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Adds a Members-only link on the public federal awards website so Senators, Representatives, Delegates, and the Resident Commissioner can access up-to-date federal awards information in real time. The Office of Management and Budget must create that secure hyperlink within six months of enactment and may include information about individual recipients and Federal employees where the term “recipients” applies. The change is an administrative transparency measure that directs OMB to provide a private access point for Members of Congress to view federal awards data; it does not appropriate new funds or change the underlying award reporting rules.
The Director shall establish on the website a separate hyperlink which will be accessible solely to Members of Congress through which Members of Congress may obtain real-time access to updated versions of the information contained on the website.
For purposes of providing information to Members of Congress through the separate hyperlink, the term (referring to entities in subsection (a)(2)(C)) shall include an individual recipient of Federal assistance and a Federal employee.
Defines “Member of Congress” in this subsection to mean a Senator or a Representative in, or Delegate or Resident Commissioner to, the Congress.
Section 2(c)(4) of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 is amended by striking the period at the end and inserting the following: . (Text appears as written in the section.)
The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall establish the hyperlink required under section 2(b)(5) not later than 6 months after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Primary effect: Members of Congress and their offices will gain a centralized, members-only access point to current federal awards information, which should make legislative oversight, constituent inquiries, and review of federal assistance more efficient. Implementation effect: OMB must set up the secure link and access controls within six months and coordinate with agencies providing awards data; this creates a modest administrative and IT workload for OMB and potentially for data-providing agencies. Privacy and legal effect: making individual recipient or federal employee information available through a members-only channel raises privacy and security questions; OMB needs to ensure compliance with Privacy Act requirements, sensitive data protections, and any limits on disclosure of personally identifiable information. Budgetary effect: the provision does not appropriate funds or authorize new spending; OMB is expected to carry out the work within existing resources unless agencies allocate new funding. Broader implications: increases congressional access to consolidated awards data, enhancing oversight capacity but requiring careful handling of sensitive information and reliable real-time data feeds.
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Last progress June 4, 2025 (8 months ago)
Introduced on June 4, 2025 by Charles Roy