I 111th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 625 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 21, 2009 Mr. Weiner (for himself, Mr. Flake, Mr. Burton of Indiana, and Mr. Gonzalez) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Homeland Security A BILL To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to direct the Secretary of Homeland Security to require, as a condition of receiving a homeland security grant, that a grant recipient submit reports on each expenditure made using grant funds.

1.

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Homeland Security Transparency Act of 2009.

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Expenditure reports as a condition of homeland security grants

(a)

In general

Subtitle H of title VIII of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (6 U.S.C. 451 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

890A.

Expenditure reports as a condition of homeland security grants

(a)

Quarterly reports required as a condition of homeland security grants

(1)

Expenditure reports required

As a condition of receiving a grant administered by the Secretary, the Secretary shall require the grant recipient to submit quarterly reports to the Secretary describing the nature and amount of each expenditure made by the recipient using grant funds. (2)

Deadline for reports

Each report required under paragraph (1) shall be submitted not later than 30 days after the last day of a fiscal quarter and shall cover expenditures made during that fiscal quarter. (b)

Publication of expenditures

Not later than one week after receiving a report under subsection (a), the Secretary shall publish and make publicly available on the Internet website of the Department a description of the nature and amount of each expenditure covered by the report.

. (b)

Clerical amendment

The table of contents in section 1(b) of such Act is amended by adding at the end of the items relating to such subtitle the following: Sec. 890A. Expenditure reports as a condition of homeland security grants..