[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
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[H.R. 2392 Reported in House (RH)]

                                                 Union Calendar No. 133
111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2392

                          [Report No. 111-239]

To improve the effectiveness of the Government's collection, analysis, 
 and dissemination of business information by using modern interactive 
                           data technologies.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 13, 2009

   Mr. Issa introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

                             July 30, 2009

                     Additional sponsor: Mr. Towns

                             July 30, 2009

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on May 13, 
                                 2009]

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                                 A BILL


 
To improve the effectiveness of the Government's collection, analysis, 
 and dissemination of business information by using modern interactive 
                           data technologies.

    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 ``Government Information Transparency 
Act''.

SEC. 2. DATA STANDARD REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Requirement.--The Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall adopt a single data standard for the collection, analysis, 
and dissemination of business and financial information for use by 
private sector entities in accordance with section 3 for information 
required to be reported to the Federal Government, and a single data 
standard for use by agencies within the Federal Government in 
accordance with section 4 for Federal financial information.
    (b) Characteristics of Data Standards.--The single data standards 
required by subsection (a) shall--
            (1) be common across all agencies, to the maximum extent 
        practicable;
            (2) be a widely accepted, open source, non-proprietary, 
        searchable, computer-readable format for business and financial 
        data;
            (3) be consistent with and implement--
                    (A) United States generally accepted accounting 
                principles or Federal financial accounting standards 
                (as appropriate);
                    (B) industry best practices; and
                    (C) Federal regulatory requirements;
            (4) improve the transparency, consistency, and usability of 
        business and financial information; and
            (5) be capable of being continually upgraded to be of 
        maximum use as technologies and content evolve over time.

SEC. 3. IMPLEMENTATION OF SINGLE DATA STANDARD FOR PRIVATE SECTOR.

    (a) OMB Guidance.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall issue guidance to agencies on the use and implementation 
of the single data standard required by section 2 for information 
required to be reported to agencies by the private sector.
    (b) Agency Requirements.--
            (1) Requirement.--To the maximum extent practicable and 
        consistent with the guidance provided by the Office of 
        Management and Budget under subsection (a), the head of each 
        agency shall require the use of the single data standard 
        required by section 2 for business and financial information 
        reported to the agency by private sector companies.
            (2) Implementation.--The head of the agency shall begin 
        implementing the requirement of paragraph (1) within one year 
        after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. IMPLEMENTATION OF SINGLE DATA STANDARD FOR FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

    (a) OMB Development.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall develop the single data standard required by section 2 for 
use by agencies within the Federal Government for Federal financial 
information.
    (b) OMB Guidance.--Not later than 18 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Director shall issue guidance to agencies on 
the use and implementation of the single data standard developed under 
subsection (a).

SEC. 5. PUBLIC ACCESS TO DATA.

    The head of each agency shall ensure that information collected 
using the single data standards required under this Act is accessible 
to the general public in that format to the extent permitted by law.

SEC. 6. REPORT.

    Within one year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall submit to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
Affairs of the Senate a report on the status of the implementation of 
this Act.

SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Agency.--The term ``agency'' means any executive 
        department, military department, Government corporation, 
        Government controlled corporation, independent establishment, 
        or other establishment in the executive branch of the 
        Government (including the Executive Office of the President), 
        or any independent regulatory agency, but does not include--
                    (A) the Government Accountability Office;
                    (B) the Federal Election Commission;
                    (C) the governments of the District of Columbia and 
                of the territories and possessions of the United 
                States, and their various subdivisions; or
                    (D) Government-owned contractor-operated 
                facilities, including laboratories engaged in national 
                defense research and production activities.
            (2) Executive department, military department, government 
        corporation, government controlled corporation, independent 
        establishment.--The terms ``Executive department'', ``military 
        department'', ``Government corporation'', ``Government 
        controlled corporation'', and ``independent establishment'' 
        have the meanings given those terms by chapter 1 of title 5, 
        United States Code.
            (3) Independent regulatory agency.--The term ``independent 
        regulatory agency'' has the meaning given that term by section 
        3502(5) of title 44, United States Code.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 133

111th CONGRESS

  1st Session

                               H. R. 2392

                          [Report No. 111-239]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To improve the effectiveness of the Government's collection, analysis, 
 and dissemination of business information by using modern interactive 
                           data technologies.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             July 30, 2009

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed