[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5536 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]
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Calendar No. 565
118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5536
_______________________________________________________________________
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
November 19, 2024
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
To require transparency in notices of funding opportunity, and for
other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Grant Transparency Act of 2023''.
SEC. 2. NOTICES OF FUNDING OPPORTUNITY TRANSPARENCY.
(a) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Agency.--The term ``agency''--
(A) has the meaning given the term ``Executive
agency'' in section 105 of title 5, United States Code;
and
(B) does not include the Government Accountability
Office.
(2) Competitive grant.--The term ``competitive grant''
means a discretionary award (as defined in section 200.1 of
title 2, Code of Federal Regulations) awarded by an agency--
(A) through a grant agreement or cooperative
agreement under which the agency makes payment in cash
or in kind to a recipient to carry out a public purpose
authorized by law; and
(B) the recipient of which is selected from a pool
of applicants through the use of merit-based selection
procedures for the purpose of allocating funds
authorized under a grant program of the agency.
(3) Evaluation or selection criteria.--The term
``evaluation or selection criteria'' means standards or
principles for judging, evaluating, or selecting an application
for a competitive grant.
(4) Notice of funding opportunity.--The term ``notice of
funding opportunity'' has the meaning given the term in section
200.1 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations.
(5) Rating system.--The term ``rating system''--
(A) means a system of evaluation of competitive
grant applications to determine how such applications
advance through the selection process; and
(B) includes--
(i) a merit criteria rating rubric;
(ii) an evaluation of merit criteria;
(iii) a methodology to evaluate and rate
based on a point scale; and
(iv) an evaluation to determine whether a
competitive grant application meets evaluation
or selection criteria.
(b) Transparency Requirements.--Each notice of funding opportunity
issued by an agency for a competitive grant shall include--
(1) a description of any rating system and evaluation and
selection criteria the agency uses to assess applications for
the competitive grant;
(2) a statement of whether the agency uses a weighted
scoring method and a description of any weighted scoring method
the agency uses for the competitive grant, including the amount
by which the agency weights each criterion; and
(3) any other qualitative or quantitative merit-based
approach the agency uses to evaluate an application for the
competitive grant.
(c) Applications; Data Elements.--
(1) In general.--The Director of the Office of Management
and Budget, in coordination with the Executive department
designated under section 6402(a)(1) of title 31, United States
Code, shall develop data elements relating to grant
applications to ensure common reporting by each agency with
respect to applications received in response to each notice of
funding opportunity of the agency.
(2) Contents.--The data elements developed under paragraph
(1) shall include--
(A) the number of applications received; and
(B) the city and State of each organization that
submitted an application.
(d) Rule of Construction.--With respect to a particular competitive
grant, nothing in this Act shall be construed to supersede any
requirement with respect to a notice of funding opportunity for the
competitive grant in a law that authorizes the competitive grant.
(e) No Additional Funds.--No additional funds are authorized to be
appropriated for the purpose of carrying out this Act.
(f) Effective Date.--
(1) In general.--This Act shall take effect on the date
that is 120 days after the date of enactment of this Act.
(2) No retroactive effect.--This Act shall not apply to a
notice of funding opportunity issued before the date of
enactment of this Act.
Passed the House of Representatives November 18, 2024.
Attest:
KEVIN F. MCCUMBER,
Clerk.
Calendar No. 565
118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5536
_______________________________________________________________________
AN ACT
To require transparency in notices of funding opportunity, and for
other purposes.
_______________________________________________________________________
November 19, 2024
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar