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<dc:title>119 HR 2069 EH: Stop Secret Spending Act of 2025</dc:title>
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<congress display="yes">119th CONGRESS</congress><session display="yes">2d Session</session>
<legis-num display="yes">H. R. 2069</legis-num>
<current-chamber display="no">IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber>
<legis-type>AN ACT</legis-type>
<official-title display="yes">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.</official-title>
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<section id="H8517C214BDE64A8C99C3503532BF8C0A" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Stop Secret Spending Act of 2025</short-title></quote>.</text></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5C59A7A377614D2B94AAACD702949DAC"><enum>2.</enum><header>Other transaction agreement reporting</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF2DCB98128CE4F0BB6D145230084C5A2"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Other transaction agreements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2(a) of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/6101">31 U.S.C. 6101</external-xref> note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0CBB7FDD264C409A9E6C36A4F93C7D89"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (4)(A)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H093715B6A8F642C68B8674882D0F63C8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in clause (ii), by adding <quote>and</quote> and the end; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA03F0B8C928B466495EED3BC006CC48B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H49929B9021494E4E9EE4A44839817CCE"> <clause id="HEC53ED03084040FEBF9F6DF7E54A1BC5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>includes other transaction agreements;</text></clause><after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H975C4437379D4C9D90867E8DDE3429B0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (7)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE6C9C1CB1C9D405E9961DE90039A7A0F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>(2)(A)(i)</quote> and inserting <quote>(4)(A)(i)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0FDA552308E44B5FBEF2549F4F266D0E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C), by striking <quote>(2)(A)(ii)</quote> and inserting <quote>(4)(A)(ii)</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC7ADF95CFCF14D50A3F4FF81FF8D65FA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Data standards</header><text>Section 4 of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/6101">31 U.S.C. 6101</external-xref> note) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="HB43A461EE65C481EA53EDD38B04383DE"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Other transaction agreement data</header><text>Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Stop Secret Spending Act of 2025</short-title>, the Secretary shall ensure that, with respect to the website established under section 2, or any successor website—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCE302E55653A46AC8A9541808697C8CC"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">data relating to other transaction agreements is automatically transmitted to the website, and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1D47F5FCA99545D8A492A00465E097E5"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a centralized view of the data described in paragraph (1) is available on the website.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2FB2791AC4F74A1DBC3E2EE34E27C552"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Annual report on unreported funding</header><text>Section 2 of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/6101">31 U.S.C. 6101</external-xref> note) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
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<subsection id="H1C2BA5B8A8594042BB84CCAA037E86AC"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Annual report</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Stop Secret Spending Act of 2025</short-title>, and annually thereafter, the Secretary, in consultation with the Director, shall post to the website established under this section a report that includes—</text> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H674DD1B7540F49B8AC07B612CDB155DD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the total amount of Federal spending on Federal awards for which data has not been posted to the website; and</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDC9E151C08774C5F99A79CB0627E004D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the reason data on the Federal spending described in paragraph (1) has not been posted to the website, including whether the Federal spending was—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9DB4DF8423CA47CC8BE83654C71D7855"><enum>(A)</enum><text>national security-related or classified;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3B6161183C0B4C58B32509BDA6957BF5"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a grant or contract awarded or entered into by a legislative or judicial branch agency; or</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H582A226F14004B558F9A0F0399741787"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">a subaward below a primary subaward.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0E79454FB4704FAD90F48C455C1FE005"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Implementation plan</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF799883BB14E482BBCB4CD27157495EA"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Definitions</header><text>In this subsection:</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1804DF79B67C48EBA295E17F6D3D9DC8"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Director</header><text>The term <term>Director</term> means the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0F8425F209A348BE9DDBC072C0F4BDD5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Relevant agency</header><text>The term <term>relevant agency</term> means a Federal agency (as defined in section 2(a) of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/6101">31 U.S.C. 6101</external-xref> note)) that has the authority to enter into an other transaction agreement, as determined by the Director.</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8032EFA3A9134FB4A1EEC96FAD9F409A"><enum>(C)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Secretary</header><text>The term <term>Secretary</term> means the Secretary of the Treasury.</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCA7308B62DA247CB80E813A5B3A0BDE7"><enum>(D)</enum><header>USAspending.gov</header><text>The term <term>USAspending.gov</term> means the website established under section 2 of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/6101">31 U.S.C. 6101</external-xref> note).</text></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBFECEEA64DC548B4BF28716E0FE58CBD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Initial compilation</header><text>If the Secretary has not yet complied with subsection (e) of section 4 of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/6101">31 U.S.C. 6101</external-xref> note), as added by this section, by the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in coordination with the Director and the heads of relevant agencies, shall publish on USAspending.gov a report that lists and includes a detailed description of all other transaction agreements entered into by the relevant agencies for the fiscal year preceding the fiscal year during which the report is published.</text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H42C834FAEB6047FE81381CB7F08EDEF6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Plan</header><text>If the Secretary has not yet complied with subsection (e) of section 4 of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/6101">31 U.S.C. 6101</external-xref> note), as added by this section, by the date that is 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary, in consultation with the Director and the heads of relevant agencies, shall submit to Congress a plan that includes—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H52691A69120340EDAFC6519CF0122491"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the status of including data relating to other transaction agreements on USAspending.gov; and</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF5D49D78C5F241689173A99074558E58"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">actions underway and planned to ensure that the data described in subparagraph (A) is fully incorporated into USAspending.gov by the date that is 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section> <section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD4893F50A99B4EBCBED65E7026DDFB84"><enum>3.</enum><header>Other amendments</header> <subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H558FD623EDD44D758A42995CA5880FC4"><enum>(a)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Inspector General reports</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6(a) of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/6101">31 U.S.C. 6101</external-xref> note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBC24F944CB8F45FC82771F4B3869F667"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1A00D38CEF324BC7B0CB12BF5E666DE8"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>each Federal agency</quote> and inserting <quote>each agency described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 901(b) of title 31, United States Code</quote>;</text></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBB0E8DC52D76417F9323F6A93C3A852C"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>Federal agency</quote> and inserting <quote>agency</quote>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBC4DC6521FB746DDA294FA3AEA58AD9E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>Federal agency</quote> and inserting <quote>agency</quote>; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8FAD4EA602564997ADC94B734E69214C"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following: </text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H078BBDC720FF48F990D281D8DFE87BE3"> <paragraph id="H0C60F38BCB36400081444141692B6369"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Deadlines</header><text>The inspector general of each agency described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 901(b) of title 31, United States Code, shall submit to Congress and make publicly available a report described in paragraph (1)(B)—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC35DE83D92FE43B58DAEC8C4A9223BA3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Stop Secret Spending Act of 2025</short-title>; and</text></subparagraph> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H84D203C6543F4B56A8143812262E60CA"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not less than frequently than once every 2 years after the date described in subparagraph (A) until the date that is 10 years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Stop Secret Spending Act of 2025</short-title> on the date of submission of the report required under section 3521(f) or 9105(a)(3) of title 31, United States Code, for the applicable fiscal year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H850188C6E54F4E1E9CF99807028B2CE2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Full disclosure of Federal funds</header>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9F3A06080CC04A39A25824A8D3F823FB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3 of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/6101">31 U.S.C. 6101</external-xref> note) is amended—</text> <subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H113632EF419C4988ACC3AC1D7D6F2F79"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFC0D366AAC3A4C29B6981172013AFCF2"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>a Federal agency or component of a Federal agency</quote> and inserting <quote>a Federal agency or a component of a Federal agency included on the list posted under subsection (e)(2)</quote>; and</text></clause> <clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6A3E652A49734B78BB7E3BBB3E556D67"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)(B), in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking <quote>to be posted</quote> and inserting <quote>to be posted by a Federal agency or a component of a Federal agency included on the list posted under subsection (e)(2)</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFDCE17BE3DAB4EDCA83DE425DB94D335"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block style="OLC" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB1D9565A64B44033812152EEF415160F"> <subsection id="HB62C33D1C2DD4B6595ED74489B928C93"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Quality of information</header> <paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H53118942F13645AB8D96B964C49C232E"><enum>(1)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">In general</header><text>The Secretary and the Director, in consultation with the heads of Federal agencies, shall establish requirements to 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. </text></paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H94B943815D5D4C13B7CF12A770270C4B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Federal agency responsibility</header><text>The head of each Federal agency or component of a Federal agency posting data under subsection (b) shall ensure that the data is complete and accurate.</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="H2F449FC6613E44BD86A0C056F936E095"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Authority to verify accuracy</header><text>The Secretary and the Director may verify that the data posted under subsection (b) by a Federal agency or component of a Federal agency are complete, accurate, and consistent. </text></paragraph></subsection>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H570DDD01CAC143FC940540D8FB77E70E"><enum>(d)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Display standards</header><text>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.</text></subsection> <subsection id="H7593AAAC252B48BA93D33719977013AD"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Agency reporting determination</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Stop Secret Spending Act of 2025</short-title>, and not less frequently than once every 2 years thereafter, the Secretary, in coordination with the Director, shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HD4A88F21C7704509ACE227ED9B3C783C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>assess and make a determination with respect to which Federal agencies and components of Federal agencies are required to post information under subsection (b);</text></paragraph> <paragraph id="HE2CB4CB3F05343E4A89C73A8181EC38E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>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</text></paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6EA41893EF83431AA556510E0DDDDB20"><enum>(3)</enum><text>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.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph> <paragraph id="HA30A48F9F1F94AB9B83473ACDEAFCA3C" commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/6101">31 U.S.C. 6101</external-xref> note), as added by paragraph (1).</text></paragraph></subsection></section>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H822E5DA1A4D840A9A61E687B6E239CBA"><enum>4.</enum><header>GAO report</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall make recommendations for any updates the Comptroller General of the United States determines advisable to clause 52.204.10 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation with respect to incorporating requirements under the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/6101">31 U.S.C. 6101</external-xref> note).</text></section> </legis-body><attestation><attestation-group><attestation-date date="20260720" chamber="House">Passed the House of Representatives July 20, 2026.</attestation-date><attestor display="no">Kevin F. McCumber,</attestor><role>Clerk.</role></attestation-group></attestation> <endorsement display="yes"></endorsement> </bill> 

