3.0.0 2852 2017-12-15T00:02:46Z 2017-12-15T00:02:46Z Senate S S 2008-04-14 110 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2008-04-14T19:26:58Z 2008-04-14 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2978-2979) IntroReferral 2008-04-14 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2977-2978) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2008-04-14 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX N C000286 Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] SAXBY CHAMBLISS R GA 2008-04-16 False I000055 Sen. Isakson, Johnny [R-GA] Johnny Isakson R GA 2008-05-12 False Economics and Public Finance Appropriations Congress Congressional Research Service Congressional agencies Congressional investigations Congressional reporting requirements Federal libraries Financial statements Foreign Trade and International Finance Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Income tax Internet Legislation Library of Congress Science, Technology, Communications Tariff Tax credits Tax deductions Tax exclusion Tax preferences Taxation Taxpayers Web sites Economics and Public Finance 00 2008-04-14 Introduced in Senate 2008-05-30T21:26:58Z Federal Spending and Taxpayer Accessibility Act - Directs the Congressional Research Service (CRS) to create a free public Internet website that includes data for fiscal years after FY2007 and allows the user to search specified information on each federal earmark, including the intended recipient, total dollar amount, the sponsoring Member of Congress, and the status of the bill to which it is attached.

Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to provide, upon an eligible individual's request, his or her taxpayer account statement.

Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to include the financial outlays exceeding $25,000 of all federal agencies for fiscal years after FY2008 on the Internet website established by the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006.

Declares that nothing in this Act shall require the disclosure of classified information.


]]> Federal Spending and Taxpayer Accessibility Act of 2008 Short Titles as Introduced Federal Spending and Taxpayer Accessibility Act of 2008 Display Title Federal Spending and Taxpayer Accessibility Act of 2008 Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide increased accessibility to information on Federal spending, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2008-04-14T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-110s2852is/xml/BILLS-110s2852is.xml 2008-04-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2978-2979) text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.