Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act

Bill: 112-hr-3609
Sponsor: Rep. Lankford, James [R-OK-5]
Introduced: 2011-12-08 in the House
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Census and government statistics
Executive agency funding and structure
Foreign aid and international relief
Government information and archives
Government lending and loan guarantees
Performance measurement
Public contracts and procurement

Summary:
action_date: 2011-12-08
text: 
Taxpayers Right to Know Act - Requires the head of each federal agency in each fiscal year to: (1) identify and describe every program administered by such agency; (2) determine the total administrative expenses and expenditures for services for each program; (3) estimate the number of clients served by each program and the beneficiaries who received assistance under each program; (4) estimate the number of full-time federal and contract employees who administer each program; and (5) identify federal programs with duplicative or overlapping missions, services, and allowable uses of funds. 
 
Requires agency heads to publish on agency websites the information required by this Act, the latest performance reviews of each agency program, improper payment rates, the total amount of unspent and unobligated program funds held by the agency and grant recipients, and recommendations for consolidating duplicative programs, eliminating waste and inefficiency, and terminating lower priority, outdated, and unnecessary programs and initiatives. 
 
Expands the scope of information required in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance to include: (1) programs providing assistance to foreign nations, international organizations, and services provided or funded by agencies operating outside the United States; (2) information required by this Act; and (3) budget functions and authorization and appropriation amounts for each assistance program in the Catalog.

action_date: 2012-07-31
text: 
Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act

 - Requires the head of each federal agency, on an annual basis, to: (1) identify and describe every program administered by such agency; (2) determine the total administrative expenses and expenditures for services for each program; (3) estimate the number of clients served by each program and the beneficiaries who received assistance under each program; (4) estimate the number of full-time federal and contract employees who administer each program; and (5) identify federal programs with duplicative or overlapping missions, services, and allowable uses of funds. 
 
Requires each agency head to publish on the agency website, not later than February 1 of each fiscal year, the information required by this Act, the latest performance reviews of each agency program, improper payment rates, the total amount of undisbursed grant funding remaining in grant accounts, and recommendations for consolidating duplicative or overlapping programs, eliminating waste and inefficiency, and terminating lower priority, outdated, and unnecessary programs and initiatives. 
 
Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), not later than February 1 of each fiscal year, to publish on the OMB website a report that contains: (1) an identification of programs across agencies with duplicative or overlapping missions, services, and allowable uses of funds; and (2) recommendations to consolidate duplicative programs, eliminate waste and inefficiency, and terminate lower priority, outdated, and unnecessary programs and initiatives.
 
Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to require the disclosure of classified information. 


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2012-10-01
text: Committee on House Administration discharged.
action_date: 2012-10-01
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 505.
action_date: 2012-10-01
text: Committee on House Administration discharged.
action_date: 2012-07-31
text: Referred sequentially to the House Committee on House Administration for a period ending not later than Oct. 1, 2012 for consideration of such provisions of the bill and amendment as fall within the jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to clause 1(k), rule X.
action_date: 2012-07-31
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 112-635, Part I.
action_date: 2012-07-31
text: Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 112-635, Part I.
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
action_date: 2012-04-26
text: Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
action_date: 2011-12-08
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
action_date: 2011-12-08
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2011-12-08
text: Introduced in House