[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2590 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
109th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2590
To require full disclosure of all entities and organizations receiving
Federal funds
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
April 6, 2006
Mr. Coburn (for himself, Mr. Obama, Mr. Carper, and Mr. McCain)
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
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A BILL
To require full disclosure of all entities and organizations receiving
Federal funds
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Funding Accountability and
Transparency Act of 2006''.
SEC. 2. FULL DISCLOSURE OF ENTITIES RECEIVING FEDERAL FUNDING.
(a) In General.--
(1) Website.--Effective beginning January 1, 2007 and
subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the Office of Management and
Budget shall ensure the existence and operation of a single
updated searchable database website accessible by the public at
no cost that includes for each entity receiving Federal
funding--
(A) the name of the entity;
(B) the amount of any Federal funds that the entity
has received in each of the last 10 fiscal years;
(C) an itemized breakdown of each transaction,
including funding agency, program source, and a
description of the purpose of each funding action;
(D) the location of the entity and primary location
of performance, including the city, State,
congressional district, and country;
(E) a unique identifier for each such entity and
parent entity, should the entity be owned by another
entity; and
(F) any other relevant information.
(2) Initial data.--Effective January 1, 2007, the website
shall include data for fiscal years 2006 and 2007.
(3) Previous fiscal years.--Not later than January 1, 2009,
information required by this section shall be posted on the
website for fiscal years 1999 through 2005.
(b) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Entity.--The term ``entity''--
(A) includes--
(i) a corporation;
(ii) an association;
(iii) a partnership;
(iv) a limited liability company;
(v) a limited liability partnership;
(vi) any other legal business entity;
(vii) grantees, contractors, and, on and
after October 1, 2007, subgrantees and
subcontractors; and
(viii) any State or locality; and
(B) does not include--
(i) an individual recipient of Federal
assistance;
(ii) a Federal employee; or
(iii) a grant or contract of a nature that
could be reasonably expected to cause damage to
national security.
(2) Federal funding.--The term ``federal funding''--
(A) means Federal financial assistance and
expenditures that include grants, contracts, subgrants,
subcontracts, loans, awards and other forms of
financial assistance; and
(B) does not include credit card transactions or
minor purchases.
(3) Searchable database website.--The term ``searchable
database website'' means a website that allows the public to--
(A) search Federal funding by name of entity,
parent entity, or type of industry, geography,
including location of the entity and the primary
location of the performance, amounts and types of
federal funding, program sources, type of activity
being performed, time factors such as fiscal years or
multiple fiscal years, and other relevant information;
and
(B) download data included in subparagraph (A)
including outcomes from searches.
(c) Website.--The database website established by this section--
(1) shall not be considered in compliance if it links to
FPDS, Grants.gov or other existing websites and databases,
unless each of those sites has information from all agencies
and each category of information required to be itemized can be
searched electronically by field in a single search;
(2) shall provide an opportunity for the public to provide
input about the utility of the site and recommendations for
improvements; and
(3) shall be updated not later than 30 days after the award
of any assistance requiring a posting.
(d) Agency Responsibilities.--The Director of OMB shall provide
guidance to agency heads to ensure compliance with this section.
(e) Report.--The Director of OMB shall annually report to the
Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs and the
House Committee on Government Reform on implementation of the website
that shall include data about the usage and public feedback on the
utility of the site, including recommendations for improvements. The
annual report shall be made publicly available on the website.
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