GRANT Act
Latest action · Oct 29, 2013 Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 15.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedOct 23, 2013
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Grant Reform and New Transparency Act of 2013 or the GRANT Act - Establishes new standards for awarding federal grants. Requires executive agencies to use merit-based selection procedures in awarding grants and to conduct an evaluation of the ability of a prospective grantee to successfully carry out a grant before awarding it.
Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to: (1) upgrade any public website for finding federal grant opportunities so that such website serves as a central point of information for competitive grants, (2) issue and disseminate guidance to aid agencies in establishing merit-based selection procedures for grant programs and in identifying amounts of undisbursed funding remaining in grant accounts, and (3) submit a plan to improve the single audit process for auditing the financial statements and federal awards of a non-federal entity. Sets forth the information required to be included in the public grant website, including grant funds availability and grant award information. Requires agencies to explain to grant applicants the basis for award decisions involving grants exceeding $100,000.
Cosponsors 3
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Oct 23, 2013 to Oct 28, 2013, with 2 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-CA | Darrell Issa | Original | Oct 23, 2013 |
| R-MI | Tim Walberg | Original | Oct 23, 2013 |
| R-PA | Patrick Meehan | Oct 28, 2013 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Oct 29, 2013Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- Oct 29, 2013Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 19 - 15.
- Oct 23, 2013Introduced in House
- Oct 23, 2013Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Accounting and auditing
- Administrative law and regulatory procedures
- Education programs funding
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Government information and archives
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health programs administration and funding
- Housing and community development funding
- Humanities programs funding
- Law enforcement administration and funding
- Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
- Research administration and funding
- Transportation programs funding
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Oct 23, 2013Introduced in House
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