S 1957 · 112th Congress 2011–2013, ended

Taxpayers Right to Know Act

Introduced Dec 7, 2011 Originated Senate Sponsor Tom Coburn R-OK

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Dec 7, 2011 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.

  1. IntroducedDec 7, 2011
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Taxpayers Right to Know Act - Requires the head of each federal agency in each fiscal year to: (1) identify and describe every program administered by such agency; (2) determine the total administrative expenses and expenditures for services for each program; (3) estimate the number of clients served by each program and the beneficiaries who received assistance under each program; (4) estimate the number of full-time federal and contract employees who administer each program; and (5) identify federal programs with duplicative or overlapping missions, services, and allowable uses of funds.

Requires agency heads to publish on agency websites the information required by this Act, the latest performance reviews of each agency program, improper payment rates, the total amount of unspent and unobligated program funds held by the agency and grant recipients, and recommendations for consolidating duplicative programs, eliminating waste and inefficiency, and terminating lower priority, outdated, and unnecessary programs and initiatives.

Expands the scope of information required in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance to include: (1) programs providing assistance to foreign nations, international organizations, and services provided or funded by agencies operating outside the United States; (2) information required by this Act; and (3) budget functions and authorization and appropriation amounts for each assistance program in the Catalog.

Cosponsors 32

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Dec 7, 2011 to Dec 12, 2011; 31 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MOClaire McCaskillOriginalDec 7, 2011
R-INDaniel CoatsOriginalDec 7, 2011
R-LADavid VitterOriginalDec 7, 2011
R-NVDean HellerOriginalDec 7, 2011
R-IDJames E. RischOriginalDec 7, 2011
R-OKJames M. InhofeOriginalDec 7, 2011
R-ALJeff SessionsOriginalDec 7, 2011
R-SCJim DeMintOriginalDec 7, 2011
R-WYJohn BarrassoOriginalDec 7, 2011
R-ARJohn BoozmanOriginalDec 7, 2011
R-TXJohn CornynOriginalDec 7, 2011
R-NDJohn HoevenOriginalDec 7, 2011
R-AZJohn McCainOriginalDec 7, 2011
R-SDJohn ThuneOriginalDec 7, 2011
R-AZJon KylOriginalDec 7, 2011
R-NHKelly AyotteOriginalDec 7, 2011
R-SCLindsey GrahamOriginalDec 7, 2011
R-FLMarco RubioOriginalDec 7, 2011
D-AKMark BegichOriginalDec 7, 2011
R-WYMichael B. EnziOriginalDec 7, 2011
R-IDMike CrapoOriginalDec 7, 2011
R-UTMike LeeOriginalDec 7, 2011
R-KYMitch McConnellOriginalDec 7, 2011
R-UTOrrin G. HatchOriginalDec 7, 2011
R-PAPatrick J. ToomeyOriginalDec 7, 2011
R-KYRand PaulOriginalDec 7, 2011
R-NCRichard BurrOriginalDec 7, 2011
R-MSRoger F. WickerOriginalDec 7, 2011
R-WIRon JohnsonOriginalDec 7, 2011
R-GASaxby ChamblissOriginalDec 7, 2011
R-MESusan M. CollinsOriginalDec 7, 2011
R-TNBob CorkerDec 12, 2011

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
SenateHomeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Referred Dec 7, 2011

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Dec 7, 2011Introduced in Senate
  2. Dec 7, 2011Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

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.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

NumberHearingCommitteeHeld
Serial No. 112-46INNOVATIVE DESIGN PROTECTION AND PIRACY PREVENTION ACT146 pagesJudiciary CommitteeJul 15, 2011

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
HR 3609Taxpayers Right-To-Know ActIdentical billOct 1, 2012

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced
A bill to provide taxpayers with an annual report disclosing the cost of, performance by, and areas for improvements for Government programs, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced
Taxpayers Right to Know 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. Dec 7, 2011Introduced in Senate

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