119-hr2069

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
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[H.R. 2069 Introduced in House

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119th CONGRESS
 1st Session
 H. R. 2069

 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.

_______________________________________________________________________

 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

 March 11, 2025

 Mr. Moore of Alabama (for himself, Mr. Panetta, and Ms. Goodlander) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
 Oversight and Government Reform

_______________________________________________________________________

 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 2025''.

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) --
        (A) in clause
            (ii) , by adding ``and'' and the end; 
 and
        (B) by adding at the end the following:
 ``
            (iii) includes 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 Data.--Not later than 3 years 
after the date of enactment of the Stop Secret Spending Act of 2025, 
the Secretary shall ensure that, with respect to the website 
established under 

section 2, or any successor website--
 ``

    (1) data relating to other transaction agreements is 
 automatically transmitted to the website, and
 ``

    (2) a centralized view of the data described in paragraph

    (1) is available on the website.''.
            (c) Annual Report on Unreported Funding.--

Section 2 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 2025, and annually 
thereafter, the Secretary, in consultation with the Director, shall 
post to the website established under this section a report that 
includes--
 ``

    (1) the total amount of Federal spending on Federal 
 awards for which data has not been posted to the website; and
 ``

    (2) the reason data on the Federal spending described in 
 paragraph

    (1) has not been posted to the website, including 
 whether the Federal spending was--
 ``
        (A) national security-related or classified;
 ``
        (B) a grant or contract awarded or entered into 
 by a legislative or judicial branch agency; or
 ``
            (C) a subaward below a primary subaward.''.
            (d) Implementation Plan.--

    (1) === Definitions. ===
-In this subsection:
        (A) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the 
 Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
        (B) Relevant agency.--The term ``relevant agency'' 
 means a Federal agency (as defined in 

section 2

    (a) of 
 the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act 
 of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note)) that has the authority 
 to enter into an other transaction agreement, as 
 determined by the Director.
            (C) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the 
 Secretary of the Treasury.
            (D) Usaspending.gov.--The term ``USAspending.gov'' 
 means the website established under 

section 2 of the 
 Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 
 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note).

    (2) Initial compilation.--If the Secretary has not yet 
 complied with subsection

    (e) of 

section 4 of the Federal 
 Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 
 6101 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.

    (3) Plan.--If the Secretary has not yet complied with 
 subsection

    (e) of 

section 4 of the Federal Funding 
 Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 
 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--
        (A) the status of including data relating to other 
 transaction agreements on USAspending.gov; and
        (B) 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.

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--

    (1) in paragraph

    (1) --
        (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph
        (A) , by 
 striking ``each Federal agency'' and inserting ``each 
 agency described in paragraphs

    (1) and

    (2) of 

section 901

    (b) of title 31, United States Code'';
        (B) in subparagraph
        (A) , by striking ``Federal 
 agency'' and inserting ``agency''; and
            (C) in subparagraph
        (B) , by striking ``Federal 
 agency'' and inserting ``agency''; and

    (2) by striking paragraph

    (2) and inserting the following:
 ``

    (2) Deadlines.--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) --
 ``
        (A) not later than 1 year after the date of 
 enactment of the Stop Secret Spending Act of 2025; and
 ``
        (B) 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 Stop Secret Spending Act of 2025 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.''.

    (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) , in the matter 
 preceding clause
            (i) , 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.--
 ``

    (1) In general.--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.
 ``

    (2) Federal agency responsibility.--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.
 ``

    (3) Authority to verify accuracy.--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.
 ``
            (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 2025, 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) .

SEC. 4. GAO REPORT.

 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 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note).
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