HR 3609 112th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Census and government statistics Executive agency funding and structure Foreign aid and international relief Government information and archives Government lending and loan guarantees Performance measurement Public contracts and procurement

Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act

Introduced: December 8, 2011 Introduced by: Lankford, James Republican · Oklahoma See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 8 steps

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Oct 1, 2012

Committee on House Administration discharged.

Oct 1, 2012

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 505.

Jul 31, 2012

Referred sequentially to the House Committee on House Administration for a period ending not later than Oct. 1, 2012 for consideration of such provisions of the bill and amendment as fall within the jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to clause 1(k), rule X.

Jul 31, 2012

Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 112-635, Part I.

Apr 26, 2012

Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.

Apr 26, 2012

Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.

Dec 8, 2011

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Dec 8, 2011

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act - Requires the head of each federal agency, on an annual basis, to: (1) identify and describe every program administered by such agency; (2) determine the total administrative expenses and expenditures for services for each program; (3) estimate the number of clients served by each program and the beneficiaries who received assistance under each program; (4) estimate the number of full-time federal and contract employees who administer each program; and (5) identify federal programs with duplicative or overlapping missions, services, and allowable uses of funds.

Requires each agency head to publish on the agency website, not later than February 1 of each fiscal year, the information required by this Act, the latest performance reviews of each agency program, improper payment rates, the total amount of undisbursed grant funding remaining in grant accounts, and recommendations for consolidating duplicative or overlapping programs, eliminating waste and inefficiency, and terminating lower priority, outdated, and unnecessary programs and initiatives.

Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), not later than February 1 of each fiscal year, to publish on the OMB website a report that contains: (1) an identification of programs across agencies with duplicative or overlapping missions, services, and allowable uses of funds; and (2) recommendations to consolidate duplicative programs, eliminate waste and inefficiency, and terminate lower priority, outdated, and unnecessary programs and initiatives.

Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to require the disclosure of classified information.

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Committee on House Administration discharged.

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