3.0.0 3316 2023-01-11T13:23:57Z 2023-01-11T13:23:57Z House H HR 2013-10-23 113 From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. LANKFORD:H.R. 3316.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 H6769]]]> hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee House Standing Markup by 2013-10-29T15:16:26Z Referred to 2013-10-23T14:03:20Z 2013-10-29 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 1 House committee actions Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 15. Committee 2013-10-29 hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 1 House committee actions Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held. Committee 2013-10-23 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hsgo00 Oversight and Accountability Committee 2013-10-23 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2013-10-23 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 2013-10-23 True W000798 Rep. Walberg, Tim [R-MI-7] Tim Walberg R MI 7 2013-10-23 True M001181 Rep. Meehan, Patrick [R-PA-7] Patrick Meehan R PA 7 2013-10-28 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 2013-10-23 Introduced in House 2013-11-13T15:51:17Z Grant Reform and New Transparency Act of 2013 or the GRANT Act - Establishes new standards for awarding federal grants. Requires executive agencies to use merit-based selection 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.

]]> GRANT Act 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. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced GRANT Act Short Titles as Introduced Grant Reform and New Transparency Act of 2013 Introduced in House 2013-10-23T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-113hr3316ih/xml/BILLS-113hr3316ih.xml 2013-10-29 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 15. 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.