3.0.0 3433 2022-03-02T05:25:07Z 2022-03-02T05:25:07Z House H HR 2011-11-16 112 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. LANKFORD:H.R. 3433.Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article 1, Section 9No Money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but inConsequence of Appropriations made by Law; and a regularStatement and Account of the Receipts and Expenditures of allpublic Money shall be published from time to time.[Page H7714]]]> hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Reported by 2012-05-16T22:37:49Z Markup by 2011-11-17T16:36:33Z Referred to 2011-11-16T15:00:05Z H. Rept. 112-484 2012-05-16 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 339. Calendars H12410 2 House floor actions U00339 2012-05-16 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 112-484. Committee H12200 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2012-05-16 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. H. Rept. 112-484. Committee 5000 9 Library of Congress hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2011-11-17 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote. Committee 2011-11-17 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2011-11-16 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2011-11-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2011-11-16 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress L000575 Rep. Lankford, James [R-OK-5] James Lankford R OK 5 N I000056 Rep. Issa, Darrell E. [R-CA-49] DARRELL ISSA R CA E. 49 2011-11-16 True K000376 Rep. Kelly, Mike [R-PA-3] Mike Kelly R PA 3 2011-11-16 True M001181 Rep. Meehan, Patrick [R-PA-7] Patrick Meehan R PA 7 2011-11-16 True P000596 Resident Commissioner Pierluisi, Pedro R. [D-PR-At Large] Pedro Pierluisi D PR R. 0 2011-11-16 True S001184 Rep. Scott, Tim [R-SC-1] Tim Scott R SC 1 2012-04-26 False Government Operations and Politics Accounting and auditing Administrative law and regulatory procedures Education programs funding Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Government ethics and transparency, public corruption Government information and archives Health programs administration and funding Housing and community development funding Humanities programs funding Law enforcement administration and funding Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Research administration and funding Transportation programs funding Government Operations and Politics 00 2011-11-16 Introduced in House 2012-01-18T21:02:19Z Grant Reform and New Transparency Act of 2011 or the GRANT Act - Establishes new standards for awarding federal grants. Requires executive agencies to use merit-based procedures in awarding grants and to conduct an evaluation of the ability of a prospective grantee to successfully carry out a grant before awarding it.

Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to: (1) upgrade any public website for finding federal grant opportunities so that such website serves as a central point of information for competitive grants, (2) issue and disseminate guidance to aid agencies in establishing merit-based selection procedures for grant programs and in identifying amounts of undisbursed funding remaining in grant accounts, and (3) submit a plan to improve the single audit process for auditing the financial statements and federal awards of a non-federal entity. Sets forth the information required to be included in the public grant website, including grant funds availability and grant award information. Requires agencies to explain to grant applicants the basis for award decisions involving grants exceeding $100,000.

]]> 17 2012-05-16 Reported to House with amendment(s) 2012-07-10T18:23:50Z Grant Reform and New Transparency Act of 2011 or the GRANT Act - Establishes new standards to promote transparency in the awarding of federal grants.

(Sec. 3) Requires each executive agency, in awarding grants, to use and make publicly available merit-based selection procedures that promote competition and that may be tailored to the particular requirements, objectives, and authorities of the agency. Exempts from such requirement agencies awarding block grants or formula grants for which federal funds are required to be allocated in accordance with a distribution formula prescribed by law or regulation.  Requires such merit-based selection procedures to include: (1) advance notification of the grant opportunity; (2) a clear statement of the purpose, duration, and eligibility requirements of the grant; and (3) a description of the manner in which applications or proposals for the grant will be evaluated, ranked, and selected for award.

Requires an executive agency to conduct an evaluation of the ability of a prospective grantee to successfully carry out a grant, including an evaluation of the grantee's financial capability, past performance, and integrity.

Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to upgrade any public website for finding and applying for grant opportunities so that such website may serve as a central point of information for applicants for competitive grants. Requires an executive agency to post on such website information about a grant opportunity, including: (1) the purpose of the grant, (2) the time period for the performance of the grant, (3) the amount of funds available for the grant, (4) a statement of eligibility requirements, (5) evaluation factors or criteria for ranking grant applications, (6) disclosure of the process and standards for preventing conflicts of interest, and (7) the deadline for submitting grant applications.

Requires an executive agency to: (1) post on the website information on each competitive grant awarded by such agency, including a copy of the final grant agreement; (2) post a forecast of all grant solicitations that the agency expects to issue for the following calendar year; and (3) provide a grant applicant, upon request, with a timely debriefing explaining the basis for the agency's decision to approve or disapprove an application for a grant over $100,000.

Requires: (1) OMB to issue and disseminate to agencies not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act guidance for establishing merit-based selection procedures, and (2) executive agencies to establish merit-based selection procedures not  later than 180 days after enactment of this Act.

Requires the Comptroller General (GAO) to report to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs on guidance issued by OMB and actions taken by executive agencies to establish merit-based selection procedures.

(Sec. 4) Requires the OMB Director to: (1)  issue guidance to executive agencies for identifying undisbursed funds remaining in grant accounts, and (2) provide information on such undisbursed funds and actions to be taken with respect to such funds.

Requires GAO to report on the federal grants workforce.

(Sec. 5) Requires the OMB Director to submit a plan for improving the single audit process.

]]> GRANT Act Short Titles as Introduced GRANT Act Short Titles as Introduced Grant Reform and New Transparency Act of 2011 Short Titles as Reported to House GRANT Act H House Short Titles as Reported to House Grant Reform and New Transparency Act of 2011 H House Display Title GRANT Act Official Title as Introduced To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide transparency and require certain standards in the award of Federal grants, and for other purposes. Reported in House 2012-05-16T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr3433rh/xml/BILLS-112hr3433rh.xml Introduced in House 2011-11-16T05:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-112hr3433ih/xml/BILLS-112hr3433ih.xml 2012-05-16 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 339. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.