3.0.0 3836 2022-12-29T22:33:31Z 2022-12-29T22:33:31Z Senate S 2022-03-15 117 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2022-03-15T16:03:16Z 2022-03-15 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1179-1180) IntroReferral 2022-03-15 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress E000295 Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] Joni Ernst R IA N B001310 Sen. Braun, Mike [R-IN] Mike Braun R IN 2022-03-22 False Taxation Taxation 00 2022-03-15 Introduced in Senate 2022-03-21T13:34:15Z The Watchdog Act

This bill establishes in the Executive Office of the President the Taxpayer Watchdog Office. The office shall (1) oversee the implementation of federal transparency laws (i.e., laws requiring disclosure of how federal funds are spent), (2) accept and review complaints about a failure of a federal agency to comply with a transparency law, (3) evaluate the compliance of federal agencies with such laws, (4) provide information on transparency to the public on a searchable public website, and (5) make annual reports to the public listing each federal transparency law and on the evaluation of federal agency compliance with such laws.

]]> The Watchdog Act Display Title The Watchdog Act Short Title(s) as Introduced The Watchdog Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to establish within the Executive Office of the President the Taxpayer Watchdog Office. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-117s3836is/xml/BILLS-117s3836is.xml 2022-03-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. (Sponsor introductory remarks on measure: CR S1179-1180) 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.