[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3926 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3926

  To amend the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 
   2006 to ensure that other transaction agreements are reported to 
                USAspending.gov, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 12, 2024

   Ms. Ernst 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 amend the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 
   2006 to ensure that other transaction agreements are reported to 
                USAspending.gov, 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 ``Stop Secret Spending Act of 2024''.

SEC. 2. OTHER TRANSACTION AGREEMENT REPORTING.

    (a) Other Transaction Agreements.--Section 2(a) of the Federal 
Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 
note) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (4)(A)(ii), by striking ``and delivery 
        orders'' and inserting ``delivery orders, and other transaction 
        agreements''; and
            (2) in paragraph (7)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``(2)(A)(i)'' 
                and inserting ``(4)(A)(i)''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``(2)(A)(ii)'' 
                and inserting ``(4)(A)(ii)''.
    (b) Data Standards.--Section 4 of the Federal Funding 
Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Other Transaction Agreement Identifiers.--Not later than 90 
days after the date of enactment of the Stop Secret Spending Act of 
2024, the Secretary shall create a unique identifier for data relating 
to other transaction agreements made available on the website 
established under section 2.''.
    (c) Annual Report on Unreported Funding.--Section 2(a) of the 
Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 
6101 note) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) Annual Report.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
enactment of the Stop Secret Spending Act of 2024, and annually 
thereafter, the Secretary shall post to the website established under 
this section a report that includes--
            ``(1) the total amount of Federal spending on Federal 
        awards, data for which has not been posted to the website; and
            ``(2) with respect to the Federal spending described in 
        paragraph (1)--
                    ``(A) the categories of the Federal spending; and
                    ``(B) the reason data on the Federal spending has 
                not been posted to the website, including whether the 
                Federal spending was--
                            ``(i) national security-related or 
                        classified;
                            ``(ii) a grant or contract awarded or 
                        entered into by a legislative or judicial 
                        branch agency; or
                            ``(iii) a subaward below a primary 
                        subaward.''.

SEC. 3. OTHER AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Inspector General Reports.--Section 6(a) of the Federal Funding 
Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is 
amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
            ``(2) Deadlines.--The Inspector General of each Federal 
        agency shall submit to Congress and make publicly available a 
        report described in paragraph (1)(B)--
                    ``(A) not later than 1 year after the date of 
                enactment of the Stop Secret Spending Act of 2024; and
                    ``(B) on the same date as the Inspector General of 
                each Federal agency submits the second and fourth 
                reports required under sections 3521(f) and 9105(a)(3) 
                of title 31, United States Code following the date of 
                the report submitted under subparagraph (A); and.''.
    (b) Full Disclosure of Federal Funds.--
            (1) In general.--Section 3 of the Federal Funding 
        Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 
        note) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (b)--
                            (i) paragraph (1), in the matter preceding 
                        subparagraph (A), by striking ``a Federal 
                        agency or component of a Federal agency''and 
                        inserting ``a Federal agency or a component of 
                        a Federal agency included on the list posted 
                        under subsection (e)(2)''; and
                            (ii) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ``to 
                        be posted'' and inserting ``to be posted by a 
                        Federal agency or a component of a Federal 
                        agency included on the list posted under 
                        subsection (e)(2)''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(c) Quality of Information.--The Secretary and the Director, in 
consultation with the heads of Federal agencies, shall ensure that the 
information to be posted under subsection (b) that is posted by a 
Federal agency or component of a Federal agency is complete and 
accurate.
    ``(d) Display Standards.--The Secretary, in consultation with the 
Director, shall ensure that the heads of Federal agencies that post 
information under subsection (b) comply with display standards 
established by the Secretary.
    ``(e) Agency Reporting Determination.--Not later than 1 year after 
the date of enactment of the Stop Secret Spending Act of 2024, and not 
less frequently than once every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary, in 
coordination with the Director, shall--
            ``(1) assess and make a determination with respect to which 
        Federal agencies and components of Federal agencies are 
        required to post information under subsection (b);
            ``(2) publish a list of the Federal agencies and components 
        of Federal agencies determined under paragraph (1) on the 
        website established under section 2(b)(1); and
            ``(3) provide to the head and inspector general of each 
        Federal agency or component of a Federal agency included on the 
        list published under paragraph (2) written notice of the 
        inclusion of the Federal agency or component of a Federal 
        agency on the list.''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendments made by paragraph 
        (1)(A) shall take effect on the date on which the Secretary 
        publishes the first list under section 3(e)(2) of the Federal 
        Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 
        6101 note), as added by paragraph (1).
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