US Congress Senate Bill 1957 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 31-2)
Status: Introduced on December 7 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-12-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Pending: Senate Homeland Security And Governmental Affairs Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Taxpayers Right to Know Act - Requires the head of each federal agency in each fiscal year to: (1) identify and describe every program administered by such agency; (2) determine the total administrative expenses and expenditures for services for each program; (3) estimate the number of clients served by each program and the beneficiaries who received assistance under each program; (4) estimate the number of full-time federal and contract employees who administer each program; and (5) identify federal programs with duplicative or overlapping missions, services, and allowable uses of funds. Requires agency heads to publish on agency websites the information required by this Act, the latest performance reviews of each agency program, improper payment rates, the total amount of unspent and unobligated program funds held by the agency and grant recipients, and recommendations for consolidating duplicative programs, eliminating waste and inefficiency, and terminating lower priority, outdated, and unnecessary programs and initiatives. Expands the scope of information required in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance to include: (1) programs providing assistance to foreign nations, international organizations, and services provided or funded by agencies operating outside the United States; (2) information required by this Act; and (3) budget functions and authorization and appropriation amounts for each assistance program in the Catalog.

Taxpayers Right to Know Act

Sen. Tom Coburn [R-OK]	Sen. Kelly Ayotte [R-NH]	Sen. John Barrasso [R-WY]	Sen. Mark Begich [D-AK]
Sen. John Boozman [R-AR]	Sen. Richard Burr [R-NC]	Sen. Saxby Chambliss [R-GA]	Sen. Daniel Coats [R-IN]
Sen. Susan Collins [R-ME]	Sen. Bob Corker [R-TN]	Sen. John Cornyn [R-TX]	Sen. Mike Crapo [R-ID]
Sen. Jim DeMint [R-SC]	Sen. Michael Enzi [R-WY]	Sen. Lindsey Graham [R-SC]	Sen. Orrin Hatch [R-UT]
Sen. Dean Heller [R-NV]	Sen. John Hoeven [R-ND]	Sen. James Inhofe [R-OK]	Sen. Ron Johnson [R-WI]
Sen. Jon Kyl [R-AZ]	Sen. Mike Lee [R-UT]	Sen. John McCain [R-AZ]	Sen. Claire McCaskill [D-MO]
Sen. Mitch McConnell [R-KY]	Sen. Rand Paul [R-KY]	Sen. James Risch [R-ID]	Sen. Marco Rubio [R-FL]
Sen. Jeff Sessions [R-AL]	Sen. John Thune [R-SD]	Sen. Pat Toomey [R-PA]	Sen. David Vitter [R-LA]
Sen. Roger Wicker [R-MS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-12-07	Senate	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

HB3609 (Same As) 2012-10-01 - Committee on House Administration discharged.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/1957/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/112/bills/s1957/BILLS-112s1957is.pdf