Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act

Bill: 113-hr-1423
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Lankford, James [R-OK-5]
Introduced: 2013-04-09
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Accounting and auditing

Census and government statistics

Congressional oversight

Executive agency funding and structure

Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Government information and archives

Government studies and investigations

Performance measurement
Latest action: action_date: 2014-02-27
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-04-09
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>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 costs 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. </p> <p>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consolidating duplicative or overlapping programs, eliminating waste and inefficiency, and terminating lower priority, outdated, and unnecessary programs and initiatives. </p> <p>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recommendations to consolidate duplicative programs, eliminate waste and inefficiency, and terminate lower priority, outdated, and unnecessary programs and initiatives.</p> <p>Amends the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 to require the Comptroller General (GAO) to maintain and provide regular annual updates to a publicly available website that tracks the status of agency responses to recommendations by the Comptroller General for identifying duplicative government programs. </p> <p>Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to require the disclosure of classified information. </p>

action_date: 2014-02-21
action_desc: Reported to House with amendment(s)
text: <p>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 costs 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, including any funding of duplication or overlap identified by internal review, an Inspector General, the Government Accountability Office (GAO), or other report. </p> <p>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. </p> <p>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. Requires the Director to maintain a database of information used to create such report and obtained through meeting requirements of the Statutory Pay-As-You Go Act of 2010 for identifying duplicative federal programs.</p> <p>Amends the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 to require the Comptroller General (GAO) to maintain and provide regular annual updates to a publicly available website that tracks the status of agency responses to recommendations by the Comptroller General for identifying duplicative government programs. </p> <p>Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to require the disclosure of classified information. </p> <p>Requires&nbsp;the OMB Director to implement this Act not later than&nbsp;one year after&nbsp;its enactment.</p>

action_date: 2014-02-25
action_desc: Passed House amended
text: <p>Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act - (Sec. 2) Sets forth additional information relating to a federal program that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is required to include on its website and update at least annually, including: (1) the total administrative cost of the program and the expenditures for services for the program for the previous fiscal year; (2) an estimate of the number of clients served by the program and beneficiaries who received assistance under the program for the previous fiscal year; (3) an estimate, for the previous fiscal year, of the number of full-time federal employees who administer the program and the number of full-time employees whose salary is paid in part or in full by the federal government through a grant or contract or other form of financial assistance; (4) an identification of the specific statute that authorizes the program and whether such authorization is expired; (5) any finding of duplication or overlap; and (6) any program performance reviews for such program. </p> <p>Requires the OMB Director, not later than February 1 of each fiscal year, to publish on the OMB website the total amount of undisbursed grant funding remaining in grant accounts for which the period of availability to the grantee has expired. </p> <p>(Sec. 3) Amends the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 to require the Comptroller General (GAO) to maintain and provide regular annual updates to a publicly available website that tracks the status of agency responses to recommendations by the Comptroller General for identifying duplicative government programs. </p> <p>(Sec. 4) Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to require the disclosure of classified information. </p> <p>(Sec. 5) Requires the OMB Director to implement this Act not later than one year after its enactment. Prohibits the authorization of additional funds to carry out the requirements of this Act. </p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1423 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 9, 2013 Mr. Lankford (for himself and Mr. Cooper ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To provide taxpayers with an annual report disclosing the cost and performance of Government programs and areas of duplication among them, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act . 2. Agency requirements relating to annual report on the cost and performance of Government programs and areas of duplication among programs (a) Requirement To identify and describe programs On an annual basis, for purposes of the report required by subsection (b), the head of each agency shall— (1) identify and describe every program administered by the agency; (2) for each such program— (A) determine the total administrative costs of the program; (B) determine the expenditures for services for the program; (C) estimate the number of clients served by the program and beneficiaries who received assistance under the program (if applicable); and (D) estimate— (i) the number of full-time employees who administer the program; and (ii) the number of full-time equivalents (whose salary is paid in part or full by the Federal Government through a grant or contract, a subaward of a grant or contract, a cooperative agreement, or another form of financial award or assistance) who assist in administering the program; and (3) identify programs within the agency with duplicative or overlapping missions, services, and allowable uses of funds. (b) Report Not later than February 1 of each fiscal year, the head of each agency shall create a link on the homepage of the official public website of the agency to a report containing the following: (1) Identification and description of programs The information required under subsection (a) with respect to the preceding fiscal year. (2) Performance reviews The latest performance reviews (including the program performance reports required under section 1116 of title 31, United States Code) of each program of the agency identified under subsection (a)(1), including performance indicators, performance goals, output measures, and other specific metrics used to review the program and how the program performed on each. (3) Improper payment information For all programs and activities that may be susceptible to significant improper payments, as identified by the head of the agency under section 2(a) of the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 (31 U.S.C. 321 note), the latest improper payment rate and the total estimated amount of improper payments during the preceding fiscal year, including fraudulent payments and overpayments. (4) Expired grant funding The total amount of undisbursed grant funding remaining in grant accounts for which the period of availability to the grantee has expired. (5) Recommendations Such recommendations as the head of the agency considers appropriate— (A) to consolidate programs within the agency that are duplicative or overlapping; (B) to eliminate waste and inefficiency; and (C) to terminate lower priority, outdated, and unnecessary programs and initiatives. (c) Relationship to catalog of domestic financial assistance With respect to the requirements of subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2)(B), the head of an agency may use the same information provided in the Catalog of Domestic Financial Assistance if applicable. (d) Format Each agency shall make reports required by subsection (b) available in a searchable, machine-readable format, and shall expend no funds for the printing of such reports, except when providing such documents to the Congress. 3. Office of Management and Budget requirements relating to annual report on the cost and performance of Government programs and areas of duplication among programs (a) Report by Office of Management and Budget Not later than February 1 of each fiscal year, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall publish on the official public website of the Office of Management and Budget a report containing the following: (1) Identification of duplicative programs An identification of programs across agencies with duplicative or overlapping missions, services, and allowable uses of funds. (2) Recommendations Such recommendations as the Director considers appropriate— (A) to consolidate programs across agencies that are duplicative or overlapping; (B) to eliminate waste and inefficiency; and (C) to terminate lower priority, outdated, and unnecessary programs and initiatives. (b) Relationship to president’s budget With respect to the requirements of subsection (a)(2), the Director may use the same information provided in the President’s annual budget submission, if applicable. (c) Database required The Director shall maintain a database of information— (1) used to create the report required by subsection (a); and (2) obtained through meeting the requirements of section 21 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 ( 31 U.S.C. 712 note). 4. Government Accountability Office requirements relating to identification, consolidation, and elimination of duplicative Government programs Section 21 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 ( 31 U.S.C. 712 note) is amended by inserting (a) before the first sentence and by adding at the end the following: (b) The Comptroller General shall maintain and provide regular updates, on not less than an annual basis to a publicly available website that tracks the status of responses by Departments and the Congress to suggested actions that the Comptroller General has previously identified in annual reports under subsection (a). The status of these suggested actions shall be tracked for an appropriate period to be determined by the Comptroller General. The requirements of this subsection shall apply during the effective period of subsection (a). . 5. Definitions In this Act: (1) Administrative costs The term administrative costs has the meaning as determined by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget under section 504(b)(2) of Public Law 111–85 ( 31 U.S.C. 1105 note), except the term shall also include, for purposes of that section and this section, with respect to an agency— (A) costs incurred by the agency as well as costs incurred by grantees, subgrantees, and other recipients of funds from a grant program or other program administered by the agency; and (B) expenses related to personnel salaries and benefits, property management, travel, program management, promotion, reviews and audits, case management, and communication about, promotion of, and outreach for programs and program activities administered by the agency. (2) Services The term services has the meaning provided by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and shall be limited to only activities, assistance, and aid that provide a direct benefit to a recipient, such as the provision of medical care, assistance for housing or tuition, or financial support (including grants and loans). (3) Agency The term agency has the same meaning given that term in section 551(1) of title 5, United States Code, except that the term also includes offices in the legislative branch other than the Government Accountability Office. (4) Performance indicator, performance goal, output measure The terms performance indicator , performance goal , and output measure have the meanings provided those terms by section 1115 of title 31, United States Code. (5) Program The term program has the meaning provided by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and shall include, with respect to an agency, any organized set of activities directed toward a common purpose or goal undertaken by the agency that includes services, projects, processes, or financial or other forms of assistance, including grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, loans, leases, technical support, consultation, or other guidance. 6. Classified information Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require the disclosure of classified information. 7. Regulations and implementation (a) Regulations Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall prescribe regulations to implement this Act. (b) Implementation This Act shall be implemented not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 1423 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AN ACT To provide taxpayers with an annual report disclosing the cost and performance of Government programs and areas of duplication among them, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act . 2. Cost and performance of Government programs (a) Amendment Section 1122(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (3) Additional information (A) In general Information for each program described under paragraph (1) shall include the following to be updated not less than annually: (i) The total administrative cost of the program for the previous fiscal year. (ii) The expenditures for services for the program for the previous fiscal year. (iii) An estimate of the number of clients served by the program and beneficiaries who received assistance under the program (if applicable) for the previous fiscal year. (iv) An estimate of, for the previous fiscal year— (I) the number of full-time Federal employees who administer the program; and (II) the number of full-time employees whose salary is paid in part or full by the Federal Government through a grant or contract, a subaward of a grant or contract, a cooperative agreement, or another form of financial award or assistance who administer or assist in administering the program. (v) An identification of the specific statute that authorizes the program, including whether such authorization is expired. (vi) Any finding of duplication or overlap identified by internal review, an Inspector General, the Government Accountability Office, or other report to the agency about the program. (vii) Any program performance reviews (including program performance reports required under section 1116). (B) Definitions In this paragraph: (i) Administrative cost The term administrative cost has the meaning as determined by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget under section 504(b)(2) of Public Law 111–85 ( 31 U.S.C. 1105 note), except the term shall also include, for purposes of that section and this paragraph, with respect to an agency— (I) costs incurred by the agency as well as costs incurred by grantees, subgrantees, and other recipients of funds from a grant program or other program administered by the agency; and (II) expenses related to personnel salaries and benefits, property management, travel, program management, promotion, reviews and audits, case management, and communication about, promotion of, and outreach for programs and program activities administered by the agency. (ii) Services The term services has the meaning provided by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and shall be limited to only activities, assistance, and aid that provide a direct benefit to a recipient, such as the provision of medical care, assistance for housing or tuition, or financial support (including grants and loans). . (b) Expired grant funding Not later than February 1 of each fiscal year, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall publish on the public website of the Office of Management and Budget the total amount of undisbursed grant funding remaining in grant accounts for which the period of availability to the grantee has expired. 3. Government Accountability Office requirements relating to identification, consolidation, and elimination of duplicative Government programs Section 21 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 ( 31 U.S.C. 712 note) is amended by inserting (a) before the first sentence and by adding at the end the following: (b) The Comptroller General shall maintain and provide regular updates, on not less than an annual basis to a publicly available website that tracks the status of responses by Departments and the Congress to suggested actions that the Comptroller General has previously identified in annual reports under subsection (a). The status of these suggested actions shall be tracked for an appropriate period to be determined by the Comptroller General. The requirements of this subsection shall apply during the effective period of subsection (a). . 4. Classified information Nothing in this Act shall, or the amendments made by this Act, be construed to require the disclosure of classified information. 5. Regulations and implementation (a) Regulations Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall prescribe regulations to implement this Act, and the amendments made by this Act. (b) Implementation This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall be implemented not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act. (c) No additional funds authorized No additional funds are authorized to carry out the requirements of this Act, or the amendments made by this Act.

Passed the House of Representatives February 25, 2014. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 263 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 1423 [Report No. 113–355] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 9, 2013 Mr. Lankford (for himself and Mr. Cooper ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform February 21, 2014 Additional sponsors: Mr. Matheson , Mr. Owens , Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin , Mr. DeSantis , Mrs. Blackburn , Mr. Barr , Mr. Southerland , Mr. Walberg , and Mr. Nugent February 21, 2014 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed Insert the part printed in italic A BILL To provide taxpayers with an annual report disclosing the cost and performance of Government programs and areas of duplication among them, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act . 2. Agency requirements relating to annual report on the cost and performance of Government programs and areas of duplication among programs (a) Requirement To identify and describe programs On an annual basis, for purposes of the report required by subsection (b), the head of each agency shall— (1) identify and describe every program administered by the agency; (2) for each such program— (A) determine the total administrative costs of the program; (B) determine the expenditures for services for the program; (C) estimate the number of clients served by the program and beneficiaries who received assistance under the program (if applicable); and (D) estimate— (i) the number of full-time employees who administer the program; and (ii) the number of full-time equivalents (whose salary is paid in part or full by the Federal Government through a grant or contract, a subaward of a grant or contract, a cooperative agreement, or another form of financial award or assistance) who assist in administering the program; and (3) identify programs within the agency with duplicative or overlapping missions, services, and allowable uses of funds , including any finding of duplication or overlap identified by internal review, an Inspector General, the Government Accountability Office, or other report to the agency about the program . (b) Report Not later than February 1 of each fiscal year, the head of each agency shall create a link on the homepage of the official public website of the agency to a report containing the following: (1) Identification and description of programs The information required under subsection (a) with respect to the preceding fiscal year. (2) Performance reviews The latest performance reviews (including the program performance reports required under section 1116 of title 31, United States Code) of each program of the agency identified under subsection (a)(1), including performance indicators, performance goals, output measures, and other specific metrics used to review the program and how the program performed on each. (3) Improper payment information For all programs and activities that may be susceptible to significant improper payments, as identified by the head of the agency under section 2(a) of the Improper Payments Information Act of 2002 ( 31 U.S.C. 321 note), the latest improper payment rate and the total estimated amount of improper payments during the preceding fiscal year, including fraudulent payments and overpayments. (4) Expired grant funding The total amount of undisbursed grant funding remaining in grant accounts for which the period of availability to the grantee has expired. (5) Recommendations Such recommendations as the head of the agency considers appropriate— (A) to consolidate programs within the agency that are duplicative or overlapping; (B) to eliminate waste and inefficiency; and (C) to terminate lower priority, outdated, and unnecessary programs and initiatives. (c) Relationship to catalog of domestic financial assistance With respect to the requirements of subsections (a)(1) and (a)(2)(B), the head of an agency may use the same information provided in the Catalog of Domestic Financial Assistance if applicable. (d) Format Each agency shall make reports required by subsection (b) available in a searchable, machine-readable format, and shall expend no funds for the printing of such reports, except when providing such documents to the Congress. 3. Office of Management and Budget requirements relating to annual report on the cost and performance of Government programs and areas of duplication among programs (a) Report by Office of Management and Budget Not later than February 1 of each fiscal year, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall publish on the official public website of the Office of Management and Budget a report containing the following: (1) Identification of duplicative programs An identification of programs across agencies with duplicative or overlapping missions, services, and allowable uses of funds. (2) Recommendations Such recommendations as the Director considers appropriate— (A) to consolidate programs across agencies that are duplicative or overlapping; (B) to eliminate waste and inefficiency; and (C) to terminate lower priority, outdated, and unnecessary programs and initiatives. (b) Relationship to president’s budget With respect to the requirements of subsection (a)(2), the Director may use the same information provided in the President’s annual budget submission, if applicable. (c) Database required The Director shall maintain a database of information— (1) used to create the report required by subsection (a); and (2) obtained through meeting the requirements of section 21 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 ( 31 U.S.C. 712 note). 4. Government Accountability Office requirements relating to identification, consolidation, and elimination of duplicative Government programs Section 21 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 ( 31 U.S.C. 712 note) is amended by inserting (a) before the first sentence and by adding at the end the following: (b) The Comptroller General shall maintain and provide regular updates, on not less than an annual basis to a publicly available website that tracks the status of responses by Departments and the Congress to suggested actions that the Comptroller General has previously identified in annual reports under subsection (a). The status of these suggested actions shall be tracked for an appropriate period to be determined by the Comptroller General. The requirements of this subsection shall apply during the effective period of subsection (a). . 5. Definitions In this Act: (1) Administrative costs The term administrative costs has the meaning as determined by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget under section 504(b)(2) of Public Law 111–85 ( 31 U.S.C. 1105 note), except the term shall also include, for purposes of that section and this section, with respect to an agency— (A) costs incurred by the agency as well as costs incurred by grantees, subgrantees, and other recipients of funds from a grant program or other program administered by the agency; and (B) expenses related to personnel salaries and benefits, property management, travel, program management, promotion, reviews and audits, case management, and communication about, promotion of, and outreach for programs and program activities administered by the agency. (2) Services The term services has the meaning provided by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and shall be limited to only activities, assistance, and aid that provide a direct benefit to a recipient, such as the provision of medical care, assistance for housing or tuition, or financial support (including grants and loans). (3) Agency The term agency has the same meaning given that term in section 551(1) of title 5, United States Code, except that the term also includes offices in the legislative branch other than the Government Accountability Office. (4) Performance indicator, performance goal, output measure The terms performance indicator , performance goal , and output measure have the meanings provided those terms by section 1115 of title 31, United States Code. (5) Program The term program has the meaning provided by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and shall include, with respect to an agency, any organized set of activities directed toward a common purpose or goal undertaken by the agency that includes services, projects, processes, or financial or other forms of assistance, including grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, compacts, loans, leases, technical support, consultation, or other guidance. 6. Classified information Nothing in this Act shall be construed to require the disclosure of classified information. 7. Regulations and implementation (a) Regulations Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall prescribe regulations to implement this Act. (b) Implementation This Act shall be implemented not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act.

February 21, 2014 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

tv_txt: IIB 113th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 1423 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 26, 2014 Received February 27, 2014 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs AN ACT To provide taxpayers with an annual report disclosing the cost and performance of Government programs and areas of duplication among them, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act . 2. Cost and performance of Government programs (a) Amendment Section 1122(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following: (3) Additional information (A) In general Information for each program described under paragraph (1) shall include the following to be updated not less than annually: (i) The total administrative cost of the program for the previous fiscal year. (ii) The expenditures for services for the program for the previous fiscal year. (iii) An estimate of the number of clients served by the program and beneficiaries who received assistance under the program (if applicable) for the previous fiscal year. (iv) An estimate of, for the previous fiscal year— (I) the number of full-time Federal employees who administer the program; and (II) the number of full-time employees whose salary is paid in part or full by the Federal Government through a grant or contract, a subaward of a grant or contract, a cooperative agreement, or another form of financial award or assistance who administer or assist in administering the program. (v) An identification of the specific statute that authorizes the program, including whether such authorization is expired. (vi) Any finding of duplication or overlap identified by internal review, an Inspector General, the Government Accountability Office, or other report to the agency about the program. (vii) Any program performance reviews (including program performance reports required under section 1116). (B) Definitions In this paragraph: (i) Administrative cost The term administrative cost has the meaning as determined by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget under section 504(b)(2) of Public Law 111–85 ( 31 U.S.C. 1105 note), except the term shall also include, for purposes of that section and this paragraph, with respect to an agency— (I) costs incurred by the agency as well as costs incurred by grantees, subgrantees, and other recipients of funds from a grant program or other program administered by the agency; and (II) expenses related to personnel salaries and benefits, property management, travel, program management, promotion, reviews and audits, case management, and communication about, promotion of, and outreach for programs and program activities administered by the agency. (ii) Services The term services has the meaning provided by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and shall be limited to only activities, assistance, and aid that provide a direct benefit to a recipient, such as the provision of medical care, assistance for housing or tuition, or financial support (including grants and loans). . (b) Expired grant funding Not later than February 1 of each fiscal year, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall publish on the public website of the Office of Management and Budget the total amount of undisbursed grant funding remaining in grant accounts for which the period of availability to the grantee has expired. 3. Government Accountability Office requirements relating to identification, consolidation, and elimination of duplicative Government programs Section 21 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 ( 31 U.S.C. 712 note) is amended by inserting (a) before the first sentence and by adding at the end the following: (b) The Comptroller General shall maintain and provide regular updates, on not less than an annual basis to a publicly available website that tracks the status of responses by Departments and the Congress to suggested actions that the Comptroller General has previously identified in annual reports under subsection (a). The status of these suggested actions shall be tracked for an appropriate period to be determined by the Comptroller General. The requirements of this subsection shall apply during the effective period of subsection (a). . 4. Classified information Nothing in this Act shall, or the amendments made by this Act, be construed to require the disclosure of classified information. 5. Regulations and implementation (a) Regulations Not later than 120 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall prescribe regulations to implement this Act, and the amendments made by this Act. (b) Implementation This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall be implemented not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act. (c) No additional funds authorized No additional funds are authorized to carry out the requirements of this Act, or the amendments made by this Act.

Passed the House of Representatives February 25, 2014. Karen L. Haas, Clerk