,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bhb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the
 ,,united ,,states  ,january #bh1 #bjae 
,mr4 ,lankford 7for himself1 ,mrs4      
,mc,caskill1 ,mr4 ,johnson1 ,ms4        
,ayotte1 ,ms4 ,heitkamp1 ,mr4 ,enzi1 and
 ,mr4 ,mc,cain7 introduced the following
 bill2 which was read twice and referred
 to the ,committee on ,homeland         
,security and ,governmental ,affairs  ,a
 ,,bill  ,to provide taxpayers with an  
annual report disclosing the cost and   
performance of ,government programs and 
areas of duplication among them1 and for
 other purposes4  #a4 ,short title      
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,taxpayers ,right-,to-,know ,act4  #b4  
,cost and performance of ,government    
programs  7a7 ,in general ,section      
#aabb7;a7 of title #ca1 ,united ,states 
,code1 is amended-- 7#a7 by             
redesignating paragraphs 7#a7 and 7#b7  
as paragraphs 7#b7 and 7#c71            
respectively2  7#b7 by inserting before 
paragraph 7#b71 as so redesignated1 the 

following3  7#a7 ,definition of program 
,for purposes of this subsection1 the   
term program means an organized set of  
activities by #a or more agencies       
directed toward a common purpose or     
goal4  2  7#c7 in paragraph 7#b71 as so 
redesignated-- 7,a7 by striking ,in     
general4--,not later than ,october #a1  
#bjab1 the ,office of ,management and   
,budget shall and inserting ,website and
 program inventory4--,the ,director of  
the ,office of ,management and ,budget  
shall2 and  7,b7 by striking            
subparagraph 7,c7 and inserting the     
following3  7,c7 include on the         
website-- 7i7 a program inventory that  
shall identify each program of the      
,federal ,government1 which shall       
include-- 7,i7 any activity that is     
commonly referred to as a program2      
7,,ii7 any activity specifically created
 by law1 or referenced in law1 as a     
program2  7,,iii7 each program that has 
an application process2  7,,iv7 each    
program for which financial awards are  

made on a competitive basis2 and  7,v7  
any activity identified as a program    
activity in a budget request2 and  7ii7 
for each program identified in the      
program inventory1 the information      
required under paragraph 7#c74  2 and   
7#d7 in paragraph 7#c71 as so           
redesignated-- 7,a7 in the matter       
preceding subparagraph 7,a71 by striking
 described under paragraph 7#a7 and     
inserting identified in the program     
inventory required under paragraph 7#b72
  7,b7 by striking subparagraph 7,a7 and
 inserting the following3  7,a7 the     
program activities that are considered a
 program by the agency2  2  7,c7 in     
subparagraph 7,b71 by striking and at   
the end2  7,d7 in subparagraph 7,c71 by 
striking the period at the end and      
inserting a semicolon2 and  7,e7 by     
adding at the end the following3  7,d7  
an identification of the specific       
statute that authorizes the program and 
any regulations specific to the program2
  7,e7 for any program that provides    

grants or other financial assistance to 
individuals or entities1 for the most   
recent fiscal year-- 7i7 an estimate of 
the number of individuals served by the 
program and beneficiaries who received  
financial assistance under the program2 
and  7ii7 an estimate of-- 7,i7 the     
number of full-time equivalents who     
administer the program2 and  7,,ii7 the 
number of full-time equivalents whose   
salary is paid in part or full by the   
,federal ,government through a grant1   
contract1 cooperative agreement1 or     
another form of financial award or      
assistance who administer or assist in  
any way in administering the program2   
7,f7 links to any evaluation1           
assessment1 or program performance      
reviews by the agency1 an ,inspector    
,general1 or the ,government            
,accountability ,office 7including      
program performance reports required    
under section #aaaf7 released during the
 preceding #e years2 and  7,g7 to the   
extent available1 financial information 

for each program required to be reported
 under section #c7;b7 of the ,federal   
,funding ,accountability and            
,transparency ,act of #bjjf 7#ca        
,u4,s4,c4 #faja note71 or a direct link 
to such information for a specific      
program on the website established under
 section #b of that ,act4  4  7b7       
,guidance ,not later than #a year after 
the date of enactment of this ,act1 the 
,director of the ,office of ,management 
and ,budget-- 7#a7 shall issue guidance 
to agencies to identify how the program 
activities used in budget or            
appropriations accounts correspond with 
programs identified in the program      
inventory required under section        
#aabb7;a77#b77;,a7 of title #ca1 ,united
 ,states ,code1 as amended by subsection
 7a72 and  7#b7 may issue guidance to   
agencies on more closely aligning       
program activities to the programs in   
the program inventory for purposes of   
the budget of the ,president submitted  
to ,congress under section #aaje7;a7 of 

title #ca1 ,united ,states ,code4  7c7  
,expired grant funding ,not later than  
,february #a of each fiscal year1 the   
,director of the ,office of ,management 
and ,budget shall publish on the public 
website of the ,office of ,management   
and ,budget the total amount of         
undisbursed grant funding remaining in  
grant accounts for which the period of  
availability to the grantee has expired4
  #c4 ,regulations and implementation   
7a7 ,regulations ,not later than #abj   
days after the date of enactment of this
 ,act1 the ,director of the ,office of  
,management and ,budget shall prescribe 
regulations or other guidance to        
implement this ,act1 and the amendments 
made by this ,act4  7b7 ,implementation 
,this ,act1 and the amendments made by  
this ,act1 shall be implemented not     
later than #a year after the date of    
enactment of this ,act4