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(This measure has not been amended since it was reported to the House on July 2, 2012. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Sequestration Transparency Act of 2012 - Requires the President, within 30 days after the enactment of this Act, to submit to Congress a detailed report on the implementation of certain discretionary reductions (in security and nonsecurity categories) and nonexempt direct spending reductions in the sequestration ordered by the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) for FY2013 on January 2, 2013.
(The Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act was amended by the Budget Control Act of 2011 to revise the discretionary spending limits and reduce the discretionary appropriations and direct spending specified in the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act unless a joint committee bill achieving an amount greater than $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction would be enacted by January 15, 2012.)
Requires the head of each executive agency, upon the request of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) (in assisting the President in preparation of the report), to provide to the Director promptly any information at the program, project, and activity level necessary for the Director to prepare the report.
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 5872 as public Law on Aug 7, 2012. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
House Jul 18, 2012
Sequestration Transparency Act of 2012
Passed · Two-thirds required
414 Yea 2 Nay 15 not voting
Crossed both parties 2 of 416 voting members broke with their own party: 2 Democrats.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
431 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 5872 and vote against it. 39 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 5872 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
99 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.