1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Cost of Services and Translations Act or the COST Act . 2. Purposes The purposes of this Act are— (1) to create a new appendix within each agency’s annual performance and accountability report detailing any cost associated with providing multilingual services, such as verbal, written, or other services in languages other than English; (2) to end speculation on the current cost of providing multilingual services; (3) to provide for more transparency in the Federal Government’s accounting practices, and to determine the effectiveness of agency programs, policies, and procedures; and (4) to provide for more accountability with the use of taxpayer money. 3. Multilingual Services Accounting Information Requirement (a) Multilingual services accounting information Chapter 9 of title 31, United States Code, is amended— (1) in section 902(a)(6)— (A) by striking and at the end of subparagraph (D); (B) by redesignating subparagraph (E) as subparagraph (F); and (C) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following: (E) effective for each of the fiscal years beginning on or after October 1, 2017, the multilingual services accounting information of the agency for such fiscal year in accordance with the guidance issued under section 3517 of this title and the procedures of OMB Circular No. A–11, part 6 (as in effect on the date of the enactment of this subparagraph) and OMB Circular No. A–136 (as in effect on the date of the enactment of this subparagraph); and ; and (2) by adding at the end the following: 904. Definitions. In this chapter: (1) Multilingual services The term multilingual services includes— (A) the services provided by interpreters hired by an agency; (B) the services provided by an agency associated with assisting agency employees or contractors learn a language other than English that result in additional expenses, wages, or salaries, or changes to expenses, wages, or salaries, for the agency or agency employees or contractors