H.R. 150House116th Congress (2019-2021)Enacted

GREAT Act

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The Grant Reporting Efficiency and Agreements Transparency (GREAT) Act updates how federal grant and cooperative‑agreement information is reported. It creates government‑wide data standards for core grant data and unique identifiers, requires agencies to adopt those standards, and mandates that the collected information be posted as open data on a public portal. The law also modernizes audit reporting by requiring electronic, machine‑readable formats and sets a process for evaluating non‑proprietary identifiers. It applies to all federal agencies that issue awards and to the recipients of those awards, such as states, local governments, tribes, and nonprofit organizations.

Key Provisions

Designates the executive department that issues the most federal awards as the standard‑setting agency and requires the OMB Director and the agency secretary to develop data standards within two years.
Standards must include definitions for core data elements and unique, government‑wide identifiers, be searchable, machine‑readable, non‑proprietary, and align with existing accounting and transparency standards.
Agencies must apply the standards to all future reporting and amend existing information‑collection requests within one year of the issued guidance.
Audit reporting under the Single Audit Act must be submitted electronically in the new data‑standard format.
Creates a consolidated, publicly accessible data set of federal award information on a single portal, with privacy protections and FOIA exemptions as required.
Directs the Director and Secretary to evaluate the use of non‑proprietary identifiers and publish a report on the determination.
No additional funding is authorized; implementation must use existing appropriations.

Legislative Activity

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Became Law Latest Action

Became Public Law No: 116-103.

December 30, 2019

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HouseIntro Referral

Introduced in House

January 3, 2019

HouseIntro Referral

Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.

Oversight and Government Reform Committee

January 3, 2019

HouseFloor

Mr. Cummings moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.

January 15, 2019 • 1:44 PM

HouseFloor

Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H569-572; text: CR H569-571)

January 15, 2019 • 1:44 PM

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DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 150.

January 15, 2019 • 1:44 PM

HouseFloor

At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.

January 15, 2019 • 1:57 PM

HouseFloor

Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H688-689)

January 17, 2019 • 10:32 AM

HouseFloor

Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 422 - 0 (Roll no. 41).

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January 17, 2019 • 10:40 AM

HouseFloor

On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 422 - 0 (Roll no. 41).

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January 17, 2019 • 10:40 AM

HouseFloor

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

January 17, 2019 • 10:40 AM

SenateIntro Referral

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

January 18, 2019

SenateCommittee

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

June 19, 2019

SenateCommittee

Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Johnson with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 116-96.

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee

September 10, 2019

SenateCalendars

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 200.

September 10, 2019

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Passed Senate with an amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S5927-5928)

October 21, 2019

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Message on Senate action sent to the House.

October 22, 2019

HouseResolving Differences

Mr. Gomez moved that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment. (consideration: CR H10295-10298)

December 16, 2019 • 4:58 PM

HouseFloor

DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on the Senate amendment to H.R. 150.

December 16, 2019 • 4:58 PM

HouseNot Used

Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H10295-10297)

December 16, 2019

HouseResolving Differences

On motion that the House suspend the rules and agree to the Senate amendment Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H10295-10297)

December 16, 2019 • 5:09 PM

HouseResolving Differences

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

December 16, 2019 • 5:09 PM

President

Presented to President.

December 19, 2019

Became Law

Signed by President.

December 30, 2019

Became Law

Became Public Law No: 116-103.

December 30, 2019

Voting History

1 vote recorded • Roll call available

HOUSE

Roll Call Available

January 17, 2019 at 10:39 AM

On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass

Majority required: 2/3 (66.7%)

Passed

422 - 0

Floor Debate

4 members

What members said about H.R. 150 on the floor

3 Republicans1 Democrat

Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.R-WI-5 · Feb 7, 2019

Madam Speaker, due to a scheduled medical procedure, I was physically absent from the House of Representatives from January 10, 2019 to February 5, 2019. During that time, I missed 44 recorded votes. Had I been present for those votes, I would have voted: on Roll Call No. 22 on the Republican Motion to Recommit on H.R. 267, I would have voted ``Yea;'' on Roll Call No. 23 on the Passage of H.R. 267, I would have voted ``Nay;'' on Roll Call No. 24 on the Republican Motion to Recommit on H.R. 265, I would have voted ``Yea;'' on Roll Call No. 25 on the Passage of H.R. 265, I would have voted ``Nay;'' on Roll Call No. 26 on the Republican Motion to Recommit on H.R. 266, I would have voted ``Yea;'' on Roll Call No. 27 on the Passage of H.R. 266, I would have voted ``Nay;'' on Roll Call No. 28 on the Passage of S. 24, I would have voted ``Yea;'' on Roll Call No. 29 on the Passage of H.R. 221, I would have voted ``Yea;'' on Roll Call No. 30 on the Passage of H.R. 116, I would have voted ``Yea;'' on Roll Call No. 31 on the Passage of H.J. Res. 27, I would have voted ``Nay;'' on Roll Call No. 32 on the Passage of H. Res. 41, I would have voted ``Yea;'' on Roll Call No. 33 on the Passage of H.R. 135, I would have voted ``Yea;'' on Roll Call No. 34 on Ordering the Previous Question on H. Res. 43, I would have voted ``Nay;'' on Roll Call No. 35 on the Adoption of H. Res. 43, I would have voted ``Nay;'' on Roll Call No. 36 on the Passage of H.R. 190, I would have voted ``Yea;'' on Roll Call No. 37 on the Passage of Amendment No. 2 offered by Mr. McGovern (D- MA), I would have voted ``Nay;'' on Roll Call No. 38 on Ordering the Republican Motion to Recommit, I would have voted ``Yea;'' on Roll Call No. 39 on the Passage of H.R. 268, I would have voted ``Nay;'' on Roll Call No. 40 on the Adoption of H. Res. 52, I would have voted ``Nay;'' on Roll Call No. 41 on the Passage of H.R. 150, I would have voted ``Yea;'' on Roll Call No. 42 on the Passage of H.J. Res. 30, I would have voted ``Yea;'' on Roll Call No. 43 on Republican Motion to Recommit, I would have voted ``Yea;'' on Roll Call No. 44 on the Passage of H.R. 676, I would have voted ``Yea;'' on Roll Call No. 45 on the Passage of H.R. 328, I would have voted ``Yea;'' on Roll Call No. 46 on the Passage of H.J. Res 28, I would have voted ``Nay;'' on Roll Call No. 47 on the Passage of H. Res. 61, I would have voted ``Nay;'' on Roll Call No. 48 on the Republican Motion to Recommit, I would have voted ``Yea;'' on Roll Call No. 49 on the Passage of H.R. 648, I would have voted ``Nay;'' on Roll Call No. 50 on the Republican Motion to Recommit, I would have voted ``Yea;'' on Roll Call No. 51 on the Passage of H.J. Res. 31, I would have voted ``Nay;'' on Roll Call No. 52 on the Passage of H.R. 624, I would have voted ``Yea;'' on Roll Call No. 53 on the Passage of H.R. 502, I would have voted ``Yea;'' on Roll Call No. 54 on Approving of the Speaker's Journal, I would have voted ``Yea;'' on Roll Call No. 55 on the Motion to Adjourn, I would have voted ``Nay;'' on Roll Call No. 56 on the Passage of H.R. 428, I would have voted ``Yea;'' on Roll Call No. 57 on the Passage of H.R. 449, I would have voted ``Yea;'' on Roll Call No. 58 on the Passage of H.R. 769, I would have voted ``Yea;'' on Roll Call No. 59 on the Motion to Table the Motion to Reconsider H. Res. 77, I would have voted ``Nay;'' on Roll Call No. 60 on Ordering the Previous Question on H. Res. 87, I would have voted ``Nay;'' on Roll Call No. 61 on the Passage of H. Res. 87, I would have voted ``Yea;'' on Roll Call No. 62 on the Passage of Amendment No. 3 offered by Mrs. Trahan (D-MA), I would have voted ``Nay;'' on Roll Call No. 63 on the Republican Motion to Recommit, I would have voted ``Yea;'' on Roll Call No. 64 on the Passage of H.R. 790, I would have voted ``Nay;'' and on Roll Call No. 65 on the Passage of H. Res. 79, I would have voted ``Nay.''

Rep. Virginia FoxxR-NC-5 · Jan 15, 2019

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Speaker, I appreciate very much the comments made by my colleague from Maryland and appreciate particularly the emphasis this afternoon…

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.

Madam Speaker, I appreciate very much the comments made by my colleague from Maryland and appreciate particularly the emphasis this afternoon that has been placed on bipartisan bills and efficiency and effectiveness in the Federal Government. Those are values that should not be assigned to any particular party. They are important for our country. They are important for what we do.

Madam Speaker, I yield such time as he may consume to the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Cline), who has been waiting patiently to speak on this bill.

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.

Madam Speaker, I appreciate the gentleman from Virginia sharing his comments with us, and I would like to continue my remarks by thanking Representative Jimmy Gomez for helping author this piece of legislation, the Grant Reporting Efficiency and Agreements Transparency Act, or GREAT Act.

Representative Gomez has been an outstanding partner on this bipartisan bill to create more transparency, efficiency, and accountability in the Federal grant reporting process, and I thank him for his hard work.

Madam Speaker, in 2017, the Federal Government awarded $662.7 billion in grants funding to State agencies, local and Tribal governments, agencies, nonprofits, universities, and organizations. This is a lot of hardworking tax dollars, even in terms of Washington-speak.

Within our Federal Government, there are 26 agencies awarding Federal grants, and all of them continue to rely on outdated, burdensome, document-based forms to collect and track grant dollars. Society has moved into a new age of information and technology, and it is time that our government follows suit.

The GREAT Act represents bipartisan legislation to modernize the Federal grant reporting process. It does so by mandating a standardized data structure for information that recipients report to Federal agencies.

Unless the reporting requirements for Federal grants are searchable, the auditing process will continue to yield waste and inefficiency at best, and potentially fraud and abuse at worst.

Adopting a governmentwide open data structure for all the information grantees report will alleviate compliance burdens; provide instant insights for grantor agencies and Congress; and enable easy access to data for oversight, analytics, and program evaluation.

Digitizing and, therefore, automating the reporting process would have a twofold effect. First, it allows grantees to maximize every dollar they receive

from the taxpayers to ensure it goes back into communities, supporting local businesses, organizations, and education.

Lastly, the GREAT Act has received broad support from an array of good government groups. The coalition endorsing the GREAT Act includes the Bipartisan Policy Center, American Association of Law Libraries, American Library Association, Association of Government Accountants, Association of Research Libraries, Data Coalition, Demand Progress, Government Accountability Project, Government Information Watch, Grant Professionals Association, National Grants Management Association, National Taxpayers Union, Native American Finance Officers Association, the Project on Government Oversight, R Street Institute, Senior Executives Association, and the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition.

In order to fix the way Federal grants are reported, we must move from a document-centric reporting system to a data superhighway. I urge my colleagues in the House and Senate to support the GREAT Act and bring grant reporting into the 21st century.

Madam Speaker, again, I urge my colleagues to support the bill, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Madam Speaker, we have no further speakers.

Madam Speaker, I urge my colleagues again, along with Mr. Cummings, to support this bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Rep. Elijah E. CummingsD-MD-7 · Jan 15, 2019

Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 150) to modernize Federal grant reporting, and for other purposes. Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have…

Madam Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the bill (H.R. 150) to modernize Federal grant reporting, and for other purposes.

Madam Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members may have 5 legislative days in which to revise and extend their remarks and include extraneous material on H.R. 150, currently under consideration.

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.

Madam Speaker, the Grant Reporting Efficiency and Agreements Transparency Act, introduced by Representatives Virginia Foxx and Jimmy Gomez, would standardize reporting for recipients of Federal grants and cooperative agreements.

Grant recipients often have to report the same information in different ways because Federal agencies do not use the same forms or even the same terms to describe required information.

Madam Speaker, I have often said that the most important thing that we must do in our lives is to operate in an effective and efficient manner, and that also includes this Congress.

Under this bill, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the Secretary of Health and Human Services would be required to establish governmentwide data standards for grant reporting--again, efficiency and effectiveness.

The bill would encourage OMB and HHS to make the information that grant recipients report fully searchable and machine-readable. This would provide greater transparency into the money spent on the grants because spending data would be more usable.

The bill also would require that data collected from grant recipients be published on a single public portal.

Madam Speaker, I thank the distinguished gentlewoman, Ms. Foxx, for working with Representative Connolly last Congress on the use of nonproprietary identifiers for grants and grantees. She, too, has worked in a hard, bipartisan way to bring solutions to problems, to bring practical solutions to problems.

The bill before us would allow this issue to be carefully considered to ensure it is workable.

Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Madam Speaker, we have no further speakers, and I reserve the balance of my time.

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.

Madam Speaker, this bill is intended to reduce the burden on applicants for Federal grants by enabling a more streamlined electronic process for completing grant applications. It would require HHS and OMB to develop uniform data standards for common application elements, such as the name and address of the organization and the name of the grant.

This will, hopefully, lead to the development of a uniform grant application that could be used across all Federal agencies. That would improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the grant application process immensely.

Madam Speaker, I urge all Members to support this measure, and I hope that the Senate will quickly pass it.

Madam Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.

Madam Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.

Madam Speaker, I again thank Ms. Foxx for this very important legislation and all of the bipartisan efforts that made it happen.

This bill and the others that we have dealt with today, where there was such great bipartisanship to get it done, I hope that we will take these as a model of what this Congress can do.

Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.

Rep. Ben ClineR-VA-6 · Jan 15, 2019

Madam Speaker, I am pleased to rise in support of H.R. 150, the Grant Reporting Efficiency and Agreements Transparency Act. Madam Speaker, in 1788, Patrick Henry spoke at the Virginia Constitutional…

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One Hundred Sixteenth Congress of the United States of America

At the First Session

Begun and held at the City of Washington on Thursday, the third day of January, two thousand and nineteen

H. R. 150

AN ACT

To modernize Federal grant reporting, and for other purposes.

Short title; table of contents

(a)

Short title

This Act may be cited as the Grant Reporting Efficiency and Agreements Transparency Act of 2019 or the GREAT Act.

(b)

Table of contents

The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

Sec. 2. Purposes.

Sec. 3. Definitions.

Sec. 4. Data standards for grant reporting.

Sec. 5. Single Audit Act.

Sec. 6. Consolidation of assistance-related information; publication of public information as open data.

Sec. 7. Evaluation of nonproprietary identifiers.

Sec. 8. Rule of construction.

Sec. 9. No additional funds authorized.

Purposes

The purposes of this Act are to—

(1)

modernize reporting by recipients of Federal grants and cooperative agreements by creating and imposing data standards for the information that those recipients are required by law to report to the Federal Government;

(2)

implement the recommendation by the Director of the Office of Management and Budget contained in the report submitted under section 5(b)(6) of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) relating to the development of a comprehensive taxonomy of standard definitions for core data elements required for managing Federal financial assistance awards;

(3)

reduce burden and compliance costs of recipients of Federal grants and cooperative agreements by enabling technology solutions, existing or yet to be developed, for use in both the public and private sectors to better manage the data that recipients already provide to the Federal Government; and

(4)

strengthen oversight and management of Federal grants and cooperative agreements by agencies by consolidating the collection and display of and access to open data that has been standardized and, where appropriate, increasing transparency to the public.

Definitions

In this Act, the terms agency, Director, Federal award, and Secretary have the meanings given those terms in section 6401 of title 31, United States Code, as added by section 4(a) of this Act.

Data standards for grant reporting

(a)

Amendment

Subtitle V of title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 63 the following:

Data standards for grant reporting

Sec.

6401. Definitions.

6402. Data standards for grant reporting.

6403. Guidance applying data standards for grant reporting.

6404. Agency requirements.

6401.

Definitions

In this chapter:

(1)

Agency

The term agency has the meaning given the term in section 552(f) of title 5.

(2)

Core data elements

The term core data elements means data elements relating to financial management, administration, or management that—

(A)

are not program-specific in nature or program-specific outcome measures, as defined in section 1115(h) of this title; and

(B)

are required by agencies for all or the vast majority of recipients of Federal awards for purposes of reporting.

(3)

Director

The term Director means the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.

(4)

Executive department

The term Executive department has the meaning given the term in section 101 of title 5.

(5)

Federal award

The term Federal award—

(A)

means the transfer of anything of value for a public purpose of support or stimulation authorized by a law of the United States, including financial assistance and Government facilities, services, and property;

(B)

includes a grant, a subgrant, a cooperative agreement, or any other transaction; and

(C)

does not include a transaction or agreement—

(i)

that provides for conventional public information services or procurement of property or services for the direct benefit or use of the Government; or

(ii)

that provides only—

(I)

direct Government cash assistance to an individual;

(II)

a subsidy;

(III)

a loan;

(IV)

a loan guarantee; or

(V)

insurance.

(6)

Secretary

The term Secretary means the head of the standard-setting agency.

(7)

Standard-setting agency

The term standard-setting agency means the Executive department designated under section 6402(a)(1).

(8)

State

The term State means each State of the United States, the District of Columbia, each commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United States, and each federally recognized Indian Tribe.

6402.

Data standards for grant reporting

(a)

In general

(1)

Designation of standard-setting agency

The Director shall designate the Executive department that administers the greatest number of programs under which Federal awards are issued in a calendar year as the standard-setting agency.

(2)

Establishment of standards

Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this chapter, the Secretary and the Director shall establish Governmentwide data standards for information reported by recipients of Federal awards.

(3)

Data elements

The data standards established under paragraph (2) shall include, at a minimum—

(A)

standard definitions for data elements required for managing Federal awards; and

(B)

unique identifiers for Federal awards and recipients of Federal awards that can be consistently applied Governmentwide.

(b)

Scope

The data standards established under subsection (a)—

(1)

shall include core data elements;

(2)

may cover information required by law to be reported to any agency by recipients of Federal awards, including audit-related information reported under chapter 75 of this title; and

(3)

may not be used by the Director or any agency to require the collection of any data not otherwise required under Federal law.

(c)

Requirements

The data standards established under subsection (a) shall, to the extent reasonable and practicable—

(1)

render information reported by recipients of Federal awards fully searchable and machine-readable;

(2)

be nonproprietary;

(3)

incorporate standards developed and maintained by voluntary consensus standards bodies;

(4)

be consistent with and implement applicable accounting and reporting principles; and

(5)

incorporate the data standards established under the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note).

(d)

Consultation

In establishing the data standards under subsection (a), the Secretary and the Director shall consult with—

(1)

the Secretary of the Treasury to ensure that the data standards established under subsection (a) incorporate the data standards established under the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note);

(2)

the head of each agency that issues Federal awards;

(3)

recipients of Federal awards and organizations representing recipients of Federal awards;

(4)

private sector experts;

(5)

members of the public, including privacy experts, privacy advocates, auditors, and industry stakeholders; and

(6)

State and local governments.

6403.

Guidance applying data standards for grant reporting

(a)

In general

Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this chapter—

(1)

the Secretary and the Director shall jointly issue guidance to all agencies directing the agencies to apply the data standards established under section 6402(a) to all applicable reporting by recipients of Federal awards; and

(2)

the Director shall prescribe guidance applying the data standards established under section 6402(a) to audit-related information reported under chapter 75 of this title.

(b)

Guidance

The guidance issued under subsection (a) shall—

(1)

to the extent reasonable and practicable—

(A)

minimize the disruption of existing reporting practices of, and not increase the reporting burden on, agencies or recipients of Federal awards; and

(B)

explore opportunities to implement modern technologies in reporting relating to Federal awards;

(2)

allow the Director to permit exceptions for classes of Federal awards, including exceptions for Federal awards granted to Indian Tribes and Tribal organizations consistent with the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.), if the Director publishes a list of those exceptions and submits the list to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of Representatives; and

(3)

take into consideration the consultation required under section 6402(d).

(c)

Updating guidance

(1)

In general

Not less frequently than once every 10 years, the Director shall update the guidance issued under subsection (a).

(2)

Procedures

In updating guidance under paragraph (1), the Director shall, to the maximum extent practicable, follow the procedures for the development of the data standards and guidance prescribed under this section and section 6402.

6404.

Agency requirements

Not later than 1 year after the date on which guidance is issued or updated under subsection (b) or (c), respectively, of section 6403, the head of each agency shall—

(1)

ensure that all of the Federal awards that the agency issues use data standards for all future information collection requests; and

(2)

amend existing information collection requests under chapter 35 of title 44 (commonly known as the Paperwork Reduction Act) to comply with the data standards established under section 6402 of this chapter, in accordance with the guidance issued by the Secretary and the Director under section 6403 of this chapter.

(b)

Technical and conforming amendment

The table of chapters for subtitle V of title 31, United States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to chapter 63 the following:

64.Data standards for grant reporting6401

Single Audit Act

(a)

Amendments

(1)

Audit requirements

Section 7502(h) of title 31, United States Code, is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting in an electronic form in accordance with the data standards established under chapter 64 and after the reporting package,.

(2)

Regulations

Section 7505 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

(d)

Such guidance shall require audit-related information reported under this chapter to be reported in an electronic form in accordance with the data standards established under chapter 64.

(b)

Guidance

Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall issue guidance requiring audit-related information reported under chapter 75 of title 31, United States Code, to be reported in an electronic form consistent with the data standards established under chapter 64 of that title, as added by section 4(a) of this Act.

Consolidation of assistance-related information; publication of public information as open data

(a)

Collection of information

Not later than 5 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary and the Director shall, using the data standards established under chapter 64 of title 31, United States Code, as added by section 4(a) of this Act, enable the collection, public display, and maintenance of Federal award information as a Governmentwide data set, subject to reasonable restrictions established by the Director to ensure protection of personally identifiable information and otherwise sensitive information.

(b)

Publication of information

The Secretary and the Director shall require the publication of data reported by recipients of Federal awards that is collected from all agencies on a single public portal, which may be an existing Governmentwide website, as determined appropriate by the Director.

(c)

FOIA

Nothing in this section shall require the disclosure to the public of information that would be exempt from disclosure under section 552 of title 5, United States Code (commonly known as the Freedom of Information Act).

Evaluation of nonproprietary identifiers

(a)

Determination required

The Director and the Secretary shall determine whether to use nonproprietary identifiers described in section 6402(a)(3)(B) of title 31, United States Code, as added by section 4(a) of this Act.

(b)

Factors to be considered

In making the determination under subsection (a), the Director and the Secretary shall consider factors such as accessibility and cost to recipients of Federal awards, agencies that issue Federal awards, private sector experts, and members of the public, including privacy experts, privacy advocates, transparency experts, and transparency advocates.

(c)

Publication and report on determination

Not later than the earlier of 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act or the date on which the Director and the Secretary establish data standards under section 6402(a)(2) of title 31, United States Code, as added by section 4(a) of this Act, the Director and the Secretary shall publish and submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of Representatives a report explaining the reasoning for the determination made under subsection (a).

Rule of construction

Nothing in this Act, or the amendments made by this Act, shall be construed to require the collection of data that is not otherwise required under any Federal law, rule, or regulation.

No additional funds authorized

No additional funds are authorized to carry out the requirements of this Act and the amendments made by this Act. Such requirements shall be carried out using amounts otherwise authorized.

Speaker of the House of Representatives.

Vice President of the United States and President of the Senate.