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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7598 

To require the Inspector General to submit a report on the Federal subaward 

reporting system, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 8, 2024 

Mr. LANGWORTHY (for himself, Ms. HOULAHAN, Mr. CLOUD, Mr. GUEST, Mr. 

HIGGINS of Louisiana, Mr. LAWLER, Mr. LATTA, Mr. DAVIS of North 

Carolina, and Mr. QUIGLEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Accountability 

A BILL 

To require the Inspector General to submit a report on 

the Federal subaward reporting system, and for other 

purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Subaward Re5 porting System Modernization and Expansion Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. FFATA FEDERAL SUBAWARD REPORTING SYSTEM. 

7 (a) REPORT ON FEDERAL SUBAWARD REPORTING

8 SYSTEM.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the 

9 enactment of this Act, the Inspector General of the GenVerDate Sep 11 2014 16:06 Mar 17, 2024 Jkt 049200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H7598.IH H7598

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1 eral Services Administration shall submit to Congress a 

2 report that contains the following: 

3 (1) A comprehensive review of the FFATA 

4 subaward reporting system to identify problems 

5 within the system that contribute to inaccurate and 

6 incomplete subaward reporting and provide specific 

7 recommendations for improvements. 

8 (2) An assessment of the effectiveness and effi9 ciency of the system, including the following: 

10 (A) Accuracy and completeness of 

11 subaward data reported through the system. 

12 (B) Consistency of reporting requirements 

13 across Federal agencies. 

14 (C) Burden on Federal award recipients to 

15 comply with reporting requirements. 

16 (D) Accessibility and availability of 

17 subaward data to the public and stakeholders. 

18 (E) Adequacy of enforcement mechanisms 

19 to ensure compliance with reporting require20 ments. 

21 (3) Recommendations for improving the system. 

22 (b) PLAN AND REPORT FOR IMPROVING THE FED23 ERAL SUBAWARD REPORTING SYSTEM.—Not later than 

24 1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and 

25 annually thereafter until the plan is fully implemented (as 


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1 determined by the Administrator), the Administrator, in 

2 consultation with the Director and the Secretary, shall im3 plement and submit to Congress a plan to update the 

4 FFATA subaward reporting system to ensure that the 

5 system provides accurate, timely, and comprehensive in6 formation on the first tier of any subaward made under 

7 a prime Federal award that includes the following: 

8 (1) Measures to improve the accuracy and com9 pleteness of subaward data reported through the 

10 system. 

11 (2) Standardized reporting requirements across 

12 Federal agencies, including a requirement that any 

13 prime recipient of a Federal award that does not 

14 make a subaward certifies that a subaward was not 

15 made. 

16 (3) Provisions to reduce the burden on Federal 

17 award recipients to comply with reporting require18 ments under the Federal Funding Accountability 

19 and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 

20 note). 

21 (4) Mechanisms to increase accessibility and 

22 availability of subaward data to the public and 

23 stakeholders. 

24 (5) Adequate enforcement mechanisms to en25 sure compliance with reporting requirements under 


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1 the Federal Funding Accountability and Trans2 parency Act of 2006. 

3 (c) EXPAND FEDERAL SUBAWARD REPORTING SYS4 TEM.— 

5 (1) SUBAWARD EXPANSION DATA.—Beginning 

6 not later than 1 year after the date on which the 

7 first plan is submitted pursuant to subsection (b), 

8 the head of each Federal agency shall collect infor9 mation on the first 2 tiers of a subaward from a 

10 Federal award that includes the data elements re11 quired to comply with the Federal Funding Account12 ability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 

13 6101 note), as prescribed by the Director. 

14 (2) PLAN FOR SUBAWARD REPORTING EXPAN15 SION.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the 

16 enactment of this Act, the Administrator, in con17 sultation with the Director, shall issue reporting 

18 rules for Federal agencies under the Federal Fund19 ing Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 

20 and develop a plan to implement the requirements 

21 described in paragraph (1) with input from stake22 holders and the public that includes the following: 

23 (A) Measures to improve the accuracy and 

24 completeness of subaward data reported 


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1 through the system including the final recipient 

2 of a subaward under a Federal award. 

3 (B) Standardized reporting requirements 

4 across Federal agencies. 

5 (C) Provisions to reduce the burden on 

6 Federal award recipients to comply with report7 ing requirements under the Federal Funding 

8 Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006. 

9 (D) Mechanisms to increase accessibility 

10 and availability of subaward data including the 

11 final recipient of a subaward under a Federal 

12 award to the public and stakeholders. 

13 (E) Adequate enforcement mechanisms to 

14 ensure compliance with reporting requirements 

15 under the Federal Funding Accountability and 

16 Transparency Act of 2006. 

17 (3) SUBAWARD REPORTING EXPANSION BY

18 FEDERAL AGENCIES.—Not later than 2 years after 

19 the date of the enactment of this Act, the head of 

20 each Federal agency shall begin implementing the 

21 plan described in paragraph (2). 

22 (4) REPORT ON SUBAWARD EXPANSION

23 PLAN.—Not later than 1 year after the date of the 

24 enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter until 

25 the plan is fully implemented (as determined by the 


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1 Administrator), the Administrator, in consultation 

2 with the Director shall submit to Congress a report 

3 on the plan described in paragraph (2). 

4 (d) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 (1) ADMINISTRATOR.—The term ‘‘Adminis6 trator’’ means the Administrator of General Serv7 ices. 

8 (2) DIRECTOR; FEDERAL AGENCY; FEDERAL

9 AWARD; SECRETARY.—The terms ‘‘Director’’, ‘‘Fed10 eral agency’’, ‘‘Federal award’’, and ‘‘Secretary’’ 

11 have the meaning given those terms in section 2(a) 

12 of the Federal Funding Accountability and Trans13 parency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note). 

14 (3) FFATA SUBAWARD REPORTING SYSTEM; 

15 SYSTEM.—The terms ‘‘FFATA subaward reporting 

16 system’’ and ‘‘system’’ mean the subaward reporting 

17 system described in section 2(d)(2) of the Federal 

18 Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 

19 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note). 

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