HR 3262 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Government Results Transparency Act

Introduced Oct 26, 2011 Originated House Sponsor Frank C. Guinta R-NH

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Nov 3, 2011 Ordered to be Reported.

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.

  1. IntroducedOct 26, 2011
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Government Results Transparency Act - Requires the head of each federal agency to submit to the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board (RATB) all information concerning the agency's programs, priority goals, and results for publication online by RATB in its original format. Requires RATB to: (1) publish for each fiscal year the amount spent for each program identified by an agency and performance information for such program; (2) designate, by rule, common data elements (i.e., codes, identifiers, and fields) for information required to be reported by agencies; and (3) designate data reporting standards to govern agency reporting requirements.

Cosponsors 30

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 26, 2011 to Nov 30, 2011; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
R-ILJoe WalshOriginalOct 26, 2011
R-TXBill FloresOct 27, 2011
R-MIBill HuizengaOct 27, 2011
R-MICandice S. MillerOct 27, 2011
R-MNChip CravaackOct 27, 2011
R-AREric A. "Rick" CrawfordOct 27, 2011
R-TXKevin BradyOct 27, 2011
R-PAMike KellyOct 27, 2011
R-NCPatrick T. McHenryOct 27, 2011
R-ILPeter J. RoskamOct 27, 2011
R-SCTrey GowdyOct 27, 2011
R-MIMike RogersNov 1, 2011
R-ILRandy HultgrenNov 1, 2011
R-NYAnn Marie BuerkleNov 3, 2011
R-TXBlake FarentholdNov 3, 2011
R-NHCharles F. BassNov 3, 2011
R-FLConnie MackNov 3, 2011
R-INDan BurtonNov 3, 2011
R-ILDonald A. ManzulloNov 3, 2011
R-OKJames LankfordNov 3, 2011
R-SCJeff DuncanNov 3, 2011
R-OHJim JordanNov 3, 2011
R-KSKevin YoderNov 3, 2011
R-PAPatrick MeehanNov 3, 2011
R-AZPaul A. GosarNov 3, 2011
R-ILRobert T. SchillingNov 3, 2011
R-TNScott DesJarlaisNov 3, 2011
R-SCTim ScottNov 3, 2011
R-PATom MarinoNov 3, 2011
R-FLBill PoseyNov 30, 2011

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseOversight and Government Reform Committee
Referred Oct 26, 2011Markup Nov 3, 2011

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Nov 3, 2011Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
  2. Nov 3, 2011Ordered to be Reported.
  3. Oct 26, 2011Introduced in House
  4. Oct 26, 2011Referred 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.

Congressional Budget Office cost estimate

  1. Feb 23, 2012H.R. 3262, Government Results and Transparency ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on November 3, 2011

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article 1, Section 9, Clause 7: No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regular Statement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of all public Money shall be published from time to time.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H7133.

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced
To amend title 31, United States Code, to increase Government transparency.
Short Titles as Introduced
Government Results Transparency Act

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Oct 26, 2011Introduced in House

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