,,ii  #aadth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #biae  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,may #aj1 #bjaf
 ,mr4 ,flake introduced the following   
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,homeland ,security
 and ,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill  
,to enhance public awareness of         
federally funded research and           
development projects1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title  ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,federal ,research  
,transparency and ,accountability ,act  
of #bjaf4  #b4 ,definitions ,in this    
,act-- 7#a7 the term agency has the     
meaning given the term in section #eea  
of title #e1 ,united ,states ,code2 and 
7#b7 the term covered study means any   
study that-- 7,a7 is carried out in     
whole or in part with ,federal funds2   
and  7,b7 is published1 presented at a  
conference or meeting1 or otherwise made
 publicly available4  #c4 ,federally    
funded research disclosures and database
  7a7 ,prevention of duplicative        

research funding ,the ,director of the  
,office of ,management and ,budget shall
 coordinate with each agency that       
provides funding to entities to carry   
out research and development to         
establish a system to detect potential  
duplicative applications for funding in 
order to prevent duplicative funding4   
7b7 ,database of ,federally funded      
research and development  7#a7 ,in      
general ,each agency shall include in a 
publicly accessible database a          
searchable listing of each unclassified 
research and development project that is
 funded by the agency1 including a      
contract1 grant1 cooperative agreement1 
or task order4  7#b7 ,contents ,a       
database described in paragraph 7#a7    
shall1 with respect to each unclassified
 research and development project of an 
agency1 contain--  7,a7 the agency      
component that is carrying out or       
providing funding or other assistance   
for the project2  7,b7 the name of the  
project2  7,c7 an abstract or summary of

 the project2  7,d7 the funding level   
for the project2  7,e7 the duration of  
the project2  7,f7 the name of any      
contractor1 subcontractor1 or grantee2  
7,g7 the title of any published study   
funded by or related to the project2 and
  7,h7 expected objectives and          
milestones for the project4  7#c7       
,existing database ,an agency may       
satisfy the requirements under this     
subsection if the ,director of the      
,office of ,management and ,budget      
determines that the agency maintains a  
publicly accessible database1 including 
a database operated by or shared with   
another agency1 that substantially meets
 the requirements of this subsection4   
7c7 ,requirement for acknowledgment in  
covered studies ,the acknowledgment     
section in each covered study shall     
include-- 7#a7 the name of each agency  
that provided funding for the covered   
study2  7#b7 the project or award number
 associated with the covered study2 and 
7#c7 an estimate of the total cost of   

the covered study4  7d7 ,study ,not     
later than #b years after the date of   
enactment of this ,act1 the ,comptroller
 ,general of the ,united ,states shall  
conduct a study and make publicly       
available a report1 which shall--  7#a7 
analyze the compliance of agencies1     
contractors1 subcontractors1 and        
grantees with the requirements of this  
,act2  7#b7 identify any obstacles that 
remain to prevent the public from       
accessing the cost and findings of      
covered studies and other research and  
development projects funded by agencies2
 and  7#c7 analyze efforts by agencies  
to prevent duplicative spending4