this sub-
section that is searchable, sortable, machine read-
able, and downloadable.’’. 
(b) DEADLINE FOR DATABASE.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Ad-
ministrator of General Services shall establish the data-
base required by paragraph (7) of section 1352(b) of title 
31, United States Code, as added by subsection (a). 
TITLE VI—EXECUTIVE BRANCH 
TRANSPARENCY 
SEC. 601. REQUIREMENT FOR DISCLOSURE OF FEDERAL 
SPONSORSHIP 
OF 
ALL 
FEDERAL 
ADVER-
TISING OR OTHER COMMUNICATIONS. 
(a) REQUIREMENT.—Except as provided for in sub-
section (b), each advertisement or other communication 
paid for by an agency, either directly or through a contract 
awarded by the agency, shall include a prominent notice 
informing the target audience that the advertisement or 
other communication is paid for by that agency. 
(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The requirement in subsection (a) 
shall not apply to an advertisement or other communica-
tion— 
(1) that is 200 characters or less; or 
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(2) that is distributed through a short message 
service. 
(c) ADVERTISEMENT OR OTHER COMMUNICATIONS 
DEFINED.—In this section, the term ‘‘advertisement or 
other communication’’ includes— 
(1) an advertisement disseminated in any form, 
including print or by any electronic means; and 
(2) a communication by an individual in any 
form, including speech, print, or by any electronic 
means. 
SEC. 602. IMPROVING ACCESS TO INFLUENTIAL EXECUTIVE 
BRANCH 
OFFICIAL’S 
VISITOR 
ACCESS 
RECORDS. 
(a) DISCLOSURE OF WHITE HOUSE VISITOR ACCESS 
RECORDS.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and monthly thereafter, the Presi-
dent shall disclose to the public all White House visitor 
access records for the previous month that are redacted 
in accordance with subsection (c). 
(b) DISCLOSURE
OF
AGENCY
VISITOR
ACCESS 
RECORDS.—Not later than 30 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and monthly thereafter, the head 
of each agency shall disclose to the public all visitor access 
records for the previous month for such agency head that 
are redacted in accordance with subsection (c). 
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(c) INFORMATION NOT DISCLOSED.—The President 
under subsection (a), and the head of the relevant agency 
under subsection (b), as the case may be, may determine 
to not disclose the following information pursuant to this 
section: 
(1) Any information— 
(A) that implicates personal privacy or law 
enforcement concerns (such as date of birth, so-
cial security number, and contact phone num-
ber); 
(B) that implicates the personal safety of 
White House staff (including daily arrival and 
departure); or 
(C) whose release would so threaten na-
tional security interests that it outweighs a 
strong presumption in favor of the public’s in-
terest in disclosure. 
(2) For a non-renewable period of up to a year, 
any information related to purely personal guests of 
the first and second families), but only if the execu-
tive branch’s interest in protecting an unfettered 
consultation conducted in secret strongly outweighs 
the public’s interest in an accountable Government 
free of corruption and political influence. 
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(3) Any information related to a small group of 
particularly sensitive meetings (such as visits of po-
tential Supreme Court nominees). 
SEC. 603. IMPROVING ACCESS TO BUDGET JUSTIFICATIONS 
BY THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDG-
ET. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Beginning with the budget for fis-
cal year 2017, not later than 24 hours after the date on 
which the President submits the budget under section 
1105 of title 31, United States Code, the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget shall make all budget 
justifications available online in a searchable, sortable, 
machine readable, and downloadable format and any elec-
tronic version of the budget shall provide a link to each 
budget justification by the Office of Management and 
Budget. 
(b) DEFINITION.—As used in this section, the term 
‘‘budget justifications’’ refers to the documents an agency 
submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House of Representatives and Senate in support of its 
budget request. The Office of Management and Budget 
prescribes justification materials, which typically explain 
changes between the current appropriations and the 
amounts requested for the next fiscal year and may be 
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referred to in the budget submission of the President 
under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code. 
SEC. 604. IMPROVING RULEMAKING DISCLOSURE FOR THE 
OFFICE OF INFORMATION AND REGULATORY 
AFFAIRS. 
(a) INCLUSION IN THE RULEMAKING DOCKET OF 
DOCUMENTS AND COMMUNICATIONS RELATED TO THE 
IMPLEMENTATION OF CENTRALIZED REGULATORY RE-
VIEW.—As soon as practicable, and not later than 15 days 
after the conclusion of centralized regulatory review for 
a draft proposed or draft final rule, the Administrator of 
the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs shall in-
clude in the rulemaking docket the following: 
(1) A copy of the draft proposed or draft final 
rule and supporting analyses submitted to the Office 
of Information and Regulatory Affairs for review. 
(2) A copy of the draft proposed or draft final 
rule that incorporates substantive changes, if any, 
made to the rule as part of implementing centralized 
regulatory review. 
(3) A document describing in a complete, clear, 
and simple manner all substantive changes made by 
the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs to 
the draft proposed or draft final rule submitted by 
the agency to Office for review. 
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(4) A copy of all documents and written com-
munications (including all electronic mail and elec-
tronic mail file attachments), and a summary of all 
oral communications (including phone calls, phone 
conferences, and meetings), exchanged as part of the 
implementation of the centralized regulatory review 
between or among any of the following: 
(A) The agency responsible for the rule. 
(B) The Office of Information and Regu-
latory Affairs. 
(C) Any other office or entity within the 
Executive Office of the President. 
(D) An agency that is not the agency re-
sponsible for the rule. 
(E) An individual who is not employed 
by— 
(i) the executive branch of the Federal 
Government; or 
(ii) an agency that is not the agency 
responsible for the rule. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) CENTRALIZED REGULATORY REVIEW.—The 
term ‘‘centralized regulatory review’’ means the in-
stitutional process of Presidential oversight of indi-
vidual agency rules governed by Executive Order 
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12866 (58 Fed. Reg. 51735; relating to regulatory 
planning and review), or any successor to such Exec-
utive order. 
(2) RULE.—The term ‘‘rule’’ has the meaning 
given that term in section 551 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
(c) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed to preempt or displace the disclo-
sure requirements under any other provision of law affect-
ing administrative procedure, if such requirements are not 
inconsistent with the requirements of this section. 
SEC. 605. IMPROVING E-FILING DATA COLLECTION AND 
DISTRIBUTION FOR NON-PROFITS. 
(a) MANDATORY
ELECTRONIC
FILING.—Section 
6033 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended 
by redesignating subsection (n) as subsection (o) and by 
inserting after subsection (m) the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(n) MANDATORY ELECTRONIC FILING.—Any orga-
nization required to file a return under this section shall 
file such return in electronic form, using a nonproprietary 
machine-readable data format.’’. 
(b) INSPECTION OF ELECTRONICALLY FILED AN-
NUAL RETURNS.—Subsection (b) of section 6104 of such 
Code is amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Any 
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