119th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 872Stop 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.

Government operations and politics
Introduced Mar 5, 2025
Last action Jun 15, 2026
Pipeline · Bill → Law
Step 1
Introduced
Mar 5, 2025
Step 2
Referred
Mar 5, 2025
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs · Small Business and Entrepreneurship
Step 3
Committee
Jul 30, 2025
Reported out
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Senate
Jun 10, 2026
Passed Senate w/ Changes
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House floor
Moves to House
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Resolve Changes
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Signed
SummaryCRS Summary

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, an...

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