[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5060 Referred in Senate (RFS)]


109th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5060


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             June 22, 2006

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

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                                 AN ACT


 
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 
        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.

            Passed the House of Representatives June 21, 2006.

            Attest:

                                                 KAREN L. HAAS,

                                                                 Clerk.