S.Amdt. 481

SA 481. Mrs. McCASKILL (for herself and Mr. Carper) submitted an
amendment intended to be proposed to amendment SA 98 proposed by Mr.
Inouye (for himself and Mr. Baucus) to the bill H.R. 1, making
supplemental appropriations for job preservation and creation,
infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, assistance to
the unemployed, and State and local fiscal stabilization, for fiscal
year ending September 30, 2009, and for other purposes; which was
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 422, strike lines 4 through 14, and insert the
following:
(4) The website shall include a link to the website
established and maintained by the Office of Management and
Budget under section 1551.
On page 422, line 15, strike ``(6)'' and insert ``(5)''.
On page 422, line 18, strike ``(7)'' and insert ``(6)''.
On page 428, between lines 11 and 12, insert the following:

Subtitle D--Recovery, Accountability, and Transparency Website

SEC. 1551. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE RECOVERY, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND
TRANSPARENCY WEBSITE.

(a) In General.--The Director of the Office of Management
and Budget shall establish and maintain the Recovery,
Accountability, and Transparency Website to foster greater
accountability and transparency in the use of covered funds.
(b) Date of Establishment.--The Director shall establish
the website required under this section not later than 30
days after the date of enactment of this Act.

SEC. 1552. WEBSITE.

(a) Purpose.--The website established and maintained under
section 1551 shall be a publicly available portal or gateway
to provide the public full transparency and accountability of
covered funds with timely availability of information and
accounting of covered funds expended at the Federal, State,
and local level.
(b) Content and Function.--In establishing the website
established and maintained under section 1551, the Director
of the Office of Management and Budget shall ensure the
following:
(1) The website shall include information on relevant,
economic, financial, grant, and contract information in user-
friendly visual presentations.
(2) At a minimum, the website shall include detailed
information on government contracts and grants, including
Federal, State, and local contracts and grants and any
subsequent subcontracts, including those made by 1 private
entity to another, that expend covered funds to include--
(A) information about the competitiveness of the
contracting process;
(B) notification of solicitations for contracts to be
awarded;
(C) information about the process that was used for the
award of contracts;
(D) information about the recipient of the contract to
include the scope and statement of work under the contract;
(E) the dollar value of the contract;
(F) an estimate of the jobs sustained or created through
execution of the contract including an explanation of the
estimate;
(G) an estimate of the start date for any project using
covered funds and a corresponding end date for the project;
(H) information confirming the certification required under
section 1605 for the receipt of any covered funds; and
(I) any other information as the Director determines
necessary.
(3) The website shall be fully available to the public.
(4) Information included on the website shall be available
in printable formats, to include information on covered funds
obligated in each State and each congressional district.
(5) The website shall provide the information required
under paragraph (2) not later than 30 days after the
obligation or award of funds.
(6) The website shall be searchable by project type,
geographic region, level of government executions and as
otherwise determined necessary by the Director.
(7) The website shall include appropriate links to other
Government websites with information concerning covered funds
including, at a minimum, the Board website established under
section 1519.
(c) Compliance.--
(1) In general.--Not later than 180 days after the date of
enactment of this Act, as a condition of receipt of funds
under this Act, each agency shall require any recipient of
such funds, whether from a Federal, State, or local contract
or grant or otherwise, to provide the information required
under subsection (b)(2).
(2) Information provided by recipients.--All information
required to be made by recipients of covered funds under
paragraph (1) shall be--
(A) provided not later than 30 days after the receipt of
such funds; and
(B) updated not later than 30 days after any material
changes in the execution of such funds.
(3) User-friendly means for compliance.--In coordination
with agencies and State and local governments, the Director
of the Office of Management and Budget shall provide for
user-friendly means for recipients of covered funds to meet
the requirements of this subsection.
(d) Waiver.--The Director of the Office of Management and
Budget may exclude posting contractual or other information
on the website on a case-by-case basis when necessary to
protect national security.
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