[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2340 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2340

 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

                             June 23, 2011

Mr. Quigley (for himself and Ms. Speier) 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 Ethics, 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 
2011''.

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 work.
Sec. 202. Increase transparency of committee schedules through the 
                            Clerk.
Sec. 203. 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. Short title.
Sec. 402. Modifications to enforcement.
Sec. 403. Definition of lobbyist.
Sec. 404. Expedited online registration of lobbyists; expansion of 
                            registrants.
Sec. 405. Disclosure of additional information by lobbyists.
Sec. 406. Disclosure of political contributions.
Sec. 407. Effective date.
              TITLE V--TRANSPARENCY IN FEDERAL CONTRACTING

Sec. 501. Improving application programming interface and Web site data 
                            elements.
Sec. 502. Improving data quality.
Sec. 503. Requirements relating to reporting of award data.
Sec. 504. Recipient performance transparency.
Sec. 505. Improvement of Federal Awardee Performance and Integrity 
                            Information System Database.
Sec. 506. Federal contractor compliance.
Sec. 507. Unique identifying number.
                TITLE VI--EXECUTIVE BRANCH TRANSPARENCY

Sec. 601. Requirement for disclosure of Federal sponsorship of all 
                            Federal advertising or other 
                            communications.
        TITLE VII--STRENGTHENING THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT

Sec. 701. Digital access to completed responses to the Freedom of 
                            Information Act.
                        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, machine-readable 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, machine-
readable 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 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 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 within 45 days 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. 202. 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 House Committees shall provide to the Clerk, in a 
        structured data format, a complete list of all public hearing 
        and markup schedules of committees and subcommittees as soon as 
        publically available; and the Clerk shall post this information 
        on its website, including links to committee websites.''.

SEC. 203. 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 Web site; and
            (3) CRS Authorization of Appropriations and Appropriations 
        Products.
    (b) Exemption for Confidential Information.--Information deemed 
confidential by the Director of 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 Web Site.--Members and standing committees of the 
House of Representatives shall provide a link to the CRS database on 
their Web sites.
    (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

SECTION 401. SHORT TITLE.

    This title may be cited as the ``Lobbyist Disclosure Enhancement 
Act''.

SEC. 402. MODIFICATIONS TO ENFORCEMENT.

    (a) Lobbying Disclosure Act Task Force.--
            (1) Establishment.--The Attorney General shall establish 
        the Lobbying Disclosure Act Enforcement Task Force (in this 
        subsection referred to as the ``Task Force'').
            (2) Functions.--The Task Force--
                    (A) shall have primary responsibility for 
                investigating and prosecuting each case referred to the 
                Attorney General under section 6(a)(8) of the Lobbying 
                Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1605(a)(8));
                    (B) shall collect and disseminate information with 
                respect to the enforcement of the Lobbying Disclosure 
                Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.);
                    (C) shall audit, at a minimum on an annual basis, 
                and as frequently as deemed necessary by the Task 
                Force, the extent of compliance or noncompliance with 
                the requirements of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 
                by lobbyists, lobbying firms, and registrants under 
                that Act through a random sampling of lobbying 
                registrations and reports filed under that Act during 
                each calendar year; and
                    (D) shall establish, publicize, and operate a toll-
                free telephone number to serve as a hotline for members 
                of the public to report noncompliance with lobbyist 
                disclosure requirements under the Lobbying Disclosure 
                Act of 1995, and shall develop a mechanism to allow 
                members of the public to report such noncompliance 
                online.
    (b) Referral of Cases to the Attorney General.--Section 6(a) of the 
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1605(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (8), by striking ``United States Attorney 
        for the District of Columbia'' and inserting ``Attorney 
        General''; and
            (2) in paragraph (11), by striking ``United States Attorney 
        for the District of Columbia'' and inserting ``Attorney 
        General''.
    (c) Recommendations for Improved Enforcement.--The Attorney General 
may make recommendations to Congress with respect to--
            (1) the enforcement of and compliance with the Lobbying 
        Disclosure Act of 1995; and
            (2) the need for resources available for the enhanced 
        enforcement of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995.
    (d) Information in Enforcement Reports.--Section 6(b)(1) of the 
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1605(b)(1)) is amended by 
striking ``by case'' and all that follows through ``public record'' and 
inserting ``by case and name of the individual lobbyists or lobbying 
firms involved, any sentences imposed''.

SEC. 403. DEFINITION OF LOBBYIST.

    Section 3(10) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 
1602(10)) is amended by striking ``, other than an individual'' and all 
that follows through ``period''.

SEC. 404. EXPEDITED ONLINE REGISTRATION OF LOBBYISTS; EXPANSION OF 
              REGISTRANTS.

    Section 4(a)(1) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 
1603(a)(1)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``45 days'' and inserting ``5 days'';
            (2) 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 
        5th day if such 5th day does not occur on a business day,''; 
        and
            (3) by inserting ``online'' after ``shall register''.

SEC. 405. 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;
                            ``(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; and
                            ``(III) the date of each lobbying 
                        contact;''.

SEC. 406. DISCLOSURE OF POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS.

    Section 5(d)(1) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 
1604(d)(1)) is amended--
            (1) 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''; and
            (2) by striking ``semiannual period'' each place it appears 
        and inserting ``quarterly period''.

SEC. 407. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    (a) Section 402.--Section 402 and the amendments made by that 
section take effect upon the expiration of the 90-day period beginning 
on the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Amendments.--The amendments made by sections 403, 404, 405, and 
406 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) 
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'';
                    (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 
                        new subparagraph:
                    ``(E) programmatically search and access all data 
                in a serialized machine readable format (such as XML) 
                via a web-services application programming 
                interface.''; and
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following 
                new paragraph:
            ``(4) Congressionally directed spending item.--The term 
        `congressionally directed spending item' means a provision or 
        report language included primarily at the request of a Member 
        of Congress providing, authorizing, or recommending a specific 
        amount of discretionary budget authority, credit authority, or 
        other spending authority for a contract, loan, loan guarantee, 
        grant, loan authority, or other expenditure with or to an 
        entity, or targeted to a specific State, locality, or 
        congressional district, other than through a statutory or 
        administrative formula-driven or competitive award process.''; 
        and
            (2) in subsection (b)(1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``and'' after 
                the semicolon;
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraph (F) as 
                subparagraph (J); and
                    (C) by inserting after subparagraph (E) the 
                following new subparagraphs:
                    ``(G) to the extent possible, the Federal agency, 
                including the bureau, office, or subdivision, that 
                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 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 of the profit incentive, 
                        such as award fees;
                            ``(iv) the type of contract, such as fixed 
                        price, cost plus pricing, labor hour contracts, 
                        and time and materials contracts;
                            ``(v) an indication if the contract is the 
                        result of legislative mandates, set-asides, 
                        preference program requirements, or other 
                        criteria, and whether the contract is multi-
                        year, consolidated, or performance based; and
                            ``(vi) an indication if the contract is a 
                        congressionally directed spending item;
                    ``(I) after January 1, 2012, 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; and''.
    (b) Effective Date.--Except as otherwise provided, the amendments 
made by subsection (a) shall be implemented not later than 6 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 502. IMPROVING DATA QUALITY.

    (a) In General.--The Federal Funding Accountability and 
Transparency Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-282; 31 U.S.C. 6101 note), as 
amended by section 501, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following:

``SEC. 5. IMPROVING DATA QUALITY.

    ``(a) Inspector General Data Audit.--Each Inspector General shall 
annually audit for the previous fiscal year the data used on the 
website created by this Act for the relevant Federal agency of the 
Inspector General, in compliance with generally accepted Government 
auditing standards, and submit a report on such audit to the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget that includes at least the 
following:
            ``(1) A review of data used for the website to verify 
        accuracy of the data and assess the process used for improving 
        data quality.
            ``(2) A review of a statistically representative sample of 
        Federal awards to determine whether Federal agencies have 
        appropriate measures in place to review data submissions under 
        this Act for accuracy and completeness.
            ``(3) An identification and report on new standards that 
        Inspector General recommends for implementation by agencies to 
        improve data quality.
    ``(b) OMB Report.--Not later than April 1 of each year, the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall make each report 
submitted under subsection (a) for the previous fiscal year available 
to the public, including a review of the findings of the audit and 
recommendations to improve data quality, through the website created by 
this Act.''.

SEC. 503. REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO REPORTING OF AWARD DATA.

    (a) 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.
    (b) 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.

SEC. 504. RECIPIENT PERFORMANCE TRANSPARENCY.

    (a) In General.--The Federal Funding Accountability and 
Transparency Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-282; 31 U.S.C. 6101 note), as 
amended by sections 501 and 502, is further 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 
searchable website 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, 2012.

SEC. 505. IMPROVEMENT OF FEDERAL AWARDEE PERFORMANCE AND INTEGRITY 
              INFORMATION SYSTEM DATABASE.

    (a) Requirement To Include in Database 10 Years of Information on 
Certain Persons Awarded Federal Contracts or Grants.--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 (c) 
by striking ``5-year'' and inserting ``10-year''.
    (b) 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. 506. FEDERAL CONTRACTOR COMPLIANCE.

    (a) Self-Reporting Requirement.--Subsection (f) of section 2313 of 
title 41, United States Code, is amended to read as follows:
    ``(f) Self-Reporting Requirement.--
            ``(1) Contracts in excess of simplified acquisition 
        threshold.--No funds appropriated or otherwise made available 
        by any Act may be used for any Federal contract for the 
        procurement of property or services in excess of the simplified 
        acquisition threshold unless the contractor has first made the 
        certifications set forth in section 52.209-5 of the Federal 
        Acquisition Regulation.
            ``(2) Contracts in excess of $500,000.--No funds 
        appropriated or otherwise made available by any Act may be used 
        for any Federal contract for the procurement of property or 
        services in excess of $500,000 unless the contractor--
                    ``(A) certifies that the contractor has submitted 
                to the Administrator the information required under 
                subsection (c) and that such information is current as 
                of the date of such certification; or
                    ``(B) certifies that the contractor has cumulative 
                active Federal contracts and grants with a total value 
                of less than $10,000,000.''.
    (b) Periodic Inspection or Review of Contract Files.--Section 
2313(e)(2) of such title is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subparagraph:
                    ``(C) Periodic inspection or review.--The Inspector 
                General of each Federal agency shall periodically--
                            ``(i) conduct an inspection or review of 
                        the contract files required under subparagraph 
                        (B) to determine if the agency is providing 
                        appropriate consideration of the information 
                        included in the database created pursuant to 
                        subsection (c); and
                            ``(ii) submit a report containing the 
                        results of the inspection or review conducted 
                        under clause (i) to the Committee on Homeland 
                        Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate 
                        and the Committee on Oversight and Government 
                        Reform of the House of Representatives.''.
    (c) Annual Report.--The Comptroller General of the United States 
shall annually submit a report to the appropriate congressional 
committees describing the extent to which suspended or debarred 
contractors on the Excluded Parties List System--
            (1) are identified as having received Federal contracts on 
        USAspending.gov; or
            (2) were granted waivers from Federal agencies from 
        suspension or debarment for purposes of entering into Federal 
        contracts.

SEC. 507. UNIQUE IDENTIFYING NUMBER.

    (a) Study.--The Inspector General of the General Services 
Administration shall conduct a study on the use of identifying numbers 
for Federal awardees to--
            (1) determine if the system of awardee identifying numbers 
        in use as of the date of the enactment of this Act is 
        adequately tracking Federal awardees;
            (2) assess the feasibility of developing and adopting a new 
        unique Federal awardee identification system; and
            (3) determine whether such system would more effectively 
        track Federal awardees.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Inspector General shall submit to the 
appropriate congressional committees a report on the study conducted 
under subsection (a).

                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 agency, either directly or through a contract awarded by the 
agency, shall include a prominent notice informing the target audience 
that the advertisement or other communication is paid for by that 
agency.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Advertisement or other communications.--In this 
        section, the term ``advertisement or other communication'' 
        includes--
                    (A) an advertisement disseminated in any form, 
                including print or by any electronic means; and
                    (B) a communication by an individual in any form, 
                including speech, print, or by any electronic means.
            (2) Agency.--The term ``agency'' has the meaning given that 
        term under section 551 of title 5, United States Code.

        TITLE VII--STRENGTHENING THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT

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

    (a) Requirement.--
            (1) Database of completed foia requests.--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 or in a searchable, 
        sortable, downloadable, machine-readable database within one 
        month after the date the FOIA request was completed.
            (2) Electronic format.--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 and without cost through each agency's Web site.
    (c) Agency Defined.--In this section, the term ``agency'' has the 
meaning given that term under section 551 of title 5, United States 
Code.

                        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 data that 
is required to be provided to the public through the Internet is each 
of the following:
            (1) Complete.--Made available, except for data that is 
        subject to privacy, security, or privilege exemptions.
            (2) Primary.--Collected at the source, with the highest 
        possible level of granularity, not in aggregate or modified 
        forms.
            (3) Timely.--Made available as quickly as necessary to 
        preserve the value of the data.
            (4) Accessible.--Available to the widest range of users for 
        the widest range of purposes.
            (5) Machine processable.--Reasonably structured to allow 
        automated processing.
            (6) Non-discriminatory.--Available to anyone, with no 
        registration requirement.
            (7) Non-proprietary.--Available in a format over which no 
        entity has exclusive control.
            (8) License-free.--Not subject to any copyright, patent, 
        trademark, or trade secret regulation (with reasonable privacy, 
        security, and privilege restrictions).
    (c) Current Standards.--Audits conducted under this section shall 
also address whether the data provided to the public under this Act is 
produced and maintained using current standards for data publication.
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