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HR 1423 113th Congress House Government Operations and Politics Accounting and auditing Census and government statistics Congressional oversight Executive agency funding and structure Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Performance measurement

Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act

Introduced: April 9, 2013 Introduced by: Lankford, James Republican · Oklahoma See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 13 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 27, 2014
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Feb 26, 2014
Received in the Senate.
Feb 25, 2014
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1902-1903)
Feb 25, 2014
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H1902-1903)
Feb 25, 2014
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1423.
Feb 25, 2014
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1902-1904)
Feb 25, 2014
Mr. Lankford moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. (consideration: CR H1902)
Feb 21, 2014
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 263.
Feb 21, 2014
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 113-355.
Jul 24, 2013
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Jul 24, 2013
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Apr 9, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Apr 9, 2013
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act - (Sec. 2) Sets forth additional information relating to a federal program that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is required to include on its website and update at least annually, including: (1) the total administrative cost of the program and the expenditures for services for the program for the previous fiscal year; (2) an estimate of the number of clients served by the program and beneficiaries who received assistance under the program for the previous fiscal year; (3) an estimate, for the previous fiscal year, of the number of full-time federal employees who administer the program and the number of full-time employees whose salary is paid in part or in full by the federal government through a grant or contract or other form of financial assistance; (4) an identification of the specific statute that authorizes the program and whether such authorization is expired; (5) any finding of duplication or overlap; and (6) any program performance reviews for such program.

Requires the OMB Director, not later than February 1 of each fiscal year, to publish on the OMB website the total amount of undisbursed grant funding remaining in grant accounts for which the period of availability to the grantee has expired.

(Sec. 3) Amends the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 to require the Comptroller General (GAO) to maintain and provide regular annual updates to a publicly available website that tracks the status of agency responses to recommendations by the Comptroller General for identifying duplicative government programs.

(Sec. 4) Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to require the disclosure of classified information.

(Sec. 5) Requires the OMB Director to implement this Act not later than one year after its enactment. Prohibits the authorization of additional funds to carry out the requirements of this Act.

What's happening now February 27, 2014

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Republican 3