Stop Secret Spending Act of 2025
Signed into law Sep 11, 2026 · Government Operations and Politics
What this law does
- Requires federal agencies to report spending under "other transaction agreements," a type of contract exempt from many purchasing rules, on USAspending.gov.
- Requires the Treasury to send this data to the website automatically and show it in one central place.
- Requires the Treasury to post a yearly report on federal award spending missing from the website and why.
- Requires inspectors general at certain agencies to report publicly on their agencies' spending data for 10 years.
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How it became law
- IntroducedMar 11, 2025 · House
- 496 daysPassed HouseJul 20, 2026
- 18 daysPassed SenateAug 7, 2026
- 27 daysPresented to the PresidentSep 3, 2026
- 8 daysSigned into lawSep 11, 2026
Official 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 nonpartisan Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Mar 11, 2025).
Who wrote it
Sponsor: Rep. Moore, Barry [R-AL-1]
3 cosponsors: 2 Democrats, 1 Republicans. 2 signed on the day it was introduced, 1 joined later.
Show all cosponsors
| Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|
| Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19] | Mar 11, 2025 | Original cosponsor |
| Rep. Goodlander, Maggie [D-NH-2] | Mar 11, 2025 | Original cosponsor |
| Rep. Hageman, Harriet M. [R-WY-At Large] | Apr 7, 2025 |
Recorded votes
No recorded roll-call votes. It passed by voice vote or unanimous consent, where individual votes are not recorded.
What was added
Amendments adopted (0)
No floor amendments were adopted. Any changes were made in committee or in a later version of the bill.
Sections in the final law that were not in the first version (Introduced in House) (0)
None. Every section heading in the final law was already in the first version (Introduced in House).
What was removed
Sections in the first version (Introduced in House) that did not make it into the law (0)
None. Every section heading from the first version (Introduced in House) remains in the law.
Compared by section heading between the Introduced in House text (Mar 11, 2025) and the Enrolled Bill text, both from GovInfo. Wording changes inside a section that kept its heading are not shown here; see the amendments and the text versions.
Proposed but not adopted
No amendments were voted down or withdrawn.
Full action history
Show all 21 official actions
| Sep 11, 2026 | Signed by President. |
| Sep 11, 2026 | Signed by President. |
| Sep 11, 2026 | Became Public Law No: 119-106. |
| Sep 11, 2026 | Became Public Law No: 119-106. |
| Sep 3, 2026 | Presented to President. |
| Sep 3, 2026 | Presented to President. |
| Aug 10, 2026 | Message on Senate action sent to the House. |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. |
| Aug 7, 2026 | Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S4547) |
| Jul 21, 2026 | Received in the Senate, read twice. |
| Jul 20, 2026 | Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. |
| Jul 20, 2026 | Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4657-4658) |
| Jul 20, 2026 | On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4657-4658) |
| Jul 20, 2026 | DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 2069. |
| Jul 20, 2026 | Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4657-4659) |
| Jul 20, 2026 | Mr. Burlison moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill. |
| Mar 18, 2026 | Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held |
| Mar 18, 2026 | Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 40 - 0. |
| Mar 11, 2025 | Introduced in House |
| Mar 11, 2025 | Introduced in House |
| Mar 11, 2025 | Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. |
Sources: Congress.gov (bill record, sponsors, actions, amendments, CRS summary) and GovInfo (official text). Days are calendar days.