[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4370 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4370

   To require new policies and procedures to address duplication and 
          inefficient spending in the Federal grants process.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 17, 2012

Mr. Tipton (for himself, Mr. Graves of Missouri, Mrs. Ellmers, Mr. Ross 
  of Florida, Mr. Hultgren, Mr. Chabot, and Mr. Long) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
                           Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require new policies and procedures to address duplication and 
          inefficient spending in the Federal grants process.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Eliminating Duplicative and 
Inefficient Taxpayer Spending Act''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT FOR FEDERAL GRANT APPLICANTS TO INCLUDE CERTAIN 
              INFORMATION ABOUT SIMILAR FEDERAL GRANTS IN GRANT 
              APPLICATIONS.

    (a) Requirement.--Each applicant for a grant from an Executive 
agency shall submit, as part of the application for the grant, the 
following information:
            (1) A list of each similar Federal grant the applicant 
        applied for during the one-year period preceding the date of 
        submission of the application.
            (2) A list of each similar Federal grant the applicant 
        received during the five-year period preceding the date of 
        submission of the application.
            (3) A statement of whether the applicant has ever been 
        debarred or suspended by an Executive agency from receiving 
        Federal grants and, if so, a list of each such debarment or 
        suspension.
    (b) Enforcement.--If an applicant does not include the information 
required by subsection (a) in an application for a grant--
            (1) the head of the Executive agency may propose that the 
        applicant be debarred or suspended from receiving Federal 
        grants in the future; and
            (2) in the case of--
                    (A) a grant awarded through merit-based selection 
                procedures, the Executive agency may not award the 
                grant to the applicant; and
                    (B) a grant that is a block grant or formula grant 
                for which Federal funds are required to be allocated in 
                accordance with a distribution formula prescribed by 
                law or regulation or in which the allocation 
                methodology for the grant funds is mandated by law, the 
                Executive agency may require the forfeiture or 
                repayment of the grant.

SEC. 3. RESPONSIBILITIES OF OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET.

    (a) Guidance.--
            (1) In general.--The Director of the Office of Management 
        and Budget shall issue guidance to implement this Act. The 
        guidance shall include the policies and procedures described in 
        paragraph (2) as well as such other additional policies and 
        procedures that the Director considers appropriate for carrying 
        out this Act.
            (2) Information sharing.--In the guidance issued under 
        paragraph (1), the Director shall establish uniform policies 
        and procedures to ensure that each Executive agency shares 
        information about grants awarded by the agency both within the 
        agency and among other appropriate Executive agencies that 
        might be awarding similar Federal grants.
    (b) Enforcement of Information Sharing.--
            (1) Sabbaticals.--If an Executive agency does not comply 
        with the information sharing requirements of the guidance 
        issued under subsection (a) during a fiscal year, a senior 
        executive within that agency may not be granted, during the 
        succeeding fiscal year, a sabbatical under section 3396(c) of 
        title 5, United States Code.
            (2) Incentive awards.--If an Executive agency does not 
        comply with the information sharing requirements of the 
        guidance issued under subsection (a) during a fiscal year, a 
        senior executive within that agency may not receive, during the 
        succeeding fiscal year, any incentive award under subchapter I 
        of chapter 45 of title 5, United States Code.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) The term ``Executive agency'' has the meaning provided 
        by section 105 of title 5, United States Code, except the term 
        does not include the Government Accountability Office.
            (2) The term ``similar Federal grant'', with respect to an 
        application submitted for a Federal grant, means another 
        Federal grant to provide a program, service, or product that is 
        substantially overlapping or duplicative in nature, as 
        determined by the Director of the Office of Management and 
        Budget, or identical, to the program, service, or product to be 
        provided under the grant for which the application is being 
        submitted.

SEC. 5. APPLICABILITY.

    This Act shall apply to grant applications submitted on or after 
the date occurring 120 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
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