Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act

Bill: 114-hr-598
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7]
Introduced: 2015-01-28
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: 2016-01-19
text: Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 350.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-01-28
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><strong>Taxpayers Right-to-Know Act</strong> </p> <p>Requires that the website of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) include a program inventory that identifies each program of the federal government, which shall include: (1) any activity that is commonly referred to as a program; (2) any activity specifically created by law, or referenced in law, as a program; (3) each program that has an application process; (4) each program for which financial awards are made on a competitive basis; and (5) any activity identified as a program activity in a budget request. </p> <p>Requires, for each program identified in such program inventory: (1) an identification of the specific statute that authorizes the program and any program regulations; (2) an estimate of the number of individuals served by any program that provides grants or financial assistance and the beneficiaries who received financial assistance under the program; (3) an estimate of the number of full-time employees who administer the program and the number of such employees whose salary is paid, in full or part, by the federal government; (4) links to any evaluation, assessment, or program performance reviews by the agency, an Inspector General, or the Government Accountability Office,&nbsp;released during the preceding five years; and (5) financial information for each program required to be reported under the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006.</p> <p>Requires the OMB Director to issue guidance to assist agencies in identifying how the program activities used in budget or appropriations accounts correspond with programs identified in the program inventory required by this Act. Authorizes the Director to issue guidance to agencies on how to more closely align programs in the program inventory for purposes of the President's annual budget submission to Congress. </p> <p>Requires the OMB Director to: (1) publish on the OMB website the total amount of undisbursed grant funding remaining in grant accounts with expired availability, and (2)&nbsp;prescribe regulations or other guidance to implement this Act.</p>

action_date: 2015-10-20
action_desc: Reported to House with amendment(s)
text: <p><strong>Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act</strong></p> <p>(Sec. 2) This Act requires that the website of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) include a program inventory that identifies each program of the federal government for which there is more than $1 million in annual budget authority. Such inventory shall include: (1) any activity that is commonly referred to as a program, and (2) any activity that is referenced in law as a program after June 30, 2018. For each program identified in such inventory, the bill requires:</p> <ul> <li> an identification of the program activities that are aggregated, disaggregated, or consolidated as part of identifying programs; </li> <li> for each such program activity, the amount of funding for the current fiscal year and the previous two fiscal years; </li> <li>the amount of funding for each program using the pro rata share of the program activities that are aggregated, disaggregated, or consolidated as part of the identifying programs; </li> <li> an identification of the statutes that authorize the program and any major regulations specific to the program; </li> <li> a description and estimate of the number of individuals served by a program and beneficiaries who received financial assistance under a program;</li> <li>a description of the federal employees who administer the program and other individuals whose salary is paid in part or full by the federal government through a grant, contract, cooperative agreement, or another form of financial award or assistance;</li> <li> links to any evaluation, assessment, or program performance reviews by the agency, an Inspector General, or the Government Accountability Office released during the preceding five years; and </li> <li> financial and other information for each program required to be reported under the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006.</li> </ul> <p>The OMB shall: (1) archive and preserve the information included in the program inventory; and (2) not later than February 1 of each fiscal year, publish on a public 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) This section requires the OMB, not later than June 30, 2017, to: (1) prescribe guidance to implement this Act, and (2) issue guidance to assist agencies in identifying how the program activities used in budget or appropriations accounts correspond with programs identified in the program inventory required by this Act. The OMB may: (1) issue guidance to agencies to ensure that programs are presented at a similar level of detail across agencies and are not duplicative or overlapping; (2) exempt from the requirements of this Act, based on an analysis of the costs of implementation, agencies that are not required to have a chief financial officer and that have less than $10 million in budget authority; and (3) extend the Act's implementation deadline by not more than one year. </p> <p>This Act must be implemented not later than June 30, 2018. </p>

action_date: 2016-01-11
action_desc: Passed House amended
text: <p><strong>Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act</strong></p> <p>(Sec. 2) This bill requires that the website of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) include a program inventory that identifies each program of the federal government for which there is more than $1 million in annual budget authority. Such inventory shall include: (1) any activity that is commonly referred to as a program by a federal agency, and (2) any activity that is referenced in law as a program after June 30, 2019. </p> <p>For programs identified in such inventory for which there is more than $1 million and not more than $10 million in annual budget authority (smaller programs), the inventory must include: </p> <ul> <li>an identification of the program activities that are aggregated, disaggregated, or consolidated as part of identifying programs; </li> <li>for each such program activity, the amount of funding for the current fiscal year and the previous two fiscal years; </li> <li>an identification of the statutes that authorize the program and any major regulations specific to the program; </li> <li>a description of the individuals served by a program and beneficiaries who received financial assistance under a program for the most recent fiscal year; and </li> <li>links to any evaluation, assessment, or program performance reviews by the agency, an Inspector General, or the Government Accountability Office released during the preceding five years.</li> </ul> <p>For programs identified in such inventory for which there is more than $10 million in annual budget authority (larger programs), the inventory must include:</p> <ul> <li>an identification of the program activities that are aggregated, disaggregated, or consolidated as part of identifying programs;</li> <li>for each program activity, the amount of funding for the current fiscal year and the previous two fiscal years; </li> <li>an estimate of the amount of funding for the program; </li> <li>an identification of the statutes that authorize the program and any major regulations specific to the program; </li> <li>a description and estimate of the number of individuals served by a program and beneficiaries who received financial assistance under a program for the most recent fiscal year; </li> <li>a description of the federal employees who administer the program and other individuals whose salary is paid in full or in part by the federal government through a grant, contract, cooperative agreement, or another form of financial award or assistance; </li> <li>links to any evaluation, assessment, or program performance reviews by the agency, an Inspector General, or the Government Accountability Office released during the preceding five years; and </li> <li>financial and other information for each program activity required to be reported under the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006. </li> </ul>  <p>The OMB shall: (1) archive and preserve the information included in the program inventory; and (2) not later than February 1 of each fiscal year, publish on a public 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) The bill requires the OMB, not later than June 30, 2018, to: (1) prescribe guidance to implement this Act, and (2) issue guidance to assist agencies in identifying how the program activities used in budget or appropriations accounts correspond with programs identified in the program inventory required by this Act. The OMB may: (1) issue guidance to agencies to ensure that programs are presented at a similar level of detail across agencies and are not duplicative or overlapping; (2) exempt from the requirements of this Act, based on an analysis of the costs of implementation, agencies that are not required to have a chief financial officer and that have not more than $10 million in budget authority; and (3) extend the Act's implementation deadline by not more than one year. </p> <p>Implementation of the requirements in this bill must be completed not later than June 30, 2019. </p> <p>(Sec. 4)&nbsp; No additional funds may be authorized to carry out the requirements in this bill.</p>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 598 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 28, 2015 Mr. Walberg (for himself, Mr. Cooper , Mr. Bost , Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania , and Mr. Long ) 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. Cost and performance of Government programs (a) In general Section 1122(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; (2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so redesignated, the following: (1) Definition of program For purposes of this subsection, the term program means an organized set of activities by 1 or more agencies directed toward a common purpose or goal. ; (3) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated— (A) by striking In general .—Not later than October 1, 2012, the Office of Management and Budget shall and inserting Website and program inventory .—The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall ; and (B) by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the following: (C) include on the website— (i) a program inventory that shall identify each program of the Federal Government, which shall include— (I) any activity that is commonly referred to as a program; (II) any activity specifically created by law, or referenced in law, as a program; (III) each program that has an application process; (IV) each program for which financial awards are made on a competitive basis; and (V) any activity identified as a program activity in a budget request; and (ii) for each program identified in the program inventory, the information required under paragraph (3). ; and (4) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated— (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking described under paragraph (1) and inserting identified in the program inventory required under paragraph (2) ; (B) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following: (A) the program activities that are considered a program by the agency; ; (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking and at the end; (D) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and (E) by adding at the end the following: (D) an identification of the specific statute that authorizes the program and any regulations specific to the program; (E) for any program that provides grants or other financial assistance to individuals or entities, for the most recent fiscal year— (i) an estimate of the number of individuals served by the program and beneficiaries who received financial assistance under the program; and (ii) an estimate of— (I) the number of full-time equivalents 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, contract, cooperative agreement, or another form of financial award or assistance who administer or assist in any way in administering the program; (F) links to any evaluation, assessment, or program performance reviews by the agency, an Inspector General, or the Government Accountability Office (including program performance reports required under section 1116) released during the preceding 5 years; and (G) to the extent available, financial information for each program required to be reported under section 3(b) of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 ( 31 U.S.C. 6101 note), or a direct link to such information for a specific program on the website established under section 2 of that Act. . (b) Guidance Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget— (1) shall issue guidance to agencies to identify how the program activities used in budget or appropriations accounts correspond with programs identified in the program inventory required under section 1122(a)(2)(A) of title 31, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a); and (2) may issue guidance to agencies on more closely aligning program activities to the programs in the program inventory for purposes of the budget of the President submitted to Congress under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code. (c) 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. Regulations and implementation (a) Regulations Not later than 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall prescribe regulations or other guidance 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 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act.

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 227 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 598 [Report No. 114–298] IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 28, 2015 Mr. Walberg (for himself, Mr. Cooper , Mr. Bost , Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania , and Mr. Long ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform October 20, 2015 Additional sponsors: Ms. McSally , Mr. Pittenger , Mr. Roskam , Mr. Olson , Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin , and Mr. Costa October 20, 2015 Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on January 28, 2015 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. Inventory of government programs (a) In general Section 1122(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; (2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so redesignated, the following: (1) Definition of program For purposes of this subsection, the term program means an organized set of activities by 1 or more agencies directed toward a common purpose or goal. ; (3) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated— (A) by striking In general .—Not later than October 1, 2012, the Office of Management and Budget shall and inserting Website and program inventory .—The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall ; (B) by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the following: (C) include on the website— (i) a program inventory that shall identify each program of the Federal Government for which there is more than $1,000,000 in annual budget authority, which shall include— (I) any activity that is commonly referred to as a program by a Federal agency in communications with Congress, including any activity identified as a program in a budget request; (II) any activity that is commonly referred to as a program by a Federal agency in communications with the public, including each program for which financial awards are made on a competitive basis; and (III) any activity referenced in law as a program after June 30, 2018; and (ii) for each program identified in the program inventory, the information required under paragraph (3). ; (4) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated— (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking described under paragraph (1) and inserting identified in the program inventory required under paragraph (2) ; (B) by striking subparagraph (C); (C) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (D); (D) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following: (A) an identification of the program activities that are aggregated, disaggregated, or consolidated as part of identifying programs; (B) for each program activity described in subparagraph (A), the amount of funding for the current fiscal year and previous 2 fiscal years; (C) to the maximum extent practicable, the amount of funding for each program, determined using the pro rata share of the program activities that are aggregated, disaggregated, or consolidated as part of identifying programs; ; (E) in subparagraph (D), as so redesignated, by striking and at the end; and (F) by adding at the end the following: (E) an identification of the statutes that authorize the program and any major regulations specific to the program; (F) for any program that provides grants or other financial assistance to individuals or entities, for the most recent fiscal year— (i) a description of the individuals served by the program and beneficiaries who received financial assistance under the program, including an estimate of the number of individuals and beneficiaries, to the extent practicable; (ii) for each program for which the head of an agency determines it is not practicable to provide an estimate of the number of individuals and beneficiaries served by the program— (I) an explanation of why data regarding the number of such individuals and beneficiaries cannot be provided; and (II) a discussion of the measures that could be taken to gather the data required to provide such an estimate; and (iii) a description of— (I) the Federal employees who administer the program, including the number of full-time equivalents with a pro rata estimate for full-time equivalents associated with multiple programs; and (II) other individuals whose salary is paid in part or full by the Federal Government through a grant, contract, cooperative agreement, or another form of financial award or assistance who administer or assist in any way in administering the program, including the number of full-time equivalents, to the extent practicable; (G) links to any evaluation, assessment, or program performance reviews by the agency, an Inspector General, or the Government Accountability Office (including program performance reports required under section 1116) released during the preceding 5 years; and (H) to the extent practicable, financial and other information for each program activity required to be reported under the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 ( 31 U.S.C. 6101 note). ; and (5) by adding at the end the following: (4) Archiving After the end of each fiscal year, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall archive and preserve the information included in the program inventory required under paragraph (2) relating to that fiscal year. . (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 a public website the total amount of undisbursed grant funding remaining in grant accounts for which the period of availability to the grantee has expired. 3. Guidance and implementation (a) Guidance Not later than June 30, 2017, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget— (1) shall prescribe guidance to implement this Act, and the amendments made by this Act; (2) shall issue guidance to agencies to identify how the program activities used for reporting under the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 ( 31 U.S.C. 6101 note) are associated with programs identified in the program inventory required under section 1122(a)(2)(C)(i) of title 31, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a); (3) may issue guidance to agencies to ensure that the programs identified in the program inventory required under section 1122(a)(2)(C)(i) of title 31, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a), are presented at a similar level of detail across agencies and are not duplicative or overlapping; and (4) may, based on an analysis of the costs of implementation, and after submitting to Congress a notification of the action by the Director— (A) exempt from the requirements under section 1122(a) of title 31, United States Code, an agency that— (i) is not listed in section 901(b) of title 31, United States Code; and (ii) for the fiscal year during which the exemption is made, has budget authority (as defined in section 3 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ( 2 U.S.C. 622 )) of not more than $10,000,000; and (B) extend the implementation deadline under subsection (b) by not more than 1 year. (b) Implementation This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall be implemented not later than June 30, 2018.

October 20, 2015 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: I 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 598 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. Inventory of Government programs (a) In general Section 1122(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; (2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so redesignated, the following: (1) Definition of program For purposes of this subsection, the term program means an organized set of activities by one or more agencies directed toward a common purpose or goal. ; (3) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated— (A) by striking In general .—Not later than October 1, 2012, the Office of Management and Budget shall and inserting Website and program inventory .—The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall ; (B) by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the following: (C) include on the website— (i) a program inventory that shall identify each program of the Federal Government for which there is more than $1,000,000 in annual budget authority, which shall include— (I) any activity that is commonly referred to as a program by a Federal agency in communications with Congress, including any activity identified as a program in a budget request; (II) any activity that is commonly referred to as a program by a Federal agency in communications with the public, including each program for which financial awards are made on a competitive basis; and (III) any activity referenced in law as a program after June 30, 2019; and (ii) for each program identified in the program inventory, the information required under paragraph (3) or paragraph (4), as applicable. ; (4) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated— (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking Information .—Information for each program described under paragraph (1) and inserting Information for larger programs .—Information for each program identified in the program inventory required under paragraph (2) for which there is more than $10,000,000 in annual budget authority ; (B) by striking subparagraph (C); (C) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (D); (D) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following: (A) an identification of the program activities that are aggregated, disaggregated, or consolidated as part of identifying programs; (B) for each program activity described in subparagraph (A), the amount of funding for the current fiscal year and previous 2 fiscal years; (C) an estimate of the amount of funding for the program; ; (E) in subparagraph (D), as so redesignated, by striking and at the end; and (F) by adding at the end the following: (E) an identification of the statutes that authorize the program and any major regulations specific to the program; (F) for any program that provides grants or other financial assistance to individuals or entities, for the most recent fiscal year— (i) a description of the individuals served by the program and beneficiaries who received financial assistance under the program, including an estimate of the number of individuals and beneficiaries, to the extent practicable; (ii) for each program for which the head of an agency determines it is not practicable to provide an estimate of the number of individuals and beneficiaries served by the program— (I) an explanation of why data regarding the number of such individuals and beneficiaries cannot be provided; and (II) a discussion of the measures that could be taken to gather the data required to provide such an estimate; and (iii) a description of— (I) the Federal employees who administer the program, including the number of full-time equivalents with a pro rata estimate for full-time equivalents associated with multiple programs; and (II) other individuals whose salary is paid in part or full by the Federal Government through a grant, contract, cooperative agreement, or another form of financial award or assistance who administer or assist in any way in administering the program, including the number of full-time equivalents, to the extent practicable; (G) links to any evaluation, assessment, or program performance reviews by the agency, an Inspector General, or the Government Accountability Office (including program performance reports required under section 1116) released during the preceding 5 years; and (H) to the extent practicable, financial and other information for each program activity required to be reported under the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 ( 31 U.S.C. 6101 note). ; and (5) by adding at the end the following: (4) Information for smaller programs Information for each program identified in the program inventory required under paragraph (2) for which there is more than $1,000,000 and not more than $10,000,000 in annual budget authority shall, at a minimum, include— (A) an identification of the program activities that are aggregated, disaggregated, or consolidated as part of identifying programs; (B) for each program activity described in subparagraph (A), the amount of funding for the current fiscal year and previous 2 fiscal years; (C) an identification of the statutes that authorize the program and any major regulations specific to the program; (D) for any program that provides grants or other financial assistance to individuals or entities, a description of the individuals served by the program and beneficiaries who received financial assistance under the program for the most recent fiscal year; and (E) links to any evaluation, assessment, or program performance reviews by the agency, an Inspector General, or the Government Accountability Office (including program performance reports required under section 1116) released during the preceding 5 years. (5) Archiving After the end of each fiscal year, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall archive and preserve the information included in the program inventory required under paragraph (2) relating to that fiscal year. . (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 a public website the total amount of undisbursed grant funding remaining in grant accounts for which the period of availability to the grantee has expired. 3. Guidance and implementation (a) Guidance Not later than June 30, 2018, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget— (1) shall prescribe guidance to implement this Act, and the amendments made by this Act; (2) shall issue guidance to agencies to identify how the program activities used for reporting under the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 ( 31 U.S.C. 6101 note) are associated with programs identified in the program inventory required under section 1122(a)(2)(C)(i) of title 31, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a); (3) may issue guidance to agencies to ensure that the programs identified in the program inventory required under section 1122(a)(2)(C)(i) of title 31, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a), are presented at a similar level of detail across agencies and are not duplicative or overlapping; and (4) may, based on an analysis of the costs of implementation, and after submitting to Congress a notification of the action by the Director— (A) exempt from the requirements under section 1122(a) of title 31, United States Code, an agency that— (i) is not listed in section 901(b) of title 31, United States Code; and (ii) for the fiscal year during which the exemption is made, has budget authority (as defined in section 3 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ( 2 U.S.C. 622 )) of not more than $10,000,000; and (B) extend the implementation deadline under subsection (b) by not more than 1 year. (b) Implementation This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall be implemented not later than June 30, 2019. 4. No additional funds authorized No additional funds are authorized to carry out the requirements of this Act and the amendments made by this Act. Such requirements shall be carried out using amounts otherwise authorized.

Passed the House of Representatives January 11, 2016. Karen L. Haas, Clerk.

tv_txt: II Calendar No. 350 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 598 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES January 12, 2016 Received January 19, 2016 Read twice and placed on the calendar 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. Inventory of Government programs (a) In general Section 1122(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended— (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as paragraphs (2) and (3), respectively; (2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so redesignated, the following: (1) Definition of program For purposes of this subsection, the term program means an organized set of activities by one or more agencies directed toward a common purpose or goal. ; (3) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated— (A) by striking In general .—Not later than October 1, 2012, the Office of Management and Budget shall and inserting Website and program inventory .—The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall ; (B) by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the following: (C) include on the website— (i) a program inventory that shall identify each program of the Federal Government for which there is more than $1,000,000 in annual budget authority, which shall include— (I) any activity that is commonly referred to as a program by a Federal agency in communications with Congress, including any activity identified as a program in a budget request; (II) any activity that is commonly referred to as a program by a Federal agency in communications with the public, including each program for which financial awards are made on a competitive basis; and (III) any activity referenced in law as a program after June 30, 2019; and (ii) for each program identified in the program inventory, the information required under paragraph (3) or paragraph (4), as applicable. ; (4) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated— (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking Information .—Information for each program described under paragraph (1) and inserting Information for larger programs .—Information for each program identified in the program inventory required under paragraph (2) for which there is more than $10,000,000 in annual budget authority ; (B) by striking subparagraph (C); (C) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (D); (D) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the following: (A) an identification of the program activities that are aggregated, disaggregated, or consolidated as part of identifying programs; (B) for each program activity described in subparagraph (A), the amount of funding for the current fiscal year and previous 2 fiscal years; (C) an estimate of the amount of funding for the program; ; (E) in subparagraph (D), as so redesignated, by striking and at the end; and (F) by adding at the end the following: (E) an identification of the statutes that authorize the program and any major regulations specific to the program; (F) for any program that provides grants or other financial assistance to individuals or entities, for the most recent fiscal year— (i) a description of the individuals served by the program and beneficiaries who received financial assistance under the program, including an estimate of the number of individuals and beneficiaries, to the extent practicable; (ii) for each program for which the head of an agency determines it is not practicable to provide an estimate of the number of individuals and beneficiaries served by the program— (I) an explanation of why data regarding the number of such individuals and beneficiaries cannot be provided; and (II) a discussion of the measures that could be taken to gather the data required to provide such an estimate; and (iii) a description of— (I) the Federal employees who administer the program, including the number of full-time equivalents with a pro rata estimate for full-time equivalents associated with multiple programs; and (II) other individuals whose salary is paid in part or full by the Federal Government through a grant, contract, cooperative agreement, or another form of financial award or assistance who administer or assist in any way in administering the program, including the number of full-time equivalents, to the extent practicable; (G) links to any evaluation, assessment, or program performance reviews by the agency, an Inspector General, or the Government Accountability Office (including program performance reports required under section 1116) released during the preceding 5 years; and (H) to the extent practicable, financial and other information for each program activity required to be reported under the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 ( 31 U.S.C. 6101 note). ; and (5) by adding at the end the following: (4) Information for smaller programs Information for each program identified in the program inventory required under paragraph (2) for which there is more than $1,000,000 and not more than $10,000,000 in annual budget authority shall, at a minimum, include— (A) an identification of the program activities that are aggregated, disaggregated, or consolidated as part of identifying programs; (B) for each program activity described in subparagraph (A), the amount of funding for the current fiscal year and previous 2 fiscal years; (C) an identification of the statutes that authorize the program and any major regulations specific to the program; (D) for any program that provides grants or other financial assistance to individuals or entities, a description of the individuals served by the program and beneficiaries who received financial assistance under the program for the most recent fiscal year; and (E) links to any evaluation, assessment, or program performance reviews by the agency, an Inspector General, or the Government Accountability Office (including program performance reports required under section 1116) released during the preceding 5 years. (5) Archiving After the end of each fiscal year, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall archive and preserve the information included in the program inventory required under paragraph (2) relating to that fiscal year. . (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 a public website the total amount of undisbursed grant funding remaining in grant accounts for which the period of availability to the grantee has expired. 3. Guidance and implementation (a) Guidance Not later than June 30, 2018, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget— (1) shall prescribe guidance to implement this Act, and the amendments made by this Act; (2) shall issue guidance to agencies to identify how the program activities used for reporting under the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 ( 31 U.S.C. 6101 note) are associated with programs identified in the program inventory required under section 1122(a)(2)(C)(i) of title 31, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a); (3) may issue guidance to agencies to ensure that the programs identified in the program inventory required under section 1122(a)(2)(C)(i) of title 31, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a), are presented at a similar level of detail across agencies and are not duplicative or overlapping; and (4) may, based on an analysis of the costs of implementation, and after submitting to Congress a notification of the action by the Director— (A) exempt from the requirements under section 1122(a) of title 31, United States Code, an agency that— (i) is not listed in section 901(b) of title 31, United States Code; and (ii) for the fiscal year during which the exemption is made, has budget authority (as defined in section 3 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 ( 2 U.S.C. 622 )) of not more than $10,000,000; and (B) extend the implementation deadline under subsection (b) by not more than 1 year. (b) Implementation This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, shall be implemented not later than June 30, 2019. 4. No additional funds authorized No additional funds are authorized to carry out the requirements of this Act and the amendments made by this Act. Such requirements shall be carried out using amounts otherwise authorized.

Passed the House of Representatives January 11, 2016. Karen L. Haas, Clerk

January 19, 2016 Read twice and placed on the calendar