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Calendar No. 303 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1115 

[Report No. 114–169] 

To close out expired, empty grant accounts. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

APRIL 28, 2015 

Mrs. FISCHER (for herself, Mr. MANCHIN, and Mr. JOHNSON) introduced the 

following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on 

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs 

NOVEMBER 30, 2015 

Reported by Mr. JOHNSON, with an amendment and an amendment to the 

title 

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

A BILL 

To close out expired, empty grant accounts. 

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 ‘‘Grants Oversight and 

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

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1 SEC. 2. IDENTIFYING AND CLOSING OUT EXPIRED, EMPTY 

2 GRANT ACCOUNTS. 

3 (a) INSPECTORS GENERAL REPORT.— 

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

5 after the date of enactment of this Act, the Council 

6 of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency 

7 shall submit to Congress and the head of each agen8 cy a report that— 

9 (A) lists each covered grant account held 

10 by the United States Government; 

11 (B) recommends which of the covered 

12 grant accounts described in subparagraph (A) 

13 should be immediately closed; and 

14 (C) for each covered grant account that 

15 has been expired for more than 90 days, ex16 plains why the covered grant account has not 

17 been closed out. 

18 (2) CONSIDERATION.—In determining which 

19 grant accounts held by the United States Govern20 ment are covered grant accounts, the Council of the 

21 Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency shall 

22 compare the information made available in the cash 

23 payment management system and the grants pro24 gram management database to ensure that grant ac25 counts for grant awards that are not expired are not 

26 listed under paragraph (1)(A). 

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1 (b) CLOSURE OF ACCOUNTS REQUIRED; NOTICE.— 

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

3 after the report is submitted under subsection (a), 

4 the head of each agency with a covered grant ac5 count recommended for closure in the report de6 scribed in subsection (a) shall close out each expired 

7 grant award associated with each covered grant ac8 count that is managed by the agency. 

9 (2) NOTICE FROM AGENCIES.—Not later than 

10 90 days after the date on which the 180-day period 

11 described in paragraph (1) ends, the head of each 

12 agency required to close a covered grant account 

13 under paragraph (1) shall provide notice the Council 

14 of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency 

15 specifying whether the head of the agency has closed 

16 out grant awards associated with all of the covered 

17 grant accounts required to be closed under para18 graph (1). 

19 (3) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 

20 days after the date on which the 90-day period de21 scribed in paragraph (2) ends, the Council of the In22 spectors General on Integrity and Efficiency shall 

23 submit to Congress and the committees of jurisdic24 tion a report on the status of all the covered grant 

25 accounts required to be closed under paragraph (1). 

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1 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

2 (1) the term ‘‘agency’’ has the meaning given 

3 that term in section 551 of title 5, United States 

4 Code; and 

5 (2) the term ‘‘covered grant account’’ means a 

6 grant account in a Federal agency payment manage7 ment system held by the United States Government 

8 that has a zero balance for more than 180 days and 

9 for which the grant award period has expired. 

10 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

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

13 SEC. 2. IDENTIFYING AND CLOSING OUT EXPIRED GRANTS. 

14 (a) EXPIRED GRANT REPORT.— 

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

16 the date of enactment of this Act, the Director of the 

17 Office of Management and Budget shall instruct the 

18 head of each agency, in coordination with the Sec19 retary, to submit to Congress and the Secretary a re20 port, not later than December 31 of the first calendar 

21 year beginning after the date of enactment of this Act, 

22 that— 

23 (A) lists each covered grant held by the 

24 United States Government; 

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1 (B) recommends which of the covered grants 

2 described in subparagraph (A) should be closed; 

3 and 

4 (C) for each covered grant, explains why the 

5 covered grant has not been closed out. 

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

7 use existing multiagency data systems in order to 

8 submit the report required under paragraph (1). 

9 (3) EXPLANATION OF MISSING INFORMATION.—If 

10 an agency is unable to submit all of the information 

11 required to be included in the report under paragraph 

12 (1), the report shall include an explanation of why 

13 the information was not available, including any 

14 shortcomings with existing grant data systems. 

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 the 

19 agency shall provide notice to the Secretary specifying 

20 whether the head of the agency has closed out grant 

21 awards associated with all of the covered grants. 

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

23 days after the date on which the head of an agency 

24 provides notice to the Secretary under paragraph (1), 

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1 the head of the agency shall provide the same notice 

2 to Congress. 

3 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section— 

4 (1) the term ‘‘agency’’ has the meaning given 

5 that term in section 551 of title 5, United States 

6 Code; 

7 (2) the term ‘‘close out’’ means a close out of a 

8 grant account conducted in accordance with section 

9 200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regulations, including 

10 section 200.343 of such title, or any successor thereto; 

11 (3) the term ‘‘covered grant’’ means a grant in 

12 a Federal agency cash payment management system 

13 held by the United States Government for which— 

14 (A) the grant award period of performance, 

15 including any extensions, has been expired for 

16 not less than 2 years; and 

17 (B) close out has not yet occurred in accord18 ance with section 200.343 of title 2, Code of Fed19 eral Regulations, or any successor thereto; and 

20 (4) the term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary of 

21 Health and Human Services. 

Amend the title so as to read: ‘‘A bill to close out 

expired grants.’’. 

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Calendar No. 303 

114TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1115 

[Report No. 114–169] 

A BILL 

To close out expired, empty grant accounts. 

NOVEMBER 30, 2015 

Reported with an amendment and an amendment to the 

title 

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