Strengthening Transparency and Accountability in Federal Spending Act of 2008
Latest action · Jul 28, 2008 Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.
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.
- IntroducedJun 26, 2008
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Strengthening Transparency and Accountability in Federal Spending Act of 2008 - Amends the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 with respect to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) searchable database website. Requires the website to allow the public to search programmatically and access all data in a serialized machine readable format (such as XML) via a web-services application programming interface.
Specifies additional information on federal awards the website must include by certain deadlines.
Requires the website to present information about federal awards and their recipients in ways that meet the needs of users with different levels of understanding about government spending and abilities using searching websites.
Sets forth requirements of the Director of OMB to add specified data quality enhancements to the website.
Requires the Director to ensure that the unique identifier used to link information on the website is also used to link information about performance of individual contractors and recipients of financial assistance starting with awards given in FY2008.
Requires the chief executive officer of an award recipient to certify whether the entity has: (1) filed all federal tax returns required during the preceding five years; (2) been convicted of a criminal offense under the Internal Revenue Code; and (3) an outstanding debt under the Code for which a notice of lien has been publicly filed that is not being paid in a timely manner, or for which a collection due process hearing or relief is requested or pending.
Requires the Director to: (1) develop certification forms; (2) ensure that each agency providing federal awards complies with tax compliance requirements; and (3) ensure that the website contains such certified information.
Cosponsors 13
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 26, 2008 to Oct 2, 2008; 6 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Edolphus Towns | Original | Jun 26, 2008 |
| D-CA | Henry A. Waxman | Original | Jun 26, 2008 |
| R-AZ | John B. Shadegg | Original | Jun 26, 2008 |
| R-IN | Mark E. Souder | Original | Jun 26, 2008 |
| R-NC | Virginia Foxx | Original | Jun 26, 2008 |
| D-MO | Wm. Lacy Clay | Original | Jun 26, 2008 |
| D-IL | Janice D. Schakowsky | Jul 14, 2008 | |
| D-FL | Ron Klein | Jul 14, 2008 | |
| R-IN | Dan Burton | Jul 22, 2008 | |
| D-OR | Peter A. DeFazio | Jul 31, 2008 | |
| D-OH | Betty Sutton | Sep 9, 2008 | |
| D-AZ | Harry E. Mitchell | Sep 16, 2008 | |
| R-AZ | Jeff Flake | Oct 2, 2008 |
Committees 1
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 Jun 26, 2008 |
| Government Operations Subcommittee | Referred Jul 28, 2008 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 28, 2008Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Organization, and Procurement.
- Jun 26, 2008Introduced in House
- Jun 26, 2008Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R43111 | Transforming Government Acquisition Systems: Overview and Selected Issues Archived | Report | Jun 20, 2013 |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 3077 | Strengthening Transparency and Accountability in Federal Spending Act of 2008 | Identical bill | Jun 3, 2008 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To strengthen transparency and accountability in Federal spending.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Strengthening Transparency and Accountability in Federal Spending Act of 2008
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.
- Collection of accounts
- Commerce
- Crime and Law Enforcement
- Data banks
- Due process of law
- Economics and Public Finance
- Ex-offenders
- Executives
- Federal aid programs
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government contractors
- Government lending
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government procurement
- Government publicity
- Identification devices
- Income tax
- Internet
- Law
- Leases
- Liens
- Office of Management and Budget
- Performance measurement
- Profit
- Science, Technology, Communications
- Subcontractors
- Tax returns
- Taxation
- Web sites
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 26, 2008Introduced 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.
