{"format":1,"id":"117-hr-22","congress":117,"number":"H.R. 22","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Congressional Budget Justification Transparency Act of 2021","title_source":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","official_title":"To amend the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, to require the budget justifications and appropriation requests of agencies be made publicly available.","titles":[{"type":"Official Title as Introduced","title":"To amend the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006, to require the budget justifications and appropriation requests of agencies be made publicly available."},{"type":"Short Titles from RFS (Referred to Senate) bill text","title":"Congressional Budget Justification Transparency Act of 2021"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Congressional Budget Justification Transparency Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Congressional Budget Justification Transparency Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed House","title":"Congressional Budget Justification Transparency Act of 2021"}],"outcome":"passed_house","law_number":null,"introduced":"2021-01-04","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2021-01-05","vote":{"id":"117-2021-h9","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"Congressional Budget Justification Transparency Act of 2021","result":"Passed","yea":412,"nay":2,"present":0,"not_voting":16,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll009.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"na","date":null,"vote":null}},"president":{"status":"na","date":null},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.","date":"2021-01-06"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2021-01-05","stage":"Passed House","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Congressional Budget Justification Transparency Act of 2021"},{"k":"p","t":"This bill requires federal agencies to post budget justification materials on certain public websites, including a single searchable website (e.g., USAspending.gov) and each agency's website."},{"k":"p","t":"The materials most be posted in an open format that enables users to download individual reports, all reports in bulk, and the results of a search. In addition, the materials must be posted no later than two weeks after they are first submitted to Congress."},{"k":"p","t":"The bill also requires the Office of Management and Budget to maintain a public website that includes details regarding the materials, including a list of the agencies that submit budget justification materials to Congress, the dates that the materials were submitted to Congress and posted online, and links to the materials."}],"words":128},"summary":{"main_subject":{"text":"Requires federal agencies' unclassified budget justification materials to be posted online in open, downloadable formats, and requires the Office of Management and Budget to publish a list of those materials.","cites":[{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/22/text/eh#H809ABA694AC44CCDB585EB45355068F0"}]},"core_areas":["Public posting of agency budget justification materials","Federal funds information posted on the website established under the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006","Office of Management and Budget list of agency budget justifications","Agency website publication of budget justifications"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Rewrites section 3 of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 to require updated information to be posted on the website established under section 2 of that Act at least quarterly, and monthly when practicable.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/22/text/eh#H809ABA694AC44CCDB585EB45355068F0"}},{"text":"Requires posted information on funds to include, for each appropriations account, the amounts of budget authority appropriated, amounts obligated, unobligated balances, and any other budgetary resources.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/22/text/eh#H809ABA694AC44CCDB585EB45355068F0"}},{"text":"Requires posting of agencies' annual budget justification materials, excluding classified materials, for the second fiscal year beginning after enactment and each year after, and, to the extent practicable, for earlier years.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/22/text/eh#H809ABA694AC44CCDB585EB45355068F0"}},{"text":"Requires budget justification materials to be posted within 2 weeks after they are first submitted to Congress, as an open Government data asset that, to the extent practicable, users can download individually, in bulk, or as search results.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/22/text/eh#H809ABA694AC44CCDB585EB45355068F0"}},{"text":"Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to publish and continuously update a tabular list for each fiscal year of each agency submitting budget justification materials, with agency name, unique identifier, posting date, and web address.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/22/text/eh#H809ABA694AC44CCDB585EB45355068F0"}},{"text":"Requires each agency to make its budget justification materials available on its own website under policies set by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, in consultation with the Secretary of the Treasury, including a consistent web address format.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/22/text/eh#H809ABA694AC44CCDB585EB45355068F0"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Engrossed in House","date":"2021-01-05","rule":"passed","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/22/text/eh"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/22","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/house-bill/22/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-hr-22.png","v":"1852fd78df76","alt":"Votes on Record. H.R. 22, 117th Congress: Congressional Budget Justification Transparency Act of 2021. House: 412 Yea, 2 Nay. Outcome: Passed House, 5 Jan 2021."}}