Checkoff Transparency Act
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became Law
Overview
This bill, the Checkoff Transparency Act, aims to increase public access to information about how commodity promotion programs are run. It requires the Secretary of Agriculture to publish details about audits, budgets, and evaluation results for commodity boards on the Department of Agriculture’s website. The goal is to provide greater transparency into how these funds are used and managed.
Key provisions
- Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to publish audit reports from commodity boards.
- Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to publish commodity board activities and budgets.
- Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to publish results of periodic independent evaluations.
- Information must be published on the Department of Agriculture’s website.
- Initial publication includes data for the five full fiscal years preceding the bill’s enactment.
- Ongoing publication includes data for each subsequent fiscal year.
Who is affected
- Commodity Boards
- Department of Agriculture
- Consumers
- Farmers
- Taxpayers
Notable changes
- Mandates the publication of detailed information about commodity board operations and finances.
- Establishes a timeline for the publication of this information.
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