S. 872 · Passed Senate · Government Operations and Politics

Stop Secret Spending Act of 2025

Sponsor: Joni Ernst (R-IA)

What it does

• Expands USAspending.gov reporting requirements to include expenditures under other transaction agreements (OTAs), which are currently exempt from standard federal procurement rules.
• Requires the Department of the Treasury to automatically transmit OTA spending data to USAspending.gov and maintain a centralized view of this data on the website.
• Mandates an annual Treasury report posted on USAspending.gov disclosing the total amount of federal spending data not yet posted and the reasons for non-disclosure.
• Directs Inspectors General from specified federal agencies to submit periodic reports to Congress and the public for 10 years assessing agency spending data quality and compliance with data standards.

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)…

Latest action

Jun 15, 2026: Held at the desk.

Committee: Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship