115 HR 4504 IH: Transparency in Government Act of 2017
U.S. House of Representatives
2017-11-30
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1.This Act may be cited as the Transparency in Government Act of 2017
. 2.The table of contents is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Title I—Improving Access to Information about Members of Congress and Congressional Offices
Sec. 101. Greater disclosure and electronic filing of personal financial information.
Sec. 102. Greater disclosure of travel reports.
Sec. 103. Greater disclosure of gift reports.
Sec. 104. Greater disclosure of earmarks.
Sec. 105. GAO study and report on effects of written requests by Members of Congress for funding of projects.
Title II—Enhancing Public Access to the Work of Congressional Committees, Legislation, and Votes
Subtitle A—Access to Legislation, Votes, and Related Information
Sec. 201. Increased transparency of committee work.
Sec. 202. Increased transparency of committee schedules through the Clerk.
Sec. 203. Increased transparency of recorded votes.
Sec. 204. Electronic format.
Sec. 205. Congressional Data Task Force.
Sec. 206. Use of data standards by congressional support offices.
Sec. 207. Inclusion of digital version of funding tables in reports accompanying appropriations bills.
Subtitle B—Access to congressionally mandated reports
Sec. 211. Short title.
Sec. 212. Definitions.
Sec. 213. Establishment of website for congressionally mandated reports.
Sec. 214. Federal agency responsibilities.
Sec. 215. Removing and altering reports.
Sec. 216. Relationship to the Freedom of Information Act.
Sec. 217. Funding.
Sec. 218. Implementation.
Title III—Equal Access to Congressional Research Service Reports
Sec. 301. Short title.
Sec. 302. Definitions.
Sec. 303. Availability of CRS reports through GPO website.
Sec. 304. Website contents.
Sec. 305. Conforming amendment to duties of CRS.
Sec. 306. Rules of construction.
Sec. 307. Effective date.
Title IV—Lobbying Disclosure
Sec. 401. Short title.
Sec. 402. Modifications to enforcement.
Sec. 403. Definition of lobbyist.
Sec. 404. Expedited online registration of lobbyists; expansion of registrants.
Sec. 405. Disclosure of political contributions.
Sec. 406. Identification numbers for lobbyists.
Sec. 407. Ethics training for lobbyists.
Sec. 408. Estimates based on tax reporting system.
Sec. 409. Effective date.
Title V—Transparency in Federal contracting
Sec. 501. Improving application programming interface and website data elements.
Sec. 502. Improving data quality.
Sec. 503. Requirements relating to reporting of award data.
Sec. 504. Recipient performance transparency.
Sec. 505. Improvement of Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System Database.
Sec. 506. Federal contractor compliance.
Sec. 507. Improving access to information disclosed on lobbying activities.
Sec. 508. Inclusion of narratives on USAspending.gov.
Title VI—Executive Branch Transparency
Sec. 601. Requirement for disclosure of Federal sponsorship of all Federal advertising or other communications.
Sec. 602. Improving access to influential executive branch official’s visitor access records.
Sec. 603. Improving access to budget justifications by the Office of Management and Budget.
Sec. 604. Improving rulemaking disclosure for the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs.
Sec. 605. Improving E-filing data collection and distribution for non-profits.
Sec. 606. Improving registration information from agents of foreign principals.
Sec. 607. Agency defined.
Sec. 608. Government-wide entity identifier.
Sec. 609. Grants transparency requirements.
Sec. 610. Availability of opinions of the Office of Legal Counsel of the Department of Justice.
Title VII—Strengthening the Freedom of Information Act
Sec. 701. Agency defined.
Sec. 702. Digital access to completed responses to the Freedom of Information Act.
Sec. 703. FOIAonline for agencies.
Sec. 704. Freedom of Information Act amendments.
Title VIII—Improving transparency within the judicial system
Sec. 801. Televising Supreme Court proceedings.
Sec. 802. Audio recording of Supreme Court proceedings.
Sec. 803. Availability on the Internet of financial disclosure reports of judicial officers.
Sec. 804. GAO audit of PACER.
Title IX—Enforcement
Sec. 901. Audits by the Government Accountability Office.
Title X—Miscellaneous
Sec. 1001. Transfer of certain records to Archivist of United States.
Sec. 1002. Data standards.
<enum>I</enum><header>Improving Access to Information about Members of Congress and Congressional Offices</header>
<section id="HCF51E3340D384E1481EDBBF9F62F5C93"><enum>101.</enum><header>Greater disclosure and electronic filing of personal financial information</header>
<subsection id="H79A000F06CCE47539AE0E6DAF425756D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Additional financial disclosure requirements</header>
<paragraph id="H02EE628AF05B4BD8ACCD1D4661A9D8A4" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 102(a)(1)(B) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc-appendix" parsable-cite="usc-appendix/5/102">5 U.S.C. App. 102(a)(1)(B)</external-xref>) is amended in clause (iv) by striking <quote>$15,000</quote> and inserting <quote>$25,000</quote> and by striking clauses (v) through (ix) and inserting the following new clauses:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H9ECE1C44032A4FB587A0A150A8D5D4DD" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <clause id="H20029D38E6B346518AD91D7ACF36762E"><enum>(v)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">greater than $25,000 but not more than $100,000, rounded to the nearest $10,000,</text></clause>
<clause id="H3C3A9B4A23D94200946D9E3B648517F3"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">greater than $100,000 but not more than $1,000,000, rounded to the nearest $100,000, or</text></clause> <clause id="HE958E42B4BFC4EF3898B8B993B1E970D"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>greater than $1,000,000, rounded to the nearest $1,000,000.</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDC255C42882D4F5193BD2D2905221B72" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 102(d)(1) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc-appendix" parsable-cite="usc-appendix/5/102">5 U.S.C. App. 102(d)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>(3), (4), (5), and (8)</quote> and inserting <quote>(5) and (8)</quote>.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB73BACA81A20400E973F97EEC80F8F82" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 102(d) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc-appendix" parsable-cite="usc-appendix/5/102">5 U.S.C. App. 102(d)</external-xref>) is amended by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3) and by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HFEFE4DF54B6E4CA985D1D0D21652844F" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="H400E73248767415E89E107B64604DE61" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The categories for reporting the amount or value of the items covered in paragraphs (3) or (4) of subsection (a) are as follows:</text> <subparagraph id="HD8CEF5854D0446C7962D1809B05517C1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Not more than $15,000.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H72F1FAE7EB7443049F0520ADE9CB5CFC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Greater than $15,000 but not more than $25,000.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3E96ACF8B7A742748F5A9A91CD63832C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Greater than $25,000 but not more than $100,000, rounded to the nearest $10,000.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H358353BEC3B64628963F13AF039C8025"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Greater than $100,000 but not more than $1,000,000, rounded to the nearest $100,000.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC105E7A6CB3140F2BF17703D76ED7339"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Greater than $1,000,000, rounded to the nearest $1,000,000.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H640EC7418B2A45AFAC85A6F0167E5662"><enum>(b)</enum><header>More frequent disclosure of financial transactions involving large sums of money</header>
<paragraph id="H7BB45108E7A34062B07528C8A05DED2D" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 101 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc-appendix" parsable-cite="usc-appendix/5/101">5 U.S.C. App. 101</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H0316AA4EE1D14C78B714A8FE941D0C91" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="HBC919FCB37C94331ADBDAAE15F6557F8"><enum>(j)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In addition to any other report required to be filed by a Member of Congress or officer or employee of the Congress, each such individual is required to file a quarterly report on April 30, July 30, October 30, and January 30 of each year covering the preceding calendar quarter if that individual (or the spouse or any dependent child of that individual) purchased, sold, or exchanged any property described in subsection (a)(5) valued at not less than $250,000 during that calendar quarter. For any such transaction of not less than $250,000, such report shall contain all of the information required under subsection (a)(5).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9D09AA7514A74EC5AE8B6A947CA97A4B" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum>
<subparagraph id="H9D65B54103E84BC5A34F561EE3AE9B69" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Clause 1 of rule XXVI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by inserting <quote>(a)</quote> after <quote>1.</quote> and by adding at the end the following new paragraphs: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H63F59E455D824292BAA1D098BC272008" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <rules-paragraph id="H47091F7AB37F44039BD556F2FA652618"><enum>(b)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If any report is filed with the Clerk for a calendar quarter pursuant to section 101(i) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, the Clerk shall compile all such reports sent to the Clerk by Members and have them printed as a House document, which shall be made available to the public, as soon as practicable.</text></rules-paragraph>
<rules-paragraph id="H297710A796BA4B3AA71242CC071DC0BF"><enum>(c)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each individual required to file a report with the Clerk under title I under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 shall file and maintain such report in electronic form.</text></rules-paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD209E15F64FA42D9B1D696758D5A2408" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Comparable language to be added by the Senate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HB18002570B834ED29B42B42F2317DCAA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Availability on the Internet of reports filed under this title with the Clerk of the House or the Secretary of the Senate</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 103 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc-appendix" parsable-cite="usc-appendix/5/103">5 U.S.C. App. 103</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H682A2D267EC14C5DA2F779208FAF216F" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="HAD0D48965D2F464984B9938CA2D0AF58"><enum>(m)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate shall each make available any report filed with them under this title (whether the report is filed in paper or electronic form) within 48 hours of the applicable submission deadline on the website of the Clerk or the Secretary, as applicable, in a searchable, sortable, downloadable, machine-readable format.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HC42ABA321A254B28B745439CCAC7D26D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to reports filed for calendar years or calendar quarters beginning after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H46AAA9480E274A10B293F48B27B8F8AE"><enum>102.</enum><header>Greater disclosure of travel reports</header> <subsection id="H7B777C1B3D64440287573D6061B7FE77"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Foreign travel</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clause 8(b)(3) of rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new sentence: <quote>Within 48 hours after any such report is filed with the chair of a committee, the chair shall post the report on the Internet site of the committee in a searchable, sortable, downloadable, machine-readable format.</quote>.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H9DE1AA24CEDD4795A8C3B2A75597E26D"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply to travel commencing after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H01A8532E0D8D4FD2BBCFCB529F5F3D47"><enum>103.</enum><header>Greater disclosure of gift reports</header> <subsection id="H14A9CB60921D4E45928064F172E358A8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requiring Clerk of the House To Post Reports on Internet Not Later Than 48 Hours After Receipt</header> <paragraph id="HE734F8EB50B84C73A5EF88AE6AFB72FE" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Clause 5(b)(5) of rule XXV of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1FEEF57850084F258E929ADDDCA4C490"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>shall make available</quote> and inserting <quote>shall post on the public Internet site of the Clerk and otherwise make available</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA4631C6D185B4FDAAF418F3EE4AD4BEB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>as possible</quote> and inserting the following: <quote>as possible, but in no event later than 48 hours,</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H36F84230D3EE4548BD4BB4A771B550FA" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Comparable language to be added by the Senate.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H8E527CA683F84F9582312737CCB9F5DB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective Date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to reports filed on or after the date of the adoption of this resolution.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HAC2B1612D7AE4AAA955828DA715741A9"><enum>104.</enum><header>Greater disclosure of earmarks</header>
<subsection id="H15562954F9BC47D8B91838DA08D179F6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Electronic disclosure by Members</header>
<paragraph id="H64D5551892A64C379D04D3F75C26A0AC" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Rule XXIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by redesignating clause 18 as clause 19 and by inserting after clause 17 the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H8B4512C9663F47B09B7EA63650070975" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <rules-clause id="H7A29EB9A645D44A69C4558B313574197" indent="down1"><enum>18.</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who requests a congressional earmark, a limited tax benefit, or a limited tariff benefit shall, within 24 hours after making such request—</text>
<rules-paragraph id="HB001DB23A0AB41C0BC616206237A78D2"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">post on his or her public website for the remainder of the Congress the following—</text> <rules-subparagraph id="HF67792DE171F40DC95DF848DEB1321BC"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the name and address of the intended recipient;</text></rules-subparagraph>
<rules-subparagraph id="HD2473728584A4C9C9DEE9ECEA3F4E8CA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>whether the intended recipient is a for-profit or not-for-profit entity;</text></rules-subparagraph> <rules-subparagraph id="H922CEA67B0FF4FF18435838068C101F9"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the requested amount (only in the case of congressional earmarks); and </text></rules-subparagraph>
<rules-subparagraph id="H4372A0E084554D738456FA8EDEF0B5F0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>an explanation of the request, including the purpose, and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds;</text></rules-subparagraph></rules-paragraph> <rules-paragraph id="H42D8240544C543EB8089DC5AFB83F626"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">electronically submit to the committee of subject-matter jurisdiction the webpage address where such information is posted;</text></rules-paragraph>
<rules-paragraph id="HAC6FB514C4F04EC48BD2E1A98F169CC3"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify each request as having been submitted to the committee of subject-matter jurisdiction; and</text></rules-paragraph> <rules-paragraph id="H280E135E32AD46AB98ECBFE167E7544F"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">display on the homepage of such website a hypertext link that contains the words <quote>Earmarks</quote>, <quote>Appropriations Requests</quote>, <quote>Limited Tax Benefits</quote>, or <quote>Limited Tariff Benefits</quote> and that directs to such webpage address, and maintain that link for at least 30 calendar days after the last such request is made during the Congress.</text></rules-paragraph></rules-clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF3F7B8ED55B741668017747EDE76AFF0" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The last sentence of clause 16 of rule XXIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by striking <quote>and clause 17</quote> and inserting <quote>, clause 17, and clause 18</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE231221AD1F84FCAB5C0B33FE6ACD3FD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Electronic disclosure by committees</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new clause: </text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HCDB746D88AC743AF95535860727854D1" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<rules-clause id="HA00897BB3EE14CEC96AEBAA8B1C17347"><rules-clause-header>
Earmark disclosure websites</rules-clause-header><enum>(s)</enum>
<rules-paragraph id="HD233B28298F046898490E2B04771116B" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any committee that accepts any request of a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner for a congressional earmark, a limited tax benefit, or a limited tariff benefit shall maintain a public website with an earmark disclosure webpage that contains the following for each such request—</text></rules-paragraph> <rules-paragraph id="H91C5341A2FC84EF7876B61089DA79293"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the bill name;</text></rules-paragraph>
<rules-paragraph id="HF6DF6B28D35944668D3C5BF1201FBC92"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the name, State, and district of that individual;</text></rules-paragraph> <rules-paragraph id="H6A45E132BF88452B8BEB79A90C3500E2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the name and address of the intended recipient;</text></rules-paragraph>
<rules-paragraph id="H276ACA4DD1524C3BA6D600889CA51BE3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>whether the intended recipient is a for-profit or not-for-profit entity;</text></rules-paragraph> <rules-paragraph id="HA307D38DC8384EAEBFDFF04A891CE6C9"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the requested amount (only in the case of congressional earmarks); </text></rules-paragraph>
<rules-paragraph id="HD0E1EE99B4644AE3A845F04D7906EB78"><enum>(F)</enum><text>a brief description; and</text></rules-paragraph> <rules-paragraph id="HBAF8685063F2473AA66DD31E149DF128"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the applicable department or agency of the Government, and the account or program (if provided to the committee in the request);</text></rules-paragraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subsection" indent="subsection">and is in a downloadable format that is searchable and sortable by such characteristics.</continuation-text></rules-clause>
<rules-clause id="HC49653FBCB14418CAD37BA95F21DEF23"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Any written statement received by a committee under clause 17(a) of rule XXIII shall be posted on the earmark disclosure webpage of the committee.</text></rules-clause> <rules-clause id="HF9AA599577E345B9B8BDB979D707315A"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The earmark disclosure webpage of a committee shall list the names of any Member, Delegate, and Resident Commissioner who requests a congressional earmark, a limited tax benefit, or a limited tariff benefit and link directly to their webpage addresses referred to in clause 18(2) of rule XXIII.</text></rules-clause>
<rules-clause id="H3095EFA7E63C4E85A451ACF0E3D855BA"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The earmark disclosure webpage of a committee shall post the information required under subparagraphs (1) through (3) within one week of receipt, and shall maintain that information on that webpage for the remainder of the Congress.</text></rules-clause> <rules-clause id="HA480CDC6B5714BC6A9DCD655497FAE1F"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this paragraph, the terms <term>congressional earmark</term>, <term>limited tax benefit</term>, and <term>limited tariff benefit</term> shall have the meaning given them in clause 9 of rule XXI.</text></rules-clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H1A3E94AA0B674D1383D4537F786DC265"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Point of order</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by redesignating paragraphs (e), (f), and (g) as paragraphs (f), (g), and (h), respectively, and by inserting after paragraph (d) the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HBEDB57B161E74041AB7FD05E19F74E08" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <rules-paragraph id="HE1FAC275FAD44F2DB1CBD02B4F644E4F" indent="up1"><enum>(e)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It shall not be in order to consider any bill or joint resolution, or an amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that carries a congressional earmark, limited tax benefit, or limited tariff benefit for which a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner failed to comply with any applicable requirement of clause 18 of rule XXIII. </text></rules-paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HD67601233F8B46FCA6913E0289C17F61"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by this section shall apply to requests for congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits, and limited tariff benefits made after the date this resolution is agreed to.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HCED641E422474412A682BD03D70E6A99"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Centralized database for earmarks, limited tax benefits, and limited tariff benefits</header> <paragraph id="H15D7F00D76364162AD6886D80590B5E7" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Clerk of the House of Representatives, the Secretary of the Senate, and the chairs of the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the Senate shall collaborate to create one centralized database where all requests for earmark, limited tax benefits, and limited tariff benefits are available on the Internet in a searchable, sortable, downloadable format to the public. The data available to the public for each earmark should include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8A552C9EDF2948FB81464FAD9F5557BA" indent="up1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>an identification of the bill into which the earmark is to be inserted;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE488157FB86E48E2ADC41806A633DD52" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the name, State, and district of the Member of Congress requesting the earmark;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE36E84E77E2947EE80D22D14206E255E" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the name and address of the intended recipient;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H470BF5546B6C4AC68AE5ABB0B837DC2A" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>whether the intended recipient is a for-profit or not-for-profit entity;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF33CA809621D474AB9613DE10F41E4D6" indent="up1"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the requested amount (only in the case of congressional earmarks);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HC95C5E9B97DC4027B0231398CA3107AD" indent="up1"><enum>(F)</enum><text>a brief description of the earmark; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0A68CAD483084F13A7ED9D3CF7B18635" indent="up1"><enum>(G)</enum><text>the applicable department or agency of the Government, and the account or program (if provided to the committee in the request).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H94E7BE96B9E7487A80AF186C1799A1D8" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The centralized database for earmarks referred to in paragraph (1) shall be implemented within six months after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H90B209313B504E5F8003AEA0AC62D5CF"><enum>105.</enum><header>GAO study and report on effects of written requests by Members of Congress for funding of projects</header>
<subsection id="H34EB384CBB464A258FD8907C5BF882AC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Study</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct a study of the effect of written requests to carry out and provide funding for projects and activities which are submitted to offices of the executive branch by Members of Congress on the decisions made by such offices regarding the funding of those projects and activities.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H072785F9847A4964AD8F3E68F89D15DD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report on the study conducted under subsection (a).</text></subsection></section>
<enum>II</enum><header>Enhancing Public Access to the Work of Congressional Committees, Legislation, and Votes</header>
<subtitle id="H71DE98F393A74169ACF43F53B940C0EC"><enum>A</enum><header>Access to Legislation, Votes, and Related Information</header>
<section id="H18D4363AF1DF4999A16525D5920152E3"><enum>201.</enum><header>Increased transparency of committee work</header>
<subsection id="H409FAD114C804050B4D9A8B49B87EB02"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In the House of Representatives</header><text>Clause 1 of rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HFF20B1BA57564E31964DDF4F8B45472D" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <rules-paragraph id="H6F30338309404846A45073BC793224BD" indent="up1" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(e)</enum> <rules-subparagraph id="H3257A6185C464FF1A01121680B90AF0A" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Each committee shall post on its Internet website the public hearings and markup schedules of the committee and each of its subcommittees at the same time that information is made available to members of the committee.</text></rules-subparagraph>
<rules-subparagraph id="HA3C195D55B574ED487C3755C88B35094" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For each hearing and markup for which information is posted under subparagraph (1), the committee shall post on its Internet website within 45 days the following: the topic, related legislation, testimony of witnesses, opening statements of the chair and ranking minority member, transcripts, and audio and video recordings.</text></rules-subparagraph> <rules-subparagraph id="H08436FADD68B41C2AF6891955BFEB7C1" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Within 24 hours after a committee or subcommittee orders any bill or resolution to be reported, the committee or subcommittee, as applicable, shall post on its Internet website all amendments that were agreed to, except for technical and conforming changes authorized by the committee or subcommittee, as well as all votes taken on the bill or resolution and on any amendment offered to the bill or resolution.</text></rules-subparagraph></rules-paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="HB01C2FCE0B034CA6B9C88C2A1140BCBB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>In the Senate</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Comparable language to be added by the Senate.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H0D87D9D141554FA998932E5EA6F04B17"><enum>202.</enum><header>Increased transparency of committee schedules through the Clerk</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Clause 2 of rule II of the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
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<rules-paragraph id="H721961D8627540D58AF4131536853027"><enum>(l)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The House Committees shall provide to the Clerk, in a structured data format, a complete list of all public hearing and markup schedules of committees and subcommittees as soon as publically available; and the Clerk shall post this information on its Web site, including links to committee websites.</text></rules-paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="HEB20DCED12FB4C7181D1C6B6A77BD543"><enum>203.</enum><header>Increased transparency of recorded votes</header> <subsection id="H62B800FBABB04C45BBCC4054B413B289"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Additional duties of the Clerk of the House and the Secretary of the Senate</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate shall post on the public Internet site of the Office of the Clerk or of the Secretary, respectively, a record, organized by the name of each Member or Senator, in a structured data format, of the recorded votes of that Member or Senator, including the roll, date, issue, question, result, and title or description of the vote, and any cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office related to the vote.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H3494C76D840344829BDD7C9264AD9D03"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Web link</header><text>Each Member shall provide a link to the Clerk of the House of Representatives of a list of recorded votes from that Member’s website, and each Senator shall provide a link to the Secretary of the Senate of a list of recorded votes from that Senator’s website.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H22BFE652E8384761B7C249670A66846C"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>As used in this section, the term <term>Member</term> means a Representative in Congress, a delegate to Congress, or the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H4A581F6C6A4749AA8DA150158A7CAC11"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>This section shall apply to recorded votes occurring after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H50D61E123CFC4FCCA5D17B01D33B444D"><enum>204.</enum><header>Electronic format</header> <subsection id="H445CF3CD95104FB2A66AE00B1B4455E7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/1/2">Chapter 2</external-xref> of title 1 of the United States Code is amended by adding, after section 107, the following new section:</text>
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<section id="H656C2369B3F94F28871D761CF25208CD"><enum>107a.</enum><header>Electronic format</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">To the extent practicable, all bills, resolutions, orders, and votes shall be created, exchanged, and published in searchable electronic formats, consistent with data standards recommended by such advisory bodies as Congress may establish.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="HBA000676F2994229B3E8E067590216AE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The table of sections at the beginning of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/1/2">chapter 2</external-xref> of title 1 of the United States Code is amended by adding after the item relating to section 107 the following new item:</text>
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<section id="HEDBB82E9865C46F1AC4D99770236A646"><enum>205.</enum><header>Congressional Data Task Force</header>
<subsection id="H500B9F1D4F4249D89F3A3EDAAE0C6A20"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The Clerk of the House and the Secretary of the Senate shall establish an advisory Congressional Data Task Force to recommend data standards for the creation, exchange, and publication of congressional information.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HC1F72F8151134BCD8BD732978CEE704E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Composition</header><text>The Congressional Data Task Force shall be composed of staff representatives of the Clerk of the House, the Secretary of the Senate, the Library of Congress, the Congressional Research Service, the Government Printing Office, the Center for Legislative Archives, such other congressional offices and agencies may be necessary, and representatives of the public.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H5D12F6CD5F7140CFA14402DBEDEFFC66"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Data standards</header><text>All data standards recommended by the Congressional Data Task Force shall be nonproprietary and machine-readable.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H062B7F1C64F24EC5AA00B7DE55FBC809"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Scope</header><text>The Congressional Data Task Force shall recommend data standards for congressional information, including all bills, amendments, Acts, reports, committee hearing/meeting notices, the United States Code, and other legislative documents and records.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HD86444DA54CF4BF8B01F7A81A258D639"><enum>206.</enum><header>Use of data standards by congressional support offices</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">All congressional support offices shall, to the extent practicable, use the data standards recommended by the Congressional Data Task Force for the congressional information that they create, exchange, and/or publish.</text></section> <section id="H1A0719A6067F4A21B2F26FEF4F24192A"><enum>207.</enum><header>Inclusion of digital version of funding tables in reports accompanying appropriations bills</header> <subsection id="H3CCADF65F1984F819FCC54AEEAC55290"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Inclusion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate shall ensure that each report accompanying any appropriations bill reported by the Committees on Appropriations of the House or Senate (as the case may be) includes a formatted spreadsheet showing the amounts made available by the bill, in a tabular, digital format that shows separate entries for each fiscal year covered by the bill.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H340D7EBE7986462AAC00D3B7EA513B76"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to any appropriations bill making funds available for fiscal year 2019 or any succeeding fiscal year.</text></subsection></section></subtitle> <subtitle id="H8D57F396E1D543319F4C00582045F2F7"><enum>B</enum><header>Access to congressionally mandated reports</header> <section id="H20928AA5861349B0A7EF59AF4EC6ED57"><enum>211.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subtitle may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Access to Congressionally Mandated Reports Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section>
<section id="H801B5AF6397E4E7B91589022C5F41530"><enum>212.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this subtitle:</text> <paragraph id="H4C5D4D54BC824F06A10F46993D05FF09"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Congressionally mandated report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>congressionally mandated report</term>—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAC820FBFD9E945C5BCCB3B2B6E7BD021"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">means a report that is required to be submitted to either House of Congress or any committee of Congress, or subcommittee thereof, by a statute, resolution, or conference report that accompanies legislation enacted into law; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H74A5C9A956FB4550A48B98F699939381"><enum>(B)</enum><text>does not include a report required under part B of subtitle II of title 36, United States Code.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF2E53BADA3194B129E5785181FDB6799"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Director</header><text>The term <term>Director</term> means the Director of the Government Publishing Office.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H91FE1933E8854F46973D0B91D1C05936"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Federal agency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Federal agency</term> has the meaning given that term under section 102 of title 40, United States Code, but does not include the Government Accountability Office.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H16D5BE9C23F84BCFA1D05719EEEF0002"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Open format</header><text>The term <term>open format</term> means a file format for storing digital data based on an underlying open standard that—</text> <subparagraph id="H10A708D394C442B39E73C83DC057D2D8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is not encumbered by any restrictions that would impede reuse; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA8B884E629884B21BB7B07844B089D68"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is based on an underlying open data standard that is maintained by a standards organization.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H569C72A324AD415F8FF8EDAD3BD73F92"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Reports website</header><text>The term <term>reports website</term> means the website established under section 213(a).</text></paragraph></section>
<section id="H960376EE06064529A0810A639624FC36"><enum>213.</enum><header>Establishment of website for congressionally mandated reports</header>
<subsection id="HBE1AEBBB217C46D18DDEB670D34732FE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement To establish website</header>
<paragraph id="H2DFBDF16CB354141827AB88C6857B182"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subtitle, the Director shall establish and maintain a website accessible by the public that allows the public to obtain electronic copies of all congressionally mandated reports in one place. The Director may publish other reports on the website.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H62C2A44B0A7B40A6B277C621A52B86A5"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Existing functionality</header><text>To the extent possible, the Director shall meet the requirements under paragraph (1) by using existing websites and functionality under the authority of the Director.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H17541F0B30FE40E096A568BC522F5998"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In carrying out this subtitle, the Director shall consult with the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate regarding the requirements for and maintenance of congressionally mandated reports on the reports website.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H724A6246465742DAA09C0C0EA815FDBA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Content and function</header><text>The Director shall ensure that the reports website includes the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HF20AA6AF5C7F4B6BAD6F9B2C985D7C4E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Subject to subsection (c), with respect to each congressionally mandated report, each of the following:</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H917FEBD698684298988E225604B59355"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A citation to the statute or conference report requiring the report.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3790CC3801ED4DC69E5DFF12825E7F88"><enum>(B)</enum><text>An electronic copy of the report, including any transmittal letter associated with the report, in an open format that is platform independent and that is available to the public without restrictions, including restrictions that would impede the re-use of the information in the report.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H01B9281D69C64602966025D8F962BBDE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The ability to retrieve a report, to the extent practicable, through searches based on each, and any combination, of the following:</text>
<clause id="H614AD78361954A5583B10AC85A65CEE0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The title of the report.</text> </clause> <clause id="HA533586E1F984F17A2444BA1C007DF8F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The reporting Federal agency.</text> </clause>
<clause id="H9FED049A14C145118292AA92091761A2"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>The date of publication.</text> </clause> <clause id="H5B589C13B0A3483FAC104192E835DACF"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Each congressional committee receiving the report, if applicable.</text> </clause>
<clause id="H3FC0642D92FF4BD482A3B0FC16D530AA"><enum>(v)</enum><text>The statute, resolution, or conference report requiring the report.</text> </clause> <clause id="HFDB28F5FA50146C39E2FC72E6ABB62CB"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>Subject tags.</text> </clause>
<clause id="H863518B559D14C448D48A45792CA2F8E"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>The serial number, Superintendent of Documents number, or other identification number for the report, if applicable.</text> </clause> <clause commented="no" id="H01B2ACD9485648FD9EC620B5948F54F3"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>Key words.</text> </clause>
<clause id="HB2803787DF854432AA8A6FC3E804FE73"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>Full text search.</text> </clause> <clause id="H13E453F2728748CA8CD6BB0728FE609F"><enum>(x)</enum><text>Any other relevant information specified by the Director.</text> </clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC89BBEC141504739B92D101B66343298"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The time and date when the report was required to be submitted, and when the report was submitted, to the reports website.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCC569844DFFB4A28B3EDEA7135169EA7"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Access to the report not later than 30 calendar days after the date of submission to Congress.</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA80B0E98C34B400496D22890A27AF7B7"><enum>(F)</enum><text>To the extent practicable, a permanent means of accessing the report electronically.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H368A0366C5A94B638D34295746A98361"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A means for bulk download of all congressionally mandated reports or a selection of reports retrieved using a search.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HE06D36FEB7AE4D9287B646F2828F68DE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>An electronic means for the head of each Federal agency to submit to the reports website each congressionally mandated report of the agency, as required by section 214.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="HD916215726E4451D920A26906F1A1AE6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>A list form for all congressionally mandated reports that can be searched, sorted, and downloaded by—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="H4CD324D876FC4797A4A5474EC3AF1BA5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>reports submitted within the required time;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" id="H96AF2AC92D694010836CE056FE064734"><enum>(B)</enum><text>reports submitted after the date on which such reports were required to be submitted; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HADE84D792B2C4C3CA69AD899241D99F2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>reports not submitted. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H6537CC201F3D4C64BB415D035A8DD9A0"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Federal agency action</header> <paragraph id="H203CC96E8EF9470DA6B2AC06A30B1D51"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Reports not submitted</header><text>If a Federal agency does not submit a congressionally mandated report to the Director, the Director shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H12C7B5F770D048B2A413434254CCF02C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>include on the reports website the information required under clauses (i) through (v) of subsection (b)(1)(C); and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0872458F73A4488DA7F2F0A9C08582BA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>include the congressionally mandated report on the list described in subsection (b)(4)(C).</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5AE0FB9ADE004A389A3AA9FA56441BDC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reports not in open format</header><text>If a Federal agency submits a congressionally mandated report that is not in an open format, the Director shall include the congressionally mandated report in another format on the reports website.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H53FB423BB3424223AA331043F82A2A85"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Free access</header><text>The Director may not charge a fee, require registration, or impose any other limitation in exchange for access to the reports website.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="H84DE204740B04AF7895C9038900F0315"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Upgrade capability</header><text>The reports website shall be enhanced and updated as necessary to carry out the purposes of this subtitle.</text> </subsection></section> <section id="H7219B8BCFE0943CDB2D3204CDDC9D00E"><enum>214.</enum><header>Federal agency responsibilities</header> <subsection id="H0D2E2F52346D45368DA3E25907656814"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Submission of electronic copies of reports</header><text>The head of each Federal agency shall submit to the Director the information required under subparagraphs (A) through (D) of section 213(b)(1) with respect to each congressionally mandated report that the Federal agency is responsible for creating. Nothing in this subsection shall relieve a Federal agency of any other requirement to publish the congressionally mandated report on the website of the Federal agency or otherwise submit the congressionally mandated report to Congress or specific committees of Congress, or subcommittees thereof.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="HD0B018B82CC841FFBAC2CACA413ECFEB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Guidance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 8 months after the date of enactment of this subtitle, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the Director, shall issue guidance to agencies on the implementation of this subtitle.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H594664721FD74A489FC30202C9B7AAC5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Structure of submitted report data</header><text>The head of each Federal agency shall ensure that each congressionally mandated report submitted to the Director complies with the open format criteria established by the Director in the guidance issued under subsection (b).</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H8770811B3B2242F78B1956C5C06FBEDC"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Point of contact</header><text>The head of each Federal agency shall designate a point of contact for congressionally mandated reports.</text> </subsection></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H96F50B0E2D4C4CA09C8D304C4B808AE3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>215.</enum><header>Removing and altering reports</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">A report submitted to be published to the reports website may only be changed or removed, with the exception of technical changes, by the head of the Federal agency concerned if—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8B2D1D24A06D44A7B6187D095946BF93"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the head of the Federal agency consults with each congressional committee to which the report is submitted; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAB599C4CEEDA4093977C6B2744CE1E47"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Congress enacts a joint resolution authorizing the changing or removal of the report.</text> </paragraph></section>
<section commented="no" id="H3E181EAA70A54700939FA320DF9D662A"><enum>216.</enum><header>Relationship to the Freedom of Information Act</header>
<subsection id="HD077BF1C83EA4C208B494296CF51C1D0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subtitle shall be construed to require the disclosure of information or records that are exempt from public disclosure under section 552 of title 5, United States Code, or to impose any affirmative duty on the Director to review congressionally mandated reports submitted for publication to the reports website for the purpose of identifying and redacting such information or records.</text> </subsection> <subsection id="HF1831C56EE4F427EB25825961D01B749"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Redaction of report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">With respect to each congressionally mandated report, the head of each relevant Federal agency shall redact any information that may not be publicly released under section 552(b) of title 5, United States Code, before submission for publication on the reports website, and shall—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HEFE9254CA26F4624AEC34D95184369F9"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">redact only such information from the report;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" id="H0808B5E17EFB45438B7A64A572A8611E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identify where any such redaction is made in the report; and</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC7D8FFD1CD85489BB522B0FDFE99DD8E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>identify the exemption under which each such redaction is made.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC17010667D7944E9A2D8DF5304FD042F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Withholding information</header> <paragraph id="H5B53AEB8117C43FD9BC112A547B4F47F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A Federal agency—</text>
<subparagraph id="H355BA8F9DF1F41738A4E465FB95497E0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">may withhold information otherwise required to be disclosed under this subtitle only if—</text> <clause id="HB5C2F6751A5340A7AC11EAE8F686E3A0"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Federal agency reasonably foresees that disclosure would harm an interest protected by an exemption described in section 552(b) of title 5, United States Code; or</text> </clause>
<clause id="H9F0C4DD9DD0C48538BE64E6D654C1CED"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>disclosure is prohibited by law; and</text> </clause></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H863664DFF0A3434D87E594AB05F0DDBB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall—</text>
<clause id="HFC6D7CB83B7C423A907BDEF5ACDCAB65"><enum>(i)</enum><text>consider whether partial disclosure of information otherwise required to be disclosed under this subtitle is possible whenever the Federal agency determines that a full disclosure of the information is not possible; and</text> </clause> <clause id="HE5FF5046840245C69D48E5C0BD792E1F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>take reasonable steps necessary to segregate and release nonexempt information.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBDD46C8C24F14FA284CF540A1C3D6A8C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this subsection requires disclosure of information that is otherwise prohibited from disclosure by law, or otherwise exempted from disclosure under section 552(b)(3) of title 5, United States Code.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H90F053651B404C27A9FBC9D2778AA17D"><enum>217.</enum><header>Funding</header> <subsection id="H819483395FAC4293A94D7EFCAC8194BF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Restrictions on distribution of free printed copies of Federal Register to Members of Congress and Federal employees</header><text>Section 1506 of title 44, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H129FA091489B40EB8A0BA318E6748714"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Administrative Committee</quote> and inserting <quote>(a) <header-in-text level="subsection" style="USC">Composition; duties</header-in-text>.—The Administrative Committee</quote>;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HDDA6F15E36D140F9BEA48C6DB24BCE0D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(4), by striking <quote>the number of copies</quote> and inserting <quote>subject to subsection (b), the number of copies</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA442C060E875436CA14D13D838C76E7E"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6909C1228E754CA58883E620C4A8D0C7" style="USC"> <subsection id="HA4085C734C404C9CBF2B12964A7EEB3C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Restrictions on distribution of free printed copies to Members of Congress and officers and employees of the United States</header><text>Under the regulations prescribed to carry out subsection (a)(4), the Director of the Government Publishing Office may not provide a printed copy of the Federal Register without charge to any Member of Congress or any other office of the United States during a year unless—</text>
<paragraph id="H5208894CACD042D9AE71D8AFE07180AF"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Member or office requests a printed copy of a specific issue of the Federal Register; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6ABAB3A77D2C4214ADF90C21A23BBD64"><enum>(2)</enum><text>during that year or during the previous year, the Member or office requested a subscription to printed copies of the Federal Register for that year.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H33F3241971954CDC8EBC5A3D61B8EF16"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of Congress on use of savings</header><text>It is the sense of Congress that—</text> <paragraph id="H8185E1FC74CD47F5BDDAC8454DC6E0B7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the savings attributable to the amendments made by subsection (a) are not less than the amount that will be required to carry out the other provisions of this subtitle; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6BD2380E171B4EB3AA166F995182E578"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the amount of such savings should be made available to the Director to carry out this subtitle.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HE5FEDB980ECD4E2690A2C1DA9D3EE382"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of enactment of this subtitle and apply on and after the date on which the Director prescribes regulations to carry out section 1506(b) of title 44, United States Code.</text> </subsection></section>
<section id="HA8F02FCE9C3B4F9198EC52E457BDD455"><enum>218.</enum><header>Implementation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as provided in sections 214(b) and 217(c), this subtitle shall—</text> <paragraph id="H25F0A4819F2E44DE9EF1B7666D2CD4FC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be implemented not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this subtitle; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H202B5002660543B68258126803E21A32"><enum>(2)</enum><text>apply with respect to congressionally mandated reports submitted to Congress on or after the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this subtitle.</text></paragraph></section></subtitle> <enum>III</enum><header>Equal Access to Congressional Research Service Reports</header> <section id="H80B6FD2C72294E988A482665F536EFD0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote>Equal Access to Congressional Research Service Reports Act of 2017</quote>.</text></section>
<section id="HEDC9A77ABE324DC88FE60B4053ADCD57"><enum>302.</enum><header>Definitions</header>
<subsection id="HD6C7FC4D6FA848879921AACDBBE4D7AB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>CRS product</header><text>In this title, the term <term>CRS product</term> means any final work product of CRS in any format.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H8A801C5A310E4512BD12CAE97E25B29C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>CRS Report</header> <paragraph id="HDADC2251A3B54F99972B9345494A73D2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In this title, the term <term>CRS Report</term> means any written CRS product, including an update to a previous written CRS product, consisting of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H01E1DD3405D84861BA980EF9CD3B2C01"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a Congressional Research Service Report;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H821366C7EFD040C2BA30F591991179C0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a Congressional Research Service Authorization of Appropriations Product and Appropriations Product; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBD959635FBA2405E9515579E266C4880"><enum>(C)</enum><text>subject to paragraph (2)(C), any other written CRS product containing CRS research or CRS analysis which is available for general congressional access on the CRS Congressional Intranet.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEFE08A0ACB2D4137A3BF536F05F91594"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exclusions</header><text>The term <term>CRS Report</term> does not include—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2D6B74EEBA7549C09A427CEE29E2027B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any CRS product that is determined by the CRS Director to be a custom product or service because it was prepared in direct response to a request for custom analysis or research and is not available for general congressional access on the CRS Congressional Intranet;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H52A3D559976F43ECBCB0041CCF2A6E24"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any Congressional Research Service Report or any Congressional Research Service Authorization of Appropriations Product and Appropriations Product which, as of the effective date of this title, is not available for general congressional access on the CRS Congressional Intranet; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H18DAB9BD2F834C82904C8E14A4BBB304"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a written CRS product that has been made available by CRS for publication on a public website maintained by the GPO Director (other than the Website) or the Library of Congress.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H540DF4AC5F814603B10713CA765691B6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Other definitions</header><text>In this title—</text>
<paragraph id="HBC50B1B1B83E4DA186523BFF86255755"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the term <term>CRS</term> means the Congressional Research Service;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H79969410231C4F188C18BA30620DF5D5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the term <term>CRS Congressional Intranet</term> means any of the websites maintained by CRS for the purpose of providing to Members and employees of Congress access to information from CRS;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H24EABBE89D9A464281C148980877D560"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the term <term>CRS Director</term> means the Director of CRS;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2437B15C721048C5A99892D719D18BF9"><enum>(4)</enum><text>the term <term>GPO Director</term> means the Director of the Government Publishing Office;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA48DD13DF28D4F0CA2F7A638CC1A5F9B"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the term <term>Member of Congress</term> includes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to Congress; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H3751D5C230E443E98292B0BF7162423B"><enum>(6)</enum><text>the term <term>Website</term> means the website established and maintained under section 303.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H0E57F38955E14CA3BA55869B73953E17"><enum>303.</enum><header>Availability of CRS reports through GPO website</header>
<subsection id="H7FA4554ECC5347AAA89DE2F2415281A5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Website</header>
<paragraph id="H3904588D947645559FEA67FE7A9F1A48"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment and maintenance</header><text>The GPO Director, in consultation with the CRS Director, shall establish and maintain a public website containing CRS Reports and an index of all CRS Reports contained on the website, in accordance with this section.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HFED86BB2847342179E0BCB01C2D19682"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Format</header><text>On the Website, CRS Reports shall be searchable, sortable, and downloadable, including downloadable in bulk.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H10E0B0BE3D3B40F0BCB73D740F37AF59"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Free access</header><text>Notwithstanding section 4102 of title 44, United States Code, the GPO Director may not charge a fee for access to the Website.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H3C912E88D63B4549A2BBDE97EE9EF36A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Updates; disclaimer</header><text>The GPO Director, in consultation with the CRS Director, shall ensure that the Website—</text>
<paragraph id="H1428AC0604B544809C62450534AE2D88"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is updated contemporaneously, automatically, and electronically to include each new or updated CRS Report released on or after the effective date of this title;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD690B9C5F1E24C8594EF2C273110ACEE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shows the status of each CRS Report as new, updated, or withdrawn; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD561C9879EFA463A8300D336816291DB"><enum>(3)</enum><text>displays the following statement in reference to the CRS Reports included on the Website: <quote>These documents were prepared by the Congressional Research Service (CRS). CRS serves as nonpartisan shared staff to congressional committees and Members of Congress. It operates solely at the behest of and under the direction of Congress. Information in a CRS Report should not be relied upon for purposes other than public understanding of information that has been provided by CRS to Members of Congress in connection with CRS’s institutional role. CRS Reports, as a work of the United States Government, are not subject to copyright protection in the United States. Any CRS Report may be reproduced and distributed in its entirety without permission from CRS. However, as a CRS Report may include copyrighted images or material from a third party, you may need to obtain the permission of the copyright holder if you wish to copy or otherwise use copyrighted material.</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H232E1CD480344AA1A34C5242764E5AFD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Furnishing of necessary information and technology</header><text>The CRS Director shall consult with and provide assistance to the GPO Director to ensure—</text>
<paragraph id="H3A7C302A14714A72AACE4D3989D9DBB8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>that the GPO Director is provided with all of the information necessary to carry out this title, including all of the information described in subparagraphs (A) through (E) of section 304(a)(1), in such format and manner as the GPO Director considers appropriate; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC8860F2701EC468D886460638458FA5B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>that CRS makes available and implements such technology as may be necessary to facilitate the contemporaneous, automatic, and electronic provision of CRS Reports to the GPO Director as required under this title.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H7E6422221C034146BBE8B23CC634D566"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Nonexclusivity</header><text>The GPO Director may publish other information on the Website.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H51358EB57E7648F0BB55C00B2E280B25"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Additional techniques</header><text>The GPO Director and the CRS Director may use additional techniques to make CRS Reports available to the public, if such techniques are consistent with this title and any other applicable laws.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H008FD114D68143CA83C5A9C492C0C907"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Additional information</header><text>The CRS Director is encouraged to make additional CRS products that are not custom products or services available to the GPO Director for publication on the Website, and the GPO Director is encouraged to publish such CRS products on the Website.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HBA164D3E83EE4527BE9FFCA51AD13CB2"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Expansion of contents of annual report to Congress To include information on efforts To make additional products available on Website</header><text>Section 203(i) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/166">2 U.S.C. 166(i)</external-xref>) is amended by striking the period at the end and inserting the following: <quote>, and shall include in the report a description of the efforts made by the Director to make additional Congressional Research Service products that are not custom products or services available to the Director of the Government Publishing Office for publication on the website established and maintained under the Equal Access to Congressional Research Service Reports Act of 2017.</quote>.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H346ED36CE1A543EAB5E130556CE387B6"><enum>304.</enum><header>Website contents</header>
<subsection id="HFFE92E01E589442BB5A4456E3DE19AEB"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Specific requirements for reports posted on Website</header>
<paragraph id="HF3D6417073CA41C991339C5B92F34E6E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Responsibilities of GPO Director</header><text>With respect to each CRS Report included on the Website, the GPO Director shall include—</text> <subparagraph id="HFA38C96BB7354662BC9EC01BBBCBB6A3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the name and identification number of the CRS Report;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCA8C29EC6EB34CB8BE90036B88C2ABE7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an indication as to whether the CRS Report is new, updated, or withdrawn;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HBFD885304CA44514A86694BE2E8A8D9B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the date of release of the CRS Report;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0AEF25A16C204A20887B933ACC967736"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the division or divisions of CRS that were responsible for the production of the CRS Report; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H436F127806FD40A189979DCDA671A297"><enum>(E)</enum><text>any other information the GPO Director, in consultation with the CRS Director, considers appropriate.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF69C2C79A6C94C51B6B379242A4CF997"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Responsibilities of CRS Director</header><text>With respect to each CRS Report included on the Website, the CRS Director shall, prior to transmitting the Report to the GPO Director—</text> <subparagraph id="H7ACBC598DC874CD5B23E08A6A78CA8DB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>at the discretion of the CRS Director, remove the name of and any contact information for any employee of CRS; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA28DE88E00E84524918A1FDE00759F19"><enum>(B)</enum><text>include in the CRS Report the following written statement: <quote>This document was prepared by the Congressional Research Service (CRS). CRS serves as nonpartisan shared staff to congressional committees and Members of Congress. It operates solely at the behest of and under the direction of Congress. Information in a CRS Report should not be relied upon for purposes other than public understanding of information that has been provided by CRS to Members of Congress in connection with CRS’s institutional role. CRS Reports, as a work of the United States Government, are not subject to copyright protection in the United States. Any CRS Report may be reproduced and distributed in its entirety without permission from CRS. However, as this CRS Report may include copyrighted images or material from a third party, you may need to obtain the permission of the copyright holder if you wish to copy or otherwise use copyrighted material.</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H70FAE322F0A347B8938CBFBDE90293A7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Specific requirements for index on Website</header><text>The GPO Director shall ensure that the index of all CRS Reports published on the Website is—</text>
<paragraph id="H1C98156BC3744759B8EF7F17ACF18852"><enum>(1)</enum><text>comprehensive;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1A646635ABDA495BB40BAADC50CCF7F6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>contemporaneously updated;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H73620C9256A54FD8984DA71C2C2DF4D4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>searchable;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE58BE5485A1D45E6B34C9453AFEA9FD5"><enum>(4)</enum><text>sortable;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3D36213881184A61AA553CFD9F6576C5"><enum>(5)</enum><text>maintained in a human-readable format;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HEF48770BC6564E74A55B07415BC90863"><enum>(6)</enum><text>maintained in a structured data format;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFAC6C03013B9479F8228051D732391CA"><enum>(7)</enum><text>downloadable; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HACEB43DC8FFF4B1796C31203B11A7F1D"><enum>(8)</enum><text>inclusive of each item of information described in subsection (a)(1) with respect to each CRS Report.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HFBB9EE22292247A2ABE0B238D7CAA045"><enum>305.</enum><header>Conforming amendment to duties of CRS</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 203(d) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/166">2 U.S.C. 166(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H7C173BD0134D4ACEA3FF84E1E1789DED"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (7);</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2FCE61A6DE2646418BDF60F55B631ACB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of paragraph (8) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H55D4FDCCFCEA4BF08BE47399C6C1D604"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC9EB117A36774C65B793D9FB49226BD7" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H6CD6036B3E3944AA8942BACD0C918499"><enum>(9)</enum><text>to comply with the requirements of, and provide information and technological assistance consistent with, the <short-title>Equal Access to Congressional Research Service Reports Act of 2017</short-title>.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section> <section id="H7E3954E438A2464EAF6250DD110FF121"><enum>306.</enum><header>Rules of construction</header> <subsection id="H519BA77C64AE4B66AF910D785B7A1B82"><enum>(a)</enum><header>No effect on speech or debate clause</header><text>Nothing in this title may be construed to diminish, qualify, condition, waive, or otherwise affect the applicability of clause 1 of section 6 of article I of the Constitution of the United States (commonly known as the <quote>Speech or Debate Clause</quote>) or any other privilege available to Congress or Members, offices, or employees of Congress with respect to any CRS Report made available online under this title.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HEEF5100458EC449685E45233242CAA7C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Confidential communications</header><text>Nothing in this title may be construed to waive the requirement that any confidential communication by CRS to a Member, office, or committee of Congress shall remain under the custody and control of Congress and may be released only by Congress and its Houses, Members, offices, and committees, in accordance with the rules and privileges of each House and the requirements of this title.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H31FD0349EC1D4219A512026AB8040325"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Dissemination of CRS products</header><text>Nothing in this title may be construed to limit or otherwise affect the ability of a Member, office, or committee of Congress to disseminate CRS products on a website of the Member, office, or committee or to otherwise provide CRS products to the public, including as part of constituent service activities.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HF0EC767C839545DD929A7CD3259DE330"><enum>307.</enum><header>Effective date</header>
<subsection id="H9958CB74B89841689C3F7E6C39F2476E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (b), this title and the amendments made by this title shall take effect 90 days after the date on which the GPO Director submits the certification described in subsection (b)(2).</text></subsection> <subsection id="HFEDE410EF387406FA0A1C239078B1DF7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Provision of information and technology</header> <paragraph id="H008202B8A2B041CABFC1FCF538A71134"><enum>(1)</enum><header>CRS deadline</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the CRS Director shall provide the GPO Director with the information and technology necessary for the GPO Director to begin the initial operation of the Website.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE605E29FC29C4CD087B016F8699C4B51"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Certification</header><text>Upon provision of the information and technology described in paragraph (1), the GPO Director shall submit to Congress a certification that the CRS Director has provided the information and technology necessary for the GPO Director to begin the initial operation of the Website.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <enum>IV</enum><header>Lobbying Disclosure</header> <section id="HA14BAD0D089B4C658EE49766BA72C6A4" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>401.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote>Lobbyist Disclosure Enhancement Act</quote>. </text></section>
<section id="HD82992538B6B481F8A384936851AE697" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>402.</enum><header>Modifications to enforcement</header>
<subsection id="H3409968B36974640A8513C2E6D15C0AD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Lobbying Disclosure Act Task Force</header>
<paragraph id="HCA7ACC55671041A0878672FC7C471E23"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Attorney General shall establish the Lobbying Disclosure Act Enforcement Task Force (in this subsection referred to as the <quote>Task Force</quote>).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAA7A0096753346AABCD85936E66F6857"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Functions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Task Force—</text>
<subparagraph id="H83AAC9B7B8A84046883AB616C87E07EA"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall have primary responsibility for investigating and prosecuting each case referred to the Attorney General under section 6(a)(8) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/1605">2 U.S.C. 1605(a)(8)</external-xref>);</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H86162149E830408EBE075A4A1CC092BF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall collect and disseminate information with respect to the enforcement of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/1601">2 U.S.C. 1601</external-xref> et seq.);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCBF704C77AE84BF5BFB6B4EB0A083454"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">shall audit, at a minimum on an annual basis, and as frequently as deemed necessary by the Task Force, the extent of compliance or noncompliance with the requirements of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 by lobbyists, lobbying firms, and registrants under that Act through a random sampling of lobbying registrations and reports filed under that Act during each calendar year; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8326BAEE5FFC4D529E953907C0BBD842"><enum>(D)</enum><text>shall establish, publicize, and operate a toll-free telephone number to serve as a hotline for members of the public to report noncompliance with lobbyist disclosure requirements under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, and shall develop a mechanism to allow members of the public to report such noncompliance online.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H7A5935A3B9FA4003961131DFEA53CF11"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Referral of cases to the Attorney General</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6(a) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/1605">2 U.S.C. 1605(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H35C1621154454254959A8978C9B1E8AE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (8), by striking <quote>United States Attorney for the District of Columbia</quote> and inserting <quote>Attorney General</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4560B20706CB480C98BECA40FB29CC22"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (11), by striking <quote>United States Attorney for the District of Columbia</quote> and inserting <quote>Attorney General</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HC79A444F80144EB7A3644131F780F630"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Recommendations for improved enforcement</header><text>The Attorney General may make recommendations to Congress with respect to—</text>
<paragraph id="HE1A95037881644558C3950EE889E3834"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the enforcement of and compliance with the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC818BFD5C02949DB87B202D7BBD9FD76"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the need for resources available for the enhanced enforcement of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H2C26413971724C79B43353DAFE9C259E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Information in enforcement reports</header><text>Section 6(b)(1) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/1605">2 U.S.C. 1605(b)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>by case</quote> and all that follows through <quote>public record</quote> and inserting <quote>by case and name of the individual lobbyists or lobbying firms involved, any sentences imposed</quote>.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HC54412954E78432288397F07F5369DC2"><enum>403.</enum><header>Definition of lobbyist</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3(10) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/1602">2 U.S.C. 1602(10)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>, other than an individual</quote> and all that follows through <quote>period</quote>. </text></section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H85592CC7963C4F35B63A75CE256F4B68" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>404.</enum><header>Expedited online registration of lobbyists; expansion of registrants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 4(a) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/1603">2 U.S.C. 1603(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HE637AF225F734EADB45AB2F16EC1100E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1C8CC21B9ABC421780AED8829A7FF7A4" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>45 days</quote> and inserting <quote>10 days</quote>;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HA6128A47154F48F1AEAB403D406BB2D2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, or on the first business day after such 45th day if such 45th day is not a business day,</quote> and inserting <quote>, or on the first business day occurring after such 10th day if such 10th day does not occur on a business day,</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2E93EB0057414BC38D420F60B312280E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>online</quote> after <quote>shall register</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAFED3808E51B41C3B1C8A09711A21F8C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9E75818499E24A489E3BE84BA674F1F3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>Any organization</quote> and inserting the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="HC299CF4B850745E38A7A203817BD7BDD" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="H62372011196B46628879053B3FE6A369"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subparagraph (B), any organization</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0274CEBC7B784D0B93285DF4E8598E41"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H917D85C367DE4D8E9A28D4886A206CB4" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="H79955AE2BAE046DCB4BD994246B41ADE"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Threshold for certain organizations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of an organization whose employees who are lobbyists engage in lobbying activities only on behalf of the organization, the organization is required to register under this subsection only if the lobbying activities of each such employee includes or is expected to include more than one lobbying contact.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>. </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1A9537EEAE3449FDB81C48DFF3B9AE25" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>405.</enum><header>Disclosure of political contributions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5(d)(1) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/1604">2 U.S.C. 1604(d)(1)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H416BF901427A4680889ABFB26E316B5E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>30 days after</quote> and all that follows through <quote>30th day is not</quote> and inserting <quote>20 days after the end of the quarterly period beginning on the first day of January, April, July, and October of each year, or on the first business day after such 20th day if such 20th day is not</quote>; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8FF0D477CE95469F88FF87DA16C52794"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>semiannual period</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>quarterly period</quote>.</text></paragraph></section> <section id="H96C981B398F6498DBA4BB188657C3319"><enum>406.</enum><header>Identification numbers for lobbyists</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6(a)(3) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/1605">2 U.S.C. 1605(a)(3)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H94E9FB9D71CA48889625B8630F7D7906"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (A);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H967CDA60FBAF4B9D9FC3B0B2EA50BBB3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon the end of subparagraph (B); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1CBB2FA5D49C407AA54464EF0A02BF71"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding after subparagraph (B) the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" id="H6CCDC948FC5840D3A0D2BB36EA317B30" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="H07ABEFC44FA44D66A5F3EF4E4CF918A9"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a system that assigns an identification number for each lobbyist for whom a registration or report is filed under this Act;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section id="HB1593D748FCB4245952BAAF1B03EA8AD"><enum>407.</enum><header>Ethics training for lobbyists</header>
<subsection id="HDDB1F95E384E4080B4CAA708D1B8428E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Required ethics training</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any individual who is a lobbyist registered or required to register under section 4 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/1603">2 U.S.C. 1603</external-xref>) shall—</text> <paragraph id="H41C9C8D720BA48CF9BA93718430081CB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>complete ethics training described in subsection (b)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1AFBA52A9FEF40EFAABDF0FB8D25B49D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not later than 6 months after the individual is first employed or retained for services that include one or more lobbying contacts; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H4AA3CEE1DFF04B01B15B707A9AB8B96F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>at least once in each 5-year period during which the individual is registered or required to register under section 4; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0AD77FC8D212452BB747B06E42EEFA4E" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><text>submit to the Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate certification of the training completed under paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HB85AF8D65E0A48AAA1DF8A0FE01C683E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Qualified training</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Ethics Committee of the House of Representatives and the Select Committee on Ethics of the Senate shall jointly—</text>
<paragraph id="H72908BAB90A74FBF963A090ABE4804C8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>determine the curriculum and certification requirements for the ethics training for individuals described in subsection (a);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H1A6665355E46421D8C538D1B757EABD3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>approve those educational institutions, professional associations, or other persons who are qualified to provide such ethics training;</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H934AB2FD6C7A43C1934A6DC8FD342877"><enum>(3)</enum><text>determine the maximum fee that may be charged for the ethics training; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5D95517BFC2448AEA36197243CC3C882"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provide oversight of the ethics training program established under this section in order to determine the quality of instruction in, and the administration of, the training program.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H2A3EA41DD41C456D970AFB5491F84653"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Responsibilities of Clerk and Secretary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate shall—</text> <paragraph id="HA388C4A459B24731BEB9452805641F5F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">collect and review for completion and accuracy the certifications of ethics training submitted under subsection (a)(2); and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H580DB829A71E4BD3A4E70C2C748ECA03"><enum>(2)</enum><text>post on the websites of the Clerk and the Secretary, with respect to each individual required to complete ethics training under this section—</text> <subparagraph id="H5183CD2540D349BCB4F5FFB850D0D709"><enum>(A)</enum><text>whether the individual has complied with such requirement; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1247FF5148D34C67B4611A6D6D83A035"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the certifications submitted by the individual under subsection (a)(2).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HCC5BC1776F8D4AEFAEEA8B5D1B90C66B"><enum>408.</enum><header>Estimates based on tax reporting system</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 15 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/1610">2 U.S.C. 1610</external-xref>) is repealed.</text></section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4E6AEE01A26A4397923F133E4B9C89DB" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>409.</enum><header>Effective date</header>
<subsection id="H00243B7B53BE42BC8D340A7C723571B4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Section <enum-in-header>402</enum-in-header></header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 402 and the amendments made by that section take effect upon the expiration of the 90-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H1A42380B9D724224BDE1712529B0A8CE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sections <enum-in-header>403, 404,</enum-in-header> and <enum-in-header>405</enum-in-header></header><text>The amendments made by sections 403, 404, and 405 shall take effect on the first day of the first quarterly period described in section 5(a) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/1604">2 U.S.C. 1604(a)</external-xref>) that begins after the end of the 90-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="HC53C16F2A2FD44F8A760B8906F319D55"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Section <enum-in-header>406</enum-in-header></header><text>The amendments made by section 406 shall apply to any registration or report that is filed under section 4 or 5 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995—</text> <paragraph id="H213E76108D234A59B379E8B5656EC99D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>on or after the 90th day after the date of the enactment of this Act; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5AD08E98B5234FA992E6F64EF5467061"><enum>(2)</enum><text>before such 90th day, if such registration or report is, as of such 90th day, being retained under section 6(a)(5) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/1605">2 U.S.C. 1605(a)(5)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1DD4C4E9B2E444C4993FC237E1B78289" commented="no"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Section <enum-in-header>407</enum-in-header></header> <paragraph id="HD055F3DA7DD5436FB5BFCE9E9C4339A6" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 407 shall take effect upon the expiration of the 1-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6B31F24E1E4D424A81D7AFA91BBD7F28" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Current lobbyists</header><text>In the case of individuals who are registered under section 4 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/1603">2 U.S.C. 1603</external-xref>) as of the effective date under paragraph (1), the ethics training required under section 407(a)(1) shall be completed not later than the end of the 6-month period beginning on the effective date under paragraph (1) of this subsection, in lieu of the date specified in section 407(a)(1). </text></paragraph></subsection></section> <enum>V</enum><header>Transparency in Federal contracting</header> <section id="H380CBAE2A9F2437293F8FD0A3C125796"><enum>501.</enum><header>Improving application programming interface and website data elements</header> <subsection id="H03A94F1797EB436B84755F9C0DCB0FC9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2 of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/282">Public Law 109–282</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/6101">31 U.S.C. 6101</external-xref> note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H6CE05E26A39A4AF593C82B50C05458EC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)—</text> <subparagraph id="H3C63B8B443E845F6A012C41D780E310D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)(A)(ii), by striking <quote>and delivery orders</quote> and inserting <quote>lease agreements and assignments, and delivery orders</quote>; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB5764B7E30964FE6ADC99C7DD8F75AD0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (7)—</text> <clause id="H672407AE7C0949BF80DA6E1120AEF0BF" commented="no"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>paragraph (2)(A)(i)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (5)(A)(i)</quote>; </text></clause>
<clause id="H62052DD7F6474D0BAC58C91C484763D5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)—</text> <subclause id="H94545132476141A88AF195BFA939669F"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking <quote>paragraph (2)(A)(ii)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (5)(A)(ii)</quote>; and </text></subclause>
<subclause id="H1EB265E335AC48A8A14A9C0885157C60"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text></subclause></clause> <clause id="HC193B0D8D7BE4120A5FD78B48947C127"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H3EDC41C40D81492393A1FA24031243A1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCC3F7B6EA3C143739A7CEB45E2635891" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H52BEA398CA0C4FF29F70F3218B035EF7"><enum>(E)</enum><text>programmatically search and access all data in a serialized machine-readable format (such as XML) via a web-services application programming interface.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0EA8DF72B9554BCDA40B5DD15E167F42"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (1) through (8) as paragraphs (2) through (9), respectively; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HAB8577AE706D433FACFA14D14671A96C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting before paragraph (2) the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H4D7B9CD6296B481295C4741F1027BFF6" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="HA5C602A8BE164FFA8CB773A0C4324285"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Congressionally directed spending item</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>congressionally directed spending item</term> means a provision or report language included primarily at the request of a Member of Congress providing, authorizing, or recommending a specific amount of discretionary budget authority, credit authority, or other spending authority for a contract, loan, loan guarantee, grant, loan authority, or other expenditure with or to an entity, or targeted to a specific State, locality, or congressional district, other than through a statutory or administrative formula-driven or competitive award process.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC3ACB1F7313F44E881510680AE604D6A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(1)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HBFCFDFFEA4134543A8885BCFE07892BA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (F), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H781D9B2891984F4A8B4E85FEA2B2EE58"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating subparagraph (G) as subparagraph (J); and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H74016AD0719D4D088813172CFA265052"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (F) the following new subparagraphs:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H504D1FE09D204F8E8E7CA385FAA29302" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="HBD682E4728074D0DBFD267782446E427"><enum>(G)</enum><text>to the extent possible, the Federal agency, including the bureau, office, or subdivision, that authorized the Federal award; </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF2C5777BE28C4DFDB1B47D0E352FC716"><enum>(H)</enum><text>after January 1, 2018, for each contract, subcontract, purchase order, task order, lease agreement and assignment, and delivery order—</text> <clause id="H786F0F2DD63C414697DB970811475E88"><enum>(i)</enum><text>information about the extent of competition in awarding the contract, including the number of bids or proposals determined to be responsive during the competitive process, and if the award was not competitive, the legal authority and specific rationale for awarding the contract without full and open competition;</text></clause>
<clause id="HB454D64910D24F36A86FA88EC2F5DA39" commented="no"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the full amount awarded under the contract or, in the case of lease agreements or assignments, the amount paid to the Government, and the full amount of any options to expand or extend under the contract;</text></clause> <clause id="H750B8EBA67274D9C9CE728A3E54A0C7E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the amount of the profit incentive, such as award fees;</text></clause>
<clause id="HC36422DB14AF4F749D42C10919B4C84E"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the type of contract, such as fixed price, cost plus pricing, labor hour contracts, and time and materials contracts;</text></clause> <clause id="H692689C1DEAD4330A88C2FD5CB7CEBC3"><enum>(v)</enum><text>a permanent link to the original solicitation or notice and the solicitation ID;</text></clause>
<clause id="H487CC5862EA04C32B1520574F8727882"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>an indication if the contract is the result of legislative mandates, set-asides, preference program requirements, or other criteria, and whether the contract is multi-year, consolidated, or performance-based; and</text></clause> <clause id="H38B1DECCAB28417C871E252CC9B82684" commented="no"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>an indication if the contract is a congressionally directed spending item;</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H91B62A7BBCF748DF8B08A75ED2F5024F" commented="no"><enum>(I)</enum><text>after January 1, 2018, for all grants, subgrants, loans, awards, cooperative agreements, and other forms of financial assistance, an indication if the funding is a congressionally directed spending item; and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H45F7662AF1FD43409AAEF35152962124"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in subsection (c)(5)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD3E162186BAA492CA21D8019418E0E57"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>subsection (a)(2)(A)(i)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (a)(5)(A)(i)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H787DF919B9564618A403602D8FB444DF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>subsection (a)(2)(A)(ii)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection (a)(5)(A)(ii)</quote>. </text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H454D3370F3FA4F7C8957F1FF71FC527E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>Except as otherwise provided, the amendments made by subsection (a) shall be implemented not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section> <section id="H308E61A755B14BF3BB05C6FCCE41EE7A"><enum>502.</enum><header>Improving data quality</header> <text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/282">Public Law 109–282</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/6101">31 U.S.C. 6101</external-xref> note) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text>
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<section id="H4A0D72FF45D84C97B5847A14ECF3643F"><enum>9.</enum><header>Improving data quality</header>
<subsection id="HB312AA0C0075488D9BFF8229D3ADBAA3"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Inspector General data audit</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each Inspector General shall annually audit for the previous fiscal year the data used on the website established under section 2 for the relevant Federal agency of the Inspector General, in compliance with generally accepted Government auditing standards, and submit a report on such audit to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget that includes at least the following:</text> <paragraph id="H1B5AE6B6B8D842E7810C6D0D20A3F804"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A review of data used for the website to verify accuracy of the data and assess the process used for improving data quality.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6B8D601CC23241D49C630F32823E92F4"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A review of a statistically representative sample of Federal awards to determine whether the Federal agency of the Inspector General has appropriate measures in place to review data submissions under this Act for accuracy and completeness.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2C7A58EC61594C068D6A2AD078E07A2C"><enum>(3)</enum><text>An identification of and report on new standards that the Inspector General recommends for implementation by the Federal agency of the Inspector General to improve data quality.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H98FDB40A2C144F8887E326A5AD367874" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>OMB report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than April 1 of each year, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall make each report submitted under subsection (a) for the previous fiscal year available to the public, including a review of the findings of the audit and recommendations to improve data quality, through the website established under section 2.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="HF5CE448F734A49429274A178F9A02394" commented="no"><enum>503.</enum><header>Requirements relating to reporting of award data</header> <subsection id="H4B89A466BBC64B8E9B0666A280B46C66" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Revision of guidance</header><text>The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall revise the Office’s guidance to Federal agencies on reporting Federal awards to clarify—</text>
<paragraph id="H9AE48BB385924AEE8343693E0C4377F0" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the requirement for award titles to describe the award’s purpose; and </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H302A4735905E4875A6EF18F705B9708C" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>requirements for validating and documenting agency award data submitted by Federal agencies.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HF070435FA8004DC5A73E95BF9E62E411" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inclusion of city information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall include information on the city in which work is performed in the Office’s public reporting of the completeness of agency data submissions.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HC7ABCD15B58B47A9B6E2EFEF5FDA0CA7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this section, the terms <term>Federal agency</term> and <term>Federal award</term> have the meanings given those terms in section 2(a) of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/282">Public Law 109–282</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/6101">31 U.S.C. 6101</external-xref> note).</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HCA8DC39E43CC4E0A9AAEA5B668C9278B"><enum>504.</enum><header>Recipient performance transparency</header>
<subsection id="HCA54E7DE3B4546C29F94F075ACEAA390"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/282">Public Law 109–282</external-xref>; <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/6101">31 U.S.C. 6101</external-xref> note), as amended by the preceding provisions of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the following new section:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5D0B01728D694B2DB8159B01C524F3EA" style="OLC"> <section id="HB30429687EB547B8897214820204FABA"><enum>10.</enum><header>Recipient performance transparency and past performance</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall ensure that the unique identifier required in section 2(b)(1)(E), which is used to link information about an entity receiving an award on the website established under such section, is also used to link information about such entity on the Federal Awardee Performance Integrity Information System.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H64B14929C27B4CE4BA4D7DA5DC8DBF5F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be implemented not later than June 30, 2018.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HBEE56B71BF6B4952AED876A8AA62CB38"><enum>505.</enum><header>Improvement of Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity Information System Database</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 872(c) of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2009 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/417">Public Law 110–417</external-xref>; 122 Stat. 4556) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H33F6F466C18942C49C336D3E8974F6D0"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>5-year period</quote> and inserting <quote>10-year period</quote>; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H43C42B2FBEC3431282587097030A9392"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HFD945AF6203B469896A0783AF44B1896" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subparagraph id="H4021C11D829A48E98D328C4E037166A6"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In an administrative proceeding, any administrative judgment that does not contain an explicit finding or acknowledgment of fault.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H955FF1AD7B734D4E89112D716E0944B2"><enum>(F)</enum><text>In a civil proceeding, any settlement that does not contain an explicit finding or acknowledgment of fault.</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section>
<section id="H393ECEDB7D4C476BAEF36047860E51FC"><enum>506.</enum><header>Federal contractor compliance</header>
<subsection id="H608C2CE5DDEE4E84A18EEA79F1AA252E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Periodic inspection or review of contract files</header><text>Section 2313(e)(2) of title 41, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="HDB427C9FEA2F4444B791D7F5C92FB2D6" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subparagraph id="HDA08E33772DD45C39DF7057248C19737"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Periodic inspection or review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Inspector General of each Federal agency shall periodically—</text>
<clause id="H335D734EC6834CBD83F53D50082A84CD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>conduct an inspection or review of each contract file described in subparagraph (B) to determine if the agency is providing appropriate consideration of the information included in the database established under subsection (a); and</text></clause> <clause id="HBA5BB6885B1745AAB6ACEE0359C70688"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>submit a report containing the results of the inspection or review conducted under clause (i) to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives.</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H50F157FE5E5E4D99901C4C1E43D27433"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Self-Reporting requirement</header><text>Subsection (f) of section 2313 of such title is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H6D3DE5C43C04452F9BA40399FF1899FF" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="H681B2258ECF44120BBAB3E0717DAEE02"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Self-Reporting requirement</header> <paragraph id="H4D288A4977CB4A6A8652635D962EC0AE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Contracts in excess of simplified acquisition threshold</header><text>No funds appropriated or otherwise made available by any Act may be used for any Federal contract for the procurement of property or services in excess of the simplified acquisition threshold unless the contractor has first made the certifications set forth in section 52.209–5 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H84135A3A0CFD42E086646063D8626128"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contracts in excess of $<enum-in-header>500,000</enum-in-header></header><text>No funds appropriated or otherwise made available by any Act may be used for any Federal contract for the procurement of property or services in excess of $500,000 unless the contractor—</text> <subparagraph id="HB9CA21C789CF4DF6AFE727B460677BDE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>certifies that the contractor has submitted to the Administrator of General Services the information required under subsection (c) and that such information is current as of the date of such certification; or</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H68BAEE7D842E46C3A57728D2FEB69538"><enum>(B)</enum><text>certifies that the contractor has cumulative active Federal contracts and grants with a total value of less than $10,000,000.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H33685FD511FE4D75B1EAF6D2E7CA5F8F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Annual report</header><text>The Comptroller General of the United States shall annually submit a report to the appropriate congressional committees describing the extent to which suspended or debarred contractors on the Excluded Parties List System—</text>
<paragraph id="H2BF734B597B0419FA7B8A012C9F1934E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>are identified as having received Federal contracts on USAspending.gov; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA53783C714974BAB8A05D54DA693ED32"><enum>(2)</enum><text>were granted waivers from Federal agencies from suspension or debarment for purposes of entering into Federal contracts.</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H2392A0ACC59049708D204B52E0C24FE6" commented="no"><enum>507.</enum><header>Improving access to information disclosed on lobbying activities</header>
<subsection id="H0A55BA5D3486477FB92932B67573A1DA" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Information filed with the Administrator of General Services</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 1352(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H3CFF4898D71942DD8C621179FD0FDD0F" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>file with that agency</quote> and inserting <quote>file electronically with the Administrator of General Services</quote>; and </text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD8C003DB4B8C4FE0AF13362F115299EC" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="HCF3D146EB5E24276A15200A434D2ED8A" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <paragraph id="HA2EB25913C9141CDA69DFCEE52690BEA" commented="no"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Database required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Administrator of General Services shall establish and maintain an online database that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8B66B030571A4E48A93CAF886D2A9D1D" commented="no"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is available to each agency and the public;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H24354C833B32469184ABBF7FF36C2DDC" commented="no"><enum>(B)</enum><text>contains information disclosed pursuant to this subsection; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3AD0F56E7AC44DCB9A5B07F70797C2EB" commented="no"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is searchable, sortable, machine-readable, and downloadable.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H42D1CD7741794B6AADBD67A2BFB84E07" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deadline for database</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of General Services shall establish the database required by paragraph (7) of section 1352(b) of title 31, United States Code, as added by subsection (a).</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H6A6BEC3C97BE4C8EBD9B00D3EC793CCF" commented="no"><enum>508.</enum><header>Inclusion of narratives on USAspending.gov</header>
<subsection id="H0B3675625CE64160BA06D447702DFDCF" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall allow any agency, in reporting an award to USAspending.gov (or a successor website), to upload a narrative for such award.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H5EAE1B5EFB2841F8B1D47F3A7BC9B82B" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the terms <term>agency</term> and <term>award</term> have the meanings given those terms on USAspending.gov (or a successor website).</text></subsection></section>
<enum>VI</enum><header>Executive Branch Transparency</header>
<section id="HB20260299CAB454F9DF2B42E3D80ADF5" commented="no"><enum>601.</enum><header>Requirement for disclosure of Federal sponsorship of all Federal advertising or other communications</header>
<subsection id="HC47547159FF24D02AC3139BA1260D0B7" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as provided for in subsection (b), each advertisement or other communication paid for by an agency, either directly or through a contract awarded by the agency, shall include a prominent notice informing the target audience that the advertisement or other communication is paid for by that agency.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H351C5FD1571D49E78E22F259AD363415" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><text>The requirement in subsection (a) shall not apply to an advertisement or other communication—</text>
<paragraph id="H3E077C35D2ED48FC93431B1F54E8712C" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>that is 200 characters or less; or</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9809B3650B9F422086ABFF61F7AB7F7C" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>that is distributed through a short message service.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H123AC989C0EC4EC686394BF3867314BF" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Advertisement or other communications defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section, the term <term>advertisement or other communication</term> includes— </text> <paragraph id="H42143DD4ACD64743B000F26FC4E394A3" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an advertisement disseminated in any form, including print or by any electronic means; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H77EB4570325143ACA3294CF8BCD40AB7" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a communication by an individual in any form, including speech, print, or by any electronic means.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HF15DBB04A7A04CC2A4CED1F16F3956EE" commented="no"><enum>602.</enum><header>Improving access to influential executive branch official’s visitor access records</header> <subsection id="H66B003B6CA5E46F69F15546922A218B6" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Disclosure of White House visitor access records</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and monthly thereafter, the President shall disclose to the public all White House visitor access records for the previous month that are redacted in accordance with subsection (c). </text></subsection>
<subsection id="HACC5A178B808453B9C742A31C13F3E38" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Disclosure of agency visitor access records</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and monthly thereafter, the head of each agency shall disclose to the public all visitor access records for the previous month for such agency head that are redacted in accordance with subsection (c).</text></subsection> <subsection id="H9985B21EA2AF497A800C1813D4C1579F" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Information not disclosed</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The President under subsection (a), and the head of the relevant agency under subsection (b), as the case may be, may determine to not disclose the following information pursuant to this section:</text>
<paragraph id="H390A627C525A40AD86B390A980B78B8C" commented="no"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any information—</text> <subparagraph id="H9C1E0FF23B9242BFBDBF4284F42AA9F0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that implicates personal privacy or law enforcement concerns (such as date of birth, social security number, and contact phone number);</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3A61BE80FCB845E1B91B8BD1ABDFD131"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that implicates the personal safety of White House staff (including daily arrival and departure); or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HCC4BAEDF33644732AC855032F7DCB21E"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">whose release would so threaten national security interests that it outweighs a strong presumption in favor of the public’s interest in disclosure.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5FE5E730879548E89735C897039334B9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For a non-renewable period of up to a year, any information related to purely personal guests of the first and second families, but only if the executive branch’s interest in protecting an unfettered consultation conducted in secret strongly outweighs the public’s interest in an accountable Government free of corruption and political influence.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H14B28E5773FD4248B4347A2406489129"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Any information related to a small group of particularly sensitive meetings (such as visits of potential Supreme Court nominees).</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="H6FD1B6ED50774F15AA913FEA16A2E1FA" commented="no"><enum>603.</enum><header>Improving access to budget justifications by the Office of Management and Budget</header>
<subsection id="H5B8DF4E736B44A5F84B5D22B1D1A2C05"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning with the budget for fiscal year 2019, not later than 24 hours after the date on which the President submits the budget under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall make all budget justifications available online in a searchable, sortable, machine readable, and downloadable format and any electronic version of the budget shall provide a link to each budget justification by the Office of Management and Budget.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H1F0E88B92847483695AEBA99484D5DFF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>As used in this section, the term <term>budget justifications</term> refers to the documents an agency submits to the Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate in support of its budget request. The Office of Management and Budget prescribes justification materials, which typically explain changes between the current appropriations and the amounts requested for the next fiscal year and may be referred to in the budget submission of the President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="HF5836F6022094AABA13557884AD88880" commented="no"><enum>604.</enum><header>Improving rulemaking disclosure for the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs</header>
<subsection id="HC376D26C25304014B1F3F008ABEDAD98"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Inclusion in the rulemaking docket of documents and communications related to the implementation of centralized regulatory review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">As soon as practicable, and not later than 15 days after the conclusion of centralized regulatory review for a draft proposed or draft final rule, the Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs shall include in the rulemaking docket the following:</text> <paragraph id="HCA5ED0A61D7B49D98885099F2C590707"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A copy of the draft proposed or draft final rule and supporting analyses submitted to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs for review.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H08FCD5FD3F2C42D6868B090C148B7AF3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>A copy of the draft proposed or draft final rule that incorporates substantive changes, if any, made to the rule as part of implementing centralized regulatory review.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA62C6958255243B8A732308E5EE1AFEF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>A document describing in a complete, clear, and simple manner all substantive changes made by the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs to the draft proposed or draft final rule submitted by the agency to Office for review.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5EF9A3A9AED544B689B7C45CFD3D9CDF"><enum>(4)</enum><text>A copy of all documents and written communications (including all electronic mail and electronic mail file attachments), and a summary of all oral communications (including phone calls, phone conferences, and meetings), exchanged as part of the implementation of the centralized regulatory review between or among any of the following:</text> <subparagraph id="H4E67C8DD1698458588DD50FA1441A8A0"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The agency responsible for the rule. </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0C586F4325594D6998BF1601334C24D0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. </text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H3D332C3239654A67849253834B38DA25"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Any other office or entity within the Executive Office of the President. </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6D369B48B8A64E5092F9FBBFA8122EBB"><enum>(D)</enum><text>An agency that is not the agency responsible for the rule.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H7042357B6F584864B871AB972E983C8F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>An individual who is not employed by—</text>
<clause id="HBAFCECAF2CB84C4C9F0D15BD631DE3C3"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the executive branch of the Federal Government; or</text></clause> <clause id="H7F75415DE9BA4400A377276CAA0F03A4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an agency that is not the agency responsible for the rule. </text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H57CDC6FDA55549539F3788C1A437B6FD" commented="no"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this section:</text> <paragraph id="H9969A13B2EBD429591318B14DA9B1437"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Centralized regulatory review</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>centralized regulatory review</term> means the institutional process of Presidential oversight of individual agency rules governed by Executive Order 12866 (58 Fed. Reg. 51735; relating to regulatory planning and review), or any successor to such Executive order.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7EF5484A607E430DBDCDAA750E51C3BA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rule</header><text>The term <term>rule</term> has the meaning given that term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HDE64B3A62BFD429C8EAC4CB5D94DD0C7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this section shall be construed to preempt or displace the disclosure requirements under any other provision of law affecting administrative procedure, if such requirements are not inconsistent with the requirements of this section. </text></subsection></section>
<section id="H84D4C2631AE6462EAFC690EC5394A72C"><enum>605.</enum><header>Improving E-filing data collection and distribution for non-profits</header>
<subsection id="H43736003030842B4B6CF4401608B6784"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Mandatory electronic filing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/6033">Section 6033</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating subsection (n) as subsection (o) and by inserting after subsection (m) the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2B08FE05369E4D81BE277B8DE8E861AD"> <subsection id="HA7CC73EAC9AC412588324E2949AE041C"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Mandatory electronic filing</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any organization required to file a return under this section shall file such return in electronic form, using a nonproprietary machine-readable data format.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H81EB4FFEB5FD4303956978795C9AFEFC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inspection of electronically filed annual returns</header><text>Subsection (b) of section 6104 of such Code is amended by adding at the end the following: <quote>Any annual return required to be filed electronically under section 6033(n) shall be made available by the Secretary to the public, in a nonproprietary machine-readable data format, in a database that is searchable, sortable, and downloadable.</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HD1C776445BC44749B7405604C41E8DFF" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H0B2F12F974B640A4A63C04C88010FFAF"><enum>606.</enum><header>Improving registration information from agents of foreign principals</header>
<subsection id="H82E84CB4DA1F404EB81D7EB5314C71C9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Improving online access to registration information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6(d)(1) of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/616">22 U.S.C. 616(d)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>in a searchable, sortable, and downloadable manner</quote> and inserting <quote>in a format which is directly searchable, sortable, downloadable, and machine-readable</quote>.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H390741F50E2742F7960140EA174F63AB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Repealing exemption from registration under Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 for persons filing disclosure reports under Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995</header> <paragraph id="H0AF7CD13B5824480A7E4B2F6121443C4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Repeal of exemption</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3 of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/613">22 U.S.C. 613</external-xref>) is amended by striking subsection (h).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA05DC283B8964683B2838C75BCB5C9F4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Timing of filing of registration statements</header><text>Section 2 of the Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/612">22 U.S.C. 612</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HE31DE32D0D524B7CA98A9F0A2F631657"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), in the fourth sentence, by striking <quote>The registration statement shall include</quote> and inserting <quote>Except as provided in subsection (h), the registration statement shall include</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H83D35B501B474FDF9DF7D1C1F3F8156C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA6AAB50FC25248FDBF93FE38F62F7E3A" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HC4A81C40C97A449CA6955AEB1D97BACB"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Timing for filing of statements by persons registered under Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of an agent of a person described in section 1(b)(2) or an entity described in section 1(b)(3) who has registered under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/1601">2 U.S.C. 1601</external-xref> et seq.), after the agent files the first registration required under subsection (a) in connection with the agent’s representation of such person or entity, the agent shall file all subsequent statements required under this section at the same time, and in the same frequency, as the reports filed with the Clerk of the House of Representatives or the Secretary of the Senate (as the case may be) under section 5 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/1604">2 U.S.C. 1604</external-xref>) in connection with the agent’s representation of such person or entity.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HABAEC68BFC3D4A16ACE73B8A46E66C2D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective Date</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect upon the expiration of the 30-day period which begins on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text></subsection></section> <section id="HCC3CCADF857E477F88162B01AEF4DE3E"><enum>607.</enum><header>Agency defined</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title (except for section 608), the term <term>agency</term> has the meaning given that term under section 551 of title 5, United States Code.</text></section>
<section id="H9A620249B9A144079A26288E964C9590"><enum>608.</enum><header>Government-wide entity identifier</header>
<subsection id="H90C8C4C5A09847A189259A05513BF511"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>As used in this section, the term <term>agency</term> has the meaning given the term <term>Executive agency</term> under section 105 of title 5, United States Code.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H5125DB14246B4E93BE3F85DC7109740E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirement for all agencies To use a government-Wide entity identifier</header> <paragraph id="HC29C7C73FBA649B7BB45879E9C083817" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Each agency shall, to the extent practicable, require all private sector entities from which it regularly collects reports, filings, forms, disclosures or other regularized information to obtain a unique entity identifier.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H417F1D0FBB2C43DB9247C218B337F5AB" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The unique entity identifier required under this section shall allow private sector entities to be identified uniquely across all Federal regulatory, procurement, assistance, and other reporting regimes.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="HFE50EA5BABB54C919D1D6C1503DFF5FD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Publication of information categorized using government-Wide entity identifier</header><text>Each agency shall, to the extent practicable, publish all public regulatory, procurement, assistance, and other reported information categorized using the unique entity identifier required under this section.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H023D7A16E3534DBAA938D98995C5E4EE"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Governance</header><text>The unique entity identifier required under this section shall be based on the global entity identifier issued by—</text> <paragraph id="HEFD7048DE4454A5EA62FC1568FDCF045"><enum>(1)</enum><text>utilities endorsed by the Regulatory Oversight Committee, whose charter was set forth by the Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors of the Group of Twenty and the Financial Stability Board; or</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD39E0F1AF86747FB857D4C43820F04F6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>utilities endorsed or otherwise governed by the Global LEI Foundation so long as that Foundation remains recognized by the Regulatory Oversight Committee or any successor global public oversight body.</text></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H06AC880607A14F6795E240B0F4AE1B6A"><enum>609.</enum><header>Grants transparency requirements</header> <subsection id="HD5DEC5CB13DA4D9DB222CAA5B6E7630C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle V of title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 73 the following:</text>
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<chapter id="HE12BE2FA52C442DCA3710400176EE494"><enum>74</enum><header>Grants Transparency Requirements</header>
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<toc-entry level="section">Sec. </toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HD6E61081FAC247A9B1A00B89FCF2662B" level="section">7401. Definitions.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HD6E61081FAC247A9B1A00B89FCF2662B" level="section">7402. Pre-award evaluation requirements.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HD6E61081FAC247A9B1A00B89FCF2662B" level="section">7403. Website relating to Federal grants.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HD6E61081FAC247A9B1A00B89FCF2662B" level="section">7404. Postdecision explanation for failed applicants.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HD6E61081FAC247A9B1A00B89FCF2662B" level="section">7405. Inspector General review of peer review process.</toc-entry></toc>
<section id="H6683A2076D84467494A2D3155A555E15"><enum>7401.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this chapter:</text> <paragraph id="H3E9AC6E234AB441C9252A478D0931FC4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Applicant</header><text>The term <term>applicant</term> means an entity that submits a proposal or application for a grant.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H093AAE9B00F443A28D722D280C407CE9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Competitive grant</header><text>The term <term>competitive grant</term> means a discretionary grant entered into through the use of merit-based selection procedures for the purpose of allocating funds authorized under a grant program of an Executive agency.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HF0B77FB6C9194962B2C55D993914FB1F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Executive agency</header><text>The term <term>Executive agency</term> has the meaning given the term in section 105 of title 5, except the term does not include the Government Accountability Office.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5487556280C84E63A860DCD0E828D278"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Grant</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>grant</term> means an award of Federal financial assistance through a grant agreement or cooperative agreement making payment in cash or in kind to a recipient to carry out a public purpose authorized by law.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HDFABD22063C74D83ADF06D097F41B6F9"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Grant reviewer</header><text>The term <term>grant reviewer</term>, with respect to a grant—</text>
<subparagraph id="H90EC1FECD5154B4BB59AD6FEDCD2FA8F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>means any individual who reviews, evaluates, or participates in the decision to select an applicant for award of the grant; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H450B59E384B4487AAD5C021FE3E0F947"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">includes—</text>
<clause id="H0BBF6DBCE91D491584F84DACF486B6AB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a peer reviewer;</text> </clause> <clause id="HB92B9733DCC1478C8132788636F5709B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a merit reviewer; and</text> </clause>
<clause id="H13285EBA472044B9A508C280419DE602"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>a member of a technical evaluation panel or board or a special emphasis panel.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph></section> <section id="H03817EF453A4454185D23B65A91B99E7"><enum>7402.</enum><header>Pre-award evaluation requirements</header> <subsection id="H1190CB3090014CA69F063BA059B3777E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Evaluation required</header> <paragraph id="H27743DA5206C42C5AB50197359410AEA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Before awarding a competitive grant and after determining eligibility and conducting a merit-based review, an Executive agency shall conduct an evaluation of the risk posed by an applicant to successfully carry out the grant in accordance with section 200.205 of title 2, Code of Federal regulations (or any successor thereto).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE8A9C3DDF2104026B4EA5D5A67553C1F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Review of interagency duplication</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the extent practicable, each evaluation conducted under paragraph (1) shall include a review of any interagency duplication of efforts for research grants, which may be completed through a text-similarity detection process.</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H233CCFB276964179A65B61826A75D047"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Simplified Evaluation Procedure for Certain Applicants</header> <paragraph id="HB0908AEE3E1E493F94E5161FCAEDDDBD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>In this subsection, the term <term>covered applicant</term> means an applicant that, based on a risk assessment conducted by the Executive agency, is determined to pose a relatively low risk of failing to execute the grant successfully and properly.</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7238159803334793B8139997F347133C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Procedure</header><text>In conducting the evaluation required under subsection (a) with respect to a covered applicant, an Executive agency shall—</text> <subparagraph id="H73680D8A1ECC43FC8C9245530946219F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>minimize the burden on the covered applicant; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7F5CDAD7B7FE4229BAFEDB72BA56865D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>consider any existing findings with respect to the covered applicant under the single audit process under chapter 75 of this title related to the matters described in subsection (b).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="H52D6D0BB79704A72AA0B57EBC80686E2"><enum>7403.</enum><header>Website relating to Federal grants</header> <subsection id="H0FD954AAC4C94EA7A2F02537E1BD27B6"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall consult with Executive agencies to upgrade grants.gov or any proposed successor public website for finding Federal grant opportunities and applying for those grants so that the website—</text>
<paragraph id="H5108A70071A645ABACF774DB5F7BA849"><enum>(1)</enum><text>may serve as a central point of information and provide full access for applicants for competitive grants; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HCDF8FD84B44740E4A1407CBC9DCE67D5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>shall capture in 1 site, or provide electronic links to, other relevant databases.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H514657C4854D4ED9BC761FF4D9FDE62A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Notice of competitive grant funds availability</header><text>At the time an Executive agency issues a solicitation or otherwise announces the availability of funds for a competitive grant, the Executive agency shall post on the grants website maintained under this section, in a searchable electronic format, relevant information about the grant opportunity, including—</text> <paragraph id="H5508F43718AD46C79E36B78D286415F4"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the grant announcement and purpose of the grant;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8FF6029A17184B5EA8B24DE4A8C5D4A6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the anticipated period of performance for new awards and whether the Executive agency anticipates that the grant will be continued;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HD38740E5EF334984AEE35CA6FF38F9C9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in the case of an announcement with respect to which a specific sum is reserved, the amount of funds available for the grant;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC53225F5DB404ACDA9F297E1666578F1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>a statement of eligibility requirements for the grant;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H58F95063A5804F0EB9AB7E80CE4BA3D2"><enum>(5)</enum><text>contact information for the Executive agency, including the name, telephone number, and electronic mail address of a specific person or persons responsible for answering questions about the grant and the application process for the grant;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H18A222544B124F5693472C71A889FF46"><enum>(6)</enum><text>a clear statement of the evaluation factors or criteria that the Executive agency intends to use to evaluate and rank grant applications or proposals submitted, including the weight to be applied to each factor or criterion;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H959D9BE48F944CF0A6BB2927D65EAB05"><enum>(7)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a description of the process and standards to be used by the Executive agency to determine that each grant reviewer does not have a prohibited conflict of interest, as defined by applicable statute or regulation, with respect to the evaluation or review of a grant application or proposal, or the decision to award a grant;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6B94BC92EDB141EE83A14CE458A819F4"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the anticipated deadline for submission of grant applications or proposals; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H96967425A3384F01813983BFF5C8F19B"><enum>(9)</enum><text>a set of sample winning grant proposals awarded under the same or similar program within the last 3 years.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HD78844F713414CD6804F1345C92D01D6"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use by applicants</header><text>The grants website maintained under this section shall, to the greatest extent practicable, allow applicants to—</text> <paragraph id="HE75D187BF02F471AB7110F05363A6C2C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>use the website with any widely used computer platform;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H095E8AC948E04EB0BC445C01FE86D98E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>search the website for all competitive grants by purpose, funding agency, program source, and other relevant criteria; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HFF8819C6A9F141058F408E49E57CB38F"><enum>(3)</enum><text>apply for a competitive grant using the website.</text> </paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H083EEA437CF7404CA75C59E5CDF8ACC4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Technical assistance for grantees</header>
<paragraph id="HAD393445CC8A4AC9AD57A9C6B9F22180"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each Executive agency shall make available on the grants website maintained under this section detailed grant guidance and written technical assistance for applicants.</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HDE1E9EB75FE6444284145940370EC036"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Grant award process information posted</header><text>With respect to each grant awarded by an Executive agency, the Executive agency shall, not later than 30 days after the date on which the grant is awarded, post on the grants website maintained under this section—</text>
<subparagraph id="H97EF72F325E14C99AAF409ACFB9C28F8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">documentation explaining the basis for the selection decision for the grant, the number of proposals received for the grant, and, with respect to the proposal that resulted in the grant award, whether the grant was awarded consistent with a numerical ranking or other recommendations by grant reviewers; and</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H760778771C164191ACFDF5A421834759"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in any case in which the award of the grant is not consistent with the numerical rankings or any other recommendations made by grant reviewers, a written justification explaining the rationale for the decision not to follow the rankings or recommendations.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBAC5E065571341BCB6B5808A3500BACA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Sensitive information</header>
<subparagraph id="HA9261F4302814AEAB4CB8D42B703B5B4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Personally identifiable information</header><text>Each Executive agency may redact any personally identifiable information from a post on the grants website maintained under this section.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H329DFCFC877B4DF191178E3E657AD740"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Adverse information</header><text>An Executive agency may not post on the grants website maintained under this section any sensitive information that the Executive agency determines would adversely affect an applicant.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H91879BF7DA1F4FA681DEC616817EA37B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Submission and Publication of Grant Solicitation Forecast on the Grants website</header>
<paragraph id="HDB019285CCB4455B91EC07359B03F1B1"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>Not later than November 30 of each fiscal year or not later than 60 days after the date on which amounts are appropriated to an Executive agency for a fiscal year, whichever is later, the head of the Executive agency shall post a forecast, in accordance with paragraph (2), of all nonemergency grant solicitations that the Executive agency expects to issue for the following calendar year, which—</text> <subparagraph id="H167E3E42E5F942809B453447669D7E23"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall be based on the best information available; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCA2885B3CA824F6FB041FD6C3C41E7A1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall not be binding on the Executive agency.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF704420092FF43C79F8E268AA15E8556"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Matters included</header><text>The forecast required under paragraph (1) shall include, to the extent practicable, for each expected grant solicitation in a machine-readable format—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2887339AF197477E935111BEA0A31A0E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a brief description of the subject and purpose of the grant, organized by the organizational unit of the Executive agency;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H57C7D52FD66449888E28381ACD4BC518"><enum>(B)</enum><text>contact information for the organizational unit or individual responsible for the grant, if known, including name, telephone number, and electronic mail address;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE9B04BFD481C48FE87720DB361D92035"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the expected or actual dates for the issuance of the grant solicitation and application and the grant application submission deadline;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8491B3B774A84300813BC220C41309B0"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the estimated amount of the average grant award, the estimated maximum and minimum amounts of the grant award, if applicable, and the estimated total number of grant awards to be made; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" id="HF98731DC80C2444CB1F04918DC75A7D0"><enum>(E)</enum><text>a description of the total amount available to be awarded.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H7430EDC5677347B1AC9E94112293FE52"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Publication of information</header> <paragraph id="H32334B2B9855402AA8802A0902ACCAF5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), nothing in this section shall be construed to require the publication of information otherwise exempt from disclosure under section 552 of title 5 (commonly referred to as the <quote>Freedom of Information Act</quote>).</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDE3ABEBBECC64AAC8A6716F8FD560590"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The exemption under section 552(b)(5) of title 5 shall not exempt from publication predecisional documents required to be posted pursuant to the requirements under subsection (d)(2).</text> </paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H1CA20FA35878425FA6537C22EACB93FB"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Transparency of information</header><text>To the extent practicable, the grants website maintained under this section shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H1D4D98B862104695BB5D8532C1343C68"><enum>(1)</enum><text>make the information described in this section available in its original format;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H62E1FCE0E72B486982CA2DB91BAEC860"><enum>(2)</enum><text>make the information described in this section available without charge, license, or registration requirement;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBA95D8CB69FF4124B49CFF1F167A7CC2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>permit the information described in this section to be searched;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="HFEB23BC3BF1E49378285ADBDB176E955"><enum>(4)</enum><text>permit the information described in this section to be downloaded in bulk;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8F7FE7470D864D76BF9BE8D2B14ECF4A"><enum>(5)</enum><text>permit the information described in this section to be disseminated via automatic electronic means;</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H85F6B7F9542647E388585A0328240933"><enum>(6)</enum><text>permit the information described in this section to be freely shared by the public, such as by social media;</text> </paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE0E142DEC51644C188B67F7908CDC2EC"><enum>(7)</enum><text>use permanent uniform resource locators for the information described in this section; and</text> </paragraph> <paragraph id="H84A0266C802B438B975CDB15A83C757A"><enum>(8)</enum><text>provide an opportunity for the public to provide input about the usefulness of the site and recommendations for improvements.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section>
<section id="HAE619A482D0A4E11A0C0AC0CC71085B0"><enum>7404.</enum><header>Postdecision explanation for failed applicants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">If requested by an applicant for a competitive grant, for each grant award made in an amount in excess of $100,000 pursuant to a merit-based selection procedure, an Executive agency shall provide the applicant with a timely direct interaction describing the basis for the award decision of the Executive agency, including, if applicable, the decision not to award a grant to the applicant.</text> </section> <section id="HD61FBF1FD3274B3A8E76AD5397EAB876"><enum>7405.</enum><header>Inspector General review of peer review process</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 18 months after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Grant Reform and New Transparency Act of 2016</short-title>, the Inspector General of each Executive agency that awards competitive grants shall conduct a review of the effectiveness of the conflicts of interest policy of the Executive agency, including a review of a random selection of peer review processes, with respect to the peer review process for competitive grants in order to detect favoritism.</text></section></chapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection>
<subsection id="H2460242E0D6C42DEAACEC1FDF3A63DCA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of chapters at the beginning of subtitle V of title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to chapter 73 the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H040C4200C95844EA8EE8B2607FB74DDA" style="USC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <multi-column-toc-entry bold="on" level="chapter"><toc-enum>74.</toc-enum><level-header bold="on" level="section">Grant transparency requirements</level-header><target>7401</target></multi-column-toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H15C6BBF5512C47D09A396203972126B6" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Grants workforce report</header> <paragraph id="H32F0402FD186419588A859F60B1410FD" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text>
<subparagraph id="H6DCA71E7421C4C019C16F3E7E7A55346"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Executive agency</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Executive agency</term> has the meaning given the term in section 105 of title 5, United States Code, except the term does not include the Government Accountability Office.</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H464864BB957C4B9091C2560681334958"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Federal grants workforce</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Federal grants workforce</term>, with respect to an Executive agency, means all employees of the Executive agency who spend some or all of their time engaged in—</text>
<clause id="H8FBB4F7A9AFF4D6AA172DD2E89E1C22C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>grant planning, including programmatic activities;</text> </clause> <clause id="H23BD64B8EF724B2FA391270E85045CE7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>preparing grant solicitations, Notices of Funding Opportunity, Notices Inviting Applications, or other requests for grant proposals;</text> </clause>
<clause id="H5C298311E5014E72AD3D83A5C6311BDF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>evaluating or reviewing grant applications, including serving on a peer review board;</text> </clause> <clause id="H52DBDC260A3D42F5B8928E8BE31CCBC5" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>monitoring or administering grant performance by grantees;</text> </clause>
<clause id="H4428266C374F43DD9B045A1013826BA3"><enum>(v)</enum><text>preparing the Notice of Award and negotiating terms and conditions; or</text> </clause> <clause id="H52FBD34B3E1241FF9022E6A7316E1619" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>post-award closeout activities, including final technical and financial reports.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0B01109BDB0443C5B5ED2E4730BC2544" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives a report on the Federal grants workforce, which shall address—</text> <subparagraph id="H47D688BD05254B94847B3D4B2A507B06"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the size of the Federal grants workforce and expected trends in Federal employment for the Federal grants workforce;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6A5DE68A444148C98EACEE2F6309C58C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the adequacy of training opportunities for the Federal grants workforce;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5C2B2779FD0F4690BDD03E265953AAF8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>whether the Federal Acquisition Institute or any other existing entity engaged in acquisition workforce training should be made available for grant training;</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5B04A3A123E04F379F230463A7B8168D"><enum>(D)</enum><text>whether a warrant system similar to that used in the Federal acquisition system should be established for Federal officials authorized to award grants;</text> </subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HE3337FDD258F43BE90F6C487CBCC017A"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the use by Executive agencies of suspension and debarment actions taken against grantees during the 3-year period preceding the date on which the report is submitted, and the level of agency resources assigned to the suspension and debarment functions; and</text> </subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H01E67F53A95441C8B7FF53CD5456587A"><enum>(F)</enum><text>any recommendations for improving the Federal grants workforce.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section id="HB47267DEAB704A70A44E080ECA77EEB0" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>610.</enum><header>Availability of opinions of the Office of Legal Counsel of the Department of Justice</header> <subsection id="HE03DDB53BB50467DB67F1B9AFF54F62A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Index of opinions provided to Congress</header> <paragraph id="H166BAA290DE5495DA0E629048CDB2DA7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel (referred to in this section as the <quote>Assistant Attorney General</quote>) shall submit to Congress an index which contains, for each opinion of the Office of Legal Counsel which has been published prior to the date of the enactment of this Act and except as provided in paragraph (3), the following information:</text>
<subparagraph id="H2FF734D500C34618860375016F0940FF"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The title of the opinion.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H8C6AD0CFE6384E6190954089BD96F24A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The date on which the opinion was issued, and any date on which the opinion was updated, if applicable.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC90B97FA504849CBA0F234CFBC922612"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The name of the author and the recipient of the opinion.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2C4908714ACA4E3991CF6B41006BC73A"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The unique identifier assigned to the opinion, including such an identifier for any update to the opinion, if applicable.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD07F9DB59E6A41158B6DD72E2054AE86"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Whether an opinion has been withdrawn.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H6BE8F54077BE4E84B950227504358443"><enum>(F)</enum><text>Whether the opinion has been released to the public (in whole or in part), and a hyperlink to where it can be found, if applicable.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H48229C94CFA84A7BB5A82C5E10F5656C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Updates</header><text>The Assistant Attorney General shall provide an update of the index described in paragraph (1) to any Member of Congress who requests such an update, not later than 90 days after receiving such a request.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H56FFB8E759A6463B81217008D7E7ECB1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Assistant Attorney General may withhold the information described in subparagraphs (A) and (C) of paragraph (1) in the case of an opinion for which the President has determined that it is essential to limit access to a covert action finding under section 503(c)(2) of the National Security Act of 1947 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3093">50 U.S.C. 3093(c)(2)</external-xref>), except that such information shall be provided to any Member of Congress who has been granted access to such findings under such section. </text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H283851E5D1C14C94A2240D5DCA186018"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Index of opinions made publicly available</header>
<paragraph id="H9CD76D3A678845719519CD699C3370CA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Assistant Attorney General shall make publicly available online, for each opinion of the Office of Legal Counsel which has been published prior to the date of the enactment of this Act and except as provided in paragraph (3), the information described in subparagraphs (A) through (F) of subsection (a)(1). </text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HC236806F22624140A1F690D3B366EBB0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Updates</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 5 days after the issuance of an opinion of the Office of Legal Counsel of the Department of Justice, the Assistant Attorney General shall make publicly available the information described in subparagraphs (A) through (F) of subsection (a)(1), except as provided in paragraph (3).</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H802C9594B9684CBD96C12D3961B405A9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Assistant Attorney General may withhold the information described in subparagraphs (A) and (C) of subsection (a)(1) when the agency interest in protecting such record or information is outweighed by public interest in disclosure, but only to the extent that one of the following applies to the information to be withheld:</text> <subparagraph id="H5E4944B6F9BC4F858C22630EBA71EEB0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The withholding of such information is authorized under criteria established by an Executive order in the interest of national defense or foreign policy, and the Assistant Attorney General has determined that such information meets the criteria established pursuant to the Executive order. </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H91604DA728724773A61BA54C2CA5C6AA"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The information concerns the appointment to a Federal office prior to the appointment, except in the case of an opinion that is cited in another opinion which is not excepted from disclosure under this paragraph.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H2F069A4E32464FA49F6117991B7823D1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The information is specifically exempted from disclosure by statute (other than sections 552 and 552b of title 5, United States Code).</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1FA6579E683C4785AA20C3350BAFD7B4"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The information includes trade secrets, or commercial or financial information obtained from a person, which is privileged or confidential.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H90BEA84B9C034012A840EFDB11F45D16"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The information includes personnel, medical, or similar files, the disclosure of which would constitute a clearly unwarranted invasion of personal privacy. </text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H74D19F50D4BF448D88A9713776A4B36E"><enum>(F)</enum><text>The President has determined it is essential to limit access to a covert action finding under section 503(c)(2) of the National Security Act of 1947 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3093">50 U.S.C. 3093(c)(2)</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB37E154C804345E683C27C94C1583204"><enum>(4)</enum><header>No fee for access</header><text>The Assistant Attorney General may not charge a fee for access to the information required to be made publicly available under this subsection. </text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HA9FED570850240A994C4604F5D969033"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Summary of opinions provided to Congress</header>
<paragraph id="HF1D7161F34E54B83A7AD20068B2E8775"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 10 days after receiving a request from a Member of Congress or an officer or employee of the Legislative Branch for a summary of an opinion, the Assistant Attorney General shall provide such a summary, which shall include legal analysis related to the opinion, except as provided in paragraph (3).</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HB3CA0F9618624C68A7A6CDA78EEFCEC6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Classified information</header><text>The summary provided under paragraph (1) may only include classified information which the requesting individual is authorized, pursuant to a security clearance, to receive.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H38D225B3C2064AD1AF1E67753E945BE5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Exception</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Assistant Attorney General may refrain from providing a summary described in paragraph (1) in the case of an opinion for which the President has determined that it is essential to limit access to a covert action finding under section 503(c)(2) of the National Security Act of 1947 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/50/3093">50 U.S.C. 3093(c)(2)</external-xref>), except that such information shall be provided to any Member of Congress who has been granted access to such findings under such section.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H8B47DCFC4ABE4BC6B7BD5851C9C07727"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">To the extent otherwise permitted by law, this section does not preclude the Assistant Attorney General from disclosing opinions, or information relating to opinions, to any person, in addition to the requirements of this section.</text></subsection></section>
<enum>VII</enum><header>Strengthening the Freedom of Information Act</header>
<section id="HCFB1D9BB18854B018FB2E0F3DD52B6A5"><enum>701.</enum><header>Agency defined</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this title, the term <term>agency</term> has the meaning given that term under section 551 of title 5, United States Code.</text></section> <section id="H4A772F7F7B3D442FBE8C081094DB6871"><enum>702.</enum><header>Digital access to completed responses to the Freedom of Information Act</header> <subsection id="H402913E74A594E5A8ECDD6B448CE0815"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement</header> <paragraph id="H8AF070F933CA495CBA5FEE7E12FF7982"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Database of completed FOIA requests</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each agency shall make available all materials contained in the agency’s completed response to a request under section 552 of title 5, United States Code (in this section referred to as a <quote>FOIA request</quote>), in a structured database or in a searchable, sortable, downloadable, machine-readable database not later than two months after the date on which the FOIA request was completed.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4E5400481896431CAABB4F0B3F565FC7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Electronic format</header><text>All information is presumed to be available in an electronic format as described in paragraph (1) unless the agency demonstrates that excessive cost would place an undue burden on the agency.</text></paragraph></subsection> <subsection id="H5318FD561CB244C49DD086397DA9B671"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Public availability</header><text>All information included in the agency’s completed response to a FOIA request shall be made available to the public electronically and without cost through each agency’s website.</text></subsection></section>
<section id="H0DE7B8F55C5547C7807407F06B5094F5" commented="no"><enum>703.</enum><header>FOIAonline for agencies</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of each agency shall use FOIAonline to log, track, and publish all requests received under section 552 of title 5, United States Code.</text></section> <section id="HB308474239D54C1793D7E4CC4812A8B4"><enum>704.</enum><header>Freedom of Information Act amendments</header> <subsection id="H4B27D1E9F10B4D3798C3C9D6DBE35B97" commented="no"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Judicial review of complaints</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 552(a)(4)(B) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after <quote>withheld from the complainant</quote> the following: <quote>or the public</quote>.</text> </subsection>
<subsection id="H4BA1C5DDAC124A1394B9A1E192B8978C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Presumption of openness</header>
<paragraph id="HC8EA69D81F634A11900D796790A3904A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Amendments</header><text>Section 552(b) of title 5, United States Code, is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H3D7164DD71ED497FA2050344AF2143FF"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (3)(B), by inserting <quote>with an explanation for the exemption</quote> after <quote>specifically cites to this paragraph</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE3F11EE4DFA64638BF386CD6E78DD006"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by inserting before the semicolon at the end the following: </text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H9AF94A83888A40558D7C38B41E054403" display-inline="yes-display-inline"><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">and excluding—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1AFB47FEAD264AB191374CFB5FE20B93"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">opinions that are controlling interpretations of law;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H79EAB5097A4E4F7C817AC05F74072AFF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>final reports or memoranda created by an entity other than the agency, including other Governmental entities, at the request of the agency and used to make a final policy decision; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H652137A5409448489C729BC124AF8615"><enum>(C)</enum><text>guidance documents used by the agency to respond to the public;</text></subparagraph> <after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H0489625CACE441B7803FD855FE00538B"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (6), by striking <quote>similar files</quote> and inserting <quote>personal information such as contact information or financial information</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB761722134A44977B6843EFDEC195F68"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in the matter following paragraph (9)—</text> <clause id="HFABE5F6D387845A7B40E1E2E016118E0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by inserting before <quote>Any reasonably segregable portion</quote> the following: <quote>An agency may not withhold information under this subsection unless such agency reasonably foresees that disclosure would cause specific identifiable harm to an interest protected by an exemption, or if disclosure is prohibited by law.</quote>; and</text></clause>
<clause id="H026E01D520E8447284CC1173E2127CC0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by inserting before <quote>If technically feasible,</quote> the following: <quote>For each record withheld in whole or in part under paragraph (3), the agency shall identify the statute that exempts the record from disclosure.</quote>.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="H9666AC64212F4D45A1083E2176BDDEFC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Exemption decision transparency</header><text>Section 552(a)(6)(C)(i) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by striking the fourth sentence and inserting at the end the following: <quote>Any notification of denial or partial denial of any request for records under this subsection shall set forth each name and title or position of each person responsible for the denial or partial denial or any decision to withhold a responsive record under subsection (b).</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="HF7A9C1DAD3EF46BD858B6A02970D2C32"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Government Accountability Office</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subsection (i) of section 552 of title 5, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block style="USC" id="H37D6C2503623409ABDC51DFA1B3DCC7C" display-inline="no-display-inline"> <subsection id="HC58361B1D977479E88EA58231780D9A3"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Government Accountability Office shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H44C30C69BF0E4498A07157277A0A3F3D"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">conduct audits of administrative agencies on compliance with and implementation of the requirements of this section and issue reports detailing the results of such audits;</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5557F347CAC94156A3014A58383E4F8D"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">catalog the number of exemptions under subsection (b)(3) and agency use of such exemptions; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB6BE66512B854A588206B56F6605BC65"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">review and prepare a report on the processing of requests by agencies for information pertaining to an entity that has received assistance under title I of the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/5211">12 U.S.C. 5211</external-xref> et seq.) during any period in which the Government owns or owned more than 50 percent of the stock of such entity.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H9E4929C8E81A471A90BF8A2B07A47878"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Annual report by Congressional Research Service</header><text>Section 552 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block style="USC" id="HE1EAEF1325D048CC9C7CCF3E4CF280C3" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subsection id="H4F2952D25EA249859D2AEDBB3B25DDBB"><enum>(n)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Congressional Research Service shall, on an annual basis, provide the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate with a list of statutes described in subsection (b)(3). Each such list shall be made publicly available.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section> <enum>VIII</enum><header>Improving transparency within the judicial system</header> <section id="H954057F91C80466BBBA09A11F7D58748"><enum>801.</enum><header>Televising Supreme Court proceedings</header> <subsection id="HEBB83194B615407F96365D9F769CD6B8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/28/45">Chapter 45</external-xref> of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H01D62DD4EFC84A59932ABDC28E92FF66" style="USC">
<section id="H329D2BFF89394B2E8BAED30E2D5B824B"><enum>678.</enum><header>Televising Supreme Court proceedings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Supreme Court shall permit television coverage of all open sessions of the Court unless the Court decides, by a vote of the majority of justices, that allowing such coverage in a particular case would constitute a violation of the due process rights of one or more of the parties before the Court.</text></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection id="H62C41829CE414B5AAC75E72D5D30484C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The chapter analysis for <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/28/45">chapter 45</external-xref> of title 28, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H123C072791DB400E88DEB029A3F3E443" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<toc-entry level="section">678. Televising Supreme Court proceedings.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>
<section id="H7A8CE317C09842698897709B8D4569C1" commented="no"><enum>802.</enum><header>Audio recording of Supreme Court proceedings</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Chief Justice of the United States shall ensure that the audio of an oral argument before the Supreme Court of the United States is recorded and is made publicly available on the Internet website of the Supreme Court at the same time that it is recorded. </text></section> <section id="H6456714DCB134156AA22CABA6CF96BF7" commented="no"><enum>803.</enum><header>Availability on the Internet of financial disclosure reports of judicial officers</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 103 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc-appendix" parsable-cite="usc-appendix/5/103">5 U.S.C. App. 103</external-xref>), as amended by this Act, is further amended by inserting at the end the following: </text>
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<subsection id="HFE022BA1D69140C89F1DF0ED8B797CAF" commented="no"><enum>(n)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Judicial Conference shall make available any report filed with it under this title by a judicial officer within 48 hours of the applicable submission deadline on the website of the Judicial Conference in a searchable, sortable, downloadable, machine-readable format. </text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section> <section id="HCBE72C7276D8487CBD3069518917A2C1" commented="no"><enum>804.</enum><header>GAO audit of PACER</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an audit of the public access to court electronic records system maintained by the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, and shall submit to Congress, the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, and any other appropriate Federal agency or office, a report that contains the results of the audit, along with any recommendations for improving the public access to court electronic records system. </text></section>
<enum>IX</enum><header>Enforcement</header>
<section id="HDCA0A3ECE4C142AFA97DB32F3EA545B0"><enum>901.</enum><header>Audits by the Government Accountability Office</header>
<subsection id="H482C43C934AF4455BF55096D45C999B4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Audit requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Comptroller General shall conduct annual audits of the implementation of the provisions in this Act, and shall submit annually to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on the results of the audits. </text></subsection> <subsection id="H45E799037D0D45D18C226C9ED1053FB0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Matters covered by audits</header><text>Audits conducted under this section shall address whether the congressional and executive branch data that is required to be provided to the public through the Internet is each of the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H5C3C34CDD53F4995A4F0F204986759CE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Complete</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Made available, except for data that is subject to privacy, security, or privilege exemptions.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H6466D5ED10414367840E955F3DAD80C0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Primary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Collected at the source, with the highest possible level of granularity, not in aggregate or modified forms.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD91E4ED777AA4337BA68F69D3968F983"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Timely</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Made available as quickly as necessary to preserve the value of the data.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H5017E514F04C41F6886F397F85EC7959"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Accessible</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Available to the widest range of users for the widest range of purposes.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4F1AF9D81A6F4A429C650F7BAE95BC8C"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Machine processable</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Reasonably structured to allow automated processing.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF64FED4F82794D79BD39405B2412E74C"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Non-discriminatory</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Available to anyone, with no registration requirement.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H99DC095FFB6C4635AC69B47F07015B06"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Non-proprietary</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Available in a format over which no entity has exclusive control.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HF264B2DCBE5F4C2CB377918926679AED"><enum>(8)</enum><header>License-free</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not subject to any copyright, patent, trademark, or trade secret regulation (with reasonable privacy, security, and privilege restrictions).</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H03A7FB9D7261465383E980BA8B576769"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Current standards</header><text>Audits conducted under this section shall also address whether the data provided to the public under this Act is produced and maintained using current standards for data publication.</text></subsection></section> <enum>X</enum><header>Miscellaneous</header> <section id="H273D72E98916485ABB03009C930A8EA2"><enum>1001.</enum><header>Transfer of certain records to Archivist of United States</header> <subsection id="H2CA59F0A9DFE40CA86A4C548283538A4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subject to subsection (b), not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General of the United States shall transfer to the Archivist of the United States each record—</text>
<paragraph id="H8D5873C2497E4111A73DBA15FD50BE9D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>created during the period beginning on January 1, 1981, and ending December 31, 1986; and</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H364F96455944408D88A1A62FA2055766" commented="no"><enum>(2)</enum><text>subject to Item 7 of Records Schedule N1–60–10–31 of the National Archives and Records Administration.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H72E8B97A35F54874A8BC761875AE5798"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Retention</header>
<paragraph id="HC297CE0673D84973B0F3FF38B3FEFEBE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Attorney General of the United States may submit to the Archivist of the United States a written request to retain any record described in subsection (a), in accordance with section 1235.14 of title 36, Code of Federal Regulations. The Archivist shall approve or deny each such request not later than 60 days after receiving the request.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H22A4A0538CC741F2A1C1E188101D77FC"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Transfer of records after denial</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the Archivist of the United States denies a request under paragraph (1), the Attorney General shall transfer to the Archivist each record for which the request for retention has been denied.</text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection id="H40F3973A6C994F858027C784C3F018A4" commented="no"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Enforcement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Attorney General fails to comply with the requirements of this section, the Archivist of the United States may bring an action in the proper district court of the United States to enforce compliance with this section. </text></subsection></section> <section id="H964F8D91FCAE42BA95235D15B932E8F9"><enum>1002.</enum><header>Data standards</header> <subsection id="H64127D50DE714E75933DFEA79B203366"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subtitle A of title I of the Financial Stability Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/5311">12 U.S.C. 5311</external-xref> et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<section id="HA2952E3C33CF43B0B24FB41FEC49B7F5"><enum>124.</enum><header>Data standards</header>
<subsection id="H573D792307BB47989BDA1BC20A09F90B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary of the Treasury shall, by rule, promulgate data standards for the information reported to member agencies by financial entities under the jurisdiction of the member agency and the data collected from member agencies on behalf of the Council.</text></subsection> <subsection id="HCECB7995EFB94314A30EC285674D0E27"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Standardization</header><text>Member agencies, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, shall implement regulations promulgated by the Secretary of the Treasury under subsection (a) to standardize the types and formats of data reported to member agencies or collected on behalf of the Council, as described under subsection (a). If a member agency fails to implement such regulations prior to the expiration of the 3-year period following the date of publication of final regulations, the Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with the Chairperson, may implement such regulations with respect to the financial entities under the jurisdiction of the member agency.</text></subsection>
<subsection id="H9D26BF2B27F7493E8D77C17F32586A16"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Data standards</header>
<paragraph id="HB0DAA9782B92410F810C746E248F5C7E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Common identifiers and data formats</header><text>The data standards promulgated under subsection (a) shall include—</text> <subparagraph id="HD4C6887B64764961BBDE291A3D125656"><enum>(A)</enum><text>common identifiers for information reported to member agencies or collected on behalf of the Council, including a common legal entity identifier for all entities required to report to member agencies; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H705AFE6B1635417CBADF744BD9E1E3C3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>common data formats for information reported to member agencies or collected on behalf of the Council.</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HAB79E4EB3F52413FBB9B810A07F7ECCE"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Data standard requirements</header><text>The data standards promulgated under subsection (a) shall, to the extent practicable—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFC9EB15A0A7A4416883EDFFE3FBCDB60"><enum>(A)</enum><text>render information fully searchable and machine-readable;</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="HD61525DD1BE044D591D974F6CA40C7E7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>be nonproprietary;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB407014739C749958F56FBD6651C5BD0"><enum>(C)</enum><text>incorporate standards developed and maintained by voluntary consensus standards bodies; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph id="H5CB15DCFA2BB4C27ACCEC2D2339A88BE"><enum>(D)</enum><text>be consistent with and implement applicable accounting and reporting principles.</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBEDCB74DC0F64EC4AEDABD68DD93BFEA"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Consultation</header><text>In promulgating data standards under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury shall consult with other Federal departments and agencies and multi-agency initiatives responsible for Federal data standards.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HD51FE697211441989840D20C2D898FDD"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Interoperability of data</header><text>In promulgating data standards under subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury shall seek to promote interoperability of financial regulatory data across members of the Council.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection id="H1B9C893F695E4C249A0653EE773E017F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical amendment</header><text>The table of contents under section 1(b) of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 123 the following:</text> <quoted-block id="HF8D48C1A058F49F6ABD72D4A6AA75052" style="OLC"> <toc regeneration="no-regeneration"> <toc-entry level="section">Sec. 124. Data standards.</toc-entry></toc><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section>