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119th Congress · S. 872 · Passed Origin

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.

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Sponsor

  • Sen. Ernst, Joni [R-IA] · [R-IA] · E000295
    Rep-IA current · 2 terms · @SenJoniErnst · 5 district offices

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Leadership roles (3)

  • Senate Republican Conference Vice Chair · senate · 2019-01-03 – 2021-01-03
  • Senate Republican Conference Vice Chair · senate · 2021-01-03 – 2023-01-03
  • Senate Republican Policy Committee Chair · senate · 2023-01-03 – 2025-01-03

Committee memberships (12)

  • Border Management, Federal Workforce, and Regulatory Affairs (senate) · senate · rank 4
  • Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology (senate) · senate · rank 5
  • Cybersecurity (senate) · senate · rank 3
  • Disaster Management, District of Columbia, and Census (senate) · senate · rank 3
  • Emerging Threats and Capabilities (senate) · senate · Chairman · rank 1
  • Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety (senate) · senate · rank 4
  • Personnel (senate) · senate · rank 2
  • Rural Development, Energy, and Credit (senate) · senate · Chairman · rank 1
  • Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (senate) · senate · rank 4 · site
  • Senate Committee on Armed Services (senate) · senate · rank 5 · site
  • Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (senate) · senate · rank 7 · site
  • Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (senate) · senate · Chairman · rank 1 · site

Social media

District offices (5)

  • 111 Seventh Ave. SE, Suite 480, Cedar Rapids, IA, 52401 · 319-365-4504 · fax 319-365-4683 · 8am-5pm CT · 41.9731139,-91.6645212
  • 201 W. Second St., Suite 806, Davenport, IA, 52801 · 563-322-0677 · fax 563-322-0854 · 8am-5pm CT · 41.5213296,-90.5758645
  • 210 Walnut Street, Suite 733, 733 Federal Building, Des Moines, IA, 50309 · 515-284-4574 · fax 515-284-4937 · 41.5864152,-93.6201531
  • 320 Sixth Street, Suite 194, Federal Building, Sioux City, IA, 51101 · 712-252-1550 · fax 712-252-1638 · 42.4960349,-96.40757239999999
  • 2146 27 th Avenue, Suite 500, Council Bluffs, IA, 51501 · 712-352-1167 · fax 712-352-0087 · 41.2357527,-95.8756275

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Candidate record (candidates) · cycle 2026

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ERNST, JONI K
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2025-04-16
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2025-04-16
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Candidate summary (candidate_summaries) · cycle 2026

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2026
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$6,959,698.97
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$5,553,636.22
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$1,934,477.68
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Connected committees (0)

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Cosponsors (5)

  • Sen. Peters, Gary C. [D-MI] · [D-MI] · P000595 · Co-sponsored 2025-03-05 · original
    Dem-MI current · 5 terms · @SenGaryPeters · 7 district offices
  • Sen. Lankford, James [R-OK] · [R-OK] · L000575 · Co-sponsored 2025-03-05 · original
    Rep-OK current · 5 terms · @SenatorLankford · 2 district offices
  • Sen. Moreno, Bernie [R-OH] · [R-OH] · M001242 · Co-sponsored 2025-03-05 · original
    Rep-OH current · 1 term · @berniemoreno · 3 district offices
  • Sen. Moody, Ashley [R-FL] · [R-FL] · M001244 · Co-sponsored 2025-07-30
    Rep-FL current · 1 term · 6 district offices
  • Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] · [D-NH] · H001076 · Co-sponsored 2025-12-17
    Dem-NH current · 2 terms · @SenatorHassan · 4 district offices

Committees (2)

  • Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee [Senate Standing]
    2026-03-18T18:30:02ZHearings By (full committee)
  • Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee [Senate Standing]
    2025-11-07T18:41:53ZReported By
    2025-07-30T14:00:18ZMarkup By
    2025-03-05T21:18:32ZReferred To

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  • 2026-06-15 10:49:25FloorH15000via House floor actions
    Held at the desk.
  • 2026-06-15 10:32:48FloorH14000via House floor actions
    Received in the House.
  • 2026-06-12Floorvia Senate
    Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  • 2026-06-10Floorvia Senate
    Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S2721-2723; text: CR S2722-2723)
  • 2026-06-10Floor17000via Library of Congress
    Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate with amendments by Unanimous Consent.
  • 2026-03-18Committeevia Senate
    Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship. Hearings held.
  • 2025-11-07Calendarsvia Senate
    Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 265.
  • 2025-11-07Committeevia Senate
    Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Paul with amendments. Without written report.
  • 2025-11-07Committee14000via Library of Congress
    Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Paul with amendments. Without written report.
  • 2025-07-30Committeevia Senate
    Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
  • 2025-03-05IntroReferralvia Senate
    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
  • 2025-03-05IntroReferral10000via Library of Congress
    Introduced in Senate

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Titles

  • Display Title2026-06-13T11:03:28Z
    Stop Secret Spending Act of 2025
  • Short Title(s) as Passed SenateESS2026-06-11T03:08:22Z
    Stop Secret Spending Act of 2025
  • Short Title(s) as Reported to SenateRSS2025-11-11T06:53:14Z
    Stop Secret Spending Act of 2025
  • Short Title(s) as IntroducedIS2025-03-07T16:38:23Z
    Stop Secret Spending Act of 2025
  • Official Title as IntroducedIS2025-03-07T16:33:23Z
    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.

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00 · 2025-03-05 · Introduced in Senate

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.

Related bills

  • HR 2069 (119) Stop Secret Spending Act of 2025
    Latest: 2026-09-11 — Signed by President.
    Relationship: Identical bill (via CRS), Related bill (via House)
  • S 4378 (119) Protecting American Taxpayers Act
    Latest: 2026-04-27 — Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 401.
    Relationship: Related bill (via CRS)

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  • S. 872, Stop Secret Spending Act of 20252025-11-12T19:34:00Z
    As reported by the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on November 7, 2025

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