[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 598 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 598

  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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 28, 2015

     Mr. Walberg (for himself, Mr. Cooper, Mr. Bost, Mr. Kelly of 
 Pennsylvania, and Mr. Long) introduced the following bill; which was 
      referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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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) In General.--Section 1122(a) of title 31, United States Code, 
is amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) and (2) as paragraphs 
        (2) and (3), respectively;
            (2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so redesignated, 
        the following:
            ``(1) Definition of program.--For purposes of this 
        subsection, the term `program' means an organized set of 
        activities by 1 or more agencies directed toward a common 
        purpose or goal.'';
            (3) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated--
                    (A) by striking ``In general.--Not later than 
                October 1, 2012, the Office of Management and Budget 
                shall'' and inserting ``Website and program 
                inventory.--The Director of the Office of Management 
                and Budget shall''; and
                    (B) by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the 
                following:
                    ``(C) include on the website--
                            ``(i) a program inventory that shall 
                        identify each program of the Federal 
                        Government, which shall include--
                                    ``(I) any activity that is commonly 
                                referred to as a program;
                                    ``(II) any activity specifically 
                                created by law, or referenced in law, 
                                as a program;
                                    ``(III) each program that has an 
                                application process;
                                    ``(IV) each program for which 
                                financial awards are made on a 
                                competitive basis; and
                                    ``(V) any activity identified as a 
                                program activity in a budget request; 
                                and
                            ``(ii) for each program identified in the 
                        program inventory, the information required 
                        under paragraph (3).''; and
            (4) in paragraph (3), as so redesignated--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
                striking ``described under paragraph (1)'' and 
                inserting ``identified in the program inventory 
                required under paragraph (2)'';
                    (B) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting the 
                following:
                    ``(A) the program activities that are considered a 
                program by the agency;'';
                    (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (D) in subparagraph (C), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting a semicolon; and
                    (E) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) an identification of the specific statute 
                that authorizes the program and any regulations 
                specific to the program;
                    ``(E) for any program that provides grants or other 
                financial assistance to individuals or entities, for 
                the most recent fiscal year--
                            ``(i) an estimate of the number of 
                        individuals served by the program and 
                        beneficiaries who received financial assistance 
                        under the program; and
                            ``(ii) an estimate of--
                                    ``(I) the number of full-time 
                                equivalents who administer the program; 
                                and
                                    ``(II) the number of full-time 
                                equivalents whose salary is paid in 
                                part or full by the Federal Government 
                                through a grant, contract, cooperative 
                                agreement, or another form of financial 
                                award or assistance who administer or 
                                assist in any way in administering the 
                                program;
                    ``(F) links to any evaluation, assessment, or 
                program performance reviews by the agency, an Inspector 
                General, or the Government Accountability Office 
                (including program performance reports required under 
                section 1116) released during the preceding 5 years; 
                and
                    ``(G) to the extent available, financial 
                information for each program required to be reported 
                under section 3(b) of the Federal Funding 
                Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 
                6101 note), or a direct link to such information for a 
                specific program on the website established under 
                section 2 of that Act.''.
    (b) Guidance.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget--
            (1) shall issue guidance to agencies to identify how the 
        program activities used in budget or appropriations accounts 
        correspond with programs identified in the program inventory 
        required under section 1122(a)(2)(A) of title 31, United States 
        Code, as amended by subsection (a); and
            (2) may issue guidance to agencies on more closely aligning 
        program activities to the programs in the program inventory for 
        purposes of the budget of the President submitted to Congress 
        under section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code.
    (c) 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. 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 or other guidance 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.
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