3.0.0 1957 2022-02-03T05:57:06Z 2022-02-03T05:57:06Z Senate S S 2011-12-07 112 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2011-12-07T22:01:41Z Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act 112 3609 HR 2012-10-01 Committee on House Administration discharged. Identical bill CRS 2011-12-07 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2011-12-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C000560 Sen. Coburn, Tom [R-OK] TOM COBURN R OK N S001141 Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] Jeff Sessions R AL 2011-12-07 True C000286 Sen. Chambliss, Saxby [R-GA] SAXBY CHAMBLISS R GA 2011-12-07 True B001135 Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC] Richard Burr R NC Mauze 2011-12-07 True M001170 Sen. McCaskill, Claire [D-MO] Claire McCaskill D MO 2011-12-07 True C001035 Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] Susan Collins R ME M. 2011-12-07 True B001265 Sen. Begich, Mark [D-AK] Mark Begich D AK 2011-12-07 True M000303 Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] JOHN MCCAIN R AZ SIDNEY 2011-12-07 True A000368 Sen. Ayotte, Kelly [R-NH] Kelly Ayotte R NH 2011-12-07 True H000338 Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] ORRIN HATCH R UT GRANT 2011-12-07 True P000603 Sen. Paul, Rand [R-KY] Rand Paul R KY 2011-12-07 True H001041 Sen. Heller, Dean [R-NV] Dean Heller R NV 2011-12-07 True C000880 Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] Mike Crapo R ID 2011-12-07 True C000542 Sen. Coats, Daniel [R-IN] DANIEL COATS R IN RAY 2011-12-07 True E000285 Sen. Enzi, Michael B. [R-WY] MICHAEL ENZI R WY B. 2011-12-07 True D000595 Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC] James DeMint R SC W. 2011-12-07 True T000250 Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] John Thune R SD R. 2011-12-07 True R000595 Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL] Marco Rubio R FL 2011-12-07 True J000293 Sen. Johnson, Ron [R-WI] Ron Johnson R WI 2011-12-07 True L000577 Sen. Lee, Mike [R-UT] Mike Lee R UT 2011-12-07 True B001236 Sen. Boozman, John [R-AR] John Boozman R AR 2011-12-07 True H001061 Sen. Hoeven, John [R-ND] John Hoeven R ND 2011-12-07 True C001056 Sen. Cornyn, John [R-TX] John Cornyn R TX 2011-12-07 True V000127 Sen. Vitter, David [R-LA] David Vitter R LA 2011-12-07 True G000359 Sen. Graham, Lindsey [R-SC] Lindsey Graham R SC 2011-12-07 True K000352 Sen. Kyl, Jon [R-AZ] Jon Kyl R AZ Llewellyn 2011-12-07 True T000461 Sen. Toomey, Patrick [R-PA] Patrick Toomey R PA J. 2011-12-07 True M000355 Sen. McConnell, Mitch [R-KY] Mitch McConnell R KY 2011-12-07 True R000584 Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] James Risch R ID E. 2011-12-07 True W000437 Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] Roger Wicker R MS F. 2011-12-07 True I000024 Sen. Inhofe, James M. [R-OK] Jim Inhofe R OK 2011-12-07 True B001261 Sen. Barrasso, John [R-WY] John Barrasso R WY 2011-12-07 True C001071 Sen. Corker, Bob [R-TN] Bob Corker R TN 2011-12-12 False Government Operations and Politics Census and government statistics Executive agency funding and structure Foreign aid and international relief Government information and archives Government lending and loan guarantees Performance measurement Public contracts and procurement Government Operations and Politics 00 2011-12-07 Introduced in Senate 2011-12-27T16:48:06Z Taxpayers Right to Know Act - Requires the head of each federal agency in each fiscal year to: (1) identify and describe every program administered by such agency; (2) determine the total administrative expenses and expenditures for services for each program; (3) estimate the number of clients served by each program and the beneficiaries who received assistance under each program; (4) estimate the number of full-time federal and contract employees who administer each program; and (5) identify federal programs with duplicative or overlapping missions, services, and allowable uses of funds.

Requires agency heads to publish on agency websites the information required by this Act, the latest performance reviews of each agency program, improper payment rates, the total amount of unspent and unobligated program funds held by the agency and grant recipients, and recommendations for consolidating duplicative programs, eliminating waste and inefficiency, and terminating lower priority, outdated, and unnecessary programs and initiatives.

Expands the scope of information required in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance to include: (1) programs providing assistance to foreign nations, international organizations, and services provided or funded by agencies operating outside the United States; (2) information required by this Act; and (3) budget functions and authorization and appropriation amounts for each assistance program in the Catalog.

]]> Taxpayers Right to Know Act Short Titles as Introduced Taxpayers Right to Know Act Display Title Taxpayers Right to Know Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide taxpayers with an annual report disclosing the cost of, performance by, and areas for improvements for Government programs, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate 2011-12-07T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112s1957is/xml/BILLS-112s1957is.xml 2011-12-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 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.