114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1115 

AN ACT 

To close out expired grants. 

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

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Grants Oversight and 

3 New Efficiency Act’’ or the ‘‘GONE Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. IDENTIFYING AND CLOSING OUT EXPIRED FED5 ERAL GRANT AWARDS. 

6 (a) EXPIRED FEDERAL GRANT AWARD REPORT.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 

8 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Di9 rector of the Office of Management and Budget 

10 shall instruct the head of each agency, in coordina11 tion with the Secretary, to submit to Congress and 

12 the Secretary a report, not later than December 31 

13 of the first calendar year beginning after the date of 

14 the enactment of this Act, that— 

15 (A) lists each Federal grant award held by 

16 such agency; 

17 (B) provides the total number of Federal 

18 grant awards, including the number of grants— 

19 (i) by time period of expiration; 

20 (ii) with zero dollar balances; and 

21 (iii) with undisbursed balances; 

22 (C) for an agency with Federal grant 

23 awards, describes the challenges leading to 

24 delays in grant closeout; and 
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1 (D) for the 30 oldest Federal grant awards 

2 of an agency, explains why each Federal grant 

3 award has not been closed out. 

4 (2) USE OF DATA SYSTEMS.—An agency may 

5 use existing multiagency data systems in order to 

6 submit the report required under paragraph (1). 

7 (3) EXPLANATION OF MISSING INFORMATION.— 

8 If the head of an agency is unable to submit all of 

9 the information required to be included in the report 

10 under paragraph (1), the report shall include an ex11 planation of why the information was not available, 

12 including any shortcomings with and plans to im13 prove existing grant systems, including data sys14 tems. 

15 (b) NOTICE FROM AGENCIES.— 

16 (1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 

17 the date on which the head of an agency submits the 

18 report required under subsection (a), the head of 

19 such agency shall provide notice to the Secretary 

20 specifying whether the head of the agency has closed 

21 out grant awards associated with all of the Federal 

22 grant awards in the report and which Federal grant 

23 awards in the report have not been closed out. 

24 (2) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 

25 days after the date on which all of the notices re-
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1 quired pursuant to paragraph (1) have been pro2 vided or March 31 of the calendar year following the 

3 calendar year described in subsection (a)(1), which4 ever is sooner, the Secretary shall compile the no5 tices submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) and sub6 mit to Congress a report on such notices. 

7 (c) INSPECTOR GENERAL REVIEW.—Not later than 

8 1 year after the date on which the head of an agency pro9 vides notice to Congress under subsection (b)(2), the In10 spector General of an agency with more than 

11 $500,000,000 in annual grant funding shall conduct a risk 

12 assessment to determine if an audit or review of the agen13 cy’s grant closeout process is warranted. 

14 (d) REPORT ON ACCOUNTABILITY AND OVER15 SIGHT.—Not later than 6 months after the date on which 

16 the second report is submitted pursuant to subsection 

17 (b)(2), the Director of Office of Management and Budget, 

18 in consultation with the Secretary, shall submit to Con19 gress a report on recommendations, if any, for legislation 

20 to improve accountability and oversight in grants manage21 ment, including the timely closeout of a Federal grant 

22 award. 

23 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
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1 (1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 

2 meaning given that term in section 551 of title 5, 

3 United States Code. 

4 (2) CLOSEOUT.—The term ‘‘closeout’’ means a 

5 closeout of a Federal grant award conducted in ac6 cordance with part 200 of title 2, Code of Federal 

7 Regulations, including sections 200.16 and 200.343 

8 of such title, or any successor thereto. 

9 (3) FEDERAL GRANT AWARD.—The term ‘‘Fed10 eral grant award’’ means a Federal grant award (as 

11 defined in section 200.38(a)(1) of title 2, Code of 

12 Federal Regulations, or any successor thereto), in13 cluding a cooperative agreement, in an agency cash 

14 payment management system held by the United 

15 States Government for which— 

16 (A) the grant award period of perform17 ance, including any extensions, has been expired 

18 for more than 2 years; and 

19 (B) closeout has not yet occurred in ac20 cordance with section 200.343 of title 2, Code 

21 of Federal Regulations, or any successor there22 to. 
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1 (4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 

2 the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 

Passed the Senate December 18, 2015. 

Attest: 

Secretary. 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1115 

AN ACT 

To close out expired grants.