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Suspend the Rules and Pass the Bill, H.R. 2146, With an Amendment
(The amendment strikes all after the enacting clause and inserts a new text)
1.
This Act may be cited as the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2012
or the DATA Act
.
2.
The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
Title I—Accountability and Transparency in Federal Spending
Sec. 101. General requirements for accountability and transparency in Federal spending.
Sec. 102. Data standardization for accountability and transparency in Federal spending.
Sec. 103. Amendments to the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006.
Sec. 104. Effective date and deadlines for accountability and transparency in Federal spending.
Title II—Federal Accountability and Spending Transparency Commission
Sec. 201. Federal Accountability and Spending Transparency Commission.
Sec. 202. Conforming amendment relating to compensation of Chairman.
Sec. 203. Conforming amendments related to Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board.
Title III—Additional Provisions
Sec. 301. Classified information.
Sec. 302. Paperwork Reduction Act exemption.
Sec. 303. Matching program exception for inspectors general.
Sec. 304. Transfer of Consolidated Federal Funds Report.
Sec. 305. Transfer of authority over Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance to Commission.
Sec. 306. Government Accountability Office Improvement.
Sec. 307. Amendments to the Inspector General Act of 1978 and the Inspector General Reform Act of 2008.
Sec. 308. Limits and transparency for travel and conference spending.
Sec. 309. Effective date.
3.
In this Act:
(1)
The term Commission means the Federal Accountability and Spending Transparency Commission established under subchapter III of chapter 36 of title 31, United States Code, as added by this Act.
(2)
The term Executive agency has the meaning provided by section 105 of title 5, United States Code, except the term does not include the Government Accountability Office.
<enum>I</enum>
<header>Accountability and Transparency in Federal Spending</header>
<section id="H0378ED7960C24D9AB1655CB7589E09A0">
<enum>101.</enum>
<header>General requirements for accountability and transparency in Federal spending</header>
<subsection id="H444867C618454B6193A37CBF9CAC927C">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle III of title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 35 the following new chapter:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB8C5F9D6BEB5484D94EED1892A61EDE0" style="USC">
<chapter id="H817A64919F254D38A8B60309E4D15C28">
<enum>36</enum>
<header>Accountability and Transparency in Federal Spending</header>
<toc container-level="chapter-container" quoted-block="no-quoted-block" lowest-level="section" idref="H817A64919F254D38A8B60309E4D15C28" regeneration="yes-regeneration" lowest-bolded-level="division-lowest-bolded">
<toc-entry idref="HC38DF88C199B4DABBE320B62E6DE87B1" level="subchapter">Subchapter I—Reporting Requirements</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H85D2931B5AC4493692EF9A212D64581C" level="section">3601. Definitions.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HD3014C24746F4ABABA157FD9C5FA9219" level="section">3602. Recipient reporting requirement.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H6C5DE9218F334AB086ECBAEE0CD23AF5" level="section">3603. Agency reporting requirement.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HA3C2C917AD6444208A6518E4AE5A95B4" level="section">3604. Treasury reporting requirement.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HCAA022828EEA4A2EB73E1DFFF5E23C2C" level="section">3605. Exemptions from recipient reporting requirement.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H39B05B6A27A24B509EAE364576791997" level="subchapter">Subchapter II—Data Standardization</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H5FDE07C2E975480ABF5B20CAB1D09C58" level="section">3611. Data standardization for reporting information.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HEAEE4617ED7D49B4AA5EF9D8B5375CC8" level="section">3612. Full disclosure of information.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HBEBA36A1C6684217B0D691CF460296D3" level="section">3613. Federal accountability portal.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H4FDBE3C971044A74B12ED8A482D7DD32" level="section">3614. Agency responsibilities.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H645409F01B1547CF89E1E1C5D2150D3E" level="section">3615. Consolidated financial reporting.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H645409F01B1547CF89E1E1C5D2150D3E" level="section">3616. Office of Management and Budget responsibilities.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H2566BCC9C8094057A7C97250E0969737" level="section">3617. Treasury responsibilities.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H931CD220166E4EEFABDD0B1BFFBFCAEE" level="section">3618. General Services Administration responsibilities.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H97E4F86458EF4CFDB19CBC5B02FA0454" level="subchapter">Subchapter III—Federal Accountability and Spending Transparency Commission</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H5332DC77909D4570A94E9AC7D633B774" level="section">3621. Establishment.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H6383E5A4A53F44D18EFBEDC14B402A0E" level="section">3622. Composition of the Commission.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H174E87385A684A0CA64868793D9A9016" level="section">3623. Functions.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H48CBAB6A18EB4BABB3C5067AF702F2AB" level="section">3624. Powers.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H49C535A7E110494B83EDD89C6CD0422C" level="section">3625. Employment, personnel, and related authorities.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H803CD48D15934901BBD3E4F8AC9FC7CF" level="section">3626. Transfer of certain personnel.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H5AF7E96B8CDC447AB1434C29DF4F0BFF" level="section">3627. Advisory committee to Commission.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H0E62EA4EA9864D389DCEF798192BDAC8" level="section">3628. Authorization and availability of appropriations.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H69C232483C454EE798E99FE7B77E6A97" level="section">3629. Sunset.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HC56A0669C5BB4BF8BC82C4C4D73B5BC0" level="subchapter">Subchapter IV—General Provisions</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="H19B81B14EF2B436C942CA24D08F1CEDE" level="section">3641. Independence of inspectors general.</toc-entry>
<toc-entry idref="HD04CF30A6598453FBCA23E0E57E53D40" level="section">3642. Effective date.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<subchapter id="HC38DF88C199B4DABBE320B62E6DE87B1">
<enum>I</enum>
<header>Reporting Requirements</header>
<section id="H85D2931B5AC4493692EF9A212D64581C">
<enum>3601.</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">In this chapter:</text>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H606442B75F8B447CBA0ED573226CF890">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Recipient</header>
<text>The term <term>recipient</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="H371D4CF1C21A4560B22D12DBA8E8E0A9">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>any person that receives Federal funds pursuant to a Federal award, either directly or through a subgrant or subcontract at any tier; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3B59E1C1853846D487A387E5F4D7DDB1">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>any State, local, or tribal government, or any government corporation, that receives Federal funds pursuant to a Federal award, either directly or through a subgrant or subcontract at any tier.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2773CA558F6F424DB725D0E9DFB4210D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Federal award</header>
<text>The term <term>Federal award</term> means Federal financial assistance and expenditures that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3CC68614EC604810B23C2507047EE3AB">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">include grants, subgrants, loans, awards, cooperative agreements, agreements entered into under other transactional authority, and other forms of financial assistance; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H95BF3653CD804DA0B8A2E251FCCCA621">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>include contracts, subcontracts, purchase orders, task orders, and delivery orders.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7B82E11CC650400EB03962E7D5CE3C26">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Commission</header>
<text>The term <term>Commission</term> means the Federal Accountability and Spending Transparency Commission established under subchapter III of this chapter, or any successor entity to the Federal Accountability and Spending Transparency Commission.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HAA4487FC0C8E438AB6588FFECDEB5789">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Chairman</header>
<text>The term <term>Chairman</term> means the Chairman of the Federal Accountability and Spending Transparency Commission.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H64DDF95693154B54991004CA4EB8971C">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Executive agency</header>
<text>The term <term>Executive agency</term> has the meaning provided by section 105 of title 5, except the term does not include the Government Accountability Office.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HDCC8464B90124BA1BEAB790EED8539AA">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977</term> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF73F3BB5143D4B7781D11EF804E1A340">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>section 30A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78dd–1); and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H90F04BA86E124910A3D6F5838449D25D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>sections 104 and 104A of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (15 U.S.C. 78dd–2).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HD3014C24746F4ABABA157FD9C5FA9219">
<enum>3602.</enum>
<header>Recipient reporting requirement</header>
<subsection id="HF5224159618640408C240D684CAF173A">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Requirement</header>
<text>Each recipient shall report to the Commission each receipt and use of Federal funds pursuant to a Federal award.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H10C6CC9E3EDE47248375A2EF73C94F66">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Characteristics of reports</header>
<paragraph id="H92CA16B937B44761B6B967522A0F7D21">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Frequency of reports</header>
<subparagraph id="H5290F6942F8148ECAC71B5065F2B18A5">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Commission shall designate, by rule, the frequency of reports to be submitted by recipients under subsection (a), but the frequency shall not be less than once each quarter.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H71CB74729F964AEFBE9DF39D232C855F" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Deadlines</header>
<text>The Commission shall, by rule, specify deadlines by which a particular receipt or use of Federal funds must be reported by a recipient under subsection (a). In specifying deadlines under this subparagraph, the Commission shall take into account the capabilities of the management and accounting systems and processes of recipients. The Commission shall, by rule, provide for extensions of the deadlines specified under this subparagraph in cases of hardship or emergency.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H97D54CC43D3840EC83A1A33428AF6F76">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Continuous or automatic reporting</header>
<text>To the extent practicable, the Commission shall require continuous or automatic reporting for compliance with this section.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB4592359F7814D0FA4B8856558B23F90">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Content of reports</header>
<text>Each report submitted by a recipient under subsection (a) shall contain the following information:</text>
<subparagraph id="H5E0210200D7C49D3A77D9E868799F0BD">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">An identification of the recipient, including the recipient’s name and location (including city, county, State, congressional district, and country), with location information provided in proper United States Postal Service standardized format, including ZIP+4, or proper international postal service standardized format where applicable.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H82A4F1EE0A44422E894D36B4F8B0B2F8" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>An identification of the recipient and the parent entity of the recipient, if the recipient is owned by another entity.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8013EEE76A3F4D5AB59084BE86FF669D">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>An identification of the Executive agency.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H5B99C4BFF6EE40FEBEFCA5D3BA41AA84">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>An identification of the Federal award.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBCE3E0172AF04300B55BDD5E7DECCAE8">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>If applicable, an identification of the program pursuant to which the Federal award was awarded.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9437ADE01FC5433DB3EA3E1A4502F6F8">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>The total amount of Federal funds received from that Executive agency for the Federal award, during the period covered by the report.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H15C46AC404FF4AE6B5515573B6C6AFCD">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>The amount of Federal funds from the Federal award that were expended or obligated by the recipient to projects or activities during the period covered by the report.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBF7E8BD6086B4E9FA5807F4C9E3E197A">
<enum>(H)</enum>
<text>A list of all projects or activities for which Federal funds were expended or obligated.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDA384BE314DB4106A3200768D888E7EB">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>If the Federal award is a prime award, an identification of its immediate subawards.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE9907108784C4FB68E63230FC72B509F">
<enum>(J)</enum>
<text>If the Federal award is a subaward, an identification of its immediate prime award.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2B03154892CC4AE78B31D7E28E537491">
<enum>(K)</enum>
<text>Such additional information reasonably related to the receipt and use of Federal funds as the Commission shall, by rule, require.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H62FC0DEE1F2A483F8410EC0A34928596">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Use of data standards</header>
<text>The reports submitted under this section shall use the common data elements and data reporting standards designated by the Commission under section 3611 of this title.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H491BC2AB59DB487F9BDE43DC62D847B8">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Fulfillment of requirements by prime awardees</header>
<text>The Commission shall, by rule, permit prime awardees to fulfill the requirements of this section on behalf of subawardees, so long as all subaward tiers are reported. </text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HDF89E7127D1D492DB688A06A88AEACC8">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Guidance by Commission</header>
<text>The Commission shall issue guidance to recipients on compliance with this section.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H10F3601899AF4AE0A4CFF36EBF3CFF82" commented="no">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Prepopulation</header>
<text>To the extent practicable, the Commission shall prepopulate its electronic systems for the submission of reports required by this section with data submitted to it by agencies under section 3603 of this title, and shall permit recipients either to confirm that prepopulated data is correct or, if it is incorrect, to make corrections.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H745A80CAC4DF42C6A1F918B6DE7535A3">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Registration</header>
<text>Recipients required to report information under subsection (a) shall register with the Central Contractor Registration database or complete such other registration requirements as the Commission shall, by rule, require.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H6C5DE9218F334AB086ECBAEE0CD23AF5">
<enum>3603.</enum>
<header>Agency reporting requirement</header>
<subsection id="HC76F5CB32DB44562B042BB2783ED602F">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Requirement</header>
<text>Each Executive agency shall report to the Commission all obligations and expenditures of Federal funds.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H95A14C0739584199A06BE2F004CE648E">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Characteristics of reports</header>
<paragraph id="H03FA04B2B9884A95B21E15CAF986CAD4">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Frequency of reports</header>
<subparagraph id="H0C98E29D0FDA424C9548E598C42F1646">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall designate, by rule, and after consultation with the Office of Management and Budget, the frequency of reports to be submitted by agencies under subsection (a), but the frequency shall not be less than once each quarter.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H86171AD1D908457AB3CCB54BDF3ED749">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Deadlines</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall, by rule, and after consultation with the Office of Management and Budget, specify the deadline by which an obligation or expenditure must be reported by an agency under subsection (a).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFE4AAE18063046D4864A3B6F9E4179A1">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Continuous or automatic reporting</header>
<text>To the extent practicable, the Commission shall require continuous or automatic reporting for compliance with this section.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H357965A3E3CD4CF4AE6DD4701112D24A">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Content of report</header>
<subparagraph id="HA9569B6375944E9F8C1EC873FA82817A" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Information relating to Federal awards</header>
<text>Each report submitted by an Executive agency under subsection (a) that relates to a Federal award shall contain the following information for that Federal award:</text>
<clause id="H7CA7FEC14BA74EBA92903623F107FFA0">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>An identification of the recipient, including the recipient’s name and location (including city, State, congressional district, and country), with location information provided in proper United States Postal Service standardized format, including ZIP+4, or proper international postal service standardized format where applicable.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HA17C36AE916546FB916A2E39458A920E">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>An identification of the recipient and the parent entity of the recipient, should the entity be owned by another entity.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H00AE56059F4A4E44839791AD28D599AF">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>An identification of the Executive agency.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HDD313C3222434184B0D0A9B356F79CE5">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text>An identification of the Federal award.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H52DA62DE32194E5BA56C2663B0517651">
<enum>(v)</enum>
<text>If applicable, an identification of the program pursuant to which the Federal award was awarded.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HC56703EC22F74F4BB3AD10131D37EF48">
<enum>(vi)</enum>
<text>If necessary, the total amount of the award.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H7F271D83793445F3A1839B6C38FB0CD3">
<enum>(vii)</enum>
<text>The total amount of Federal funds received by the recipient from the Executive agency for the Federal award, during the period covered by the report.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H0F6BF2D72B054D9D9279A0530486A525">
<enum>(viii)</enum>
<text>Information on the award, including transaction type, funding agency, the North American Industry Classification System code or Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number (if applicable), the program source, and an award title descriptive of the purpose of each funding action.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HDEFF686CDF6B4295B79D61C19ED6EE41">
<enum>(ix)</enum>
<text>Such additional information reasonably related to the Federal award as the Commission shall, by rule, require.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H35538DC1BBDB4709B736062C4FEF5443">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Information not relating to Federal awards</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The content of each report submitted by an Executive agency under subsection (a) that does not relate to a Federal award shall be designated by the Commission, by rule, and after consultation with the Office of Management and Budget. </text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD0F0AA56A4974F958B85BD56C474F95B">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Identification information</header>
<text>To the extent practicable, reports submitted by agencies under subsection (a) shall identify the programs, budget functions, Treasury accounts, and appropriations categories pursuant to which Federal funds are obligated or expended.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H55F675155F7D4BBCA7F5F1BC3BC8EE37">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Use of other reporting information</header>
<text>To the extent practicable, the Commission shall permit agencies to comply with subsection (a) by submitting the same information that they submit or contribute for other governmentwide reporting requirements, including the following:</text>
<clause id="H0AA7A9104CE640B381CA4ADAF6E41162">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>For information about Federal awards—</text>
<subclause id="H1745B37F739443D78EF22D904C486733">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>the Federal assistance awards data system established pursuant to section 6102a of title 31, United States Code;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HF71AC6DD50B84ABCA7CA5E7B36B340CD">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>the Federal procurement data system established pursuant to section 1122(a)(4) of title 41, United States Code;</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H703DD97484864DFEA23EB6B896A1381B">
<enum>(III)</enum>
<text>the common application and reporting system established pursuant to section 6 of the Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1999 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note); or</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HC1CB115FDEA6417993EFBA842BA415E5">
<enum>(IV)</enum>
<text>such systems as may be established to replace or supplement the systems identified in this clause.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="H0E732208F2404803AA71F5DE9AD1C8AB">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>For information about internal expenditures and accounting, the Federal Agencies’ Centralized Trial-Balance Systems (FACTS I and FACTS II), the Governmentwide Financial Report System (GFRS), the Intragovernmental Fiduciary Confirmation System (IFCS), or such systems as may be established to replace or supplement such systems.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H27B1C95DDCF0409C9077359765E61A7E">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Use of data standards</header>
<text>The reports submitted under this section shall use the common data elements and data reporting standards designated by the Commission under section 3611 of this title.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3413FB5D83C84FCCBD67BEFE96DA5F12">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Information also subject to recipient reporting requirement</header>
<text>In complying with this section, each Executive agency shall identify, to the extent practicable, Federal awards made by the agency that are subject to the recipient reporting requirement of section 3602 of this title so that information reported by recipients and information reported by the agency can be directly compared.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H599D5E75DB224052AF84E73AF0CCA8CC">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Guidance by Commission</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall issue guidance to Executive agencies on compliance with this section.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H9FC4FC6AFF3B40BC92088FBDC12CBE46">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Commission to monitor compliance</header>
<text>The Commission shall regularly report to Congress on each Executive agency’s compliance with this section, including the timeliness, completeness, accuracy, and interoperability of the data submitted by each Executive agency. The Commission shall make these reports publicly available contemporaneously online.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HA3C2C917AD6444208A6518E4AE5A95B4" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>3604.</enum>
<header>Treasury reporting requirement</header>
<subsection id="H00CC8A8680144401B04E7E5017340025">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Requirement</header>
<text>The Department of the Treasury shall report to the Commission disbursements of Federal funds.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H68901CF61CFE402DA3BEDB38E302BF11">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Characteristics of reports</header>
<paragraph id="H7A1628A3C6434C8E862E19AA7F1E5D2C">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Frequency of reports</header>
<subparagraph id="H427865A815B24516A242D4AEC62378BA">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Commission and the Secretary of the Treasury shall determine the frequency of reports submitted by the Department of the Treasury under subsection (a), but the frequency shall not be less than once each quarter.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H44837585EF6F4B6696F7136B74C7F56A">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Continuous or automatic reporting</header>
<text>To the extent practicable, the Commission and the Department of the Treasury shall establish continuous or automatic reporting for compliance with this section. </text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H70DFD5E800454676BC7E2B2798B9B19F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Content of report</header>
<subparagraph id="HBF83A2A50BF64813A0927CC2A71F78C6">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>The Commission and the Secretary of the Treasury shall determine the content of reports submitted by the Department of the Treasury under subsection (a).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA832EF379E0F414580EC0F05BA930F1C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>To the extent practicable, reports submitted by the Department of the Treasury under subsection (a) shall identify the programs, budget functions, Treasury accounts, and appropriations categories pursuant to which Federal funds are disbursed.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H018B09885AE64C08A1D71CB7ECA8B8E5">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Use of data standards</header>
<text>The reports submitted under this section shall use the common data elements and data reporting standards designated by the Commission under section 3611 of this title.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H42F666CA897449E3BF9E504519AC4046">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Commission to monitor compliance</header>
<text>The Commission shall regularly submit to Congress reports on compliance by the Department of the Treasury with this section, including the timeliness, completeness, accuracy, and interoperability of the data submitted. The Commission shall make all reports submitted under this subsection publicly available contemporaneously online.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HCAA022828EEA4A2EB73E1DFFF5E23C2C">
<enum>3605.</enum>
<header>Exemptions from recipient reporting requirement</header>
<subsection id="H4E0D9732C41A45FF80B84465EABD4D74">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Exemption</header>
<text>A recipient is exempt from the reporting requirement of section 3602 of this title with respect to funds received pursuant to a Federal award if—</text>
<paragraph id="H20B1A13218BA485E8288152032BAA253">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the recipient is an individual; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC6EF801F75854C8DAF937D39C8357E87">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>either—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0FCBE1B7F59C41B9815729E5EF055634">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the total amount of Federal funds received by the recipient does not exceed $100,000 in the current calendar year or fiscal year; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD22BC3D9EA334134937CF5545A7FB345">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>no transaction in which the recipient has received Federal funds during the current calendar year or fiscal year has exceeded $24,999.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC99B6663A9EA4DFD91BBD1D3BEA8BEE8">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Authority to grant additional exemptions</header>
<text>The Commission may, by rule, grant additional exemptions under this section for classes or categories of recipients.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB74D0BEA53FE4B6891AF345801DC61E5">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Adjustment for inflation</header>
<text>The Commission shall, by rule, provide for an adjustment of the dollar thresholds specified in subsection (a)(2) to maintain the constant dollar value of the threshold.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
</subchapter>
</chapter>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HF4E3434D01214C43B89B9C69B452E040">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Clerical amendment</header>
<text>The table of chapters at the beginning of subtitle III of title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to chapter 35 the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEEEC934A747E4BD68237C44083314DC0" style="USC">
<toc regeneration="no-regeneration">
<multi-column-toc-entry level="section" bold="on">
<toc-enum>36.</toc-enum>
<level-header level="section" bold="on">Accountability and Transparency in Federal Spending</level-header>
<target>3601</target>
</multi-column-toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HC27764175BD0471EA3C9A0012DF9438B">
<enum>102.</enum>
<header>Data standardization for accountability and transparency in Federal spending</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Chapter 36 of title 31, United States Code, as added by section 101, is amended by adding at the end the following new subchapter:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H067D5B50C808493685B2E306D0DD9551" style="USC">
<subchapter id="H39B05B6A27A24B509EAE364576791997">
<enum>II</enum>
<header>Data Standardization</header>
<section id="H5FDE07C2E975480ABF5B20CAB1D09C58">
<enum>3611.</enum>
<header>Data standardization for reporting information</header>
<subsection id="H69A6C8F0620949DBA7D525F32C4F859F">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Common data elements</header>
<paragraph id="H1C427CB92D55418494C76F2D96396BD2">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Requirement</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall, by rule, designate common data elements, such as codes, identifiers, and fields, for information required to be reported by recipients and agencies under this chapter, including identifiers for recipients, awards, and agencies.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H880D40F39DC34FBC8D8A51B8661A2EDD">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Characteristics of common data elements</header>
<text>The common data elements designated under this subsection shall, to the extent practicable, be nonproprietary.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF75CAC6C9F43449186A98BF46F7F6829">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Existing common data elements</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In designating common data elements under this subsection, the Commission shall, to the extent practicable, ensure interoperability and incorporate the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="HACFE1EE76E6E4D7DAFEE1E24AC8B086C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>Common data elements developed and maintained by an international voluntary consensus standards body, as defined by the Office of Management and Budget, such as the International Organization for Standardization.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H87BF26F45462433EA84A6E645C06C334">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Common data elements developed and maintained by intragovernmental partnerships, such as the National Information Exchange Model.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDE92B67BE28D4AE1958E654110F7FB80">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Common data elements developed and maintained by Federal entities with authority over contracting and financial assistance, such as the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3D9A0EC41CCF4786B435D8E8534780C2">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Common data elements developed and maintained by accounting standards organizations.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H6DAD87A0DEC94C1D8DF02BD0260E3B9B">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Data reporting standards</header>
<paragraph id="H53C724FADF754FFE988717E2E2037B09">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Requirement</header>
<text>The Commission shall, by rule, designate data reporting standards to govern the reporting required to be performed by recipients and agencies under this title.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5BC3B5CC60204D7E8310253A8AEC711E">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Characteristics of data reporting standards</header>
<text>The data reporting standards designated under this subsection shall, to the extent practicable—</text>
<subparagraph id="H02E4693DADED4E248C3DDF5D5342DCBE">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>incorporate a widely accepted, nonproprietary, searchable, platform-independent computer-readable format;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9FA1DFAAEC7E4DDBBB1D14F2AC9665E8">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>be consistent with and implement applicable accounting principles; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H254939E7D2054EC3A66CDA9CB7E5D69F">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>be capable of being continually upgraded as necessary.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8E8EC252CE544EB4A53534D773FAB86A">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Existing data reporting standards</header>
<text>In designating reporting standards under this subsection, the Commission shall, to the extent practicable, incorporate existing nonproprietary standards, such as the eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HEAEE4617ED7D49B4AA5EF9D8B5375CC8" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>3612.</enum>
<header>Full disclosure of information</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Commission shall publish online all information submitted by recipients and agencies pursuant to sections 3602, 3603, and 3604 of this title in accordance with the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note).</text>
</section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HBEBA36A1C6684217B0D691CF460296D3" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>3613.</enum>
<header>Federal accountability portal</header>
<subsection id="H2CD38C6D9D3542E4B9D8B471E7F8552D">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Requirement</header>
<text>The Commission shall establish and maintain a government-wide Internet-based data access system, to be known as a <term>Federal accountability portal</term>, to carry out the functions described in subsection (b).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H3D0A0398773B416092F8F71EA8D7166C">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Functions</header>
<paragraph id="H9A9D04F98E624C97B641429172EDC3B9">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal accountability portal shall incorporate—</text>
<subparagraph id="H554A40C4A2BD4FDA8A9952D7F38FBD43" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>information submitted by recipients and agencies under sections 3602, 3603, and 3604 of this title;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDF9FCC6B08B745B6801DF675A0B37741">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>other information maintained by Federal, State, local, and foreign government agencies; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0C99C88514164FB88B33717FE1609D9F">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>other commercially and publicly available information.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0B72A80D73C94E3A9FBAF0173BE78B1F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Specific functions</header>
<text>The Federal accountability portal shall be designed and operated to carry out the following functions:</text>
<subparagraph id="HD05C87F4566D4601A7E160B61BC4C0AE">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>Combine information submitted by recipients and agencies under sections 3602, 3603, and 3604 of this title with other compilations of information, including those listed in paragraph (1).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H7C3C2395D7504EE18F8A23F580FA0C9F">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Permit Executive agencies, in accordance with applicable law, to verify the eligibility and responsibility of recipients and potential recipients with respect to the receipt and use of Federal funds.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD315BE9F9AB441FE847F9BE2C7ACDA78">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Permit Executive agencies, inspectors general, law enforcement agencies, and appropriate State authorities, in accordance with applicable law, to track Federal awards and recipients to detect and prevent waste, fraud, and abuse.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD1378B4D7C554B8FAEB017E20D1C0285">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>Serve as the primary accountability portal for the entire Federal Government.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H8AEDC5F763D74B00B54859B4ACA7D9A5">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Guidance by Commission</header>
<text>The Commission shall issue guidance on the use of and access to the Federal accountability portal.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4FDBE3C971044A74B12ED8A482D7DD32" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>3614.</enum>
<header>Agency responsibilities</header>
<subsection id="H365020213B144A009D462189CB6BB4D0">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Requirement</header>
<text>As a condition of receipt of Federal funds of an Executive agency pursuant to any Federal award, the Executive agency shall require any recipient of such funds to provide the information required under section 3602 of this title.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H8AD3D6DBA90A445B93F27DAC50863BC2">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Penalties for recipient noncompliance</header>
<paragraph id="H9460D8CF8FB34E36A5DDD84361D0E22B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The head of an Executive agency may impose a civil penalty in an amount not more than $250,000 on a recipient of Federal funds from that Executive agency that does not provide the information required under section 3602 of this title or provides information that contains a material omission or misstatement.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB577EC5E542E498D983736D1B8C375E2">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Nonpreclusion</header>
<text>The imposition of a civil penalty under this subsection does not preclude any other criminal or civil statutory, common law, or administrative remedy that is available by law to the United States or any other person. Any amounts received from a civil penalty under this subsection shall be deposited in the Treasury of the United States to the credit of the appropriation or appropriations from which the award is made.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5126BCCEAAD54C52AC144E2F8E505E2A">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Notification</header>
<text>The head of an Executive agency shall provide a written notification to a recipient that fails to provide the information required under section 3602 of this title or provides information that contains a material omission or misstatement. Such notification shall provide the recipient with information on how to comply with the requirements of such section 3602 and notice of the penalties for failing to do so. The head of the Executive agency may not impose a civil penalty under paragraph (1) until 60 days after the date of the notification.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H9E74C3E305B04BEF97A7A93DF2F9E191">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Compliance with Commission Guidance</header>
<text>Executive agencies shall comply with the instructions and guidance issued by the Commission under this Act.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC3B7B1D3265E4FC19E8E544FBECE9DD1">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Information and assistance</header>
<paragraph id="H9C561960A8BC4B90BB3484F518EBD9D5">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Upon request of the Commission for information or assistance from any Executive agency or other entity of the Federal Government, the head of such entity shall, insofar as is practicable and not in contravention of any existing law, furnish such information or assistance to the Commission, or an authorized designee.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA5B6C543A61642B2B7515534771812B3">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Report of refusals</header>
<text>Whenever information or assistance requested by the Commission is, in the judgment of the Commission, unreasonably refused or not provided, the Commission shall report the circumstances to Congress.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5FD47E81885B4059A894DF54B1E5EF15">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Requirement to use common data elements and data reporting standards</header>
<text>After the Commission designates any common data element or data reporting standard under section 3611 of this title, each Executive agency shall issue guidance that requires every recipient of Federal funds under any of its Federal awards to use that common data element or data reporting standard for any information reported to that Executive agency to which the common data element or data reporting standard is applicable.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5BFDB9A333C4436F8239208C73CCF0B2" commented="no">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Prepopulation</header>
<text>To the extent practicable, each Executive agency shall use data from the website maintained by the Commission under the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) to prepopulate any electronic systems maintained by that agency for the submission of reports on the receipt and use of Federal funds distributed by that agency.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H6E9414CB312C430394E13D365A8B3CD4">
<enum>3615.</enum>
<header>Consolidated financial reporting</header>
<subsection id="H83C1287351924F4FB9DF15E76D9800E7">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Report identifying recipient financial reporting requirements to be consolidated</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In consultation with the Office of Management and Budget, each Executive agency shall, not later than two years after the effective date of this chapter, submit to the President, Congress, and the Commission a report that—</text>
<paragraph id="H5DECEEC7BE6B4FAEBF1D51CB48DE82D9">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>describes any agency-specific financial reporting requirements for recipients of Federal funds pursuant to a Federal award from the agency;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H378B64CF60F04C6B80BA2E996B8FD563">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>identifies every element of information that such recipients must regularly submit to the agency pursuant to such requirements; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0463D9FBBFD64791A1AF226446EF18A9">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>for each element so identified, identifies whether that element or a similar element is already being reported to the Commission by such recipients under this title.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H93998F3CD5064EF2A80B6AAB29339669">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Date certain that recipients may use consolidated financial reporting</header>
<text>Beginning on the date that is three years after the effective date of this chapter, recipients of Federal funds are deemed to have satisfied the agency-specific financial reporting requirements identified in the reports required by subsection (a) by transmitting the same information to the Commission, in a manner prescribed by the Commission.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HED75F678D20241888A3FEEB210127F06">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Recipient notification</header>
<text>After an Executive agency has submitted its report under subsection (a), the Executive agency shall issue guidance notifying recipients of Federal funds under its awards that they may, as of the date that is three years after the effective date of this chapter, satisfy those agency-specific financial reporting requirements identified by the agency in its report required under subsection (a) by reporting the same information to the Commission only.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H902DE4E4E84F4264BA1C1EF3EE61CCCF">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Commission responsibilities</header>
<paragraph id="H02F25C22157C45E9AECE09C96F03FCC7">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>After an Executive agency submits its report under subsection (a), the Commission shall promulgate rules describing the manner in which the agency-specific financial reporting requirements identified in the report may be met by recipients of Federal funds from that agency through reporting to the Commission only.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H469835BE9F2C4F11961213171E3C8194">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>Upon receipt of agency-specific financial reporting information as described under this section, the Commission shall immediately make such information available to the Executive agency to which the information had previously been required to be submitted.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H645409F01B1547CF89E1E1C5D2150D3E" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>3616.</enum>
<header>Office of Management and Budget responsibilities</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">After the Commission designates any common data element or data reporting standard under section 3611 of this title, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall issue guidance that requires Executive agencies to use that common data element or data reporting standard for any information reported by Executive agencies to the Office of Management and Budget to which the common data element or data reporting standard is applicable.</text>
</section>
<section id="H2566BCC9C8094057A7C97250E0969737">
<enum>3617.</enum>
<header>Treasury responsibilities</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">After the Commission designates any common data element or data reporting standard under section 3611 of this title, the Secretary of the Treasury shall issue guidance that requires Executive agencies to use that common data element or data reporting standard for any information reported by Executive agencies to the Department of the Treasury to which the common data element or data reporting standard is applicable.</text>
</section>
<section id="H931CD220166E4EEFABDD0B1BFFBFCAEE">
<enum>3618.</enum>
<header>General Services Administration responsibilities</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">After the Commission designates any common data element or data reporting standard under section 3611 of this title, the Administrator of General Services shall apply that common data element or data reporting standard for any information contained in acquisition-related databases maintained by the General Services Administration to which the common data element or data reporting standard is applicable.</text>
</section>
</subchapter>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="H1DFB5E8C7B2A499C88FF1D075B6020CE" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>103.</enum>
<header>Amendments to the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006</header>
<subsection id="HD427B41CF9DD4528A40C59ECA1402D75">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Additional requirements for USASpending.gov</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2(c) of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HBD487BA797B2441F86C5829DE45B635D">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraphs (1) and (2);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF470E3A9666C4415B94C9678FE34EC2B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H43BC534AA89949C1A009441D6FF50067">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HA97215266F4147538ED68C0316111F42" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="HFE4A4FF9CB634EC8AAFB707DD6815271">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>shall, to the extent practicable, publish data under this section in a manner that complies with applicable principles and best practices in the private sector for the publication of open government data;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H62796948222A487EA0DC1375778E5815">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>shall serve as a public portal for Federal financial information, including information concerning all Federal awards and information concerning the expenditure of all Federal funds;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H98F3FD4D0B2A4C128FE76836CF76C757">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H993F7DC151334F879CD62FE81BD357BF">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>make available all information published under subsections (b), (c), and (d) in a reasonably timely manner;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H40E22EEFC5D348E8B0B99FF9F3175B90">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">make available all information published under subsections (b), (c), and (d), using the common data elements and data reporting standards designated by the Commission under section 3611 of title 31, United States Code;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAA27FFDBEF924075A4B05A4766B75B0F">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>make available all information published under subsections (b), (c), and (d) without charge, license, or registration requirement;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H029855201A6348EBAF945EE0A891E72B">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>permit all information published under subsections (b), (c), and (d) to be searched and aggregated;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HCAB225B810D64D3BBA2E51F0C4D681C4">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>permit all information published under subsections (b), (c), and (d) to be downloaded, including downloaded in bulk;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H769F583B31B84DBD9F8C79BB095EBAE4">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>to the extent practicable, disseminate information published under subsections (b), (c), and (d) via automatic electronic means;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD881F245F04B4FB384381F377483D635">
<enum>(G)</enum>
<text>to the extent practicable, permit information published under subsections (b), (c), and (d) to be freely shared by the public, such as by social media; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDE5AAC6BE2474DFFAF335F796DC4DF80">
<enum>(H)</enum>
<text>to the extent practicable, use permanent uniform resource locators for information published under subsections (b), (c), and (d).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H2EE2481391F74B0DAC4FFDDC000B6573">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Requirement to report all data submitted under DATA Act and chapter 61 of title 31 on USASpending.gov</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2 of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note), as amended by subsection (a), is further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H28A04A5FF3D34E219BBB8AD8E90CA08F">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking subsections (d) and (e);</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3760B04954C34165BF3C63F3D0F0FB66">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (e); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1A3664445A5347A18656B615281C9082">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by inserting after subsection (b) the following new subsections (c) and (d):</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H790DE68FFE1D4119BDE47C97D9C09399" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subsection id="HC9163610777C41D8BEF8A1EF7E67EBAD">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Full disclosure of data submitted under the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2012</header>
<paragraph id="HC7FFD4F557DA4C7E9BA35B96D1F0E94A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Requirement</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall publish on the website established under this section all information submitted by recipients and agencies pursuant to sections 3602, 3603, and 3604 of title 31, United States Code, as added by the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2012.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCF000EE2ED72466BB81231DB02D28267">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Aggregation of information that is exempt from recipient reporting requirement</header>
<text>The Commission shall publish, online and in the aggregate, information that is exempt from recipient reporting under section 3605 of such title but that is reported by an Executive agency under section 3603 of such title in the aggregate.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HDA30CE4D3C4E4167AA1C1ACE5E94683F">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Full disclosure of information required by chapter 61 of title 31</header>
<text>The Commission shall publish on the website established under this section all information contained in the information system required under section 6103 of title 31, United States Code.</text>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB94DD59DE4D34988B474F2212436E43F">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Additional definitions</header>
<text>Subsection 2(a) of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H05B51BC1527646CF9EE21D65FA6E536F" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HBC2582A504424F0581B20D12A417C60E">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Recipient</header>
<text>The term <quote>recipient</quote> means—</text>
<subparagraph id="HAD73CA6EC85140F780E1D982ADAA82D2">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>any person that receives Federal funds pursuant to a Federal award, either directly or through a subgrant or subcontract at any tier; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H93DA069C6F8B4948BB1D23B2AED732AC">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>any State, local, or tribal government, or any government corporation, that receives Federal funds pursuant to a Federal award, either directly or through a subgrant or subcontract at any tier.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H84ED3C889765407BBC8B0904CE196649">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Commission</header>
<text>The term <quote>Commission</quote> means the Federal Accountability and Spending Transparency Commission established under subchapter III of chapter 36 of title 31, United States Code, or any successor entity to the Federal Accountability and Spending Transparency Commission.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HADCE6341D3CC419DA6F9BBA8581F72DE">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>New technologies</header>
<text>Section 2(f) of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HD190133A24184FA690E4D7F673805A6A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>Nothing</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H4B9932FF808C498499F278AEDAE42438" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="H5837DA9910E3464C8F27FC144BB0A70A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Access to other data</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>; and</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H16D77FC717314A558E03E0F9904AAED1">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HC37057874C7E4F0F9921D0A08815CBEE" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="HE678C9CBEF9647B08F7392B6E6A958AB">
<enum>(2) </enum>
<header>New technologies</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Nothing in this Act shall prohibit the Commission from complying with the requirements of this section using such new technologies as may replace websites for data publication and dissemination.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HCBBD4B2D775646C3B03C353D2D96B1D5">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendments to replace OMB with Commission for management of USASpending.gov</header>
<text>Section 2 of such Act (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H5DE8EB9AF1BF41968FE0A1493A54B287">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in subsection (b), by striking <quote>Office of Management and Budget</quote> and inserting <quote>Commission</quote> both places it appears in paragraph (1); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD8EB08D1624248419B4FC1AD6DDE60E5">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in subsection (g), by striking <quote>Director of the Office of Management and Budget</quote> and inserting <quote>Commission</quote> in paragraph (1) and in paragraph (3).</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC8318CB370524840A7DB7B289F940B4C">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Repeal of superseded provisions</header>
<text>Section 2(b) of such Act (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is further amended by striking paragraphs (3) and (4).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H157838B8AEDE44E7B2706B853D5D7714">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Technical and conforming amendments</header>
<text>Such Act (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H45B9F66D2F144CAAABEA7B10435D1B27">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in section 2(b), by striking <quote>Not later than January 1, 2008, the</quote> and inserting <quote>The</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA8F0A198908844D4A3E8121289099C78">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>in section 2(g)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7E9AC186B8AF4E64A83B821B38E7E063">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>Committee on Government Reform</quote> and inserting <quote>Committee on Oversight and Government Reform</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H495EDE345B70471F8B22E1497D783BCE">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (2)—</text>
<clause id="H237D564B5C164807B28E3758969D7867">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>by inserting <quote>and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (A);</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H3983910D46054BA2874DA50E24FEBF4E">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>; and</quote> at the end of subparagraph (B) and inserting a period; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HB471D985FFAA430F80C8FDBC0624E4B5">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>by striking subparagraph (C).</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HD99AA2DACE934D0EAAA7934847F4DB5E">
<enum>104.</enum>
<header>Effective date and deadlines for accountability and transparency in Federal spending</header>
<subsection id="H67B58EAB9A4C437292DF43BF8388E0D5">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Chapter 36 of title 31, United States Code, as added by section 101, is further amended by adding at the end the following new subchapter:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H07B14415792F4243BE8F5D1FC5256447" style="USC">
<subchapter id="HC56A0669C5BB4BF8BC82C4C4D73B5BC0">
<enum>IV</enum>
<header>General Provisions</header>
<section id="H19B81B14EF2B436C942CA24D08F1CEDE" commented="no">
<enum>3641.</enum>
<header>Independence of inspectors general</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this chapter shall affect the independent authority or discretion of an inspector general to determine whether or how to conduct an audit, investigation, or any other function authorized by the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), or to disclose any information relating to an audit or investigation.</text>
</section>
<section id="HD04CF30A6598453FBCA23E0E57E53D40">
<enum>3642.</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">This chapter takes effect on the date of the enactment of this chapter.</text>
</section>
</subchapter>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H2BE76B31D4B546CEB527BA8FEEE99F3E">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Deadlines for implementation</header>
<paragraph id="H9CF0DDE307854051A0D42934B26A9DD3">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Deadline for appointment of Commissioners</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Within 60 days after the effective date of this Act, the President shall appoint Commissioners to the Commission under section 3622 of title 31, United States Code, as added by this Act.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H56AA2ADA1B8C4ED4A3D05B6D91507D83">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Commission deadlines</header>
<subparagraph id="H19C8462AA0654DB7926F482B3521827C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Within 60 days after the effective date of this Act, the Commission shall establish the committee required under section 3627 of title 31, United States Code, as added by this Act.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6C6B6B6F8D6F4C78964430E31D171C6C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>Within 180 days after the effective date of this Act, the Commission shall—</text>
<clause id="H26B0CBB8FCAD4EF182D97425CCF653F8">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>promulgate rules and issue guidance under sections 3602 and 3603 of title 31, United States Code, as added by this Act;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HA7ED7A7A7BBE4DD082097C987FA6ABBB">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">together with the Secretary of the Treasury, determine the frequency and content of reports to be submitted to the Commission by the Department of the Treasury under section 3604 of such title, as so added;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H9C7B8062816442E7B40A8AD01D090723">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>designate common data elements under section 3611(a) of such title and data reporting standards under section 3611(b) of such title, as so added; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H18B06FA140E54948BBB84C08E4D42354">
<enum>(iv)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">establish one or more websites under the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, as amended by this Act.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7F787F927D2B444CA6B5692718A62355">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Agency and department deadlines</header>
<subparagraph id="HD9E0F82E52D244B49A60521E0850CC5F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>Within one year after the effective date of this Act, each Executive agency shall implement section 3614(a) of title 31, United States Code, as added by this Act.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF6F7899CBEB14B46BDEB87ACC5A2FCC0">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>Within two years after the Commission designates any common data element or data reporting standard under section 3611 of such title, as so added—</text>
<clause id="H502E2BBC430E4DD1A4D671F4FD623EA2">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>each Executive agency shall issue guidance under section 3614(e) of such title, as so added;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H2FF8439F017E4447A0B51A7ABCB74A9D">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall issue guidance under section 3615 of such title, as so added; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H4972829978E94B63900052CDCC848399">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>the Administrator of General Services shall take the actions required under section 3617 of such title, as so added.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H882EA82C0E1D42858F53C8D5CE7CA24D" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Treasury deadlines</header>
<subparagraph id="H1B00DE90B5B149A5938EB632B75FB19B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>Within 180 days after the effective date of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury, together with the Commission, shall determine the frequency and content of reports to be submitted to the Commission by the Department of the Treasury under section 3604 of title 31, United States Code, as added by this Act.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HAEE9A5F7AA88458CB17F3591408DF49E">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>Within 180 days after the Commission and the Secretary of the Treasury determine the frequency and content of reports to be submitted to the Commission by the Department of the Treasury under section 3604 of such title, as so added, the Department of the Treasury shall begin to submit such reports to the Commission.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1A4D0271E4F44EB08F71A26A42A1D97D">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>Within two years after the Commission designates any common data element or data reporting standard under section 3611 of such title, as so added, the Secretary of the Treasury shall issue guidance under section 3616 of such title, as so added.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H981021CBE4C04E82A52D832CFB940737">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Recipient deadlines</header>
<text>Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or the amendments made by this Act, no recipient shall be required to comply with this Act or such amendments until 180 days after the Commission has issued rules and guidance under section 3602 of title 31, United States Code, as added by this Act.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H0AADEE86783A4A57A8DCB4727B2758C2">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Transfer of usaspending.gov</header>
<text>Within 180 days after the effective date of this Act, the Commission and the Office of Management and Budget shall transfer the management and control of USASpending.gov from the Office of Management and Budget to the Commission, as required by the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, as amended by this Act.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<enum>II</enum>
<header>Federal Accountability and Spending Transparency Commission</header>
<section id="H3DCA47F89E7A4665A4B9ACF4633684A1">
<enum>201.</enum>
<header>Federal Accountability and Spending Transparency Commission</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Chapter 36 of title 31, United States Code, as added by section 101, is further amended by inserting after subchapter II the following new subchapter:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE76FFA0F82B84338BA69029A3CBD44C8" style="USC">
<subchapter id="H97E4F86458EF4CFDB19CBC5B02FA0454">
<enum>III</enum>
<header>Federal Accountability and Spending Transparency Commission</header>
<section id="H5332DC77909D4570A94E9AC7D633B774">
<enum>3621.</enum>
<header>Establishment</header>
<subsection id="HE7E9BBB4E94149519B507DC9C3125523">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Establishment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">There is established the Federal Accountability and Spending Transparency Commission as an independent agency in the Executive Branch.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HCF5132F841DA41AEA5564D4C697075B6">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Functions and powers transferred</header>
<paragraph id="HB891127A94454169A71E776BE7CD98DE">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Functions transferred</header>
<text>Except as provided in this section, there are transferred to the Commission all functions of the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF06282B653AB41DE8F4CA0ED340A9937">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Powers, authorities, rights, and duties</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Federal Accountability and Spending Transparency Commission shall succeed to all powers, authorities, rights, and duties that were vested in the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board on the day before the effective date of this chapter.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H6383E5A4A53F44D18EFBEDC14B402A0E">
<enum>3622.</enum>
<header>Composition of the Commission</header>
<subsection id="H8D28ABF821A6412FB03B8A2E7A072DD5">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Members</header>
<paragraph id="H61096A79A9AA4256ABAF7E8FE35B5DCC">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Commission shall be composed of five Commissioners who shall be appointed by the President, by and with the consent of the Senate.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB7CE81707C78413685CD6F0EC0978353">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Party affiliation</header>
<text>Not more than three of the members of the Commission shall be members of the same political party.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7D1E8B284CFC483DB6796CD0A8E6FE89">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Term</header>
<text>Each Commissioner shall hold office for a term of five years and until a successor is appointed and has qualified, except that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H4077D440FED44FFA9C9B9A5753B5535B">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>a Commissioner shall not so continue to serve beyond the expiration of the next session of Congress subsequent to the expiration of such term of office;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HFE03C4C58911455AB8A698EF330B9865">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>any Commissioner appointed to fill a vacancy occurring prior to the expiration of the term for which that Commissioner’s predecessor was appointed shall be appointed for the remainder of such term; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB6395CE53EC144D19DC87E38C78C70FD">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>the terms of office of the Commissioners first taking office after the enactment of this paragraph shall expire as designated by the President at the time of nomination, one at the end of one year, one at the end of two years, one at the end of three years, one at the end of four years, and one at the end of five years.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H961848FC8AF04927AAC211496BC8868D">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Compensation</header>
<text>An individual appointed to the Commission under this subsection shall be compensated at the rate of basic pay prescribed for level III of the Executive Schedule under section 5314 of title 5.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HD045F03F56034C37A8374C04A1AD065E">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Chairman</header>
<paragraph id="H6D6F8C8D3ED14E0C87946B2582FBB575">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The President shall appoint, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a member of the Commission as Chairman, who shall serve as Chairman at the pleasure of the President. An individual may be appointed as Chairman at the same time that person is appointed as a Commissioner. At any time, the President may appoint, by and with the advise and consent of the Senate, a different Chairman, and the Commissioner previously appointed as Chairman may complete that Commissioner’s term as a Commissioner.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEB824CD258BB4976B64A1A328062EF58">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Duties</header>
<text>The Chairman shall be the chief administrative officer of the Commission and shall preside at meetings of the Commission.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA77EC32FECD84986891B63D5E4B665A7">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Powers and functions</header>
<subparagraph id="H22CEA5D95CD44E0F92F43C317ACDE36E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph and in section 3625 of this chapter, the executive and administrative functions of the Commission, including functions of the Commission with respect to the appointment and supervision of personnel employed under the Commission, the distribution of business among such personnel and among administrative units of the Commission, and the use and expenditure of funds, according to budget categories, plans, programs, and priorities established and approved by the Commission, shall be exercised solely by the Chairman.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3C6E7C48542A4CC3B025D5FBD1D52CA3">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>In carrying out any of his functions under the provisions of this paragraph, the Chairman shall be governed by the general policies, plans, priorities, and budgets approved by the Commission and by such regulatory decisions, findings, and determinations as the Commission may by law be authorized to make.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD3D945FC7D244BCEA5F181C090995986">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>The appointment by the Chairman of the heads of major administrative units under the Commission shall be subject to the approval of the Commission.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H05F58DE7CF5D40BDB2C8C83230EDD0A2">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>Personnel employed regularly and full time in the immediate offices of Commissioners other than the Chairman shall not be affected by the provisions of this paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC746EF5CAD37462EBD710BD294364A89">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text>The Commission shall be responsible for the functions of revising budget estimates of the Commission and determining the distribution of appropriated funds according to major programs and purposes of the Commission. </text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4C7F4285BC544452B1CAF6CEB090D966">
<enum>(F)</enum>
<text>The Chairman may authorize the performance by any officer, employee, or administrative unit under the Chairman’s jurisdiction of any functions of the Chairman under this paragraph.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFF65AA46756F4313A09B91CB41B8BF61">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Limitation on terms</header>
<text>No person appointed as Chairman under this subsection shall serve as Chairman for more than 10 years, whether or not such service is consecutive.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB75CA6910E4941B29809E54B5DFA42FF">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Interim Chairman</header>
<text>Upon the effective date of this chapter, the person serving as Chairperson of the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board on the day before the effective date of this chapter shall serve as acting Chairman of the Commission until the President appoints a Chairman of the Commission pursuant to this subsection.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HBB9AFC3AEBB7448E8FC3520C81CE523D">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Vacancies</header>
<text>A vacancy in the Commission shall not impair the right of the remaining Commissioners to exercise all the powers of the Commission.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H174E87385A684A0CA64868793D9A9016">
<enum>3623.</enum>
<header>Functions</header>
<subsection id="HD09B8F15ECA049D8981D5C67E24258F2">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Commission shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HCDDDB118F10F4664B4F7C1DA0FB4ADC2">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>be responsible for the collection, storage, and public disclosure of information about Federal spending;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF1B59590DE4D49AA9B68B0CCEB655879">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>serve as the authoritative government source for the information about Federal spending that it collects; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7EF126A7C8864FFFAB33B24C5E724951">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">coordinate and conduct oversight of Federal funds in order to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H3391CF8C96C041B793B916D98A9089C7">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Specific functions</header>
<text>The functions of the Commission shall include each of the following:</text>
<paragraph id="HF819EB1DBCDB4900907BE05B90779218">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>Receiving, storing, and publicly disseminating all of the information that is reported to it under sections 3602, 3603, and 3604 of this title.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H756EB5FAC08D41E38317D677D5F8E2BD">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>Reviewing whether reporting under section 3602 of this title meets applicable standards and specifies the purpose of the Federal award and measures of performance.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6184F23EADBF457BB0157EE9E3D96E85" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>Identifying possible criminal activity and referring such matters to appropriate Federal, State, and local law enforcement authorities.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H19887BF7C24F4FA680D5A18960139976">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>Supporting ongoing criminal investigations, prosecutions, and related proceedings.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H68AE0C2FCA2B44DF98966E888C29CB1C">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Furnishing research, analytical, and informational services to Executive agencies, inspectors general, law enforcement agencies, and appropriate State authorities in the interest of detection, prevention, and prosecution of waste, fraud, and abuse of Federal funds.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H45466C8912144D6FA4CE13B56279A741">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>Regularly evaluating the quality of the data submitted to it under sections 3602, 3603, and 3604 of this title.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1FCC2C8698714340B06CFAF0B93E2DFB">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>Standardizing common data elements and data reporting standards to foster transparency and accountability for Federal spending, as required by section 3611 of this title.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H89BF5EEC604D47D09BCC7D2FEB5D4354">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<text>Reviewing whether there are appropriate mechanisms for interagency collaboration relating to Federal funds, including coordinating and collaborating to the extent practicable with the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency established by section 11 of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H836F3426CCE244A5827FE0EA36BDF42C">
<enum>(9)</enum>
<text>Issuing a report in accordance with subsection (e) on the feasibility of collecting and publishing online tax expenditures data.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HAA48D278585541A7B038C92DF3404366">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Priorities in analyses and reviews</header>
<paragraph id="HDEEC952895764ECBAB7FA9385BA24D69">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>To the extent practicable, the Commission shall give high priority to analyses and reviews relating to Federal funds—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE1C9F06F48CA4B6F81D5886841780610">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>awarded without the use of competitive procedures; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6567D4648D884BFA8AF69AE72DC5CBEA">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">awarded to any contractor found to be in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6EC6D083294A490A937E61A5AA61B78D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Identification</header>
<text>The Commission shall identify any contractor found to be in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977 as a violator of such Act in any contract information related to such contractor published online under the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H82C0D701583646CE9C23C9E30106EFC8">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Report requirements</header>
<paragraph id="H3D6BCB8F8583423E9F074851FA493649">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Reports</header>
<subparagraph id="H236B82DCDAEE4524B234CB36A2C0E0C2">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Regular reports on data quality audits</header>
<text>The Commission shall regularly submit to the President and Congress reports on its audits of the quality of the data submitted to it under sections 3602, 3603, and 3604 of this title.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0B10F8DA3F504D5187DAEFEF70E47C1D">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Semi-annual reports on activities</header>
<text>The Commission shall submit semi-annual reports to the President and Congress, summarizing the activities and findings of the Commission and, in the Commission’s discretion, the findings of inspectors general of Executive agencies that relate to the Commission’s activities during the reporting period.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HD6D3E63DF2F842F9BE754E94CE95B1A0">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Report on savings</header>
<text>Not later than five years after the effective date of this chapter, the Commission shall submit to the President, Congress, and the Comptroller General of the United States a report containing estimates of the direct and indirect cost savings to the Treasury achieved as a result of the Commission’s activities.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H49FCB4A2E892429A80EF67498F8A8C8E">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<header>Other reports</header>
<text>Section 2(f) of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 requires another report by the Commission. </text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBCE91A26EA2F4065ABE2FE36363F3F9A">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Public availability</header>
<text>The Commission shall make all reports submitted under paragraph (1) publicly available contemporaneously online.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H69C457E4796C46C88E868281B11469BF">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>GAO evaluation</header>
<text>Upon receipt of the report submitted by the Commission under paragraph (1)(C), the Comptroller General shall conduct an evaluation of the report and submit the evaluation to Congress within six months after receipt of the report, with such findings and recommendations as the Comptroller General considers appropriate.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H3C2CE59864FB40C89DF161A34756776E" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Tax expenditures report</header>
<paragraph id="H1370FCCFFD7C49839EC204DA65BA8C91">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>For purposes of subsection (b)(7), not later than one year after the effective date of this chapter, the Commission shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report on tax expenditures data that includes the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H1E9B46D4B22245A9A812494CF17C64E5">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>A description of processes that could be put in place to collect and disseminate tax expenditures data, and the potential effects of making such data publicly available on the Internal Revenue Service, taxpayers, and other relevant parties determined by the Commission.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1E830404B0724218B8B2881FB4EF52B7">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>Any changes in law that are needed to make such tax expenditures data publicly available.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H40B8EC50637E4A41AF458743E4DBD4B7">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Tax expenditures defined</header>
<text>In this section, the term <quote>tax expenditures</quote> has the meaning given that term in section 3(3) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622(3)).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEF244A711EB74A05AC61E9FD2B90B793">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Public availability</header>
<text>The Commission shall make the report submitted under paragraph (1) publicly available.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H395199973370421DB5A5742828643DEE">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Recommendations</header>
<paragraph id="H5F734452DB0047EC819BF395C568E91A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission shall make recommendations to Executive agencies on measures to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse relating to Federal funds.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H7955F0476D804C9FAC8C1C6A4966F821">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Responsive reports</header>
<text>Not later than 30 days after receipt of a recommendation under paragraph (1), an Executive agency shall submit a report to the President, the congressional committees of jurisdiction, and the Commission on whether the Executive agency agrees or disagrees with the recommendations and any actions the Executive agency will take to implement the recommendations. The Commission shall make all reports submitted to it under this paragraph publicly available contemporaneously online.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H48CBAB6A18EB4BABB3C5067AF702F2AB" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>3624.</enum>
<header>Powers</header>
<subsection id="HC98DA3FDE22846D4BC690E10A9A3AB0F">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Commission shall conduct independent analyses and reviews of spending of Federal funds, including analyses and reviews of information maintained in the Federal accountability portal established under section 3612 of this title, and provide investigative and audit support to the inspectors general of Executive agencies.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4AD1DCE12FC34F42977BE3548F7FDDCD">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Analyses and reviews</header>
<text>The Commission may—</text>
<paragraph id="H47B7FB792BFD4ABE9F24F3DB0C4EF0FC">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>conduct its own independent analyses and reviews of spending of Federal funds; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H850ABC9C89F547BBAC18B8B095963664">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>collaborate with and provide support for any inspector general of any Executive agency or other law enforcement authority on any audit, investigation, or other review relating to Federal funds.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HF1A8C952C4714964A5448A8991F4B4CE">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Authorities</header>
<paragraph id="HDBA3DC7C68B54B0CB0FE89C7B4383594">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Analyses, reviews, and investigative and audit support</header>
<text>In conducting analyses and reviews, and in providing investigative and audit support to inspectors general and law enforcement authorities, the Commission shall have the authorities provided under paragraphs (1), (3), and (6) through (10) of section 6(a), and section 6(b), of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HBD6E50B7702548E193CCE5460315A83D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Matching program authority with respect to evaluations and reviews</header>
<text>The authorities provided under section 6(a)(9) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (provided to the Commission pursuant to paragraph (1)) may be used by the Commission while conducting an evaluation or other review authorized under such Act.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H8944D0B505AD4832871A470FAFD2C337">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Contracts</header>
<paragraph id="HD2F484BA9DC34155930880BE7E63DE04">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Commission may enter into contracts to enable the Commission to discharge its duties under this chapter, including contracts and other arrangements for audits, studies, analyses, and other services with public agencies and with private persons, and make such payments as may be necessary to carry out the duties of the Commission.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCA276D7912024980812DC19B82CD7FF1">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Contracting for missions of other agencies</header>
<text>The Commission may enter into contracts with any Federal agency (within or outside the executive branch) to enable such agency to identify waste, fraud, and abuse, including contracts and other arrangements for audits, studies, analyses, and other services.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8A5802669B0143F8933C4859B55AD4C9">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Contracting for publication of data</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Commission may make contracts or agreements with any Federal agency (within or outside the executive branch) to publish data maintained by such agency on the website maintained under the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006. </text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HFFAE0E87D955419CA888B8F84ABC4AD4">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Transfer of funds</header>
<text>The Commission may transfer funds appropriated to the Commission for expenses to support administrative support services, investigations, audits, reviews, or other activities related to oversight by the Commission of Federal funds to any office of inspector general, the Office of Management and Budget, and the General Services Administration. </text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H49C535A7E110494B83EDD89C6CD0422C">
<enum>3625.</enum>
<header>Employment, personnel, and related authorities</header>
<subsection id="HADC19B76B1F9400988BAA7577047CCFF">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Executive director</header>
<text>The Commission shall have an Executive Director, who shall be appointed by the Commission and serve at the pleasure of the Commission. The Executive Director shall report directly to the Commission and carry out the functions of the Commission subject to the supervision and direction of the Commission. The position of Executive Director shall be a career reserved position in the Senior Executive Service, as that position is defined under section 3132 of title 5.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HEA311894AC2E4855B5B5B64CF2C569CC">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Other employees</header>
<text>The Commission may appoint and fix the compensation of such officers, attorneys, information technology professionals, and other employees as may be necessary for carrying out the functions of the Commission under this chapter.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H6C44473DB38341D586BC874107218289">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Administrative support</header>
<text>The General Services Administration shall provide the Commission with administrative support services, including the provision of office space and facilities.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H803CD48D15934901BBD3E4F8AC9FC7CF">
<enum>3626.</enum>
<header>Transfer of certain personnel</header>
<subsection id="H6C0AAEE511F749738B0718455DED4200">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Recovery accountability and transparency board employees</header>
<text>The Chairman or Executive Director, or both, shall identify employees of the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board for transfer to the Commission, and such identified employees shall be transferred to the Commission for employment.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H3283F15761A8482881BB3481D160C457">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Pay</header>
<paragraph id="H6441B3B2F2234CA9A931D0F086148495">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), each transferred employee shall, during the 2-year period beginning on the effective date of this chapter, receive pay at a rate equal to not less than the basic rate of pay (including any geographic differential) that the employee received during the pay period immediately preceding the date of transfer.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H9568E3A0B08747B1832FD6B22C585FE7">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>Paragraph (1) does not limit the right of the Commission to reduce the rate of basic pay of a transferred employee for cause, for unacceptable performance, or with the consent of the employee.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" id="H23E15DB103DC4794A7D9A0D71119F722">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>Paragraph (1) applies to a transferred employee only while that employee remains employed by the Commission.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H5AF7E96B8CDC447AB1434C29DF4F0BFF" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<enum>3627.</enum>
<header>Advisory committee to Commission</header>
<subsection id="H58DA718F16694DF2832047E8B1EC9DF0">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Establishment and purpose</header>
<paragraph id="H8434B48AAE404F17BE23D336AB6D9881">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Establishment</header>
<text>The Commission shall establish an advisory committee to be known as the Federal Accountability and Spending Transparency Advisory Committee (in this section referred to as the <quote>Advisory Committee</quote>).</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE06F4AE16DDE42EA8C78B02B0EBC577B">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Purpose</header>
<text>The Advisory Committee shall submit to the Commission such findings and recommendations related to the Commission’s implementation of this chapter as it determines are appropriate.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC8C65C93714040A4AA431F7DF72EFCFB">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Membership and chairperson</header>
<paragraph id="H934B379B3A174126853C2C7907E9F7C7">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>The Commission shall appoint no fewer than 10, and no more than 20, members to the Advisory Committee, from among individuals who—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCA151A5004AB4E0C899E2C8962AC4A36">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>represent the interests of recipients of Federal contracts;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9EF7D4E108DD4DF8A2528814BA82B19C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>represent the interests of State, local, and tribal governments receiving Federal grants;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H0FE7D759556A4AEC8BCB90659F252FCA">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>represent the interests of other recipients of Federal funds; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H751FC99B98604BB09A176AD5C7F14952">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>represent nonprofit organizations that advocate transparency and accountability in government.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC22BB724674C46E79EAAFB35170966C0">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Term</header>
<text>Each member of the Advisory Committee appointed under this section shall serve for a term of three years, except that the Commission may appoint original members of the Committee to one-year and two-year terms in order to achieve staggered terms. No person shall serve more than one term.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFCECEDE613F5470989EE7C0FCA77E5E2">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Chairperson</header>
<text>The members of the Advisory Committee shall elect a chairperson.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4BE4E0D2C5E4416AA8E0E15EEBD438B8">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Meetings</header>
<text>The Advisory Committee shall meet not less frequently than six times annually, at the call of the chairperson of the Advisory Committee.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HEFEA90EDD73246528A15A5B60D8F2590">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Compensation and travel expenses</header>
<text>Each member of the Committee who is not a full-time employee of the United States shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H3973AADC15EF4947AF41F49E8D12BA68">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>be entitled to receive compensation at a rate not to exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay in effect for a position at level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of title 5 for each day during which the member is engaged in the actual performance of the duties of the Committee; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H6CE7A3124D1841C391FDE6A118B49DC2">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>while away from the home or regular place of business of the member in the performance of services for the Committee, be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in the same manner as persons employed intermittently in the Government service are allowed expenses under section 5703(b) of title 5.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H4B0242BE01944F4E99EACA09E9E0484E">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Staff</header>
<text>The Commission shall make available to the Advisory Committee such staff of the Commission as the chairperson of the Advisory Committee recommends is necessary to carry out this section.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HCCFDDEDC5FFD4A5989C0BE94B5D46D26">
<enum>(f)</enum>
<header>Review by Commission</header>
<text>After receipt of any finding or recommendation from the Advisory Committee, the Commission shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HB4869AB8CBCE4E05B2ADF732DC0CC9C0">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>review the finding or recommendation; and </text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H12C27669B76B4E78832600EB7F813B0C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>promptly issue a public statement—</text>
<subparagraph id="H642B8EE3E8FE4A4C9AA200CA29B15051">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>assessing the finding or recommendation of the Advisory Committee; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HBAB11307703A4A76926A47DC710B1E23">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>disclosing the action, if any, the Commission intends to take with respect to the finding or recommendation.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HE0BFDED159664F088658034D0809D7DD">
<enum>(g)</enum>
<header>Advisory Committee findings</header>
<text>Nothing in this section shall be construed as requiring the Commission to agree to or act upon any finding or recommendation of the Advisory Committee.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H409553BE53734D5386617BFE170047FD">
<enum>(h)</enum>
<header>Federal Advisory Committee Act</header>
<text>The Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App.) shall apply to the Advisory Committee.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0E62EA4EA9864D389DCEF798192BDAC8" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>3628.</enum>
<header>Authorization and availability of appropriations</header>
<subsection id="HB45D81E4C2644C5F8B1CF1125664110A">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Authorization of appropriations</header>
<text>There is authorized to be appropriated $51,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019 to carry out the functions of the Commission.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC973E4F577904B63AD24590284EDC838">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Availability of appropriations</header>
<text>If the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board has unobligated appropriations as of the effective date of this chapter, such appropriations are authorized to remain available to the Commission until September 30, 2015.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H69C232483C454EE798E99FE7B77E6A97">
<enum>3629.</enum>
<header>Sunset</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">This subchapter shall cease to be in effect after the date occurring seven years after the date of the enactment of this subchapter.</text>
</section>
</subchapter>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="H44D1A1F0C51546BBB7B855C301E617BC">
<enum>202.</enum>
<header>Conforming amendment relating to compensation of Chairman</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 5314 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new item:</text>
<quoted-block style="USC" id="HCA5C11F509BD45A48BB39F1BD234AFFB" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<list level="paragraph">
<list-item>Chairman of the Federal Accountability and Spending Transparency Commission.</list-item>
</list>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</section>
<section id="H83AD151FBAEC4EB9A108C63245F1B77D">
<enum>203.</enum>
<header>Conforming amendments related to Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board</header>
<subsection id="H3E0455BBBD584C429B26658E6BF6AA9B">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Repeal of superseded provisions in subtitle B of title XV of Public Law 111–5</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subtitle B of title XV of division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5; 123 Stat. 287) is amended by striking sections 1521, 1522, 1525(a), 1529, and 1530.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H2251F612458B42CB87DA50897CE4B9FD">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph id="HDB23E281C3CB43A480A3B51C7248FC28">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>References to Board and Chairperson</header>
<subparagraph id="H6F1CBAFC7E9740E0B82A4E3CEFE283E2">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>Paragraph (2) of section 1501 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5; 123 Stat. 287) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H8BCB5FC3598B447F908372B3FA230E69" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="H880E2BED9E5A4DC4AD6326728290879F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Commission</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <quote>Commission</quote> means the Federal Accountability and Spending Transparency Commission established in chapter 36 of title 31, United States Code.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3623087C4CA74E5FAEA4A8D8CE7F2BC9">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Such section is further amended by striking paragraph (3).</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC28DC2B8251E4A048EE63F2C0F451C0E">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>The following provisions of such Act are amended by striking <quote>Board</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>Commission</quote> in the headings or text, as the case may be: the heading of subtitle B of title XV, and sections 1523, 1524, 1525(b), 1525(c), 1526, 1527, 1528, 1542, and 1553. </text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HDEF8D9DAF65F4CC8A83CFC503A0C0726">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>Section 1513(b)(2) of such Act is amended by striking <quote>the quarter in which the Board terminates under section 1530</quote> and inserting <quote>the quarter ending September 30, 2013</quote>. </text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H5327F23BE06D466686E28DA7CD29316E">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Repeal of subtitle B of title XV of Public Law 111–5</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective on October 1, 2013, subtitle B of title XV of division A of such Act is repealed.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H0D379A6BF61E46AE9307664DD966893E">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>References in federal law to board</header>
<text>On and after the effective date of this Act, any reference in Federal law to the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board is deemed to be a reference to the Federal Accountability and Spending Transparency Commission.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<enum>III</enum>
<header>Additional Provisions</header>
<section id="HCE6860D161FA47E58BFB6C4AA9515C75">
<enum>301.</enum>
<header>Classified information</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this Act or the amendments made by this Act shall be construed to require the public disclosure of classified information.</text>
</section>
<section id="HE064DC3E46E044BDAA555313208757EB">
<enum>302.</enum>
<header>Paperwork Reduction Act exemption</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3518(c) of title 44, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB596FD69037D4448B65BF29DFCACD359">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>paragraph (2)</quote> and inserting <quote>paragraph (3)</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H4AF0429F4F48497A9861CFB7F594A17D">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC40262C5422A4F91B05314F67543552A">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by inserting after paragraph (1) the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H7347A9641BC44F0590C83311D049F9D6" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HDF8FC4E3A79141B5B861330253ACC6E4" indent="up1">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding paragraph (3), this subchapter shall not apply to the collection of information during the conduct of any evaluation, or other review conducted by the Federal Accountability and Spending Transparency Commission, or during the conduct of any audit, investigation, inspection, evaluation, or any other review conducted by the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency or any office of inspector general, including any office of special inspector general.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="H9A8825C5F59A41A3A1954D4163D2E388">
<enum>303.</enum>
<header>Matching program exception for inspectors general</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 6(a) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H582C0C1F157847998B32F2A059568042">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (8), by striking <quote>and</quote>;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD12B2379516041BFA4B0CBCE64870DEF">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by redesignating paragraph (9) as paragraph (10); and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H71F4F2D46E8F4AAFA70A8DD0B6A2F107">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>by inserting after paragraph (8) the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="H765DBA70C2A64063991A2A8CE4430E8B" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H782ECE02B529438EAC54D3BB9DF0067F">
<enum>(9)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">notwithstanding subsections (e)(12), (o), (p), (q), (r), and (u) of section 552a of title 5, United States Code, to compare, through a matching program (as defined in such section), any Federal records with other Federal or non-Federal records, while conducting an audit, investigation, or inspection authorized under this Act to identify weaknesses that may lead to waste, fraud, or abuse and to detect improper payments and fraud; and</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</section>
<section id="HFE5E7EB7CD394516B07B7F9DBA148618">
<enum>304.</enum>
<header>Transfer of Consolidated Federal Funds Report</header>
<subsection id="H528C0AA935DE4A57964AE8FF388B714C">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Transfer of functions</header>
<text>The Commission and the Secretary of Commerce shall transfer the functions of the Consolidated Federal Funds Report to the website established under the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, as amended by this Act.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HA9D0801F20F44E72A31289424D5F6B61">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Information</header>
<text>Section 2(d) of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, as amended by section 103 of this Act, is further amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H4BF302FC317744DAADBC2B31A0BAF89B">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking the period at the end of paragraph (6) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H302D801B706647B39AC4719983C1D370">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block id="HC3FBC844E4A7414EA61078326D01D660" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HEA9F87BB141D40568E7ABD4B78A8245F">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>shall permit users to determine the following information:</text>
<subparagraph id="HD6034314CE1243BF9E91A5FD5692BA4F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>For each fiscal year, the total amount of Federal funds that were obligated in each State, county or parish, congressional district, and municipality of the United States.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF3BC6C7CF886422EA0B309931BB01E30">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>For each fiscal year, the total amount of Federal funds that were actually expended in each State, county or parish, congressional district, and municipality of the United States.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HFFB0E19130DE4E11B35C1E7A783777F7">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Conforming repeals of superseded provisions</header>
<text>Chapter 62 of subtitle V of title 31, United States Code, is repealed. The item relating to that chapter in the table of chapters at the beginning of subtitle V of such title is repealed.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H2A48436A58D542DB915DDDBD686B54B5">
<enum>305.</enum>
<header>Transfer of authority over Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance to Commission</header>
<subsection id="H714EF16EEAE54DBCAD28A4E6E15A960B">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Transfer of authority from Administrator of General Services and Director of Office of Management and Budget to Commission</header>
<paragraph id="HB67AB8CDA6714039948D0197DA478B10">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Definition</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Paragraph (6) of section 6101 of title 31, United States Code, is amended to read as follows: </text>
<quoted-block style="USC" id="H8E021E54FF414F88BD381DE51B55925A" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="H854723A5CDB3458786C4B8E673A2E500">
<enum>(6) </enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">
<quote>Commission</quote> means the Federal Accountability and Spending Transparency Commission established in subchapter III of chapter 36 of this title.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC4EEC489BD9D4229BEE46F420D1E7285">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Amendments relating to program information requirements</header>
<text>Section 6102 of such title is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H042C1BC4A5A74E7E9CC872E716B778C3">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in subsections (a) and (b), by striking <quote>Administrator</quote> and inserting <quote>Commission</quote> both places it appears;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8568CC60C42C41759DE57367F4937E61">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<clause id="H1185CADC19BC48C68323A44037DE720A">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>Administrator</quote> and inserting <quote>Commission</quote>;</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H93AA59A3E66645B9897F82B80DE25C94">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (3), by striking <quote>and that the printed catalog</quote> and all that follows through <quote>printing</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H0A00F36C77AB4A568BD053B12507050F">
<enum>(iii)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (4)—</text>
<subclause id="H246160968697491DAA094E9BD5F001C0">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>transmit annually</quote> and inserting <quote>make</quote>; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H2575E09CB4D546F489E2CD077682244F">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>to the Committee</quote> and all that follows through the period and inserting the following: <quote>available to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate.</quote>.</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2783151203404156A5BFA5A0FE4A67AB">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Amendments relating to assistance awards information system</header>
<text>Section 6102a of such title is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H5CFEF4896EAF48C88D8E1C6799E6AD3D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking subsection (b);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H17F0DB3F0DD24760A03DC731DD1F2E3C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by redesignating subsection (c) as subsection (b);</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H9A9A123F77514779B977A816EA11C608">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>Director</quote> and inserting <quote>Commission</quote> each place it appears; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HF04FA7D8C22D469794BF4697029ADD43">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>in subsection (b), as so redesignated—</text>
<clause id="HA2A1278FD14C421084F3C999AE796088">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>transmit promptly after the end of each calendar quarter, free of charge,</quote> and insert <quote>make available</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H0CFE93B2A4E6474F81A47851E6D9A879">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>Oversight</quote> and inserting <quote>Administration</quote>.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8119E7243F664736A618277FBF78EF05">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Amendments relating to access to computer information system</header>
<text>Section 6103 of such title is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE9628A9E855141028D2A58821383383E">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>in subsections (a) and (c), by striking <quote>Administrator</quote> and inserting <quote>Commission</quote> each place it appears; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2A7E976508764ED19925FD0E1B4303AC">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by striking the text of subsection (b) and inserting the following: <quote>The Commission shall publish online all of the information contained in the information system under subsection (a) in accordance with the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note).</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H66617F7CBF554613AF6359F8F606E252">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<header>Amendments relating to catalog of Federal domestic assistance programs</header>
<text>Section 6104 of such title if amended by striking <quote>Administrator</quote> and inserting <quote>Commission</quote> each place it appears.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF7B64F4D1D394FE99A6A9B8253EB8607">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<header>Repeal of authorization</header>
<text>Section 6106 of such title is repealed.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB7F156795A884F3E98DB618D3FCB1ADA">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Deadline for transfer of program information system and catalog of federal domestic assistance</header>
<text>Within 180 days after the effective date of this Act, the Commission and the Administrator of General Services shall transfer the management and control of the following from the Administrator to the Commission, as required by chapter 61 of title 31, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a):</text>
<paragraph id="HD2869953F7A742D28F9DC17B3CC6EC78">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>The computer information system required under section 6103 of such title, as so amended. </text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H91F6EB6C4FFF497D9F37A2CF8DD064EF">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>The catalog of Federal domestic assistance programs required under section 6104 of such title, as so amended.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HDF365017C4FC411AB3399D8898F3396F">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Deadline for transfer of assistance awards information system</header>
<text>Within 180 days after the effective date of this Act, the Commission and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall transfer the management and control of the assistance awards information system from the Director to the Commission, as required by section 6102a of title 31, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a). </text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HEBA4D6E7870C448DB48C7BFAD98DB5D4">
<enum>306.</enum>
<header>Government Accountability Office Improvement</header>
<subsection id="HB5A336511D7F410E8DE67D3BD40C9E56">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Authority to obtain information</header>
<paragraph id="H92CE76EB88D64980AC68313A97894FF5">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Authority to obtain records</header>
<text>Section 716 of title 31, United States Code, is amended in subsection (a)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8E2D45B03FB64DB5BB6747CBCC2C281F">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>(a)</quote> and inserting <quote>(2)</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HA04AAE0A222C4013BBDB7E059EF1CC2E">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>by inserting after the section heading the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD947935000D441F193BE9014A17EFF30" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H1EEB18368D9645D4990AF7DC7C7C742F">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H6A7CB01FB6D14FAAA311A499E2ACEEAC">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>The Comptroller General is authorized to obtain such agency records as the Comptroller General requires to discharge his duties (including audit, evaluation, and investigative duties), including through the bringing of civil actions under this section. In reviewing a civil action under this section, the court shall recognize the continuing force and effect of the authorization in the preceding sentence until such time as the authorization is repealed pursuant to law.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HFB595E952F6E41C593EB2A0A3C9A1B8A">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Copies</header>
<text>Section 716(a) of title 31, United States Code, as amended by subsection (a), is further amended in the second sentence of paragraph (2) by striking <quote>inspect an agency record</quote> and inserting <quote>inspect, and make and retain copies of, an agency record</quote>.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H9E9EE2FF7CF64BCAB53966E4C9DCA76C">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Administering oaths</header>
<text>Section 711 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5B8082078FE64455B9FB14375DD648EE" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H812BEFED77B54A389EE6F80404033DFE">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>administer oaths to witnesses when auditing and settling accounts and, with the prior express approval of the Comptroller General, when investigating fraud or attempts to defraud the United States, or irregularity or misconduct of an employee or agent of the United States.</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H8B85CA29DD0F4500BB42230D81ED2264">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Access to certain information</header>
<paragraph id="HCFDD6FBCD145416E8153BE174DF2C089">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Access to certain information</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Subchapter II of chapter 7 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H554A382F835C4B759395CE136397E924" style="USC">
<section id="H4E319A7F71914B8F82BB1591D4A64E9F">
<enum>721.</enum>
<header>Access to certain information</header>
<subsection id="HE54A955984494264945BF110E0C48D56">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<text>No provision of the Social Security Act, including section 453(l) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 653(l)), shall be construed to limit, amend, or supersede the authority of the Comptroller General to obtain any information or to inspect or copy any record under section 716 of this title.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HB0719AF2104A4C96B95920262B8CDB47">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<text>No provision of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, including section 301(j) of that Act (21 U.S.C. 331(j)), shall be construed to limit, amend, or supersede the authority of the Comptroller General to obtain any information or to inspect or copy any record under section 716 of this title.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HEEDAEF2F400E477F982C9BE04EAAE8A3">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<text>No provision of the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976 (Public Law 94–435) and the amendments made by that Act shall be construed to limit, amend, or supersede the authority of the Comptroller General to obtain any information or to inspect or copy any record under section 716 of this title, including with respect to any information disclosed to the Assistant Attorney General of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice or the Federal Trade Commission for purposes of pre-merger review under section 7A of the Clayton Act (15 U.S.C. 18a).</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HAC2E9FDCD2924D2DAF1952B76E554460">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H4BCD7A74260D43B8979FC172C86B5C3A">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>The Comptroller General shall prescribe such policies and procedures as are necessary to protect from public disclosure proprietary or trade secret information obtained consistent with this section.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5D04D3D5119E459EB0262DB18254549E" indent="up1">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>Nothing in this section shall be construed to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8ADC67E7A6334F75BAE3BA33B92F7385">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>alter or amend the prohibitions against the disclosure of trade secret or other sensitive information prohibited by section 1905 of title 18 and other applicable laws; or</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6F39001411F847D7B177E70FA8C20731">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>affect the applicability of section 716(e) of this title, including the protections against unauthorized disclosure contained in that section, to information obtained consistent with this section.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H445C1798BBC946DF9054D429D792B63B">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<text>Specific references to statutes in this section shall not be construed to affect access by the Government Accountability Office to information under statutes that are not so referenced.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD38A2F55BB4E460EB70B5C52D4B19174">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Technical and conforming amendment</header>
<text>The table of sections for chapter 7 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 720 the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HE1295B2DCA824A309DEDB314999B2045" style="USC">
<toc>
<toc-entry idref="H4E319A7F71914B8F82BB1591D4A64E9F" level="section">721. Access to certain information.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H397E9E97AB87457CADD830DAE8EE0A63">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Agency reports</header>
<text>Section 720(b) of title 31, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HBFB386BEBC3D42ED8586C7072E1D9B76">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting <quote>or planned</quote> after <quote>action taken</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H36C66A87096B4F78ADF5A1CB5014A08F">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB301605082DB4BA9BA686732D53D4406" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H0F94608D034B46F2A18128F75F9721C8">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House of Representatives, the congressional committees with jurisdiction over the agency program or activity that is the subject of the recommendation, and the Government Accountability Office before the 61st day after the date of the report; and</text>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HD7EEE51F3BD040BE9A423F9D132E7DD6" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>307.</enum>
<header>Amendments to the Inspector General Act of <enum-in-header>1978</enum-in-header> and the Inspector General Reform Act of <enum-in-header>2008</enum-in-header></header>
<subsection id="HD6114A6E9EEE4D6EB6D59557FB0B5118">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Incorporation of provisions from the Inspector General Reform Act of <enum-in-header>2008</enum-in-header> into the Inspector General Act of <enum-in-header>1978</enum-in-header></header>
<paragraph id="H2280170C13FF4AF0A5FCA9F0EA831367">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Classification and pay</header>
<subparagraph id="HE32000366B3A4CCF8E3920BBDF84AD72">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Amendment</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8G of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H0C286DB5D0E1449F8F887C034D042D71" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<subsection id="H51FF943A57B54E929E291DA5485F5F75">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>Classification and pay</header>
<paragraph id="H9FA7B31B70D6432092E6FBD0FC94C014">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Inspector General of each designated Federal entity shall, for pay and all other purposes, be classified at a grade, level, or rank designation, as the case may be, at or above those of a majority of the senior level executives of that designated Federal entity (such as a General Counsel, Chief Information Officer, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Human Capital Officer, or Chief Acquisition Officer). The pay of an Inspector General of a designated Federal entity shall be not less than the average total compensation (including bonuses) of the senior level executives of that designated Federal entity calculated on an annual basis.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H2CB732B9E7324DAE9E297CA71FA32B33">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Limitation on adjustment</header>
<subparagraph id="H9DBA586258AD4CDCBD3BEDA2FDC24E0D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of an Inspector General of a designated Federal entity whose pay is adjusted under paragraph (1), the total increase in pay in any fiscal year resulting from that adjustment may not exceed 25 percent of the average total compensation (including bonuses) of the Inspector General of that entity for the preceding 3 fiscal years. </text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8B7C36144D1D4815A5754C56390DC19E">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Sunset of limitation</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The limitation under subparagraph (A) shall not apply to any adjustment made in fiscal year 2013 or each fiscal year thereafter. </text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H67A94C04619B49DFBA93AE8BE802F98F">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Conforming repeal</header>
<text>Section 4(b) of the Inspector General Reform Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–409; 122 Stat. 4304; 5 U.S.C. App. 3 note) is repealed.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H1F7860DCB51945728BBC2D79A51E3354">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Pay retention</header>
<subparagraph id="H56D35F4E764B4BF99ECE2BF3D1B0D395">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Amendment</header>
<text>The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by adding after section 8L the following new section:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="HEBE9295AB2C541578714D7D0846752E9" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<section id="H93C36A2DD32F46C7AFE3C753D3D47570">
<enum>8M.</enum>
<header>Pay retention</header>
<subsection id="HFDF60BC8F5BC4B6A9A53314E92023D65">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The provisions of section 3392 of title 5, United States Code, other than the terms <term>performance awards</term> and <term>awarding of ranks</term> in subsection (c)(1) of such section, shall apply to career appointees of the Senior Executive Service who are appointed to the position of Inspector General.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HEA7C767062A743F7ABE6DCE150396EE2">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Nonreduction in pay</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Notwithstanding any other provision of law, career Federal employees serving on an appointment made pursuant to statutory authority found other than in section 3392 of title 5, United States Code, shall not suffer a reduction in pay, not including any bonus or performance award, as a result of being appointed to the position of Inspector General. </text>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H916E28E9C7A04A9E82839AB05D084364">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Conforming repeal</header>
<text>Section 4(c) of the Inspector General Reform Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–409; 122 Stat. 4304; 5 U.S.C. App. 3 note) is repealed.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEFAA406B18A643B2A8ECE448B73A5B46">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Allegations of wrongdoing against Special Counsel or Deputy Special Counsel</header>
<subparagraph id="H6AE2F15F9CD34441BEDABF0C8E6162D7">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Amendment</header>
<text>Section 11(d) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text>
<quoted-block style="OLC" id="H3BA6EEFD2777473D839B710E56333E93" display-inline="no-display-inline">
<paragraph id="HABAD230BD3434367AD8D36557094E249">
<enum>(12)</enum>
<header>Allegations of wrongdoing against Special Counsel or Deputy Special Counsel</header>
<subparagraph id="H72D6F6EDF898464F9BA4A9E43D018BAD">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Special Counsel defined</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this paragraph, the term <term>Special Counsel</term> means the Special Counsel appointed under section 1211(b) of title 5, United States Code.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H67388E199F42401C9EF4779D9F777994">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Authority of Integrity Committee</header>
<clause id="HAFB93FF76BD34999ACC53F0F4EA6A3C0">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text>An allegation of wrongdoing against the Special Counsel or the Deputy Special Counsel may be received, reviewed, and referred for investigation by the Integrity Committee to the same extent and in the same manner as in the case of an allegation against an Inspector General (or a member of the staff of an Office of Inspector General), subject to the requirement that the Special Counsel recuse himself or herself from the consideration of any allegation brought under this paragraph.</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H9E6CDCD64D5A43A883D45482D6BC26E1">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<header>Coordination with existing provisions of law</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This paragraph does not eliminate access to the Merit Systems Protection Board for review under section 7701 of title 5, United States Code. To the extent that an allegation brought under this subsection involves section 2302(b)(8) of that title, a failure to obtain corrective action within 120 days after the date on which that allegation is received by the Integrity Committee shall, for purposes of section 1221 of such title, be considered to satisfy section 1214(a)(3)(B) of that title.</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HB77158298A2D4072A12D58C5E2833B44">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<header>Regulations</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Integrity Committee may prescribe any rules or regulations necessary to carry out this paragraph, subject to such consultation or other requirements as might otherwise apply. </text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H722C249CA150456D902E8A97E651FCAB">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Conforming amendment</header>
<text>Section 7(b) of the Inspector General Reform Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–409; 122 Stat. 4312; 5 U.S.C. 1211 note) is repealed.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HC4987757B68E47B881F302547ABF047A">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Agency applicability</header>
<paragraph id="H7194442275C4446B9FDB60CF13721D84">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Amendments</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), as amended by subsection (a), is further amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3CD11141F4B84204AB21D0BB36F61C08">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 8L—</text>
<clause id="H2AC39CFA329A46298ED4442BFFBAB0C5">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in subsection (a)(1)—</text>
<subclause id="H71D2389A82F3458496681FCD1753D34E">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>by striking the first <quote>agency</quote> and inserting <quote>Federal agency and designated Federal entity</quote>; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="H9BC697F6357546B8A39C57533A4A3DEE">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking the second and third <quote>agency</quote> and inserting <quote>Federal agency or designated Federal entity</quote>; and</text>
</subclause>
</clause>
<clause id="HE14336CEAA2941ABA85BEDFF6EC78BCB">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (b)—</text>
<subclause id="HA96AC9E6670E4FBF92C930BAAD7BC36D">
<enum>(I)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>agency</quote> and inserting <quote>Federal agency and designated Federal entity</quote>; and</text>
</subclause>
<subclause id="HD575557063D54724B1D83293C2A90EF0">
<enum>(II)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2)—</text>
<item id="H2F0FA9BE8C364B3A8634CED71EE0AC07">
<enum>(aa)</enum>
<text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>agency</quote> and inserting <quote>Federal agency and designated Federal entity</quote>; and</text>
</item>
<item id="HDFC3C0C1D1B34E609AFDBC5F4E09E20E">
<enum>(bb)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subparagraph (B), by striking <quote>agency</quote> and inserting <quote>Federal agency and designated Federal entity</quote>; and</text>
</item>
</subclause>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3530E8A330D84977946778FFC3251BDF">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 11(c)(3)(A)(ii), by striking <quote>department, agency, or entity of the executive branch</quote> and inserting <quote>Federal agency or designated Federal entity</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3BD7EB3D446B4516AC7EC84E26CDEBF6" commented="no">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Implementation</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the head and the Inspector General of each Federal agency and each designated Federal entity (as such terms are defined in sections 12 and 8G of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.), respectively) shall implement the amendments made by this subsection. </text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H58DF81A0E97B4501BA421E23642C8E9F">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Requirements for Inspectors General websites</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8L(b)(1) of the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H87688293D6B3472CA925EF11D43168AB">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>by striking <quote>report or audit (or portion of any report or audit)</quote> and inserting <quote>audit report, inspection report, or evaluation report (or portion of any such report)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5356348DFD204266A5668D7C576034F9">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>report or audit (or portion of that report or audit)</quote> and inserting <quote>report (or portion of that report)</quote> each place it appears. </text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H0D718C1221A94838A1C2C8DD48BCB1F1">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<header>Corrections</header>
<paragraph id="H03CC9C7C0F1A4D049FF00448090570AE">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Executive Order number</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 7(c)(2) of the Inspector General Reform Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–409; 122 Stat. 4313; 31 U.S.C. 501 note) is amended by striking <quote>12933</quote> and inserting <quote>12993</quote>. </text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H8D365955802947A7BE58FC476559638C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Punctuation and cross-references</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H57D4756488D74F038C3A067710E9D27D">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 6(a)(4), by striking <quote>information, as well as any tangible thing)</quote> and inserting <quote>information), as well as any tangible thing</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H45AD67E0DBF74D989678B2CFE935AAFF">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 8G(g)(3), by striking <quote>8C</quote> and inserting <quote>8D</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5BAA3B571AC94889B5BB8AA1971BF59D">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Spelling</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. App.) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDEC2A6322DF848119491C437E9487000">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 3(a), by striking <quote>subpena</quote> and inserting <quote>subpoena</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H8105D793E68543648650B08536A723E6">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 6(a)(4), by striking <quote>subpena</quote> and <quote>subpenas</quote> and inserting <quote>subpoena</quote> and <quote>subpoenas</quote>, respectively;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HE91D8F3E093441A79091BC7125873BA3">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 8D(a)—</text>
<clause id="HBC5FF03D25D64AAEBFC55780FBCA050E">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>subpenas</quote> and inserting <quote>subpoenas</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="H88FE6CCAAF814A338A4EC97369569C3B">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>subpena</quote> and inserting <quote>subpoena</quote>, each place it appears;</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1647F90E40EF45ACA64D994517436559">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 8E(a)—</text>
<clause id="H110F261CF542408EAA16E839189A2B37">
<enum>(i)</enum>
<text>in paragraph (1), by striking <quote>subpenas</quote> and inserting <quote>subpoenas</quote>; and</text>
</clause>
<clause id="HBBA146C467524CBC9CEA229A307E7B4E">
<enum>(ii)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>subpena</quote> and inserting <quote>subpoena</quote> each place it appears; and</text>
</clause>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H062E9B39F155435A9D20F7620A85DCF1">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in section 8G(d), by striking <quote>subpena</quote> and inserting <quote>subpoena</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H0A8D555F3CD443CEBECC5BD9A881B59A" commented="no">
<enum>(e)</enum>
<header>Repeal</header>
<text>Section 744 of the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2009 (division D of Public Law 111–8; 123 Stat. 693; 5 U.S.C. App. 8L) is repealed.</text>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="H0A2FF8B538E74146AD518F070A0B0832" section-type="subsequent-section">
<enum>308.</enum>
<header>Limits and transparency for travel and conference spending</header>
<subsection id="H888E5FAB04BC4A91BD4DBEF2C5B4AEE8">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<header>Travel expenses of Federal agencies relating to conferences</header>
<paragraph id="H8BCF702CFC3F413AB2DB92AEB7794533">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Limitations and reports on travel expenses to conferences</header>
<text>Chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after section 5711 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB94577392BB7417990C71B6E3839B35E" style="USC">
<section id="HF135B3D0E8C14403B54CCC6385970C04">
<enum>5712.</enum>
<header>Limitations and reports on travel expenses to conferences</header>
<subsection id="H8CFE58352662496D9F6145A6476C01EF">
<enum>(a)</enum>
<text>In this section, the term—</text>
<paragraph id="HBEC118CEF283437F84433271D3899B40">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>
<term>conference</term> means a meeting that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H3E4AE272974B4C14AC723511DB18AEC3">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>is held for consultation, education, or discussion;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4C6679D3A6E74086A268080D8C554924">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>is not held entirely at an agency facility;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H4E8A2B6C69D24895AF4B22E85960CDA1">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>involves costs associated with travel and lodging for some participants; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1B5A9AA3B408434DAB9A8693A189FE4E">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text>is sponsored by 1 or more agencies, 1 or more organizations that are not agencies, or a combination of such agencies or organizations; and</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HA4369BD47A6941DCA57FE1793D1C8D4A">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>
<term>international conference</term> means a conference attended by representatives of —</text>
<subparagraph id="H32F363D9026D49F98ADC4E850D907FE7">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the United States Government; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H246CA5C9B87749C8A556FD617D864B73">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>any foreign government, international organization, or foreign nongovernmental organization.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HA01150737DF44067B6F0421C517B3B2C">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<text>No agency may pay the travel expenses for more than 50 employees of that agency who are stationed in the United States, for any international conference occurring outside the United States, unless the Secretary of State determines that attendance for such employees is in the national interest.</text>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H0BC571EEA739423BA6D7ED425593820C">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<text>At the beginning of each quarter of each fiscal year, each agency shall post on the public Internet website of that agency a report on each conference for which the agency paid travel expenses during the preceding 3 months that includes—</text>
<paragraph id="HB4EE047088644DC5A50F7BF9F8EB7F68">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>the itemized expenses paid by the agency, including travel expenses, the cost of scouting for and selecting the location of the conference, and any agency expenditures to otherwise support the conference;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HF5B02E3FD67E4C9DBFB6D390B6370FAC">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>the primary sponsor of the conference;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HC08666A8223A470CA6F4B78E4F7B6348">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<text>the location of the conference;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H627EA80244EA44039FC54F3D83343ED7">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<text>in the case of a conference for which that agency was the primary sponsor, a statement that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HF6BAA4AEEC1944A0B8C2527D5A0305A6">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>justifies the location selected;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H6A222848F9A9492CB8E5561775C7711C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>demonstrates the cost efficiency of the location; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H1E4E7206A3EE416CB118D840B877151F">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text>provides a cost benefit analysis of holding a conference rather than conducting a teleconference;</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H3EF144184D61487A8A75C124AD424DDF">
<enum>(5)</enum>
<text>the date of the conference;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HEA4907A470CF4FF89BECED7C438DA1AE">
<enum>(6)</enum>
<text>a brief explanation how the conference advanced the mission of the agency;</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HD2DF884F9A41405297FE38E33DF1344E">
<enum>(7)</enum>
<text>the title of any Federal employee or any individual who is not a Federal employee whose travel expenses or other conference expenses were paid by the agency; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HE49F522AB4F348EA9DE9DCCB10119C7B">
<enum>(8)</enum>
<text>the total number of individuals whose travel expenses or other conference expenses were paid by the agency.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H3B183CDF6DF74645BCCEE952C0A0D497">
<enum>(d)</enum>
<text>Each report posted on the public Internet website under subsection (c) shall—</text>
<paragraph id="HEE8614B3B1424FD0B983EF98EEB1C476">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<text>be in a searchable electronic format; and</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H5AAB8677E3154F82B43E0544AF5BA035">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<text>remain on that website for at least 5 years after the date of posting.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H656D5C1DE7B94556ABB79536966D63BD">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Technical and conforming amendment</header>
<text>The table of sections for chapter 57 of title 5, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 5711 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H446C2F77EFEC4B6C818D64233D0DC532" style="OLC">
<toc>
<toc-entry bold="off" level="section">5712. Limitations and reports on travel expenses to conferences.</toc-entry>
</toc>
<after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block>
</quoted-block>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="HF8A9F89E07DB48FC92393405863D4163">
<enum>(b)</enum>
<header>Limitations on annual travel expenses</header>
<paragraph id="H5B3C2F9AC9F940B787C00CEF9F8B9747">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>In General</header>
<text>In the case of each of fiscal years 2012 through 2016, an agency (as defined under section 5701(1) of title 5, United States Code) may not make, or obligate to make, expenditures for travel expenses, in an aggregate amount greater than 80 percent of the aggregate amount of such expenses for fiscal year 2010.</text>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HB5159E53212746D2B6E5A30FF905E82C">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Identification of travel expenses</header>
<subparagraph id="H96D5B34611064112B4CE00FBCE2F6986">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>Responsibilities</header>
<text>Not later than September 1, 2012 and after consultation with the Administrator of General Services and the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall establish guidelines for the determination of what expenses constitute travel expenses for purposes of this subsection. The guidelines shall identify specific expenses, and classes of expenses, that are to be treated as travel expenses.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H2E0AEB549127481C8555ED779307B69C">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Exemption for military travel</header>
<text>The guidelines required under subparagraph (A) shall exclude military travel expenses in determining what expenses constitute travel expenses. Military travel expenses shall include travel expenses involving military combat, the training or deployment of uniformed military personnel, and such other travel expenses as are determined under the guidelines.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
<subsection id="H22316AF558694644ADA58F02E862BC8B">
<enum>(c)</enum>
<header>Conference transparency and limitations</header>
<paragraph id="H8D5BC69C81D841648541CFB89B88BABA">
<enum>(1)</enum>
<header>Definitions</header>
<text>In this subsection—</text>
<subparagraph id="H84BA6F816D5945AD873DAE0C8F45385C">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text>the term <term>agency</term> has the meaning given under section 5701(1) of title 5, United States Code; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H24D1746202A24F69915CCADED8655E35">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text>the term <term>conference</term> has the meaning given under section 5712(a)(1) of that title (as added by subsection (a)).</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="H70E8A474E4304154958F57271A65C9CB">
<enum>(2)</enum>
<header>Public availability of conference materials</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Each agency shall post on the public Internet website of that agency detailed information on any presentation made by any employee of that agency at a conference, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB9E7D3FB2ED04DECA932A6F85942B4FD">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any minutes relating to the presentation;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H94912C21DEB74F4D8DA9B7F2B04566A7">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any speech delivered;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H3C3DE20899784156AFD52841052F2978">
<enum>(C)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any visual exhibit, including photographs or slides;</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H696BB70AB3154BA486DA2FB3B4F1671D">
<enum>(D)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any video, digital, or audio recordings of the conference; and</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="HC758C7FA20004901967EEDDE64CB6714">
<enum>(E)</enum>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">information regarding any financial support or other assistance from a foundation or other non-Federal source used to pay or defray the costs of the conference, which shall include a certification by the head of the agency that there is no conflict of interest resulting from the support received from each such source.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph id="HCC7376D1431246B6B798870403BE5BFC">
<enum>(3)</enum>
<header>Limitation on amount expended on a conference</header>
<subparagraph id="HA5FD49670FEA4EC6A36F97C63D688148">
<enum>(A)</enum>
<header>In general</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No agency may expend more than $500,000 to support a single conference.</text>
</subparagraph>
<subparagraph id="H55BA5F61CF72490FB29CCA0A63073AA9">
<enum>(B)</enum>
<header>Rule of construction</header>
<text>Nothing in this paragraph shall be construed to preclude an agency from receiving financial support or other assistance from a foundation or other non-Federal source to pay or defray the costs of a conference the total cost of which exceeds $500,000.</text>
</subparagraph>
</paragraph>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H65E7B0AF99FB45A5A785189C2E1D9487">
<enum>(4)</enum>
<header>Limitation on the annual number of conferences an agency may support</header>
<text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No agency may expend funds on more than a single conference sponsored or organized by an organization during any fiscal year, unless the agency is the primary sponsor and organizer of the conference.</text>
</paragraph>
</subsection>
</section>
<section id="HA8D818021E4545278C820856D5811D71">
<enum>309.</enum>
<header>Effective date</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Except as otherwise provided in this Act, this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</section>