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113TH CONGRESS1ST SESSION S.

llTo expand the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of

2006 to increase accountability and transparency in Federal spending,

and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

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Mr. WARNER (for himself and Mr. PORTMAN) introduced the following bill;

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on

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A BILL

To expand the Federal Funding Accountability and Trans-

parency Act of 2006 to increase accountability and trans-

parency in Federal spending, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1

tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,2

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.3

This Act may be cited as the Digital Accountability4

and Transparency Act of 2013.5

SEC. 2. PURPOSES.6

The purposes of this Act are to7

(1) expand the Federal Funding Accountability8

and Transparency Act of 2006 by disclosing direct9

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Federal agency expenditures and linking Federal1

contract, loan, and grant spending information to2

programs of Federal agencies in order to enable tax-3

payers and policy makers to track Federal spending4

more effectively;5

(2) provide consistent, reliable, and searchable6

Government-wide spending data that is displayed ac-7

curately for taxpayers and policy makers on8

USASpending.gov;9

(3) analyze Federal spending data to10

proactively prevent waste, fraud, abuse, and im-11

proper payments;12

(4) simplify reporting for entities receiving Fed-13

eral funds by streamlining reporting requirements14

and reducing compliance costs while improving15

transparency; and16

(5) improve the quality of data submitted to17

USASpending.gov by holding Federal agencies ac-18

countable for the completeness and accuracy of the19

data submitted.20

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SEC. 3. AMENDMENTS TO THE FEDERAL FUNDING AC-1

COUNTABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY ACT OF2

2006.3

(a) IN GENERAL.Section 2 of the Federal Funding4

Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C.5

6101 note) is amended6

(1) in the section heading, by striking FULL7

DISCLOSURE OF ENTITIES RECEIVING FED-8

ERAL FUNDING and inserting DISCLOSURE OF9

FEDERAL FUNDING;10

(2) in subsection (a)11

(A) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and12

(3) as paragraphs (3) and (7), respectively;13

(B) by inserting after paragraph (1) the14

following:15

(2) FEDERAL AGENCY.The term Federal16

agency has the meaning given the term Executive17

agency under section 105 of title 5, United States18

Code.;19

(C) by inserting after paragraph (3), as re-20

designated by subparagraph (A), the following:21

(4) FEDERAL FUNDS.The term Federal22

funds means any funds that are made available to23

or expended by a Federal agency.24

(5) OBJECT CLASS.The term object class25

means the category assigned for purposes of the an-26

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nual budget of the President submitted under sec-1

tion 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, to the2

type of property or services purchased by the Fed-3

eral Government.4

(6) PROGRAM ACTIVITY.The term program5

activity has the meaning given that term under sec-6

tion 1115(h) of title 31, United States Code.; and7

(D) in paragraph (7), as redesignated by8

subparagraph (A)9

(i) in subparagraph (B), by striking10

paragraph (2)(A)(i) and inserting para-11

graph (3)(A)(i); and12

(ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking13

paragraph (2)(A)(ii) and inserting14

paragraph (3)(A)(ii);15

(3) in subsection (b)16

(A) in paragraph (1)17

(i) by striking the Office of Manage-18

ment and Budget and inserting the Sec-19

retary of the Treasury each place it ap-20

pears;21

(ii) by redesignating subparagraphs22

(A) through (G) as clauses (i) through23

(vii), respectively, and adjusting the mar-24

gin accordingly;25

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(iii) by striking for each Federal1

award and inserting the following: for2

all Federal funds3

(A) for each Federal agency, component4

of a Federal agency, appropriations account,5

program activity, and object class (including6

any subcomponent of an object class), and other7

accounts or data as appropriate8

(i) the amount of budget authority9

available;10

(ii) the amount obligated;11

(iii) the amount of outlays;12

(iv) the amount of any Federal funds13

reprogrammed or transferred; and14

(v) the amount of expired and unex-15

pired unobligated balances; and16

(B) for each Federal award; and17

(iv) in subparagraph (B)(iii), as so18

designated by this subparagraph, by insert-19

ing , which shall be assigned a unique20

identifier, after information on the21

award;22

(B) in paragraph (3)23

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(i) by striking Director of the Office1

of Management and Budget and inserting2

Secretary of the Treasury; and3

(ii) by striking the Director may4

and inserting the Secretary may;5

(C) in paragraph (4)6

(i) by striking Director of the Office7

of Management and Budget and inserting8

Secretary of the Treasury;9

(ii) by striking the Director upon10

and inserting the Secretary upon; and11

(iii) by striking the Director in and12

inserting the Secretary in; and13

(D) by adding at the end the following:14

(5) APPLICATION OF DATA STANDARDS.The15

Secretary of the Treasury shall apply the data16

standards established by the Secretary of the Treas-17

ury under subsection (e) to all data collection, data18

dissemination, and data publication required under19

this section.20

(6) DATA FEED TO RECOVERY ACCOUNT-21

ABILITY AND TRANSPARENCY BOARD.The Sec-22

retary of the Treasury shall provide the data de-23

scribed in paragraph (1) to the Recovery Account-24

ability and Transparency Board for inclusion in the25

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Recovery Operations Center described in subsection1

(h).;2

(4) in subsection (c)3

(A) in paragraph (1)4

(i) in the matter preceding subpara-5

graph (A), by striking and Grants.gov6

and inserting Grants.gov, the Payment7

Automation Manager and Federal Infor-8

mation Repository and other data or data-9

bases from the Department of the Treas-10

ury, the MAX Information System of the11

Office of Management and Budget, and12

other data from Federal agencies collected13

and identified by the Office of Manage-14

ment and Budget;15

(ii) in subparagraph (B), by adding16

and at the end; and17

(iii) by adding at the end the fol-18

lowing:19

(C) specify such search shall be confined20

to Federal funds;;21

(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting the22

Payment Automation Manager and Federal In-23

formation Repository and other data or data-24

bases from the Department of the Treasury, the25

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MAX Information System of the Office of Man-1

agement and Budget, other data from Federal2

agencies collected and identified by the Office of3

Management and Budget, after Grants.gov4

website,;5

(C) in paragraph (4)6

(i) by striking shall be updated not7

later and inserting the following: shall8

be updated9

(A) not later; and10

(ii) by adding at the end the fol-11

lowing:12

(B) not less than once each quarter with13

information relating to Federal funds;;14

(D) in paragraph (5)15

(i) by inserting Federal funds and16

before Federal awards the first place it17

appears;18

(ii) by striking subsection19

(a)(2)(A)(i) and those described in sub-20

section (a)(2)(A)(ii) and inserting sub-21

section (a)(3)(A)(i) and those described in22

subsection (a)(3)(A)(ii); and23

(iii) by striking the period at the end24

and inserting a semicolon; and25

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(E) by adding at the end the following:1

(6) shall have the ability to aggregate data for2

the categories described in paragraphs (1) through3

(5) without double-counting data; and4

(7) shall permit all information published5

under this section to be downloaded in bulk.;6

(5) by redesignating subsections (e), (f), and7

(g) as subsections (i), (j), and (k), respectively; and8

(6) by inserting after subsection (d) the fol-9

lowing:10

(e) DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY REQUIRE-11

MENTS.12

(1) DATA STANDARDS.13

(A) IN GENERAL.The Secretary of the14

Treasury, in consultation with the Director of15

the Office of Management and Budget, the Ad-16

ministrator of General Services, and the heads17

of Federal agencies, shall establish Government-18

wide financial data standards for Federal19

funds, which shall20

(i) include common data elements,21

such as codes, unique award identifiers,22

and fields, for financial and payment infor-23

mation required to be reported by Federal24

agencies and entities receiving Federal25

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funds, including identifiers for Federal1

awards and entities receiving Federal2

awards;3

(ii) to the extent reasonable and4

practicable, ensure interoperability and in-5

corporate6

(I) common data elements de-7

veloped and maintained by an inter-8

national voluntary consensus stand-9

ards body, as defined by the Office of10

Management and Budget, such as the11

International Organization for Stand-12

ardization;13

(II) common data elements de-14

veloped and maintained by Federal15

agencies with authority over con-16

tracting and financial assistance, such17

as the Federal Acquisition Regulatory18

Council; and19

(III) common data elements de-20

veloped and maintained by accounting21

standards organizations; and22

(iii) include data reporting standards23

that24

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(I) incorporate a widely accept-1

ed, nonproprietary, searchable, plat-2

form-independent computer-readable3

format;4

(II) be consistent with and im-5

plement applicable accounting prin-6

ciples;7

(III) be capable of being contin-8

ually upgraded as necessary;9

(IV) are structured to specifi-10

cally support the reporting of financial11

and performance-related data, such as12

that any data produced, regardless of13

reporting need or software used for14

creation or consumption, is consistent15

and comparable across reporting situ-16

ations;17

(V) establish, for each data18

point, a standard method of conveying19

the reporting period, reporting entity,20

unit of measure, and other associated21

attributes; and22

(VI) incorporate nonproprietary23

standards in effect on the date of en-24

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actment of the Digital Accountability1

and Transparency Act of 2013.2

(B) DEADLINES.3

(i) GUIDANCE.The Secretary of4

the Treasury, in consultation with the Di-5

rector of the Office of Management and6

Budget, shall issue guidance on the data7

standards established under subparagraph8

(A) to Federal agencies not later than 19

year after the date of enactment of the10

Digital Accountability and Transparency11

Act of 2013.12

(ii) WEBSITE.Not later than 113

year after the date on which the guidance14

under clause (i) is issued, the Director of15

the Office of Management and Budget16

shall ensure that the website required17

under this section makes data publically18

available in accordance with the data19

standards established under subparagraph20

(A).21

(iii) AGENCIES.Not later than 18022

days after the date on which the guidance23

under clause (i) is issued, each Federal24

agency shall collect, report, and maintain25

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data in accordance with the data standards1

established under subparagraph (A).2

(C) CONSULTATION.The Secretary of3

the Treasury shall consult with public and pri-4

vate stakeholders in establishing data standards5

under this paragraph.6

(2) IMPROPER PAYMENT PREVENTION.7

(A) IN GENERAL.The Secretary of the8

Treasury, in consultation with the heads and9

Inspectors General of Federal agencies, shall10

use the data to which the data standards estab-11

lished under paragraph (1) apply and other12

available data (including available data from13

State and local governments) to detect, prevent,14

and recover improper payments through pre-15

award, post-award pre-payment, and post-pay-16

ment analysis, which shall include analysis and17

investigations incorporating18

(i) review and data matching of pay-19

ments and beneficiary enrollment lists of20

State programs carried out using Federal21

funds for the purposes of identifying eligi-22

bility duplication, residency ineligibility,23

duplicate payments, or other potential im-24

proper payment issues;25

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(ii) review of multiple Federal agen-1

cies and programs for which comparison of2

data could show payment duplication; and3

(iii) review of other information the4

Secretary of the Treasury determines are5

effective, which may include investigation6

or review of information from multiple7

Federal agencies or programs.8

(B) REPORT.Not later than 180 days9

after the date of enactment of the Digital Ac-10

countability and Transparency Act of 2013, the11

Secretary of the Treasury shall submit to Con-12

gress a report, which may be included as part13

of another report submitted to Congress, which14

shall include a description of15

(i) the implementation of the fraud16

prevention efforts described under sub-17

paragraph (A); and18

(ii) the metrics used in determining19

whether the fraud prevention efforts have20

reduced, or contributed to the reduction of,21

improper payments or improper awards.22

(3) IMPROVEMENTS TO ACCESS TO DATA.23

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(A) IN GENERAL.In order to carry out1

this Act, upon request by the Secretary of the2

Treasury3

(i) the Commissioner of Social Secu-4

rity shall make available the Social Secu-5

rity earnings information of a living or de-6

ceased employee;7

(ii) the Director of the Bureau of8

Prisons shall make available information9

relating to Federal prisoners; and10

(iii) the Secretary of Housing and11

Urban Development shall make available12

information in the Credit Alert Verification13

System of the Department of Housing and14

Urban Development.15

(B) USE AND PROTECTION OF INFORMA-16

TION.The Secretary of the Treasury17

(i) may only use information ob-18

tained under subparagraph (A) to assist in19

Federal debt collection and in the preven-20

tion, identification or recovery of improper21

payments; and22

(ii) shall ensure that data to which23

the data standards established under para-24

graph (1) apply is adequately protected25

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and collected in a manner consistent with1

privacy protections provided for by law.2

(f) CONSOLIDATED RECIPIENT FINANCIAL RE-3

PORTS.The Director of the Office of Management and4

Budget shall5

(1) review the financial reporting required by6

Federal agencies for Federal award recipients to re-7

duce duplicative financial reporting and compliance8

costs for recipients;9

(2) request input from Federal award recipi-10

ents to reduce duplicative financial reporting, espe-11

cially from State and local governments and insti-12

tutes of higher education;13

(3) not later than 1 year after the date of en-14

actment of the Digital Accountability and Trans-15

parency Act of 2013, provide instructions to the16

heads of Federal agencies regarding how to simplify17

the reporting requirements for Federal award recipi-18

ents to reduce duplicative reporting and reports to19

reduce compliance costs, as appropriate; and20

(4) not later than 18 months after the date of21

enactment of the Digital Accountability and Trans-22

parency Act of 2013, submit to Congress a report23

regarding any legislative action required to stream-24

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line the reporting requirements for Federal award1

recipients.2

(g) ACCOUNTABILITY FOR FEDERAL FUNDING.3

(1) IN GENERAL.Not later than 1 year after4

the date of enactment of the Digital Accountability5

and Transparency Act of 2013, and every 2 years6

thereafter until the date that is 6 years after such7

date of enactment, the Inspector General of each8

Federal agency, in consultation with the Comptroller9

General of the United States, shall review a sam-10

pling of the spending data submitted under this Act11

by the Federal agency and shall submit to Congress12

and make publically available a report in on the13

completeness, timeliness, quality, and accuracy of14

the data sampled and the implementation and use of15

consistent data standards by the Federal agency.16

(2) COMPTROLLER GENERAL.17

(A) IN GENERAL.Not later than 2 years18

after the date of enactment of the Digital Ac-19

countability and Transparency Act of 2013, and20

every 2 years thereafter until the date that is21

6 years after such date of enactment, and after22

review of the reports submitted under para-23

graph (1), the Comptroller General of the24

United States shall submit to Congress and25

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make publically available a report on the data1

completeness, timeliness, quality, and accuracy2

of the data submitted under this Act by each3

Federal agency and the implementation and use4

of consistent data standards by each Federal5

agency.6

(B) RANKING.The Comptroller General7

of the United States shall make available a8

ranking of Federal agencies regarding data9

quality, accuracy, and compliance with this Act.10

(h) RECOVERY ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRANS-11

PARENCY BOARD.12

(1) RESOURCES AND MECHANISMS.The Re-13

covery Accountability and Transparency Board shall14

develop and test information technology resources15

and oversight mechanisms to enhance the trans-16

parency of, and detect and remediate waste, fraud,17

and abuse in, Federal spending for Inspectors Gen-18

eral.19

(2) WEBSITE.The Recovery Accountability20

and Transparency Board shall maintain a website21

informing the public of the activities of the Recovery22

Accountability and Transparency Board to identify23

waste, fraud, and abuse and increase transparency24

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of Federal spending to provide analytical support for1

Inspectors General.2

(3) RECOVERY OPERATIONS CENTER.The3

Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board4

shall establish and maintain a Recovery Operations5

Center as a governmentwide Internet-based data ac-6

cess system to carry out the functions described in7

paragraph (4).8

(4) FUNCTIONS OF THE RECOVERY OPER-9

ATIONS CENTER.The functions described in this10

paragraph are the following:11

(A) IN GENERAL.The Recovery Oper-12

ations Center shall incorporate13

(i) all information described in sub-14

section (b)(1);15

(ii) other information maintained by16

Federal, State, local, and foreign govern-17

ment agencies; and18

(iii) other commercially and publicly19

available information.20

(B) SPECIFIC FUNCTIONS.The Recovery21

Operations Center shall be designed and oper-22

ated to carry out the following functions:23

(i) Combine information described in24

subsection (b)(1) with other compilations25

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of information, including those listed in1

subparagraph (A).2

(ii) Permit Inspectors Generals, in3

accordance with applicable law, to detect4

and remediate waste, fraud, and abuse..5

SEC. 4. PILOT PROGRAM TO EVALUATE CONSOLIDATED RE-6

CIPIENT REPORTING.7

(a) IN GENERAL.Not later than 90 days after the8

date of enactment of this Act, the Recovery Accountability9

and Transparency Board, in consultation with the Sec-10

retary of the Treasury and the Director of the Office of11

Management, shall establish a pilot program relating to12

reporting by recipients of Federal funds (in this section13

referred to as the pilot program) for the purpose of in-14

creasing financial transparency to15

(1) display the full cycle of Federal funds;16

(2) improve the accuracy of Federal financial17

data; and18

(3) develop recommendations for reducing re-19

porting required of recipients of Federal funds by20

consolidating and automating financial reporting re-21

quirements across the Federal Government.22

(b) REQUIREMENTS.The pilot program shall23

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(1) include recipients that collectively receive1

not less than $1,000,000,000 in Federal funds each2

fiscal year;3

(2) include recipients that receive Federal funds4

under multiple programs across multiple agencies;5

and6

(3) include recipients that collectively receive7

Federal funds under contracts, grants, and sub-8

awards.9

(c) REPORTING AND EVALUATION REQUIRE-10

MENTS.Each recipient of Federal funds participating in11

the pilot program shall submit to the Recovery Account-12

ability and Transparency Board reports on the finances13

of the selected Federal awards.14

(d) PUBLICATION OF INFORMATION.All the infor-15

mation collected by the Recovery Accountability and16

Transparency Board under the pilot program shall be17

made publicly available and searchable on the website es-18

tablished under section 2 of the Federal Funding Account-19

ability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 610120

note).21

(e) TERMINATION.The pilot program shall termi-22

nate on the date that is 3 years after the date on which23

the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board es-24

tablishes the pilot program.25

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(f) REPORT TO CONGRESS.Not later than 90 days1

after the date on which the pilot program terminates2

under subsection (e), the Recovery Accountability and3

Transparency Board shall submit to the Committee on4

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and the5

Committee on the Budget of the Senate and the Com-6

mittee on Oversight and Government Reform and the7

Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives8

a report on the pilot program, which shall include9

(1) a description of financial data collected10

under the pilot program, the accuracy of the data11

provided, and the cost to collect the data from re-12

cipients; and13

(2) recommendations for14

(A) consolidating some or all aspects of15

Federal financial reporting to reduce the costs16

to recipients of Federal funds;17

(B) automating some or all aspects of Fed-18

eral financial reporting to increase efficiency19

and reduce the costs to recipients of Federal20

funds; and21

(C) improving financial transparency.22

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SEC. 5. CLASSIFIED AND PROTECTED INFORMATION.1

Section 3 of the Federal Funding Accountability and2

Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is3

amended to read as follows:4

SEC. 3. CLASSIFIED AND PROTECTED INFORMATION.5

Nothing in this Act shall require the disclosure to6

the public or to any person without an identifiable need7

to know8

(1) information protected under section 552 of9

title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the10

Freedom of Information Act); or11

(2) information protected under section 552a12

of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as13

the Privacy Act of 1974), or section 6103 of the14

Internal Revenue Code of 1986..15

SEC. 6. EXPANDING ACCESS BY THE SECRETARY OF THE16

TREASURY TO THE NATIONAL DIRECTORY OF17

NEW HIRES.18

Section 453(j)(9) of the Social Security Act (4219

U.S.C. 653(j)(9)) is amended20

(1) in the paragraph heading, by inserting21

AND IN THE PREVENTION, IDENTIFICATION, AND22

RECOVERY OF IMPROPER PAYMENTS after COL-23

LECTION;24

(2) in subparagraph (A)25

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(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by1

striking with respect to persons and insert-2

ing to assist in Federal debt collection and in3

the prevention, identification, or recovery of im-4

proper payments with respect to;5

(B) by striking who owe and inserting6

the following: persons7

(I) who owe;8

(C) by striking 31 U.S.C. 3711(g). and9

inserting section 3711(g) of title 31, United10

States Code; or;11

(D) redesignating clause (ii) as subclause12

(II), and adjusting the margin accordingly; and13

(E) by adding at the end the following:14

(ii) persons15

(I) who receive a payment the16

head of a Federal executive, judicial,17

or legislative agency certifies is under18

review to determine the eligibility of19

the person to receive the payment; or20

(II) whose eligibility, or con-21

tinuing eligibility, to participate in a22

program of the Federal Government23

(including a program administered by24

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a State or local government) is being1

reviewed.;2

(3) in subparagraph (B), by striking to im-3

prove collection of the debt and inserting for the4

purposes;5

(4) in subparagraph (D), by striking of col-6

lecting the debt;7

(5) in subparagraph (E)8

(A) in clause (i), by striking of collecting9

the debt;10

(B) in clause (ii), by inserting and to a11

Federal, State, or local agency in connection12

with preventing, identifying, or recovering im-13

proper payments as described in subparagraph14

(A) before the period at the end;15

(C) in clause (iv)(II), by striking de-16

scribed in subparagraph (A), and all that fol-17

lows and inserting , in connection with a pur-18

pose described in subparagraph (A), to a con-19

tractor or agent of either Secretary, to the Fed-20

eral agency (including any contractor or agent21

of the Federal agency) that referred a debt to22

the Secretary of the Treasury for collection, or23

to a Federal, State, or local agency (including24

any contractor or agent of any such agency) for25

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purposes of preventing, identifying, or recov-1

ering improper payments, subject to the condi-2

tions in clause (iii) and such additional condi-3

tions as agreed by the Secretaries.; and4

(D) in clause (v), by striking collecting5

the debt and inserting the purposes; and6

(6) in subparagraph (F), by adding at the end7

the following: The Secretary of the Treasury shall8

reimburse the Secretary for any costs attributable to9

the prevention, identification, or recovery of im-10

proper payments out of any appropriation available11

to the Secretary of the Treasury for this purpose..12

SEC. 7. AMERICAN RECOVERY AND REINVESTMENT ACT OF13

2009 AMENDMENTS.14

Title XV of division A of the American Recovery and15

Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 1115; 123 Stat.16

286) is amended17

(1) in section 1501, by striking paragraph (4)18

and inserting the following:19

(4) COVERED FUNDS.The term covered20

funds21

(A) except as provided in subparagraph22

(B), means any funds that are expended or ob-23

ligated from appropriations made under this24

Act; and25

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(B) for purposes of sections 1522 and1

1524, means funds that are expended or obli-2

gated by an agency from appropriations made3

under this or any other Act.;4

(2) in section 1512, by adding at the end the5

following:6

(i) EXPIRATION.The requirements under this sec-7

tion shall terminate on September 30, 2013.;8

(3) in section 1523, by adding at the end the9

following:10

(d) EXPIRATION.The requirements under this sec-11

tion shall terminate on September 30, 2013.;12

(4) in section 1526, by adding at the end the13

following:14

(e) EXPIRATION.The requirements under this sec-15

tion shall terminate on September 30, 2013.; and16

(5) in section 1530, by striking September 30,17

2013, and inserting September 30, 2017..18

SEC. 8. DISASTER RELIEF APPROPRIATIONS ACT OF 201319

AMENDMENTS.20

Section 904(d) of division A of the Disaster Relief21

Appropriations Act of 2013 (Public Law 1132; 127 Stat.22

18) is amended in section 904(d)23

(1) by striking for purposes related to the im-24

pact of Hurricane Sandy;25

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(2) by striking related to the impact of Hurri-1

cane Sandy after receiving appropriations; and2

(3) by striking related to funds appropriated3

for the impact of Hurricane Sandy after on its ac-4

tivities.5

SEC. 9. EXECUTIVE AGENCY ACCOUNTING AND OTHER FI-6

NANCIAL MANAGEMENT REPORTS AND7

PLANS.8

Section 3512(a) of title 31, United States Code, is9

amended10

(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting and make11

available on the website described under section12

1122 after appropriate committees of Congress;13

(2) in paragraph (3)(B)(vi), by inserting , sys-14

tem development, financial management workforce15

development, related risk assessment and mitigation16

for the Federal Government as a whole, related risk17

assessment and mitigation for executive agencies,18

development of capacity to prevent and detect19

fraud, after equipment acquisitions; and20

(3) in paragraph (4), by adding at the end the21

following:22

(C) Not later than 90 days after the date of enact-23

ment of the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act24

of 2013, and every 90 days thereafter, the Director shall25

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make available on the website described under section1

1122 a report regarding2

(i) specific goals for the most recent full fiscal3

year, the fiscal year during which the report is sub-4

mitted, and the fiscal year following the year during5

which the report is submitted that are necessary6

steps toward implementing the Federal Funding Ac-7

countability and Transparency Act of 2006 (318

U.S.C. 6101 note) fully and in an effective, efficient,9

and accurate manner; and10

(ii) the status and progress achieved toward11

each goal described in clause (i), including any12

changes to the cost, schedule, or performance base-13

lines of achieving each goal, using earned value man-14

agement where appropriate..15