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H.R. 3830: Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act

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To provide taxpayers with an improved understanding of Government programs through the disclosure of cost, performance, and areas of duplication among them, leverage existing data to achieve a functional Federal program inventory, and for other purposes.

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Sponsor and status

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Tim Walberg

Sponsor. Representative for Michigan's 7th congressional district. Republican.

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Last Updated: Feb 10, 2020
Length: 15 pages
Introduced
Jul 18, 2019
116th Congress (2019–2021)
Status

Passed House (Senate next) on Feb 5, 2020

This bill passed in the House on February 5, 2020 and goes to the Senate next for consideration.

Prognosis
3% chance of being enacted according to Skopos Labs (details)
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Congress.gov

Position statements

What legislators are saying

“House Passes Walberg Bill to Increase Transparency in Federal Spending”
    — Rep. Tim Walberg [R-MI7] (Sponsor) on Feb 6, 2020

“Cooper Spending Transparency Bill Passes House”
    — Rep. Jim Cooper [D-TN5] (Co-sponsor) on Feb 5, 2020

“THIS WEEK IN CONGRESS - February 07, 2020”
    — Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP0] on Feb 10, 2020

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What stakeholders are saying

R Street Institute SpendingTracker.org estimates H.R. 3830 will add $10 million in new spending through 2024.

History

Jan 11, 2016
 
Earlier Version — Passed House (Senate next)

This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 598 (114th).
Jan 4, 2017
 
Earlier Version — Passed House (Senate next)

This activity took place on a related bill, H.R. 71 (115th).
Jul 18, 2019
 
Introduced

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Dec 19, 2019
 
Considered by House Committee on Oversight and Reform

A committee held a hearing or business meeting about the bill.

Feb 5, 2020
 
Passed House (Senate next)

The bill was passed in a vote in the House. It goes to the Senate next. The vote was by voice vote so no record of individual votes was made.

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Passed Senate

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Signed by the President

H.R. 3830 is 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. 3830. This is the one from the 116th Congress.

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