,,ii  #aaeth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cgfg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #ah1 
#bjah ,mr4 ,merkley introduced the      
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security and ,governmental ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to require ,executive       
agencies to make public all funding     
reprogramming requests1 and for other   
purposes4  #a4 ,short title  ,this ,act 
may be cited as the ,transparency in    
,federal ,spending ,act of #bjah4  #b4  
,requirement to notify regarding        
reprogramming and transfer of funds  7a7
 ,definition of executive agency ,in    
this section1 the term ,executive agency
 has the meaning given the term in      
section #aje of title #e1 ,united       
,states ,code4  7b7 ,requirement ,if an 
,executive agency requests a            
reprogramming of funds or uses authority
 available to the ,executive agency to  
reprogram or transfer funds1 the        
,executive agency shall--  7#a7         

concurrently post on the website of the 
,executive agency a notice of the       
request1 reprogramming1 or transfer2 and
  7#b7 if the request1 reprogramming1 or
 transfer is for an amount that is not  
less than #e1jjj1jjj1 concurrently      
notify each member of the ,committees on
 ,appropriations of the ,senate and the 
,house of ,representatives4  7c7 ,rule  
of construction ,nothing in this section
 shall be construed to supersede or     
otherwise alter any other provision of  
,federal law that imposes notification  
or other requirements relating to the   
reprogramming or transfer of funds by   
,executive agencies4