# 119-hr-1387: COST Act

119-hr-1387, COST Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5] (R-SC); status introduced; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-04-21).

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- As of: 2026-04-21
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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-1387
- Congress: 119
- Title: COST Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-02-14
- Sponsor: Rep. Norman, Ralph [R-SC-5] (R-SC)
- Cosponsors: 3
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: yes
- Last recorded action: 2026-04-21

## Summary

**Federal funding disclosure** would be mandatory for virtually any program, project, or activity paid for in whole or in part with federal money. The bill would require agencies and all recipients to include clear funding breakdowns in public-facing documents and add OMB oversight to check compliance. - Agencies and recipients would have to show the share of costs paid by federal funds, the dollar amount of federal funds, and the share and dollar amount paid by nongovernmental sources. This disclosure must appear in press releases, requests for proposals, solicitations, and similar documents and must be certified as part of performance progress reporting; communications of 280 characters or less are exempt. - The Director of the Office of Management and Budget would have to annually review a random sample of public communications and publish the findings. The Director would also have to set up an anonymous reporting mechanism within one year for people to flag noncompliant communications. - State and local governments and recipients of federal research grants are explicitly covered, so many grant-funded projects would need to add these funding statements to public materials. - The public would get clearer, standardized information on who pays for programs, and people could anonymously report missing disclosures.

## Cosponsors (3)

- Rep. Weber, Randy K. Sr. [R-TX-14] (R-TX), 2025-02-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Self, Keith [R-TX-3] (R-TX), 2025-02-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Edwards, Chuck [R-NC-11] (R-NC), 2025-02-21T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New disclosure rules for federally funded projects: mixed, medium. If enacted, federal agencies, states and localities, and research grantees would face new disclosure rules. In public documents about a federally funded program—except posts with 280 characters or less—they would need to show three things: the share paid by federal funds, the federal dollar amount,…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-2395: SHORT Act
- 119-hr-1623: SCREEN Act
- 119-hr-22: SAVE Act
- 119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act
- 119-hr-1301: Death Tax Repeal Act
- 119-hr-703: Main Street Tax Certainty Act

## Sources
- [119-hr-1387 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/1387)

## Related
- [119-hr-2395: SHORT Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2395)
- [119-hr-1623: SCREEN Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1623)
- [119-hr-22: SAVE Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-22)
- [119-hr-9237: Take Care of America’s Veterans Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-9237)
- [119-hr-1301: Death Tax Repeal Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1301)
- [119-hr-703: Main Street Tax Certainty Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-703)
- [All bills in Congress](https://policyrisk.com/legislation)

Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1387 (as of 2026-04-21).