[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2113 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2113

  To provide taxpayers with an annual report disclosing the cost and 
performance of Government programs and areas of duplication among them, 
                        and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 12, 2014

    Mr. Coburn (for himself, Ms. Ayotte, Mr. Begich, Mr. Burr, Mr. 
 Chambliss, Ms. Collins, Mr. Cruz, Mr. Enzi, Mr. Flake, Mr. Hatch, Mr. 
Inhofe, Mr. Johnson of Wisconsin, Mr. McCain, Mrs. McCaskill, Mr. Paul, 
    Mr. Portman, Mr. Risch, Mr. Scott, Mr. Vitter, and Mr. Warner) 
introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 
        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide taxpayers with an annual report disclosing the cost and 
performance of Government programs and areas of duplication among them, 
                        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 ``Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act''.

SEC. 2. COST AND PERFORMANCE OF GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS.

    (a) Amendment.--Section 1122(a) of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Additional information.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Information for each program 
                described under paragraph (1) shall include the 
                following (which shall be updated not less frequently 
                than annually):
                            ``(i) The total administrative expenses for 
                        the program for the previous fiscal year.
                            ``(ii) The expenditures for services for 
                        the program for the previous fiscal year.
                            ``(iii) An estimate of the number of 
                        clients served by the program and beneficiaries 
                        who received assistance under the program (if 
                        applicable) for the previous fiscal year.
                            ``(iv) An estimate of, for the previous 
                        fiscal year--
                                    ``(I) the number of full-time 
                                Federal employees who administer the 
                                program; and
                                    ``(II) the number of full-time 
                                employees whose salary is paid in part 
                                or full by the Federal Government 
                                through a grant or contract, a subaward 
                                of a grant or contract, a cooperative 
                                agreement, or another form of financial 
                                award or assistance who administer or 
                                assist in administering the program.
                            ``(v) An identification of the specific 
                        statute that authorizes the program, including 
                        whether such authorization is expired.
                            ``(vi) Any finding of duplication or 
                        overlap identified by internal review, an 
                        Inspector General, the Government 
                        Accountability Office, or other report to the 
                        agency about the program.
                            ``(vii) Any program performance reviews 
                        (including program performance reports required 
                        under section 1116).
                    ``(B) Definitions.--In this paragraph:
                            ``(i) Administrative expenses.--The term 
                        `administrative expenses'--
                                    ``(I) has the meaning given that 
                                term by the Director of the Office of 
                                Management and Budget under section 
                                504(b)(2) of the Energy and Water 
                                Development and Related Agencies 
                                Appropriations Act, 2010 (31 U.S.C. 
                                1105 note); and
                                    ``(II) includes, with respect to an 
                                agency--
                                            ``(aa) costs incurred by 
                                        the agency and costs incurred 
                                        by grantees, subgrantees, and 
                                        other recipients of funds from 
                                        a grant program or other 
                                        program administered by the 
                                        agency; and
                                            ``(bb) expenses related to 
                                        personnel salaries and 
                                        benefits, property management, 
                                        travel, program management, 
                                        promotion, reviews and audits, 
                                        case management, and 
                                        communication about, promotion 
                                        of, and outreach for programs 
                                        and program activities 
                                        administered by the agency.
                            ``(ii) Services.--The term `services'--
                                    ``(I) has the meaning given that 
                                term by the Director of the Office of 
                                Management and Budget; and
                                    ``(II) shall be limited to only 
                                activities, assistance, and aid that 
                                provide a direct benefit to a 
                                recipient, such as the provision of 
                                medical care, assistance for housing or 
                                tuition, or financial support 
                                (including grants and loans).''.
    (b) Expired Grant Funding.--Not later than February 1 of each 
fiscal year, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 
publish on the public website of the Office of Management and Budget 
the total amount of undisbursed grant funding remaining in grant 
accounts for which the period of availability to the grantee has 
expired.

SEC. 3. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO 
              IDENTIFICATION, CONSOLIDATION, AND ELIMINATION OF 
              DUPLICATIVE GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS.

    Section 21 of the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 (31 U.S.C. 
712 note) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``The Comptroller General'' and inserting 
        the following:
    ``(a) In General.--The Comptroller General''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Updates.--The Comptroller General shall maintain on a 
publicly available website (which shall include regular updates, not 
less frequently than annually) the status of responses by Departments 
and Congress to suggested actions that the Comptroller General has 
previously identified in annual reports under subsection (a). The 
status of the suggested actions shall be tracked for an appropriate 
period to be determined by the Comptroller General.''.

SEC. 4. CLASSIFIED INFORMATION.

    Nothing in this Act shall, or the amendments made by this Act, be 
construed to require the disclosure of classified information.

SEC. 5. REGULATIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION.

    (a) Regulations.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget shall prescribe regulations to implement this Act, and the 
amendments made by this Act.
    (b) Implementation.--This Act, and the amendments made by this Act, 
shall be implemented not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
of this Act.
    (c) No Additional Funds Authorized.--No additional funds are 
authorized to carry out the requirements of this Act, or the amendments 
made by this Act.
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