[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5060 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5060

To amend the Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 
1999 to require data with respect to Federal financial assistance to be 
  available for public access in a searchable and user friendly form.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 30, 2006

 Mr. Blunt (for himself and Mr. Tom Davis of Virginia) introduced the 
   following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Government 
                                 Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 
1999 to require data with respect to Federal financial assistance to be 
  available for public access in a searchable and user friendly form.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. 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, 
        to the public;
            (2) are in a form that allows for searching for Federal 
        financial assistance awards by recipient name;
            (3) include information about Federal financial assistance 
        awards within 30 days after award of the assistance;
            (4) identify the Federal financial assistance that an 
        entity has received during the preceding 10-year period, 
        including an itemized breakdown of that assistance by agency 
        and program source;
            (5) include lists of Federal financial assistance awards 
        and the dates and amounts of Federal fund disbursements; and
            (6) identify subgrantees.
    (c) Period Covered.--For purposes of subsection (b)(4), the first 
10-year period to be covered shall begin with the year 2006.
    (d) Definition.--In this Act, the term ``Federal financial 
assistance'' has the meaning provided in section 4(3) of the Federal 
Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1999 (Public Law 
106-107; 31 U.S.C. 6101 note).
    (e) Effective Date.--The data shall be available for public use not 
later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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