1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Taxpayer Transparency Act of 2017 . 2. Requirements for printed materials and advertisements by Federal agencies (a) Requirement To identify funding source for communication funded by Federal agency Each communication funded by a Federal agency that is an advertisement, or that provides information about any Federal Government program, benefit, or service, shall clearly state— (1) in the case of a printed communication, including mass mailings, signs, and billboards, that the communication is printed or published at taxpayer expense; and (2) in the case of a communication transmitted through radio, television, the internet, or any means other than the means referred to in paragraph (1), that the communication is produced or disseminated at taxpayer expense. (b) Additional requirements (1) Printed communication Any printed communication described in subsection (a)(1) shall— (A) be of sufficient type size to be clearly readable by the recipient of the communication; (B) to the extent feasible, be contained in a printed box set apart from the other contents of the communication; and (C) to the extent feasible, be printed with a reasonable degree of color contrast between the background and the printed statement. (2) Radio, television, and internet communication (A) Audio communication Any audio communication described in subsection (a)(2) shall include an audio statement that communicates the information required under that subsection in a clearly spoken manner. (B) Video communication Any video communication described in subsection (a)(2) shall include a statement with the information referred to under that subsection— (i) that is conveyed in a clearly spoken manner; (ii) that is conveyed by a voice-over or screen view of the person making the statement