Stop Secret Spending Act of 2025
Latest action (11 Sep 2026): Signed by President.
What this bill does
H.R. 2069, the Stop Secret Spending Act of 2025, would amend the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 to require that "other transaction agreements" — a category of federal contracting instruments not always captured by standard procurement reporting — be automatically transmitted to USAspending.gov and displayed in a centralized view within three years of enactment. It also requires an annual public report on federal spending that has not been posted to the site, including reasons such as national security classification, legislative/judicial branch awards, or sub-awards below a primary threshold. Additional provisions tighten inspector general reporting deadlines, require agencies to ensure the accuracy of posted spending data, and direct GAO to recommend updates to a related federal acquisition regulation clause.
The bill primarily affects federal agencies that enter into other transaction agreements, the Treasury Department and Office of Management and Budget (which must implement the new reporting and data-quality requirements), and agency inspectors general. Indirectly, it affects the public and oversight bodies by expanding what federal spending data is disclosed on USAspending.gov.
Introduced March 11, 2025 by Rep. Barry Moore, the bill has now passed both the House and Senate — the Senate passed it without amendment by unanimous consent on August 7, 2026. It next goes to the President, who may sign it into law or veto it.
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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.
Timeline
11 Sep 2026
Signed by President.
7 Aug 2026
Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
20 Jul 2026
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by voice vote.
18 Mar 2026
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 40 - 0.
Common questions
- What does H.R. 2069 do?
- H.R. 2069, the Stop Secret Spending Act of 2025, would amend the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 to require that "other transaction agreements" — a category of federal contracting instruments not always captured by standard procurement reporting — be automatically transmitted to USAspending.gov and displayed in a centralized view within three years of enactment. It also requires an annual public report on federal spending that has not been posted to the site, including reasons such as national security classification, legislative/judicial branch awards, or sub-awards below a primary threshold. Additional provisions tighten inspector general reporting deadlines, require agencies to ensure the accuracy of posted spending data, and direct GAO to recommend updates to a related federal acquisition regulation clause. The bill primarily affects federal agencies that enter into other transaction agreements, the Treasury Department and Office of Management and Budget (which must implement the new reporting and data-quality requirements), and agency inspectors general. Indirectly, it affects the public and oversight bodies by expanding what federal spending data is disclosed on USAspending.gov. Introduced March 11, 2025 by Rep. Barry Moore, the bill has now passed both the House and Senate — the Senate passed it without amendment by unanimous consent on August 7, 2026. It next goes to the President, who may sign it into law or veto it.
- Has H.R. 2069 become law?
- Yes. H.R. 2069 has been enacted. Status last updated 11 Sep 2026.
- Who sponsored H.R. 2069?
- H.R. 2069 was sponsored by Rep. Barry Moore [R-AL1] (Republican-AL), with 3 cosponsors.
- What's the latest action on H.R. 2069?
- Signed by President. (11 Sep 2026).
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