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H.R. 4685 · 107th Congress · enacted

Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002

Became Public Law No: 107-289.

Latest official action 2002-11-07 · Enacted

The bill, briefly

Accountability of Tax Dollars Act of 2002 - Requires executive agencies that are not otherwise required to submit annual audited financial statements (excluding Government corporations) to submit such statements to Congress and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget. (Allows the Director to waive such requirement for the first two fiscal years after enactment of this Act.) Exempts agencies from preparing such a statement for any fiscal year for which the total amount of budget authority available to the agency is less than $25 million.

Congressional Research Service · 2002-05-08

Who reported lobbying on this bill?

Amount spent specifically on this bill: not disclosed

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Politicians behind the bill

Sponsors and cosponsors from the official source, limited to members currently in office. Campaign amounts are cycle-wide and are not payments for this bill.

No current-officeholder sponsorship match is available. Historical sponsors may have left office.

11 of 11 source cosponsor records retrieved; only current officials and unwithdrawn sponsorships appear.

PAC donors to the listed sponsors

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What happened after enactment?

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Measured outcome: not established

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