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H.R. 2061 (113th): Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2013

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The DATA Act would require the Treasury Department to create government-wide data standards for agency financial reports, payments, budget actions, contract reporting, and grant reporting, direct agencies to use those data standards, and mandate that information be published online. Once it is fully implemented, the DATA Act will be the most significant federal transparency reform since President Johnson signed the Freedom of Information Act in 1967. This comprehensive House bill contains an accountability platform that was removed from the Senate's companion legislation S. 994. The provision would expand the mandate of the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board's Recovery Operations Center, which used open data analytics to eliminate potential waste and fraud in stimulus spending, to cover all federal disbursements rather than just stimulus grants and contracts. --- summary from the …

Sponsor and status

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Darrell Issa

Sponsor. Representative for California's 49th congressional district. Republican.

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Last Updated: Nov 19, 2013
Length: 32 pages
Introduced
May 21, 2013
113th Congress (2013–2015)
Status
Died in a previous Congress

This bill was introduced in a previous session of Congress and was passed by the House on November 18, 2013 but was never passed by the Senate.

Although this bill was not enacted, its provisions could have become law by being included in another bill. It is common for legislative text to be introduced concurrently in multiple bills (called companion bills), re-introduced in subsequent sessions of Congress in new bills, or added to larger bills (sometimes called omnibus bills).

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10 Cosponsors (5 Republicans, 5 Democrats)

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History

May 21, 2013
 
Introduced

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May 22, 2013
 
Ordered Reported

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Nov 18, 2013
 
Passed House (Senate next)

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H.R. 2061 (113th) was a bill in the United States Congress.

A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.

Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number H.R. 2061. This is the one from the 113th Congress.

This bill was introduced in the 113th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2013 to Jan 2, 2015. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.

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