To reduce the amount that triggers the requirement to notify Congress of the recipients of certain grants and to require publication of the notice.

SA 3369. Mr. COBURN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the bill H.R. 1, making appropriations for the Department of
Defense and the other departments and agencies of the Government for
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011, and for other purposes;
which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

Strike section 1003 and insert the following:
Sec. 1003.  None of the funds provided in this title to the
Department of Transportation or the Department of Housing and
Urban Development may be used to make a grant unless the
Secretary of such Department notifies the House and Senate
Committees on Appropriations and posts the notification on
the public website of that agency not less than 3 full
business days before either Department (or a modal
administration of either Department) announces the selection
of any project, State or locality to receive a grant award
totaling $500,000 or more.
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