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Calendar No. 200 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 150 

[Report No. 116–96] 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JANUARY 18, 2019 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019 

Reported by Mr. JOHNSON, with an amendment 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

AN ACT 

To modernize Federal grant reporting, 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 ‘‘Grant Reporting Effi5 ciency and Agreements Transparency Act of 2019’’ or the 

6 ‘‘GREAT Act’’. 

7 SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 

8 The purposes of this Act are to— 


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1 (1) modernize reporting by recipients of Federal 

2 grants and cooperative agreements by creating and 

3 imposing data standards for the information that 

4 grants and cooperative agreement recipients must 

5 report to the Federal Government; 

6 (2) implement the recommendation by the Di7 rector of the Office of Management and Budget, 

8 under section 5(b)(6) of the Federal Funding Ac9 countability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 

10 U.S.C. 6101 note), which includes the development 

11 of a ‘‘comprehensive taxonomy of standard defini12 tions for core data elements required for managing 

13 Federal financial assistance awards’’; 

14 (3) reduce burden and compliance costs of re15 cipients of Federal grants and cooperative agree16 ments by enabling technology solutions, existing or 

17 yet to be developed, by both the public and private 

18 sectors, to better manage data recipients already 

19 provide to the Federal Government; and 

20 (4) to strengthen oversight and management of 

21 Federal grants and cooperative agreements by agen22 cies through consolidated collection and display of 

23 and access to open data that has been standardized, 

24 and where appropriate, transparency to the public. 


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1 SEC. 3. DATA STANDARDS FOR GRANT REPORTING. 

2 (a) AMENDMENT.—Subtitle V of title 31, United 

3 States Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 63 the 

4 following new chapter: 

5 ‘‘CHAPTER 64—DATA STANDARDS FOR 

6 GRANT REPORTING 

7 ‘‘SEC. 6401. DEFINITIONS. 

8 ‘‘In this chapter: 

9 ‘‘(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘agency’ has the 

10 meaning given that term in section 552(f) of title 5. 

11 ‘‘(2) CORE DATA ELEMENTS.—The term ‘core 

12 data elements’ means data elements that are not 

13 program-specific in nature and are required by agen14 cies for all or the vast majority of Federal grant and 

15 cooperative assistance recipients for purposes of re16 porting. 

17 ‘‘(3) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘Director’ means 

18 the Director of the Office of Management and Budg19 et. 

20 ‘‘(4) FEDERAL AWARD.—The term ‘Federal 

21 award’— 

22 ‘‘(A) means the transfer of anything of 

23 value for a public purpose of support or stimu24 lation authorized by a law of the United States, 

25 including financial assistance and Government 

26 facilities, services, and property; 


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1 ‘‘(B) includes grants, subgrants, awards, 

2 and cooperative agreements; and 

3 ‘‘(C) does not include— 

4 ‘‘(i) conventional public information 

5 services or procurement of property or 

6 services for the direct benefit or use of the 

7 Government; or 

8 ‘‘(ii) an agreement that provides 

9 only— 

10 ‘‘(I) direct Government cash as11 sistance to an individual; 

12 ‘‘(II) a subsidy; 

13 ‘‘(III) a loan; 

14 ‘‘(IV) a loan guarantee; or 

15 ‘‘(V) insurance. 

16 ‘‘(5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 

17 the head of the standard-setting agency. 

18 ‘‘(6) STANDARD-SETTING AGENCY.—The term 

19 ‘standard-setting agency’ means the Executive de20 partment designated under section 6402(a)(1). 

21 ‘‘(7) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each 

22 State of the United States, the District of Columbia, 

23 each commonwealth, territory or possession of the 

24 United States, and each federally recognized Indian 

25 Tribe. 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 6402. DATA STANDARDS FOR GRANT REPORTING. 

2 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 

3 ‘‘(1) DESIGNATION OF STANDARD-SETTING

4 AGENCY.—The Director shall designate the Execu5 tive department (as defined in section 101 of title 5) 

6 that issues the most Federal awards in a calendar 

7 year as the standard-setting agency. 

8 ‘‘(2) ESTABLISHMENT OF STANDARDS.—Not 

9 later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of 

10 this chapter, the Secretary and the Director shall es11 tablish Governmentwide data standards for informa12 tion reported by recipients of Federal awards. 

13 ‘‘(3) DATA ELEMENTS.—The data standards 

14 established under paragraph (2) shall include, at a 

15 minimum— 

16 ‘‘(A) standard definitions for data elements 

17 required for managing Federal awards; and 

18 ‘‘(B) unique identifiers for Federal awards 

19 and entities receiving Federal awards that can 

20 be consistently applied Governmentwide. 

21 ‘‘(b) SCOPE.—The data standards established under 

22 subsection (a) shall include core data elements and may 

23 cover any information required to be reported to any agen24 cy by recipients of Federal awards, including audit-related 

25 information reported under chapter 75 of this title. 


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1 ‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS.—The data standards required 

2 to be established under subsection (a) shall, to the extent 

3 reasonable and practicable— 

4 ‘‘(1) render information reported by recipients 

5 of Federal grant and cooperative agreement awards 

6 fully searchable and machine-readable; 

7 ‘‘(2) be nonproprietary; 

8 ‘‘(3) incorporate standards developed and main9 tained by voluntary consensus standards bodies; 

10 ‘‘(4) be consistent with and implement applica11 ble accounting and reporting principles; and 

12 ‘‘(5) incorporate the data standards established 

13 under the Federal Funding Accountability and 

14 Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note). 

15 ‘‘(d) CONSULTATION.—In establishing the data 

16 standards under subsection (a), the Secretary and the Di17 rector shall consult with, as appropriate— 

18 ‘‘(1) the Secretary of the Treasury, to ensure 

19 that the data standards incorporate the data stand20 ards created under the Federal Funding Account21 ability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 

22 6101 note); 

23 ‘‘(2) the head of each agency that issues Fed24 eral awards; 


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1 ‘‘(3) recipients of Federal awards and organiza2 tions representing recipients of Federal awards; 

3 ‘‘(4) private sector experts; 

4 ‘‘(5) members of the public, including privacy 

5 experts, privacy advocates, and industry stake6 holders; and 

7 ‘‘(6) State and local governments. 

8 ‘‘SEC. 6403. GUIDANCE APPLYING DATA STANDARDS FOR 

9 GRANT REPORTING. 

10 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 2 years after the 

11 date of the enactment of this chapter— 

12 ‘‘(1) the Secretary and the Director shall issue 

13 guidance to all agencies directing the agencies to 

14 apply the data standards established under section 

15 6402 to all applicable reporting by recipients of Fed16 eral grant and cooperative agreement awards; and 

17 ‘‘(2) the Director shall prescribe guidance ap18 plying the data standards to audit-related informa19 tion reported under chapter 75. 

20 ‘‘(b) GUIDANCE.—The guidance issued under this 

21 section shall— 

22 ‘‘(1) to the extent reasonable and practicable— 

23 ‘‘(A) minimize the disruption to existing 

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1 ents of Federal grant and cooperative agree2 ment awards; and 

3 ‘‘(B) explore opportunities to implement 

4 modern technologies within Federal award re5 porting; 

6 ‘‘(2) allow the Director to permit exceptions for 

7 categories of grants if the Director publishes a list 

8 of such exceptions, including exceptions for Indian 

9 Tribes and Tribal organizations consistent with the 

10 Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance 

11 Act; and 

12 ‘‘(3) take into consideration the consultation re13 quired under section 6402(d). 

14 ‘‘SEC. 6404. AGENCY REQUIREMENTS. 

15 ‘‘Not later than 3 years after the date of the enact16 ment of this chapter, the head of each agency shall ensure 

17 that all of the agency’s grants and cooperative agreements 

18 use data standards for all future information collection re19 quests and amend existing information collection requests 

20 covered by chapter 35 of title 44 (commonly referred to 

21 as the Paperwork Reduction Act) to comply with the data 

22 standards established under section 6402, consistent with 

23 the guidance issued by the Secretary and the Director 

24 under section 6403.’’. 


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1 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.— 

2 The table of chapters for subtitle V of title 31, United 

3 States Code, is amended by inserting after the item relat4 ing to chapter 63 the following new item: 

‘‘64. Data Standards for Grant Reporting 6401’’. 

5 SEC. 4. SINGLE AUDIT ACT. 

6 (a) AMENDMENTS.— 

7 (1) Section 7502(h) of title 31, United States 

8 Code, is amended by inserting before ‘‘to a Federal 

9 clearinghouse’’ the following ‘‘in an electronic form 

10 consistent with the data standards established under 

11 chapter 64,’’. 

12 (2) Section 7505 of title 31, United States 

13 Code, is amended by adding at the end the following 

14 new subsection: 

15 ‘‘(d) Such guidance shall require audit-related infor16 mation reported under this chapter to be reported in an 

17 electronic form consistent with the data standards estab18 lished under chapter 64.’’. 

19 (b) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 2 years after the 

20 date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall issue 

21 guidance requiring audit-related information reported 

22 under chapter 75 of title 31, United States Code, to be 

23 reported in an electronic form consistent with the data 

24 standards established under chapter 64 of title 31, United 

25 States Code, as added by section 3. 


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1 SEC. 5. CONSOLIDATION OF ASSISTANCE-RELATED INFOR2 MATION; PUBLICATION OF PUBLIC INFORMA3 TION AS OPEN DATA. 

4 (a) COLLECTION OF INFORMATION.—Not later than 

5 4 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 

6 Secretary and the Director shall enable the collection, pub7 lic display, and maintenance of Federal award information 

8 as a Governmentwide data set, using the data standards 

9 established under chapter 64 of title 31, United States 

10 Code, as added by section 3, subject to reasonable restric11 tions established by the Director to ensure protection of 

12 personally identifiable and otherwise sensitive information. 

13 (b) PUBLICATION OF INFORMATION.—The Secretary 

14 and the Director shall require the publication of recipient15 reported data collected from all agencies on a single public 

16 portal. Information may be published on an existing Gov17 ernmentwide website as determined appropriate by the Di18 rector. 

19 (c) FOIA.—Nothing in this section shall require the 

20 disclosure to the public of information that would be ex21 empt from disclosure under section 552 of title 5, United 

22 States Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Freedom of Infor23 mation Act’’). 

24 SEC. 6. EVALUATION OF NONPROPRIETARY IDENTIFIERS. 

25 (a) DETERMINATION REQUIRED.—The Director and 

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1 etary identifiers under section 6402(a)(3)(B) of title 31, 

2 United States Code, as added by section 3(a). 

3 (b) FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED.—In making the 

4 determination required pursuant to subsection (a), the Di5 rector and the Secretary shall consider factors such as ac6 cessibility and cost to recipients of Federal awards, agen7 cies that issue Federal awards, private-sector experts, and 

8 members of the public, including privacy experts and pri9 vacy advocates. 

10 (c) PUBLICATION AND REPORT ON DETERMINA11 TION.—Not later than the earlier of 1 year after the date 

12 of the enactment of this Act or the date on which the Sec13 retary and Director establish data standards pursuant to 

14 section 6402(a)(2) of title 31, United States Code, as 

15 added by section 3(a), the Secretary and the Director shall 

16 publish and submit to the Committees on Oversight and 

17 Government Reform of the House of Representatives and 

18 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the Sen19 ate a report explaining the reasoning for the determination 

20 made pursuant to subsection (a). 

21 SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS. 

22 In this Act, the terms ‘‘agency’’, ‘‘Director’’, ‘‘Fed23 eral award’’, and ‘‘Secretary’’ have the meaning given 

24 those terms in section 6401 of title 31, United States 

25 Code, as added by section 3(a). 


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1 SEC. 8. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

2 Nothing in this Act, or the amendments made by this 

3 Act, shall be construed to require the collection of data 

4 that is not otherwise required pursuant to any Federal 

5 law, rule, or regulation. 

6 SEC. 9. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED. 

7 No additional funds are authorized to carry out the 

8 requirements of this Act and the amendments made by 

9 this Act. Such requirements shall be carried out using 

10 amounts otherwise authorized. 

11 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

12 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

13 ‘‘Grant Reporting Efficiency and Agreements Trans14 parency Act of 2019’’ or the ‘‘GREAT Act’’. 

15 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

16 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. 

17 SEC. 2. PURPOSES. 

18 The purposes of this Act are to— 

19 (1) modernize reporting by recipients of Federal 

20 grants and cooperative agreements by creating and 

21 imposing data standards for the information that 


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1 those recipients are required by law to report to the 

2 Federal Government; 

3 (2) implement the recommendation by the Direc4 tor of the Office of Management and Budget contained 

5 in the report submitted under section 5(b)(6) of the 

6 Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency 

7 Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) relating to the de8 velopment of a ‘‘comprehensive taxonomy of standard 

9 definitions for core data elements required for man10 aging Federal financial assistance awards’’; 

11 (3) reduce burden and compliance costs of recipi12 ents of Federal grants and cooperative agreements by 

13 enabling technology solutions, existing or yet to be de14 veloped, for use in both the public and private sectors 

15 to better manage the data that recipients already pro16 vide to the Federal Government; and 

17 (4) strengthen oversight and management of Fed18 eral grants and cooperative agreements by agencies by 

19 consolidating the collection and display of and access 

20 to open data that has been standardized and, where 

21 appropriate, increasing transparency to the public. 

22 SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS. 

23 In this Act, the terms ‘‘agency’’, ‘‘Director’’, ‘‘Federal 

24 award’’, and ‘‘Secretary’’ have the meanings given those 


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1 terms in section 6401 of title 31, United States Code, as 

2 added by section 4(a) of this Act. 

3 SEC. 4. DATA STANDARDS FOR GRANT REPORTING. 

4 (a) AMENDMENT.—Subtitle V of title 31, United States 

5 Code, is amended by inserting after chapter 63 the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘CHAPTER 64—DATA STANDARDS FOR 

8 GRANT REPORTING 

‘‘Sec. 

‘‘6401. Definitions. 

‘‘6402. Data standards for grant reporting. 

‘‘6403. Guidance applying data standards for grant reporting. 

‘‘6404. Agency requirements. 

9 ‘‘§ 6401. Definitions 

10 ‘‘In this chapter: 

11 ‘‘(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘agency’ has the mean12 ing given the term in section 552(f) of title 5. 

13 ‘‘(2) CORE DATA ELEMENTS.—The term ‘core 

14 data elements’ means data elements relating to finan15 cial management, administration, or management 

16 that— 

17 ‘‘(A) are not program-specific in nature or 

18 program-specific outcome measures, as defined in 

19 section 1115(h) of this title; and 

20 ‘‘(B) are required by agencies for all or the 

21 vast majority of recipients of Federal awards for 

22 purposes of reporting. 


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1 ‘‘(3) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘Director’ means the 

2 Director of the Office of Management and Budget. 

3 ‘‘(4) EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT.—The term ‘Exec4 utive department’ has the meaning given the term in 

5 section 101 of title 5. 

6 ‘‘(5) FEDERAL AWARD.—The term ‘Federal 

7 award’— 

8 ‘‘(A) means the transfer of anything of 

9 value for a public purpose of support or stimula10 tion authorized by a law of the United States, 

11 including financial assistance and Government 

12 facilities, services, and property; 

13 ‘‘(B) includes a grant, a subgrant, a cooper14 ative agreement, or any other transaction; and 

15 ‘‘(C) does not include a transaction or 

16 agreement— 

17 ‘‘(i) that provides for conventional 

18 public information services or procurement 

19 of property or services for the direct benefit 

20 or use of the Government; or 

21 ‘‘(ii) that provides only— 

22 ‘‘(I) direct Government cash as23 sistance to an individual; 

24 ‘‘(II) a subsidy; 

25 ‘‘(III) a loan; 


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1 ‘‘(IV) a loan guarantee; or 

2 ‘‘(V) insurance. 

3 ‘‘(6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘Secretary’ means 

4 the head of the standard-setting agency. 

5 ‘‘(7) STANDARD-SETTING AGENCY.—The term 

6 ‘standard-setting agency’ means the Executive depart7 ment designated under section 6402(a)(1). 

8 ‘‘(8) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each State 

9 of the United States, the District of Columbia, each 

10 commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United 

11 States, and each federally recognized Indian Tribe. 

12 ‘‘§ 6402. Data standards for grant reporting 

13 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.— 

14 ‘‘(1) DESIGNATION OF STANDARD-SETTING AGEN15 CY.—The Director shall designate the Executive de16 partment that administers the greatest number of pro17 grams under which Federal awards are issued in a 

18 calendar year as the standard-setting agency. 

19 ‘‘(2) ESTABLISHMENT OF STANDARDS.—Not later 

20 than 2 years after the date of enactment of this chap21 ter, the Secretary and the Director shall establish 

22 Governmentwide data standards for information re23 ported by recipients of Federal awards. 


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1 ‘‘(3) DATA ELEMENTS.—The data standards es2 tablished under paragraph (2) shall include, at a 

3 minimum— 

4 ‘‘(A) standard definitions for data elements 

5 required for managing Federal awards; and 

6 ‘‘(B) unique identifiers for Federal awards 

7 and recipients of Federal awards that can be 

8 consistently applied Governmentwide. 

9 ‘‘(b) SCOPE.—The data standards established under 

10 subsection (a)— 

11 ‘‘(1) shall include core data elements; 

12 ‘‘(2) may cover information required by law to 

13 be reported to any agency by recipients of Federal 

14 awards, including audit-related information reported 

15 under chapter 75 of this title; and 

16 ‘‘(3) may not be used by the Director or any 

17 agency to require the collection of any data not other18 wise required under Federal law. 

19 ‘‘(c) REQUIREMENTS.—The data standards established 

20 under subsection (a) shall, to the extent reasonable and 

21 practicable— 

22 ‘‘(1) render information reported by recipients of 

23 Federal awards fully searchable and machine-read24 able; 

25 ‘‘(2) be nonproprietary; 


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1 ‘‘(3) incorporate standards developed and main2 tained by voluntary consensus standards bodies; 

3 ‘‘(4) be consistent with and implement applica4 ble accounting and reporting principles; and 

5 ‘‘(5) incorporate the data standards established 

6 under the Federal Funding Accountability and 

7 Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note). 

8 ‘‘(d) CONSULTATION.—In establishing the data stand9 ards under subsection (a), the Secretary and the Director 

10 shall consult with— 

11 ‘‘(1) the Secretary of the Treasury to ensure that 

12 the data standards established under subsection (a) 

13 incorporate the data standards established under the 

14 Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency 

15 Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note); 

16 ‘‘(2) the head of each agency that issues Federal 

17 awards; 

18 ‘‘(3) recipients of Federal awards and organiza19 tions representing recipients of Federal awards; 

20 ‘‘(4) private sector experts; 

21 ‘‘(5) members of the public, including privacy 

22 experts, privacy advocates, auditors, and industry 

23 stakeholders; and 

24 ‘‘(6) State and local governments. 


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1 ‘‘§ 6403. Guidance applying data standards for grant 

2 reporting 

3 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 3 years after the 

4 date of enactment of this chapter— 

5 ‘‘(1) the Secretary and the Director shall jointly 

6 issue guidance to all agencies directing the agencies to 

7 apply the data standards established under section 

8 6402(a) to all applicable reporting by recipients of 

9 Federal awards; and 

10 ‘‘(2) the Director shall prescribe guidance apply11 ing the data standards established under section 

12 6402(a) to audit-related information reported under 

13 chapter 75 of this title. 

14 ‘‘(b) GUIDANCE.—The guidance issued under sub15 section (a) shall— 

16 ‘‘(1) to the extent reasonable and practicable— 

17 ‘‘(A) minimize the disruption of existing re18 porting practices of, and not increase the report19 ing burden on, agencies or recipients of Federal 

20 awards; and 

21 ‘‘(B) explore opportunities to implement 

22 modern technologies in reporting relating to Fed23 eral awards; 

24 ‘‘(2) allow the Director to permit exceptions for 

25 classes of Federal awards, including exceptions for 

26 Federal awards granted to Indian Tribes and Tribal 


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1 organizations consistent with the Indian Self-Deter2 mination and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 

3 5301 et seq.), if the Director publishes a list of those 

4 exceptions and submits the list to the Committee on 

5 Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs of the 

6 Senate and the Committee on Oversight and Reform 

7 of the House of Representatives; and 

8 ‘‘(3) take into consideration the consultation re9 quired under section 6402(d). 

10 ‘‘(c) UPDATING GUIDANCE.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not less frequently than once 

12 every 10 years, the Director shall update the guidance 

13 issued under subsection (a). 

14 ‘‘(2) PROCEDURES.—In updating guidance 

15 under paragraph (1), the Director shall, to the max16 imum extent practicable, follow the procedures for the 

17 development of the data standards and guidance pre18 scribed under this section and section 6402. 

19 ‘‘§ 6404. Agency requirements 

20 ‘‘Not later than 1 year after the date on which guid21 ance is issued or updated under subsection (b) or (c), respec22 tively, of section 6403, the head of each agency shall— 

23 ‘‘(1) ensure that all of the Federal awards that 

24 the agency issues use data standards for all future in25 formation collection requests; and 


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1 ‘‘(2) amend existing information collection re2 quests under chapter 35 of title 44 (commonly known 

3 as the ‘Paperwork Reduction Act’) to comply with the 

4 data standards established under section 6402 of this 

5 chapter, in accordance with the guidance issued by 

6 the Secretary and the Director under section 6403 of 

7 this chapter.’’. 

8 (b) TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The 

9 table of chapters for subtitle V of title 31, United States 

10 Code, is amended by inserting after the item relating to 

11 chapter 63 the following: 

‘‘64. Data standards for grant reporting .................................... 6401’’. 

12 SEC. 5. SINGLE AUDIT ACT. 

13 (a) AMENDMENTS.— 

14 (1) AUDIT REQUIREMENTS.—Section 7502(h) of 

15 title 31, United States Code, is amended, in the mat16 ter preceding paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘in an elec17 tronic form in accordance with the data standards es18 tablished under chapter 64 and’’ after ‘‘the reporting 

19 package,’’. 

20 (2) REGULATIONS.—Section 7505 of title 31, 

21 United States Code, is amended by adding at the end 

22 the following: 

23 ‘‘(d) Such guidance shall require audit-related infor24 mation reported under this chapter to be reported in an 


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1 electronic form in accordance with the data standards es2 tablished under chapter 64.’’. 

3 (b) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 3 years after the date 

4 of enactment of this Act, the Director shall issue guidance 

5 requiring audit-related information reported under chapter 

6 75 of title 31, United States Code, to be reported in an elec7 tronic form consistent with the data standards established 

8 under chapter 64 of that title, as added by section 4(a) of 

9 this Act. 

10 SEC. 6. CONSOLIDATION OF ASSISTANCE-RELATED INFOR11 MATION; PUBLICATION OF PUBLIC INFORMA12 TION AS OPEN DATA. 

13 (a) COLLECTION OF INFORMATION.—Not later than 5 

14 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary 

15 and the Director shall, using the data standards established 

16 under chapter 64 of title 31, United States Code, as added 

17 by section 4(a) of this Act, enable the collection, public dis18 play, and maintenance of Federal award information as 

19 a Governmentwide data set, subject to reasonable restric20 tions established by the Director to ensure protection of per21 sonally identifiable information and otherwise sensitive in22 formation. 

23 (b) PUBLICATION OF INFORMATION.—The Secretary 

24 and the Director shall require the publication of data re25 ported by recipients of Federal awards that is collected from 


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1 all agencies on a single public portal, which may be an 

2 existing Governmentwide website, as determined appro3 priate by the Director. 

4 (c) FOIA.—Nothing in this section shall require the 

5 disclosure to the public of information that would be exempt 

6 from disclosure under section 552 of title 5, United States 

7 Code (commonly known as the ‘‘Freedom of Information 

8 Act’’). 

9 SEC. 7. EVALUATION OF NONPROPRIETARY IDENTIFIERS. 

10 (a) DETERMINATION REQUIRED.—The Director and 

11 the Secretary shall determine whether to use nonproprietary 

12 identifiers described in section 6402(a)(3)(B) of title 31, 

13 United States Code, as added by section 4(a) of this Act. 

14 (b) FACTORS TO BE CONSIDERED.—In making the de15 termination under subsection (a), the Director and the Sec16 retary shall consider factors such as accessibility and cost 

17 to recipients of Federal awards, agencies that issue Federal 

18 awards, private sector experts, and members of the public, 

19 including privacy experts, privacy advocates, transparency 

20 experts, and transparency advocates. 

21 (c) PUBLICATION AND REPORT ON DETERMINATION.— 

22 Not later than the earlier of 1 year after the date of enact23 ment of this Act or the date on which the Director and the 

24 Secretary establish data standards under section 6402(a)(2) 

25 of title 31, United States Code, as added by section 4(a) 


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1 of this Act, the Director and the Secretary shall publish and 

2 submit to the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov3 ernmental Affairs of the Senate and the Committee on Over4 sight and Reform of the House of Representatives a report 

5 explaining the reasoning for the determination made under 

6 subsection (a). 

7 SEC. 8. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. 

8 Nothing in this Act, or the amendments made by this 

9 Act, shall be construed to require the collection of data that 

10 is not otherwise required under any Federal law, rule, or 

11 regulation. 

12 SEC. 9. NO ADDITIONAL FUNDS AUTHORIZED. 

13 No additional funds are authorized to carry out the 

14 requirements of this Act and the amendments made by this 

15 Act. Such requirements shall be carried out using amounts 

16 otherwise authorized. 


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Calendar No. 200 

116TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 150 

[Report No. 116–96] 

AN ACT 

To modernize Federal grant reporting, and for 

other purposes. 

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019 

Reported with an amendment 


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