H.R. 3262: Government Results Transparency Act

112th Congress · introduced 2011-10-26 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Ordered to be Reported.

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Where it came from: introduced 2011-10-26 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Guinta, Frank C. [R-NH-1] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title

Government Results Transparency Act

Plain summary

Government Results Transparency Act - Requires the head of each federal agency to submit to the Recovery Accountability and Transparency Board (RATB) all information concerning the agency's programs, priority goals, and results for publication online by RATB in its original format. Requires RATB to: (1) publish for each fiscal year the amount spent for each program identified by an agency and performance information for such program; (2) designate, by rule, common data elements (i.e., codes, identifiers, and fields) for information required to be reported by agencies; and (3) designate data reporting standards to govern agency reporting requirements.

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Official text

Government Results Transparency Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Guinta, Frank C. [R-NH-1] · 30 cosponsors

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Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Mike Kelly (R-PA), Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR), James Lankford (R-OK), Jim Jordan (R-OH), Scott DesJarlais (R-TN), Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ), Tim Scott (R-SC)

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Words on this page, explained (2)

Fiscal year: The 12-month period a government uses for its budget. The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30 and is named for the calendar year in which it ends. Most states use July 1 to June 30.
Rulemaking: The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112hr3262.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/hr>

Record fed-us-cong112-hr3262 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112