Title: Transparency in Government Act of 2017
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
Transparency in Government Act of 2017
This bill imposes requirements on Congress, federal agencies, and federal courts to increase transparency and expand public access to information.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4504 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4504

 To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, the Rules of the House 
     of Representatives, the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, the 
  Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, the Duncan Hunter National 
 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009, the Internal Revenue 
    Code of 1986, the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, the 
Financial Stability Act of 2010, and the Federal Funding Accountability 
 and Transparency Act of 2006 to improve access to information in the 
  legislative and executive branches of the Government, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 30, 2017

 Mr. Quigley introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the 
Committees on Rules, House Administration, the Judiciary, Ethics, Ways 
  and Means, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, the Rules of the House 
     of Representatives, the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, the 
  Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, the Duncan Hunter National 
 Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009, the Internal Revenue 
    Code of 1986, the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938, the 
Financial Stability Act of 2010, and the Federal Funding Accountability 
 and Transparency Act of 2006 to improve access to information in the 
  legislative and executive branches of the Government, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Transparency in Government Act of 
2017''.

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    The table of contents is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
TITLE I--IMPROVING ACCESS TO INFORMATION ABOUT MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND 
                         CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES

Sec. 101. Greater disclosure and electronic filing of personal 
                            financial information.
Sec. 102. Greater disclosure of travel reports.
Sec. 103. Greater disclosure of gift reports.
Sec. 104. Greater disclosure of earmarks.
Sec. 105. GAO study and report on effects of written requests by 
                            Members of Congress for funding of 
                            projects.
    TITLE II--ENHANCING PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE WORK OF CONGRESSIONAL 
                   COMMITTEES, LEGISLATION, AND VOTES

   Subtitle A--Access to Legislation, Votes, and Related Information

Sec. 201. Increased transparency of committee work.
Sec. 202. Increased transparency of committee schedules through the 
                            Clerk.
Sec. 203. Increased transparency of recorded votes.
Sec. 204. Electronic format.
Sec. 205. Congressional Data Task Force.
Sec. 206. Use of data standards by congressional support offices.
Sec. 207. Inclusion of digital version of funding tables in reports 
                            accompanying appropriations bills.
         Subtitle B--Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports

Sec. 211. Short title.
Sec. 212. Definitions.
Sec. 213. Establishment of website for congressionally mandated 
                            reports.
Sec. 214. Federal agency responsibilities.
Sec. 215. Removing and altering reports.
Sec. 216. Relationship to the Freedom of Information Act.
Sec. 217. Funding.
Sec. 218. Implementation.
   TITLE III--EQUAL ACCESS TO CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE REPORTS

Sec. 301. Short title.
Sec. 302. Definitions.
Sec. 303. Availability of CRS reports through GPO website.
Sec. 304. Website contents.
Sec. 305. Conforming amendment to duties of CRS.
Sec. 306. Rules of construction.
Sec. 307. Effective date.
                     TITLE IV--LOBBYING DISCLOSURE

Sec. 401. Short title.
Sec. 402. Modifications to enforcement.
Sec. 403. Definition of lobbyist.
Sec. 404. Expedited online registration of lobbyists; expansion of 
                            registrants.
Sec. 405. Disclosure of political contributions.
Sec. 406. Identification numbers for lobbyists.
Sec. 407. Ethics training for lobbyists.
Sec. 408. Estimates based on tax reporting system.
Sec. 409. Effective date.
              TITLE V--TRANSPARENCY IN FEDERAL CONTRACTING

Sec. 501. Improving application programming interface and website data 
                            elements.
Sec. 502. Improving data quality.
Sec. 503. Requirements relating to reporting of award data.
Sec. 504. Recipient performance transparency.
Sec. 505. Improvement of Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity 
                            Information System Database.
Sec. 506. Federal contractor compliance.
Sec. 507. Improving access to information disclosed on lobbying 
                            activities.
Sec. 508. Inclusion of narratives on USAspending.gov.
                TITLE VI--EXECUTIVE BRANCH TRANSPARENCY

Sec. 601. Requirement for disclosure of Federal sponsorship of all 
                            Federal advertising or other 
                            communications.
Sec. 602. Improving access to influential executive branch official's 
                            visitor access records.
Sec. 603. Improving access to budget justifications by the Office of 
                            Management and Budget.
Sec. 604. Improving rulemaking disclosure for the Office of Information 
                            and Regulatory Affairs.
Sec. 605. Improving E-filing data collection and distribution for non-
                            profits.
Sec. 606. Improving registration information from agents of foreign 
                            principals.
Sec. 607. Agency defined.
Sec. 608. Government-wide entity identifier.
Sec. 609. Grants transparency requirements.
Sec. 610. Availability of opinions of the Office of Legal Counsel of 
                            the Department of Justice.
        TITLE VII--STRENGTHENING THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT

Sec. 701. Agency defined.
Sec. 702. Digital access to completed responses to the Freedom of 
                            Information Act.
Sec. 703. FOIAonline for agencies.
Sec. 704. Freedom of Information Act amendments.
     TITLE VIII--IMPROVING TRANSPARENCY WITHIN THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM

Sec. 801. Televising Supreme Court proceedings.
Sec. 802. Audio recording of Supreme Court proceedings.
Sec. 803. Availability on the Internet of financial disclosure reports 
                            of judicial officers.
Sec. 804. GAO audit of PACER.
                         TITLE IX--ENFORCEMENT

Sec. 901. Audits by the Government Accountability Office.
                         TITLE X--MISCELLANEOUS

Sec. 1001. Transfer of certain records to Archivist of United States.
Sec. 1002. Data standards.

TITLE I--IMPROVING ACCESS TO INFORMATION ABOUT MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND 
                         CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES

SEC. 101. GREATER DISCLOSURE AND ELECTRONIC FILING OF PERSONAL 
              FINANCIAL INFORMATION.

    (a) Additional Financial Disclosure Requirements.--(1) Section 
102(a)(1)(B) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 
102(a)(1)(B)) is amended in clause (iv) by striking ``$15,000'' and 
inserting ``$25,000'' and by striking clauses (v) through (ix) and 
inserting the following new clauses:
                            ``(v) greater than $25,000 but not more 
                        than $100,000, rounded to the nearest $10,000,
                            ``(vi) greater than $100,000 but not more 
                        than $1,000,000, rounded to the nearest 
                        $100,000, or
                            ``(vii) greater than $1,000,000, rounded to 
                        the nearest $1,000,000.''.
    (2) Section 102(d)(1) of such Act (5 U.S.C. App. 102(d)(1)) is 
amended by striking ``(3), (4), (5), and (8)'' and inserting ``(5) and 
(8)''.
    (3) Section 102(d) of such Act (5 U.S.C. App. 102(d)) is amended by 
redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3) and by inserting after 
paragraph (1) the following new paragraph:
    ``(3) The categories for reporting the amount or value of the items 
covered in paragraphs (3) or (4) of subsection (a) are as follows:
            ``(A) Not more than $15,000.
            ``(B) Greater than $15,000 but not more than $25,000.
            ``(C) Greater than $25,000 but not more than $100,000, 
        rounded to the nearest $10,000.
            ``(D) Greater than $100,000 but not more than $1,000,000, 
        rounded to the nearest $100,000.
            ``(E) Greater than $1,000,000, rounded to the nearest 
        $1,000,000.''.
    (b) More Frequent Disclosure of Financial Transactions Involving 
Large Sums of Money.--(1) Section 101 of such Act (5 U.S.C. App. 101) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(j) In addition to any other report required to be filed by a 
Member of Congress or officer or employee of the Congress, each such 
individual is required to file a quarterly report on April 30, July 30, 
October 30, and January 30 of each year covering the preceding calendar 
quarter if that individual (or the spouse or any dependent child of 
that individual) purchased, sold, or exchanged any property described 
in subsection (a)(5) valued at not less than $250,000 during that 
calendar quarter. For any such transaction of not less than $250,000, 
such report shall contain all of the information required under 
subsection (a)(5).''.
    (2)(A) Clause 1 of rule XXVI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by inserting ``(a)'' after ``1.'' and by 
adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
            ``(b) If any report is filed with the Clerk for a calendar 
        quarter pursuant to section 101(i) of the Ethics in Government 
        Act of 1978, the Clerk shall compile all such reports sent to 
        the Clerk by Members and have them printed as a House document, 
        which shall be made available to the public, as soon as 
        practicable.
            ``(c) Each individual required to file a report with the 
        Clerk under title I under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 
        shall file and maintain such report in electronic form.''.
    (B) Comparable language to be added by the Senate.
    (c) Availability on the Internet of Reports Filed Under This Title 
With the Clerk of the House or the Secretary of the Senate.--Section 
103 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 103) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(m) The Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary 
of the Senate shall each make available any report filed with them 
under this title (whether the report is filed in paper or electronic 
form) within 48 hours of the applicable submission deadline on the 
website of the Clerk or the Secretary, as applicable, in a searchable, 
sortable, downloadable, machine-readable format.''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to reports filed for calendar years or calendar quarters 
beginning after the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 102. GREATER DISCLOSURE OF TRAVEL REPORTS.

    (a) Foreign Travel.--Clause 8(b)(3) of rule X of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following 
new sentence: ``Within 48 hours after any such report is filed with the 
chair of a committee, the chair shall post the report on the Internet 
site of the committee in a searchable, sortable, downloadable, machine-
readable format.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to travel commencing after the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 103. GREATER DISCLOSURE OF GIFT REPORTS.

    (a) Requiring Clerk of the House To Post Reports on Internet Not 
Later Than 48 Hours After Receipt.--(1) Clause 5(b)(5) of rule XXV of 
the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``shall make available'' and 
                inserting ``shall post on the public Internet site of 
                the Clerk and otherwise make available''; and
                    (B) by striking ``as possible'' and inserting the 
                following: ``as possible, but in no event later than 48 
                hours,''.
    (2) Comparable language to be added by the Senate.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to reports filed on or after the date of the 
adoption of this resolution.

SEC. 104. GREATER DISCLOSURE OF EARMARKS.

    (a) Electronic Disclosure by Members.--(1) Rule XXIII of the Rules 
of the House of Representatives is amended by redesignating clause 18 
as clause 19 and by inserting after clause 17 the following:
    ``18. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who requests a 
congressional earmark, a limited tax benefit, or a limited tariff 
benefit shall, within 24 hours after making such request--
            ``(1) post on his or her public website for the remainder 
        of the Congress the following--
                    ``(A) the name and address of the intended 
                recipient;
                    ``(B) whether the intended recipient is a for-
                profit or not-for-profit entity;
                    ``(C) the requested amount (only in the case of 
                congressional earmarks); and
                    ``(D) an explanation of the request, including the 
                purpose, and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer 
                funds;
            ``(2) electronically submit to the committee of subject-
        matter jurisdiction the webpage address where such information 
        is posted;
            ``(3) identify each request as having been submitted to the 
        committee of subject-matter jurisdiction; and
            ``(4) display on the homepage of such website a hypertext 
        link that contains the words `Earmarks', `Appropriations 
        Requests', `Limited Tax Benefits', or `Limited Tariff Benefits' 
        and that directs to such webpage address, and maintain that 
        link for at least 30 calendar days after the last such request 
        is made during the Congress.''.
    (2) The last sentence of clause 16 of rule XXIII of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives is amended by striking ``and clause 17'' 
and inserting ``, clause 17, and clause 18''.
    (b) Electronic Disclosure by Committees.--Rule XI of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the 
following new clause:
``Earmark disclosure websites
    ``(s)(1) Any committee that accepts any request of a Member, 
Delegate, or Resident Commissioner for a congressional earmark, a 
limited tax benefit, or a limited tariff benefit shall maintain a 
public website with an earmark disclosure webpage that contains the 
following for each such request--
            ``(A) the bill name;
            ``(B) the name, State, and district of that individual;
            ``(C) the name and address of the intended recipient;
            ``(D) whether the intended recipient is a for-profit or 
        not-for-profit entity;
            ``(E) the requested amount (only in the case of 
        congressional earmarks);
            ``(F) a brief description; and
            ``(G) the applicable department or agency of the 
        Government, and the account or program (if provided to the 
        committee in the request);
and is in a downloadable format that is searchable and sortable by such 
characteristics.
    ``(2) Any written statement received by a committee under clause 
17(a) of rule XXIII shall be posted on the earmark disclosure webpage 
of the committee.
    ``(3) The earmark disclosure webpage of a committee shall list the 
names of any Member, Delegate, and Resident Commissioner who requests a 
congressional earmark, a limited tax benefit, or a limited tariff 
benefit and link directly to their webpage addresses referred to in 
clause 18(2) of rule XXIII.
    ``(4) The earmark disclosure webpage of a committee shall post the 
information required under subparagraphs (1) through (3) within one 
week of receipt, and shall maintain that information on that webpage 
for the remainder of the Congress.
    ``(5) For purposes of this paragraph, the terms `congressional 
earmark', `limited tax benefit', and `limited tariff benefit' shall 
have the meaning given them in clause 9 of rule XXI.''.
    (c) Point of Order.--Clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives is amended by redesignating paragraphs (e), (f), and 
(g) as paragraphs (f), (g), and (h), respectively, and by inserting 
after paragraph (d) the following:
    ``(e) It shall not be in order to consider any bill or joint 
resolution, or an amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that 
carries a congressional earmark, limited tax benefit, or limited tariff 
benefit for which a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner failed 
to comply with any applicable requirement of clause 18 of rule 
XXIII.''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to requests for congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits, and 
limited tariff benefits made after the date this resolution is agreed 
to.
    (e) Centralized Database for Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and 
Limited Tariff Benefits.--(1) The Clerk of the House of 
Representatives, the Secretary of the Senate, and the chairs of the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate shall collaborate to create one centralized database where all 
requests for earmark, limited tax benefits, and limited tariff benefits 
are available on the Internet in a searchable, sortable, downloadable 
format to the public. The data available to the public for each earmark 
should include--
            (A) an identification of the bill into which the earmark is 
        to be inserted;
            (B) the name, State, and district of the Member of Congress 
        requesting the earmark;
            (C) the name and address of the intended recipient;
            (D) whether the intended recipient is a for-profit 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 provided 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. GAO STUDY AND REPORT ON EFFECTS OF WRITTEN REQUESTS BY 
              MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FOR FUNDING OF PROJECTS.

    (a) Study.--The Comptroller General of the United States shall 
conduct a study of the effect of written requests to carry out and 
provide funding for projects and activities which are submitted 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 
                   COMMITTEES, LEGISLATION, AND VOTES

   Subtitle A--Access to Legislation, Votes, and Related Information

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 paragraph:
    ``(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 committee.
    ``(2) For each hearing and markup for which information is posted 
under subparagraph (1), the committee shall post on its Internet 
website within 45 days the following: the topic, related legislation, 
testimony of witnesses, opening statements of the chair and ranking 
minority member, transcripts, and audio and video recordings.
    ``(3) Within 24 hours after a committee or subcommittee 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, as well as all votes taken on the bill 
or resolution and on any amendment offered to the bill or 
resolution.''.
    (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 Representatives 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 committees and subcommittees as soon as 
        publically available; and the Clerk shall post this information 
        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, question, 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 Senator 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.
    (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:
``Sec. 107a. Electronic format
    ``To the extent practicable, all bills, resolutions, orders, and 
votes shall be created, exchanged, and published in searchable 
electronic formats, consistent with data standards recommended by such 
advisory bodies as Congress may establish.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections 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 standards for the creation, exchange, and publication of 
congressional information.
    (b) Composition.--The Congressional Data Task Force shall be 
composed of staff representatives of the Clerk of the House, the 
Secretary of the Senate, the Library of Congress, the Congressional 
Research Service, the Government Printing Office, the Center for 
Legislative Archives, such other congressional offices and agencies may 
be necessary, and representatives of the public.
    (c) Data Standards.--All data standards recommended 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 information, 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 information that they create, exchange, and/or 
publish.

SEC. 207. INCLUSION OF DIGITAL VERSION OF FUNDING TABLES IN REPORTS 
              ACCOMPANYING APPROPRIATIONS BILLS.

    (a) Inclusion.--The Clerk of the House of Representatives and the 
Secretary of the Senate shall ensure that each report accompanying any 
appropriations bill reported by the Committees on Appropriations of the 
House or Senate (as the case may be) includes a formatted spreadsheet 
showing the amounts made available by the bill, in a tabular, digital 
format that shows separate entries for each fiscal year covered by the 
bill.
    (b) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to any 
appropriations bill making funds available for fiscal year 2019 or any 
succeeding fiscal year.

         Subtitle B--Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports

SEC. 211. SHORT TITLE.

    This subtitle may be cited as the ``Access to Congressionally 
Mandated Reports Act''.

SEC. 212. DEFINITIONS.

    In this subtitle:
            (1) Congressionally mandated report.--The term 
        ``congressionally mandated report''--
                    (A) means a report that is required to be submitted 
                to either House of Congress or any committee of 
                Congress, or subcommittee thereof, by a statute, 
                resolution, or conference report that accompanies 
                legislation enacted into law; and
                    (B) does not include a report required under part B 
                of subtitle II of title 36, United States Code.
            (2) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of 
        the Government Publishing Office.
            (3) Federal agency.--The term ``Federal agency'' has the 
        meaning given that term under section 102 of title 40, United 
        States Code, but does not include the Government Accountability 
        Office.
            (4) Open format.--The term ``open format'' means a file 
        format for storing digital data based on an underlying open 
        standard that--
                    (A) is not encumbered by any restrictions that 
                would impede reuse; and
                    (B) is based on an underlying open data standard 
                that is maintained by a standards organization.
            (5) Reports website.--The term ``reports website'' means 
        the website established under section 213(a).

SEC. 213. ESTABLISHMENT OF WEBSITE FOR CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED 
              REPORTS.

    (a) Requirement To Establish Website.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
        enactment of this subtitle, the Director shall establish and 
        maintain a website accessible by the public that allows the 
        public to obtain electronic copies of all congressionally 
        mandated reports in one place. The Director may publish other 
        reports on the website.
            (2) Existing functionality.--To the extent possible, the 
        Director shall meet the requirements under paragraph (1) by 
        using existing websites and functionality under the authority 
        of the Director.
            (3) Consultation.--In carrying out this subtitle, the 
        Director shall consult with the Clerk of the House of 
        Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate regarding the 
        requirements for and maintenance of congressionally mandated 
        reports on the reports website.
    (b) Content and Function.--The Director shall ensure that the 
reports website includes the following:
            (1) Subject to subsection (c), with respect to each 
        congressionally mandated report, each of the following:
                    (A) A citation to the statute or conference report 
                requiring the report.
                    (B) An electronic copy of the report, including any 
                transmittal letter associated with the report, in an 
                open format that is platform independent and that is 
                available to the public without restrictions, including 
                restrictions that would impede the re-use of the 
                information in the report.
                    (C) The ability to retrieve a report, to the extent 
                practicable, through searches based on each, and any 
                combination, of the following:
                            (i) The title of the report.
                            (ii) The reporting Federal agency.
                            (iii) The date of publication.
                            (iv) Each congressional committee receiving 
                        the report, if applicable.
                            (v) The statute, resolution, or conference 
                        report requiring the report.
                            (vi) Subject tags.
                            (vii) The serial number, Superintendent of 
                        Documents number, or other identification 
                        number for the report, if applicable.
                            (viii) Key words.
                            (ix) Full text search.
                            (x) Any other relevant information 
                        specified by the Director.
                    (D) The time and date when the report was required 
                to be submitted, and when the report was submitted, to 
                the reports website.
                    (E) Access to the report not later than 30 calendar 
                days after the date of submission to Congress.
                    (F) To the extent practicable, a permanent means of 
                accessing the report electronically.
            (2) A means for bulk download of all congressionally 
        mandated reports or a selection of reports retrieved using a 
        search.
            (3) An electronic means for the head of each Federal agency 
        to submit to the reports website each congressionally mandated 
        report of the agency, as required by section 214.
            (4) A list form for all congressionally mandated reports 
        that can be searched, sorted, and downloaded by--
                    (A) reports submitted within the required time;
                    (B) reports submitted after the date on which such 
                reports were required to be submitted; and
                    (C) reports not submitted.
    (c) Federal Agency Action.--
            (1) Reports not submitted.--If a Federal agency does not 
        submit a congressionally mandated report to the Director, the 
        Director shall--
                    (A) include on the reports website the information 
                required under clauses (i) through (v) of subsection 
                (b)(1)(C); and
                    (B) include the congressionally mandated report on 
                the list described in subsection (b)(4)(C).
            (2) Reports not in open format.--If a Federal agency 
        submits a congressionally mandated report that is not in an 
        open format, the Director shall include the congressionally 
        mandated report in another format on the reports website.
    (d) Free Access.--The Director may not charge a fee, require 
registration, or impose any other limitation in exchange for access to 
the reports website.
    (e) Upgrade Capability.--The reports website shall be enhanced and 
updated as necessary to carry out the purposes of this subtitle.

SEC. 214. FEDERAL AGENCY RESPONSIBILITIES.

    (a) Submission of Electronic Copies of Reports.--The head of each 
Federal agency shall submit to the Director the information required 
under subparagraphs (A) through (D) of section 213(b)(1) with respect 
to each congressionally mandated report that the Federal agency is 
responsible for creating. Nothing in this subsection shall relieve a 
Federal agency of any other requirement to publish the congressionally 
mandated report on the website of the Federal agency or otherwise 
submit the congressionally mandated report to Congress or specific 
committees of Congress, or subcommittees thereof.
    (b) Guidance.--Not later than 8 months after the date of enactment 
of this subtitle, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, 
in consultation with the Director, shall issue guidance to agencies on 
the implementation of this subtitle.
    (c) Structure of Submitted Report Data.--The head of each Federal 
agency shall ensure that each congressionally mandated report submitted 
to the Director complies with the open format criteria established by 
the Director in the guidance issued under subsection (b).
    (d) Point of Contact.--The head of each Federal agency shall 
designate a point of contact for congressionally mandated reports.

SEC. 215. REMOVING AND ALTERING REPORTS.

    A report submitted to be published to the reports website may only 
be changed or removed, with the exception of technical changes, by the 
head of the Federal agency concerned if--
            (1) the head of the Federal agency consults with each 
        congressional committee to which the report is submitted; and
            (2) Congress enacts a joint resolution authorizing the 
        changing or removal of the report.

SEC. 216. RELATIONSHIP TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT.

    (a) In General.--Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed to 
require the disclosure of information or records that are exempt from 
public disclosure under section 552 of title 5, United States Code, or 
to impose any affirmative duty on the Director to review 
congressionally mandated reports submitted for publication to the 
reports website for the purpose of identifying and redacting such 
information or records.
    (b) Redaction of Report.--With respect to each congressionally 
mandated report, the head of each relevant Federal agency shall redact 
any information that may not be publicly released under section 552(b) 
of title 5, United States Code, before submission for publication on 
the reports website, and shall--
            (1) redact only such information from the report;
            (2) identify where any such redaction is made in the 
        report; and
            (3) identify the exemption under which each such redaction 
        is made.
    (c) Withholding Information.--
            (1) In general.--A Federal agency--
                    (A) may withhold information otherwise required to 
                be disclosed under this subtitle only if--
                            (i) the Federal agency reasonably foresees 
                        that disclosure would harm an interest 
                        protected by an exemption described in section 
                        552(b) of title 5, United States Code; or
                            (ii) disclosure is prohibited by law; and
                    (B) shall--
                            (i) consider whether partial disclosure of 
                        information otherwise required to be disclosed 
                        under this subtitle is possible whenever the 
                        Federal agency determines that a full 
                        disclosure of the information is not possible; 
                        and
                            (ii) take reasonable steps necessary to 
                        segregate and release nonexempt information.
            (2) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection 
        requires disclosure of information that is otherwise prohibited 
        from disclosure by law, or otherwise exempted from disclosure 
        under section 552(b)(3) of title 5, United States Code.

SEC. 217. FUNDING.

    (a) Restrictions on Distribution of Free Printed Copies of Federal 
Register to Members of Congress and Federal Employees.--Section 1506 of 
title 44, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``The Administrative Committee'' and 
        inserting ``(a) Composition; Duties.--The Administrative 
        Committee'';
            (2) in subsection (a)(4), by striking ``the number of 
        copies'' and inserting ``subject to subsection (b), the number 
        of copies''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Restrictions on Distribution of Free Printed Copies to 
Members of Congress and Officers and Employees of the United States.--
Under the regulations prescribed to carry out subsection (a)(4), the 
Director of the Government Publishing Office may not provide a printed 
copy of the Federal Register without charge to any Member of Congress 
or any other office of the United States during a year unless--
            ``(1) the Member or office requests a printed copy of a 
        specific issue of the Federal Register; or
            ``(2) during that year or during the previous year, the 
        Member or office requested a subscription to printed copies of 
        the Federal Register for that year.''.
    (b) Sense of Congress on Use of Savings.--It is the sense of 
Congress that--
            (1) the savings attributable to the amendments made by 
        subsection (a) are not less than the amount that will be 
        required to carry out the other provisions of this subtitle; 
        and
            (2) the amount of such savings should be made available to 
        the Director to carry out this subtitle.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the date of enactment of this subtitle and apply on and 
after the date on which the Director prescribes regulations to carry 
out section 1506(b) of title 44, United States Code.

SEC. 218. IMPLEMENTATION.

    Except as provided in sections 214(b) and 217(c), this subtitle 
shall--
            (1) be implemented not later than 1 year after the date of 
        enactment of this subtitle; and
            (2) apply with respect to congressionally mandated reports 
        submitted to Congress on or after the date that is 1 year after 
        the date of enactment of this subtitle.

   TITLE III--EQUAL ACCESS TO CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE REPORTS

SEC. 301. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Equal Access to Congressional 
Research Service Reports Act of 2017''.

SEC. 302. DEFINITIONS.

    (a) CRS Product.--In this title, the term ``CRS product'' means any 
final work product of CRS in any format.
    (b) CRS Report.--
            (1) In general.--In this title, the term ``CRS Report'' 
        means any written CRS product, including an update to a 
        previous written CRS product, consisting of--
                    (A) a Congressional Research Service Report;
                    (B) a Congressional Research Service Authorization 
                of Appropriations Product and Appropriations Product; 
                or
                    (C) subject to paragraph (2)(C), any other written 
                CRS product containing CRS research or CRS analysis 
                which is available for general congressional access on 
                the CRS Congressional Intranet.
            (2) Exclusions.--The term ``CRS Report'' does not include--
                    (A) any CRS product that is determined by the CRS 
                Director to be a custom product or service because it 
                was prepared in direct response to a request for custom 
                analysis or research and is not available for general 
                congressional access on the CRS Congressional Intranet;
                    (B) any Congressional Research Service Report or 
                any Congressional Research Service Authorization of 
                Appropriations Product and Appropriations Product 
                which, as of the effective date of this title, is not 
                available for general congressional access on the CRS 
                Congressional Intranet; or
                    (C) a written CRS product that has been made 
                available by CRS for publication on a public website 
                maintained by the GPO Director (other than the Website) 
                or the Library of Congress.
    (c) Other Definitions.--In this title--
            (1) the term ``CRS'' means the Congressional Research 
        Service;
            (2) the term ``CRS Congressional Intranet'' means any of 
        the websites maintained by CRS for the purpose of providing to 
        Members and employees of Congress access to information from 
        CRS;
            (3) the term ``CRS Director'' means the Director of CRS;
            (4) the term ``GPO Director'' means the Director of the 
        Government Publishing Office;
            (5) the term ``Member of Congress'' includes a Delegate or 
        Resident Commissioner to Congress; and
            (6) the term ``Website'' means the website established and 
        maintained under section 303.

SEC. 303. AVAILABILITY OF CRS REPORTS THROUGH GPO WEBSITE.

    (a) Website.--
            (1) Establishment and maintenance.--The GPO Director, in 
        consultation with the CRS Director, shall establish and 
        maintain a public website containing CRS Reports and an index 
        of all CRS Reports contained on the website, in accordance with 
        this section.
            (2) Format.--On the Website, CRS Reports shall be 
        searchable, sortable, and downloadable, including downloadable 
        in bulk.
            (3) Free access.--Notwithstanding section 4102 of title 44, 
        United States Code, the GPO Director may not charge a fee for 
        access to the Website.
    (b) Updates; Disclaimer.--The GPO Director, in consultation with 
the CRS Director, shall ensure that the Website--
            (1) is updated contemporaneously, automatically, and 
        electronically to include each new or updated CRS Report 
        released on or after the effective date of this title;
            (2) shows the status of each CRS Report as new, updated, or 
        withdrawn; and
            (3) displays the following statement in reference to the 
        CRS Reports included on the Website: ``These documents were 
        prepared by the Congressional Research Service (CRS). CRS 
        serves as nonpartisan shared staff to congressional committees 
        and Members of Congress. It operates solely at the behest of 
        and under the direction of Congress. Information in a CRS 
        Report should not be relied upon for purposes other than public 
        understanding of information that has been provided by CRS to 
        Members of Congress in connection with CRS's institutional 
        role. CRS Reports, as a work of the United States Government, 
        are not subject to copyright protection in the United States. 
        Any CRS Report may be reproduced and distributed in its 
        entirety without permission from CRS. However, as a CRS Report 
        may include copyrighted images or material from a third party, 
        you may need to obtain the permission of the copyright holder 
        if you wish to copy or otherwise use copyrighted material.''.
    (c) Furnishing of Necessary Information and Technology.--The CRS 
Director shall consult with and provide assistance to the GPO Director 
to ensure--
            (1) that the GPO Director is provided with all of the 
        information necessary to carry out this title, including all of 
        the information described in subparagraphs (A) through (E) of 
        section 304(a)(1), in such format and manner as the GPO 
        Director considers appropriate; and
            (2) that CRS makes available and implements such technology 
        as may be necessary to facilitate the contemporaneous, 
        automatic, and electronic provision of CRS Reports to the GPO 
        Director as required under this title.
    (d) Nonexclusivity.--The GPO Director may publish other information 
on the Website.
    (e) Additional Techniques.--The GPO Director and the CRS Director 
may use additional techniques to make CRS Reports available to the 
public, if such techniques are consistent with this title and any other 
applicable laws.
    (f) Additional Information.--The CRS Director is encouraged to make 
additional CRS products that are not custom products or services 
available to the GPO Director for publication on the Website, and the 
GPO Director is encouraged to publish such CRS products on the Website.
    (g) Expansion of Contents of Annual Report to Congress To Include 
Information on Efforts To Make Additional Products Available on 
Website.--Section 203(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 
(2 U.S.C. 166(i)) is amended by striking the period at the end and 
inserting the following: ``, and shall include in the report a 
description of the efforts made by the Director to make additional 
Congressional Research Service products that are not custom products or 
services available to the Director of the Government Publishing Office 
for publication on the website established and maintained under the 
Equal Access to Congressional Research Service Reports Act of 2017.''.

SEC. 304. WEBSITE CONTENTS.

    (a) Specific Requirements for Reports Posted on Website.--
            (1) Responsibilities of gpo director.--With respect to each 
        CRS Report included on the Website, the GPO Director shall 
        include--
                    (A) the name and identification number of the CRS 
                Report;
                    (B) an indication as to whether the CRS Report is 
                new, updated, or withdrawn;
                    (C) the date of release of the CRS Report;
                    (D) the division or divisions of CRS that were 
                responsible for the production of the CRS Report; and
                    (E) any other information the GPO Director, in 
                consultation with the CRS Director, considers 
                appropriate.
            (2) Responsibilities of crs director.--With respect to each 
        CRS Report included on the Website, the CRS Director shall, 
        prior to transmitting the Report to the GPO Director--
                    (A) at the discretion of the CRS Director, remove 
                the name of and any contact information for any 
                employee of CRS; and
                    (B) include in the CRS Report the following written 
                statement: ``This document was prepared by the 
                Congressional Research Service (CRS). CRS serves as 
                nonpartisan shared staff to congressional committees 
                and Members of Congress. It operates solely at the 
                behest of and under the direction of Congress. 
                Information in a CRS Report should not be relied upon 
                for purposes other than public understanding of 
                information that has been provided by CRS to Members of 
                Congress in connection with CRS's institutional role. 
                CRS Reports, as a work of the United States Government, 
                are not subject to copyright protection in the United 
                States. Any CRS Report may be reproduced and 
                distributed in its entirety without permission from 
                CRS. However, as this CRS Report may include 
                copyrighted images or material from a third party, you 
                may need to obtain the permission of the copyright 
                holder if you wish to copy or otherwise use copyrighted 
                material.''.
    (b) Specific Requirements for Index on Website.--The GPO Director 
shall ensure that the index of all CRS Reports published on the Website 
is--
            (1) comprehensive;
            (2) contemporaneously updated;
            (3) searchable;
            (4) sortable;
            (5) maintained in a human-readable format;
            (6) maintained in a structured data format;
            (7) downloadable; and
            (8) inclusive of each item of information described in 
        subsection (a)(1) with respect to each CRS Report.

SEC. 305. CONFORMING AMENDMENT TO DUTIES OF CRS.

    Section 203(d) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 
U.S.C. 166(d)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (7);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (8) and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(9) to comply with the requirements of, and provide 
        information and technological assistance consistent with, the 
        Equal Access to Congressional Research Service Reports Act of 
        2017.''.

SEC. 306. RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.

    (a) No Effect on Speech or Debate Clause.--Nothing in this title 
may be construed to diminish, qualify, condition, waive, or otherwise 
affect the applicability of clause 1 of section 6 of article I of the 
Constitution of the United States (commonly known as the ``Speech or 
Debate Clause'') or any other privilege available to Congress or 
Members, offices, or employees of Congress with respect to any CRS 
Report made available online under this title.
    (b) Confidential Communications.--Nothing in this title may be 
construed to waive the requirement that any confidential communication 
by CRS to a Member, office, or committee of Congress shall remain under 
the custody and control of Congress and may be released only by 
Congress and its Houses, Members, offices, and committees, in 
accordance with the rules and privileges of each House and the 
requirements of this title.
    (c) Dissemination of CRS Products.--Nothing in this title may be 
construed to limit or otherwise affect the ability of a Member, office, 
or committee of Congress to disseminate CRS products on a website of 
the Member, office, or committee or to otherwise provide CRS products 
to the public, including as part of constituent service activities.

SEC. 307. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), this title 
and the amendments made by this title shall take effect 90 days after 
the date on which the GPO Director submits the certification described 
in subsection (b)(2).
    (b) Provision of Information and Technology.--
            (1) CRS deadline.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the CRS Director shall provide the GPO 
        Director with the information and technology necessary for the 
        GPO Director to begin the initial operation of the Website.
            (2) Certification.--Upon provision of the information and 
        technology described in paragraph (1), the GPO Director shall 
        submit to Congress a certification that the CRS Director has 
        provided the information and technology necessary for the GPO 
        Director to begin the initial operation of the Website.

                     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.--
            (1) Establishment.--The Attorney General shall establish 
        the Lobbying Disclosure Act Enforcement 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 information with 
                respect to the enforcement of the Lobbying Disclosure 
                Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.);
                    (C) shall audit, at a minimum on an annual basis, 
                and as frequently as deemed necessary by the Task 
                Force, the extent of compliance or noncompliance with 
                the requirements of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 
                by lobbyists, 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 for members 
                of the public to report noncompliance with lobbyist 
                disclosure requirements under the Lobbying Disclosure 
                Act of 1995, and shall develop a mechanism to allow 
                members of the public to report such noncompliance 
                online.
    (b) Referral of Cases to the Attorney General.--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 Enforcement.--The Attorney General 
may make recommendations 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 enhanced 
        enforcement of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995.
    (d) Information in Enforcement Reports.--Section 6(b)(1) of the 
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (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 LOBBYISTS; 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 
                register''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by striking ``Any organization'' and inserting 
                the following:
                    ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), any 
                organization''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) Threshold for certain organizations.--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''.

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 subparagraph (A);
            (2) by adding ``and'' after the semicolon the end of 
        subparagraph (B); and
            (3) by adding after subparagraph (B) the following:
                    ``(C) a system that assigns an identification 
                number for each lobbyist for whom a registration 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 subsection (b)--
                    (A) not later than 6 months after the individual 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 required to 
                register under section 4; and
            (2) submit to the Clerk of the House of Representatives and 
        the Secretary of the Senate certification 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, professional 
        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 program 
        established under this section in order to determine the 
        quality of instruction in, and the administration of, the 
        training program.
    (c) Responsibilities of Clerk and Secretary.--The Clerk of the 
House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate shall--
            (1) collect and review for completion and accuracy the 
        certifications of ethics training submitted under subsection 
        (a)(2); and
            (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 individual 
                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 section 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--
            (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 individuals 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 period 
        beginning on the effective date under paragraph (1) of this 
        subsection, in lieu of the date specified in section 407(a)(1).

              TITLE V--TRANSPARENCY IN FEDERAL CONTRACTING

SEC. 501. IMPROVING APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE 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 (4)(A)(ii), by striking ``and 
                delivery orders'' and inserting ``lease agreements and 
                assignments, and delivery orders'';
                    (B) in paragraph (7)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (B), by striking 
                        ``paragraph (2)(A)(i)'' and inserting 
                        ``paragraph (5)(A)(i)'';
                            (ii) in subparagraph (C)--
                                    (I) by striking ``paragraph 
                                (2)(A)(ii)'' and inserting ``paragraph 
                                (5)(A)(ii)''; and
                                    (II) by striking ``and'' after the 
                                semicolon;
                            (iii) in subparagraph (D), by striking the 
                        period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                            (iv) by adding at the end the following 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.'';
                    (C) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (8) as 
                paragraphs (2) through (9), respectively; and
                    (D) by inserting before paragraph (2) the following 
                new paragraph:
            ``(1) 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 authority, 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 formula-driven or competitive award process.'';
            (2) in subsection (b)(1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (F), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting a 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 subdivision, that 
                authorized the Federal award;
                    ``(H) after January 1, 2018, for each contract, 
                subcontract, purchase order, task order, lease 
                agreement and assignment, and delivery order--
                            ``(i) information about the extent of 
                        competition in awarding the contract, including 
                        the number of bids or proposals determined to 
                        be responsive during the competitive process, 
                        and if the award was not competitive, the legal 
                        authority and specific rationale for awarding 
                        the contract without full and open competition;
                            ``(ii) the full amount awarded under the 
                        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 the contract;
                            ``(iii) the amount of the profit incentive, 
                        such as award fees;
                            ``(iv) the type of contract, such as fixed 
                        price, cost plus pricing, labor hour contracts, 
                        and time and materials contracts;
                            ``(v) a permanent link to the original 
                        solicitation or notice and the solicitation ID;
                            ``(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, 2018, for all grants, 
                subgrants, loans, awards, cooperative agreements, and 
                other forms of financial assistance, an indication if 
                the funding is a congressionally directed spending 
                item; and''; and
            (3) in subsection (c)(5)--
                    (A) by striking ``subsection (a)(2)(A)(i)'' and 
                inserting ``subsection (a)(5)(A)(i)''; and
                    (B) by striking ``subsection (a)(2)(A)(ii)'' and 
                inserting ``subsection (a)(5)(A)(ii)''.
    (b) Effective Date.--Except as otherwise provided, 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.

    The Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 
(Public Law 109-282; 31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is amended by adding at the 
end the following new section:

``SEC. 9. IMPROVING DATA QUALITY.

    ``(a) Inspector General Data Audit.--Each Inspector General shall 
annually audit for the previous fiscal year the data used on the 
website established under section 2 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 Director 
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 the Federal agency of the 
        Inspector General has appropriate measures in place to review 
        data submissions under this Act for accuracy and completeness.
            ``(3) An identification of and report on new standards that 
        the Inspector General recommends for implementation by the 
        Federal agency of the Inspector General to improve data 
        quality.
    ``(b) OMB Report.--Not later than April 1 of each year, the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall make each report 
submitted under subsection (a) for the previous fiscal year available 
to the public, including a review of the findings of the audit and 
recommendations to improve data quality, through the website 
established under section 2.''.

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 for award titles to describe the 
        award's purpose; and
            (2) requirements for validating and documenting agency 
        award data submitted by Federal agencies.
    (b) Inclusion of City Information.--The Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget shall include information on the city in which 
work is performed in the Office's public reporting of the completeness 
of agency data submissions.
    (c) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``Federal agency'' and 
``Federal award'' have the meanings given those terms in section 2(a) 
of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 
(Public Law 109-282; 31 U.S.C. 6101 note).

SEC. 504. RECIPIENT PERFORMANCE TRANSPARENCY.

    (a) In General.--The Federal Funding Accountability and 
Transparency Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-282; 31 U.S.C. 6101 note), as 
amended by the preceding provisions of this Act, is further amended by 
adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 10. RECIPIENT PERFORMANCE TRANSPARENCY AND PAST PERFORMANCE.

    ``The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall ensure 
that the unique identifier required in section 2(b)(1)(E), which is 
used to link information about an entity receiving an award on the 
website established under such section, is also used to link 
information about such entity on the Federal Awardee Performance 
Integrity Information System.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be 
implemented not later than June 30, 2018.

SEC. 505. IMPROVEMENT OF FEDERAL AWARDEE PERFORMANCE AND INTEGRITY 
              INFORMATION SYSTEM DATABASE.

    Section 872(c) of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization 
Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (Public Law 110-417; 122 Stat. 4556) is 
amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``5-
        year period'' and inserting ``10-year period''; and
            (2) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following 
        new subparagraphs:
                    ``(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 acknowledgment 
                of fault.''.

SEC. 506. FEDERAL CONTRACTOR COMPLIANCE.

    (a) Periodic Inspection or Review of Contract Files.--Section 
2313(e)(2) of title 41, United States Code, 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 
                        each contract file described in subparagraph 
                        (B) to determine if the agency is providing 
                        appropriate consideration of the information 
                        included in the database established under 
                        subsection (a); and
                            ``(ii) submit a report containing the 
                        results of the inspection or review conducted 
                        under clause (i) to the Committee on Homeland 
                        Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate 
                        and the Committee on Oversight and Government 
                        Reform of the House of Representatives.''.
    (b) Self-Reporting Requirement.--Subsection (f) of section 2313 of 
such title is amended to read as follows:
    ``(f) Self-Reporting Requirement.--
            ``(1) Contracts in excess of simplified acquisition 
        threshold.--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 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--
                    ``(A) certifies that the contractor has submitted 
                to the Administrator of General Services the 
                information required under subsection (c) and that such 
                information is current as of the date of such 
                certification; or
                    ``(B) certifies that the contractor has cumulative 
                active Federal contracts and grants with a total value 
                of less than $10,000,000.''.
    (c) Annual Report.--The Comptroller General of the United States 
shall annually submit a report to the appropriate congressional 
committees describing the extent 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 entering into Federal 
        contracts.

SEC. 507. IMPROVING ACCESS TO INFORMATION DISCLOSED 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 Administrator of General 
        Services shall establish and maintain an online database that--
                    ``(A) is available to each agency and the public;
                    ``(B) contains information disclosed pursuant to 
                this subsection; and
                    ``(C) is searchable, sortable, machine-readable, 
                and downloadable.''.
    (b) Deadline for Database.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of General Services 
shall establish the database required by paragraph (7) of section 
1352(b) of title 31, United States Code, as added by subsection (a).

SEC. 508. INCLUSION OF NARRATIVES ON USASPENDING.GOV.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall allow any agency, in reporting an award to USAspending.gov 
(or a successor website), to upload a narrative for such award.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section, the terms ``agency'' and 
``award'' have the meanings given those terms on USAspending.gov (or a 
successor website).

                TITLE VI--EXECUTIVE BRANCH TRANSPARENCY

SEC. 601. REQUIREMENT FOR DISCLOSURE OF FEDERAL SPONSORSHIP OF ALL 
              FEDERAL ADVERTISING OR OTHER COMMUNICATIONS.

    (a) Requirement.--Except as provided for in subsection (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 communication--
            (1) that is 200 characters or less; or
            (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 President 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).
    (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, social 
                security number, and contact phone number);
                    (B) that implicates the personal safety of White 
                House staff (including daily arrival and departure); or
                    (C) whose release would so threaten national 
                security interests that it outweighs a strong 
                presumption in favor of the public's interest 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 executive 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.
            (3) Any information related to a small group of 
        particularly sensitive meetings (such as visits of potential 
        Supreme Court nominees).

SEC. 603. IMPROVING ACCESS TO BUDGET JUSTIFICATIONS BY THE OFFICE OF 
              MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET.

    (a) In General.--Beginning with the budget for fiscal year 2019, 
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 electronic 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 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 
Review.--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 include 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.
            (4) A copy of all documents and written communications 
        (including all electronic mail and electronic 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 Regulatory 
                Affairs.
                    (C) Any other office or entity within the Executive 
                Office of the President.
                    (D) An agency that is not the agency responsible 
                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 institutional process of 
        Presidential oversight of individual agency rules governed by 
        Executive Order 12866 (58 Fed. Reg. 51735; relating to 
        regulatory planning and review), or any successor to such 
        Executive 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 section shall be 
construed to preempt or displace the disclosure requirements under any 
other provision of law affecting 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 
subsection:
    ``(n) Mandatory Electronic Filing.--Any organization 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 Annual Returns.--Subsection 
(b) of section 6104 of such Code is amended by adding at the end the 
following: ``Any annual return required to be filed electronically 
under section 6033(n) shall be made available by the Secretary to the 
public, in a nonproprietary machine-readable data format, in a database 
that is searchable, sortable, and downloadable.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.

SEC. 606. IMPROVING REGISTRATION INFORMATION FROM AGENTS OF FOREIGN 
              PRINCIPALS.

    (a) Improving Online Access to Registration Information.--Section 
6(d)(1) of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 
616(d)(1)) is amended by striking ``in a searchable, sortable, and 
downloadable manner'' and inserting ``in a format which is directly 
searchable, sortable, downloadable, and machine-readable''.
    (b) Repealing Exemption From Registration Under Foreign Agents 
Registration Act of 1938 for Persons Filing Disclosure Reports Under 
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995.--
            (1) Repeal of exemption.--Section 3 of the Foreign Agents 
        Registration Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 613) is amended by striking 
        subsection (h).
            (2) Timing of filing of registration statements.--Section 2 
        of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 612) 
        is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding 
                paragraph (1), in the fourth sentence, by striking 
                ``The registration statement shall include'' and 
                inserting ``Except as provided in subsection (h), the 
                registration statement shall include''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) Timing for Filing of Statements by Persons Registered Under 
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995.--In the case of an agent of a person 
described in section 1(b)(2) or an entity described in section 1(b)(3) 
who has registered under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 
1601 et seq.), after the agent files the first registration required 
under subsection (a) in connection with the agent's representation of 
such person or entity, the agent shall file all subsequent statements 
required under this section at the same time, and in the same 
frequency, as the reports filed with the Clerk of the House of 
Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate (as the case may be) 
under section 5 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1604) 
in connection with the agent's representation of such person or 
entity.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect upon the expiration of the 30-day period which begins on the 
date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 607. AGENCY DEFINED.

    In this title (except for section 608), the term ``agency'' has the 
meaning given that term under section 551 of title 5, United States 
Code.

SEC. 608. GOVERNMENT-WIDE ENTITY IDENTIFIER.

    (a) Definition.--As used in this section, the term ``agency'' has 
the meaning given the term ``Executive agency'' under section 105 of 
title 5, United States Code.
    (b) Requirement for All Agencies To Use a Government-Wide Entity 
Identifier.--(1) Each agency shall, to the extent practicable, require 
all private sector entities from which it regularly collects reports, 
filings, forms, disclosures or other regularized information to obtain 
a unique entity identifier.
    (2) The unique entity identifier required under this section shall 
allow private sector entities to be identified uniquely across all 
Federal regulatory, procurement, assistance, and other reporting 
regimes.
    (c) Publication of Information Categorized Using Government-Wide 
Entity Identifier.--Each agency shall, to the extent practicable, 
publish all public regulatory, procurement, assistance, and other 
reported information categorized using the unique entity identifier 
required under this section.
    (d) Governance.--The unique entity identifier required under this 
section shall be based on the global entity identifier issued by--
            (1) utilities endorsed by the Regulatory Oversight 
        Committee, whose charter was set forth by the Finance Ministers 
        and Central Bank Governors of the Group of Twenty and the 
        Financial Stability Board; or
            (2) utilities endorsed or otherwise governed by the Global 
        LEI Foundation so long as that Foundation remains recognized by 
        the Regulatory Oversight Committee or any successor global 
        public oversight body.

SEC. 609. GRANTS TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Subtitle V of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting after chapter 73 the following:

             ``CHAPTER 74--GRANTS TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS

``Sec.
``7401. Definitions.
``7402. Pre-award evaluation requirements.
``7403. Website relating to Federal grants.
``7404. Postdecision explanation for failed applicants.
``7405. Inspector General review of peer review process.
``Sec. 7401. Definitions
    ``In this chapter:
            ``(1) Applicant.--The term `applicant' means an entity that 
        submits a proposal or application for a grant.
            ``(2) Competitive grant.--The term `competitive grant' 
        means a discretionary grant entered into through the use of 
        merit-based selection procedures for the purpose of allocating 
        funds authorized under a grant program of an Executive agency.
            ``(3) Executive agency.--The term `Executive agency' has 
        the meaning given the term in section 105 of title 5, except 
        the term does not include the Government Accountability Office.
            ``(4) Grant.--The term `grant' means an award of Federal 
        financial assistance through a grant agreement or cooperative 
        agreement making payment in cash or in kind to a recipient to 
        carry out a public purpose authorized by law.
            ``(5) Grant reviewer.--The term `grant reviewer', with 
        respect to a grant--
                    ``(A) means any individual who reviews, evaluates, 
                or participates in the decision to select an applicant 
                for award of the grant; and
                    ``(B) includes--
                            ``(i) a peer reviewer;
                            ``(ii) a merit reviewer; and
                            ``(iii) a member of a technical evaluation 
                        panel or board or a special emphasis panel.
``Sec. 7402. Pre-award evaluation requirements
    ``(a) Evaluation Required.--
            ``(1) In general.--Before awarding a competitive grant and 
        after determining eligibility and conducting a merit-based 
        review, an Executive agency shall conduct an evaluation of the 
        risk posed by an applicant to successfully carry out the grant 
        in accordance with section 200.205 of title 2, Code of Federal 
        regulations (or any successor thereto).
            ``(2) Review of interagency duplication.--To the extent 
        practicable, each evaluation conducted under paragraph (1) 
        shall include a review of any interagency duplication of 
        efforts for research grants, which may be completed through a 
        text-similarity detection process.
    ``(b) Simplified Evaluation Procedure for Certain Applicants.--
            ``(1) Definition.--In this subsection, the term `covered 
        applicant' means an applicant that, based on a risk assessment 
        conducted by the Executive agency, is determined to pose a 
        relatively low risk of failing to execute the grant 
        successfully and properly.
            ``(2) Procedure.--In conducting the evaluation required 
        under subsection (a) with respect to a covered applicant, an 
        Executive agency shall--
                    ``(A) minimize the burden on the covered applicant; 
                and
                    ``(B) consider any existing findings with respect 
                to the covered applicant under the single audit process 
                under chapter 75 of this title related to the matters 
                described in subsection (b).
``Sec. 7403. Website relating to Federal grants
    ``(a) Requirement.--The Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall consult with Executive agencies to upgrade grants.gov or 
any proposed successor public website for finding Federal grant 
opportunities and applying for those grants so that the website--
            ``(1) may serve as a central point of information and 
        provide full access for applicants for competitive grants; and
            ``(2) shall capture in 1 site, or provide electronic links 
        to, other relevant databases.
    ``(b) Notice of Competitive Grant Funds Availability.--At the time 
an Executive agency issues a solicitation or otherwise announces the 
availability of funds for a competitive grant, the Executive agency 
shall post on the grants website maintained under this section, in a 
searchable electronic format, relevant information about the grant 
opportunity, including--
            ``(1) the grant announcement and purpose of the grant;
            ``(2) the anticipated period of performance for new awards 
        and whether the Executive agency anticipates that the grant 
        will be continued;
            ``(3) in the case of an announcement with respect to which 
        a specific sum is reserved, the amount of funds available for 
        the grant;
            ``(4) a statement of eligibility requirements for the 
        grant;
            ``(5) contact information for the Executive agency, 
        including the name, telephone number, and electronic mail 
        address of a specific person or persons responsible for 
        answering questions about the grant and the application process 
        for the grant;
            ``(6) a clear statement of the evaluation factors or 
        criteria that the Executive agency intends to use to evaluate 
        and rank grant applications or proposals submitted, including 
        the weight to be applied to each factor or criterion;
            ``(7) a description of the process and standards to be used 
        by the Executive agency to determine that each grant reviewer 
        does not have a prohibited conflict of interest, as defined by 
        applicable statute or regulation, with respect to the 
        evaluation or review of a grant application or proposal, or the 
        decision to award a grant;
            ``(8) the anticipated deadline for submission of grant 
        applications or proposals; and
            ``(9) a set of sample winning grant proposals awarded under 
        the same or similar program within the last 3 years.
    ``(c) Use by Applicants.--The grants website maintained under this 
section shall, to the greatest extent practicable, allow applicants 
to--
            ``(1) use the website with any widely used computer 
        platform;
            ``(2) search the website for all competitive grants by 
        purpose, funding agency, program source, and other relevant 
        criteria; and
            ``(3) apply for a competitive grant using the website.
    ``(d) Technical Assistance for Grantees.--
            ``(1) In general.--Each Executive agency shall make 
        available on the grants website maintained under this section 
        detailed grant guidance and written technical assistance for 
        applicants.
            ``(2) Grant award process information posted.--With respect 
        to each grant awarded by an Executive agency, the Executive 
        agency shall, not later than 30 days after the date on which 
        the grant is awarded, post on the grants website maintained 
        under this section--
                    ``(A) documentation explaining the basis for the 
                selection decision for the grant, the number of 
                proposals received for the grant, and, with respect to 
                the proposal that resulted in the grant award, whether 
                the grant was awarded consistent with a numerical 
                ranking or other recommendations by grant reviewers; 
                and
                    ``(B) in any case in which the award of the grant 
                is not consistent with the numerical rankings or any 
                other recommendations made by grant reviewers, a 
                written justification explaining the rationale for the 
                decision not to follow the rankings or recommendations.
            ``(3) Sensitive information.--
                    ``(A) Personally identifiable information.--Each 
                Executive agency may redact any personally identifiable 
                information from a post on the grants website 
                maintained under this section.
                    ``(B) Adverse information.--An Executive agency may 
                not post on the grants website maintained under this 
                section any sensitive information that the Executive 
                agency determines would adversely affect an applicant.
    ``(e) Submission and Publication of Grant Solicitation Forecast on 
the Grants Website.--
            ``(1) Requirement.--Not later than November 30 of each 
        fiscal year or not later than 60 days after the date on which 
        amounts are appropriated to an Executive agency for a fiscal 
        year, whichever is later, the head of the Executive agency 
        shall post a forecast, in accordance with paragraph (2), of all 
        nonemergency grant solicitations that the Executive agency 
        expects to issue for the following calendar year, which--
                    ``(A) shall be based on the best information 
                available; and
                    ``(B) shall not be binding on the Executive agency.
            ``(2) Matters included.--The forecast required under 
        paragraph (1) shall include, to the extent practicable, for 
        each expected grant solicitation in a machine-readable format--
                    ``(A) a brief description of the subject and 
                purpose of the grant, organized by the organizational 
                unit of the Executive agency;
                    ``(B) contact information for the organizational 
                unit or individual responsible for the grant, if known, 
                including name, telephone number, and electronic mail 
                address;
                    ``(C) the expected or actual dates for the issuance 
                of the grant solicitation and application and the grant 
                application submission deadline;
                    ``(D) the estimated amount of the average grant 
                award, the estimated maximum and minimum amounts of the 
                grant award, if applicable, and the estimated total 
                number of grant awards to be made; and
                    ``(E) a description of the total amount available 
                to be awarded.
    ``(f) Publication of Information.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
        nothing in this section shall be construed to require the 
        publication of information otherwise exempt from disclosure 
        under section 552 of title 5 (commonly referred to as the 
        `Freedom of Information Act').
            ``(2) Limitation.--The exemption under section 552(b)(5) of 
        title 5 shall not exempt from publication predecisional 
        documents required to be posted pursuant to the requirements 
        under subsection (d)(2).
    ``(g) Transparency of Information.--To the extent practicable, the 
grants website maintained under this section shall--
            ``(1) make the information described in this section 
        available in its original format;
            ``(2) make the information described in this section 
        available without charge, license, or registration requirement;
            ``(3) permit the information described in this section to 
        be searched;
            ``(4) permit the information described in this section to 
        be downloaded in bulk;
            ``(5) permit the information described in this section to 
        be disseminated via automatic electronic means;
            ``(6) permit the information described in this section to 
        be freely shared by the public, such as by social media;
            ``(7) use permanent uniform resource locators for the 
        information described in this section; and
            ``(8) provide an opportunity for the public to provide 
        input about the usefulness of the site and recommendations for 
        improvements.
``Sec. 7404. Postdecision explanation for failed applicants
    ``If requested by an applicant for a competitive grant, for each 
grant award made in an amount in excess of $100,000 pursuant to a 
merit-based selection procedure, an Executive agency shall provide the 
applicant with a timely direct interaction describing the basis for the 
award decision of the Executive agency, including, if applicable, the 
decision not to award a grant to the applicant.
``Sec. 7405. Inspector General review of peer review process
    ``Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of the Grant 
Reform and New Transparency Act of 2016, the Inspector General of each 
Executive agency that awards competitive grants shall conduct a review 
of the effectiveness of the conflicts of interest policy of the 
Executive agency, including a review of a random selection of peer 
review processes, with respect to the peer review process for 
competitive grants in order to detect favoritism.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of chapters at the beginning of 
subtitle V of title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting 
after the item relating to chapter 73 the following:

``74. Grant transparency requirements.......................    7401''.
    (c) Grants Workforce Report.--
            (1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    (A) Executive agency.--The term ``Executive 
                agency'' has the meaning given the term in section 105 
                of title 5, United States Code, except the term does 
                not include the Government Accountability Office.
                    (B) Federal grants workforce.--The term ``Federal 
                grants workforce'', with respect to an Executive 
                agency, means all employees of the Executive agency who 
                spend some or all of their time engaged in--
                            (i) grant planning, including programmatic 
                        activities;
                            (ii) preparing grant solicitations, Notices 
                        of Funding Opportunity, Notices Inviting 
                        Applications, or other requests for grant 
                        proposals;
                            (iii) evaluating or reviewing grant 
                        applications, including serving on a peer 
                        review board;
                            (iv) monitoring or administering grant 
                        performance by grantees;
                            (v) preparing the Notice of Award and 
                        negotiating terms and conditions; or
                            (vi) post-award closeout activities, 
                        including final technical and financial 
                        reports.
            (2) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United 
        States shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
        Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on 
        Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives 
        a report on the Federal grants workforce, which shall address--
                    (A) the size of the Federal grants workforce and 
                expected trends in Federal employment for the Federal 
                grants workforce;
                    (B) the adequacy of training opportunities for the 
                Federal grants workforce;
                    (C) whether the Federal Acquisition Institute or 
                any other existing entity engaged in acquisition 
                workforce training should be made available for grant 
                training;
                    (D) whether a warrant system similar to that used 
                in the Federal acquisition system should be established 
                for Federal officials authorized to award grants;
                    (E) the use by Executive agencies of suspension and 
                debarment actions taken against grantees during the 3-
                year period preceding the date on which the report is 
                submitted, and the level of agency resources assigned 
                to the suspension and debarment functions; and
                    (F) any recommendations for improving the Federal 
                grants workforce.

SEC. 610. AVAILABILITY OF OPINIONS OF THE OFFICE OF LEGAL COUNSEL OF 
              THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

    (a) Index of Opinions Provided to Congress.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Attorney General for 
        the Office of Legal Counsel (referred to in this section as the 
        ``Assistant Attorney General'') shall submit to Congress an 
        index which contains, for each opinion of the Office of Legal 
        Counsel which has been published prior to the date of the 
        enactment of this Act and except as provided in paragraph (3), 
        the following information:
                    (A) The title of the opinion.
                    (B) The date on which the opinion was issued, and 
                any date on which the opinion was updated, if 
                applicable.
                    (C) The name of the author and the recipient of the 
                opinion.
                    (D) The unique identifier assigned to the opinion, 
                including such an identifier for any update to the 
                opinion, if applicable.
                    (E) Whether an opinion has been withdrawn.
                    (F) Whether the opinion has been released to the 
                public (in whole or in part), and a hyperlink to where 
                it can be found, if applicable.
            (2) Updates.--The Assistant Attorney General shall provide 
        an update of the index described in paragraph (1) to any Member 
        of Congress who requests such an update, not later than 90 days 
        after receiving such a request.
            (3) Exception.--The Assistant Attorney General may withhold 
        the information described in subparagraphs (A) and (C) of 
        paragraph (1) in the case of an opinion for which the President 
        has determined that it is essential to limit access to a covert 
        action finding under section 503(c)(2) of the National Security 
        Act of 1947 (50 U.S.C. 3093(c)(2)), except that such 
        information shall be provided to any Member of Congress who has 
        been granted access to such findings under such section.
    (b) Index of Opinions Made Publicly Available.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 90 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Attorney General shall 
        make publicly available online, for each opinion of the Office 
        of Legal Counsel which has been published prior to the date of 
        the enactment of this Act and except as provided in paragraph 
        (3), the information described in subparagraphs (A) through (F) 
        of subsection (a)(1).
            (2) Updates.--Not later than 5 days after the issuance of 
        an opinion of the Office of Legal Counsel of the Department of 
        Justice, the Assistant Attorney General shall make publicly 
        available the information described in subparagraphs (A) 
        through (F) of subsection (a)(1), except as provided in 
        paragraph (3).
            (3) Exception.--The Assistant Attorney General may withhold 
        the information described in subparagraphs (A) and (C) of 
        subsection (a)(1) when the agency interest in protecting such 
        record or information is outweighed by public interest in 
        disclosure, but only to the extent that one of the following 
        applies to the information to be withheld:
                    (A) The withholding of such information is 
                authorized under criteria established by an Executive 
                order in the interest of national defense or foreign 
                policy, and the Assistant Attorney General has 
                determined that such information meets the criteria 
                established pursuant to the Executive order.
                    (B) The information concerns the appointment to a 
                Federal office prior to the appointment, except in the 
                case of an opinion that is cited in another opinion 
                which is not excepted from disclosure under this 
                paragraph.
                    (C) The information is specifically exempted from 
                disclosure by statute (other than sections 552 and 552b 
                of title 5, United States Code).
                    (D) The information includes trade secrets, or 
                commercial or financial information obtained from a 
                person, which is privileged or confidential.
                    (E) The information includes personnel, medical, or 
                similar files, the disclosure of which would constitute 
                a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
                    (F) The President has determined it is essential to 
                limit access to a covert action finding under section 
                503(c)(2) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
                U.S.C. 3093(c)(2)).
            (4) No fee for access.--The Assistant Attorney General may 
        not charge a fee for access to the information required to be 
        made publicly available under this subsection.
    (c) Summary of Opinions Provided to Congress.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 10 days after receiving a 
        request from a Member of Congress or an officer or employee of 
        the Legislative Branch for a summary of an opinion, the 
        Assistant Attorney General shall provide such a summary, which 
        shall include legal analysis related to the opinion, except as 
        provided in paragraph (3).
            (2) Classified information.--The summary provided under 
        paragraph (1) may only include classified information which the 
        requesting individual is authorized, pursuant to a security 
        clearance, to receive.
            (3) Exception.--The Assistant Attorney General may refrain 
        from providing a summary described in paragraph (1) in the case 
        of an opinion for which the President has determined that it is 
        essential to limit access to a covert action finding under 
        section 503(c)(2) of the National Security Act of 1947 (50 
        U.S.C. 3093(c)(2)), except that such information shall be 
        provided to any Member of Congress who has been granted access 
        to such findings under such section.
    (d) Rule of Construction.--To the extent otherwise permitted by 
law, this section does not preclude the Assistant Attorney General from 
disclosing opinions, or information relating to opinions, to any 
person, in addition to the requirements of this section.

        TITLE VII--STRENGTHENING THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT

SEC. 701. AGENCY DEFINED.

    In this title, the term ``agency'' has the meaning given that term 
under section 551 of title 5, United States Code.

SEC. 702. DIGITAL ACCESS TO COMPLETED RESPONSES TO THE FREEDOM OF 
              INFORMATION ACT.

    (a) Requirement.--
            (1) Database of completed foia requests.--Each agency shall 
        make available all materials contained in the agency's 
        completed response to a request under section 552 of title 5, 
        United States Code (in this section referred to as a ``FOIA 
        request''), in a structured database or in a searchable, 
        sortable, downloadable, machine-readable database not later 
        than two months after the date on which the FOIA request was 
        completed.
            (2) Electronic format.--All information is presumed to be 
        available in an electronic format as described in paragraph (1) 
        unless the agency demonstrates that excessive cost would place 
        an undue burden on the agency.
    (b) Public Availability.--All information included in the agency's 
completed response to a FOIA request shall be made available to the 
public electronically and without cost through each agency's website.

SEC. 703. FOIAONLINE FOR AGENCIES.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the head of each agency shall use FOIAonline to log, track, and 
publish all requests received under section 552 of title 5, United 
States Code.

SEC. 704. FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Judicial Review of Complaints.--Section 552(a)(4)(B) of title 
5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after ``withheld from 
the complainant'' the following: ``or the public''.
    (b) Presumption of Openness.--
            (1) Amendments.--Section 552(b) of title 5, United States 
        Code, is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (3)(B), by inserting ``with an 
                explanation for the exemption'' after ``specifically 
                cites to this paragraph'';
                    (B) in paragraph (5), by inserting before the 
                semicolon at the end the following: ``and excluding--
                    ``(A) opinions that are controlling interpretations 
                of law;
                    ``(B) final reports or memoranda created by an 
                entity other than the agency, including other 
                Governmental entities, at the request of the agency and 
                used to make a final policy decision; and
                    ``(C) guidance documents used by the agency to 
                respond to the public;'';
                    (C) in paragraph (6), by striking ``similar files'' 
                and inserting ``personal information such as contact 
                information or financial information''; and
                    (D) in the matter following paragraph (9)--
                            (i) by inserting before ``Any reasonably 
                        segregable portion'' the following: ``An agency 
                        may not withhold information under this 
                        subsection unless such agency reasonably 
                        foresees that disclosure would cause specific 
                        identifiable harm to an interest protected by 
                        an exemption, or if disclosure is prohibited by 
                        law.''; and
                            (ii) by inserting before ``If technically 
                        feasible,'' the following: ``For each record 
                        withheld in whole or in part under paragraph 
                        (3), the agency shall identify the statute that 
                        exempts the record from disclosure.''.
            (2) Exemption decision transparency.--Section 
        552(a)(6)(C)(i) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
        striking the fourth sentence and inserting at the end the 
        following: ``Any notification of denial or partial denial of 
        any request for records under this subsection shall set forth 
        each name and title or position of each person responsible for 
        the denial or partial denial or any decision to withhold a 
        responsive record under subsection (b).''.
    (c) Government Accountability Office.--Subsection (i) of section 
552 of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
    ``(i) The Government Accountability Office shall--
            ``(1) conduct audits of administrative agencies on 
        compliance with and implementation of the requirements of this 
        section and issue reports detailing the results of such audits;
            ``(2) catalog the number of exemptions under subsection 
        (b)(3) and agency use of such exemptions; and
            ``(3) review and prepare a report on the processing of 
        requests by agencies for information pertaining to an entity 
        that has received assistance under title I of the Emergency 
        Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (12 U.S.C. 5211 et seq.) 
        during any period in which the Government owns or owned more 
        than 50 percent of the stock of such entity.''.
    (d) Annual Report by Congressional Research Service.--Section 552 
of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection:
    ``(n) The Congressional Research Service shall, on an annual basis, 
provide the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs of the Senate with a list of statutes described in 
subsection (b)(3). Each such list shall be made publicly available.''.

     TITLE VIII--IMPROVING TRANSPARENCY WITHIN THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM

SEC. 801. TELEVISING SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 45 of title 28, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 678. Televising Supreme Court proceedings
    ``The Supreme Court shall permit television coverage of all open 
sessions of the Court unless the Court decides, by a vote of the 
majority of justices, that allowing such coverage in a particular case 
would constitute a violation of the due process rights of one or more 
of the parties before the Court.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The chapter analysis for chapter 45 of 
title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

``678. Televising Supreme Court proceedings.''.

SEC. 802. AUDIO RECORDING OF SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS.

    The Chief Justice of the United States shall ensure that the audio 
of an oral argument before the Supreme Court of the United States is 
recorded and is made publicly available on the Internet website of the 
Supreme Court at the same time that it is recorded.

SEC. 803. AVAILABILITY ON THE INTERNET OF FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE REPORTS 
              OF JUDICIAL OFFICERS.

    Section 103 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 
103), as amended by this Act, is further amended by inserting at the 
end the following:
    ``(n) The Judicial Conference shall make available any report filed 
with it under this title by a judicial officer within 48 hours of the 
applicable submission deadline on the website of the Judicial 
Conference in a searchable, sortable, downloadable, machine-readable 
format.''.

SEC. 804. GAO AUDIT OF PACER.

    Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an 
audit of the public access to court electronic records system 
maintained by the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, 
and shall submit to Congress, the Administrative Office of the United 
States Courts, and any other appropriate Federal agency or office, a 
report that contains the results of the audit, along with any 
recommendations for improving the public access to court electronic 
records system.

                         TITLE IX--ENFORCEMENT

SEC. 901. AUDITS BY THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE.

    (a) Audit Requirement.--The Comptroller General shall conduct 
annual audits of the implementation of the provisions in this Act, and 
shall submit annually to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
Reform of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland 
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the results 
of the audits.
    (b) Matters Covered by Audits.--Audits conducted under this section 
shall address whether the congressional and executive branch data that 
is required to be provided to the public through the Internet is each 
of the following:
            (1) Complete.--Made available, except for data that is 
        subject to privacy, security, or privilege exemptions.
            (2) Primary.--Collected at the source, with the highest 
        possible level of granularity, not in aggregate or modified 
        forms.
            (3) Timely.--Made available as quickly as necessary to 
        preserve the value of the data.
            (4) Accessible.--Available to the widest range of users for 
        the widest range of purposes.
            (5) Machine processable.--Reasonably structured to allow 
        automated processing.
            (6) Non-discriminatory.--Available to anyone, with no 
        registration requirement.
            (7) Non-proprietary.--Available in a format over which no 
        entity has exclusive control.
            (8) License-free.--Not subject to any copyright, patent, 
        trademark, or trade secret regulation (with reasonable privacy, 
        security, and privilege restrictions).
    (c) Current Standards.--Audits conducted under this section shall 
also address whether the data provided to the public under this Act is 
produced and maintained using current standards for data publication.

                         TITLE X--MISCELLANEOUS

SEC. 1001. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN RECORDS TO ARCHIVIST OF UNITED STATES.

    (a) In General.--Subject to subsection (b), not later than 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General of 
the United States shall transfer to the Archivist of the United States 
each record--
            (1) created during the period beginning on January 1, 1981, 
        and ending December 31, 1986; and
            (2) subject to Item 7 of Records Schedule N1-60-10-31 of 
        the National Archives and Records Administration.
    (b) Retention.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 60 days after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General of the United 
        States may submit to the Archivist of the United States a 
        written request to retain any record described in subsection 
        (a), in accordance with section 1235.14 of title 36, Code of 
        Federal Regulations. The Archivist shall approve or deny each 
        such request not later than 60 days after receiving the 
        request.
            (2) Transfer of records after denial.--Not later than 30 
        days after the Archivist of the United States denies a request 
        under paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall transfer to the 
        Archivist each record for which the request for retention has 
        been denied.
    (c) Enforcement.--If the Attorney General fails to comply with the 
requirements of this section, the Archivist of the United States may 
bring an action in the proper district court of the United States to 
enforce compliance with this section.

SEC. 1002. DATA STANDARDS.

    (a) In General.--Subtitle A of title I of the Financial Stability 
Act of 2010 (12 U.S.C. 5311 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:

``SEC. 124. DATA STANDARDS.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall, by rule, 
promulgate data standards for the information reported to member 
agencies by financial entities under the jurisdiction of the member 
agency and the data collected from member agencies on behalf of the 
Council.
    ``(b) Standardization.--Member agencies, in consultation with the 
Secretary of the Treasury, shall implement regulations promulgated by 
the Secretary of the Treasury under subsection (a) to standardize the 
types and formats of data reported to member agencies or collected on 
behalf of the Council, as described under subsection (a). If a member 
agency fails to implement such regulations prior to the expiration of 
the 3-year period following the date of publication of final 
regulations, the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the 
Chairperson, may implement such regulations with respect to the 
financial entities under the jurisdiction of the member agency.
    ``(c) Data Standards.--
            ``(1) Common identifiers and data formats.--The data 
        standards promulgated under subsection (a) shall include--
                    ``(A) common identifiers for information reported 
                to member agencies or collected on behalf of the 
                Council, including a common legal entity identifier for 
                all entities required to report to member agencies; and
                    ``(B) common data formats for information reported 
                to member agencies or collected on behalf of the 
                Council.
            ``(2) Data standard requirements.--The data standards 
        promulgated under subsection (a) shall, to the extent 
        practicable--
                    ``(A) render information fully searchable and 
                machine-readable;
                    ``(B) be nonproprietary;
                    ``(C) incorporate standards developed and 
                maintained by voluntary consensus standards bodies; and
                    ``(D) be consistent with and implement applicable 
                accounting and reporting principles.
            ``(3) Consultation.--In promulgating data standards under 
        subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury shall consult 
        with other Federal departments and agencies and multi-agency 
        initiatives responsible for Federal data standards.
            ``(4) Interoperability of data.--In promulgating data 
        standards under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury 
        shall seek to promote interoperability of financial regulatory 
        data across members of the Council.''.
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of contents under section 1(b) 
of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 123 the 
following:

``Sec. 124. Data standards.''.
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