S. 872 Passed the Senate Government Operations and Politics

Stop Secret Spending Act of 2025

A bill to amend the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 to ensure that other transaction agreements are reported to USAspending.gov, and for other purposes.

  1. Introduced
  2. Committee
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. To President
  6. Became law
Sponsor Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] Introduced March 5, 2025 Cosponsors 5 (3 R, 2 D) Latest action June 15, 2026

Summary

Stop Secret Spending Act of 2025
This bill expands a requirement for federal agencies to report expenditures on the USAspending.gov website to include other transaction agreement expenditures. (Other transaction agreements, or OTAs, are contractual instruments other than standard procurement contracts, grants, or cooperative agreements; they are exempt from many federal procurement laws and regulations).
Under current law, federal agencies must report expenditures on federal awards to USAspending.gov with the term federal award defined as federal grants, loans, cooperative agreements, contracts, and certain other types of expenditures. This bill expands the definition of federal award to include expenditures under OTAs, and therefore such expenditures must be included on the USAspending.gov website. 
The Department of the Treasury must ensure that data relating to OTAs are automatically transmitted to the website and a centralized view of this data is available on the website. Treasury must also annually post on the USAspending.gov website a report that includes (1) the total amount of federal spending on federal awards for which data has not been posted on the website, and (2) the reason why such spending data was not posted.
For 10 years after enactment, the Office of Inspector General of specified federal agencies must periodically submit to Congress and make publicly available a report assessing the agency's spending data and use of data standards.

Summary by the Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress.

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Actions

  1. Jun 15, 2026 Held at the desk.
  2. Jun 15, 2026 Received in the House.
  3. Jun 12, 2026 Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  4. Jun 10, 2026 Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2721-2723; text: CR S2722-2723)
  5. Jun 10, 2026 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent.
  6. Mar 18, 2026 Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
  7. Nov 7, 2025 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 265.
  8. Nov 7, 2025 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Paul with amendments. Without written report.
  9. Jul 30, 2025 Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  10. Mar 5, 2025 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  11. Mar 5, 2025 Introduced in Senate

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