[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4983 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4983

 To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, the Rules of the House 
   of Representatives, the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, and the 
Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 to improve 
access to information in the legislative and executive branches of the 
                  Government, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 25, 2010

 Mr. Quigley introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
 Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the 
Committees on Rules, House Administration, the Judiciary, and Standards 
of Official Conduct, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Ethics in Government Act of 1978, the Rules of the House 
   of Representatives, the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995, and the 
Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 to improve 
access to information in the legislative and executive branches of the 
                  Government, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Transparency in Government Act of 
2010''.

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    The table of contents is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
   TITLE I--IMPROVING ACCESS TO INFORMATION ABOUT MEMBERS OF CONGRESS

Sec. 101. Greater disclosure and electronic filing of personal 
                            financial information.
Sec. 102. Greater disclosure of travel reports.
Sec. 103. Greater disclosure of gift reports.
Sec. 104. Greater disclosure of earmarks.
    TITLE II--ENHANCING PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE WORK OF CONGRESSIONAL 
                   COMMITTEES, LEGISLATION, AND VOTES

Sec. 201. Increase transparency of committee votes.
Sec. 202. Increase transparency of committee work.
Sec. 203. Increase transparency of committee schedules through the 
                            Clerk.
Sec. 204. Require all legislation be publicly available 72 hours before 
                            consideration.
Sec. 205. Increased transparency of recorded votes.
  TITLE III--ENHANCING PUBLIC ACCESS TO CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

Sec. 301. Enhance access to CRS.
                     TITLE IV--LOBBYING DISCLOSURE

Sec. 401. GAO study of lobbyist registration and disclosure.
Sec. 402. Expedited online registration of lobbyists; expansion of 
                            registrants.
Sec. 403. Disclosure of additional information by lobbyists.
Sec. 404. Disclosure of political contributions.
Sec. 405. Effective date.
              TITLE V--TRANSPARENCY IN FEDERAL CONTRACTING

Sec. 501. Improving application programming interface and website data 
                            elements.
Sec. 502. Improving data quality.
Sec. 503. Recipient performance transparency.
Sec. 504. Improvement of Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity 
                            Information System Database.
Sec. 505. Requirements relating to reporting of award data.
                TITLE VI--EXECUTIVE BRANCH TRANSPARENCY

Sec. 601. Requirement for disclosure of Federal sponsorship of all 
                            Federal advertising or other 
                            communications.
                     TITLE VII--STRENGTHENING FOIA

Sec. 701. Digital access to completed responses to the Freedom of 
                            Information Act.
Sec. 702. Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays.
                        TITLE VIII--ENFORCEMENT

Sec. 801. Audits by the Government Accountability Office.

   TITLE I--IMPROVING ACCESS TO INFORMATION ABOUT MEMBERS OF CONGRESS

SEC. 101. GREATER DISCLOSURE AND ELECTRONIC FILING OF PERSONAL 
              FINANCIAL INFORMATION.

    (a) Additional Financial Disclosure Requirements.--(1) Section 
102(a)(1)(B) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 is amended in 
clause (iv) by striking ``$15,000'' and inserting ``$25,000'' and by 
striking clauses (v) through (ix) and inserting the following new 
clauses:
                            ``(v) greater than $25,000 but not more 
                        than $100,000, round to the nearest $10,000,
                            ``(vi) greater than $100,000 but not more 
                        than $1,000,000, round to the nearest $100,000, 
                        or
                            ``(vii) greater than $1,000,000, round to 
                        the nearest $1,000,000.''.
    (2) Section 102(d)(1) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 is 
amended by striking ``(3), (4), (5), and (8)'' an inserting ``(5) and 
(8)''.
    (3) Section 102(d) of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 is 
amended by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3) and by 
inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph:
    ``(3) The categories for reporting the amount or value of the items 
covered in paragraphs (3) or (4) of subsection (a) are as follows:
            ``(A) not more than $15,000;
            ``(B) greater than $15,000 but not more than $25,000;
            ``(C) greater than $25,000 but not more than $100,000, 
        round to the nearest $10,000;
            ``(D) greater than $100,000 but not more than $1,000,000, 
        round to the nearest $100,000; and
            ``(E) greater than $1,000,000, round to the nearest 
        $1,000,000.''.
    (b) More Frequent Disclosure of Financial Transactions Involving 
Large Sums of Money.--(1) Section 101 of the Ethics in Government Act 
of 1978 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(i) In addition to any other report required to be filed by a 
Member of Congress or officer or employee of the Congress, each such 
individual is required to file a quarterly report on April 30, July 30, 
October 30, and January 30 of each year covering the preceding calendar 
quarter if that individual (or the spouse or any dependent child of 
that individual) purchased, sold, or exchanged any property described 
in subsection (a)(5) valued at not less than $250,000 during that 
calendar quarter. For any such transaction of not less than $250,000, 
such report shall contain all of the information required under 
subsection (a)(5).''.
    (2)(A) Clause 1 of rule XXVI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended by inserting ``(a)'' after ``1.'' and by 
adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
            ``(b) If any report is filed with the Clerk for a calendar 
        quarter pursuant to section 101(i) of the Ethics in Government 
        Act of 1978, the Clerk shall compile all such reports sent to 
        the Clerk by Members and have them printed as a House document, 
        which shall be made available to the public, as soon as 
        practicable.
            ``(c) Each individual required to file a report with the 
        Clerk under title I under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 
        shall file and maintain such report in electronic form.''.
    (B) Comparable language to be added by the Senate.
    (c) Availability on the Internet of Reports Filed Under This Title 
With the Clerk of the House or the Secretary of the Senate.--Section 
103 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 is amended by adding at the 
end the following new subsection:
    ``(l) The Clerk of the House of Representatives and the Secretary 
of the Senate shall each make available any report filed with them 
under this title within 48 hours of the applicable submission deadline 
on the website of the Clerk or the Secretary, as applicable, in a 
searchable, sortable, downloadable format.''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to reports filed for calendar years or calendar quarters 
beginning after the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 102. GREATER DISCLOSURE OF TRAVEL REPORTS.

    (a) Foreign Travel.--Clause 8(b)(3) of rule X of the Rules of the 
House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the following 
new sentence: ``Within 48 hours after any such report is filed with the 
chair of a committee, the chair shall post the report on the Internet 
site of the committee in a searchable, sortable, downloadable 
format.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to travel commencing after the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 103. GREATER DISCLOSURE OF GIFT REPORTS.

    (a) Requiring Clerk of the House To Post Reports on Internet Not 
Later Than 48 Hours After Receipt.--(1) Clause 5(b)(5) of rule XXV of 
the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``shall make available'' and 
                inserting ``shall post on the public Internet site of 
                the Clerk and otherwise make available''; and
                    (B) by striking ``as possible'' and inserting the 
                following: ``as possible, but in no event later than 48 
                hours,''.
    (2) Comparable language to be added by the Senate.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to reports filed on or after the date of the 
adoption of this resolution.

SEC. 104. GREATER DISCLOSURE OF EARMARKS.

    (a) Electronic Disclosure by Members.--(1) Rule XXIII of the Rules 
of the House of Representatives is amended by redesignating clause 18 
as clause 19 and by inserting after clause 17 the following:
    ``18. A Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner who requests a 
congressional earmark, a limited tax benefit, or a limited tariff 
benefit shall, within 24 hours after making such request--
            ``(1) post on his or her public website for the remainder 
        of the Congress the following--
                    ``(A) the name and address of the intended 
                recipient;
                    ``(B) whether the intended recipient is a for-
                profit or not-for-profit entity;
                    ``(C) the requested amount (only in the case of 
                congressional earmarks); and
                    ``(D) an explanation of the request, including the 
                purpose, and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer 
                funds;
            ``(2) electronically submit to the committee of subject-
        matter jurisdiction the webpage address where such information 
        is posted;
            ``(3) identify each request as having been submitted to the 
        committee of subject-matter jurisdiction; and
            ``(4) display on the homepage of such website a hypertext 
        link that contains the words `Earmarks', `Appropriations 
        Requests', `Limited Tax Benefits', or `Limited Tariff Benefits' 
        and that directs to such webpage address, and maintain that 
        link for at least 30 calendar days after the last such request 
        is made during the Congress.''.
    (2) The last sentence of clause 16 of rule XXIII of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives is amended by striking ``and clause 17'' 
and inserting ``, clause 17, and clause 18''.
    (b) Electronic Disclosure by Committees.--Rule XI of the Rules of 
the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end the 
following new clause:
`` Earmark disclosure websites
    ``(s)(1) Any committee that accepts any request of a Member, 
Delegate, or Resident Commissioner for a congressional earmark, a 
limited tax benefit, or a limited tariff benefit shall maintain a 
public website with an earmark disclosure webpage that contains the 
following for each such request--
            ``(A) the bill name;
            ``(B) the name, State, and district of that individual;
            ``(C) the name and address of the intended recipient;
            ``(D) whether the intended recipient is a for-profit or 
        not-for-profit entity;
            ``(E) the requested amount (only in the case of 
        congressional earmarks);
            ``(F) a brief description; and
            ``(G) the applicable department or agency of the 
        Government, and the account or program (if provided to the 
        committee in the request);
and is in a downloadable format that is searchable and sortable by such 
characteristics.
    ``(2) Any written statement received by a committee under clause 
17(a) of rule XXIII shall be posted on the earmark disclosure webpage 
of the committee.
    ``(3) The earmark disclosure webpage of a committee shall list the 
names of any Member, Delegate, and Resident Commissioner who requests a 
congressional earmark, a limited tax benefit, or a limited tariff 
benefit and link directly to their webpage addresses referred to in 
clause 18(2) of rule XXIII.
    ``(4) The earmark disclosure webpage of a committee shall post the 
information required under subparagraphs (1) through (3) within one 
week of receipt, and shall maintain that information on that webpage 
for the remainder of the Congress.
    ``(5) For purposes of this paragraph, the terms `congressional 
earmark', `limited tax benefit', and `limited tariff benefit' shall 
have the meaning given them in clause 9 of rule XXI.''.
    (c) Point of Order.--Clause 9 of rule XXI of the Rules of the House 
of Representatives is amended by redesignating paragraphs (e), (f), and 
(g) as paragraphs (f), (g), and (h), respectively, and by inserting 
after paragraph (d) the following:
    ``(e) It shall not be in order to consider any bill or joint 
resolution, or an amendment thereto or conference report thereon, that 
carries a congressional earmark, limited tax benefit, or limited tariff 
benefit for which a Member, Delegate, or Resident Commissioner failed 
to comply with any applicable requirement of clause 18 of rule 
XXIII.''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to requests for congressional earmarks, limited tax benefits, and 
limited tariff benefits made after the date this resolution is agreed 
to.
    (e) Centralized Database for Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and 
Limited Tariff Benefits.--(1) The Clerk of the House of 
Representatives, the Secretary of the Senate, and the chairs of the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and the 
Senate and of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Environment and Public 
Works of the Senate shall collaborate to create one centralized 
database where all requests for earmark, limited tax benefits, and 
limited tariff benefits are available on the Internet in a searchable, 
sortable, downloadable format to the public. The data available to the 
public for each earmark should include--
            (A) an identification of the bill into which the earmark is 
        to be inserted;
            (B) the name, State, and district of the Member of Congress 
        requesting the earmark;
            (C) the name and address of the intended recipient;
            (D) whether the intended recipient is a for-profit or not-
        for-profit entity;
            (E) the requested amount (only in the case of congressional 
        earmarks);
            (F) a brief description of the earmark; and
            (G) the applicable department or agency of the Government, 
        and the account or program (if provided to the committee in the 
        request).
    (2) The centralized database for earmarks referred to in paragraph 
(1) shall be implemented within six months after the date of enactment 
of this Act.

    TITLE II--ENHANCING PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE WORK OF CONGRESSIONAL 
                   COMMITTEES, LEGISLATION, AND VOTES

SEC. 201. INCREASE TRANSPARENCY OF COMMITTEE VOTES.

    Clause 2(e)(1)(B)(i) of rule XI of the Rules of the House of 
Representatives is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by inserting ``and within 24 
        hours of such record vote on its Web site on the Internet'' 
        before the period at the end thereof; and
            (2) in the second sentence, by inserting ``and information 
        so available on its Web site'' before ``shall''.

SEC. 202. INCREASE TRANSPARENCY OF COMMITTEE WORK.

    (a) In the House of Representatives.--Clause 1 of rule XI of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph:
    ``(e)(1) Each committee shall post on its Internet website the 
public hearings and markup schedules of the committee and each of its 
subcommittees at the same time that information is made available to 
members of the committee.
    ``(2) For each hearing and markup for which information is posted 
under subparagraph (1), the committee shall post on its Internet 
website as soon as practicable the following: the topic, related 
legislation, testimony of witnesses, opening statements of the chair 
and ranking minority member, transcripts, and audio and video 
recordings.
    ``(3) Within 24 hours after a committee or subcommittee orders any 
bill or resolution to be reported, the committee or subcommittee, as 
applicable, shall post on its Internet website all amendments that were 
agreed to, except for technical and conforming changes authorized by 
the committee or subcommittee.''.
    (b) In the Senate.--Comparable language to be added by the Senate.

SEC. 203. INCREASE TRANSPARENCY OF COMMITTEE SCHEDULES THROUGH THE 
              CLERK.

    Clause 2 of rule II of the Rules of the House of Representatives is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(l) The Clerk shall require the House to provide, in a 
        structured data format, a complete list of all public hearing 
        and markup schedules of committees and subcommittees as soon as 
        publically available, including links to committee websites.''.

SEC. 204. REQUIRE ALL LEGISLATION BE PUBLICLY AVAILABLE 72 HOURS BEFORE 
              CONSIDERATION.

    (a) Availability of Legislation.--(1) Clause 4 of rule XIII of the 
Rules of the House of Representatives is amended--
            (A) in its side heading, by inserting ``legislation and'' 
        before ``reports'';
            (B) in paragraph (a) by striking subparagraph (1) and 
        inserting the following new subparagraph:
    ``(1) Except as specified in subparagraph (2), it shall not be in 
order to consider in the House a measure or matter until 72 hours 
(excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays except when the House is in 
session on such a day) after the text of such measure or matter (and, 
if the measure or matter is reported, the text of all accompanying 
reports) have been made available to Members, Delegates, the Resident 
Commissioner, and the general public pursuant to subparagraph (3).'';
            (C) by adding at the end of paragraph (a) the following new 
        subparagraph:
    ``(3) Without further amendment before floor consideration, the 
full text of the measure or matter and each committee report thereon 
shall be posted continuously by means of the Internet in such a manner 
that they are conveniently accessible using existing technology, 
anonymously and at no cost, in a format that is searchable by text.''; 
and
            (D) in paragraph (c), by striking ``the third calendar 
        day'' and inserting ``at least 72 hours'' and by striking 
        ``on'' and inserting ``after''.
            (2) Rule XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives 
        is further amended--
                    (A) in clause 5(b), by striking ``and the Resident 
                Commissioner'' and inserting ``the Resident 
                Commissioner, and the general public''; and
                    (B) in clause 6(c), by striking ``or'' at the end 
                of subparagraph (1), by striking the period at the end 
                of subparagraph (2) and inserting ``; or'', and by 
                inserting before the period ``a rule or order proposing 
                a waiver of clause 4(a) of rule XIII or of clause 8(a) 
                or 8(b) of rule XXII, unless a question of 
                consideration of the rule is adopted by a vote of two-
                thirds of the Members voting, a quorum being present''.
    (b) Availability of Conference Reports.--Clause 8 of rule XXII of 
the Rules of the House of Representatives is amended--
            (1) by striking subparagraph (a) and inserting the 
        following new paragraph:
    ``(a)(1) It shall not be in order to consider a conference report 
until 72 hours (excluding Saturdays, Sundays and holidays except when 
the House is in session on such a day) after the conference report and 
the accompanying joint explanatory statement have been available to 
Members, Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, and the general public 
pursuant to subparagraph (2).
    ``(2) Without further amendment before floor consideration, the 
full texts of the conference report and the accompanying signed joint 
explanatory statement shall be posted continuously by means of the 
Internet in such a manner that they are conveniently accessible using 
existing technology, anonymously and at no cost, in a format that can 
be searched by text.'';
            (2) in paragraph (b), by striking subparagraphs (1) and (2) 
        and inserting the following new subparagraphs:
            ``(1) It shall not be in order to consider a motion to 
        dispose of a Senate amendment reported in disagreement by a 
        conference committee until at least 72 hours (excluding 
        Saturdays, Sundays and holidays except when the House is in 
        session on such a day) after the report in disagreement and any 
        accompanying statement have been available to Members, 
        Delegates, the Resident Commissioner, and the general public 
        pursuant to subparagraph (2).
            ``(2) Without further amendment before floor consideration, 
        the full texts of a Senate amendment reported in disagreement 
        and any accompanying statement shall be posted continuously by 
        means of the Internet in such a manner that they are 
        conveniently accessible using existing technology, anonymously 
        and at no cost, in a format that can be searched by text.''.
    (c) Protection of Classified Information.--Nothing in this section 
or any amendment made by it shall be interpreted to require or permit 
the declassification or posting on the Internet of classified 
information in the custody of the House of Representatives. Such 
classified information shall be made available to Members in a timely 
manner as appropriate under existing laws and rules.
    (d) In the Senate.--Comparable language to be added by the Senate.

SEC. 205. INCREASED TRANSPARENCY OF RECORDED VOTES.

    (a) Additional Duties of the Clerk of the House and the Secretary 
of the Senate.--The Clerk of the House of Representative and the 
Secretary of the Senate shall post on the public Internet site of the 
Office of the Clerk or of the Secretary, respectively, a record, 
organized by the name of each Member or Senator, in a structured data 
format, of the recorded votes of that Member or Senator, including the 
roll, date, issue, question, result, and title or description of the 
vote, and any cost estimate of the Congressional Budget Office related 
to the vote.
    (b) Web Link.--Each Member shall provide a link to the Clerk of the 
House of Representatives of a list of recorded votes from that Member's 
web site, and each Senator shall provide a link to the Secretary of the 
Senate of a list of recorded votes from that Senator's web site.
    (c) Definition.--As used in this section, the term ``Member'' means 
a Representative in Congress, a delegate to Congress, or the Resident 
Commissioner from Puerto Rico.
    (d) Effective Date.--This section shall apply to recorded votes 
occurring after the date of enactment of this Act.

  TITLE III--ENHANCING PUBLIC ACCESS TO CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE

SEC. 301. ENHANCE ACCESS TO CRS.

    (a) Availability of CRS Information on the Internet.--Except as 
provided by subsection (b) and (c), the Clerk of the House of 
Representatives, in consultation with the Director of Congressional 
Research Service (hereafter in this section referred to as ``CRS''), 
shall make publically available on the Internet the following CRS 
information:
            (1) CRS Issue Briefs;
            (2) CRS Reports that are available to Members of Congress 
        through the CRS website; and
            (3) CRS Authorization of Appropriations and Appropriations 
        Products.
    (b) Exemption for Confidential Information.--Information deemed 
confidential by the Director of CRS or the head of the Federal 
department or agency that provided that information to CRS and any 
document that is a confidential research request made by an individual, 
office, or committee shall be exempt from disclosure under subsection 
(a).
    (c) Additional Exemptions.--The Clerk of the House of 
Representatives, in consultation with the Director of CRS, shall--
            (1) remove the personal information of CRS employees, 
        including names and phone numbers;
            (2) remove material that may infringe the copyright of a 
        work protected under title 17, United States Code; and
            (3) make any changes to information that s/he deems 
        necessary to ensure its accuracy and currency.
    (d) Conforming Provision.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to require the Director of CRS to respond to any inquiry made 
by a member of the public respecting the information covered by this 
section.
    (e) Access to CRS Website.--Members and standing committees of the 
House of Representatives shall provide a link to the CRS database on 
their websites.
    (f) Establishing, Maintaining, and Updating the Database.--Within 6 
months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Clerk of the House 
of Representatives shall establish the database necessary to carry out 
this section. The Clerk shall be responsible for maintaining and 
updating the information on that database.

                     TITLE IV--LOBBYING DISCLOSURE

SEC. 401. GAO STUDY OF LOBBYIST REGISTRATION AND DISCLOSURE.

    (a) Study.--The Comptroller General shall, beginning not later than 
90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, conduct a study to 
examine the following:
            (1) Whether and to what extent persons exerting substantial 
        influence on the legislative process and executive branch 
        decisionmaking are avoiding the registration and reporting 
        requirements under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995.
            (2) Whether all individuals who fall within the definition 
        of ``lobbyist'' under the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (or 
        the organizations employing such individuals) are registering 
        as required under section 4 of that Act and filing reports 
        under section 5 of that Act, and whether such definition should 
        be amended to avoid evasion of such registration and reporting 
        requirements.
    (b) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress 
a report on the findings of the study conducted under subsection (a), 
and shall include any recommendations the Comptroller General has to 
ensure that all persons exerting substantial influence on the 
legislative process and executive branch decisionmaking and all 
individuals qualifying as lobbyists (or the organizations employing 
such individuals) are complying with the registration and reporting 
requirements of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995.

SEC. 402. EXPEDITED ONLINE REGISTRATION OF LOBBYISTS; EXPANSION OF 
              REGISTRANTS.

    Section 4(a) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 
1603(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) by striking ``45 days'' and inserting ``72 
                hours'';
                    (B) by striking ``, or on the first business day 
                after such 45th day if such 45th day is not a business 
                day,'' and inserting ``, or on the first business day 
                occurring after such 72nd hour if such 72nd hour does 
                not occur on a business day,''; and
                    (C) by inserting ``online'' after ``shall 
                register''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3)(A)(ii), by striking ``$10,000'' and 
        inserting ``$5,000''.

SEC. 403. DISCLOSURE OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION BY LOBBYISTS.

    Section 5(b)(2)(A) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 
1604(b)(2)(A)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(A)'' and inserting ``(A)(i)'';
            (2) by adding ``and'' after the semicolon; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(ii) for each issue listed under clause (i), a 
                list identifying--
                            ``(I) each covered executive branch 
                        official with whom the lobbyist engaged in 
                        lobbying activities; and
                            ``(II) each covered legislative branch 
                        official with whom the lobbyist engaged in 
                        lobbying activities and--
                                    ``(aa) if the official is an 
                                employee of a Member of Congress, the 
                                name of that Member of Congress; or
                                    ``(bb) if the official is an 
                                employee described in clause (ii), 
                                (iii), (iv), or (v) of section 3(4), 
                                the name of the Member or Members of 
                                Congress who hired the official or for 
                                whom the official performs duties as 
                                such official;''.

SEC. 404. DISCLOSURE OF POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS.

    Section 5(d) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 
1604(d)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
                striking ``30 days after'' and all that follows through 
                ``30th day is not'' and inserting ``20 days after the 
                end of the quarterly period beginning on the first day 
                of January, April, July, and October of each year, or 
                on the first business day after such 20th day if such 
                20th day is not'';
                    (B) by striking ``semiannual period'' each place it 
                appears and inserting ``quarterly period'';
                    (C) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) and (G) as 
                subparagraphs (G) and (H), respectively; and
                    (D) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the 
                following:
                    ``(F) the date, recipient, and amount of bundled 
                contributions made within the quarterly period;''; and
            (2) by amending paragraph (2) to read as follows:
            ``(2) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) Leadership pac.--The term `leadership PAC' 
                has the meaning given that term in section 304(I)(8)(B) 
                of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971.
                    ``(B) Bundled contribution.--The term `bundled 
                contribution' means a bundled contribution as defined 
                in section 304(I)(8)(A)(i) of the Federal Election 
                Campaign Act of 1971.''.

SEC. 405. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    (a) Section 401.--Section 401 takes effect on the date of the 
enactment of this Act.
    (b) Amendments.--The amendments made by sections 402, 403, and 404 
take effect on the first day of the first quarterly period described in 
section 5(a) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1604(a)) 
that begins after the end of the 90-day period beginning on the date of 
the enactment of this Act.

              TITLE V--TRANSPARENCY IN FEDERAL CONTRACTING

SEC. 501. IMPROVING APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE AND WEB SITE DATA 
              ELEMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 2 of the Federal Funding Accountability 
and Transparency Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-282; 31 U.S.C. 6101 note) 
(referred to in this Act as the ``Act'' for purposes of any amendment) 
is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)(A)(ii), by striking ``and 
                delivery orders'' and inserting ``lease agreements and 
                assignments, and delivery orders''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (3)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
                        ``and'' after the semicolon;
                            (ii) in subparagraph (D), by striking the 
                        period and inserting ``; and''; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(E) programmatically search and access all data 
                in a serialized machine readable format (such as XML) 
                via a web-services application programming 
                interface.''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)(1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (F), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting a semicolon;
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraph (G) as 
                subparagraph (J); and
                    (C) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the 
                following:
                    ``(G) to the extent possible, the agency and 
                department as well as subagencies and suboffices that 
                have authorized the Federal award;
                    ``(H) after January 1, 2012, for all contracts, 
                subcontracts, purchase orders, task orders, lease 
                agreements and assignments, and delivery orders--
                            ``(i) information about the extent of 
                        competition in making the award, including the 
                        number of bids or proposals determined to be 
                        responsive and responsible during the 
                        competitive process, and if the award was not 
                        competed, the legal authority and specific 
                        rationale for making the award without full and 
                        open competition;
                            ``(ii) the full amount of money that is 
                        awarded under a contract or, in the case of 
                        lease agreements or assignments, the amount 
                        paid to the Government, and the full amount of 
                        any options to expand or extend under a 
                        contract;
                            ``(iii) the amount and nature of the profit 
                        incentive, such as award fees, offered to 
                        contractors for achieving or exceeding 
                        specified goals such as fixed price, cost plus 
                        pricing, labor hour contracts, and time and 
                        materials contracts;
                            ``(iv) an indication if the contract is the 
                        result of legislative mandates, set-asides, 
                        preference program requirements, or other 
                        criteria, and whether the contract is 
                        multiyear, consolidated, or performance based; 
                        and
                            ``(v) an indication if the contract is a 
                        congressionally directed spending item as 
                        defined in Public Law 110-81;
                    ``(I) after January 1, 2011, for all grants, 
                subgrants, loans, awards, cooperative agreements, and 
                other forms of financial assistance, an indication if 
                the funding is a congressionally directed spending item 
                as defined in Public Law 110-81; and''.
    (b) Effective Date.--Except as otherwise provided, amendments made 
by subsection (a) shall be implemented not later than 6 months after 
the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 502. IMPROVING DATA QUALITY.

    (a) In General.--The Act is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

``SEC. 5. IMPROVING DATA QUALITY.

    ``The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall ensure 
the following:
            ``(1) A simple method for the public to report errors is 
        available on the website created by this Act which should--
                    ``(A) allow the public to report errors on single 
                records as well as problems affecting multiple records;
                    ``(B) require the public to provide contact 
                information, including e-mail address, mail address, or 
                telephone number, to be used for informing the reporter 
                of the outcome of the records review;
                    ``(C) send copies of the error report to both an 
                official responsible for the data quality at the agency 
                that generated the data and to the Office of Management 
                and Budget; and
                    ``(D) maintain a public record organized by agency 
                of the total number of records which have had 
                nonfrivolous reports of errors, the number of records 
                which have been corrected, and number of records for 
                which error reports remain unresolved.
            ``(2) The data used on the website created by this Act is 
        audited for quality annually by an external auditor, in 
        compliance with generally accepted Government auditing 
        standards, with the audit to include at least the following 
        steps:
                    ``(A) Review and report publicly on the activity in 
                the error reporting system created by this section with 
                an analysis for each agency and combined for agencies 
                that includes at least the following indicators:
                            ``(i) Number of errors reported.
                            ``(ii) Number of reported errors resolved.
                            ``(iii) Number of reported errors that 
                        remain unresolved.
                            ``(iv) Number of reported errors that led 
                        to corrections.
                            ``(v) Number of reported errors on records 
                        that proved to be correct.
                            ``(vi) Average number of days to resolve 
                        error report.
                            ``(vii) Longest number of days to resolve 
                        an error report.
                            ``(viii) Longest held reported error that 
                        remains unresolved.
                    ``(B) An independent review annually of data used 
                for the website to verify accuracy of the data and 
                assess the process used for improving data quality with 
                an ability for the public to review these findings.
                    ``(C) Identify and report new standards that should 
                be implemented by agencies to improve data quality.
            ``(3) Each agency inspector general--
                    ``(A) reviews a statistically representative sample 
                of agency Federal awards every 6 months for the first 
                three years following enactment of this section, and 
                annually thereafter, to determine whether agencies have 
                appropriate measures in place to review Federal Funding 
                Accountability and Transparency data submissions for 
                accuracy and completeness;
                    ``(B) reports to the Director of the Office of 
                Management and Budget and the head of the agency the 
                findings of the review, including recommendations for 
                corrective action; and
                    ``(C) makes publicly available, including through 
                the website created by this Act, the findings of the 
                review.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--Except as otherwise provided, the amendments 
made by subsection (a) shall be implemented not later than June 30, 
2011.

SEC. 503. RECIPIENT PERFORMANCE TRANSPARENCY.

    (a) In General.--The Act as amended by section 502 is amended by 
adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 6. RECIPIENT PERFORMANCE TRANSPARENCY AND PAST PERFORMANCE.

    ``The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall ensure 
that the unique identifier required in section 2(b)(1)(E) that is used 
to link information about the entity receiving the award on the website 
described in section 2 is also used to link information about that 
entity on the Federal Awardee Performance Integrity Information 
System.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall be 
implemented not later than June 30, 2011.

SEC. 504. IMPROVEMENT OF FEDERAL AWARDEE PERFORMANCE AND INTEGRITY 
              INFORMATION SYSTEM DATABASE.

    (a) Requirement To Make Database Available to Public.--Section 872 
of the Duncan Hunter National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2009 (Public Law 110-417; 122 Stat. 4555) is amended in subsection (e) 
by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Public availability.--The database shall be made 
        available to the public on the Internet in a searchable, 
        sortable, downloadable format.''.
    (b) Requirement To Include in Database 10 Years of Information on 
Certain Persons Awarded Federal Contracts or Grants.--Section 872 of 
such Act is amended in subsection (c) by striking ``5-year'' and 
inserting ``10-year''.
    (c) Requirement To Include Information in Database Regarding 
Certain Judgments and Settlements.--Section 872 of such Act is further 
amended in subsection (c)(1) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraphs:
                    ``(E) In an administrative proceeding, any 
                administrative judgment that does not contain an 
                explicit finding or acknowledgment of fault.
                    ``(F) In a civil proceeding, any settlement that 
                does not contain an explicit finding or acknowledgment 
                of fault.''.

SEC. 505. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO REPORTING OF AWARD DATA.

    (a) Subaward Data Collection and Reporting.--The Director of the 
Office and Management and Budget shall develop and implement a specific 
plan for the collection and reporting of subaward data on Federal 
contracts, including a time frame for including subaward data on 
USAspending.gov.
    (b) Process To Ensure Agency Compliance With Reporting 
Requirements.--The Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
shall develop and implement a process to regularly ensure that all 
Federal agencies report required award information to USAspending.gov.
    (c) Revision of Guidance.--The Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget shall revise the Office's guidance to Federal agencies on 
reporting Federal awards to clarify--
            (1) the requirement that award titles describe the award's 
        purpose; and
            (2) requirements for validating and documenting agency 
        award data submitted by Federal agencies.
    (d) Inclusion of City Information.--The Director of the Office of 
Management and Budget shall include information on the city where work 
is performed in the Office's public reporting of the completeness of 
agency data submissions.

                TITLE VI--EXECUTIVE BRANCH TRANSPARENCY

SEC. 601. REQUIREMENT FOR DISCLOSURE OF FEDERAL SPONSORSHIP OF ALL 
              FEDERAL ADVERTISING OR OTHER COMMUNICATIONS.

    (a) Requirement.--Every advertisement or other communication paid 
for by an Executive agency, either directly or through a contract 
awarded by the Executive agency, shall include a prominent notice 
informing the target audience that the advertisement or other 
communication is paid for by that Executive agency.
    (b) Definition.--In this section, the term ``advertisement or other 
communication'' includes--
            (1) an advertisement disseminated in any form, including 
        print or by any electronic means; and
            (2) a communication by an individual in any form, including 
        speech, print or by any electronic means.

                     TITLE VII--STRENGTHENING FOIA

SEC. 701. DIGITAL ACCESS TO COMPLETED RESPONSES TO THE FREEDOM OF 
              INFORMATION ACT.

    (a) Requirement.--(1) Each agency shall make available all 
materials contained in the agency's completed response to a request 
under section 552 of title 5, United States Code (in this section 
referred to as a ``FOIA request'') in a structured database; in a 
searchable, sortable, downloadable database; or in a format searchable 
by text as appropriate, within one month after the date the FOIA 
request was completed.
    (2) All information is presumed to be available in an electronic 
format as described in paragraph (1) unless the agency demonstrates 
that excessive cost would place an undue burden on the agency.
    (b) Public Availability.--All information included in the agency's 
completed response to a FOIA request shall be made available to the 
public electronically, free of charge through each agency's website.

SEC. 702. COMMISSION ON FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT PROCESSING DELAYS.

    (a) Establishment.--There is established a Commission to be known 
as the ``Commission on Freedom of Information Act Processing Delays'' 
(in this section referred to as the ``Commission'') for the purpose of 
conducting a study relating to the methods to help reduce delays in 
processing requests submitted to Federal agencies under section 552 of 
title 5, United States Code.
    (b) Membership.--
            (1) In general.--The Commission shall be composed of 16 
        members, as follows:
                    (A) 3 appointed by the Chairman of the Committee on 
                the Judiciary of the Senate.
                    (B) 3 appointed by the ranking member of the 
                Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate.
                    (C) 3 appointed by the Chairman of Committee on 
                Oversight and Government Reform of the House of 
                Representatives.
                    (D) 3 appointed by the ranking member of the 
                Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the 
                House of Representatives.
                    (E) 1 appointed by the Attorney General.
                    (F) 1 appointed by the Director of the Office of 
                Management and Budget.
                    (G) 1 appointed by the Archivist.
                    (H) 1 appointed by the Comptroller General.
            (2) Qualifications.--Appointees must have certain 
        qualifications.
    (c) Duties.--The duties of the Commission are to--
            (1) identify methods that--
                    (A) help reduce delays in the processing of FOIA 
                requests submitted to Federal agencies; and
                    (B) ensure the efficient and equitable 
                administration of FOIA throughout the Federal 
                Government; and
            (2) examine whether the system for charging fees and 
        granting waivers of fees needs to be reformed in order to 
        reduce delays.
    (d) Report.--The Commission shall submit a report to Congress and 
the President, not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act, containing the conclusions and recommendations of the 
Commission.

                        TITLE VIII--ENFORCEMENT

SEC. 801. AUDITS BY THE GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE.

    (a) Audit Requirement.--The Comptroller General shall conduct 
annual audits of the implementation of the provisions in this Act, and 
shall submit annually 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 results 
of the audits.
    (b) Matters Covered by Audits.--Audits conducted under this section 
shall address whether the congressional and executive branch 
information that is required to be provided to the public through the 
Internet is complete, primary, timely, accessible, machine processable, 
non-discriminatory, non-proprietary, and license-free.
    (c) Current Standards.--Audits conducted under this section shall 
also address whether the information provided to the public under this 
Act is produced and maintained using current standards for data 
publication.
    (d) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Complete.--The term ``complete'' means all public data 
        is made available. Public data is data that is not subject to 
        valid privacy, security, or privilege limitations.
            (2) Primary.--The term ``primary'' means data collected at 
        the source, with the highest possible level of granularity, not 
        in aggregate or modified forms.
            (3) Timely.--The term ``timely'' means data is made 
        available as quickly as necessary to preserve the value of the 
        data.
            (4) Accessible.--The term ``accessible'' means data is 
        available to the widest range of users for the widest range of 
        purposes.
            (5) Machine processable.--The term ``machine processable'' 
        means data is reasonably structured to allow automated 
        processing.
            (6) Non-discriminatory.--The term ``non-discriminatory'' 
        means data is available to anyone, with no requirement of 
        registration.
            (7) Non-proprietary.--The term ``non-proprietary'' means 
        data is available in a format over which no entity has 
        exclusive control.
            (8) License-free.--The term ``license-free'' means data is 
        not subject to any copyright, patent, trademark, or trade 
        secret regulation. Reasonable privacy, security, and privilege 
        restrictions may be allowed.
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