[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 113 (Wednesday, September 13, 2006)]
[House]
[Pages H6501-H6502]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 CORRECTING ENROLLMENT OF S. 2590, FEDERAL FUNDING ACCOUNTABILITY AND 
                        TRANSPARENCY ACT OF 2006

  Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to 
take from the Speaker's table the Senate concurrent resolution (S. Con. 
Res. 114) providing for corrections to the enrollment of the bill S. 
2590, and ask for its immediate consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the Senate concurrent resolution.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Virginia?
  There was no objection.
  The Clerk read the Senate concurrent resolution, as follows:

                            S. Con. Res. 114

       Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 
     concurring), That, in the enrollment of the bill S. 2590, the 
     Secretary of the Senate shall make the following corrections:
       (1) In section 2(a), strike paragraphs (2) and (3) and 
     insert the following:
       ``(2) Federal award.--The term `Federal award'--
       ``(A) means Federal financial assistance and expenditures 
     that--
       ``(i) include grants, subgrants, loans, awards, cooperative 
     agreements, and other forms of financial assistance;
       ``(ii) include contracts, subcontracts, purchase orders, 
     task orders, and delivery orders;
       ``(B) does not include individual transactions below 
     $25,000; and
       ``(C) before October 1, 2008, does not include credit card 
     transactions.

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       ``(3) Searchable website.--The term `searchable website' 
     means a website that allows the public to--
       ``(A) search and aggregate Federal funding by any element 
     required by subsection (b)(1);
       ``(B) ascertain through a single search the total amount of 
     Federal funding awarded to an entity by a Federal award 
     described in paragraph (2)(A)(i), by fiscal year;
       ``(C) ascertain through a single search the total amount of 
     Federal funding awarded to an entity by a Federal award 
     described in paragraph (2)(A)(ii), by fiscal year; and
       ``(D) download data included in subparagraph (A) included 
     in the outcome from searches.''.
       (2) In section 2(b)(1), strike ``section and section 204 of 
     the E-Government Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-347; 44 U.S.C. 
     3501 note),'' and insert ``section, section 204 of the E-
     Government Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-347; 44 U.S.C. 3501 
     note), and the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act (41 
     U.S.C. 403 et seq.),''.
       (3) In section 2, strike subsection (c) and insert the 
     following:
       ``(c) Website.--The website established under this 
     section--
       ``(1) may use as the source of its data the Federal 
     Procurement Data System, Federal Assistance Award Data 
     System, and Grants.gov, if all of these data sources are 
     searchable through the website and can be accessed in a 
     search on the website required by this Act, provided that the 
     user may--
       ``(A) specify such search shall be confined to Federal 
     contracts and subcontracts;
       ``(B) specify such search shall be confined to include 
     grants, subgrants, loans, awards, cooperative agreements, and 
     other forms of financial assistance;
       ``(2) shall not be considered in compliance if it 
     hyperlinks to the Federal Procurement Data System website, 
     Federal Assistance Award Data System website, Grants.gov 
     website, or other existing websites, so that the information 
     elements required by subsection (b)(1) cannot be searched 
     electronically by field in a single search;
       ``(3) shall provide an opportunity for the public to 
     provide input about the utility of the site and 
     recommendations for improvements;
       ``(4) shall be updated not later than 30 days after the 
     award of any Federal award requiring a posting; and
       ``(5) shall provide for separate searches for Federal 
     awards described in subsection (a) to distinguish between the 
     Federal awards described in subsection (a)(2)(A)(i) and those 
     described in subsection (a)(2)(A)(ii).''.
       (4) Add at the end the following:

     ``SEC. 4. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE REPORTING 
                   REQUIREMENT.

       ``Not later than January 1, 2010, the Comptroller General 
     shall submit to Congress a report on compliance with this 
     Act.''.

  The Senate concurrent resolution was concurred in.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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