[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3262 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3262

     To amend title 31, United States Code, to increase Government 
                             transparency.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 26, 2011

   Mr. Guinta (for himself and Mr. Walsh of Illinois) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
                           Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend title 31, United States Code, to increase Government 
                             transparency.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Government Results Transparency 
Act''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO INCREASE TRANSPARENCY OF GOVERNMENT PERFORMANCE 
              RESULTS.

    (a) Transparency Amendments.--Section 1122 of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsections (c) and (d) as subsections 
        (f) and (g), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subsection (b) the following new 
        subsections:
    ``(c) Simultaneous Reporting to the Board on Agency Programs, 
Priority Goals, and Results.--
            ``(1) Agency requirement.--The head of each agency shall 
        submit to the Board all information concerning the agency's 
        programs, priority goals, and results that is required to be 
        reported under this section.
            ``(2) Publication online.--The Board shall publish all such 
        information online in its original format.
            ``(3) Comparison of spending to performance.--To the extent 
        practicable, for each fiscal year the Board shall publish, for 
        each program identified by an agency under subsection (a)(1)--
                    ``(A) the amount spent for the program; and
                    ``(B) performance information for the program.
    ``(d) Common Data Elements for Agency Priority Goals and Results.--
            ``(1) Requirement.--The Board shall, by rule, designate 
        common data elements, such as codes, identifiers, and fields, 
        for information required to be reported by agencies under this 
        section, including common data elements that identify each 
        agency, each priority goal, each program, each program 
        activity, performance indicators, and any other information 
        that the Board determines should be standardized.
            ``(2) Characteristics of common data elements.--The common 
        data elements designated under this subsection shall, to the 
        extent practicable, be nonproprietary.
            ``(3) Existing common data elements.--In designating common 
        data elements under this subsection, the Board shall, to the 
        extent practicable, incorporate codes, identifiers, and fields 
        that are already in use within the Federal government.
    ``(e) Data Reporting Standards for Agency Priority Goals and 
Results.--
            ``(1) Requirement.--The Board shall designate data 
        reporting standards to govern the reporting required to be 
        performed by agencies under this section.
            ``(2) Characteristics of data reporting standards.--The 
        data reporting standards designated under this subsection 
        shall, to the extent practicable--
                    ``(A) incorporate a widely accepted, 
                nonproprietary, searchable, platform-independent 
                computer-readable format;
                    ``(B) be consistent with and implement applicable 
                best practices; and
                    ``(C) be capable of being continually upgraded as 
                necessary.
            ``(3) Existing data reporting standards.--In designating 
        reporting standards under this subsection, the Board shall, to 
        the extent practicable, incorporate existing nonproprietary 
        standards.''.
    (b) Definition of Board.--Section 1122 of title 31, United States 
Code, is further amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(h) Definition of Board.--In this section, the term `Board' means 
the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board or any successor 
entity.''.
    (c) Assignment of Transparency Responsibilities.--Section 1122 of 
title 31, United States Code, is further amended by adding at the end 
the following new subsection:
    ``(i) Assignment of Transparency Responsibilities.--In the event 
that the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board does not exist 
and there is no successor entity to the Recovery Accountability and 
Transparency Board, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget 
shall carry out the Board's responsibilities under subsections (c), 
(d), and (e).''.
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