3.0.0 2915 2023-01-11T13:32:55Z 2023-01-11T13:32:55Z Senate S 2016-05-10 114 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-05-10T19:36:31Z 2016-05-10 ssga00 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. IntroReferral 2016-05-10 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress F000444 Sen. Flake, Jeff [R-AZ] JEFF FLAKE R AZ N Government Operations and Politics Congressional oversight Government information and archives Government studies and investigations Public contracts and procurement Research administration and funding Research and development Government Operations and Politics 00 2016-05-10 Introduced in Senate 2016-05-23T18:58:07Z Federal Research Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016

This bill directs the Office of Management and Budget to coordinate with each federal agency that provides funding to entities to carry out research and development to establish a system for the detection of potential duplicative applications for funding in order to prevent duplicative funding.

Each federal agency shall include in a publicly accessible database a searchable listing of each unclassified research and development project the agency funds, including contracts, grants, cooperative agreements, or task orders.

The acknowledgment section in each study carried out in whole or in part with federal funds and published, presented at a conference or meeting, or otherwise made publicly available shall include:

  • the name of the agency that provided funding for the study,
  • the project or award number associated with the study, and
  • an estimate of the study's total cost.

The Government Accountability Office shall study agency compliance with these requirements.

]]> Federal Research Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016 Display Title Federal Research Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to enhance public awareness of federally funded research and development projects, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Federal Research Transparency and Accountability Act of 2016 Introduced in Senate 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s2915is/xml/BILLS-114s2915is.xml 2016-05-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. 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.