{"format":1,"id":"117-s-272","congress":117,"number":"S. 272","kind":"bill","group":"bills","title":"Congressional Budget Justification Transparency Act of 2021","title_source":"Short Titles as Enacted","official_title":"A bill 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":"A bill 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 ENR (Enrolled) bill text","title":"Congressional Budget Justification Transparency Act of 2021"},{"type":"Display Title","title":"Congressional Budget Justification Transparency Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Titles as Passed House","title":"Congressional Budget Justification Transparency Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Titles as Enacted","title":"Congressional Budget Justification Transparency Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Reported to Senate","title":"Congressional Budget Justification Transparency Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Passed Senate","title":"Congressional Budget Justification Transparency Act of 2021"},{"type":"Short Title(s) as Introduced","title":"Congressional Budget Justification Transparency Act of 2021"}],"outcome":"became_law","law_number":"Public Law 117-40","introduced":"2021-02-08","chambers":{"house":{"status":"roll_call","date":"2021-08-23","vote":{"id":"117-2021-h256","question":"On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass","title":"Congressional Budget Justification Transparency Act","result":"Passed","yea":423,"nay":1,"present":0,"not_voting":7,"source":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll256.xml"}},"senate":{"status":"voice","date":"2021-06-24","vote":null,"how":"unanimous_consent","words":"Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent.(consideration: CR S4794-4795; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR S4794-4795)"}},"president":{"status":"signed","date":"2021-09-24"},"vice_president_tie_breaker":null,"latest_action":{"text":"Became Public Law No: 117-40.","date":"2021-09-24"},"nominees":null,"amendments":[],"other_votes":[],"crs_summary":{"date":"2021-09-24","stage":"Public Law","blocks":[{"k":"h","t":"Congressional Budget Justification Transparency Act of 2021"},{"k":"p","t":"This act 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 act 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' annual budget justification materials to be posted online in downloadable form, 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/senate-bill/272/text/enr#ida54fff82-e009-446c-8e76-3a3e82be964b:~:text=2.%20Public%20availability%20of%20budget%20justifications%20and"}]},"core_areas":["Public posting of agency budget justification materials","Federal funds information on the website under the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006","Office of Management and Budget list and data standards for agency budget justifications"],"what_it_does":[{"text":"Requires the Secretary, in consultation with the Director, to ensure updated federal funds information is posted on the website established under section 2 of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 at least quarterly, and monthly when practicable.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/272/text/enr#ida54fff82-e009-446c-8e76-3a3e82be964b:~:text=2.%20Public%20availability%20of%20budget%20justifications%20and"}},{"text":"Requires posted information for each appropriations account to include 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/senate-bill/272/text/enr#ida54fff82-e009-446c-8e76-3a3e82be964b:~:text=2.%20Public%20availability%20of%20budget%20justifications%20and"}},{"text":"Requires posting of agencies' annual budget justification materials for the second fiscal year beginning after enactment and each year after, and, to the extent practicable, earlier released ones, excluding materials that are classified, barred from disclosure by law, or exempt under 5 U.S.C. 552(b).","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/272/text/enr#ida54fff82-e009-446c-8e76-3a3e82be964b:~:text=2.%20Public%20availability%20of%20budget%20justifications%20and"}},{"text":"Requires budget justification materials to be posted within 2 weeks after first being submitted to Congress, as an open Government data asset, and to the extent practicable in a structured data format that allows individual and bulk downloads, including bulk downloads of search results.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/272/text/enr#ida54fff82-e009-446c-8e76-3a3e82be964b:~:text=2.%20Public%20availability%20of%20budget%20justifications%20and"}},{"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, including agency name, unique identifier, posting date, and the web address of the materials.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/272/text/enr#ida54fff82-e009-446c-8e76-3a3e82be964b:~:text=2.%20Public%20availability%20of%20budget%20justifications%20and"}},{"text":"Requires each agency to make its budget justification materials available on its own website, and requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to set policies and data standards within 1 year, including a consistent web address format such as agencyname.gov/budget.","cite":{"label":"Sec. 2","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/272/text/enr#ida54fff82-e009-446c-8e76-3a3e82be964b:~:text=2.%20Public%20availability%20of%20budget%20justifications%20and"}}],"unexpected":[],"version":{"type":"Enrolled Bill","date":null,"rule":"enrolled","href":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/272/text/enr"},"current":true,"model":"claude-sonnet-5-5","approved":"2026-10-15","approved_by":"checks"},"sources":{"congress_gov":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/272","text":"https://www.congress.gov/bill/117th-congress/senate-bill/272/text"},"card":{"image":"card/item/117-s-272.png","v":"b94948ca0bd1","alt":"Votes on Record. S. 272, 117th Congress: Congressional Budget Justification Transparency Act of 2021. House: 423 Yea, 1 Nay. Senate: unanimous consent. Outcome: Became law, 24 Sep 2021."}}