S 872
· 119th Congress
· Government Operations and Politics
Stop Secret Spending Act of 2025
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Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
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Mar 18, 2026
committee
Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee
Nov 07, 2025
committee
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Paul with amendments. Without written report.
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Nov 07, 2025
other
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 265.
Jul 30, 2025
committee
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
Mar 05, 2025
introduced
Introduced in Senate
Mar 05, 2025
introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee
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Introduced in Senate
Mar 05, 2025
Stop Secret Spending Act of 2025
This bill expands a requirement for federal agencies to report expenditures on the USAspending.gov website to include other transaction agreement expenditures. (Other transaction agreements, or OTAs, are contractual instruments other than standard procurement contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements; they are exempt from many federal procurement laws and regulations).
Under current law, federal agencies must report expenditures on federal awards to USAspending.gov with the term federal award defined as federal grants, loans, cooperative agreements, contracts, and certain other types of expenditures. This bill expands the definition of federal award to include expenditures under OTAs, and therefore such expenditures must be included on the USAspending.gov website.
The Department of the Treasury must ensure that data relating to OTAs are automatically transmitted to the website and a centralized view of this data is available on the website. Treasury must also annually post on the USAspending.gov website a report that includes (1) the total amount of federal spending on federal awards for which data has not been posted on the website, and (2) the reason why such spending data was not posted.
For 10 years after enactment, the Office of Inspector General of specified federal agencies must periodically submit to Congress and make publicly available a report assessing the agency's spending data and use of data standards.
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--- Introduced (Senate)
+++ Reported (Senate)
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
-[S. 872 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
+[S. 872 Reported in Senate (RS)]
<DOC>
+Calendar No. 265
119th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 872
@@ -17,9 +18,14 @@
March 5, 2025
-Ms. Ernst (for herself, Mr. Peters, Mr. Lankford, and Mr. Moreno)
-introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the
-Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
+Ms. Ernst (for herself, Mr. Peters, Mr. Lankford, Mr. Moreno, and Mrs.
+Moody) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
+to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
+
+November 7, 2025
+
+Reported by Mr. Paul, with amendments
+[Omit the parts struck through and insert the parts printed in italic]
_______________________________________________________________________
@@ -42,10 +48,10 @@
Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101
note) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (4)(A)--
-(A) in clause (ii), by adding ``and'' and the end;
-and
+(A) in clause (ii), by adding ``or and'' and the
+end; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
-``(iii) includes other transaction
+``(iii) includesinclude other transaction
agreements;''; and
(2) in paragraph (7)--
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``(2)(A)(i)''
@@ -60,7 +66,7 @@
the Secretary shall ensure that, with respect to the website
established under section 2, or any successor website--
``(1) data relating to other transaction agreements is
-automatically transmitted to the website, and
+automatically transmitted to the website,; and
``(2) a centralized view of the data described in paragraph
(1) is available on the website.''.
(c) Annual Report on Unreported Funding.--Section 2 of the Federal
@@ -131,17 +137,19 @@
(1) in paragraph (1)--
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by
striking ``each Federal agency'' and inserting ``each
-agency described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section
-901(b) of title 31, United States Code'';
+agency described in paragraphs (1) and (2) paragraph
+(1) or (2) of section 901(b) of title 31, United States
+Code'';
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``Federal
agency'' and inserting ``agency''; and
(C) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``Federal
agency'' and inserting ``agency''; and
(2) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:
``(2) Deadlines.--The inspector general of each agency
-described in paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 901(b) of title
-31, United States Code, shall submit to Congress and make
-publicly available a report described in paragraph (1)(B)--
+described in paragraphs (1) and (2) paragraph (1) or (2) of
+section 901(b) of title 31, United States Code, shall submit to
+Congress and make publicly available a report described in
+paragraph (1)(B)--
``(A) not later than 1 year after the date of
enactment of the Stop Secret Spending Act of 2025; and
``(B) not less than frequently than once every 2
@@ -213,7 +221,28 @@
Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the
Comptroller General of the United States shall make recommendations for
any updates the Comptroller General of the United States determines
-advisable to clause 52.204.10 of the Federal Acquisition Regulation
-with respect to incorporating requirements under the Federal Funding
-Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note).
-<all>
+advisable to clause 52.204.10 52.204--10 of the Federal Acquisition
+Regulation with respect to incorporating requirements under the Federal
+Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101
+note).
+Calendar No. 265
+
+119th CONGRESS
+
+1st Session
+
+S. 872
+
+_______________________________________________________________________
+
+A BILL
+
+To amend the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of
+2006 to ensure that other transaction agreements are reported to
+USAspending.gov, and for other purposes.
+
+_______________________________________________________________________
+
+November 7, 2025
+
+Reported with amendments
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