II 111th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 800 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES April 2, 2009 Ms. Snowe (for herself and Mr. Casey) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs A BILL To require the President to update and modify the website recovery.gov.

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Modifications to recovery.gov

In order to facilitate the timely distribution of funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Public Law 111–5) and to ensure that such funds are used as quickly and efficiently as possible to help restore economic growth, the President shall modify and update the website recovery.gov to— (1)ensure that States, cities, counties, towns, townships, parishes, villages, or other general purpose political subdivisions of a State can easily ascertain— (A)whether such entity is eligible for any funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act; (B)any application deadlines that are applicable to the receipt of such funds; and (C)the contact information of any office, agency, program, or other entity responsible for the distribution of such funds; and (2)create an online database that catalogues all programs and activities under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.