US Congress House Bill 3609 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 25-1)
Status: Introduced on December 8 2011 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2012-10-01 - Committee on House Administration discharged.
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act - Requires the head of each federal agency, on an annual basis, to: (1) identify and describe every program administered by such agency; (2) determine the total administrative expenses and expenditures for services for each program; (3) estimate the number of clients served by each program and the beneficiaries who received assistance under each program; (4) estimate the number of full-time federal and contract employees who administer each program; and (5) identify federal programs with duplicative or overlapping missions, services, and allowable uses of funds. Requires each agency head to publish on the agency website, not later than February 1 of each fiscal year, the information required by this Act, the latest performance reviews of each agency program, improper payment rates, the total amount of undisbursed grant funding remaining in grant accounts, and recommendations for consolidating duplicative or overlapping programs, eliminating waste and inefficiency, and terminating lower priority, outdated, and unnecessary programs and initiatives. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), not later than February 1 of each fiscal year, to publish on the OMB website a report that contains: (1) an identification of programs across agencies with duplicative or overlapping missions, services, and allowable uses of funds; and (2) recommendations to consolidate duplicative programs, eliminate waste and inefficiency, and terminate lower priority, outdated, and unnecessary programs and initiatives. Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to require the disclosure of classified information.

Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act

Sen. James Lankford [R-OK]	Sen. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN]	Rep. Dan Boren [D-OK]	Rep. Paul Broun [R-GA]
Rep. Francisco Canseco [R-TX]	Rep. Jason Chaffetz [R-UT]	Rep. Virginia Foxx [R-NC]	Rep. Jim Gerlach [R-PA]
Rep. Louie Gohmert [R-TX]	Rep. Bill Huizenga [R-MI]	Rep. Timothy Johnson [R-IL]	Rep. Jack Kingston [R-GA]
Sen. Cynthia Lummis [R-WY]	Rep. Donald Manzullo [R-IL]	Rep. Sue Myrick [R-NC]	Rep. Steven Palazzo [R-MS]
Rep. Joseph Pitts [R-PA]	Rep. Ted Poe [R-TX]	Rep. David Roe [R-TN]	Rep. Todd Rokita [R-IN]
Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL]	Rep. Paul Ryan [R-WI]	Rep. Austin Scott [R-GA]	Sen. Tim Scott [R-SC]
Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI]	Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R-GA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2012-10-01	House	Committee on House Administration discharged.
2012-10-01	House	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 505.
2012-07-31	House	Referred sequentially to the House Committee on House Administration for a period ending not later than Oct. 1, 2012 for consideration of such provisions of the bill and amendment as fall within the jurisdiction of that committee pursuant to clause 1(k), rule X.
2012-07-31	House	Reported (Amended) by the Committee on 112-635, Part I.
2012-04-26	House	Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
2012-04-26	House	Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
2011-12-08	House	Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

SB1957 (Same As) 2011-12-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/house-bill/3609/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr3609/BILLS-112hr3609ih.pdf
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/hr3609/BILLS-112hr3609rh.pdf