Government Funding Transparency Act of 2008
Latest action · Apr 24, 2008 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedOct 23, 2007
- Passed HouseApr 23, 2008
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Government Funding Transparency Act of 2008 - Amends the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act to require the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to ensure that the federal awards website includes for each federal award of assistance or expenditures of $25,000 or more the names and total compensation of the five most highly compensated officers of the receiving entity if: (1) the entity in the preceding fiscal year received 80% or more of its annual gross revenues and $25 million or more in annual gross revenues from federal awards; and (2) the public does not have access to information about the compensation of the entity's senior executives through reports filed under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or the Internal Revenue Code.
Requires the Director of OMB to promulgate regulations to carry out this Act that include a definition of "total compensation" that is consistent with regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) concerning executive compensation.
Cosponsors 17
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 23, 2007 to Mar 6, 2008; 8 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-IA | Bruce L. Braley | Original | Oct 23, 2007 |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Original | Oct 23, 2007 |
| D-WA | Jim McDermott | Original | Oct 23, 2007 |
| D-NY | John J. Hall | Original | Oct 23, 2007 |
| D-MA | John W. Olver | Original | Oct 23, 2007 |
| D-NH | Paul W. Hodes | Original | Oct 23, 2007 |
| D-VT | Peter Welch | Original | Oct 23, 2007 |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Original | Oct 23, 2007 |
| D-NH | Carol Shea-Porter | Oct 24, 2007 | |
| D-CA | Lynn C. Woolsey | Oct 24, 2007 | |
| D-HI | Mazie K. Hirono | Oct 24, 2007 | |
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Oct 31, 2007 | |
| D-MD | Elijah E. Cummings | Oct 31, 2007 | |
| D-CT | Joe Courtney | Oct 31, 2007 | |
| D-CT | Rosa L. DeLauro | Oct 31, 2007 | |
| D-OH | Betty Sutton | Dec 13, 2007 | |
| R-TN | John J. Duncan, Jr. | Mar 6, 2008 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Oct 23, 2007Markup Mar 13, 2008Reported Apr 17, 2008 |
| Government Operations Subcommittee | Referred Nov 2, 2007Markup Mar 11, 2008Reported Mar 11, 2008 | |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Apr 24, 2008 |
Actions 17
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 24, 2008Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Apr 23, 2008Mr. Towns moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
- Apr 23, 2008Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2574-2577)
- Apr 23, 2008DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 3928.
- Apr 23, 2008Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H2575)
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H2574–H2577, H2644, H2645Text printed H2575 | Christopher Murphy D-CT, Edolphus Towns D-NY, Henry A. Waxman D-CA, Kendrick B. Meek D-FL, Peter Welch D-VT, Tom Davis R-VA | Apr 23, 2008 |
| House | Debate and remarks H11853 | Christopher Murphy D-CT | Oct 23, 2007 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Apr 8, 2008H.R. 3928, Government Contractor Accountability Act of 2007<p>Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 13, 2008</p>
- Apr 8, 2008H.R. 3928, Government Contractor Accountability Act of 2007Cost estimate for the bill as ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on March 13, 2008
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serial No. 110-101 | CONTRACTING REFORM: EXPERT RECOMMENDATIONS AND PENDING BILLS190 pages | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Feb 27, 2007 |
Titles 5
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To require certain large government contractors that receive more than 80 percent of their annual gross revenue from Federal contracts to disclose the names and salaries of their most highly compensated officers, and for other purposes.
- Official Titles as Amended by House
- To amend the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 to require certain recipients of Federal funds to disclose the names and total compensation of their most highly compensated officers, and for other purpose.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Government Contractor Accountability Act of 2007
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Government Contractor Accountability Act of 2007
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Government Funding Transparency Act of 2008
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 24, 2008Referred in Senate
- Apr 23, 2008Engrossed in House
- Apr 17, 2008Reported in House
- Oct 23, 2007Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
