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To amend title 31, United States Code, to require accountability and transparency in Federal spending, and for other purposes. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Digital Accountability
5 and Transparency Act of 2011’’ or the ‘‘DATA Act’’. 6 7
Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Table of contents. Sec. 3. Definitions.
TITLE I—ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY IN FEDERAL SPENDING Sec. 101. General requirements for accountability and transparency in Federal spending. Sec. 102. Data standardizaton for accountability and transparency in Federal spending. Sec. 103. General provisions and deadlines for accountability and transparency in Federal spending. TITLE II—FEDERAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND SPENDING TRANSPARENCY BOARD Sec. 201. Federal Accountability and Spending Transparency Board. Sec. 202. Conforming amendment relating to compensation of Chairperson. Sec. 203. Amendments and repeal of Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board. TITLE III—ADDITIONAL PROVISIONS Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. Classified information. Paperwork Reduction Act exemption. Matching program. Transfer of Consolidated Federal Funds Report. Repeal of Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006. Sec. 306. Effective date. 301. 302. 303. 304. 305.
In this Act: (1) The term ‘‘Board’’ means the Federal Accountability and Spending Transparency Board established under subchapter III of chapter 36 of title 31, United States Code, as added by this Act. (2) The term ‘‘Executive agency’’ has the meaning provided by section 105 of title 5, United States Code, except the term does not include the Government Accountability Office.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle III of title 31, United
7 States Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 35 the 8 following new chapter: 9 10 ‘‘CHAPTER 36—ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY IN FEDERAL SPENDING
‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—REPORTING ‘‘Sec. ‘‘3601. ‘‘3602. ‘‘3603. ‘‘3604.
Definitions. Recipient reporting requirement. Agency reporting requirement. Exemptions from recipient reporting requirement. ‘‘SUBCHAPTER
II—DATA STANDARDIZATION
‘‘3611. ‘‘3612. ‘‘3613. ‘‘3614. ‘‘3615. ‘‘3616.
Data standardization for reporting information. Full disclosure of information. Federal accountability portal. Agency responsibilities. Office of Management and Budget responsibilities. Treasury responsibilities.
III—FEDERAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND SPENDING TRANSPARENCY BOARD
‘‘SUBCHAPTER ‘‘3621. ‘‘3622. ‘‘3623. ‘‘3624. ‘‘3625. ‘‘3626. ‘‘3627. ‘‘3628.
Establishment. Composition of the board. Functions. Powers. Employment, personnel, and related authorities. Rulemaking authority. Transfer of certain personnel. Authorization and availability of appropriations. ‘‘SUBCHAPTER
IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS
‘‘3641. Effective date. ‘‘3642. Sunset.
4 1 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER I—REPORTING REQUIREMENTS 2 ‘‘§ 3601. Definitions 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ‘‘In this chapter: ‘‘(1) means— ‘‘(A) any person that receives Federal funds pursuant to a Federal award, either directly or as a subcontractor or subgrantee; and ‘‘(B) any State, local, or tribal government that receives Federal funds pursuant to a Federal award, either directly or as a subcontractor or subgrantee. ‘‘(2) FEDERAL
RECIPIENT.—The
term ‘Federal
award’ means Federal financial assistance and expenditures that— ‘‘(A) include grants, subgrants, loans, awards, cooperative agreements, and other forms of financial assistance; and ‘‘(B) include contracts, subcontracts, purchase orders, task orders, delivery orders, blanket purchase agreements, schedule orders, and other transactions. ‘‘(3) FEDERAL
funds’ means any funds that are made available to
5 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 an Executive agency through Federal appropriations. ‘‘(4) BOARD.—The term ‘Board’ means the Federal Accountability and Spending Transparency Board established under subchapter III of this chapter. ‘‘(5) CHAIRPERSON.—The term ‘Chairperson’ means the Chairperson of the Federal Accountability and Spending Transparency Board. ‘‘(6) EXECUTIVE
term ‘Execu-
tive agency’ has the meaning provided by section 105 of title 5, except the term does not include the Government Accountability Office.
14 ‘‘§ 3602. Recipient reporting requirement 15 ‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—Each recipient shall report
16 each receipt and use of Federal funds pursuant to a Fed17 eral award to the Board. 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ‘‘(b) CHARACTERISTICS OF REPORTS.— ‘‘(1) FREQUENCY ‘‘(A) IN
OF REPORTS.—
Board shall des-
ignate the frequency of reports to be submitted by recipients under subsection (a), but the frequency shall not be less than once each quarter. ‘‘(B) CONTINUOUS
PORTING.—To OR AUTOMATIC RE-
the extent practicable, the Board
6 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 shall require continuous or automatic reporting for compliance with this section. ‘‘(2) CONTENT
OF REPORTS.—Each
report sub-
mitted by a recipient under subsection (a) shall contain— ‘‘(A) an identification of the recipient, including the recipient’s name and location, with location information provided in proper United States Postal Service standardized format, including ZIP+4, or proper international postal service standardized format where applicable; ‘‘(B) an identification of the Executive agency; ‘‘(C) an identification of the Federal award; ‘‘(D) if applicable, an identification of the program pursuant to which the Federal award was awarded; ‘‘(E) the total amount of Federal funds received from that Executive agency; ‘‘(F) the amount of Federal funds that were expended or obligated to projects or activities;
7 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ‘‘(G) a detailed list of all projects or activities for which Federal funds were expended or obligated; and ‘‘(H) additional information such as performance and results that is reasonably related to the receipt and use of Federal funds as the Board shall require. ‘‘(3) USE
OF DATA STANDARDS.—The
submitted under this section shall use the common data elements and data reporting standards designated by the Board under section 3611. ‘‘(c) GUIDANCE
BOARD.—The Board shall issue
13 guidance to recipients on compliance with this section. 14 ‘‘(d) REGISTRATION.—Recipients required to report
15 information under subsection (a) shall register with the 16 Central Contractor Registration database or complete 17 such other registration requirements as the Board shall 18 require. 19 ‘‘§ 3603. Agency reporting requirement 20 ‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—Each Executive agency shall
21 report all obligations and expenditures of Federal funds 22 to the Board. 23 24 ‘‘(b) CHARACTERISTICS OF REPORTS.— ‘‘(1) FREQUENCY
8 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ‘‘(A) IN
ignate the frequency of reports to be submitted by agencies under subsection (a), but the frequency shall not be less than once each quarter. ‘‘(B) CONTINUOUS
shall require continuous or automatic reporting for compliance with this section. ‘‘(2) CONTENT
OF REPORT.—
‘‘(A) The Board shall designate the content of reports to be submitted by agencies under subsection (a). ‘‘(B) To the extent practicable, the Board shall permit agencies to comply with subsection (a) by submitting the same information that they submit or contribute for other governmentwide reporting requirements, including the following: ‘‘(i) For information about Federal awards— ‘‘(I) the Federal assistance
awards data system established pursuant to section 6102a of title 31, United States Code;
9 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ‘‘(II) the Federal procurement data system established pursuant to section 1122(a)(4) of title 41, United States Code; ‘‘(III) the common application and reporting system established pursuant to section 6 of the Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1999 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note); or ‘‘(IV) such systems as may be established to replace or supplement the systems identified in this clause. ‘‘(ii) For information about internal expenditures and accounting, the Federal Agencies’ Centralized Trial-Balance Systems (FACTS I and FACTS II), the Governmentwide Financial Report System
(GFRS), the Intragovernmental Fiduciary Confirmation System (IFCS), or such systems as may be established to replace or supplement such systems. ‘‘(3) USE
submitted under this section shall use the common
10 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 data elements and data reporting standards designated by the Board under section 3611. ‘‘(4) INFORMATION
ALSO SUBJECT TO RECIPI-
ENT REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—In
this section, each Executive agency shall identify, to the extent practicable, Federal awards made by the agency that are subject to the recipient reporting requirement of section 3602 so that information reported by recipients and information reported by the agency can be directly compared. ‘‘(c) GUIDANCE
12 guidance to agencies on compliance with this section. 13 ‘‘(d) BOARD
MONITOR COMPLIANCE.—The Board
14 shall regularly report to Congress on each Executive agen15 cy’s compliance with this section, including the timeliness, 16 completeness, accuracy, and interoperability of the data 17 submitted by each Executive agency. The Board shall 18 make these reports publicly available contemporaneously 19 online. 20 ‘‘§ 3604. Exemptions from recipient reporting require21 22
‘‘(a) EXEMPTION.—A recipient is exempt from the
23 reporting requirement of section 3602 with respect to 24 funds received pursuant to a Federal award if— 25 ‘‘(1) the recipient is an individual;
11 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ‘‘(2) the total amount of Federal funds received by the recipient does not exceed $100,000 in the current calendar year or fiscal year; or ‘‘(3) no transaction in which the recipient has received Federal funds during the current calendar year or fiscal year has exceeded $24,999. ‘‘(b) AUTHORITY
GRANT ADDITIONAL EXEMP-
Board may grant additional exemptions
9 under this section for classes or categories of recipients.’’. 10 (b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of chapters
11 at the beginning of subtitle III of title 31, United States 12 Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 13 chapter 35 the following new item:
‘‘36. Transparency and Accountability in Federal Spending ................... 3601.’’.
Chapter 36 of title 31, United States Code, as added
17 by section 101, is amended by adding at the end the fol18 lowing new subchapter: 19 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER II—DATA STANDARDIZATION
20 ‘‘§ 3611. Data standardization for reporting informa21 22 23 24 25
‘‘(a) COMMON DATA ELEMENTS.— ‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Board shall, by rule, designate common data elements, such as codes, identifiers, and fields, for information required to be
12 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 reported by recipients or agencies under this chapter. ‘‘(2) CHARACTERISTICS
MENTS.—The OF COMMON DATA ELE-
common data elements designated
under paragraph (1) shall, to the extent practicable, be nonproprietary. ‘‘(3) EXISTING
COMMON DATA ELEMENTS.—In
designating common data elements under this subsection, the Board shall, to the extent practicable, incorporate the following: ‘‘(A) Common data elements developed and maintained by an international voluntary consensus standards body, as defined by the Office of Management and Budget, such as the International Organization for Standardization. ‘‘(B) Common data elements developed and maintained by intragovernmental partnerships, such as the National Information Exchange Model. ‘‘(C) Common data elements developed and maintained by Federal entities with authority over contracting and financial assistance, such as the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council.
13 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ‘‘(D) Common data elements developed and maintained by accounting standards organizations. ‘‘(b) DATA REPORTING STANDARDS.— ‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—The Board shall, by rule, designate data reporting standards to govern the reporting required to be performed by recipients and agencies under this title. ‘‘(2) CHARACTERISTICS
STANDARDS.—The OF DATA REPORTING
data reporting standards re-
quired by paragraph (1) shall, to the extent practicable— ‘‘(A) incorporate a widely accepted, nonproprietary, searchable, platform-independent computer-readable format; ‘‘(B) be consistent with and implement applicable accounting principles; and ‘‘(C) be capable of being continually upgraded as necessary. ‘‘(3)
ARDS.—In
designating reporting standards under
this subsection, the Board shall, to the extent practicable, incorporate existing nonproprietary standards, such as the eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL).
14 1 ‘‘§ 3612. Full disclosure of information 2 ‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—The Board shall publish online
3 all information submitted by recipients and agencies pur4 suant to sections 3602 and 3603. 5 6 ‘‘(b) AGGREGATION
EMPT OF
INFORMATION THAT IS EX-
FROM RECIPIENT REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—
7 The Board shall publish, online and in the aggregate, in8 formation that is exempt from recipient reporting under 9 section 3604 but that is reported by an Executive agency 10 under section 3606 in the aggregate. 11 12
‘‘(c) COMPLIANCE WITH OPEN DATA PRINCIPLES BEST PRACTICES.—To the extent practicable, the
13 Board shall publish data under this section in a manner 14 that complies with applicable principles and best practices 15 in the private sector for the publication of open govern16 ment data. 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 ‘‘(d) ONLINE PUBLICATION.— ‘‘(1) IN
Board shall, in accord-
ance with this section and section 204 of the E–Government Act of 2002 (44 U.S.C. 3501 note), establish and maintain one or more websites for the publication of data required to be published online under this section. ‘‘(2) PURPOSE
OF WEBSITE OR WEBSITES.—
The website or websites established and maintained under this subsection shall serve as a public portal
15 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 for Federal financial information, including information concerning all Federal awards and information concerning the expenditure of all Federal funds. ‘‘(3) CONTENT
WEBSITES.—The AND FUNCTION OF WEBSITE OR
Board shall ensure that the
website or websites established and maintained under this subsection: ‘‘(A) Makes available all information published under subsection (a) in a reasonably timely manner. ‘‘(B) Makes available all information published under subsection (a) in its original format. ‘‘(C) Makes available all information published under subsection (a) without charge, license, or registration requirement. ‘‘(D) Permits all information published under subsection (a) to be searched and aggregated. ‘‘(E) Permits all information published under subsection (a) to be downloaded in bulk. ‘‘(F) To the extent practicable, disseminates information published under subsection (a) via automatic electronic means.
16 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ‘‘(G) To the extent practicable, permits information published under subsection (a) to be freely shared by the public, such as by social media. ‘‘(H) To the extent practicable, uses permanent uniform resource locators for information published under subsection (a). ‘‘(I) Provide an opportunity for the public to provide input about the usefulness of the site and recommendations for improvements. ‘‘(e) NEW TECHNOLOGIES.—Notwithstanding any
12 other provision in this section, the Board may comply with 13 the requirements of this section using such new tech14 nologies as may replace websites for data publication and 15 dissemination. 16 ‘‘(f) TRANSFER
17 USASPENDING.GOV.—The Board and the Office of Man18 agement and Budget shall transfer the functions of 19 USASpending.gov to the website or websites established 20 under this section. 21 ‘‘§ 3613. Federal accountability portal 22 ‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—The Board shall establish and
23 maintain an integrated Internet-based system, consisting 24 of one or more websites and to be known as a ‘Federal
17 1 accountability portal’, to carry out the functions described 2 in subsection (b). 3 ‘‘(b) FUNCTIONS.—The Federal accountability portal
4 shall be designed and operated to carry out the following 5 functions: 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 ‘‘(1) Combine information submitted by recipients and agencies under sections 3602 and 3603 with other compilations of information , such as Government databases and other proprietary and nonproprietary databases. ‘‘(2) Permit Executive agencies to verify the eligibility of recipients to receive Federal funds. ‘‘(3) Permit Executive agencies, Inspectors General, and law enforcement agencies to track Federal awards and recipients to find waste, fraud, and abuse. ‘‘(c) GUIDANCE
18 guidance on the use of and access to the Federal account19 ability portal. 20 ‘‘§ 3614. Agency responsibilities 21 ‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—As a condition of receipt of
22 Federal funds of an Executive agency pursuant to any 23 Federal award, the Executive agency shall require any re24 cipient of such funds to provide the information required 25 under section 3602.
18 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ‘‘(b) PENALTIES
ANCE.— FOR
RECIPIENTS’ NONCOMPLI-
head of an Executive
agency may impose a civil penalty in an amount not more than $250,000 on a recipient of Federal funds from that Executive agency that does not provide the information required under section 3602 or provides information that contains a material omission or misstatement. ‘‘(2) NONPRECLUSION.—The imposition of a civil penalty under this subsection does not preclude any other criminal or civil statutory, common law, or administrative remedy that is available by law to the United States or any other person. Any amounts received from a civil penalty under this subsection shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the appropriation or appropriations from which the award is made. ‘‘(3) NOTIFICATION.—The head of an Executive agency shall provide a written notification to a recipient that fails to provide the information required under section 3602 or provides information that contains a material omission or misstatement. Such notification shall provide the recipient with information on how to comply with the requirements of section
19 1 2 3 4 5 3602 and notice of the penalties for failing to do so. The head of the Executive agency may not impose a civil penalty under paragraph (1) until 30 days after the date of the notification. ‘‘(c) COMPLIANCE WITH BOARD GUIDANCE.—Execu-
6 tive agencies shall comply with the instructions and guid7 ance issued by the Board under this Act. 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 ‘‘(d) INFORMATION AND ASSISTANCE.— ‘‘(1) IN
request of the Board
for information or assistance from any Executive agency or other entity of the Federal Government, the head of such entity shall, insofar as is practicable and not in contravention of any existing law, furnish such information or assistance to the Board, or an authorized designee. ‘‘(2) REPORT
OF REFUSALS.—Whenever
mation or assistance requested by the Board is, in the judgment of the Board, unreasonably refused or not provided, the Board shall report the circumstances to Congress. ‘‘(e) USE
DATA STANDARDS.—After the Board
22 designates any common data element or data reporting 23 standard under section 3611, each Executive agency shall 24 issue guidance that requires every recipient of Federal 25 funds under any of its Federal awards to use that common
20 1 data element or data reporting standard for any informa2 tion reported to that Executive agency to which the com3 mon data element or data reporting standard is applicable. 4 ‘‘§ 3615. Office of Management and Budget respon5 6
‘‘After the Board designates any common data ele-
7 ment or data reporting standard under section 3611, the 8 Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 9 issue guidance that requires Executive agencies to use that 10 common data element or data reporting standard for any 11 information reported by Executive agencies to the Office 12 of Management and Budget to which the common data 13 element or data reporting standard is applicable. 14 ‘‘§ 3616. Treasury responsibilities 15 ‘‘After the Board designates any common data ele-
16 ment or data reporting standard under section 3611, the 17 Secretary of the Treasury shall issue guidance that re18 quires Executive agencies to use that common data ele19 ment or data reporting standard for any information re20 ported by Executive agencies to the Department of the 21 Treasury to which the common data element or data re22 porting standard is applicable.’’.
(a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Chapter 36 of title 31,
5 United States Code, as added by section 101, is further 6 amended by adding at the end the following new sub7 chapter: 8 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER IV—GENERAL PROVISIONS
9 ‘‘§ 3641. Effective date 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ‘‘This chapter takes effect on October 1, 2011.’’. (b) DEADLINES FOR IMPLEMENTATION.— (1) BOARD
DEADLINES.—Within
the effective date of this Act, the Board shall— (A) issue guidance under sections 3602(c) and 3603(c) of title 31, United States Code, as added by this Act; (B) designate common data elements under section 3611(a) of such title and data reporting standards under section 3611(b) of such title, as so added; and (C) establish one or more websites under section 3612(d) of such title, as so added. (2) AGENCY
AND DEPARTMENT DEADLINES.—
(A) Within one year after the effective date of this Act, each Executive agency shall imple-
22 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 ment section 3614(a) of title 31, United States Code, as added by this Act. (B) Within two years after the Board designates any common data element or data reporting standard under section 3611(a) of such title, as so added— (i) each Executive agency shall issue guidance under section 3614(e) of such title, as so added; (ii) the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall issue guidance under section 3615 of such title, as so added; and (iii) the Secretary of the Treasury shall issue guidance under section 3616 of such title, as so added.
TITLE II—FEDERAL ACCOUNTABILITY AND SPENDING TRANSPARENCY BOARD
23 by section 101, is further amended by inserting after sub24 chapter II the following new subchapter:
23 1 ‘‘SUBCHAPTER III—FEDERAL ACCOUNTABILITY 2 AND SPENDING TRANSPARENCY BOARD
3 ‘‘§ 3621. Establishment 4 ‘‘(a) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established the
5 Federal Accountability and Spending Transparency Board 6 as an independent agency in the Executive Branch. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 ‘‘(b) FUNCTIONS AND POWERS TRANSFERRED.— ‘‘(1) FUNCTIONS
TRANSFERRED.—Except
provided in this section, there are transferred to the Board all functions of the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board. ‘‘(2) POWERS,
TIES.—The AUTHORITIES, RIGHTS, AND DU-
Federal Accountability and Spending
Transparency Board shall succeed to all powers, authorities, rights, and duties that were vested in the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board on the day before the effective date of this Act.
18 ‘‘§ 3622. Composition of the board 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ‘‘(a) CHAIRPERSON.— ‘‘(1) IN
is a Chairperson of
the Board, who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate. ‘‘(2) HEAD
OF BOARD.—The
Chairperson is the
head of the Board and shall have direction, authority, and control over it.
24 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ‘‘(3) COMMISSION
ESTABLISHED.—When
a va-
cancy occurs in the office of Chairperson of the Board, a commission is established to recommend individuals to the President for appointment to the vacant office. The commission shall be composed of— ‘‘(A) the Speaker of the House of Representatives; ‘‘(B) the President pro tempore of the Senate; ‘‘(C) the majority and minority leaders of the House of Representatives and the Senate; and ‘‘(D) the chairmen and ranking minority members of the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives. ‘‘(4) RECOMMENDATIONS.—A commission established because of a vacancy in the office of the Chairperson shall recommend at least three individuals. The President may ask the commission to recommend additional individuals. ‘‘(5) TERM.—The term of service of the Chairperson of the Board shall be 5 years, but the Chair-
25 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 person may serve after the expiration of the Chairperson’s term until a successor has taken office. ‘‘(6) LIMITATION
ON TERMS.—No
serve as the Chairperson of the Board for more than 2 terms, whether or not such terms of service are consecutive. ‘‘(7) COMPENSATION.—An individual appointed as Chairperson under paragraph (1) shall be compensated at the rate of basic pay prescribed for level III of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, United States Code. ‘‘(b) MEMBERS.—The members of the Board shall in-
13 clude— 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ‘‘(1) the Inspectors General of the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Defense, the Department of Education, the Department of Energy, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Homeland Security, the Department of Transportation, and the Department of the Treasury; ‘‘(2) the Deputy Secretaries of the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Education, the Department of Energy, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Transportation, and the Department of the Treasury, the
26 1 2 3 4 5 6 Chief Management Officer of the Department of Defense, and the Undersecretary for Management of the Department of Homeland Security; and ‘‘(3) the Controller of the Office of Management and Budget and the Deputy Director for Management of the Office of Management and Budget.
7 ‘‘§ 3623. Functions 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall— ‘‘(1) be responsible for the collection, storage, and public disclosure of information about Federal spending; ‘‘(2) serve as the authoritative government source for the information about Federal spending that it collects; and ‘‘(3) coordinate and conduct oversight of Federal funds in order to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse. ‘‘(b) SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS.—The functions of the
19 Board shall include each of the following: 20 21 22 23 24 ‘‘(1) Receiving, storing, and publicly disseminating all of the information that is reported to it under this Act. ‘‘(2) Reviewing whether reporting under section 3602 meets applicable standards and specifies the
27 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 purpose of the Federal award and measures of performance. ‘‘(3) Auditing, investigating, or reviewing Federal funds to determine whether fraud, wasteful spending, poor contract or grant management, or other abuses are occurring and referring matters it considers appropriate for further investigation to the inspector general for the Executive agency that disbursed the Federal funds. ‘‘(4) Regularly auditing the quality of the data submitted to it under sections 3602 and 3603. ‘‘(5) Standardizing common data elements and data reporting standards to foster transparency and accountability for Federal spending, as required by section 3611. ‘‘(6) Reviewing whether there are appropriate mechanisms for interagency collaboration relating to Federal funds, including coordinating and collaborating to the extent practicable with the Inspectors General Council on Integrity and Efficiency established by the Inspector General Reform Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–409). ‘‘(c) REPORT REQUIREMENTS.— ‘‘(1) REPORTS.—
28 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ‘‘(A) REGULAR
ITY AUDITS.—The REPORTS ON DATA QUAL-
Board shall regularly submit
to the President and Congress reports on its audits of the quality of the data submitted to it under sections 3602 and 3603. ‘‘(B) SEMI-ANNUAL
TIES.—The REPORTS ON ACTIVI-
Board shall submit semi-annual re-
ports to the President and Congress, summarizing the activities and findings of the Board and the findings of inspectors general of Executive agencies. ‘‘(C) REPORT
ON SAVINGS.—Not
than five years after the effective date of this Act, the Board shall submit to the President, Congress, and the Comptroller General of the United States a report containing estimates of the direct and indirect cost savings to the Treasury achieved as a result of the Board’s activities. ‘‘(2) PUBLIC
make all reports submitted under paragraph (1) publicly available contemporaneously online. ‘‘(3) GAO
EVALUATION.—Upon
report submitted by the Board under paragraph (1)(C), the Comptroller General shall conduct an
29 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 evaluation of the report and submit the evaluation to Congress within six months after receipt of the report, with such findings and recommendations as the Comptroller General considers appropriate. ‘‘(d) RECOMMENDATIONS.— ‘‘(1) IN
Board shall make rec-
ommendations to Executive agencies on measures to prevent fraud, waste, and abuse relating to Federal funds. ‘‘(2) RESPONSIVE
REPORTS.—Not
days after receipt of a recommendation under paragraph (1), an Executive agency shall submit a report to the President, the congressional committees of jurisdiction, and the Board on whether the Executive agency agrees or disagrees with the recommendations and any actions the Executive agency will take to implement the recommendations. The Board shall make all reports submitted to it under this paragraph publicly available contemporaneously online.
20 ‘‘§ 3624. Powers 21 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Board shall conduct audits,
22 investigations, and reviews of spending of Federal funds 23 and coordinate on such activities with the inspectors gen24 eral of the relevant Executive agency to avoid duplication 25 and overlap of work.
30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 ‘‘(b) AUDITS AND REVIEWS.—The Board may— ‘‘(1) conduct its own independent audits, investigations, and reviews relating to Federal funds; and ‘‘(2) collaborate on audits, investigations, and reviews relating to Federal funds with any inspector general of an Executive agency. ‘‘(c) AUTHORITIES.— ‘‘(1)
VIEWS.—In
conducting audits, investigations, and
reviews, the Board shall have the authorities provided under section 6 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). Additionally, the Board may issue subpoenas to compel the testimony of persons who are not Federal officers or employees and may enforce such subpoenas in the same manner as provided for inspector general subpoenas under section 6 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). ‘‘(2) STANDARDS
AND GUIDELINES.—The
Board shall carry out the powers under paragraphs (1) and (2) in accordance with section 4(b)(1) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.). ‘‘(d) CONTRACTS.—The Board may enter into con-
24 tracts to enable the Board to discharge its duties under 25 this subtitle, including contracts and other arrangements
31 1 for audits, studies, analyses, and other services with public 2 agencies and with private persons, and make such pay3 ments as may be necessary to carry out the duties of the 4 Board. 5 ‘‘(e) TRANSFER
FUNDS.—The Board may trans-
6 fer funds appropriated to the Board for expenses to sup7 port administrative support services and audits, reviews, 8 or other activities related to oversight by the Board of cov9 ered funds to any office of inspector general, the Office 10 of Management and Budget, and the General Services Ad11 ministration. 12 ‘‘§ 3625. Employment, personnel, and related authori13 14
‘‘(a) SELECTION
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR.—On be-
15 half of the Board, the Chairperson shall appoint an Execu16 tive Director who shall be the chief executive officer of 17 the Board and who shall carry out the functions of the 18 Board subject to the supervision and direction of the 19 Board. The position of Executive Director shall be a ca20 reer reserved position in the Senior Executive Service, as 21 that position is defined under section 3132 of title 5, 22 United States Code. 23 ‘‘(b) ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT.—The General Serv-
24 ices Administration shall provide the Board with adminis-
32 1 trative support services, including the provision of office 2 space and facilities. 3 ‘‘§ 3626. Rulemaking authority 4 ‘‘The Board shall promulgate regulations to carry out
5 this chapter. 6 ‘‘§ 3627. Transfer of certain personnel 7 8 ‘‘(a) RECOVERY ACCOUNTABILITY
PARENCY AND
BOARD EMPLOYEES.—The Chairperson or Ex-
9 ecutive Director, or both, shall identify employees of the 10 Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board for 11 transfer to the Board, and such identified employees shall 12 be transferred to the Board for employment. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ‘‘(b) PAY.— ‘‘(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), each transferred employee shall, during the 2-year period beginning on the effective date of this Act, receive pay at a rate equal to not less than the basic rate of pay (including any geographic differential) that the employee received during the pay period immediately preceding the date of transfer. ‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) does not limit the right of the Board to reduce the rate of basic pay of a transferred employee for cause, for unacceptable performance, or with the consent of the employee.
33 1 2 3 ‘‘(3) Paragraph (1) applies to a transferred employee only while that employee remains employed by the Board.
4 ‘‘§ 3628. Authorization and availability of appropria5 6
7 is authorized to be appropriated $51,000,000 for each of 8 fiscal years 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, and 9 2018 to carry out the functions of the Board. 10 ‘‘(b) AVAILABILITY
APPROPRIATIONS.—If the Re-
11 covery Accountability and Transparency Board has unobli12 gated appropriations as of the effective date of this chap13 ter, such appropriations shall remain available to the 14 Board until September 30, 2015.’’. 15 16 17
Section 5314 of title 5, United States Code, is
18 amended by adding at the end the following new item: 19 20 21 22 23 (a) ‘‘Chairperson of the Federal Accountability and Spending Transparency Board.’’.
24 BOARD.—Section 1501(a)(2) of the American Recovery 25 and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5; 123
34 1 Stat. 287) is amended by striking ‘‘Recovery Account2 ability and Transparency Board’’ and inserting ‘‘Federal 3 Accountability and Spending Transparency Board’’. 4 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS
5 PUBLIC LAW 111–5.—Subtitle B of such Act is amended 6 by striking sections 1521, 1522, 1525(a), and 1529. 7 (c) REPEAL
PUBLIC LAW 111–
8 5.—Effective on October 1, 2013, subtitle B of such Act 9 is repealed. 10 (d) REFERENCES
BOARD.—On
11 and after the effective date of this Act, any reference in 12 Federal law to the Recovery Accountability and Trans13 parency Board is deemed to be a reference to the Federal 14 Accountability and Spending Transparency Board. 15 16 17 18
Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this
19 Act shall be construed to require the disclosure of classi20 fied information. 21 22
Section 3518(c) of title 44, United States Code, is
23 amended— 24 25 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘paragraph (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (3)’’;
35 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 (2) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and (3) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph: ‘‘(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (3), this subchapter shall not apply to the collection of information during the conduct of any audit, investigation, inspection, evaluation, or other review conducted by the Federal Accountability and Spending Transparency Board, the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency, or any Federal office of Inspector General, including any office of Special Inspector General.’’.
Section 6(a) of the Inspector General Act of 1978
16 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended— 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 (1) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘and’’; (2) by redesignating paragraph (9) as paragraph (10); and (3) by inserting after paragraph (8) the following new paragraph: ‘‘(9) notwithstanding subsections (o), (p), (q), (r), and (u) of section 552a of title 5, United States Code, to compare, through a matching program (as defined in such section), any Federal records with
36 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 other Federal or non-Federal records, while conducting an audit, investigation, inspection, evaluation, or other review authorized under this Act to identify weaknesses that may lead to fraud, waste, or abuse and to detect improper payments and fraud; and’’.
FUNCTIONS.—The Federal Ac-
10 countability and Transparency Board and the Secretary 11 of Commerce shall transfer the functions of the Consoli12 dated Federal Funds Report to the website or websites 13 established under section 3612 of title 31, United States 14 Code, as added by this Act. 15 (b) INFORMATION.—The Board shall ensure that the
16 website or websites established under such section 3612 17 permits users to determine the following information: 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 (1) For each fiscal year, the total amount of Federal funds that were obligated in each State, county or parish, congressional district, and municipality of the United States. (2) For each fiscal year, the total amount of Federal funds that were actually expended in each State, county or parish, congressional district, and municipality of the United States.
37 1 2 (c) CONFORMING REPEALS
SIONS.—Chapter OF
SUPERSEDED PROVI-
62 of subtitle V of title 31, United States
3 Code, is repealed. The item relating to that chapter in the 4 table of chapters at the beginning of subtitle V of such 5 title is repealed. 6 7 8
The Federal Funding Accountability and Trans-
9 parency Act of 2006 (Public Law 109–282; 31 U.S.C. 10 6101 note) is repealed. 11 12
13 take effect on October 1, 2011.
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