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Union Calendar No. 266 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3308 
[Report No. 113–358] 
To require a Federal agency to include language in certain educational and 
advertising materials indicating that such materials are produced and 
disseminated at taxpayer expense. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 22, 2013 
Mr. LONG (for himself and Mr. WESTMORELAND) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform 
FEBRUARY 25, 2014 
Additional sponsors: Mrs. BACHMANN, Mr. BARLETTA, Mrs. BLACK, Mrs. 
BLACKBURN, Mr. BRADY of Texas, Mrs. BROOKS of Indiana, Mr. 
CHABOT, Mr. COBLE, Mr. COLE, Mr. COLLINS of New York, Mr. CON-
AWAY, Mr. COOK, Mr. CULBERSON, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. 
DENHAM, Mr. DUNCAN of South Carolina, Mr. DUNCAN of Tennessee, 
Mr. FARENTHOLD, Mr. FLEISCHMANN, Mr. FLEMING, Mr. FORBES, Mr. 
GARRETT, Mr. GERLACH, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. GRIFFIN of Arkansas, Mr. 
HALL, Mrs. HARTZLER, Mr. HENSARLING, Mr. HOLDING, Mr. 
HULTGREN, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio, Mr. SAM JOHNSON of 
Texas, Mr. KELLY of Pennsylvania, Mr. LAMBORN, Mr. LANKFORD, Mr. 
LUCAS, Mrs. LUMMIS, Mr. MCCLINTOCK, Mr. MCHENRY, Mr. MILLER of 
Florida, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. PAULSEN, 
Mr. PERRY, Mr. PETRI, Mr. PITTS, Mr. PRICE of Georgia, Mr. RIBBLE, 
Mr. ROHRABACHER, Mr. ROONEY, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. ROTHFUS, Mr. SEN-
SENBRENNER, Mr. SMITH of New Jersey, Mr. SMITH of Missouri, Mr. 
STOCKMAN, Mr. STUTZMAN, Mr. TERRY, Mr. THOMPSON of Pennsyl-
vania, Mr. TURNER, Mr. UPTON, Mr. WALBERG, Mrs. WALORSKI, Mr. 
WEBER of Texas, Mr. WILLIAMS, Mr. WITTMAN, Mr. WOMACK, Mr. 
WOODALL, Mr. YOHO, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. DUFFY, Mr. GRAVES 
of Missouri, Mr. AMODEI, Mr. BUCHANAN, Mr. CHAFFETZ, Mr. DIAZ- 
BALART, Mrs. ELLMERS, Mr. GUTHRIE, Mr. JORDAN, Mr. LAMALFA, 
Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. MULLIN, Mr. POE of Texas, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, 
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Mr. GINGREY of Georgia, Mr. BACHUS, Mr. BARTON, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. 
CALVERT, Mr. DENT, Mr. FINCHER, Mr. FLORES, Mr. GIBSON, Mr. 
GOWDY, Mr. HARRIS, Mr. LANCE, Mr. MCKEON, Mrs. MCMORRIS ROD-
GERS, Mr. MICA, Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California, Mr. RADEL, Mr. 
ROKITA, Mr. SCHOCK, Mr. LUETKEMEYER, Mrs. WAGNER, Mr. KLINE, 
Mr. CRAWFORD, Mr. LATTA, Mr. PITTENGER, Mr. BENTIVOLIO, and Mr. 
GOSAR 
FEBRUARY 25, 2014 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on October 22, 2013] 
A BILL 
To require a Federal agency to include language in certain 
educational and advertising materials indicating that 
such materials are produced and disseminated at tax-
payer expense. 
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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 ‘‘Taxpayer Transparency 
Act of 2014’’. 
SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR PRINTED MATERIALS AND AD-
VERTISEMENTS BY FEDERAL AGENCIES. 
(a) REQUIREMENT TO IDENTIFY FUNDING SOURCE 
FOR COMMUNICATION FUNDED BY FEDERAL AGENCY.— 
Each communication funded by a Federal agency that is 
an advertisement, or that provides information about any 
Federal Government program, benefit, or service, shall 
clearly state— 
(1) in the case of a printed communication, in-
cluding mass mailings, signs, and billboards, that the 
communication is printed or published at taxpayer 
expense; and 
(2) in the case of a communication transmitted 
through radio, television, the Internet, or any means 
other than the means referred to in paragraph (1), 
that the communication is produced or disseminated 
at taxpayer expense. 
(b) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) PRINTED
COMMUNICATION.—Any printed 
communication described in subsection (a)(1) shall— 
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(iii) to the extent feasible, that also ap-
pears in writing at the end of the commu-
nication in a clearly readable manner with 
a reasonable degree of color contrast between 
the background and the printed statement, 
for a period of at least 4 seconds. 
(C) E-MAIL COMMUNICATION.—Any e-mail 
communication described in subsection (a)(2) 
shall include the information required under that 
subsection, displayed in a manner that— 
(i) is of sufficient type size to be clear-
ly readable by the recipient of the commu-
nication; 
(ii) is set apart from the other contents 
of the communication; and 
(iii) includes a reasonable degree of 
color contrast between the background and 
the printed statement. 
(c) IDENTIFICATION OF OTHER FUNDING SOURCE FOR 
CERTAIN COMMUNICATIONS.—In the case of a communica-
tion funded entirely by user fees, by any other source that 
does not include Federal funds, or by a combination of such 
fees or other source, a Federal agency may apply the re-
quirements of subsections (a) and (b) by substituting ‘‘by 
the United States Government’’ for ‘‘at taxpayer expense’’. 
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(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) FEDERAL AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Federal agen-
cy’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘Executive agen-
cy’’ in section 133 of title 41, United States Code. 
(2) MASS MAILING.—The term ‘‘mass mailing’’ 
means any mailing or distribution of 499 or more 
newsletters, pamphlets, or other printed matter with 
substantially identical content, whether such matter is 
deposited singly or in bulk, or at the same time or 
different times, except that such term does not include 
any mailing— 
(A) in direct response to a communication 
from a person to whom the matter is mailed; or 
(B) of a news release to the communications 
media. 
(e) SOURCE OF FUNDS.—The funds used by a Federal 
agency to carry out this Act shall be derived from amounts 
made available to the agency for advertising, or for pro-
viding information about any Federal Government pro-
gram, benefit, or service. 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section shall apply only 
to communications printed or otherwise produced after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. 
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SEC. 3. GUIDANCE FOR IMPLEMENTATION. 
Not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall develop and issue guidance on implementing 
the requirements of this Act. 
SEC. 4. JUDICIAL REVIEW AND ENFORCEABILITY. 
(a) JUDICIAL REVIEW.—There shall be no judicial re-
view of compliance or noncompliance with any provision 
of this Act. 
(b) ENFORCEABILITY.—No provision of this Act shall 
be construed to create any right or benefit, substantive or 
procedural, enforceable by any administrative or judicial 
action. 
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Union Calendar No. 266 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 3308 
[Report No. 113–358] 
A BILL 
To require a Federal agency to include language in 
certain educational and advertising materials in-
dicating that such materials are produced and 
disseminated at taxpayer expense. 
FEBRUARY 25, 2014 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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