Stop Secret Spending Act of 2025
Introduced
Moved
Reached a final decision
Introduced 2025-03-05
Derived from the official record below.
Officially: “Stop Secret Spending Act of 2025” Read the full text
Government Operations and Politics
What it does
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, contract
Summary by the Congressional Research Service, from the official record. Plain-language AI rewrite coming. Not legal advice.
Where it is
Introduced · 2025-03-05
In the Senate.
Committee hearing · 2026-03-18
Passed the Senate · 2026-06-10
House floor vote · next
Official documents
Full bill textread it on this site, version es (Engrossed in Senate), as published by GovInfo
officialCongressional Budget Office cost estimatewhat it would cost, by the nonpartisan CBO
officialThe on-site text is shown verbatim from the GovInfo publication, captured 2026-07-23. The same version at GovInfo.
The numbers
29%
of bills that passed one chamber became law in the 118th Congress, 2023 to 2024 (n=939)
6
sponsors, out of 51 needed to pass
Who is lobbying on this
NEBRASKA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATIONvia NEBRASKA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
6 filingsGOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECTvia GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT
1 filingPROJECT ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHTvia PROJECT ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT
1 filingFrom 8 filings in federal lobbying disclosures (LDA), via lda.gov, naming this bill (2025 to 2026). Filings are self-reported by lobbying firms and show who is paid to influence this bill. They do not say which side, or whether it worked.
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record. Last action: Held at the desk. (2026-06-15).