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H.R. 3609: Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act

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H.R. 3609: Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act

112th Congress · introduced 2011-12-08 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Committee on House Administration discharged.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2011-12-08 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Lankford, James [R-OK-5] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Committee on House Administration discharged. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act

Plain summary

Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act - Requires the head of each federal agency, on an annual basis, to: (1) identify and describe every program administered by such agency; (2) determine the total administrative expenses and expenditures for services for each program; (3) estimate the number of clients served by each program and the beneficiaries who received assistance under each program; (4) estimate the number of full-time federal and contract employees who administer each program; and (5) identify federal programs with duplicative or overlapping missions, services, and allowable uses of funds. Requires each agency head to publish on the agency website, not later than February 1 of each fiscal year, the information required by this Act, the latest performance reviews of each agency program, improper payment rates, the total amount of undisbursed grant funding remaining in grant accounts, and recommendations for consolidating duplicative or overlapping programs, eliminating waste and inefficiency, and terminating lower priority, outdated, and unnecessary programs and initiatives. Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), not later than February 1 of each fiscal year, to publish on the OMB website a report that contains: (1) an identification of programs across agencies with duplicative or overlapping missions, services, and allowable uses of funds; and (2) recommendations to consolidate duplicative programs, eliminate waste and inefficiency, and terminate lower priority, outdated, and unnecessary programs and initiatives. Declares that nothing in this Act shall be construed to require the disclosure of classified information.

Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House amended, Part I), quoted unchanged (nonpartisan). Read the source.

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Official text

Taxpayers Right-To-Know Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Reported to House amended, Part I)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Lankford, James [R-OK-5] · 26 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Austin Scott (R-GA), Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY), Tim Walberg (R-MI), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Virginia Foxx (R-NC), Tim Scott (R-SC)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Lankford, James [R-OK-5] reported raising $1.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Words on this page, explained (2)
Ballot initiative
A proposed law or constitutional amendment that citizens place on the ballot by gathering enough voter signatures, so voters decide it directly. About half the states allow some form of it.
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.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-hr3609 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112