[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4351 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4351

  To require reporting by the Department of Education on requests for 
         funding projects or programs, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 9, 2017

Mr. Lewis of Georgia introduced the following bill; which was referred 
            to the Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require reporting by the Department of Education on requests for 
         funding projects or programs, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Missed Opportunities in Education 
Act of 2017''.

SEC. 2. ANNUAL REPORTING ON MISSED OPPORTUNITIES.

    (a) In General.--Not later than December 31 of each year, the 
Secretary of Education shall submit to Congress a report on missed 
opportunities for each competitive or discretionary grant program 
administered by the Department of Education in the preceding fiscal 
year.
    (b) Contents.--For each grant program described in subsection (a), 
the report shall detail the 10 individual applications, proposals, or 
requests for funding that--
            (1) were not funded or awarded, completely or partially; 
        but
            (2) showed the greatest potential to improve education in 
        the United States, according to the selection criteria and 
        established goals of that grant program.
    (c) Reporting Date Flexibility.--If a law requires an annual report 
to Congress with respect to a grant program described in subsection 
(a), the report on missed opportunities required under this section for 
that program may--
            (1) be included in that annual report; and
            (2) be submitted on or before the date that annual report 
        is due.
    (d) Public Transparency.--Upon submission of a report on missed 
opportunities to Congress under this section, the Secretary shall make 
the report available to the public on an internet website of the 
Department of Education in a manner that is user friendly and able to 
be searched and downloaded by users of the website.
    (e) Trade Secrets and Confidential Information.--Nothing in this 
section authorizes the Secretary to disclose any information that is a 
trade secret or confidential information subject to section 552(b)(4) 
of title 5 or section 1905 of title 18.
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