Data with respect to Federal financial assistance required to be available for public access in searchable and user-friendly form

(a)

Data requirements

The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall, as part of the implementation of the Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1999 (Public Law 106–107; 31 U.S.C. 6101 note), work with the Administrator of General Services and other agencies to make available data with respect to Federal financial assistance in accordance with this section and section 204 of the E-Government Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–347; 44 U.S.C. 3501 note). (b)

Matters covered

The Director shall ensure that the data required under subsection (a), at a minimum— (1) are available on the Internet, from a single website database, at no cost to the public; (2)contain— (A)all information and types of information (in this section referred to as data fields) collected through the Federal Assistance Award Data System, Grants.gov, or any other existing Federal database; and (B)additional information about each Federal financial assistance award, including program source or funding authority, statutory or regulatory authority, renewability, number of applicants and recipients, type of activity being performed, required measurable outcomes, and any other relevant information; (3)are in a form that allows for full searching and aggregation of all data fields across all agencies; (4)include information about Federal financial assistance awards within 30 days after award of the assistance; (5)identify the Federal financial assistance that a recipient has received during the preceding 10-year period, including an itemized breakdown of that assistance by agency and program source; (6)include lists of Federal financial assistance awards and the dates and amounts of Federal fund disbursements; and (7)identify subgrantees that are non-Federal entities. (c)

Download ability

The Director also shall ensure that the website containing the data allows for the public to download— (1)results of searches; and (2)the entire database on a quarterly basis. (d)

Period covered

For purposes of subsection (b)(5), the first 10-year period to be covered shall begin with the year 2006. (e)

Definitions

In this Act: (1)The term Federal financial assistance has the same meaning as defined in section 7501(a)(5) of title 31, United States Code, except that, in applying such definition, the term non-Federal entity has the meaning provided in paragraph (2). (2)The term non-Federal entity means a State, local government, nonprofit organization, corporation, association, partnership, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, or any other legal business entity. (f)

Compliance requirement

The website database made available pursuant to this section shall not be considered in compliance with this section if it only provides electronic links to the Federal Assistance Award Data System, Grants.gov, or other existing websites and databases, unless each of those sites has information from all agencies and meets the requirements of subsections (b) and (c). (g)

Effective date

The data shall be available for public use not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.