Federal Employee Bonus Disclosure Act

FEDERAL EMPLOYEE BONUS DISCLOSURE ACT

REP. MARK SANFORD

The federal government doled out $1.5 billion in bonuses last year (FY2016) but disclosed just $351 million to the American taxpayers footing the bill. What's missing? Approximately $1.1 billion in performance bonuses are withheld from disclosure due to anti-transparency language inserted into government union contracts. For example, the largest disclosed bonus didn't go to a rocket scientist or a doctor researching the cure to cancer. Instead, it went to the human resources (HR) manager at a small land management agency in San Francisco, California, called Presidio Trust, for $141,525.

This is ultimately our money, and we deserve to see the details of who's receiving what, where, when, and after how long. After all, we can't audit what we can't see. This bill will ultimately provide further transparency and help prevent financial waste.

This legislation would make all federal government employee bonuses available as public information, and would require reports to Congress on any performance based bonuses over $10,000.

For more information or to sign on as a cosponsor contact Paige Agostin at:

Date	Roll Call	Bill	Vote
12/21/2018	500	S.3628	Yea
12/21/2018	499	H.CON.RES.148	Yea
12/21/2018	497	H.R.7388	Yea
12/21/2018	496	S.3456	Present