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<item congress="113" measure-type="hr" measure-number="2198" measure-id="id113hr2198" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2013-05-23" update-date="2013-06-19">
<title>National Activity Based Total Accountability Act of 2013</title>
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<action-date>2013-05-23</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>National Activity Based Total Accountability Act of 2013 - Requires each state government that receives federal financial assistance in a federal fiscal year to submit a state fiscal accounting report for such fiscal year to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that includes: (1) a one-page summary listing the total funding and expenditures of each budget entity of the state government; and (2) a unit-cost summary for each such entity that includes a statement of funds available, a line-item listing for each agency activity that the entity began, attempted, continued, or completed, and a reconciliation of funds available with adjusted expenditures. Sets forth formulae for determining unit-cost and adjusted expenditures.</p> <p>Requires the Director to: (1) publish each report on an OMB website, (2) ensure that such state reports use a standardized form that permits the comparison of information, (3) establish a uniform system for classifying programs and activities, (4) identify conduct for each agency activity that constitutes a completed instance of such activity, and (5) identify performance measures for each agency activity.</p> <p> Requires the Director to inform each federal agency if a state fails to file such report and requires the agency to withhold 10% of any federal financial assistance provided to such state for the next fiscal year.</p>]]></summary-text>
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