Title: Transparency in Government Act of 2021
Policy area: Congress

Summary:
Transparency in Government Act of 2021
This bill establishes and otherwise modifies several reporting, disclosure, and other requirements across all branches of government to expand public access to information.
Additionally, with respect to the executive branch, the bill
Finally, with respect to the judicial branch, the bill

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2055 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2055

 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

                             March 18, 2021

Mr. Quigley (for himself and Ms. Norton) introduced the following bill; 
  which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and in 
  addition to the Committees on House Administration, the Judiciary, 
 Ethics, Financial Services, the Budget, and Rules, 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 
2021''.

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    The table of contents of this Act 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 recorded votes.
Sec. 203. Electronic format.
Sec. 204. Congressional Data Task Force.
Sec. 205. Use of data standards by congressional support offices.
Sec. 206. Inclusion of digital version of funding tables in reports 
                            accompanying appropriations bills.
Sec. 207. Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress.
Sec. 208. Expanded information in House staff directory.
Sec. 209. Publication of United States Capitol Police arrest 
                            information.
         Subtitle B--Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports

Sec. 211. Short title.
Sec. 212. Definitions.
Sec. 213. Establishment of online portal for congressionally mandated 
                            reports.
Sec. 214. Federal agency responsibilities.
Sec. 215. Changing or removing reports.
Sec. 216. Relationship to the Freedom of Information Act.
Sec. 217. Implementation.
Sec. 218. Determination of budgetary effects.
 TITLE III--EXPANDING ACCESS TO CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE REPORTS 
                     ON LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WEBSITE

Sec. 301. Inclusion of reports from archive.
Sec. 302. Availability of reports in structured format.
Sec. 303. Report on making other materials available.
Sec. 304. 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

             Subtitle A--Public Availability of Information

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. Public availability of budget justifications and 
                            appropriation requests.
Sec. 604. Improving rulemaking disclosure for the Office of Information 
                            and Regulatory Affairs.
Sec. 605. Improving registration information from agents of foreign 
                            principals.
Sec. 606. Agency defined.
Sec. 607. Government-wide entity identifier.
Sec. 608. Grants transparency requirements.
     Subtitle B--Publication of Opinions of Office of Legal Counsel

Sec. 611. Short title.
Sec. 612. Schedule of publication for final OLC opinions.
Sec. 613. Exceptions and limitation on public availability of final OLC 
                            opinions.
Sec. 614. Method of publication.
Sec. 615. Index of opinions.
Sec. 616. Private right of action.
Sec. 617. Severability.
Sec. 618. Definitions.
      Subtitle C--Contempt of Congress Procedures and Enforcement

Sec. 621. Availability of civil action to enforce House of 
                            Representatives subpoenas.
Sec. 622. Alternate procedures for enforcement of criminal contempt of 
                            Congress.
Sec. 623. Increase in penalty for contempt of Congress.
Sec. 624. Authority of United States Capitol Police to enforce 
                            citations.
Sec. 625. Collection of penalties imposed by the House of 
                            Representatives on persons cited for 
                            contempt of House.
Sec. 626. No effect of expiration of Congress on pending actions.
        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.
Sec. 805. Electronic court records reform.
                         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:
    ``(2) 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 22 
as clause 23 and by inserting after clause 21 the following:
    ``22. 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 22''.
    (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
    ``7.(a) 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--
            ``(1) the bill name;
            ``(2) the name, State, and district of that individual;
            ``(3) the name and address of the intended recipient;
            ``(4) whether the intended recipient is a for-profit or 
        not-for-profit entity;
            ``(5) the requested amount (only in the case of 
        congressional earmarks);
            ``(6) a brief description; and
            ``(7) 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.
    ``(b) 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.
    ``(c) 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.
    ``(d) The earmark disclosure webpage of a committee shall post the 
information required under paragraphs (a) through (c) within one week 
of receipt, and shall maintain that information on that webpage for the 
remainder of the Congress.
    ``(e) For purposes of this clause, 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 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. 203. ELECTRONIC FORMAT.

    (a) In General.--Chapter 2 of title 1 of the United States Code is 
amended by inserting 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. 204. 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 Publishing 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. 205. 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. 206. 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 2023 or any 
succeeding fiscal year.

SEC. 207. SELECT COMMITTEE ON THE MODERNIZATION OF CONGRESS.

    (a) Establishment.--There is hereby established in the House of 
Representatives a Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress 
(hereinafter in this section referred to as the ``Select Committee'').
    (b) Composition.--
            (1) The Select Committee shall be composed of 12 Members, 
        Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner appointed by the 
        Speaker.
            (2) The Speaker shall appoint members of the Select 
        Committee as follows:
                    (A) At least 2 members from among Members, 
                Delegates, or the Resident Commissioner serving in 
                their first term.
                    (B) At least 2 members from the Committee on Rules.
                    (C) At least 2 members from the Committee on House 
                Administration.
            (3) Of the members of the Select Committee appointed 
        pursuant to paragraph (1), 6 shall be appointed on the 
        recommendation of the Minority Leader, including 1 member each 
        as described in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of paragraph (2).
            (4) The Speaker shall designate one member of the Select 
        Committee as chair, and, upon recommendation of the Minority 
        Leader, shall designate one member of the Select Committee as 
        vice chair.
            (5) A vacancy in the membership of the Select Committee 
        shall be filled in the same manner as the original appointment.
    (c) Jurisdiction; Functions.--
            (1) Legislative jurisdiction.--The Select Committee shall 
        not have legislative jurisdiction and shall have no authority 
        to take legislative action on any bill or resolution.
            (2) Investigative jurisdiction.--The sole authority of the 
        Select Committee shall be to investigate, study, make findings, 
        hold public hearings, and develop recommendations on 
        modernizing Congress, including recommendations on--
                    (A) rules to promote a more modern and efficient 
                Congress;
                    (B) procedures, including the schedule and 
                calendar;
                    (C) policies to develop the next generation of 
                leaders;
                    (D) staff recruitment, diversity, retention, and 
                compensation and benefits;
                    (E) administrative efficiencies, including 
                purchasing, travel, outside services, and shared 
                administrative staff;
                    (F) technology and innovation; and
                    (G) the work of the House Commission on 
                Congressional Mailing Standards.
    (d) Procedures.--
            (1) Except as specified in paragraph (2), the Select 
        Committee shall have the authorities and responsibilities of, 
        and shall be subject to the same limitations and restrictions 
        as, a standing committee of the House, and shall be deemed a 
        committee of the House for all purposes of law or rule.
            (2)(A) Rules X and XI of the Rules of the House of 
        Representatives shall apply to the Select Committee where not 
        inconsistent with this section.
            (B) Service on the Select Committee shall not count against 
        the limitations in clause 5(b)(2) of rule X of the Rules of the 
        House of Representatives.
            (C) Clause 2(m)(1)(B) of rule XI and clause 2(m)(3) of rule 
        XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives shall not apply 
        to the Select Committee, but the Select Committee may recommend 
        subpoenas and depositions and submit such recommendations to 
        the relevant standing committee.
            (D) Clause 2(d) of rule X of the Rules of the House of 
        Representatives shall not apply to the Select Committee.
    (e) Funding.--To enable the Select Committee to carry out the 
purposes of this section--
            (1) the Select Committee may use the services of staff of 
        the House; and
            (2) the Select Committee shall be eligible for interim 
        funding pursuant to clause 7 of rule X of the Rules of the 
        House of Representatives.
    (f) Reports.--
            (1) Reports on findings and recommendations.--The Select 
        Committee may report to the House or any committee from time to 
        time the results of its investigations and studies, together 
        with such detailed findings and policy recommendations as it 
        may deem advisable. The Select Committee may only submit any 
        such report if the report receives the votes of not fewer than 
        2/3 of its members.
            (2) Publication.--The Select Committee shall ensure that 
        each report prepared in accordance with paragraph (1) shall, 
        upon completion, be made available to the general public in 
        widely accessible formats not later than 30 calendar days 
        following the date the report is made available to the House or 
        a committee, as applicable.

SEC. 208. EXPANDED INFORMATION IN HOUSE STAFF DIRECTORY.

    Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall submit a report to the 
Committees on Appropriations and House Administration of the House of 
Representatives on the feasibility of expanding the information 
included in the directory of employees of the House to include 
information on the position held and the areas of responsibility 
assigned to each employee.

SEC. 209. PUBLICATION OF UNITED STATES CAPITOL POLICE ARREST 
              INFORMATION.

    (a) Publication of Information.--The Chief of the United States 
Capitol Police shall publish on the official public website of the 
Capitol Police information on arrests made by the Capitol Police, and 
shall ensure that such information is published in a structured data 
format.
    (b) Effective Date.--This section shall apply with respect to 
arrests made by the United States Capitol Police on or after January 1, 
2021.

         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 by statute to 
                be submitted to either House of Congress or any 
                committee of Congress or subcommittee thereof; 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 online portal.--The term ``reports online 
        portal'' means the online portal established under section 
        213(a).

SEC. 213. ESTABLISHMENT OF ONLINE PORTAL FOR CONGRESSIONALLY MANDATED 
              REPORTS.

    (a) Requirement To Establish Online Portal.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, the Director shall establish and 
        maintain an online portal 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 online portal.
            (2) Existing functionality.--To the extent possible, the 
        Director shall meet the requirements under paragraph (1) by 
        using existing online portals 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, the Secretary of the Senate, and the Librarian 
        of Congress regarding the requirements for and maintenance of 
        congressionally mandated reports on the reports online portal.
    (b) Content and Function.--The Director shall ensure that the 
reports online portal 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 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 or 
                        subcommittee receiving the report, if 
                        applicable.
                            (v) The statute requiring the report.
                            (vi) Subject tags.
                            (vii) A unique alphanumeric identifier for 
                        the report that is consistent across report 
                        editions.
                            (viii) The serial number, Superintendent of 
                        Documents number, or other identification 
                        number for the report, if applicable.
                            (ix) Key words.
                            (x) Full text search.
                            (xi) Any other relevant information 
                        specified by the Director.
                    (D) The date on which the report was required to be 
                submitted, and on which the report was submitted, to 
                the reports online portal.
                    (E) To the extent practicable, a permanent means of 
                accessing the report electronically.
            (2) A means for bulk download of all congressionally 
        mandated reports.
            (3) A means for downloading individual reports as the 
        result of a search.
            (4) An electronic means for the head of each Federal agency 
        to submit to the reports online portal each congressionally 
        mandated report of the agency, as required by section 214.
            (5) In tabular form, a list of 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) Noncompliance by Federal Agencies.--
            (1) Reports not submitted.--If a Federal agency does not 
        submit a congressionally mandated report to the Director, the 
        Director shall to the extent practicable--
                    (A) include on the reports online portal--
                            (i) the information required under clauses 
                        (i), (ii), (iv), and (v) of subsection 
                        (b)(1)(C); and
                            (ii) the date on which the report was 
                        required to be submitted; and
                    (B) include the congressionally mandated report on 
                the list described in subsection (b)(5)(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 online portal.
    (d) Deadline.--The Director shall ensure that information required 
to be published on the online portal under this subtitle with respect 
to a congressionally mandated report or information required under 
subsection (c) is published--
            (1) not later than 30 calendar days after the information 
        is received from the Federal agency involved; or
            (2) in the case of information required under subsection 
        (c), not later than 30 calendar days after the deadline under 
        this subtitle for the Federal agency involved to submit 
        information with respect to the congressionally mandated report 
        involved.
    (e) Exception for Certain Reports.--
            (1) Exception described.--A congressionally mandated report 
        which is required by statute to be submitted to a committee of 
        Congress or a subcommittee thereof, including any transmittal 
        letter associated with the report, shall not be submitted to or 
        published on the reports online portal if the chair of a 
        committee or subcommittee to which the report is submitted 
        notifies the Director in writing that the report is to be 
        withheld from submission and publication under this subtitle.
            (2) Notice on portal.--If a report is withheld from 
        submission to or publication on the reports online portal under 
        paragraph (1), the Director shall post on the portal--
                    (A) a statement that the report is withheld at the 
                request of a committee or subcommittee involved; and
                    (B) the written notification specified in paragraph 
                (1).
    (f) Free Access.--The Director may not charge a fee, require 
registration, or impose any other limitation in exchange for access to 
the reports online portal.
    (g) Upgrade Capability.--The reports online portal 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.--Not earlier than 
30 calendar days or later than 45 calendar days after the date on which 
a congressionally mandated report is submitted to either House of 
Congress or to any committee of Congress or subcommittee thereof, the 
head of the Federal agency submitting the congressionally mandated 
report shall submit to the Director the information required under 
subparagraphs (A) through (D) of section 213(b)(1) with respect to the 
congressionally mandated report. Nothing in this subtitle shall relieve 
a Federal agency of any other requirement to publish the 
congressionally mandated report on the online portal 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 240 calendar days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, 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. CHANGING OR REMOVING REPORTS.

    (a) Limitation on Authority To Change or Remove Reports.--Except as 
provided in subsection (b), the head of the Federal agency concerned 
may change or remove a congressionally mandated report submitted to be 
published on the reports online portal only if--
            (1) the head of the Federal agency consults with each 
        committee of Congress or subcommittee thereof to which the 
        report is required to be submitted (or, in the case of a report 
        which is not required to be submitted to a particular committee 
        of Congress or subcommittee thereof, to each committee with 
        jurisdiction over the agency, as determined by the head of the 
        agency in consultation with the Speaker of the House of 
        Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate) 
        prior to changing or removing the report; and
            (2) a joint resolution is enacted to authorize the change 
        in or removal of the report.
    (b) Exceptions.--Notwithstanding subsection (a), the head of the 
Federal agency concerned--
            (1) may make technical changes to a report submitted to or 
        published on the online portal; and
            (2) may remove a report from the online portal if the 
        report was submitted to or published on the online portal in 
        error.

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

    (a) In General.--Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed to--
            (1) require the disclosure of information, records, or 
        reports that are exempt from public disclosure under section 
        552 of title 5, United States Code; or
            (2) impose any affirmative duty on the Director to review 
        congressionally mandated reports submitted for publication to 
        the reports online portal for the purpose of identifying and 
        redacting such information or records.
    (b) Redaction of Information.--The head of a Federal agency may 
redact information required to be disclosed under this subtitle if the 
information would be properly withheld from disclosure under section 
552 of title 5, United States Code, and shall--
            (1) redact information required to be disclosed under this 
        subtitle if disclosure of such information is prohibited by 
        law;
            (2) redact information being withheld under this subsection 
        prior to submitting the information to the Director;
            (3) redact only such information properly withheld under 
        this subsection from the submission of information or from any 
        congressionally mandated report submitted under this Act;
            (4) identify where any such redaction is made in the 
        submission or report; and
            (5) identify the exemption under which each such redaction 
        is made.

SEC. 217. IMPLEMENTATION.

    (a) Reports Submitted to Congress.--
            (1) In general.--This subtitle shall apply with respect to 
        any congressionally mandated report which--
                    (A) is required by statute to be submitted to the 
                House of Representatives or Senate at any time before, 
                on, or after the date of the enactment of this Act; or
                    (B) is included by the Clerk of the House of 
                Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate (as the 
                case may be) on the list of reports received by the 
                House of Representatives or Senate (as the case may be) 
                at any time before the date of the enactment of this 
                Act.
            (2) Transition rule for previously submitted reports.--The 
        Director shall ensure that any congressionally mandated report 
        described in paragraph (1) which was required to be submitted 
        to Congress by a statute enacted before the date of the 
        enactment of this Act is published on the online portal under 
        this subtitle not later than 1 year after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act.
    (b) Reports Submitted to Committees.--In the case of 
congressionally mandated reports which are required by statute to be 
submitted to a committee of Congress or a subcommittee thereof, this 
subtitle shall apply with respect to--
            (1) any such report which is first required to be submitted 
        by a statute which is enacted on or after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act; and
            (2) to the maximum extent practical, any congressionally 
        mandated report which was required to be submitted by a statute 
        enacted before the date of enactment of this Act unless--
                    (A) the chair of the committee, or subcommittee 
                thereof, to which the report was required to be 
                submitted notifies the Director in writing that the 
                report is to be withheld from publication; and
                    (B) the Director publishes the notification on the 
                online portal.

SEC. 218. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.

    The budgetary effects of this subtitle, for the purpose of 
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be 
determined by reference to the latest statement titled ``Budgetary 
Effects of PAYGO Legislation'' for this subtitle, submitted for 
printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the House 
Budget Committee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior 
to the vote on passage.

 TITLE III--EXPANDING ACCESS TO CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE REPORTS 
                     ON LIBRARY OF CONGRESS WEBSITE

SEC. 301. INCLUSION OF REPORTS FROM ARCHIVE.

    Section 154(a)(2) of Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2018 (2 
U.S.C. 166a(a)(2)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); 
        and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new 
        subparagraph:
                    ``(B) Inclusion of archived material.--The term 
                `CRS Report' includes any report or product described 
                in subparagraph (A) which is produced prior to the 
                effective date of this section, including any report or 
                product maintained in a CRS archive.''.

SEC. 302. AVAILABILITY OF REPORTS IN STRUCTURED FORMAT.

    Section 154(b)(1)(B) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 
2018 (2 U.S.C. 166a(b)(1)(B)) is amended by striking the period at the 
end and inserting the following: ``, and shall be available in a 
structured data format.''

SEC. 303. REPORT ON MAKING OTHER MATERIALS AVAILABLE.

    Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Director of the Congressional Research Service shall submit a 
report to Congress describing the steps the Director would be required 
to take in order to make materials and publications of the Service 
which are not treated as CRS Reports under section 154 of the 
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2018 (2 U.S.C. 166a) available 
through the website established and maintained by the Librarian of 
Congress under such section.

SEC. 304. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by sections 301 and 302 shall take effect as if 
included in the enactment of section 154 of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 2018 (2 U.S.C. 166a).

                     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 the 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.

    (a) Requiring Assignment of Unique Identification Number.--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 a unique identification 
                number for each lobbyist for whom a registration or 
                report is filed under this Act;''.
    (b) Report on Implementation.--Not later than 60 days after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Clerk of the House of 
Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate shall submit a report 
to Congress on the progress made by the Clerk and the Secretary in 
implementing the amendment made by subsection (a), and shall include in 
the report an analysis of the progress made in including the unique 
identification number assigned to a lobbyist in the statements and 
reports filed under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 in a structured 
data format.

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, 2022, 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, 2022, 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, 2022.

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) 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

             Subtitle A--Public Availability of Information

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. PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF BUDGET JUSTIFICATIONS AND 
              APPROPRIATION REQUESTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 3 of the Federal Funding Accountability 
and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is amended to read 
as follows:

``SEC. 3. FULL DISCLOSURE OF FEDERAL FUNDS.

    ``(a) In General.--Not less frequently than monthly when 
practicable, and in any event not less frequently than quarterly, the 
Secretary (in consultation with the Director and, with respect to 
information described in subsection (b)(2), the head of the applicable 
Federal agency) shall ensure that updated information with respect to 
the information described in subsection (b) is posted on the website 
established under section 2.
    ``(b) Information To Be Posted.--
            ``(1) Funds.--For any funds made available to or expended 
        by a Federal agency or component of a Federal agency, the 
        information to be posted shall include--
                    ``(A) for each appropriations account, including an 
                expired or unexpired appropriations account, the 
                amount--
                            ``(i) of budget authority appropriated;
                            ``(ii) that is obligated;
                            ``(iii) of unobligated balances; and
                            ``(iv) of any other budgetary resources;
                    ``(B) from which accounts and in what amount--
                            ``(i) appropriations are obligated for each 
                        program activity; and
                            ``(ii) outlays are made for each program 
                        activity;
                    ``(C) from which accounts and in what amount--
                            ``(i) appropriations are obligated for each 
                        object class; and
                            ``(ii) outlays are made for each object 
                        class; and
                    ``(D) for each program activity, the amount--
                            ``(i) obligated for each object class; and
                            ``(ii) of outlays made for each object 
                        class.
            ``(2) Budget justifications.--
                    ``(A) Definitions.--In this paragraph--
                            ``(i) the term `agency' has the meaning 
                        given that term in section 101 of title 31, 
                        United States Code; and
                            ``(ii) the term `budget justification 
                        materials' means the annual budget 
                        justification materials of an agency that are 
                        submitted to Congress in support of the budget 
                        of the agency, in conjunction with the budget 
                        of the United States Government submitted under 
                        section 1105(a) of title 31, United States 
                        Code, but does not include budget justification 
                        materials that are classified.
                    ``(B) Information.--The information to be posted 
                shall include the budget justification materials of 
                each agency--
                            ``(i) for the second fiscal year beginning 
                        after the date of enactment of this paragraph, 
                        and each fiscal year thereafter; and
                            ``(ii) to the extent practicable, that were 
                        released for any fiscal year before the date of 
                        enactment of this paragraph.
                    ``(C) Format.--Budget justification materials shall 
                be posted under subparagraph (B)--
                            ``(i) in an open format machine readable 
                        and text searchable;
                            ``(ii) in a manner that enables users to 
                        download individual reports, download all 
                        reports in bulk, and download in bulk the 
                        results of a search, to the extent practicable; 
                        and
                            ``(iii) in a structured data format, to the 
                        extent practicable.
                    ``(D) Deadline.--The budget justification materials 
                required to be posted under subparagraph (B)(i) shall 
                be posted not later than 2 weeks after the date on 
                which the budget justification materials are first 
                submitted to Congress.
                    ``(E) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this 
                paragraph shall be construed to authorize an agency to 
                destroy any budget justification materials relating to 
                a fiscal year before the fiscal year described in 
                subparagraph (B)(i).''.
    (b) Information Regarding Agency Budget Justifications.--Section 
1105 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
    ``(i)(1) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 
make publicly available on an internet website, and continuously 
update, a tabular list for each fiscal year of each agency that submits 
to Congress budget justification materials in support of the budget of 
the agency, which shall include--
            ``(A) the name of the agency;
            ``(B) a unique identifier that identifies the agency;
            ``(C) to the extent practicable, the date on which the 
        budget justification materials of the agency are first 
        submitted to Congress;
            ``(D) the date on which the budget justification materials 
        of the agency are posted online under section 3 of the Federal 
        Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 
        6101 note);
            ``(E) the uniform resource locator where the budget 
        justification materials submitted to Congress are published on 
        the website of the agency; and
            ``(F) a single data set that contains the information 
        described in subparagraphs (A) through (E) with respect to the 
        agency for all fiscal years for which budget justifications of 
        the agency are made available under section 3 of the Federal 
        Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 
        6101 note) in a structured data format.
    ``(2)(A) Each agency that submits to Congress budget justification 
materials in support of the budget of the agency shall make the 
materials available on the website of the agency.
    ``(B) The Director of Office of Management and Budget shall 
establish best practices for agencies relating to making available 
materials under subparagraph (A)(i), which shall include guidelines for 
using a uniform resource locator that is in a consistent format across 
agencies and is descriptive, memorable, and pronounceable, such as the 
format of `agencyname.gov/budget'.
    ``(C) If the Director of Office of Management and Budget maintains 
a public website that contains the budget of the United States 
Government submitted under subsection (a) and any related materials, 
such website shall also contain a link to the tabular list required 
under paragraph (1).
    ``(3) In this subsection, the term `budget justification materials' 
has the meaning given that term in section 3 of the Federal Funding 
Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note).''.

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 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. 606. AGENCY DEFINED.

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

SEC. 607. 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. 608. 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 
Transparency in Government Act of 2021, 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.

     Subtitle B--Publication of Opinions of Office of Legal Counsel

SEC. 611. SHORT TITLE.

    This subtitle may be cited as the ``See UNdisclosed Legal 
Interpretations and Get Honest Transparency Act of 2021'' or as the 
``SUNLIGHT Act of 2021''.

SEC. 612. SCHEDULE OF PUBLICATION FOR FINAL OLC OPINIONS.

    Each final opinion issued by the Office of Legal Counsel must be 
made publicly available in its entirety as soon as is practicable, 
but--
            (1) not later than 30 days after the opinion is issued or 
        updated if such action takes place on or after the date of 
        enactment of this Act;
            (2) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
        this Act for an opinion issued on or after January 20, 1993;
            (3) not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of 
        this Act for an opinion issued on or after January 20, 1981 and 
        before or on January 19, 1993;
            (4) not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of 
        this Act for an opinion issued on or after January 20, 1969 and 
        before or on January 19, 1981; and
            (5) not later than 4 years after the date of enactment of 
        this Act for all other opinions.

SEC. 613. EXCEPTIONS AND LIMITATION ON PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF FINAL OLC 
              OPINIONS.

    (a) In General.--A final OLC opinion or part thereof may be 
withheld only to the extent--
            (1) information contained in the opinion was--
                    (A) specifically authorized to be kept secret, 
                under criteria established by an Executive order, in 
                the interest of national defense or foreign policy;
                    (B) in fact properly classified, including all 
                procedural and marking requirements, pursuant to such 
                Executive order;
                    (C) the Attorney General determines that the 
                national defense or foreign policy interests protected 
                outweigh the public's interest in access to the 
                information; and
                    (D) has been put through declassification review 
                within the past two years;
            (2) information contained in the opinion relates to the 
        appointment of a specific individual not confirmed to Federal 
        office;
            (3) information contained in the opinion is specifically 
        exempted from disclosure by statute (other than sections 552 
        and 552b of title 5, United States Code), provided that such 
        statute--
                    (A) requires that the material be withheld in such 
                a manner as to leave no discretion on the issue; or
                    (B) establishes particular criteria for withholding 
                or refers to particular types of material to be 
                withheld;
            (4) information in the opinion includes trade secrets and 
        commercial or financial information obtained from a person and 
        privileged or confidential whose disclosure would likely cause 
        substantial harm to the competitive position of the person from 
        whom the information was obtained;
            (5) the President, in his or her sole and nondelegable 
        determination, formally and personally claims in writing that 
        executive privilege prevents the release of the information and 
        disclosure would cause specific identifiable harm to an 
        interest protected by an exception or the disclosure is 
        prohibited by law; or
            (6) information in the opinion includes personnel and 
        medical files and similar files the disclosure of which would 
        constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy.
    (b) Determination To Withhold.--Any determination under this 
section to withhold information contained in a final OLC opinion must 
be made by the Attorney General or a designee of the Attorney General. 
The determination shall be--
            (1) in writing;
            (2) made available to the public within the same timeframe 
        as is required of a formal OLC opinion;
            (3) sufficiently detailed as to inform the public of what 
        kind of information is being withheld and the reason therefore; 
        and
            (4) effective only for a period of 3 years, subject to 
        review and reissuance, with each reissuance made available to 
        the public.
    (c) Final Opinions.--For final OLC opinions for which the text is 
withheld in full or in substantial part, a detailed unclassified 
summary of the opinion must be made available to the public, in the 
same timeframe as required of the final OLC opinion, that conveys the 
essence of the opinion, including any interpretations of a statute, the 
Constitution, or other legal authority. A notation must be included in 
any published list of OLC opinions regarding the extent of the 
withholdings.
    (d) No Limitation on Relief.--A decision by the Attorney General to 
release or withhold information pursuant to this Act shall not preclude 
any action or relief conferred by statutory or regulatory regime that 
empowers any person to request or demand the release of information.
    (e) Reasonably Segregable Portions of Opinions To Be Published.--
Any reasonably segregable portion of an opinion shall be provided after 
withholding of the portions which are exempt under this subsection. The 
amount of information withheld, and the exemption under which the 
withholding is made, shall be indicated on the released portion of the 
opinion, unless including that indication would harm an interest 
protected by the exemption in this subsection under which the 
withholding is made. If technically feasible, the amount of the 
information withheld, and the exemption under which the withholding is 
made, shall be indicated at the place in the opinion where such 
withholding is made.

SEC. 614. METHOD OF PUBLICATION.

    The Attorney General shall publish each final OLC opinion to the 
extent the law permits, including by publishing the opinions on a 
publically accessible website that--
            (1) with respect to each opinion--
                    (A) contains an electronic copy of the opinion, 
                including any transmittal letter associated with the 
                opinion, in an open format that is platform independent 
                and that is available to the public without 
                restrictions;
                    (B) provides the public the ability to retrieve an 
                opinion, to the extent practicable, through searches 
                based on--
                            (i) the title of the opinion;
                            (ii) the date of publication or revision; 
                        or
                            (iii) the full text of the opinion; and
                    (C) identifies the time and date when the opinion 
                was required to be published, and when the opinion was 
                transmitted for publication; and
                    (D) provides a permanent means of accessing the 
                opinion electronically;
            (2) includes a means for bulk download of all OLC opinions 
        or a selection of opinions retrieved using a text-based search;
            (3) provides free access to the opinions, and does not 
        charge a fee, require registration, or impose any other 
        limitation in exchange for access to the website; and
            (4) is capable of being upgraded as necessary to carry out 
        the purposes of this Act.

SEC. 615. INDEX OF OPINIONS.

    (a) Publication of Index.--
            (1) In general.--The Office of Legal Counsel shall publish 
        a complete list of final OLC opinions, arranged 
        chronologically, within 90 days of the date of the enactment of 
        this Act.
            (2) Updates and revisions.--The list of opinions shall be 
        updated immediately every time an OLC opinion becomes final, 
        and a revision to an opinion shall be listed as if it were a 
        new opinion.
    (b) Requirements for List.--Each list under subsection (a) shall 
comply with the following:
            (1) The list must be made available to the public by 
        publication on the website under section 614.
            (2) The list shall--
                    (A) include, for each opinion--
                            (i) the full name of the opinion;
                            (ii) the date it was finalized or revised;
                            (iii) each author's name;
                            (iv) each recipient's name;
                            (v) a summary of the opinion;
                            (vi) a unique identifier assigned to each 
                        final or revised opinion; and
                            (vii) whether an opinion has been 
                        withdrawn; and
                    (B) be published in both human-readable and 
                machine-readable formats.

SEC. 616. PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION.

    On complaint, the district court of the United States in the 
district in which the complainant resides, or has his principal place 
of business, or in the District of Columbia, has jurisdiction to enjoin 
the agency from withholding information contained in a final OLC 
opinion and to order the production of information improperly withheld 
from the complainant. In such a case the court shall determine the 
matter de novo, and may examine the contents of such OLC opinion in 
camera to determine whether such information or any part thereof shall 
be withheld under any of the exemptions set forth in section 613, and 
the burden is on the agency to sustain its action.

SEC. 617. SEVERABILITY.

    If any provision of this subtitle, any amendment made by this 
subtitle, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is 
held invalid, the validity of the remainder of this subtitle, of any 
such amendments, and of the application of such provisions to other 
persons and circumstances shall not be affected thereby.

SEC. 618. DEFINITIONS.

    (a) OLC Opinion.--The term ``OLC opinion'' means views on a matter 
of legal interpretation communicated by the Office of Legal Counsel of 
the Department of Justice to any other office or agency, or person in 
an office or agency, in the Executive Branch, including any office in 
the Department of Justice, the White House, or the Executive Office of 
the President, and rendered in accordance with sections 511-513 of 
title 28, United States Code. Where the communication of the legal 
interpretation takes place verbally, a memorialization of that 
communication qualifies as an ``OLC opinion''.
    (b) Final OLC Opinion.--The term ``final OLC opinion'' means an OLC 
opinion that--
            (1) the Attorney General, Assistant Attorney General for 
        OLC, or a Deputy Assistant General for OLC, has determined is 
        final;
            (2) government officials or government contractors are 
        relying on;
            (3) is relied upon to formulate legal guidance; or
            (4) is directly or indirectly cited in another Office of 
        Legal Counsel opinion.
    (c) Revised OLC Opinion.--The term ``revised OLC opinion'' means an 
OLC opinion that is withdrawn, information is added to, or information 
is removed from.

      Subtitle C--Contempt of Congress Procedures and Enforcement

SEC. 621. AVAILABILITY OF CIVIL ACTION TO ENFORCE HOUSE OF 
              REPRESENTATIVES SUBPOENAS.

    (a) Civil Action.--The House of Representatives may in a civil 
action obtain any appropriate relief to enforce compliance with a 
subpoena or order of the House, or to enforce compliance with a 
subpoena or order issued by a committee or subcommittee of the House 
authorized to issue a subpoena or order, if the House by resolution 
authorizes the commencement of that civil action.
    (b) Representation by General Counsel.--Unless the House otherwise 
provides, the Office of the General Counsel of the House of 
Representatives shall represent the House in the civil action.
    (c) Personal Jurisdiction.--Personal jurisdiction of the court over 
a defendant in a civil action under this section extends outside the 
territorial jurisdiction of the court if the claim--
            (1) arose out of conduct by the defendant--
                    (A) within that territorial jurisdiction, or
                    (B) causing any injury, including informational 
                injury to the right of the House to make an 
                investigation, within that territorial jurisdiction; or
            (2) otherwise has a reasonable relationship to contacts of 
        the defendant with the territorial jurisdiction.
    (d) Assessment of Competing Interests.--
            (1) In general.--In any civil action brought under this 
        section, if the court has determined that the information or 
        material which is the subject of the subpoena or order involved 
        is presumptively privileged based upon the President's 
        generalized interest in confidentiality, the House may overcome 
        this presumption by showing that--
                    (A) the House, or a committee or subcommittee 
                thereof, has a specific need for the information or 
                material in order to carry out its constitutional 
                obligations; and
                    (B) the information is not otherwise available.
            (2) Enforcement.-- If the court determines that the House, 
        or a committee or subcommittee thereof, has made the showing 
        described in paragraph (1), it shall enforce the subpoena or 
        order involved.
    (e) Expedition of Trial and Appellate Proceedings.--The court shall 
hear and determine a civil action under this section as expeditiously 
as possible, and to the maximum extent practicable during the Congress 
in which the action is commenced. Any appellate proceedings relating to 
such a civil action shall similarly be expedited to assure to the 
extent possible that the matter is fully resolved during the Congress 
in which the action was commenced.

SEC. 622. ALTERNATE PROCEDURES FOR ENFORCEMENT OF CRIMINAL CONTEMPT OF 
              CONGRESS.

    (a) Alternate Procedure.--
            (1) Scope of application.--If the House of Representatives 
        finds a current or former officer or employee of the Executive 
        branch has violated section 102 of the Revised Statutes of the 
        United States (2 U.S.C. 192) or that any person has violated 
        such section at the direction of the President or another 
        officer of the executive branch, the procedures of this section 
        apply.
            (2) Certification by speaker.--In accordance with section 
        104 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (2 U.S.C. 
        194), upon the finding by the House of Representatives of a 
        violation to which this section applies, the Speaker shall 
        certify that finding to the appropriate United States attorney, 
        whose duty it shall be to bring the matter before the grand 
        jury for its action.
            (3) Circumstances leading to appointment of special 
        counsel.--If--
                    (A) the Attorney General or the United States 
                attorney to whom the finding was certified informs the 
                court or the House that the Department of Justice will 
                not prosecute the case; or
                    (B) by the end of the 30th day after the date of 
                receipt of a certification made under paragraph (2) a 
                grand jury has not returned an indictment based on the 
                violation alleged in the certification;
        the Special Division established under subsection (b) 
        (hereinafter in this Act referred to as the ``Special 
        Division'') shall appoint a special counsel under subsection 
        (c). It shall be the duty of the Attorney General to inform 
        that court and the House if a grand jury does not return an 
        indictment by the end of the 30-day period. The Speaker of the 
        House, or any interested congressional party, may file with the 
        Special Division a suggestion that circumstances giving rise to 
        a duty to appoint a special counsel have occurred after the 30-
        day period ends without the return of an indictment.
    (b) Special Division.--
            (1) Establishment.--There is hereby established within the 
        United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia a 
        Special Division to carry out the appointment of special 
        counsels under this section.
            (2) Designation.--
                    (A) In general.--The Chief Justice of the United 
                States shall designate three judges or justices of the 
                United States, one of whom shall be an active judge of 
                the United States Court of Appeals for the District of 
                Columbia, to serve on the Special Division, except that 
                none of the judges or justices serving on the Special 
                Division may serve or have served on the same court.
                    (B) Priority.--In designating judges and justices 
                to serve on the Special Division, the Chief Justice 
                shall give priority to senior circuit judges and 
                retired justices of the United States Supreme Court.
                    (C) Deadline.-- The Chief Justice shall make the 
                first such designation not later than 45 days after the 
                date of the enactment of this Act.
            (3) Term of service.--Each designation to the Special 
        Division shall be for a term of 2 years, but the Chief Justice 
        may fill any vacancy arising before the end of a term for the 
        remainder of that term.
    (c) Appointment, Qualifications, and Prosecutorial Jurisdiction of 
Special Counsel, and Administrative Matters Relating to the Special 
Counsel.--
            (1) Appointment, qualifications, and prosecutorial 
        jurisdiction of special counsel.--
                    (A) Appointment and qualifications.--The Special 
                Division shall appoint the special counsel, who must be 
                an attorney in good standing with substantial 
                prosecutorial experience--
                            (i) who has not served in any capacity in 
                        the administration of the President who is or 
                        who was in office at the time the Speaker of 
                        the House certified the finding of a violation; 
                        and
                            (ii) who is or who was not a Member, 
                        officer, or employee of Congress at the time 
                        the Speaker of the House certified the finding 
                        of a violation.
                    (B) Prosecutorial jurisdiction.--The Special 
                Division shall define the special counsel's 
                prosecutorial jurisdiction as comprising the 
                investigation and prosecution of the alleged violation, 
                any conspiracy to commit the alleged violation, and any 
                perjury, false statement, or obstruction of justice 
                occurring in relation to such investigation and 
                prosecution.
            (2) Authority of special counsel with respect to matters 
        within prosecutorial jurisdiction.--With respect to all matters 
        in that special counsel's prosecutorial jurisdiction, a special 
        counsel appointed under this section shall have full power and 
        independent authority to exercise all prosecutorial functions 
        and powers, and any other functions and powers normally 
        ancillary thereto, of the Department of Justice, the Attorney 
        General, and any other officer or employee of the Department of 
        Justice, except that the Attorney General shall exercise 
        direction or control as to those matters that specifically 
        require the Attorney General's personal action under section 
        2516 of title 18, United States Code.
            (3) Compliance with policies of the department of 
        justice.--
                    (A) In general.--A special counsel shall, except to 
                the extent that to do so would be inconsistent with the 
                purposes of this section, comply with the written or 
                other established policies of the Department of Justice 
                respecting enforcement of the criminal laws.
                    (B) National security.--A special counsel shall 
                comply with guidelines and procedures used by the 
                Department in the handling and use of classified 
                material.
            (4) Salary.--The special counsel shall receive a salary 
        equivalent to the salary of the United States Attorney for the 
        District of Columbia.
            (5) Staff.--The special counsel may appoint and fix the 
        salaries of such staff, not to exceed 12 in number, as the 
        special counsel deems necessary to carry out the functions of 
        the special counsel under this section. However, no salary of a 
        member of such staff may exceed the salary of the special 
        counsel.
            (6) Expenses.--The Department of Justice shall pay all 
        costs relating to the establishment and operation of any office 
        of special counsel. The Attorney General shall submit to the 
        Congress, not later than 30 days after the end of each fiscal 
        year, a report on amounts paid during that fiscal year for 
        expenses of investigations and prosecutions the special 
        counsel.
            (7) Report to congress.--Each special counsel shall report 
        to Congress annually on the special counsel's activities under 
        this section. The report shall include a description of the 
        progress of any investigation or prosecution conducted by the 
        special counsel and provide information justifying the costs of 
        the activities reported on.
    (d) Removal of Special Counsel.--
            (1) In general.--A special counsel may be removed from 
        office, other than by impeachment and conviction, only by the 
        personal action of the Attorney General, and only for good 
        cause, physical or mental disability, or any other condition 
        that substantially impairs the performance of that special 
        counsel's duties.
            (2) Report upon removal.--If a special counsel is removed 
        from office, the Attorney General shall promptly submit to the 
        Special Division and to Congress a report specifying the facts 
        found and the ultimate grounds for the removal.
            (3) Judicial review of removal.--A special counsel removed 
        from office may obtain judicial review of the removal in a 
        civil action. The Special Division may not hear or determine 
        any appeal of a decision in any such civil action. The special 
        counsel may be reinstated or granted other appropriate relief 
        by order of the court.
            (4) Appointment of replacement.--Upon removal of a special 
        counsel, the Special Division shall appoint a similarly 
        qualified individual to continue the functions of the special 
        counsel.
    (e) Termination of Special Counsel's Authority.--
            (1) In general.--The authority of the special counsel shall 
        cease 2 years after the date of the special counsel's 
        appointment, but the Special Division may extend that authority 
        for an additional period not to exceed one year, if the Special 
        Division finds good cause to do so. Good cause to do so 
        includes that the investigation or prosecution undertaken by 
        the special counsel has been delayed by dilatory tactics by 
        persons who could provide evidence that would significantly 
        assist the investigation or prosecution, and also includes the 
        need to allow the special counsel to participate in any 
        appellate proceedings related to prosecutions engaged in by the 
        special counsel.
            (2) Termination by court.--The Special Division, either on 
        the Special Division's own motion or upon the request of the 
        Attorney General, may terminate an office of special counsel at 
        any time, on the ground that the investigation of all matters 
        within the prosecutorial jurisdiction of such special counsel, 
        and any resulting prosecutions, have been completed or so 
        substantially completed that it would be appropriate for the 
        Department of Justice to complete such investigations and 
        prosecutions.

SEC. 623. INCREASE IN PENALTY FOR CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS.

    Section 102 of the Revised Statutes of the United States (2 U.S.C. 
192) is amended by striking ``deemed'' and all that follows through 
``twelve months'' and inserting ``fined not more than $1,000,000 or 
imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both''.

SEC. 624. AUTHORITY OF UNITED STATES CAPITOL POLICE TO ENFORCE 
              CITATIONS.

    (a) Authority.--Section 9B(a) of the Act entitled ``An Act to 
define the area of the United States Capitol Grounds, to regulate the 
use thereof, and for other purposes'', approved July 31, 1946 (2 U.S.C. 
1967(a)), is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (4);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (5) and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(6) within any area, to enforce a citation issued with 
        respect to a violation of section 102 of the Revised Statutes 
        of the United States which relates to the House of 
        Representatives, or any citation issued with respect to a 
        resolution adopted by the House citing a person for contempt of 
        the House.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to citations issued on or after the expiration of 
the 90-day period which begins on the date of the enactment of this 
Act.

SEC. 625. COLLECTION OF PENALTIES IMPOSED BY THE HOUSE OF 
              REPRESENTATIVES ON PERSONS CITED FOR CONTEMPT OF HOUSE.

    (a) Civil Action.--If the House of Representatives adopts a 
resolution citing a person for contempt of the House, the House may 
commence a civil action to collect a monetary penalty from the person 
if the House by subsequent resolution authorizes the commencement of 
that civil action.
    (b) Representation by General Counsel.--Unless the House otherwise 
provides, the Office of the General Counsel of the House of 
Representatives shall represent the House in the civil action.
    (c) Personal Jurisdiction.--Personal jurisdiction of the court over 
a defendant in a civil action under this section extends outside the 
territorial jurisdiction of the court if the claim--
            (1) arose out of conduct by the defendant--
                    (A) within that territorial jurisdiction; or
                    (B) causing any injury, including informational 
                injury to the right of the House to make an 
                investigation, within that territorial jurisdiction; or
            (2) otherwise has a reasonable relationship to contacts of 
        the defendant with the territorial jurisdiction.
    (d) Expedition of Trial and Appellate Proceedings.--The court shall 
hear and determine a civil action under this section as expeditiously 
as possible, and to the maximum extent practicable during the Congress 
in which the action is commenced. Any appellate proceedings relating to 
such a civil action shall similarly be expedited to assure to the 
extent possible that the matter is fully resolved during the Congress 
in which the action was commenced.

SEC. 626. NO EFFECT OF EXPIRATION OF CONGRESS ON PENDING ACTIONS.

    Any civil action commenced by the House of Representatives pursuant 
to this subtitle, and the authority of the Office of the General 
Counsel of the House of Representatives with respect to the action, 
shall not be rendered moot or otherwise affected as the result of the 
expiration of the Congress in which the House commenced the action.

        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.

SEC. 805. ELECTRONIC COURT RECORDS REFORM.

    (a) Consolidation of the Case Management/Electronic Case Files 
System.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Administrative 
        Office of the United States Courts, in coordination with the 
        Administrator of General Services, shall consolidate the Case 
        Management/Electronic Case Files system, and shall develop one 
        system for all filings with courts of the United States, which 
        shall be administered by the Administrative Office of the 
        United States Courts.
            (2) Use of technology.--In developing the system under 
        paragraph (1), the Director shall use modern technology in 
        order--
                    (A) to improve security, data accessibility, 
                affordability, and performance; and
                    (B) to minimize the burden on pro se litigants.
            (3) Availability to states.--
                    (A) In general.--A State may choose to participate 
                in the system developed under this subsection.
                    (B) Fee.--The Director shall charge a fee to a 
                State that chooses to participate in the system, which 
                is set at a level to recover the cost of providing the 
                services associated with the administration and 
                maintenance of the system to the State.
    (b) Public Access to Court Electronic Records System 
Requirements.--
            (1) In general.--Not later than 2 years after the date of 
        the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Administrative 
        Office of the United States Courts, in coordination with the 
        Administrator of General Services, shall update the Public 
        Access to Court Electronic Records system, which shall be 
        subject to the following requirements:
                    (A) A document filed with a court shall be made 
                publicly accessible upon filing, except as ordered by a 
                court or by rule of the Judicial Conference.
                    (B) All documents on the system shall be available 
                to the public and to parties before the court free of 
                charge.
                    (C) Any information that is prohibited from public 
                disclosure by law or court order shall be redacted.
                    (D) All documents shall be text-searchable and 
                machine-readable.
                    (E) To the extent practicable, external websites 
                shall be able to link to documents on the system.
                    (F) The system shall include digital audio and 
                visual files of court recordings, when such files are 
                available.
                    (G) The system shall provide search functions for 
                public use.
            (2) Minimizing the burden on pro se litigants.--In 
        developing the system to comply with the requirements under 
        paragraph (1), the Director shall, to the extent practicable, 
        not impose a disproportionate impact on pro se litigants.
            (3) Use of technology.--In developing the system under 
        paragraph (1), the Director shall use modern technology in 
        order--
                    (A) to improve security, data accessibility, 
                affordability, and performance; and
                    (B) to minimize the burden on pro se litigants.
            (4) Authority to exempt certain documents.--The Director 
        may identify categories of documents which are not made 
        publicly accessible under subsection (a)(1), and categories of 
        court proceedings, the recordings of which are not made 
        available under paragraph (1)(F).
    (c) Definition of Machine-Readable.--In this section, the term 
``machine-readable'' means a format in which information or data can be 
easily processed by a computer without human intervention while 
ensuring no semantic meaning is lost.

                         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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