Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2014

Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2013
Long title	To expand the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 to increase accountability and transparency in Federal spending, and for other purposes.
Announced in	the 113th United States Congress
Sponsored by	Sen. Mark R. Warner (D, VA)
Number of co-sponsors	1
Codification
Acts affected	Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, Social Security Act, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, Disaster Relief Appropriations Act of 2013, Privacy Act of 1974, Freedom of Information Act, and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986
U.S.C. sections affected	31 U.S.C. § 3512, 31 U.S.C. § 6101, 31 U.S.C. § 1122, 31 U.S.C. § 3711, 5 U.S.C. § 552a, and others.
Agencies affected	Social Security Administration, Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board, Government Accountability Office, United States House of Representatives, General Services Administration, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Executive Office of the President, United States Congress, Office of Management and Budget, United States Department of the Treasury, Department of Housing and Urban Development
Legislative history
	Introduced in the Senate as S. 994 by Sen. Mark R. Warner (D, VA) on May 21, 2013; Committee consideration by United States Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs;

The Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2013 (S. 994) or ACRONYM, is/was a bill/law introduced/passed to the 113th United States Congress

Background

Provisions of the bill

This summary is based largely on the summary provided by the Congressional Research Service, a public domain source.

Congressional Budget Office report

This summary is based largely on the summary provided by the Congressional Budget Office, as ordered reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on November 6, 2013. This is a public domain source.^[1]

S. 994 aims to make information on federal expenditures more easily accessible and transparent. The bill would require the U.S. Department of the Treasury to establish common standards for financial data provided by all government agencies and to expand the amount of data that agencies must provide to the government website, USASpending. In addition, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) would be required to conduct a two-year pilot program to make it easier for federal contractors and grant recipients to comply with federal reporting requirements. S. 994 also would require OMB, the Government Accountability Office, and the agencies’ Inspectors General to submit additional reports to the Congress. Finally, the legislation would designate the Treasury Franchise Fund as the source of funding for the bill’s implementation.^[1]

The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates that implementing the bill would cost $300 million over the 2014-2018 period, assuming appropriation of the necessary amounts. The legislation also could affect direct spending by agencies not funded through annual appropriations; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures apply. The CBO estimates, however, that any net increase in spending by those agencies would not be significant. Enacting the bill would not affect revenues.^[1]

S. 994 contains no intergovernmental or private-sector mandates as defined in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act; any costs to state, local, or tribal governments would result from complying with conditions for receiving federal assistance.^[1]

Procedural history

Who proposed it, co-sponsors, dates of introduction, sent to committee(s), alterations, voting history, other chamber's actions, conference committee, final passage, signed or veto by president.

Debate and discussion

Media coverage. Organizations and people for or against.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "CBO - S. 994". Congressional Budget Office. Retrieved 28 April 2014.

External links

This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the United States government.

Category:United States proposed federal legislation

Category:113th United States Congress

[cbo994-1] "CBO - S. 994". Congressional Budget Office. Retrieved 28 April 2014.

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