Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act
Latest action · Feb 27, 2014 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.
- IntroducedApr 9, 2013
- Passed HouseFeb 25, 2014
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act - (Sec. 2) Sets forth additional information relating to a federal program that the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is required to include on its website and update at least annually, including: (1) the total administrative cost of the program and the expenditures for services for the program for the previous fiscal year; (2) an estimate of the number of clients served by the program and beneficiaries who received assistance under the program for the previous fiscal year; (3) an estimate, for the previous fiscal year, of the number of full-time federal employees who administer the program and the number of full-time employees whose salary is paid in part or in full by the federal government through a grant or contract or other form of financial assistance; (4) an identification of the specific statute that authorizes the program and whether such authorization is expired; (5) any finding of duplication or overlap; and (6) any program performance reviews for such program.
Requires the OMB Director, not later than February 1 of each fiscal year, to publish on the OMB website the total amount of undisbursed grant funding remaining in grant accounts for which the period of availability to the grantee has expired.
(Sec. 3) Amends the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010 to require the Comptroller General (GAO) to maintain and provide regular annual updates to a publicly available website that tracks the status of agency responses to recommendations by the Comptroller General for identifying duplicative government programs.
(Sec. 4) Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to require the disclosure of classified information.
(Sec. 5) Requires the OMB Director to implement this Act not later than one year after its enactment. Prohibits the authorization of additional funds to carry out the requirements of this Act.
Cosponsors 10
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 9, 2013 to Feb 11, 2014; 1 is an original cosponsor, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-TN | Jim Cooper | Original | Apr 9, 2013 |
| D-UT | Jim Matheson | Apr 23, 2013 | |
| D-NY | William L. Owens | Sep 27, 2013 | |
| R-WI | Paul D. Ryan | Jan 14, 2014 | |
| R-FL | Ron DeSantis | Jan 14, 2014 | |
| R-TN | Marsha Blackburn | Jan 15, 2014 | |
| R-KY | Andy Barr | Jan 17, 2014 | |
| R-FL | Steve Southerland II | Jan 27, 2014 | |
| R-MI | Tim Walberg | Feb 4, 2014 | |
| R-FL | Richard B. Nugent | Feb 11, 2014 |
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 Apr 9, 2013Markup Jul 24, 2013Reported Feb 21, 2014 |
| Senate | Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee | Referred Feb 27, 2014 |
Actions 12
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Feb 27, 2014Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- Feb 26, 2014Received in the Senate.
- Feb 25, 2014Mr. Lankford moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended. (consideration: CR H1902)
- Feb 25, 2014Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H1902-1904)
- Feb 25, 2014DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 1423.
- Feb 25, 2014Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H1902-1903)
- Feb 21, 2014Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 113-355.
- Feb 21, 2014Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 263.
- Jul 24, 2013Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Jul 24, 2013Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
- Apr 9, 2013Introduced in House
- Apr 9, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E262 | Kenny Marchant R-TX | Feb 27, 2014 |
| House | Debate and remarks H1902–H1904Text printed H1902 | Darrell Issa R-CA, Elijah E. Cummings D-MD, James Lankford R-OK | Feb 25, 2014 |
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 estimate
- Aug 27, 2013H.R. 1423, Taxpayers Right-To-Know ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on July 24, 2013
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H1859.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| S 2113 | Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act | Related bill | Aug 26, 2014 |
Titles 4
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide taxpayers with an annual report disclosing the cost and performance of Government programs and areas of duplication among them, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act
- Short Titles as Passed House
- Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Accounting and auditing
- Census and government statistics
- Congressional oversight
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government information and archives
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government studies and investigations
- Performance measurement
Text 4
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Feb 27, 2014Referred in Senate
- Feb 25, 2014Engrossed in House
- Feb 21, 2014Reported in House
- Apr 9, 2013Introduced 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.
