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118TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 8690 
To amend the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 
2006 to ensure that other transaction agreements are reported to 
USAspending.gov, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 11, 2024 
Mr. MOORE of Alabama (for himself and Mr. PANETTA) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Ac-
countability 
A BILL 
To amend the Federal Funding Accountability and Trans-
parency Act of 2006 to ensure that other transaction 
agreements are reported to USAspending.gov, 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 ‘‘Stop Secret Spending 
Act of 2024’’. 
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SEC. 2. OTHER TRANSACTION AGREEMENT REPORTING. 
(a) OTHER TRANSACTION AGREEMENTS.—Section 
2(a) of the Federal Funding Accountability and Trans-
parency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (4)(A)(ii), by striking ‘‘and 
delivery orders’’ and inserting ‘‘delivery orders, and 
other transaction agreements’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (7)— 
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
‘‘(2)(A)(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘(4)(A)(i)’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘(2)(A)(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘(4)(A)(ii)’’. 
(b) DATA STANDARDS.—Section 4 of the Federal 
Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 
(31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(e) OTHER TRANSACTION AGREEMENT IDENTI-
FIERS.—Not later than 90 days after the date of enact-
ment of the Stop Secret Spending Act of 2024, the Sec-
retary shall create a unique identifier for data relating to 
other transaction agreements made available on the 
website established under section 2.’’. 
(c) ANNUAL REPORT ON UNREPORTED FUNDING.— 
Section 2 of the Federal Funding Accountability and 
Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(h) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of the Stop Secret Spending Act 
of 2024, and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall post 
to the website established under this section a report that 
includes— 
‘‘(1) the total amount of Federal spending on 
Federal awards, data for which has not been posted 
to the website; and 
‘‘(2) with respect to the Federal spending de-
scribed in paragraph (1)— 
‘‘(A) the categories of the Federal spend-
ing; and 
‘‘(B) the reason data on the Federal 
spending has not been posted to the website, in-
cluding whether the Federal spending was— 
‘‘(i) national security-related or classi-
fied; 
‘‘(ii) a grant or contract awarded or 
entered into by a legislative or judicial 
branch agency; or 
‘‘(iii) a subaward below a primary 
subaward.’’. 
SEC. 3. OTHER AMENDMENTS. 
(a) INSPECTOR GENERAL REPORTS.—Section 6(a) of 
the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency 
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Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is amended by striking 
paragraph (2) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(2) DEADLINES.—The Inspector General of 
each Federal agency shall submit to Congress and 
make publicly available a report described in para-
graph (1)(B)— 
‘‘(A) not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of the Stop Secret Spending Act 
of 2024; and 
‘‘(B) not less than every two years there-
after, to be submitted on the same date as the 
report required under section 3521(f) or 
9105(a)(3) of title 31, United States Code, for 
that respective fiscal year; and.’’. 
(b) FULL DISCLOSURE OF FEDERAL FUNDS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 3 of the Federal 
Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 
2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is amended— 
(A) in subsection (b)— 
(i) paragraph (1), in the matter pre-
ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘a 
Federal agency or component of a Federal 
agency’’and inserting ‘‘a Federal agency or 
a component of a Federal agency included 
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on the list posted under subsection (e)(2)’’; 
and 
(ii) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking 
‘‘to be posted’’ and inserting ‘‘to be posted 
by a Federal agency or a component of a 
Federal agency included on the list posted 
under subsection (e)(2)’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(c) QUALITY OF INFORMATION.—The Secretary and 
the Director, in consultation with the heads of Federal 
agencies, shall ensure that the information to be posted 
under subsection (b) that is posted by a Federal agency 
or component of a Federal agency is complete and accu-
rate. 
‘‘(d) DISPLAY STANDARDS.—The Secretary, in con-
sultation with the Director, shall ensure that the heads 
of Federal agencies that post information under sub-
section (b) comply with display standards established by 
the Secretary. 
‘‘(e) AGENCY REPORTING DETERMINATION.—Not 
later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the Stop 
Secret Spending Act of 2024, and not less frequently than 
once every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary, in coordina-
tion with the Director, shall— 
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