[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5060 Referred in Senate (RFS)]
109th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5060
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 22, 2006
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security
and Governmental Affairs
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AN ACT
To amend the Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of
1999 to require data with respect to Federal financial assistance to be
available for public access in a searchable and user friendly form.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DATA WITH RESPECT TO FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE REQUIRED
TO BE AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC ACCESS IN SEARCHABLE AND USER-
FRIENDLY FORM.
(a) Data Requirements.--The Director of the Office of Management
and Budget shall, as part of the implementation of the Federal
Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1999 (Public Law
106-107; 31 U.S.C. 6101 note), work with the Administrator of General
Services and other agencies to make available data with respect to
Federal financial assistance in accordance with this section and
section 204 of the E-Government Act of 2002 (Public Law 107-347; 44
U.S.C. 3501 note).
(b) Matters Covered.--The Director shall ensure that the data
required under subsection (a), at a minimum--
(1) are available on the Internet, from a single website
database, at no cost to the public;
(2) contain--
(A) all information and types of information (in
this section referred to as ``data fields'') collected
through the Federal Assistance Award Data System,
Grants.gov, or any other existing Federal database; and
(B) additional information about each Federal
financial assistance award, including program source or
funding authority, statutory or regulatory authority,
renewability, number of applicants and recipients, type
of activity being performed, required measurable
outcomes, and any other relevant information;
(3) are in a form that allows for full searching and
aggregation of all data fields across all agencies;
(4) include information about Federal financial assistance
awards within 30 days after award of the assistance;
(5) identify the Federal financial assistance that a
recipient has received during the preceding 10-year period,
including an itemized breakdown of that assistance by agency
and program source;
(6) include lists of Federal financial assistance awards
and the dates and amounts of Federal fund disbursements; and
(7) identify subgrantees that are non-Federal entities.
(c) Download Ability.--The Director also shall ensure that the
website containing the data allows for the public to download--
(1) results of searches; and
(2) the entire database on a quarterly basis.
(d) Period Covered.--For purposes of subsection (b)(5), the first
10-year period to be covered shall begin with the year 2006.
(e) Definitions.--In this Act:
(1) The term ``Federal financial assistance'' has the same
meaning as defined in section 7501(a)(5) of title 31, United
States Code, except that, in applying such definition, the term
``non-Federal entity'' has the meaning provided in paragraph
(2).
(2) The term ``non-Federal entity'' means a State, local
government, nonprofit organization, corporation, association,
partnership, limited liability company, limited liability
partnership, or any other legal business entity.
(f) Compliance Requirement.--The website database made available
pursuant to this section shall not be considered in compliance with
this section if it only provides electronic links to the Federal
Assistance Award Data System, Grants.gov, or other existing websites
and databases, unless each of those sites has information from all
agencies and meets the requirements of subsections (b) and (c).
(g) Effective Date.--The data shall be available for public use not
later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act.
Passed the House of Representatives June 21, 2006.
Attest:
KAREN L. HAAS,
Clerk.