On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — H R 22 — Congressional Budget Justification Transparency Act of 2021

In plain language

• This House bill from the 117th Congress is titled the Congressional Budget Justification Transparency Act of 2021.
• Official subject tags include appropriations, the budget process, congressional oversight, economics and public finance, agency structure, government ethics and transparency, government information, and energy.
• The official summary says federal agencies would have to post budget-justification materials on certain public websites, including a single searchable site such as USAspending.gov and each agency’s own site.
• The materials would have to be in an open format so users can download individual reports, all reports in bulk, and search results, and would have to be posted no later than two weeks after they are first sent to Congress.
• The Office of Management and Budget would keep a public website listing which agencies submit budget-justification materials to Congress, the dates the materials were submitted and posted, and links to them.