1.This Act may be cited as the
Digital Accountability and
Transparency Act of 2012
or the DATA Act
.
2.The table of contents
for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
Title I—Accountability and Transparency in Federal
Spending
Sec. 101. General requirements for accountability and
transparency in Federal spending.
Sec. 102. Data standardization for accountability and
transparency in Federal spending.
Sec. 103. Amendments to the Federal Funding Accountability and
Transparency Act of 2006.
Sec. 104. Effective date and deadlines for accountability and
transparency in Federal spending.
Title II—Federal Accountability and Spending Transparency
Commission
Sec. 201. Federal Accountability and Spending Transparency
Commission.
Sec. 202. Conforming amendment relating to compensation of
Chairman.
Sec. 203. Conforming amendments related to Recovery
Accountability and Transparency Board.
Title III—Additional Provisions
Sec. 301. Classified information.
Sec. 302. Paperwork Reduction Act exemption.
Sec. 303. Matching program exception for inspectors
general.
Sec. 304. Transfer of Consolidated Federal Funds
Report.
Sec. 305. Transfer of authority over Catalog of Federal
Domestic Assistance to Commission.
Sec. 306. Government Accountability Office
Improvement.
Sec. 307. Amendments to the Inspector General Act of
1978 and the Inspector General Reform Act of
2008.
Sec. 308. Limits and transparency for travel and conference
spending.
Sec. 309. Effective date.
3.In this Act:
(1)The term Commission means the
Federal Accountability and Spending Transparency Commission established under
subchapter III of
chapter 36 of title 31,
United States Code, as added by this Act.
(2)The term Executive agency has
the meaning provided by
section
105 of title 5, United States Code, except the term does not
include the Government Accountability Office.
<enum>I</enum><header>Accountability and
Transparency in Federal Spending</header>
<section id="H0378ED7960C24D9AB1655CB7589E09A0"><enum>101.</enum><header>General
requirements for accountability and transparency in Federal spending</header>
<subsection id="H444867C618454B6193A37CBF9CAC927C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle III of title
31, United States Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 35 the following
new chapter:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB8C5F9D6BEB5484D94EED1892A61EDE0" style="USC">
<chapter id="H817A64919F254D38A8B60309E4D15C28"><enum>36</enum><header>Accountability
and Transparency in Federal Spending</header>
<toc container-level="chapter-container" idref="H817A64919F254D38A8B60309E4D15C28" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded" lowest-level="section" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" regeneration="yes-regeneration">
<toc-entry idref="HC38DF88C199B4DABBE320B62E6DE87B1" level="subchapter">Subchapter I—Reporting Requirements</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H85D2931B5AC4493692EF9A212D64581C" level="section">3601. Definitions.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HD3014C24746F4ABABA157FD9C5FA9219" level="section">3602. Recipient reporting requirement.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H6C5DE9218F334AB086ECBAEE0CD23AF5" level="section">3603. Agency reporting requirement.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HA3C2C917AD6444208A6518E4AE5A95B4" level="section">3604. Treasury reporting requirement.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HCAA022828EEA4A2EB73E1DFFF5E23C2C" level="section">3605. Exemptions from recipient reporting
requirement.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H39B05B6A27A24B509EAE364576791997" level="subchapter">Subchapter II—Data Standardization</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H5FDE07C2E975480ABF5B20CAB1D09C58" level="section">3611. Data standardization for reporting
information.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HEAEE4617ED7D49B4AA5EF9D8B5375CC8" level="section">3612. Full disclosure of information.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HBEBA36A1C6684217B0D691CF460296D3" level="section">3613. Federal accountability portal.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H4FDBE3C971044A74B12ED8A482D7DD32" level="section">3614. Agency responsibilities.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H645409F01B1547CF89E1E1C5D2150D3E" level="section">3615. Consolidated financial reporting.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H645409F01B1547CF89E1E1C5D2150D3E" level="section">3616. Office of Management and Budget
responsibilities.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H2566BCC9C8094057A7C97250E0969737" level="section">3617. Treasury responsibilities.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H931CD220166E4EEFABDD0B1BFFBFCAEE" level="section">3618. General Services Administration
responsibilities.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H97E4F86458EF4CFDB19CBC5B02FA0454" level="subchapter">Subchapter III—Federal Accountability and Spending
Transparency Commission</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H5332DC77909D4570A94E9AC7D633B774" level="section">3621. Establishment.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H6383E5A4A53F44D18EFBEDC14B402A0E" level="section">3622. Composition of the Commission.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H174E87385A684A0CA64868793D9A9016" level="section">3623. Functions.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H48CBAB6A18EB4BABB3C5067AF702F2AB" level="section">3624. Powers.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H49C535A7E110494B83EDD89C6CD0422C" level="section">3625. Employment, personnel, and related
authorities.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H803CD48D15934901BBD3E4F8AC9FC7CF" level="section">3626. Transfer of certain personnel.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H5AF7E96B8CDC447AB1434C29DF4F0BFF" level="section">3627. Advisory committee to Commission.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H0E62EA4EA9864D389DCEF798192BDAC8" level="section">3628. Authorization and availability of
appropriations.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H69C232483C454EE798E99FE7B77E6A97" level="section">3629. Sunset.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HC56A0669C5BB4BF8BC82C4C4D73B5BC0" level="subchapter">Subchapter IV—General Provisions</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H19B81B14EF2B436C942CA24D08F1CEDE" level="section">3641. Independence of inspectors general.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HD04CF30A6598453FBCA23E0E57E53D40" level="section">3642. Effective date.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<subchapter id="HC38DF88C199B4DABBE320B62E6DE87B1"><enum>I</enum><header>Reporting
Requirements</header>
<section id="H85D2931B5AC4493692EF9A212D64581C"><enum>3601.</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this chapter:</text>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H606442B75F8B447CBA0ED573226CF890"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Recipient</header><text>The
term <term>recipient</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H371D4CF1C21A4560B22D12DBA8E8E0A9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any person that
receives Federal funds pursuant to a Federal award, either directly or through
a subgrant or subcontract at any tier; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3B59E1C1853846D487A387E5F4D7DDB1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any State, local,
or tribal government, or any government corporation, that receives Federal
funds pursuant to a Federal award, either directly or through a subgrant or
subcontract at any tier.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2773CA558F6F424DB725D0E9DFB4210D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Federal
award</header><text>The term <term>Federal award</term> means Federal financial
assistance and expenditures that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3CC68614EC604810B23C2507047EE3AB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include grants, subgrants, loans, awards,
cooperative agreements, agreements entered into under other transactional
authority, and other forms of financial assistance; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H95BF3653CD804DA0B8A2E251FCCCA621"><enum>(B)</enum><text>include contracts,
subcontracts, purchase orders, task orders, and delivery orders.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7B82E11CC650400EB03962E7D5CE3C26"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Commission</header><text>The
term <term>Commission</term> means the Federal Accountability and Spending
Transparency Commission established under subchapter III of this chapter, or
any successor entity to the Federal Accountability and Spending Transparency
Commission.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAA4487FC0C8E438AB6588FFECDEB5789"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Chairman</header><text>The
term <term>Chairman</term> means the Chairman of the Federal Accountability and
Spending Transparency Commission.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H64DDF95693154B54991004CA4EB8971C"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Executive
agency</header><text>The term <term>Executive agency</term> has the meaning
provided by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/105">section
105</external-xref> of title 5, except the term does not include the Government
Accountability Office.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HDCC8464B90124BA1BEAB790EED8539AA"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Foreign Corrupt
Practices Act of 1977</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
term <term>Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF73F3BB5143D4B7781D11EF804E1A340"><enum>(A)</enum><text>section 30A of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/78dd-1">15 U.S.C. 78dd–1</external-xref>); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H90F04BA86E124910A3D6F5838449D25D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>sections 104 and
104A of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/78dd-2">15 U.S.C. 78dd–2</external-xref>).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="HD3014C24746F4ABABA157FD9C5FA9219"><enum>3602.</enum><header>Recipient
reporting requirement</header>
<subsection id="HF5224159618640408C240D684CAF173A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>Each
recipient shall report to the Commission each receipt and use of Federal funds
pursuant to a Federal award.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H10C6CC9E3EDE47248375A2EF73C94F66"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Characteristics
of reports</header>
<paragraph id="H92CA16B937B44761B6B967522A0F7D21"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Frequency of
reports</header>
<subparagraph id="H5290F6942F8148ECAC71B5065F2B18A5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Commission shall designate, by rule, the frequency of
reports to be submitted by recipients under subsection (a), but the frequency
shall not be less than once each quarter.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H71CB74729F964AEFBE9DF39D232C855F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Deadlines</header><text>The
Commission shall, by rule, specify deadlines by which a particular receipt or
use of Federal funds must be reported by a recipient under subsection (a). In
specifying deadlines under this subparagraph, the Commission shall take into
account the capabilities of the management and accounting systems and processes
of recipients. The Commission shall, by rule, provide for extensions of the
deadlines specified under this subparagraph in cases of hardship or
emergency.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H97D54CC43D3840EC83A1A33428AF6F76"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Continuous or
automatic reporting</header><text>To the extent practicable, the Commission
shall require continuous or automatic reporting for compliance with this
section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB4592359F7814D0FA4B8856558B23F90"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Content of
reports</header><text>Each report submitted by a recipient under subsection (a)
shall contain the following information:</text>
<subparagraph id="H5E0210200D7C49D3A77D9E868799F0BD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An identification of the recipient,
including the recipient’s name and location (including city, county, State,
congressional district, and country), with location information provided in
proper United States Postal Service standardized format, including ZIP+4, or
proper international postal service standardized format where
applicable.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H82A4F1EE0A44422E894D36B4F8B0B2F8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>An identification
of the recipient and the parent entity of the recipient, if the recipient is
owned by another entity.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8013EEE76A3F4D5AB59084BE86FF669D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>An identification
of the Executive agency.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5B99C4BFF6EE40FEBEFCA5D3BA41AA84"><enum>(D)</enum><text>An identification
of the Federal award.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBCE3E0172AF04300B55BDD5E7DECCAE8"><enum>(E)</enum><text>If applicable, an
identification of the program pursuant to which the Federal award was
awarded.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9437ADE01FC5433DB3EA3E1A4502F6F8"><enum>(F)</enum><text>The total amount
of Federal funds received from that Executive agency for the Federal award,
during the period covered by the report.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H15C46AC404FF4AE6B5515573B6C6AFCD"><enum>(G)</enum><text>The amount of
Federal funds from the Federal award that were expended or obligated by the
recipient to projects or activities during the period covered by the
report.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBF7E8BD6086B4E9FA5807F4C9E3E197A"><enum>(H)</enum><text>A list of all
projects or activities for which Federal funds were expended or
obligated.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDA384BE314DB4106A3200768D888E7EB"><enum>(I)</enum><text>If the Federal
award is a prime award, an identification of its immediate subawards.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE9907108784C4FB68E63230FC72B509F"><enum>(J)</enum><text>If the Federal
award is a subaward, an identification of its immediate prime award.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2B03154892CC4AE78B31D7E28E537491"><enum>(K)</enum><text>Such additional
information reasonably related to the receipt and use of Federal funds as the
Commission shall, by rule, require.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H62FC0DEE1F2A483F8410EC0A34928596"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Use of data
standards</header><text>The reports submitted under this section shall use the
common data elements and data reporting standards designated by the Commission
under section 3611 of this title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H491BC2AB59DB487F9BDE43DC62D847B8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Fulfillment of
requirements by prime awardees</header><text>The Commission shall, by rule,
permit prime awardees to fulfill the requirements of this section on behalf of
subawardees, so long as all subaward tiers are reported.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HDF89E7127D1D492DB688A06A88AEACC8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Guidance by
Commission</header><text>The Commission shall issue guidance to recipients on
compliance with this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H10F3601899AF4AE0A4CFF36EBF3CFF82"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Prepopulation</header><text>To
the extent practicable, the Commission shall prepopulate its electronic systems
for the submission of reports required by this section with data submitted to
it by agencies under section 3603 of this title, and shall permit recipients
either to confirm that prepopulated data is correct or, if it is incorrect, to
make corrections.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H745A80CAC4DF42C6A1F918B6DE7535A3"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Registration</header><text>Recipients
required to report information under subsection (a) shall register with the
Central Contractor Registration database or complete such other registration
requirements as the Commission shall, by rule, require.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H6C5DE9218F334AB086ECBAEE0CD23AF5"><enum>3603.</enum><header>Agency
reporting requirement</header>
<subsection id="HC76F5CB32DB44562B042BB2783ED602F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>Each
Executive agency shall report to the Commission all obligations and
expenditures of Federal funds.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H95A14C0739584199A06BE2F004CE648E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Characteristics
of reports</header>
<paragraph id="H03FA04B2B9884A95B21E15CAF986CAD4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Frequency of
reports</header>
<subparagraph id="H0C98E29D0FDA424C9548E598C42F1646"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall
designate, by rule, and after consultation with the Office of Management and
Budget, the frequency of reports to be submitted by agencies under subsection
(a), but the frequency shall not be less than once each quarter.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H86171AD1D908457AB3CCB54BDF3ED749"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Deadlines</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall, by rule, and after
consultation with the Office of Management and Budget, specify the deadline by
which an obligation or expenditure must be reported by an agency under
subsection (a).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFE4AAE18063046D4864A3B6F9E4179A1"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Continuous or
automatic reporting</header><text>To the extent practicable, the Commission
shall require continuous or automatic reporting for compliance with this
section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H357965A3E3CD4CF4AE6DD4701112D24A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Content of
report</header>
<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA9569B6375944E9F8C1EC873FA82817A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Information
relating to Federal awards</header><text>Each report submitted by an Executive
agency under subsection (a) that relates to a Federal award shall contain the
following information for that Federal award:</text>
<clause id="H7CA7FEC14BA74EBA92903623F107FFA0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>An
identification of the recipient, including the recipient’s name and location
(including city, State, congressional district, and country), with location
information provided in proper United States Postal Service standardized
format, including ZIP+4, or proper international postal service standardized
format where applicable.</text>
</clause><clause id="HA17C36AE916546FB916A2E39458A920E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>An identification
of the recipient and the parent entity of the recipient, should the entity be
owned by another entity.</text>
</clause><clause id="H00AE56059F4A4E44839791AD28D599AF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>An
identification of the Executive agency.</text>
</clause><clause id="HDD313C3222434184B0D0A9B356F79CE5"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>An identification
of the Federal award.</text>
</clause><clause id="H52DA62DE32194E5BA56C2663B0517651"><enum>(v)</enum><text>If
applicable, an identification of the program pursuant to which the Federal
award was awarded.</text>
</clause><clause id="HC56703EC22F74F4BB3AD10131D37EF48"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>If necessary, the
total amount of the award.</text>
</clause><clause id="H7F271D83793445F3A1839B6C38FB0CD3"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>The total amount
of Federal funds received by the recipient from the Executive agency for the
Federal award, during the period covered by the report.</text>
</clause><clause id="H0F6BF2D72B054D9D9279A0530486A525"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>Information on
the award, including transaction type, funding agency, the North American
Industry Classification System code or Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance
number (if applicable), the program source, and an award title descriptive of
the purpose of each funding action.</text>
</clause><clause id="HDEFF686CDF6B4295B79D61C19ED6EE41"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>Such additional
information reasonably related to the Federal award as the Commission shall, by
rule, require.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H35538DC1BBDB4709B736062C4FEF5443"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Information not
relating to Federal awards</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The content of each report submitted by an
Executive agency under subsection (a) that does not relate to a Federal award
shall be designated by the Commission, by rule, and after consultation with the
Office of Management and Budget.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD0F0AA56A4974F958B85BD56C474F95B"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Identification
information</header><text>To the extent practicable, reports submitted by
agencies under subsection (a) shall identify the programs, budget functions,
Treasury accounts, and appropriations categories pursuant to which Federal
funds are obligated or expended.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H55F675155F7D4BBCA7F5F1BC3BC8EE37"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Use of other
reporting information</header><text>To the extent practicable, the Commission
shall permit agencies to comply with subsection (a) by submitting the same
information that they submit or contribute for other governmentwide reporting
requirements, including the following:</text>
<clause id="H0AA7A9104CE640B381CA4ADAF6E41162"><enum>(i)</enum><text>For information
about Federal awards—</text>
<subclause id="H1745B37F739443D78EF22D904C486733"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Federal
assistance awards data system established pursuant to
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/6102a">section
6102a</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HF71AC6DD50B84ABCA7CA5E7B36B340CD"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the Federal
procurement data system established pursuant to
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/41/1122">section
1122(a)(4)</external-xref> of title 41, United States Code;</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H703DD97484864DFEA23EB6B896A1381B"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the common
application and reporting system established pursuant to section 6 of the
Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1999 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/6101">31 U.S.C. 6101</external-xref>
note); or</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HC1CB115FDEA6417993EFBA842BA415E5"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>such systems as
may be established to replace or supplement the systems identified in this
clause.</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="H0E732208F2404803AA71F5DE9AD1C8AB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>For information
about internal expenditures and accounting, the Federal Agencies’ Centralized
Trial-Balance Systems (FACTS I and FACTS II), the Governmentwide Financial
Report System (GFRS), the Intragovernmental Fiduciary Confirmation System
(IFCS), or such systems as may be established to replace or supplement such
systems.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H27B1C95DDCF0409C9077359765E61A7E"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Use of data
standards</header><text>The reports submitted under this section shall use the
common data elements and data reporting standards designated by the Commission
under section 3611 of this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3413FB5D83C84FCCBD67BEFE96DA5F12"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Information also
subject to recipient reporting requirement</header><text>In complying with this
section, each Executive agency shall identify, to the extent practicable,
Federal awards made by the agency that are subject to the recipient reporting
requirement of section 3602 of this title so that information reported by
recipients and information reported by the agency can be directly
compared.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H599D5E75DB224052AF84E73AF0CCA8CC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Guidance by
Commission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission
shall issue guidance to Executive agencies on compliance with this
section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H9FC4FC6AFF3B40BC92088FBDC12CBE46"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Commission to
monitor compliance</header><text>The Commission shall regularly report to
Congress on each Executive agency’s compliance with this section, including the
timeliness, completeness, accuracy, and interoperability of the data submitted
by each Executive agency. The Commission shall make these reports publicly
available contemporaneously online.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA3C2C917AD6444208A6518E4AE5A95B4"><enum>3604.</enum><header>Treasury
reporting requirement</header>
<subsection id="H00CC8A8680144401B04E7E5017340025"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The
Department of the Treasury shall report to the Commission disbursements of
Federal funds.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H68901CF61CFE402DA3BEDB38E302BF11"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Characteristics
of reports</header>
<paragraph id="H7A1628A3C6434C8E862E19AA7F1E5D2C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Frequency of
reports</header>
<subparagraph id="H427865A815B24516A242D4AEC62378BA"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Commission and the Secretary of the Treasury shall
determine the frequency of reports submitted by the Department of the Treasury
under subsection (a), but the frequency shall not be less than once each
quarter.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H44837585EF6F4B6696F7136B74C7F56A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Continuous or
automatic reporting</header><text>To the extent practicable, the Commission and
the Department of the Treasury shall establish continuous or automatic
reporting for compliance with this section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H70DFD5E800454676BC7E2B2798B9B19F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Content of
report</header>
<subparagraph id="HBF83A2A50BF64813A0927CC2A71F78C6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The Commission and
the Secretary of the Treasury shall determine the content of reports submitted
by the Department of the Treasury under subsection (a).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA832EF379E0F414580EC0F05BA930F1C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>To the extent
practicable, reports submitted by the Department of the Treasury under
subsection (a) shall identify the programs, budget functions, Treasury
accounts, and appropriations categories pursuant to which Federal funds are
disbursed.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H018B09885AE64C08A1D71CB7ECA8B8E5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Use of data
standards</header><text>The reports submitted under this section shall use the
common data elements and data reporting standards designated by the Commission
under section 3611 of this title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H42F666CA897449E3BF9E504519AC4046"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Commission to
monitor compliance</header><text>The Commission shall regularly submit to
Congress reports on compliance by the Department of the Treasury with this
section, including the timeliness, completeness, accuracy, and interoperability
of the data submitted. The Commission shall make all reports submitted under
this subsection publicly available contemporaneously online.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HCAA022828EEA4A2EB73E1DFFF5E23C2C"><enum>3605.</enum><header>Exemptions
from recipient reporting requirement</header>
<subsection id="H4E0D9732C41A45FF80B84465EABD4D74"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Exemption</header><text>A
recipient is exempt from the reporting requirement of section 3602 of this
title with respect to funds received pursuant to a Federal award if—</text>
<paragraph id="H20B1A13218BA485E8288152032BAA253"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the recipient is
an individual; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC6EF801F75854C8DAF937D39C8357E87"><enum>(2)</enum><text>either—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0FCBE1B7F59C41B9815729E5EF055634"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the total amount
of Federal funds received by the recipient does not exceed $100,000 in the
current calendar year or fiscal year; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD22BC3D9EA334134937CF5545A7FB345"><enum>(B)</enum><text>no transaction in
which the recipient has received Federal funds during the current calendar year
or fiscal year has exceeded $24,999.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC99B6663A9EA4DFD91BBD1D3BEA8BEE8"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authority to
grant additional exemptions</header><text>The Commission may, by rule, grant
additional exemptions under this section for classes or categories of
recipients.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB74D0BEA53FE4B6891AF345801DC61E5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Adjustment for
inflation</header><text>The Commission shall, by rule, provide for an
adjustment of the dollar thresholds specified in subsection (a)(2) to maintain
the constant dollar value of the
threshold.</text>
</subsection></section></subchapter></chapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HF4E3434D01214C43B89B9C69B452E040"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Clerical
amendment</header><text>The table of chapters at the beginning of subtitle III
of title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item
relating to chapter 35 the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEEEC934A747E4BD68237C44083314DC0" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<multi-column-toc-entry bold="on" level="section"><toc-enum>36.</toc-enum><level-header bold="on" level="section">Accountability and Transparency in Federal
Spending</level-header><target>3601</target></multi-column-toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="HC27764175BD0471EA3C9A0012DF9438B"><enum>102.</enum><header>Data
standardization for accountability and transparency in Federal
spending</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/31/36">Chapter
36</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, as added by section 101, is
amended by adding at the end the following new subchapter:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H067D5B50C808493685B2E306D0DD9551" style="USC">
<subchapter id="H39B05B6A27A24B509EAE364576791997"><enum>II</enum><header>Data
Standardization</header>
<section id="H5FDE07C2E975480ABF5B20CAB1D09C58"><enum>3611.</enum><header>Data
standardization for reporting information</header>
<subsection id="H69A6C8F0620949DBA7D525F32C4F859F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Common data
elements</header>
<paragraph id="H1C427CB92D55418494C76F2D96396BD2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall, by rule, designate
common data elements, such as codes, identifiers, and fields, for information
required to be reported by recipients and agencies under this chapter,
including identifiers for recipients, awards, and agencies.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H880D40F39DC34FBC8D8A51B8661A2EDD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Characteristics
of common data elements</header><text>The common data elements designated under
this subsection shall, to the extent practicable, be nonproprietary.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF75CAC6C9F43449186A98BF46F7F6829"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Existing common
data elements</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In designating
common data elements under this subsection, the Commission shall, to the extent
practicable, ensure interoperability and incorporate the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="HACFE1EE76E6E4D7DAFEE1E24AC8B086C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Common data
elements developed and maintained by an international voluntary consensus
standards body, as defined by the Office of Management and Budget, such as the
International Organization for Standardization.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H87BF26F45462433EA84A6E645C06C334"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Common data elements developed and
maintained by intragovernmental partnerships, such as the National Information
Exchange Model.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDE92B67BE28D4AE1958E654110F7FB80"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Common data elements developed and
maintained by Federal entities with authority over contracting and financial
assistance, such as the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3D9A0EC41CCF4786B435D8E8534780C2"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Common data elements developed and
maintained by accounting standards organizations.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6DAD87A0DEC94C1D8DF02BD0260E3B9B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Data reporting
standards</header>
<paragraph id="H53C724FADF754FFE988717E2E2037B09"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The
Commission shall, by rule, designate data reporting standards to govern the
reporting required to be performed by recipients and agencies under this
title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5BC3B5CC60204D7E8310253A8AEC711E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Characteristics
of data reporting standards</header><text>The data reporting standards
designated under this subsection shall, to the extent practicable—</text>
<subparagraph id="H02E4693DADED4E248C3DDF5D5342DCBE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>incorporate a
widely accepted, nonproprietary, searchable, platform-independent
computer-readable format;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9FA1DFAAEC7E4DDBBB1D14F2AC9665E8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>be consistent with
and implement applicable accounting principles; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H254939E7D2054EC3A66CDA9CB7E5D69F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>be capable of
being continually upgraded as necessary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8E8EC252CE544EB4A53534D773FAB86A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Existing data
reporting standards</header><text>In designating reporting standards under this
subsection, the Commission shall, to the extent practicable, incorporate
existing nonproprietary standards, such as the eXtensible Business Reporting
Language (XBRL).</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEAEE4617ED7D49B4AA5EF9D8B5375CC8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3612.</enum><header>Full disclosure of
information</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Commission
shall publish online all information submitted by recipients and agencies
pursuant to sections 3602, 3603, and 3604 of this title in accordance with 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><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBEBA36A1C6684217B0D691CF460296D3" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3613.</enum><header>Federal
accountability portal</header>
<subsection id="H2CD38C6D9D3542E4B9D8B471E7F8552D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>The
Commission shall establish and maintain a government-wide Internet-based data
access system, to be known as a <term>Federal accountability portal</term>, to
carry out the functions described in subsection (b).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3D0A0398773B416092F8F71EA8D7166C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Functions</header>
<paragraph id="H9A9D04F98E624C97B641429172EDC3B9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal
accountability portal shall incorporate—</text>
<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H554A40C4A2BD4FDA8A9952D7F38FBD43"><enum>(A)</enum><text>information
submitted by recipients and agencies under sections 3602, 3603, and 3604 of
this title;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDF9FCC6B08B745B6801DF675A0B37741"><enum>(B)</enum><text>other information
maintained by Federal, State, local, and foreign government agencies;
and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0C99C88514164FB88B33717FE1609D9F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>other commercially
and publicly available information.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0B72A80D73C94E3A9FBAF0173BE78B1F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Specific
functions</header><text>The Federal accountability portal shall be designed and
operated to carry out the following functions:</text>
<subparagraph id="HD05C87F4566D4601A7E160B61BC4C0AE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Combine
information submitted by recipients and agencies under sections 3602, 3603, and
3604 of this title with other compilations of information, including those
listed in paragraph (1).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7C3C2395D7504EE18F8A23F580FA0C9F"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Permit Executive agencies, in accordance
with applicable law, to verify the eligibility and responsibility of recipients
and potential recipients with respect to the receipt and use of Federal
funds.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD315BE9F9AB441FE847F9BE2C7ACDA78"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Permit Executive agencies, inspectors
general, law enforcement agencies, and appropriate State authorities, in
accordance with applicable law, to track Federal awards and recipients to
detect and prevent waste, fraud, and abuse.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD1378B4D7C554B8FAEB017E20D1C0285"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Serve as the
primary accountability portal for the entire Federal Government.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8AEDC5F763D74B00B54859B4ACA7D9A5"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Guidance by
Commission</header><text>The Commission shall issue guidance on the use of and
access to the Federal accountability portal.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4FDBE3C971044A74B12ED8A482D7DD32" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3614.</enum><header>Agency
responsibilities</header>
<subsection id="H365020213B144A009D462189CB6BB4D0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>As
a condition of receipt of Federal funds of an Executive agency pursuant to any
Federal award, the Executive agency shall require any recipient of such funds
to provide the information required under section 3602 of this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H8AD3D6DBA90A445B93F27DAC50863BC2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Penalties for
recipient noncompliance</header>
<paragraph id="H9460D8CF8FB34E36A5DDD84361D0E22B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The head of an Executive agency may impose a civil
penalty in an amount not more than $250,000 on a recipient of Federal funds
from that Executive agency that does not provide the information required under
section 3602 of this title or provides information that contains a material
omission or misstatement.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB577EC5E542E498D983736D1B8C375E2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Nonpreclusion</header><text>The
imposition of a civil penalty under this subsection does not preclude any other
criminal or civil statutory, common law, or administrative remedy that is
available by law to the United States or any other person. Any amounts received
from a civil penalty under this subsection shall be deposited in the Treasury
of the United States to the credit of the appropriation or appropriations from
which the award is made.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5126BCCEAAD54C52AC144E2F8E505E2A"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Notification</header><text>The
head of an Executive agency shall provide a written notification to a recipient
that fails to provide the information required under section 3602 of this title
or provides information that contains a material omission or misstatement. Such
notification shall provide the recipient with information on how to comply with
the requirements of such section 3602 and notice of the penalties for failing
to do so. The head of the Executive agency may not impose a civil penalty under
paragraph (1) until 60 days after the date of the notification.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9E74C3E305B04BEF97A7A93DF2F9E191"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Compliance with
Commission Guidance</header><text>Executive agencies shall comply with the
instructions and guidance issued by the Commission under this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC3B7B1D3265E4FC19E8E544FBECE9DD1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Information and
assistance</header>
<paragraph id="H9C561960A8BC4B90BB3484F518EBD9D5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon request of the
Commission for information or assistance from any Executive agency or other
entity of the Federal Government, the head of such entity shall, insofar as is
practicable and not in contravention of any existing law, furnish such
information or assistance to the Commission, or an authorized designee.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA5B6C543A61642B2B7515534771812B3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Report of
refusals</header><text>Whenever information or assistance requested by the
Commission is, in the judgment of the Commission, unreasonably refused or not
provided, the Commission shall report the circumstances to Congress.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5FD47E81885B4059A894DF54B1E5EF15"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Requirement to
use common data elements and data reporting standards</header><text>After the
Commission designates any common data element or data reporting standard under
section 3611 of this title, each Executive agency shall issue guidance that
requires every recipient of Federal funds under any of its Federal awards to
use that common data element or data reporting standard for any information
reported to that Executive agency to which the common data element or data
reporting standard is applicable.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H5BFDB9A333C4436F8239208C73CCF0B2"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Prepopulation</header><text>To
the extent practicable, each Executive agency shall use data from the website
maintained by the Commission 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) to prepopulate
any electronic systems maintained by that agency for the submission of reports
on the receipt and use of Federal funds distributed by that agency.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H6E9414CB312C430394E13D365A8B3CD4"><enum>3615.</enum><header>Consolidated
financial reporting</header>
<subsection id="H83C1287351924F4FB9DF15E76D9800E7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Report
identifying recipient financial reporting requirements to be
consolidated</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In consultation
with the Office of Management and Budget, each Executive agency shall, not
later than two years after the effective date of this chapter, submit to the
President, Congress, and the Commission a report that—</text>
<paragraph id="H5DECEEC7BE6B4FAEBF1D51CB48DE82D9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>describes any
agency-specific financial reporting requirements for recipients of Federal
funds pursuant to a Federal award from the agency;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H378B64CF60F04C6B80BA2E996B8FD563"><enum>(2)</enum><text>identifies every
element of information that such recipients must regularly submit to the agency
pursuant to such requirements; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0463D9FBBFD64791A1AF226446EF18A9"><enum>(3)</enum><text>for each element
so identified, identifies whether that element or a similar element is already
being reported to the Commission by such recipients under this title.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H93998F3CD5064EF2A80B6AAB29339669"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Date certain
that recipients may use consolidated financial
reporting</header><text>Beginning on the date that is three years after the
effective date of this chapter, recipients of Federal funds are deemed to have
satisfied the agency-specific financial reporting requirements identified in
the reports required by subsection (a) by transmitting the same information to
the Commission, in a manner prescribed by the Commission.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HED75F678D20241888A3FEEB210127F06"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Recipient
notification</header><text>After an Executive agency has submitted its report
under subsection (a), the Executive agency shall issue guidance notifying
recipients of Federal funds under its awards that they may, as of the date that
is three years after the effective date of this chapter, satisfy those
agency-specific financial reporting requirements identified by the agency in
its report required under subsection (a) by reporting the same information to
the Commission only.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H902DE4E4E84F4264BA1C1EF3EE61CCCF"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Commission
responsibilities</header>
<paragraph id="H02F25C22157C45E9AECE09C96F03FCC7"><enum>(1)</enum><text>After an Executive
agency submits its report under subsection (a), the Commission shall promulgate
rules describing the manner in which the agency-specific financial reporting
requirements identified in the report may be met by recipients of Federal funds
from that agency through reporting to the Commission only.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H469835BE9F2C4F11961213171E3C8194"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Upon receipt of
agency-specific financial reporting information as described under this
section, the Commission shall immediately make such information available to
the Executive agency to which the information had previously been required to
be submitted.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H645409F01B1547CF89E1E1C5D2150D3E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3616.</enum><header>Office of
Management and Budget responsibilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">After the Commission designates any common
data element or data reporting standard under section 3611 of this title, the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall issue guidance that
requires Executive agencies to use that common data element or data reporting
standard for any information reported by Executive agencies to the Office of
Management and Budget to which the common data element or data reporting
standard is applicable.</text>
</section><section id="H2566BCC9C8094057A7C97250E0969737"><enum>3617.</enum><header>Treasury
responsibilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">After the
Commission designates any common data element or data reporting standard under
section 3611 of this title, the Secretary of the Treasury shall issue guidance
that requires Executive agencies to use that common data element or data
reporting standard for any information reported by Executive agencies to the
Department of the Treasury to which the common data element or data reporting
standard is applicable.</text>
</section><section id="H931CD220166E4EEFABDD0B1BFFBFCAEE"><enum>3618.</enum><header>General
Services Administration responsibilities</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">After the Commission designates any common
data element or data reporting standard under section 3611 of this title, the
Administrator of General Services shall apply that common data element or data
reporting standard for any information contained in acquisition-related
databases maintained by the General Services Administration to which the common
data element or data reporting standard is
applicable.</text>
</section></subchapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1DFB5E8C7B2A499C88FF1D075B6020CE"><enum>103.</enum><header>Amendments to
the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006</header>
<subsection id="HD427B41CF9DD4528A40C59ECA1402D75"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Additional
requirements for USASpending.gov</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2(c) 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 id="HBD487BA797B2441F86C5829DE45B635D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
paragraphs (1) and (2);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF470E3A9666C4415B94C9678FE34EC2B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H43BC534AA89949C1A009441D6FF50067"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new paragraphs:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA97215266F4147538ED68C0316111F42" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HFE4A4FF9CB634EC8AAFB707DD6815271"><enum>(4)</enum><text>shall, to the
extent practicable, publish data under this section in a manner that complies
with applicable principles and best practices in the private sector for the
publication of open government data;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H62796948222A487EA0DC1375778E5815"><enum>(5)</enum><text>shall serve as a
public portal for Federal financial information, including information
concerning all Federal awards and information concerning the expenditure of all
Federal funds;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H98F3FD4D0B2A4C128FE76836CF76C757"><enum>(6)</enum><text>shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H993F7DC151334F879CD62FE81BD357BF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>make available all
information published under subsections (b), (c), and (d) in a reasonably
timely manner;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H40E22EEFC5D348E8B0B99FF9F3175B90"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make available all information published
under subsections (b), (c), and (d), using the common data elements and data
reporting standards designated by the Commission under
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/3611">section
3611</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAA27FFDBEF924075A4B05A4766B75B0F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>make available all
information published under subsections (b), (c), and (d) without charge,
license, or registration requirement;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H029855201A6348EBAF945EE0A891E72B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>permit all
information published under subsections (b), (c), and (d) to be searched and
aggregated;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCAB225B810D64D3BBA2E51F0C4D681C4"><enum>(E)</enum><text>permit all
information published under subsections (b), (c), and (d) to be downloaded,
including downloaded in bulk;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H769F583B31B84DBD9F8C79BB095EBAE4"><enum>(F)</enum><text>to the extent
practicable, disseminate information published under subsections (b), (c), and
(d) via automatic electronic means;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD881F245F04B4FB384381F377483D635"><enum>(G)</enum><text>to the extent
practicable, permit information published under subsections (b), (c), and (d)
to be freely shared by the public, such as by social media; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDE5AAC6BE2474DFFAF335F796DC4DF80"><enum>(H)</enum><text>to the extent
practicable, use permanent uniform resource locators for information published
under subsections (b), (c), and
(d).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H2EE2481391F74B0DAC4FFDDC000B6573"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Requirement to
report all data submitted under DATA Act and
<external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/31/61">chapter 61</external-xref> of title 31 on
USASpending.gov</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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), as amended by subsection (a), is further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H28A04A5FF3D34E219BBB8AD8E90CA08F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
subsections (d) and (e);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3760B04954C34165BF3C63F3D0F0FB66"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsection (c) as subsection (e); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1A3664445A5347A18656B615281C9082"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after
subsection (b) the following new subsections (c) and (d):</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H790DE68FFE1D4119BDE47C97D9C09399" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HC9163610777C41D8BEF8A1EF7E67EBAD"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Full disclosure
of data submitted under the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of
2012</header>
<paragraph id="HC7FFD4F557DA4C7E9BA35B96D1F0E94A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall publish on the website
established under this section all information submitted by recipients and
agencies pursuant to sections 3602, 3603, and 3604 of title 31, United States
Code, as added by the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of
2012.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCF000EE2ED72466BB81231DB02D28267"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Aggregation of
information that is exempt from recipient reporting
requirement</header><text>The Commission shall publish, online and in the
aggregate, information that is exempt from recipient reporting under section
3605 of such title but that is reported by an Executive agency under section
3603 of such title in the aggregate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDA30CE4D3C4E4167AA1C1ACE5E94683F"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Full disclosure
of information required by
<external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/31/61">chapter 61</external-xref> of title
31</header><text>The Commission shall publish on the website established under
this section all information contained in the information system required under
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/6103">section
6103</external-xref> of title 31, United States
Code.</text>
</subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB94DD59DE4D34988B474F2212436E43F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Additional
definitions</header><text>Subsection 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 by
adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H05B51BC1527646CF9EE21D65FA6E536F" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HBC2582A504424F0581B20D12A417C60E"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Recipient</header><text>The
term <quote>recipient</quote> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAD73CA6EC85140F780E1D982ADAA82D2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>any person that
receives Federal funds pursuant to a Federal award, either directly or through
a subgrant or subcontract at any tier; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H93DA069C6F8B4948BB1D23B2AED732AC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any State, local,
or tribal government, or any government corporation, that receives Federal
funds pursuant to a Federal award, either directly or through a subgrant or
subcontract at any tier.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H84ED3C889765407BBC8B0904CE196649"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Commission</header><text>The
term <quote>Commission</quote> means the Federal Accountability and Spending
Transparency Commission established under subchapter III of
<external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/31/36">chapter 36</external-xref> of title 31,
United States Code, or any successor entity to the Federal Accountability and
Spending Transparency
Commission.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HADCE6341D3CC419DA6F9BBA8581F72DE"><enum>(d)</enum><header>New
technologies</header><text>Section 2(f) of the Federal Funding Accountability
and Transparency Act of 2006 is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD190133A24184FA690E4D7F673805A6A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Nothing</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4B9932FF808C498499F278AEDAE42438" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H5837DA9910E3464C8F27FC144BB0A70A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Access to other
data</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H16D77FC717314A558E03E0F9904AAED1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC37057874C7E4F0F9921D0A08815CBEE" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HE678C9CBEF9647B08F7392B6E6A958AB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>New
technologies</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this
Act shall prohibit the Commission from complying with the requirements of this
section using such new technologies as may replace websites for data
publication and
dissemination.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HCBBD4B2D775646C3B03C353D2D96B1D5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments to replace OMB with Commission for management of
USASpending.gov</header><text>Section 2 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/6101">31 U.S.C. 6101</external-xref>
note) is further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H5DE8EB9AF1BF41968FE0A1493A54B287"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (b),
by striking <quote>Office of Management and Budget</quote> and inserting
<quote>Commission</quote> both places it appears in paragraph (1); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD8EB08D1624248419B4FC1AD6DDE60E5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (g),
by striking <quote>Director of the Office of Management and Budget</quote> and
inserting <quote>Commission</quote> in paragraph (1) and in paragraph
(3).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC8318CB370524840A7DB7B289F940B4C"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Repeal of
superseded provisions</header><text>Section 2(b) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/6101">31 U.S.C. 6101</external-xref>
note) is further amended by striking paragraphs (3) and (4).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H157838B8AEDE44E7B2706B853D5D7714"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Technical and
conforming amendments</header><text>Such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/6101">31 U.S.C. 6101</external-xref> note) is further
amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H45B9F66D2F144CAAABEA7B10435D1B27"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 2(b),
by striking <quote>Not later than January 1, 2008, the</quote> and inserting
<quote>The</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA8F0A198908844D4A3E8121289099C78"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section
2(g)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7E9AC186B8AF4E64A83B821B38E7E063"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Committee on Government Reform</quote> and inserting <quote>Committee on
Oversight and Government Reform</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H495EDE345B70471F8B22E1497D783BCE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text>
<clause id="H237D564B5C164807B28E3758969D7867"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
inserting <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (A);</text>
</clause><clause id="H3983910D46054BA2874DA50E24FEBF4E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>; and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting a
period; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HB471D985FFAA430F80C8FDBC0624E4B5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by
striking subparagraph (C).</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HD99AA2DACE934D0EAAA7934847F4DB5E"><enum>104.</enum><header>Effective date
and deadlines for accountability and transparency in Federal spending</header>
<subsection id="H67B58EAB9A4C437292DF43BF8388E0D5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/31/36">Chapter 36</external-xref> of title 31,
United States Code, as added by section 101, is further amended by adding at
the end the following new subchapter:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H07B14415792F4243BE8F5D1FC5256447" style="USC">
<subchapter id="HC56A0669C5BB4BF8BC82C4C4D73B5BC0"><enum>IV</enum><header>General
Provisions</header>
<section commented="no" id="H19B81B14EF2B436C942CA24D08F1CEDE"><enum>3641.</enum><header>Independence
of inspectors general</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing
in this chapter shall affect the independent authority or discretion of an
inspector general to determine whether or how to conduct an audit,
investigation, or any other function authorized by the Inspector General Act of
1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), or to disclose any information relating to an audit or
investigation.</text>
</section><section id="HD04CF30A6598453FBCA23E0E57E53D40"><enum>3642.</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This chapter takes effect
on the date of the enactment of this
chapter.</text>
</section></subchapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H2BE76B31D4B546CEB527BA8FEEE99F3E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deadlines for
implementation</header>
<paragraph id="H9CF0DDE307854051A0D42934B26A9DD3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Deadline for
appointment of Commissioners</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Within 60 days after the effective date of
this Act, the President shall appoint Commissioners to the Commission under
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/3622">section
3622</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, as added by this
Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H56AA2ADA1B8C4ED4A3D05B6D91507D83"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Commission
deadlines</header>
<subparagraph id="H19C8462AA0654DB7926F482B3521827C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Within 60 days after the effective date of
this Act, the Commission shall establish the committee required under
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/3627">section
3627</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, as added by this
Act.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6C6B6B6F8D6F4C78964430E31D171C6C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Within 180 days
after the effective date of this Act, the Commission shall—</text>
<clause id="H26B0CBB8FCAD4EF182D97425CCF653F8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>promulgate rules
and issue guidance under sections
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/3602">3602</external-xref>
and <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/3603">3603</external-xref> of title 31, United States
Code, as added by this Act;</text>
</clause><clause id="HA7ED7A7A7BBE4DD082097C987FA6ABBB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">together with the Secretary of the
Treasury, determine the frequency and content of reports to be submitted to the
Commission by the Department of the Treasury under section 3604 of such title,
as so added;</text>
</clause><clause id="H9C7B8062816442E7B40A8AD01D090723"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>designate common
data elements under section 3611(a) of such title and data reporting standards
under section 3611(b) of such title, as so added; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H18B06FA140E54948BBB84C08E4D42354"><enum>(iv)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establish one or more websites under the
Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, as amended by this
Act.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7F787F927D2B444CA6B5692718A62355"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Agency and
department deadlines</header>
<subparagraph id="HD9E0F82E52D244B49A60521E0850CC5F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Within one year
after the effective date of this Act, each Executive agency shall implement
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/3614">section
3614(a)</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, as added by this
Act.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF6F7899CBEB14B46BDEB87ACC5A2FCC0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Within two years
after the Commission designates any common data element or data reporting
standard under section 3611 of such title, as so added—</text>
<clause id="H502E2BBC430E4DD1A4D671F4FD623EA2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>each
Executive agency shall issue guidance under section 3614(e) of such title, as
so added;</text>
</clause><clause id="H2FF8439F017E4447A0B51A7ABCB74A9D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the
Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall issue guidance under
section 3615 of such title, as so added; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H4972829978E94B63900052CDCC848399"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the
Administrator of General Services shall take the actions required under section
3617 of such title, as so added.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H882EA82C0E1D42858F53C8D5CE7CA24D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Treasury
deadlines</header>
<subparagraph id="H1B00DE90B5B149A5938EB632B75FB19B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Within 180 days
after the effective date of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, together
with the Commission, shall determine the frequency and content of reports to be
submitted to the Commission by the Department of the Treasury under
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/3604">section
3604</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, as added by this
Act.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAEE9A5F7AA88458CB17F3591408DF49E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Within 180 days
after the Commission and the Secretary of the Treasury determine the frequency
and content of reports to be submitted to the Commission by the Department of
the Treasury under section 3604 of such title, as so added, the Department of
the Treasury shall begin to submit such reports to the Commission.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1A4D0271E4F44EB08F71A26A42A1D97D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Within two years
after the Commission designates any common data element or data reporting
standard under section 3611 of such title, as so added, the Secretary of the
Treasury shall issue guidance under section 3616 of such title, as so
added.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H981021CBE4C04E82A52D832CFB940737"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Recipient
deadlines</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or the
amendments made by this Act, no recipient shall be required to comply with this
Act or such amendments until 180 days after the Commission has issued rules and
guidance under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/3602">section 3602</external-xref> of title 31, United
States Code, as added by this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H0AADEE86783A4A57A8DCB4727B2758C2"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Transfer of
usaspending.gov</header><text>Within 180 days after the effective date of this
Act, the Commission and the Office of Management and Budget shall transfer the
management and control of USASpending.gov from the Office of Management and
Budget to the Commission, as required by the Federal Funding Accountability and
Transparency Act of 2006, as amended by this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><enum>II</enum><header>Federal
Accountability and Spending Transparency Commission</header>
<section id="H3DCA47F89E7A4665A4B9ACF4633684A1"><enum>201.</enum><header>Federal
Accountability and Spending Transparency Commission</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/31/36">Chapter 36</external-xref> of title 31,
United States Code, as added by section 101, is further amended by inserting
after subchapter II the following new subchapter:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE76FFA0F82B84338BA69029A3CBD44C8" style="USC">
<subchapter id="H97E4F86458EF4CFDB19CBC5B02FA0454"><enum>III</enum><header>Federal
Accountability and Spending Transparency Commission</header>
<section id="H5332DC77909D4570A94E9AC7D633B774"><enum>3621.</enum><header>Establishment</header>
<subsection id="HE7E9BBB4E94149519B507DC9C3125523"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established the Federal
Accountability and Spending Transparency Commission as an independent agency in
the Executive Branch.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCF5132F841DA41AEA5564D4C697075B6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Functions and
powers transferred</header>
<paragraph id="HB891127A94454169A71E776BE7CD98DE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Functions
transferred</header><text>Except as provided in this section, there are
transferred to the Commission all functions of the Recovery Accountability and
Transparency Board.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF06282B653AB41DE8F4CA0ED340A9937"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Powers,
authorities, rights, and duties</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal Accountability and Spending
Transparency Commission shall succeed to all powers, authorities, rights, and
duties that were vested in the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board
on the day before the effective date of this chapter.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H6383E5A4A53F44D18EFBEDC14B402A0E"><enum>3622.</enum><header>Composition of
the Commission</header>
<subsection id="H8D28ABF821A6412FB03B8A2E7A072DD5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Members</header>
<paragraph id="H61096A79A9AA4256ABAF7E8FE35B5DCC"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Commission shall be composed of five Commissioners
who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the consent of the
Senate.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB7CE81707C78413685CD6F0EC0978353"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Party
affiliation</header><text>Not more than three of the members of the Commission
shall be members of the same political party.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7D1E8B284CFC483DB6796CD0A8E6FE89"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Term</header><text>Each
Commissioner shall hold office for a term of five years and until a successor
is appointed and has qualified, except that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4077D440FED44FFA9C9B9A5753B5535B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>a Commissioner
shall not so continue to serve beyond the expiration of the next session of
Congress subsequent to the expiration of such term of office;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFE03C4C58911455AB8A698EF330B9865"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any Commissioner
appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for
which that Commissioner’s predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the
remainder of such term; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB6395CE53EC144D19DC87E38C78C70FD"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the terms of
office of the Commissioners first taking office after the enactment of this
paragraph shall expire as designated by the President at the time of
nomination, one at the end of one year, one at the end of two years, one at the
end of three years, one at the end of four years, and one at the end of five
years.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H961848FC8AF04927AAC211496BC8868D"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text>An
individual appointed to the Commission under this subsection shall be
compensated at the rate of basic pay prescribed for level III of the Executive
Schedule under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5314">section 5314</external-xref> of title 5.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD045F03F56034C37A8374C04A1AD065E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Chairman</header>
<paragraph id="H6D6F8C8D3ED14E0C87946B2582FBB575"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate, a member of the Commission as Chairman, who shall serve
as Chairman at the pleasure of the President. An individual may be appointed as
Chairman at the same time that person is appointed as a Commissioner. At any
time, the President may appoint, by and with the advise and consent of the
Senate, a different Chairman, and the Commissioner previously appointed as
Chairman may complete that Commissioner’s term as a Commissioner.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEB824CD258BB4976B64A1A328062EF58"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Duties</header><text>The
Chairman shall be the chief administrative officer of the Commission and shall
preside at meetings of the Commission.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA77EC32FECD84986891B63D5E4B665A7"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Powers and
functions</header>
<subparagraph id="H22CEA5D95CD44E0F92F43C317ACDE36E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Except as
otherwise provided in this paragraph and in section 3625 of this chapter, the
executive and administrative functions of the Commission, including functions
of the Commission with respect to the appointment and supervision of personnel
employed under the Commission, the distribution of business among such
personnel and among administrative units of the Commission, and the use and
expenditure of funds, according to budget categories, plans, programs, and
priorities established and approved by the Commission, shall be exercised
solely by the Chairman.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3C6E7C48542A4CC3B025D5FBD1D52CA3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In carrying out
any of his functions under the provisions of this paragraph, the Chairman shall
be governed by the general policies, plans, priorities, and budgets approved by
the Commission and by such regulatory decisions, findings, and determinations
as the Commission may by law be authorized to make.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD3D945FC7D244BCEA5F181C090995986"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The appointment by
the Chairman of the heads of major administrative units under the Commission
shall be subject to the approval of the Commission.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H05F58DE7CF5D40BDB2C8C83230EDD0A2"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Personnel employed
regularly and full time in the immediate offices of Commissioners other than
the Chairman shall not be affected by the provisions of this paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC746EF5CAD37462EBD710BD294364A89"><enum>(E)</enum><text>The Commission
shall be responsible for the functions of revising budget estimates of the
Commission and determining the distribution of appropriated funds according to
major programs and purposes of the Commission.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4C7F4285BC544452B1CAF6CEB090D966"><enum>(F)</enum><text>The Chairman may
authorize the performance by any officer, employee, or administrative unit
under the Chairman’s jurisdiction of any functions of the Chairman under this
paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFF65AA46756F4313A09B91CB41B8BF61"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Limitation on
terms</header><text>No person appointed as Chairman under this subsection shall
serve as Chairman for more than 10 years, whether or not such service is
consecutive.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB75CA6910E4941B29809E54B5DFA42FF"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Interim
Chairman</header><text>Upon the effective date of this chapter, the person
serving as Chairperson of the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board on
the day before the effective date of this chapter shall serve as acting
Chairman of the Commission until the President appoints a Chairman of the
Commission pursuant to this subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HBB9AFC3AEBB7448E8FC3520C81CE523D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Vacancies</header><text>A
vacancy in the Commission shall not impair the right of the remaining
Commissioners to exercise all the powers of the Commission.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H174E87385A684A0CA64868793D9A9016"><enum>3623.</enum><header>Functions</header>
<subsection id="HD09B8F15ECA049D8981D5C67E24258F2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Commission shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HCDDDB118F10F4664B4F7C1DA0FB4ADC2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be responsible for
the collection, storage, and public disclosure of information about Federal
spending;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF1B59590DE4D49AA9B68B0CCEB655879"><enum>(2)</enum><text>serve as the
authoritative government source for the information about Federal spending that
it collects; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7EF126A7C8864FFFAB33B24C5E724951"><enum>(3)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordinate and conduct oversight of Federal
funds in order to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3391CF8C96C041B793B916D98A9089C7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Specific
functions</header><text>The functions of the Commission shall include each of
the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HF819EB1DBCDB4900907BE05B90779218"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Receiving,
storing, and publicly disseminating all of the information that is reported to
it under sections 3602, 3603, and 3604 of this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H756EB5FAC08D41E38317D677D5F8E2BD"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Reviewing whether
reporting under section 3602 of this title meets applicable standards and
specifies the purpose of the Federal award and measures of performance.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6184F23EADBF457BB0157EE9E3D96E85"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Identifying
possible criminal activity and referring such matters to appropriate Federal,
State, and local law enforcement authorities.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H19887BF7C24F4FA680D5A18960139976"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Supporting ongoing
criminal investigations, prosecutions, and related proceedings.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H68AE0C2FCA2B44DF98966E888C29CB1C"><enum>(5)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Furnishing research, analytical, and
informational services to Executive agencies, inspectors general, law
enforcement agencies, and appropriate State authorities in the interest of
detection, prevention, and prosecution of waste, fraud, and abuse of Federal
funds.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H45466C8912144D6FA4CE13B56279A741"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Regularly
evaluating the quality of the data submitted to it under sections 3602, 3603,
and 3604 of this title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H1FCC2C8698714340B06CFAF0B93E2DFB"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Standardizing
common data elements and data reporting standards to foster transparency and
accountability for Federal spending, as required by section 3611 of this
title.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H89BF5EEC604D47D09BCC7D2FEB5D4354"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Reviewing whether
there are appropriate mechanisms for interagency collaboration relating to
Federal funds, including coordinating and collaborating to the extent
practicable with the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and
Efficiency established by
<external-xref legal-doc="usc-act" parsable-cite="usc-act/Inspector General Act of 1978 /11">section
11</external-xref> of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H836F3426CCE244A5827FE0EA36BDF42C"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Issuing a report
in accordance with subsection (e) on the feasibility of collecting and
publishing online tax expenditures data.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAA48D278585541A7B038C92DF3404366"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Priorities in
analyses and reviews</header>
<paragraph id="HDEEC952895764ECBAB7FA9385BA24D69"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>To the extent practicable, the Commission shall give high
priority to analyses and reviews relating to Federal funds—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE1C9F06F48CA4B6F81D5886841780610"><enum>(A)</enum><text>awarded without
the use of competitive procedures; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6567D4648D884BFA8AF69AE72DC5CBEA"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">awarded to any contractor found to be in
violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6EC6D083294A490A937E61A5AA61B78D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Identification</header><text>The
Commission shall identify any contractor found to be in violation of the
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 as a violator of such Act in any contract
information related to such contractor published online under the Federal
Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H82C0D701583646CE9C23C9E30106EFC8"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Report
requirements</header>
<paragraph id="H3D6BCB8F8583423E9F074851FA493649"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Reports</header>
<subparagraph id="H236B82DCDAEE4524B234CB36A2C0E0C2"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Regular reports
on data quality audits</header><text>The Commission shall regularly submit to
the President and Congress reports on its audits of the quality of the data
submitted to it under sections 3602, 3603, and 3604 of this title.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0B10F8DA3F504D5187DAEFEF70E47C1D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Semi-annual
reports on activities</header><text>The Commission shall submit semi-annual
reports to the President and Congress, summarizing the activities and findings
of the Commission and, in the Commission’s discretion, the findings of
inspectors general of Executive agencies that relate to the Commission’s
activities during the reporting period.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD6D3E63DF2F842F9BE754E94CE95B1A0"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Report on
savings</header><text>Not later than five years after the effective date of
this chapter, the Commission shall submit to the President, Congress, and the
Comptroller General of the United States a report containing estimates of the
direct and indirect cost savings to the Treasury achieved as a result of the
Commission’s activities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H49FCB4A2E892429A80EF67498F8A8C8E"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Other
reports</header><text>Section 2(f) of the Federal Funding Accountability and
Transparency Act of 2006 requires another report by the Commission.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBCE91A26EA2F4065ABE2FE36363F3F9A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Public
availability</header><text>The Commission shall make all reports submitted
under paragraph (1) publicly available contemporaneously online.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H69C457E4796C46C88E868281B11469BF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>GAO
evaluation</header><text>Upon receipt of the report submitted by the Commission
under paragraph (1)(C), the Comptroller General shall conduct an evaluation of
the report and submit the evaluation to Congress within six months after
receipt of the report, with such findings and recommendations as the
Comptroller General considers appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3C2CE59864FB40C89DF161A34756776E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Tax expenditures
report</header>
<paragraph id="H1370FCCFFD7C49839EC204DA65BA8C91"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>For purposes of subsection (b)(7), not later than one
year after the effective date of this chapter, the Commission shall submit to
the appropriate congressional committees a report on tax expenditures data that
includes the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H1E9B46D4B22245A9A812494CF17C64E5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A description of
processes that could be put in place to collect and disseminate tax
expenditures data, and the potential effects of making such data publicly
available on the Internal Revenue Service, taxpayers, and other relevant
parties determined by the Commission.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1E830404B0724218B8B2881FB4EF52B7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Any changes in law
that are needed to make such tax expenditures data publicly available.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H40B8EC50637E4A41AF458743E4DBD4B7"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Tax expenditures
defined</header><text>In this section, the term <quote>tax expenditures</quote>
has the meaning given that term in section 3(3) of the Congressional Budget and
Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/622">2 U.S.C. 622(3)</external-xref>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEF244A711EB74A05AC61E9FD2B90B793"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Public
availability</header><text>The Commission shall make the report submitted under
paragraph (1) publicly available.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H395199973370421DB5A5742828643DEE"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Recommendations</header>
<paragraph id="H5F734452DB0047EC819BF395C568E91A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall
make recommendations to Executive agencies on measures to prevent waste, fraud,
and abuse relating to Federal funds.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7955F0476D804C9FAC8C1C6A4966F821"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Responsive
reports</header><text>Not later than 30 days after receipt of a recommendation
under paragraph (1), an Executive agency shall submit a report to the
President, the congressional committees of jurisdiction, and the Commission on
whether the Executive agency agrees or disagrees with the recommendations and
any actions the Executive agency will take to implement the recommendations.
The Commission shall make all reports submitted to it under this paragraph
publicly available contemporaneously online.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H48CBAB6A18EB4BABB3C5067AF702F2AB"><enum>3624.</enum><header>Powers</header>
<subsection id="HC98DA3FDE22846D4BC690E10A9A3AB0F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Commission shall conduct independent analyses and
reviews of spending of Federal funds, including analyses and reviews of
information maintained in the Federal accountability portal established under
section 3612 of this title, and provide investigative and audit support to the
inspectors general of Executive agencies.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H4AD1DCE12FC34F42977BE3548F7FDDCD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Analyses and
reviews</header><text>The Commission may—</text>
<paragraph id="H47B7FB792BFD4ABE9F24F3DB0C4EF0FC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>conduct its own
independent analyses and reviews of spending of Federal funds; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H850ABC9C89F547BBAC18B8B095963664"><enum>(2)</enum><text>collaborate with
and provide support for any inspector general of any Executive agency or other
law enforcement authority on any audit, investigation, or other review relating
to Federal funds.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF1A8C952C4714964A5448A8991F4B4CE"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Authorities</header>
<paragraph id="HDBA3DC7C68B54B0CB0FE89C7B4383594"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Analyses,
reviews, and investigative and audit support</header><text>In conducting
analyses and reviews, and in providing investigative and audit support to
inspectors general and law enforcement authorities, the Commission shall have
the authorities provided under paragraphs (1), (3), and (6) through (10) of
section 6(a), and
<external-xref legal-doc="usc-act" parsable-cite="usc-act/Inspector General Act of 1978 /6">section
6(b),</external-xref> of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C.
App.).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBD6E50B7702548E193CCE5460315A83D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Matching program
authority with respect to evaluations and reviews</header><text>The authorities
provided under
<external-xref legal-doc="usc-act" parsable-cite="usc-act/Inspector General Act of 1978 /6">section
6(a)(9)</external-xref> of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (provided to the
Commission pursuant to paragraph (1)) may be used by the Commission while
conducting an evaluation or other review authorized under such Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8944D0B505AD4832871A470FAFD2C337"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Contracts</header>
<paragraph id="HD2F484BA9DC34155930880BE7E63DE04"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Commission may enter into contracts to enable the
Commission to discharge its duties under this chapter, including contracts and
other arrangements for audits, studies, analyses, and other services with
public agencies and with private persons, and make such payments as may be
necessary to carry out the duties of the Commission.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HCA276D7912024980812DC19B82CD7FF1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Contracting for
missions of other agencies</header><text>The Commission may enter into
contracts with any Federal agency (within or outside the executive branch) to
enable such agency to identify waste, fraud, and abuse, including contracts and
other arrangements for audits, studies, analyses, and other services.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8A5802669B0143F8933C4859B55AD4C9"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Contracting for
publication of data</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Commission may make contracts or agreements with any Federal agency (within or
outside the executive branch) to publish data maintained by such agency on the
website maintained under the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency
Act of 2006.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFFAE0E87D955419CA888B8F84ABC4AD4"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Transfer of
funds</header><text>The Commission may transfer funds appropriated to the
Commission for expenses to support administrative support services,
investigations, audits, reviews, or other activities related to oversight by
the Commission of Federal funds to any office of inspector general, the Office
of Management and Budget, and the General Services Administration.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H49C535A7E110494B83EDD89C6CD0422C"><enum>3625.</enum><header>Employment,
personnel, and related authorities</header>
<subsection id="HADC19B76B1F9400988BAA7577047CCFF"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Executive
director</header><text>The Commission shall have an Executive Director, who
shall be appointed by the Commission and serve at the pleasure of the
Commission. The Executive Director shall report directly to the Commission and
carry out the functions of the Commission subject to the supervision and
direction of the Commission. The position of Executive Director shall be a
career reserved position in the Senior Executive Service, as that position is
defined under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/3132">section
3132</external-xref> of title 5.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HEA311894AC2E4855B5B5B64CF2C569CC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Other
employees</header><text>The Commission may appoint and fix the compensation of
such officers, attorneys, information technology professionals, and other
employees as may be necessary for carrying out the functions of the Commission
under this chapter.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H6C44473DB38341D586BC874107218289"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Administrative
support</header><text>The General Services Administration shall provide the
Commission with administrative support services, including the provision of
office space and facilities.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H803CD48D15934901BBD3E4F8AC9FC7CF"><enum>3626.</enum><header>Transfer of
certain personnel</header>
<subsection id="H6C0AAEE511F749738B0718455DED4200"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Recovery
accountability and transparency board employees</header><text>The Chairman or
Executive Director, or both, shall identify employees of the Recovery
Accountability and Transparency Board for transfer to the Commission, and such
identified employees shall be transferred to the Commission for
employment.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H3283F15761A8482881BB3481D160C457"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Pay</header>
<paragraph id="H6441B3B2F2234CA9A931D0F086148495"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Except as provided
in paragraph (2), each transferred employee shall, during the 2-year period
beginning on the effective date of this chapter, receive pay at a rate equal to
not less than the basic rate of pay (including any geographic differential)
that the employee received during the pay period immediately preceding the date
of transfer.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H9568E3A0B08747B1832FD6B22C585FE7"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Paragraph (1) does
not limit the right of the Commission to reduce the rate of basic pay of a
transferred employee for cause, for unacceptable performance, or with the
consent of the employee.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H23E15DB103DC4794A7D9A0D71119F722"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Paragraph (1)
applies to a transferred employee only while that employee remains employed by
the Commission.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5AF7E96B8CDC447AB1434C29DF4F0BFF"><enum>3627.</enum><header>Advisory
committee to Commission</header>
<subsection id="H58DA718F16694DF2832047E8B1EC9DF0"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment
and purpose</header>
<paragraph id="H8434B48AAE404F17BE23D336AB6D9881"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>The
Commission shall establish an advisory committee to be known as the Federal
Accountability and Spending Transparency Advisory Committee (in this section
referred to as the <quote>Advisory Committee</quote>).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE06F4AE16DDE42EA8C78B02B0EBC577B"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The
Advisory Committee shall submit to the Commission such findings and
recommendations related to the Commission’s implementation of this chapter as
it determines are appropriate.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC8C65C93714040A4AA431F7DF72EFCFB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Membership and
chairperson</header>
<paragraph id="H934B379B3A174126853C2C7907E9F7C7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>The Commission shall appoint no fewer than 10, and no
more than 20, members to the Advisory Committee, from among individuals
who—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCA151A5004AB4E0C899E2C8962AC4A36"><enum>(A)</enum><text>represent the
interests of recipients of Federal contracts;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9EF7D4E108DD4DF8A2528814BA82B19C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>represent the
interests of State, local, and tribal governments receiving Federal
grants;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0FE7D759556A4AEC8BCB90659F252FCA"><enum>(C)</enum><text>represent the
interests of other recipients of Federal funds; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H751FC99B98604BB09A176AD5C7F14952"><enum>(D)</enum><text>represent
nonprofit organizations that advocate transparency and accountability in
government.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HC22BB724674C46E79EAAFB35170966C0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Term</header><text>Each
member of the Advisory Committee appointed under this section shall serve for a
term of three years, except that the Commission may appoint original members of
the Committee to one-year and two-year terms in order to achieve staggered
terms. No person shall serve more than one term.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HFCECEDE613F5470989EE7C0FCA77E5E2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Chairperson</header><text>The
members of the Advisory Committee shall elect a chairperson.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4BE4E0D2C5E4416AA8E0E15EEBD438B8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Meetings</header><text>The
Advisory Committee shall meet not less frequently than six times annually, at
the call of the chairperson of the Advisory Committee.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HEFEA90EDD73246528A15A5B60D8F2590"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Compensation and
travel expenses</header><text>Each member of the Committee who is not a
full-time employee of the United States shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H3973AADC15EF4947AF41F49E8D12BA68"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be entitled to
receive compensation at a rate not to exceed the daily equivalent of the annual
rate of basic pay in effect for a position at level V of the Executive Schedule
under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5316">section
5316</external-xref> of title 5 for each day during which the member is engaged
in the actual performance of the duties of the Committee; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H6CE7A3124D1841C391FDE6A118B49DC2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>while away from
the home or regular place of business of the member in the performance of
services for the Committee, be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in
lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as persons employed intermittently in
the Government service are allowed expenses under
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5703">section
5703(b)</external-xref> of title 5.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4B0242BE01944F4E99EACA09E9E0484E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Staff</header><text>The
Commission shall make available to the Advisory Committee such staff of the
Commission as the chairperson of the Advisory Committee recommends is necessary
to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HCCFDDEDC5FFD4A5989C0BE94B5D46D26"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Review by
Commission</header><text>After receipt of any finding or recommendation from
the Advisory Committee, the Commission shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HB4869AB8CBCE4E05B2ADF732DC0CC9C0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>review the finding
or recommendation; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H12C27669B76B4E78832600EB7F813B0C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>promptly issue a
public statement—</text>
<subparagraph id="H642B8EE3E8FE4A4C9AA200CA29B15051"><enum>(A)</enum><text>assessing the
finding or recommendation of the Advisory Committee; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBAB11307703A4A76926A47DC710B1E23"><enum>(B)</enum><text>disclosing the
action, if any, the Commission intends to take with respect to the finding or
recommendation.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE0BFDED159664F088658034D0809D7DD"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Advisory
Committee findings</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed as
requiring the Commission to agree to or act upon any finding or recommendation
of the Advisory Committee.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H409553BE53734D5386617BFE170047FD"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Federal Advisory
Committee Act</header><text>The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.)
shall apply to the Advisory Committee.</text>
</subsection></section><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0E62EA4EA9864D389DCEF798192BDAC8" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>3628.</enum><header>Authorization and
availability of appropriations</header>
<subsection id="HB45D81E4C2644C5F8B1CF1125664110A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authorization of
appropriations</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated $51,000,000
for each of fiscal years 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 to
carry out the functions of the Commission.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC973E4F577904B63AD24590284EDC838"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Availability of
appropriations</header><text>If the Recovery Accountability and Transparency
Board has unobligated appropriations as of the effective date of this chapter,
such appropriations are authorized to remain available to the Commission until
September 30, 2015.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H69C232483C454EE798E99FE7B77E6A97"><enum>3629.</enum><header>Sunset</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subchapter shall cease to be in effect
after the date occurring seven years after the date of the enactment of this
subchapter.</text>
</section></subchapter><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H44D1A1F0C51546BBB7B855C301E617BC"><enum>202.</enum><header>Conforming
amendment relating to compensation of Chairman</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5314">Section 5314</external-xref> of
title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new
item:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCA5C11F509BD45A48BB39F1BD234AFFB" style="USC"><list level="paragraph">
<list-item>Chairman of the Federal Accountability and Spending
Transparency
Commission.</list-item></list>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H83AD151FBAEC4EB9A108C63245F1B77D"><enum>203.</enum><header>Conforming
amendments related to Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board</header>
<subsection id="H3E0455BBBD584C429B26658E6BF6AA9B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Repeal of
superseded provisions in subtitle B of title XV of
<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/5">Public Law
111–5</external-xref></header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle B of title XV of division A of the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/5">Public Law
111–5</external-xref>; 123 Stat. 287) is amended by striking sections 1521,
1522, 1525(a), 1529, and 1530.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H2251F612458B42CB87DA50897CE4B9FD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header>
<paragraph id="HDB23E281C3CB43A480A3B51C7248FC28"><enum>(1)</enum><header>References to
Board and Chairperson</header>
<subparagraph id="H6F1CBAFC7E9740E0B82A4E3CEFE283E2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Paragraph (2) of
section 1501 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
(<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/5">Public Law
111–5</external-xref>; 123 Stat. 287) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8BCB5FC3598B447F908372B3FA230E69" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H880E2BED9E5A4DC4AD6326728290879F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Commission</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>Commission</quote> means
the Federal Accountability and Spending Transparency Commission established in
<external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/31/36">chapter 36</external-xref> of title 31,
United States
Code.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3623087C4CA74E5FAEA4A8D8CE7F2BC9"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such section is further amended by striking
paragraph (3).</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC28DC2B8251E4A048EE63F2C0F451C0E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The following
provisions of such Act are amended by striking <quote>Board</quote> each place
it appears and inserting <quote>Commission</quote> in the headings or text, as
the case may be: the heading of subtitle B of title XV, and sections 1523,
1524, 1525(b), 1525(c), 1526, 1527, 1528, 1542, and 1553.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDEF8D9DAF65F4CC8A83CFC503A0C0726"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Section 1513(b)(2)
of such Act is amended by striking <quote>the quarter in which the Board
terminates under section 1530</quote> and inserting <quote>the quarter ending
September 30, 2013</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H5327F23BE06D466686E28DA7CD29316E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Repeal of
subtitle B of title XV of
<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/5">Public Law
111–5</external-xref></header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective on October 1, 2013, subtitle B of
title XV of division A of such Act is repealed.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0D379A6BF61E46AE9307664DD966893E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>References in
federal law to board</header><text>On and after the effective date of this Act,
any reference in Federal law to the Recovery Accountability and Transparency
Board is deemed to be a reference to the Federal Accountability and Spending
Transparency Commission.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>III</enum><header>Additional
Provisions</header>
<section id="HCE6860D161FA47E58BFB6C4AA9515C75"><enum>301.</enum><header>Classified
information</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this
Act or the amendments made by this Act shall be construed to require the public
disclosure of classified information.</text>
</section><section id="HE064DC3E46E044BDAA555313208757EB"><enum>302.</enum><header>Paperwork
Reduction Act exemption</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/44/3518">Section 3518(c)</external-xref> of
title 44, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB596FD69037D4448B65BF29DFCACD359"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>paragraph (2)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph
(3)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4AF0429F4F48497A9861CFB7F594A17D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC40262C5422A4F91B05314F67543552A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (1) the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H7347A9641BC44F0590C83311D049F9D6" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HDF8FC4E3A79141B5B861330253ACC6E4" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding paragraph (3), this
subchapter shall not apply to the collection of information during the conduct
of any evaluation, or other review conducted by the Federal Accountability and
Spending Transparency Commission, or during the conduct of any audit,
investigation, inspection, evaluation, or any other review conducted by the
Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency or any office of
inspector general, including any office of special inspector
general.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H9A8825C5F59A41A3A1954D4163D2E388"><enum>303.</enum><header>Matching
program exception for inspectors general</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6(a) of the Inspector General Act of
1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H582C0C1F157847998B32F2A059568042"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (8),
by striking <quote>and</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD12B2379516041BFA4B0CBCE64870DEF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (9) as paragraph (10); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H71F4F2D46E8F4AAFA70A8DD0B6A2F107"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after
paragraph (8) the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H765DBA70C2A64063991A2A8CE4430E8B" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H782ECE02B529438EAC54D3BB9DF0067F"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">notwithstanding subsections (e)(12), (o),
(p), (q), (r), and (u) of
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/552a">section
552a</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, to compare, through a
matching program (as defined in such section), any Federal records with other
Federal or non-Federal records, while conducting an audit, investigation, or
inspection authorized under this Act to identify weaknesses that may lead to
waste, fraud, or abuse and to detect improper payments and fraud;
and</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HFE5E7EB7CD394516B07B7F9DBA148618"><enum>304.</enum><header>Transfer of
Consolidated Federal Funds Report</header>
<subsection id="H528C0AA935DE4A57964AE8FF388B714C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Transfer of
functions</header><text>The Commission and the Secretary of Commerce shall
transfer the functions of the Consolidated Federal Funds Report to the website
established under the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of
2006, as amended by this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA9D0801F20F44E72A31289424D5F6B61"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Information</header><text>Section
2(d) of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, as
amended by section 103 of this Act, is further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H4BF302FC317744DAADBC2B31A0BAF89B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of paragraph (6) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H302D801B706647B39AC4719983C1D370"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="HC3FBC844E4A7414EA61078326D01D660" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HEA9F87BB141D40568E7ABD4B78A8245F"><enum>(7)</enum><text>shall permit users
to determine the following information:</text>
<subparagraph id="HD6034314CE1243BF9E91A5FD5692BA4F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>For each fiscal
year, the total amount of Federal funds that were obligated in each State,
county or parish, congressional district, and municipality of the United
States.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF3BC6C7CF886422EA0B309931BB01E30"><enum>(B)</enum><text>For each fiscal
year, the total amount of Federal funds that were actually expended in each
State, county or parish, congressional district, and municipality of the United
States.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HFFB0E19130DE4E11B35C1E7A783777F7"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming
repeals of superseded provisions</header><text>Chapter 62 of subtitle V of
title 31, United States Code, is repealed. The item relating to that chapter in
the table of chapters at the beginning of subtitle V of such title is
repealed.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H2A48436A58D542DB915DDDBD686B54B5"><enum>305.</enum><header>Transfer of
authority over Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance to Commission</header>
<subsection id="H714EF16EEAE54DBCAD28A4E6E15A960B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Transfer of
authority from Administrator of General Services and Director of Office of
Management and Budget to Commission</header>
<paragraph id="HB67AB8CDA6714039948D0197DA478B10"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definition</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (6) of
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/6101">section
6101</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, is amended to read as
follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8E021E54FF414F88BD381DE51B55925A" style="USC">
<paragraph id="H854723A5CDB3458786C4B8E673A2E500"><enum>(6)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><quote>Commission</quote> means the Federal
Accountability and Spending Transparency Commission established in subchapter
III of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/31/36">chapter 36</external-xref> of this
title.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC4EEC489BD9D4229BEE46F420D1E7285"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Amendments
relating to program information requirements</header><text>Section 6102 of such
title is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H042C1BC4A5A74E7E9CC872E716B778C3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsections (a)
and (b), by striking <quote>Administrator</quote> and inserting
<quote>Commission</quote> both places it appears;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8568CC60C42C41759DE57367F4937E61"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text>
<clause id="H1185CADC19BC48C68323A44037DE720A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>Administrator</quote> and inserting
<quote>Commission</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H93AA59A3E66645B9897F82B80DE25C94"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
paragraph (3), by striking <quote>and that the printed catalog</quote> and all
that follows through <quote>printing</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H0A00F36C77AB4A568BD053B12507050F"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in
paragraph (4)—</text>
<subclause id="H246160968697491DAA094E9BD5F001C0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>transmit annually</quote> and inserting <quote>make</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H2575E09CB4D546F489E2CD077682244F"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>to the Committee</quote> and all that follows through the period and
inserting the following: <quote>available to the Committee on Oversight and
Government Reform of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland
Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate.</quote>.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2783151203404156A5BFA5A0FE4A67AB"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Amendments
relating to assistance awards information system</header><text>Section 6102a of
such title is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5CFEF4896EAF48C88D8E1C6799E6AD3D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (b);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H17F0DB3F0DD24760A03DC731DD1F2E3C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsection (c) as subsection (b);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9A9A123F77514779B977A816EA11C608"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>Director</quote> and inserting <quote>Commission</quote> each place it
appears; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF04FA7D8C22D469794BF4697029ADD43"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in subsection (b),
as so redesignated—</text>
<clause id="HA2A1278FD14C421084F3C999AE796088"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>transmit promptly after the end of each calendar quarter, free
of charge,</quote> and insert <quote>make available</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H0CFE93B2A4E6474F81A47851E6D9A879"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by
striking <quote>Oversight</quote> and inserting
<quote>Administration</quote>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8119E7243F664736A618277FBF78EF05"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Amendments
relating to access to computer information system</header><text>Section 6103 of
such title is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE9628A9E855141028D2A58821383383E"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsections (a)
and (c), by striking <quote>Administrator</quote> and inserting
<quote>Commission</quote> each place it appears; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2A7E976508764ED19925FD0E1B4303AC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the
text of subsection (b) and inserting the following: <quote>The Commission shall
publish online all of the information contained in the information system under
subsection (a) in accordance with 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).</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H66617F7CBF554613AF6359F8F606E252"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Amendments
relating to catalog of Federal domestic assistance
programs</header><text>Section 6104 of such title if amended by striking
<quote>Administrator</quote> and inserting <quote>Commission</quote> each place
it appears.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF7B64F4D1D394FE99A6A9B8253EB8607"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Repeal of
authorization</header><text>Section 6106 of such title is repealed.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB7F156795A884F3E98DB618D3FCB1ADA"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Deadline for
transfer of program information system and catalog of federal domestic
assistance</header><text>Within 180 days after the effective date of this Act,
the Commission and the Administrator of General Services shall transfer the
management and control of the following from the Administrator to the
Commission, as required by
<external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/31/61">chapter 61</external-xref> of title 31,
United States Code, as amended by subsection (a):</text>
<paragraph id="HD2869953F7A742D28F9DC17B3CC6EC78"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The computer
information system required under section 6103 of such title, as so amended.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H91F6EB6C4FFF497D9F37A2CF8DD064EF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The catalog of
Federal domestic assistance programs required under section 6104 of such title,
as so amended.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HDF365017C4FC411AB3399D8898F3396F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Deadline for
transfer of assistance awards information system</header><text>Within 180 days
after the effective date of this Act, the Commission and the Director of the
Office of Management and Budget shall transfer the management and control of
the assistance awards information system from the Director to the Commission,
as required by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/6102a">section 6102a</external-xref> of title 31, United
States Code, as amended by subsection (a).</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HEBA4D6E7870C448DB48C7BFAD98DB5D4"><enum>306.</enum><header>Government
Accountability Office Improvement</header>
<subsection id="HB5A336511D7F410E8DE67D3BD40C9E56"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority to
obtain information</header>
<paragraph id="H92CE76EB88D64980AC68313A97894FF5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Authority to
obtain records</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/716">Section 716</external-xref> of title 31, United
States Code, is amended in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8E2D45B03FB64DB5BB6747CBCC2C281F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>(a)</quote> and inserting <quote>(2)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA04AAE0A222C4013BBDB7E059EF1CC2E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by inserting after
the section heading the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD947935000D441F193BE9014A17EFF30" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H1EEB18368D9645D4990AF7DC7C7C742F"><enum>(a)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H6A7CB01FB6D14FAAA311A499E2ACEEAC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Comptroller General
is authorized to obtain such agency records as the Comptroller General requires
to discharge his duties (including audit, evaluation, and investigative
duties), including through the bringing of civil actions under this section. In
reviewing a civil action under this section, the court shall recognize the
continuing force and effect of the authorization in the preceding sentence
until such time as the authorization is repealed pursuant to
law.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFB595E952F6E41C593EB2A0A3C9A1B8A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Copies</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/716">Section 716(a)</external-xref> of
title 31, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a), is further amended
in the second sentence of paragraph (2) by striking <quote>inspect an agency
record</quote> and inserting <quote>inspect, and make and retain copies of, an
agency record</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H9E9EE2FF7CF64BCAB53966E4C9DCA76C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Administering
oaths</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/711">Section 711</external-xref> of title 31, United
States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5B8082078FE64455B9FB14375DD648EE" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H812BEFED77B54A389EE6F80404033DFE"><enum>(4)</enum><text>administer oaths
to witnesses when auditing and settling accounts and, with the prior express
approval of the Comptroller General, when investigating fraud or attempts to
defraud the United States, or irregularity or misconduct of an employee or
agent of the United
States.</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H8B85CA29DD0F4500BB42230D81ED2264"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Access to
certain information</header>
<paragraph id="HCFDD6FBCD145416E8153BE174DF2C089"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Access to
certain information</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subchapter II of
<external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/31/7">chapter
7</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the
end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H554A382F835C4B759395CE136397E924" style="USC">
<section id="H4E319A7F71914B8F82BB1591D4A64E9F"><enum>721.</enum><header>Access to
certain information</header>
<subsection id="HE54A955984494264945BF110E0C48D56"><enum>(a)</enum><text>No provision of
the Social Security Act, including section 453(l) of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/653">42 U.S.C. 653(l)</external-xref>),
shall be construed to limit, amend, or supersede the authority of the
Comptroller General to obtain any information or to inspect or copy any record
under section 716 of this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HB0719AF2104A4C96B95920262B8CDB47"><enum>(b)</enum><text>No provision of
the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, including section 301(j) of that Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/21/331">21 U.S.C.
331(j)</external-xref>), shall be construed to limit, amend, or supersede the
authority of the Comptroller General to obtain any information or to inspect or
copy any record under section 716 of this title.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HEEDAEF2F400E477F982C9BE04EAAE8A3"><enum>(c)</enum><text>No provision of
the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/94/435">Public Law
94–435</external-xref>) and the amendments made by that Act shall be construed
to limit, amend, or supersede the authority of the Comptroller General to
obtain any information or to inspect or copy any record under section 716 of
this title, including with respect to any information disclosed to the
Assistant Attorney General of the Antitrust Division of the Department of
Justice or the Federal Trade Commission for purposes of pre-merger review under
section 7A of the Clayton Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/15/18a">15 U.S.C. 18a</external-xref>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HAC2E9FDCD2924D2DAF1952B76E554460"><enum>(d)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H4BCD7A74260D43B8979FC172C86B5C3A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Comptroller General
shall prescribe such policies and procedures as are necessary to protect from
public disclosure proprietary or trade secret information obtained consistent
with this section.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5D04D3D5119E459EB0262DB18254549E" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Nothing in this section shall be
construed to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8ADC67E7A6334F75BAE3BA33B92F7385"><enum>(A)</enum><text>alter or amend the prohibitions
against the disclosure of trade secret or other sensitive information
prohibited by <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/18/1905">section 1905</external-xref> of title 18 and other
applicable laws; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6F39001411F847D7B177E70FA8C20731"><enum>(B)</enum><text>affect the applicability of section
716(e) of this title, including the protections against unauthorized disclosure
contained in that section, to information obtained consistent with this
section.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H445C1798BBC946DF9054D429D792B63B"><enum>(e)</enum><text>Specific
references to statutes in this section shall not be construed to affect access
by the Government Accountability Office to information under statutes that are
not so
referenced.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD38A2F55BB4E460EB70B5C52D4B19174"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Technical and
conforming amendment</header><text>The table of sections for
<external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/31/7">chapter
7</external-xref> of title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting
after the item relating to
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/720">section
720</external-xref> the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HE1295B2DCA824A309DEDB314999B2045" style="USC">
<toc>
<toc-entry idref="H4E319A7F71914B8F82BB1591D4A64E9F" level="section">721. Access to certain
information.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H397E9E97AB87457CADD830DAE8EE0A63"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Agency
reports</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/720">Section 720(b)</external-xref> of title 31, United
States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HBFB386BEBC3D42ED8586C7072E1D9B76"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>or planned</quote> after
<quote>action taken</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H36C66A87096B4F78ADF5A1CB5014A08F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB301605082DB4BA9BA686732D53D4406" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H0F94608D034B46F2A18128F75F9721C8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on
Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives, the
congressional committees with jurisdiction over the agency program or activity
that is the subject of the recommendation, and the Government Accountability
Office before the 61st day after the date of the report;
and</text>
</paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HD7EEE51F3BD040BE9A423F9D132E7DD6" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>307.</enum><header>Amendments to the
Inspector General Act of <enum-in-header>1978</enum-in-header> and the
Inspector General Reform Act of <enum-in-header>2008</enum-in-header></header>
<subsection id="HD6114A6E9EEE4D6EB6D59557FB0B5118"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Incorporation of
provisions from the Inspector General Reform Act of
<enum-in-header>2008</enum-in-header> into the Inspector General Act of
<enum-in-header>1978</enum-in-header></header>
<paragraph id="H2280170C13FF4AF0A5FCA9F0EA831367"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Classification
and pay</header>
<subparagraph id="HE32000366B3A4CCF8E3920BBDF84AD72"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8G of the Inspector General Act of
1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0C286DB5D0E1449F8F887C034D042D71" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H51FF943A57B54E929E291DA5485F5F75"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Classification
and pay</header>
<paragraph id="H9FA7B31B70D6432092E6FBD0FC94C014"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Inspector
General of each designated Federal entity shall, for pay and all other
purposes, be classified at a grade, level, or rank designation, as the case may
be, at or above those of a majority of the senior level executives of that
designated Federal entity (such as a General Counsel, Chief Information
Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Human Capital Officer, or Chief
Acquisition Officer). The pay of an Inspector General of a designated Federal
entity shall be not less than the average total compensation (including
bonuses) of the senior level executives of that designated Federal entity
calculated on an annual basis.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2CB732B9E7324DAE9E297CA71FA32B33"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation on
adjustment</header>
<subparagraph id="H9DBA586258AD4CDCBD3BEDA2FDC24E0D"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of an
Inspector General of a designated Federal entity whose pay is adjusted under
paragraph (1), the total increase in pay in any fiscal year resulting from that
adjustment may not exceed 25 percent of the average total compensation
(including bonuses) of the Inspector General of that entity for the preceding 3
fiscal years.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8B7C36144D1D4815A5754C56390DC19E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Sunset of
limitation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The limitation
under subparagraph (A) shall not apply to any adjustment made in fiscal year
2013 or each fiscal year thereafter.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H67A94C04619B49DFBA93AE8BE802F98F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Conforming
repeal</header><text>Section 4(b) of the Inspector General Reform Act of 2008
(<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/409">Public Law
110–409</external-xref>; 122 Stat. 4304; 5 U.S.C. App. 3 note) is
repealed.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1F7860DCB51945728BBC2D79A51E3354"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Pay
retention</header>
<subparagraph id="H56D35F4E764B4BF99ECE2BF3D1B0D395"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text>The
Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by adding after
section 8L the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEBE9295AB2C541578714D7D0846752E9" style="OLC">
<section id="H93C36A2DD32F46C7AFE3C753D3D47570"><enum>8M.</enum><header>Pay
retention</header>
<subsection id="HFDF60BC8F5BC4B6A9A53314E92023D65"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The provisions of
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/3392">section
3392</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, other than the terms
<term>performance awards</term> and <term>awarding of ranks</term> in
subsection (c)(1) of such section, shall apply to career appointees of the
Senior Executive Service who are appointed to the position of Inspector
General.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HEA7C767062A743F7ABE6DCE150396EE2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Nonreduction in
pay</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other
provision of law, career Federal employees serving on an appointment made
pursuant to statutory authority found other than in
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/3392">section
3392</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, shall not suffer a
reduction in pay, not including any bonus or performance award, as a result of
being appointed to the position of Inspector General.</text>
</subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H916E28E9C7A04A9E82839AB05D084364"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Conforming
repeal</header><text>Section 4(c) of the Inspector General Reform Act of 2008
(<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/409">Public Law
110–409</external-xref>; 122 Stat. 4304; 5 U.S.C. App. 3 note) is
repealed.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEFAA406B18A643B2A8ECE448B73A5B46"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Allegations of
wrongdoing against Special Counsel or Deputy Special Counsel</header>
<subparagraph id="H6AE2F15F9CD34441BEDABF0C8E6162D7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Amendment</header><text>Section
11(d) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by adding
at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3BA6EEFD2777473D839B710E56333E93" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HABAD230BD3434367AD8D36557094E249"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Allegations of
wrongdoing against Special Counsel or Deputy Special Counsel</header>
<subparagraph id="H72D6F6EDF898464F9BA4A9E43D018BAD"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Special Counsel
defined</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this paragraph,
the term <term>Special Counsel</term> means the Special Counsel appointed under
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/1211">section
1211(b)</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H67388E199F42401C9EF4779D9F777994"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Authority of
Integrity Committee</header>
<clause id="HAFB93FF76BD34999ACC53F0F4EA6A3C0"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>An allegation of wrongdoing against the Special Counsel
or the Deputy Special Counsel may be received, reviewed, and referred for
investigation by the Integrity Committee to the same extent and in the same
manner as in the case of an allegation against an Inspector General (or a
member of the staff of an Office of Inspector General), subject to the
requirement that the Special Counsel recuse himself or herself from the
consideration of any allegation brought under this paragraph.</text>
</clause><clause id="H9E6CDCD64D5A43A883D45482D6BC26E1"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Coordination
with existing provisions of law</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This paragraph does not eliminate access to
the Merit Systems Protection Board for review under
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/7701">section
7701</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code. To the extent that an
allegation brought under this subsection involves section 2302(b)(8) of that
title, a failure to obtain corrective action within 120 days after the date on
which that allegation is received by the Integrity Committee shall, for
purposes of section 1221 of such title, be considered to satisfy section
1214(a)(3)(B) of that title.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB77158298A2D4072A12D58C5E2833B44"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Regulations</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Integrity Committee may prescribe any
rules or regulations necessary to carry out this paragraph, subject to such
consultation or other requirements as might otherwise apply.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H722C249CA150456D902E8A97E651FCAB"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Section 7(b) of the Inspector General Reform Act of
2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/409">Public
Law 110–409</external-xref>; 122 Stat. 4312;
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/1211">5 U.S.C.
1211</external-xref> note) is repealed.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC4987757B68E47B881F302547ABF047A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Agency
applicability</header>
<paragraph id="H7194442275C4446B9FDB60CF13721D84"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C.
App.), as amended by subsection (a), is further amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3CD11141F4B84204AB21D0BB36F61C08"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 8L—</text>
<clause id="H2AC39CFA329A46298ED4442BFFBAB0C5"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subsection (a)(1)—</text>
<subclause id="H71D2389A82F3458496681FCD1753D34E"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking the
first <quote>agency</quote> and inserting <quote>Federal agency and designated
Federal entity</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H9BC697F6357546B8A39C57533A4A3DEE"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the second and third
<quote>agency</quote> and inserting <quote>Federal agency or designated Federal
entity</quote>; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause id="HE14336CEAA2941ABA85BEDFF6EC78BCB"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subclause id="HA96AC9E6670E4FBF92C930BAAD7BC36D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>agency</quote> and inserting <quote>Federal agency and
designated Federal entity</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="HD575557063D54724B1D83293C2A90EF0"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text>
<item id="H2F0FA9BE8C364B3A8634CED71EE0AC07"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>agency</quote> and inserting
<quote>Federal agency and designated Federal entity</quote>; and</text>
</item><item id="HDFC3C0C1D1B34E609AFDBC5F4E09E20E"><enum>(bb)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking
<quote>agency</quote> and inserting <quote>Federal agency and designated
Federal entity</quote>; and</text>
</item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3530E8A330D84977946778FFC3251BDF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 11(c)(3)(A)(ii), by striking
<quote>department, agency, or entity of the executive branch</quote> and
inserting <quote>Federal agency or designated Federal entity</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H3BD7EB3D446B4516AC7EC84E26CDEBF6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Implementation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, the head and the Inspector General of each Federal
agency and each designated Federal entity (as such terms are defined in
sections 12 and 8G of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.),
respectively) shall implement the amendments made by this subsection.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H58DF81A0E97B4501BA421E23642C8E9F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Requirements for
Inspectors General websites</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8L(b)(1) of the Inspector General
Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H87688293D6B3472CA925EF11D43168AB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>report or audit (or portion of any report or audit)</quote> and
inserting <quote>audit report, inspection report, or evaluation report (or
portion of any such report)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5356348DFD204266A5668D7C576034F9"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>report or audit (or
portion of that report or audit)</quote> and inserting <quote>report (or
portion of that report)</quote> each place it appears.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H0D718C1221A94838A1C2C8DD48BCB1F1"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Corrections</header>
<paragraph id="H03CC9C7C0F1A4D049FF00448090570AE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Executive Order
number</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 7(c)(2) of the
Inspector General Reform Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/110/409">Public Law 110–409</external-xref>; 122 Stat. 4313;
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/501">31 U.S.C.
501</external-xref> note) is amended by striking <quote>12933</quote> and
inserting <quote>12993</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8D365955802947A7BE58FC476559638C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Punctuation and
cross-references</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The
Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H57D4756488D74F038C3A067710E9D27D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 6(a)(4), by striking
<quote>information, as well as any tangible thing)</quote> and inserting
<quote>information), as well as any tangible thing</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H45AD67E0DBF74D989678B2CFE935AAFF"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 8G(g)(3), by striking
<quote>8C</quote> and inserting <quote>8D</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H5BAA3B571AC94889B5BB8AA1971BF59D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Spelling</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C.
App.) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDEC2A6322DF848119491C437E9487000"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 3(a), by striking
<quote>subpena</quote> and inserting <quote>subpoena</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8105D793E68543648650B08536A723E6"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 6(a)(4), by striking
<quote>subpena</quote> and <quote>subpenas</quote> and inserting
<quote>subpoena</quote> and <quote>subpoenas</quote>, respectively;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE91D8F3E093441A79091BC7125873BA3"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 8D(a)—</text>
<clause id="HBC5FF03D25D64AAEBFC55780FBCA050E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
paragraph (1), by striking <quote>subpenas</quote> and inserting
<quote>subpoenas</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H88FE6CCAAF814A338A4EC97369569C3B"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking
<quote>subpena</quote> and inserting <quote>subpoena</quote>, each place it
appears;</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1647F90E40EF45ACA64D994517436559"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 8E(a)—</text>
<clause id="H110F261CF542408EAA16E839189A2B37"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
paragraph (1), by striking <quote>subpenas</quote> and inserting
<quote>subpoenas</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HBBA146C467524CBC9CEA229A307E7B4E"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking
<quote>subpena</quote> and inserting <quote>subpoena</quote> each place it
appears; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H062E9B39F155435A9D20F7620A85DCF1"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 8G(d), by striking
<quote>subpena</quote> and inserting <quote>subpoena</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="H0A8D555F3CD443CEBECC5BD9A881B59A"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Repeal</header><text>Section
744 of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2009
(division D of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/8">Public Law 111–8</external-xref>; 123 Stat. 693;
<external-xref legal-doc="usc-appendix" parsable-cite="usc-appendix/5/8L">5
U.S.C. App. 8L</external-xref>) is repealed.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="H0A2FF8B538E74146AD518F070A0B0832" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>308.</enum><header>Limits and
transparency for travel and conference spending</header>
<subsection id="H888E5FAB04BC4A91BD4DBEF2C5B4AEE8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Travel expenses
of Federal agencies relating to conferences</header>
<paragraph id="H8BCF702CFC3F413AB2DB92AEB7794533"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Limitations and
reports on travel expenses to conferences</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/57">Chapter
57</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting
after <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5711">section
5711</external-xref> the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB94577392BB7417990C71B6E3839B35E" style="USC">
<section id="HF135B3D0E8C14403B54CCC6385970C04"><enum>5712.</enum><header>Limitations
and reports on travel expenses to conferences</header>
<subsection id="H8CFE58352662496D9F6145A6476C01EF"><enum>(a)</enum><text>In this section,
the term—</text>
<paragraph id="HBEC118CEF283437F84433271D3899B40"><enum>(1)</enum><text><term>conference</term>
means a meeting that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3E4AE272974B4C14AC723511DB18AEC3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is held for
consultation, education, or discussion;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4C6679D3A6E74086A268080D8C554924"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is not held
entirely at an agency facility;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4E8A2B6C69D24895AF4B22E85960CDA1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>involves costs
associated with travel and lodging for some participants; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1B5A9AA3B408434DAB9A8693A189FE4E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>is sponsored by 1
or more agencies, 1 or more organizations that are not agencies, or a
combination of such agencies or organizations; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA4369BD47A6941DCA57FE1793D1C8D4A"><enum>(2)</enum><text><term>international
conference</term> means a conference attended by representatives of —</text>
<subparagraph id="H32F363D9026D49F98ADC4E850D907FE7"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the United States
Government; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H246CA5C9B87749C8A556FD617D864B73"><enum>(B)</enum><text>any foreign
government, international organization, or foreign nongovernmental
organization.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA01150737DF44067B6F0421C517B3B2C"><enum>(b)</enum><text>No agency may pay
the travel expenses for more than 50 employees of that agency who are stationed
in the United States, for any international conference occurring outside the
United States, unless the Secretary of State determines that attendance for
such employees is in the national interest.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H0BC571EEA739423BA6D7ED425593820C"><enum>(c)</enum><text>At the beginning
of each quarter of each fiscal year, each agency shall post on the public
Internet website of that agency a report on each conference for which the
agency paid travel expenses during the preceding 3 months that includes—</text>
<paragraph id="HB4EE047088644DC5A50F7BF9F8EB7F68"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the itemized
expenses paid by the agency, including travel expenses, the cost of scouting
for and selecting the location of the conference, and any agency expenditures
to otherwise support the conference;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF5B02E3FD67E4C9DBFB6D390B6370FAC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the primary
sponsor of the conference;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HC08666A8223A470CA6F4B78E4F7B6348"><enum>(3)</enum><text>the location of
the conference;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H627EA80244EA44039FC54F3D83343ED7"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in the case of a
conference for which that agency was the primary sponsor, a statement
that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF6BAA4AEEC1944A0B8C2527D5A0305A6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>justifies the
location selected;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6A222848F9A9492CB8E5561775C7711C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>demonstrates the
cost efficiency of the location; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1E4E7206A3EE416CB118D840B877151F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>provides a cost
benefit analysis of holding a conference rather than conducting a
teleconference;</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3EF144184D61487A8A75C124AD424DDF"><enum>(5)</enum><text>the date of the
conference;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HEA4907A470CF4FF89BECED7C438DA1AE"><enum>(6)</enum><text>a brief
explanation how the conference advanced the mission of the agency;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD2DF884F9A41405297FE38E33DF1344E"><enum>(7)</enum><text>the title of any
Federal employee or any individual who is not a Federal employee whose travel
expenses or other conference expenses were paid by the agency; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HE49F522AB4F348EA9DE9DCCB10119C7B"><enum>(8)</enum><text>the total number
of individuals whose travel expenses or other conference expenses were paid by
the agency.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H3B183CDF6DF74645BCCEE952C0A0D497"><enum>(d)</enum><text>Each report posted
on the public Internet website under subsection (c) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HEE8614B3B1424FD0B983EF98EEB1C476"><enum>(1)</enum><text>be in a searchable
electronic format; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5AAB8677E3154F82B43E0544AF5BA035"><enum>(2)</enum><text>remain on that
website for at least 5 years after the date of
posting.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H656D5C1DE7B94556ABB79536966D63BD"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Technical and
conforming amendment</header><text>The table of sections for
<external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/57">chapter
57</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting
after the item relating to
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5711">section
5711</external-xref> the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H446C2F77EFEC4B6C818D64233D0DC532" style="OLC">
<toc>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">5712. Limitations and reports
on travel expenses to
conferences.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF8A9F89E07DB48FC92393405863D4163"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Limitations on
annual travel expenses</header>
<paragraph id="H5B3C2F9AC9F940B787C00CEF9F8B9747"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
General</header><text>In the case of each of fiscal years 2012 through 2016, an
agency (as defined under
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5701">section
5701(1)</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code) may not make, or
obligate to make, expenditures for travel expenses, in an aggregate amount
greater than 80 percent of the aggregate amount of such expenses for fiscal
year 2010.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB5159E53212746D2B6E5A30FF905E82C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Identification
of travel expenses</header>
<subparagraph id="H96D5B34611064112B4CE00FBCE2F6986"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Responsibilities</header><text>Not
later than September 1, 2012 and after consultation with the Administrator of
General Services and the Director of the Administrative Office of the United
States Courts, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall
establish guidelines for the determination of what expenses constitute travel
expenses for purposes of this subsection. The guidelines shall identify
specific expenses, and classes of expenses, that are to be treated as travel
expenses.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2E0AEB549127481C8555ED779307B69C"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exemption for
military travel</header><text>The guidelines required under subparagraph (A)
shall exclude military travel expenses in determining what expenses constitute
travel expenses. Military travel expenses shall include travel expenses
involving military combat, the training or deployment of uniformed military
personnel, and such other travel expenses as are determined under the
guidelines.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H22316AF558694644ADA58F02E862BC8B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conference
transparency and limitations</header>
<paragraph id="H8D5BC69C81D841648541CFB89B88BABA"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this subsection—</text>
<subparagraph id="H84BA6F816D5945AD873DAE0C8F45385C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the term
<term>agency</term> has the meaning given under
<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/5701">section
5701(1)</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H24D1746202A24F69915CCADED8655E35"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the term
<term>conference</term> has the meaning given under section 5712(a)(1) of that
title (as added by subsection (a)).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H70E8A474E4304154958F57271A65C9CB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Public
availability of conference materials</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each agency shall post on the public
Internet website of that agency detailed information on any presentation made
by any employee of that agency at a conference, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB9E7D3FB2ED04DECA932A6F85942B4FD"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any minutes relating to the
presentation;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H94912C21DEB74F4D8DA9B7F2B04566A7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any speech delivered;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3C3DE20899784156AFD52841052F2978"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any visual exhibit, including photographs
or slides;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H696BB70AB3154BA486DA2FB3B4F1671D"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any video, digital, or audio recordings of
the conference; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC758C7FA20004901967EEDDE64CB6714"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">information regarding any financial support
or other assistance from a foundation or other non-Federal source used to pay
or defray the costs of the conference, which shall include a certification by
the head of the agency that there is no conflict of interest resulting from the
support received from each such source.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCC7376D1431246B6B798870403BE5BFC"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Limitation on
amount expended on a conference</header>
<subparagraph id="HA5FD49670FEA4EC6A36F97C63D688148"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No agency may expend
more than $500,000 to support a single conference.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H55BA5F61CF72490FB29CCA0A63073AA9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Rule of
construction</header><text>Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to
preclude an agency from receiving financial support or other assistance from a
foundation or other non-Federal source to pay or defray the costs of a
conference the total cost of which exceeds $500,000.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H65E7B0AF99FB45A5A785189C2E1D9487"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Limitation on
the annual number of conferences an agency may support</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No agency may expend funds on more than a
single conference sponsored or organized by an organization during any fiscal
year, unless the agency is the primary sponsor and organizer of the
conference.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HA8D818021E4545278C820856D5811D71"><enum>309.</enum><header>Effective
date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as otherwise
provided in this Act, this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</section>
Passed the House of
Representatives April 25, 2012.
Karen L. Haas,
Clerk.