section 13103(f)(13), the original source and 
amount or value of any royalties received by the 
reporting individual, the spouse of the reporting 
individual, or a dependent child of the reporting 
individual during the reporting period described 
in subsection (d) or (e) of section 13103, as ap-
plicable, that were received as a result of an in-
vention developed by the reporting individual in 
the course of employment of the reporting indi-
vidual with the United States Government, in-
cluding any royalty interest payment made 
under the Federal Technology Transfer Act of 
1986 (Public Law 99–502; 100 Stat. 1785), an 
amendment made by such Act, or any other ap-
plicable authority.’’. 
(d) REVIEW OF REPORTS.—Section 13107(b) of title 
5, United States Code, is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in the first sentence, by inserting ‘‘and 
shall, in the case of an agency or office and not-
withstanding section 12 of the Stevenson- 
Wydler Technology Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 
3710a) and section 209 of title 35, publish such 
report on the internet website of the agency or 
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office, as the case may be’’ after ‘‘to any person 
requesting such inspection or copy’’; and 
(B) in the second sentence— 
(i) by inserting ‘‘, notwithstanding 
section 12 of the Stevenson-Wydler Tech-
nology Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 3710a) and 
section 209 of title 35,’’ after ‘‘such report 
shall’’; and 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘and, in the case of 
an agency or office, published on the inter-
net website of the agency or office, as the 
case may be,’’ after ‘‘made available for 
public inspection’’; 
(2) by striking paragraph (2) and the matter 
following paragraph (2); 
(3) by redesignating paragraph (3) as para-
graph (2); and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(3) PROCEDURE FOR RELEASING REPORTS TO 
MEMBERS
OF
CONGRESS.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, not later than 30 days after 
receiving a request from a Member of Congress, any 
agency or supervising ethics office in the executive 
branch shall furnish to the Member of Congress a 
copy of any report submitted under subsection (b), 
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which shall be unredacted, except with respect to so-
cial security numbers, dates of birth, home address-
es, rental property addresses, phone numbers, email 
addresses, financial account numbers, signatures, 
and the personally identifiable information of de-
pendent children.’’. 
(e) CONFIDENTIAL REPORTS
AND OTHER ADDI-
TIONAL
REQUIREMENTS.—Section 13109 of title 5, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(1) by redesignating subsections (b) and (c) as 
subsections (f) and (g), respectively; and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(b) ROYALTIES RECEIVED BY CONFIDENTIAL FIL-
ERS.—Notwithstanding section 12(c) of the Stevenson- 
Wydler Technology Innovation Act of 1980 (15 U.S.C. 
3710a(c)) and section 209 of title 35, the information re-
quired to be reported under this section shall include the 
original source and amount or value of any royalties re-
ceived by the reporting individual, or the spouse or any 
dependent child of the reporting individual, that were re-
ceived as a result of an invention, including any royalty 
interest payment made under the Federal Technology 
Transfer Act of 1986 (Public Law 99–502; 100 Stat. 
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1785), an amendment made by such Act, or any other ap-
plicable authority. 
‘‘(c) PROCEDURE
FOR RELEASING REPORTS
TO 
MEMBERS
OF CONGRESS.—Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, not later than 30 days after receiving 
a request from a Member of Congress, any agency or su-
pervising ethics office in the executive branch shall furnish 
to the Member of Congress a copy of any report submitted 
under subsection (a), which shall be unredacted, except 
with respect to social security numbers, dates of birth, 
home addresses, rental property addresses, phone num-
bers, email addresses, financial account numbers, signa-
tures, and the personally identifiable information of de-
pendent children. 
‘‘(d) REPORTS.—Not later than 60 days after the 
date of enactment of the Royalty Transparency Act, and 
each year thereafter, the head of each agency shall submit 
to the Committees on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs and Commerce, Science, and Transpor-
tation of the Senate and the Committees on Oversight and 
Government Reform and Energy and Commerce of the 
House of Representatives, and as to each agency within 
the intelligence community (as that term is defined in sec-
tion 3 of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 
3003)), the head of each such agency shall also submit 
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to the Select Committee on Intelligence of the Senate and 
the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence of the 
House of Representatives, a report relating to confidential 
financial disclosures of officers and employees under the 
jurisdiction of such agency for the preceding fiscal year, 
which shall include— 
‘‘(1) the number of individuals who filed such 
disclosures with the agency under this section, in-
cluding, if applicable, the subcomponent of the agen-
cy that has jurisdiction over the individual and the 
reason for filing confidentially; 
‘‘(2) the number of special Government employ-
ees, as defined in section 202 of title 18, that are 
required to file confidential financial disclosure re-
ports with the agency under this section; and 
‘‘(3) any additional information determined to 
be relevant by the Director of the Office of Govern-
ment Ethics after consultation with the Committees 
on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 
and Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the 
Senate and the Committees on Oversight and Gov-
ernment Reform and Energy and Commerce of the 
House of Representatives. 
‘‘(e) PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF ROYALTIES RECEIVED 
BY CERTAIN FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.— 
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