3.0.0 4560 2023-01-11T13:16:39Z 2023-01-11T13:16:39Z House H HR 2010-02-02 111 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Referred to 2010-02-02T17:32:47Z 2010-02-02 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2010-02-02 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2010-02-02 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress K000371 Rep. Kratovil, Frank, Jr. [D-MD-1] Frank Kratovil D MD 1 N B001253 Rep. Bean, Melissa L. [D-IL-8] Melissa Bean D IL L. 8 2010-02-24 False Economics and Public Finance Accounting and auditing Appropriations Congressional oversight Government information and archives Economics and Public Finance 00 2010-02-02 Introduced in House 2010-03-31T19:48:48Z Earmark Performance and Accountability Act of 2010 - Requires a state, a local government, a nonprofit organization, or a private entity (non-federal entity) to: (1) conduct an audit using an independent external auditor of any program, project, or activity it administers that is funded through an earmark; and (2) report to Congress about such audit, including whether the earmarked funds are being spent efficiently and effectively and whether the program, project, or activity is meeting any applicable stated purpose.

States that such program, project, or activity is funded through an earmark if it is included on: (1) a list of congressional earmarks generated under the Rules of the House of Representatives; (2) a list of congressionally directed spending generated under the Standing Rules of the Senate; or (3) both such lists.

Requires a federal agency that conducts an audit of any program, project, or activity it administers that is funded through an earmark to report to Congress on its results, including whether the earmarked funds are being spent efficiently and effectively and whether the program, project, or activity is meeting any applicable stated purpose.

Requires each such report to be transmitted to the Government Accountability Office (GAO) and GAO to make them publicly available on its website.

]]> Earmark Performance and Accountability Act of 2010 Display Title Earmark Performance and Accountability Act of 2010 Official Title as Introduced To amend title 31, United States Code, to increase transparency and accountability for earmarks, and for other purposes. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced Earmark Performance and Accountability Act of 2010 Introduced in House 2010-02-02T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111hr4560ih/xml/BILLS-111hr4560ih.xml 2010-02-02 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. 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.