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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1387 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1387
To require the disclosure of information relating to the cost of
programs, projects, or activities carried out using Federal funds.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 14, 2025
Mr. Norman (for himself, Mr. Weber of Texas, and Mr. Self) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight
and Government Reform
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A BILL
To require the disclosure of information relating to the cost of
programs, projects, or activities carried out using Federal funds.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Cost Openness and Spending
Transparency Act of 2025'' or the ``COST Act''.
SEC. 2. DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS FOR FEDERAL FUNDS.
(a) In General.--Subchapter III of chapter 13 of title 31, United
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Sec. 1356. Disclosure requirements for Federal funds
``(a) Definition.--In this section, the term `agency' means--
``(1) an Executive agency, as defined in section 105 of
title 5; and
``(2) an independent regulatory agency, as defined in
section 3502 of title 44.
``(b) Disclosure Requirements.--An agency and an individual or
entity (including a State or local government and a recipient of a
Federal research grant) carrying out a program, project, or activity
that is, in whole or in part, carried out using Federal funds shall
clearly state in any statement, press release, request for proposals,
bid solicitation, or other document describing the program, project, or
activity, other than a communication containing not more than 280
characters--
``(1) the percentage of the total costs of the program,
project, or activity which will be financed with Federal funds;
``(2) the dollar amount of the Federal funds made available
for the program, project, or activity; and
``(3) the percentage of the total costs of, and dollar
amount for, the program, project, or activity that will be
financed by nongovernmental sources.
``(c) Certification.--An individual or entity carrying out a
program, project, or activity that is, in whole or in part, carried out
using Federal funds shall, as part of the performance progress
reporting regarding the program, project, or activity, include a
certification indicating whether the individual or entity complied with
the disclosure requirements.
``(d) Compliance Review.--The Director of the Office of Management
and Budget shall annually--
``(1) review a random sampling of public communications
issued by agencies and recipients of Federal funds for
compliance with the disclosure requirements under subsection
(b); and
``(2) make publicly available the findings of the review
under paragraph (1).
``(e) Public Reporting.--Not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of this section, the Director of the Office of Management and
Budget shall make available to the public a mechanism to anonymously
report communications that do not comply with the disclosure
requirements under subsection (b), which shall require that such a
report include--
``(1) the noncompliant communication or, if publicly
available, the location of the noncompliant communication; and
``(2) identifying information regarding the program,
project, or activity that is, in whole or in part, carried out
using Federal funds.''.
(b) Technical and Conforming Amendment.--The table of sections for
subchapter III of chapter 13 of title 31, United States Code, is
amended by adding at the end the following:
``1356. Disclosure requirements for Federal funds.''.
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