[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4245 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4245

 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 13, 2014

 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, Ethics, and 
   Ways and Means, 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 
2014''.

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 AND 
                         CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES

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.
Sec. 105. Online posting of disbursements from Members' 
                            Representational Allowance.
Sec. 106. GAO study and report on effects of written requests by 
                            Members of Congress for funding of 
                            projects.
    TITLE II--ENHANCING PUBLIC ACCESS TO THE WORK OF CONGRESSIONAL 
                   COMMITTEES, LEGISLATION, AND VOTES

Sec. 201. Increased transparency of committee work.
Sec. 202. Increased 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. Short title; findings.
Sec. 302. Availability of certain Congressional Research Service 
                            information.
Sec. 303. Other methods of public access.
Sec. 304. Definitions.
Sec. 305. Effective date.
                     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 political contributions.
Sec. 406. Identification numbers for lobbyists.
Sec. 407. Ethics training for lobbyists.
Sec. 408. Estimates based on tax reporting system.
Sec. 409. 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. 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. Improving access to information disclosed on lobbying 
                            activities.
                TITLE VI--EXECUTIVE BRANCH TRANSPARENCY

Sec. 601. Requirement for disclosure of Federal sponsorship of all 
                            Federal advertising or other 
                            communications.
Sec. 602. Improving access to influential executive branch official's 
                            visitor access records.
Sec. 603. Improving access to budget justifications by the Office of 
                            Management and Budget.
Sec. 604. Improving rulemaking disclosure for the Office of Information 
                            and Regulatory Affairs.
Sec. 605. Improving E-filing data collection and distribution for non-
                            profits.
Sec. 606. Improving ease of online access to registration information 
                            from agents of foreign principals.
Sec. 607. Agency defined.
        TITLE VII--STRENGTHENING THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT

Sec. 701. Digital access to completed responses to the Freedom of 
                            Information Act.
Sec. 702. Explanation required for creation of exemption in the Freedom 
                            of Information Act.
Sec. 703. FOIAonline for agencies.
Sec. 704. Agency defined.
     TITLE VIII--IMPROVING TRANSPARENCY WITHIN THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM

Sec. 801. GAO study on video recording of Supreme Court proceedings.
Sec. 802. Audio recording of Supreme Court proceedings.
Sec. 803. Availability on the Internet of financial disclosure reports 
                            of judicial officers.
Sec. 804. GAO audit of PACER.
                         TITLE IX--ENFORCEMENT

Sec. 901. Audits by the Government Accountability Office.

TITLE I--IMPROVING ACCESS TO INFORMATION ABOUT MEMBERS OF CONGRESS AND 
                         CONGRESSIONAL OFFICES

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 (5 U.S.C. App. 
102(a)(1)(B)) 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, rounded to the nearest $10,000,
                            ``(vi) greater than $100,000 but not more 
                        than $1,000,000, rounded to the nearest 
                        $100,000, or
                            ``(vii) greater than $1,000,000, rounded to 
                        the nearest $1,000,000.''.
    (2) Section 102(d)(1) of such Act (5 U.S.C. App. 102(d)(1)) is 
amended by striking ``(3), (4), (5), and (8)'' and inserting ``(5) and 
(8)''.
    (3) Section 102(d) of such Act (5 U.S.C. App. 102(d)) 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, 
        rounded to the nearest $10,000.
            ``(D) Greater than $100,000 but not more than $1,000,000, 
        rounded to the nearest $100,000.
            ``(E) Greater than $1,000,000, rounded to the nearest 
        $1,000,000.''.
    (b) More Frequent Disclosure of Financial Transactions Involving 
Large Sums of Money.--(1) Section 101 of such Act (5 U.S.C. App. 101) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(j) 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 (5 U.S.C. App. 103) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(m) 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 (whether the report is filed in paper or electronic 
form) 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.

SEC. 105. ONLINE POSTING OF DISBURSEMENTS FROM MEMBERS' 
              REPRESENTATIONAL ALLOWANCE.

    (a) Requiring Posting.--
            (1) In general.--With respect to each session of a Congress 
        (beginning with the second session of the One Hundred 
        Thirteenth Congress)--
                    (A) the Chief Administrative Officer of the House 
                of Representatives shall post on the official public 
                Internet site of the House of Representatives a 
                machine-readable statement showing each disbursement 
                made from the Members' Representational Allowance 
                during that session, and include as part of the 
                statement hyperlinks to information on the amount of 
                such disbursements which are attributable to each 
                specific Member of the House of Representatives; and
                    (B) except as provided in paragraph (2), each 
                Member of the House of Representatives shall include on 
                the Member's official public Internet site a hyperlink 
                to the information provided on the House of 
                Representatives site under subparagraph (A) with 
                respect to the disbursements made by the Member.
            (2) Exception for former members.--Paragraph (1)(B) does 
        not apply to any individual who is not a Member of the House of 
        Representatives at the time the Chief Administrative Officer 
        posts the statement described in paragraph (1)(A).
    (b) Source of Information.--The information provided on the House 
of Representatives site under subsection (a)(1) shall be based on the 
reports of disbursements for the operations of the House of 
Representatives which are submitted by the Chief Administrative Officer 
under section 106 of the House of Representatives Administrative Reform 
Technical Corrections Act (2 U.S.C. 104b).
    (c) Deadlines.--
            (1) Chief administrative officer.--The Chief Administrative 
        Officer shall post the information required under subsection 
        (a)(1) with respect to a session of Congress not later than 30 
        days after the publication of the final report of disbursements 
        for the operations of the House of Representatives (as 
        described in subsection (b)) for that session.
            (2) Members.--Each Member of the House of Representatives 
        shall meet the requirements of subsection (a)(2) not later than 
        5 days after the Chief Administrative Officer posts the 
        information required under subsection (a)(1) with respect to a 
        session of Congress.
    (d) Member Defined.--In this section, a ``Member of the House of 
Representatives'' includes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the 
Congress.

SEC. 106. GAO STUDY AND REPORT ON EFFECTS OF WRITTEN REQUESTS BY 
              MEMBERS OF CONGRESS FOR FUNDING OF PROJECTS.

    (a) Study.--The Comptroller General shall conduct a study of the 
effect of written requests to carry out and provide funding for 
projects and activities which are submitted to offices of the executive 
branch by Members of Congress on the decisions made by such offices 
regarding the funding of those projects and activities.
    (b) Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Comptroller General shall submit to Congress a report 
on the study conducted under subsection (a).

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

SEC. 201. INCREASED 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. INCREASED 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 Web site, 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 Representatives 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 
website, and each Senator shall provide a link to the Secretary of the 
Senate of a list of recorded votes from that Senator's website.
    (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. SHORT TITLE; FINDINGS.

    (a) Short Title.--This title may be cited as the ``Public Access to 
Congressional Research Service Reports Resolution of 2014'' or the 
``Congressional Research Service Electronic Accessibility Resolution of 
2014''.
    (b) Findings.--Congress finds the following:
            (1) The Congressional Research Service, a special reference 
        unit within the Library of Congress, offers invaluable research 
        and analysis to Members of Congress on all current and emerging 
        issues of national policy.
            (2) The Congressional Research Service staff of 
        approximately 700 employees, including lawyers, economists, 
        reference librarians, and social, natural, and physical 
        scientists, are governed by requirements for accuracy, 
        objectivity, balance, and nonpartisanship.
            (3) The Congressional Research Service has a responsibility 
        to ensure that Members of Congress have available the best 
        possible information and analysis on which to base the policy 
        decisions the American people have elected them to make.
            (4) It is often burdensome, difficult, and time-consuming 
        for citizens to obtain access to objective and nonpartisan 
        policy analysis on issues affecting their interests.
            (5) It will enhance our democracy to provide citizens with 
        access to unbiased and accurate CRS documents on legislation 
        and other critical issues before Congress.
            (6) Allowing public access to CRS will empower citizens and 
        enable Members of Congress to become even more effective 
        ``representatives'' of the public's concerns and goals.

SEC. 302. AVAILABILITY OF CERTAIN CONGRESSIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE 
              INFORMATION.

    (a) Establishment and Maintenance of Database of Information.--
            (1) In general.--The Clerk of the House of Representatives, 
        in consultation with the Director of the Congressional Research 
        Service, shall establish and maintain a centralized, 
        searchable, bulk downloadable, electronic database consisting 
        of--
                    (A) all of the information described in paragraph 
                (2) that is available to Members, officers, employees, 
                and offices of the House of Representatives through the 
                Congressional Research Service website; and
                    (B) in accordance with subsection (b), an index of 
                the information described in subparagraph (A).
            (2) Information described.--The information described in 
        this paragraph is as follows:
                    (A) Congressional Research Service Issue Briefs.
                    (B) Congressional Research Service Reports.
                    (C) Congressional Research Service Authorization of 
                Appropriations Products and Appropriations Products.
                    (D) Materials intended or available for general 
                congressional distribution that are the same or 
                substantially similar in content to CRS Reports, Issue 
                Briefs, and Appropriations Products.
            (3) Specific information for materials included.--With 
        respect to each issue brief, product, or report included in the 
        database under this subsection, the Clerk shall include--
                    (A) the name and identification number;
                    (B) the dates of initial release and updates (if 
                any); and
                    (C) the Congressional Research Service division or 
                divisions that were responsible for its production.
            (4) Updates.--The Clerk, in consultation with the Director, 
        shall ensure that the information in the database under this 
        subsection is updated automatically and electronically to 
        reflect the availability of new information and updates to 
        existing information described in paragraph (2).
            (5) Initial information.--The initial establishment of the 
        database under this subsection shall include all of the 
        contents described in paragraph (1) as of the date on which 
        this resolution is agreed to.
    (b) Index of Database Information.--In addition to the database 
under subsection (a), the Clerk, in consultation with the Director, 
shall establish and maintain contemporaneously a website containing a 
searchable, sortable index of all of the information in the database in 
both human-readable and machine-readable formats (such as XML) that 
includes for each issue brief, product, or report in the database--
            (1) the name and identification number;
            (2) the dates of initial release and updates (if any); and
            (3) the Congressional Research Service division or 
        divisions that were responsible for its production.
    (c) Limitations.--
            (1) Confidential information.--Subsections (a) and (b) do 
        not apply to--
                    (A) any information that is confidential, as 
                determined by--
                            (i) the Director, or
                            (ii) the head of a Federal department or 
                        agency that provided the information to the 
                        Congressional Research Service; or
                    (B) any document that--
                            (i) is the product of a confidential 
                        research request made by a Member, officer, 
                        employee, or office of the House of 
                        Representatives;
                            (ii) has not been distributed to any 
                        individual or office other than the individual 
                        or office making the request; and
                            (iii) is not intended for distribution to 
                        any person other than the individual or office 
                        making the request.
            (2) Redaction and revision.--In carrying out this section, 
        the Clerk, on the basis of information provided by the 
        Director, may--
                    (A) remove from the information included in the 
                database (including from the issue brief, product, or 
                report itself) the name and contact information 
                regarding an employee of the Congressional Research 
                Service;
                    (B) remove from the information included in the 
                database (including from the issue brief, product, or 
                report itself) any material for which the Director 
                determines that including the information on the 
                database may infringe the copyright of a work protected 
                under title 17, United States Code; and
                    (C) make any changes in the information included in 
                the database (including from the issue brief, product, 
                or report itself) that the Director determines 
                necessary to ensure that the information is accurate 
                and current, except that if the Clerk makes any such 
                change with respect to any material in the database, 
                the Clerk shall indicate in the database (with such 
                notation as the Clerk considers appropriate) that more 
                current information is available with respect to the 
                material than the information provided in the database.
            (3) Method of redaction.--The Clerk shall carry out any 
        redaction under paragraph (2)(C) in a manner which removes the 
        least amount of material necessary to carry out the purposes of 
        the redaction.
            (4) Assistance from director for automatic redaction.--The 
        Clerk shall consult with the Director to ensure the 
        availability and implementation of such technology as may be 
        necessary to facilitate the automatic redaction of information 
        under this subsection.
    (d) Furnishing of Necessary Information.--The Clerk shall consult 
with the Director to ensure that the Clerk is provided with all of the 
information necessary to carry out this section in such format as the 
Clerk considers appropriate.

SEC. 303. OTHER METHODS OF PUBLIC ACCESS.

    (a) Access Through Websites of Members and Committees.--Each 
official public website of a Member of the House of Representatives, a 
committee of the House of Representatives, or a joint committee of the 
Congress shall permit members of the public to use the website to 
obtain the information contained in the database established under 
section 302, in the same manner and to the same extent as Members, 
officers, employees, and offices of the House of Representatives may 
obtain such information through the Congressional Research Service 
website.
    (b) Regulations.--Subsection (a) shall be carried out in accordance 
with regulations promulgated by the Committee on House Administration 
of the House of Representatives.

SEC. 304. DEFINITIONS.

    In this title--
            (1) the term ``Clerk'' means the Clerk of the House of 
        Representatives;
            (2) the term ``Director'' means the Director of the 
        Congressional Research Service; and
            (3) the term ``Member of the House of Representatives'' 
        includes a Delegate or Resident Commissioner to the Congress.

SEC. 305. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This title shall take effect upon the expiration of the 6-month 
period which begins on the date of the enactment of this Act, without 
regard to whether the regulations described in section 303(b) or any 
other regulations have been promulgated prior to the expiration of such 
period.

                     TITLE IV--LOBBYING DISCLOSURE

SEC. 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) 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 ``10 
                days'';
                    (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 10th day if such 10th day does not 
                occur on a business day,''; and
                    (C) by inserting ``online'' after ``shall 
                register''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by striking ``Any organization'' and inserting 
                the following:
                    ``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B), any 
                organization''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(B) Threshold for certain organizations.--In the 
                case of an organization whose employees who are 
                lobbyists engage in lobbying activities only on behalf 
                of the organization, the organization is required to 
                register under this subsection only if the lobbying 
                activities of each such employee includes or is 
                expected to include more than one lobbying contact.''.

SEC. 405. 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. 406. IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS FOR LOBBYISTS.

    Section 6(a)(3) of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 
1605(a)(3)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (A);
            (2) by adding ``and'' after the semicolon the end of 
        subparagraph (B); and
            (3) by adding after subparagraph (B) the following:
                    ``(C) a system that assigns an identification 
                number for each lobbyist for whom a registration or 
                report is filed under this Act;''.

SEC. 407. ETHICS TRAINING FOR LOBBYISTS.

    (a) Required Ethics Training.--Any individual who is a lobbyist 
registered or required to register under section 4 of the Lobbying 
Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1603) shall--
            (1) complete ethics training described in subsection (b)--
                    (A) not later than 6 months after the individual is 
                first employed or retained for services that include 
                one or more lobbying contacts; and
                    (B) at least once in each 5-year period during 
                which the individual is registered or required to 
                register under section 4; and
            (2) submit to the Clerk of the House of Representatives and 
        the Secretary of the Senate certification of the training 
        completed under paragraph (1).
    (b) Qualified Training.--The Ethics Committee of the House of 
Representatives and the Select Committee on Ethics of the Senate shall 
jointly--
            (1) determine the curriculum and certification requirements 
        for the ethics training for individuals described in subsection 
        (a);
            (2) approve those educational institutions, professional 
        associations, or other persons who are qualified to provide 
        such ethics training;
            (3) determine the maximum fee that may be charged for the 
        ethics training; and
            (4) provide oversight of the ethics training program 
        established under this section in order to determine the 
        quality of instruction in, and the administration of, the 
        training program.
    (c) Responsibilities of Clerk and Secretary.--The Clerk of the 
House of Representatives and the Secretary of the Senate shall--
            (1) collect and review for completion and accuracy the 
        certifications of ethics training submitted under subsection 
        (a)(2); and
            (2) post on the websites of the Clerk and the Secretary, 
        with respect to each individual required to complete ethics 
        training under this section--
                    (A) whether the individual has complied with such 
                requirement; and
                    (B) the certifications submitted by the individual 
                under subsection (a)(2).

SEC. 408. ESTIMATES BASED ON TAX REPORTING SYSTEM.

    Section 15 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1610) 
is repealed.

SEC. 409. 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) Sections 403, 404, and 405.--The amendments made by sections 
403, 404, and 405 shall 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.
    (c) Section 406.--The amendments made by section 406 shall apply to 
any registration or report that is filed under section 4 or 5 of the 
Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995--
            (1) on or after the 90th day after the date of the 
        enactment of this Act; or
            (2) before such 90th day, if such registration or report 
        is, as of such 90th day, being retained under section 6(a)(5) 
        of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1605(a)(5)).
    (d) Section 407.--
            (1) In general.--Section 407 shall take effect upon the 
        expiration of the 1-year period beginning on the date of the 
        enactment of this Act.
            (2) Current lobbyists.--In the case of individuals who are 
        registered under section 4 of the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 
        1995 (2 U.S.C. 1603) as of the effective date under paragraph 
        (1), the ethics training required under section 407(a)(1) shall 
        be completed not later than the end of the 6-month period 
        beginning on the effective date under paragraph (1) of this 
        subsection, in lieu of the date specified in section 407(a)(1).

              TITLE V--TRANSPARENCY IN FEDERAL CONTRACTING

SEC. 501. IMPROVING APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE AND WEBSITE 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 (F), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting semicolon;
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraph (G) as 
                subparagraph (J); and
                    (C) by inserting after subparagraph (F) 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, 2015, 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) a permanent link to the original 
                        solicitation or notice and the solicitation ID;
                            ``(vi) 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
                            ``(vii) an indication if the contract is a 
                        congressionally directed spending item;
                    ``(I) after January 1, 2015, 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, 2014.

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. IMPROVING ACCESS TO INFORMATION DISCLOSED ON LOBBYING 
              ACTIVITIES.

    (a) Information Filed With the Administrator of General Services.--
Section 1352(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``file with that agency'' 
        and inserting ``file electronically with the Administrator of 
        General Services''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(7) Database required.--The Administrator of General 
        Services shall establish and maintain an online database that 
        is made available to the relevant agency and accessible by the 
        public that contains information disclosed pursuant to this 
        subsection that is searchable, sortable, machine readable, and 
        downloadable.''.
    (b) Deadline for Database.--Not later than 180 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Administrator of General Services 
shall establish the database required by paragraph (7) of section 
1352(b) of title 31, United States Code, as added by subsection (a).

                TITLE VI--EXECUTIVE BRANCH TRANSPARENCY

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

    (a) Requirement.--Except as provided for in subsection (b), each 
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) Exceptions.--The requirement in subsection (a) shall not apply 
to an advertisement or other communication--
            (1) that is 200 characters or less; or
            (2) that is distributed through a short message service.
    (c) Advertisement or Other Communications Defined.--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.

SEC. 602. IMPROVING ACCESS TO INFLUENTIAL EXECUTIVE BRANCH OFFICIAL'S 
              VISITOR ACCESS RECORDS.

    (a) Disclosure of White House Visitor Access Records.--Not later 
than 30 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and monthly 
thereafter, the President shall disclose to the public all White House 
visitor access records for the previous month that are redacted in 
accordance with subsection (c).
    (b) Disclosure of Agency Visitor Access Records.--Not later than 30 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and monthly 
thereafter, the head of each agency shall disclose to the public all 
visitor access records for the previous month for such agency head that 
are redacted in accordance with subsection (c).
    (c) Information Not Disclosed.--The President under subsection (a), 
and the head of the relevant agency under subsection (b), as the case 
may be, may determine to not disclose the following information 
pursuant to this section:
            (1) Any information--
                    (A) that implicates personal privacy or law 
                enforcement concerns (such as date of birth, social 
                security number, and contact phone number);
                    (B) that implicates the personal safety of White 
                House staff (including daily arrival and departure); or
                    (C) whose release would so threaten national 
                security interests that it outweighs a strong 
                presumption in favor of the public's interest in 
                disclosure.
            (2) For a non-renewable period of up to a year, any 
        information related to purely personal guests of the first and 
        second families), but only if the executive branch's interest 
        in protecting an unfettered consultation conducted in secret 
        strongly outweighs the public's interest in an accountable 
        Government free of corruption and political influence.
            (3) Any information related to a small group of 
        particularly sensitive meetings (such as visits of potential 
        Supreme Court nominees).

SEC. 603. IMPROVING ACCESS TO BUDGET JUSTIFICATIONS BY THE OFFICE OF 
              MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET.

    (a) In General.--Beginning with the budget for fiscal year 2016, 
not later than 24 hours after the date on which the President submits 
the budget under section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, the 
Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall make all budget 
justifications available online in a searchable, sortable, machine 
readable, and downloadable format and any electronic version of the 
budget shall provide a link to each budget justification by the Office 
of Management and Budget.
    (b) Definition.--As used in this section, the term ``budget 
justifications'' refers to the documents an agency submits to the 
Committees on Appropriations of the House of Representatives and Senate 
in support of its budget request. The Office of Management and Budget 
prescribes justification materials, which typically explain changes 
between the current appropriations and the amounts requested for the 
next fiscal year and may be referred to in the budget submission of the 
President under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code.

SEC. 604. IMPROVING RULEMAKING DISCLOSURE FOR THE OFFICE OF INFORMATION 
              AND REGULATORY AFFAIRS.

    (a) Inclusion in the Rulemaking Docket of Documents and 
Communications Related to the Implementation of Centralized Regulatory 
Review.--As soon as practicable, and not later than 15 days after the 
conclusion of centralized regulatory review for a draft proposed or 
draft final rule, the Administrator of the Office of Information and 
Regulatory Affairs shall include in the rulemaking docket the 
following:
            (1) A copy of the draft proposed or draft final rule and 
        supporting analyses submitted to the Office of Information and 
        Regulatory Affairs for review.
            (2) A copy of the draft proposed or draft final rule that 
        incorporates substantive changes, if any, made to the rule as 
        part of implementing centralized regulatory review.
            (3) A document describing in a complete, clear, and simple 
        manner all substantive changes made by the Office of 
        Information and Regulatory Affairs to the draft proposed or 
        draft final rule submitted by the agency to Office for review.
            (4) A copy of all documents and written communications 
        (including all electronic mail and electronic mail file 
        attachments), and a summary of all oral communications 
        (including phone calls, phone conferences, and meetings), 
        exchanged as part of the implementation of the centralized 
        regulatory review between or among any of the following:
                    (A) The agency responsible for the rule.
                    (B) The Office of Information and Regulatory 
                Affairs.
                    (C) Any other office or entity within the Executive 
                Office of the President.
                    (D) An agency that is not the agency responsible 
                for the rule.
                    (E) An individual who is not employed by--
                            (i) the executive branch of the Federal 
                        Government; or
                            (ii) an agency that is not the agency 
                        responsible for the rule.
    (b) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Centralized regulatory review.--The term ``centralized 
        regulatory review'' means the institutional process of 
        Presidential oversight of individual agency rules governed by 
        Executive Order 12866 (58 Fed. Reg. 51735; relating to 
        regulatory planning and review), or any successor to such 
        Executive order.
            (2) Rule.--The term ``rule'' has the meaning given that 
        term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code.
    (c) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed to preempt or displace the disclosure requirements under any 
other provision of law affecting administrative procedure, if such 
requirements are not inconsistent with the requirements of this 
section.

SEC. 605. IMPROVING E-FILING DATA COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION FOR NON-
              PROFITS.

    (a) Mandatory Electronic Filing.--Section 6033 of the Internal 
Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by redesignating subsection (n) as 
subsection (o) and by inserting after subsection (m) the following new 
subsection:
    ``(n) Mandatory Electronic Filing.--Any organization required to 
file a return under this section shall file such return in electronic 
form.''.
    (b) Inspection of Electronically Filed Annual Returns.--Subsection 
(b) of section 6104 of such Code is amended by adding at the end the 
following: ``Any annual return required to be filed electronically 
under section 6033(n) shall be made available by the Secretary to the 
public in a database that is searchable, sortable, machine readable, 
and downloadable.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of 
this Act.

SEC. 606. IMPROVING EASE OF ONLINE ACCESS TO REGISTRATION INFORMATION 
              FROM AGENTS OF FOREIGN PRINCIPALS.

    (a) Improving Online Access.--Section 6(d)(1) of the Foreign Agents 
Registration Act of 1938 (22 U.S.C. 616(d)(1)) is amended by striking 
``in a searchable, sortable, and downloadable manner'' and inserting 
``in a format which is directly searchable, sortable, downloadable, and 
machine-readable''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect upon the expiration of the 30-day period which begins on 
the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 607. AGENCY DEFINED.

    In this title, 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 2 
        months 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 website.

SEC. 702. EXPLANATION REQUIRED FOR CREATION OF EXEMPTION IN THE FREEDOM 
              OF INFORMATION ACT.

    Section 552(b)(3)(B) of title 5, United States Code, is amended by 
inserting ``with an explanation for the exemption'' after 
``specifically cites to this paragraph''.

SEC. 703. FOIAONLINE FOR AGENCIES.

    Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the head of each agency shall use FOIAonline to log, track, and 
publish all requests received under section 552 of title 5, United 
States Code.

SEC. 704. AGENCY DEFINED.

    In this title, the term ``agency'' has the meaning given that term 
under section 551 of title 5, United States Code.

     TITLE VIII--IMPROVING TRANSPARENCY WITHIN THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM

SEC. 801. GAO STUDY ON VIDEO RECORDING OF SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS.

    (a) In General.--The Comptroller General of the United States, in 
consultation with the Judicial Conference of the United States, shall 
conduct a study on the effect on the Supreme Court of the United States 
of video recording oral arguments before the Supreme Court, and making 
those video recordings publicly available on the Internet website of 
the Supreme Court at the same time that they are recorded, including 
the effect on costs, and on the atmosphere of such arguments.
    (b) Report.--Not later than one year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit to Congress the findings of the study conducted pursuant 
to subsection (a).

SEC. 802. AUDIO RECORDING OF SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS.

    The Chief Justice of the United States shall ensure that the audio 
of an oral argument before the Supreme Court of the United States is 
recorded and is made publicly available on the Internet website of the 
Supreme Court at the same time that it is recorded.

SEC. 803. AVAILABILITY ON THE INTERNET OF FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE REPORTS 
              OF JUDICIAL OFFICERS.

    Section 103 of the Ethics in Government Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App. 
103), as amended by this Act, is further amended by inserting at the 
end the following:
    ``(n) The Judicial Conference shall make available any report filed 
with it under this title by a judicial officer within 48 hours of the 
applicable submission deadline on the website of the Judicial 
Conference in a searchable, sortable, downloadable, machine-readable 
format.''.

SEC. 804. GAO AUDIT OF PACER.

    Not later than one year after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall conduct an 
audit of the public access to court electronic records system 
maintained by the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, 
and shall submit to Congress, the Administrative Office of the United 
States Courts, and any other appropriate Federal agency or office, a 
report that contains the results of the audit, along with any 
recommendations for improving the public access to court electronic 
records system.

                         TITLE IX--ENFORCEMENT

SEC. 901. 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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