IIB 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5060 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 22, 2006 

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

Governmental Affairs 

AN ACT 

To amend the Federal Financial Assistance Management 

Improvement Act of 1999 to require data with respect 

to Federal financial assistance to be available for public 

access in a searchable and user friendly form. 

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. DATA WITH RESPECT TO FEDERAL FINANCIAL 

2 ASSISTANCE REQUIRED TO BE AVAILABLE 

3 FOR PUBLIC ACCESS IN SEARCHABLE AND 

4 USER-FRIENDLY FORM. 

5 (a) DATA REQUIREMENTS.—The Director of the Of6 fice of Management and Budget shall, as part of the im7 plementation of the Federal Financial Assistance Manage8 ment Improvement Act of 1999 (Public Law 106–107; 31 

9 U.S.C. 6101 note), work with the Administrator of Gen10 eral Services and other agencies to make available data 

11 with respect to Federal financial assistance in accordance 

12 with this section and section 204 of the E-Government Act 

13 of 2002 (Public Law 107–347; 44 U.S.C. 3501 note). 

14 (b) MATTERS COVERED.—The Director shall ensure 

15 that the data required under subsection (a), at a min16 imum— 

17 (1) are available on the Internet, from a single 

18 website database, at no cost to the public; 

19 (2) contain— 

20 (A) all information and types of informa21 tion (in this section referred to as ‘‘data 

22 fields’’) collected through the Federal Assist23 ance Award Data System, Grants.gov, or any 

24 other existing Federal database; and 

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1 gram source or funding authority, statutory or 

2 regulatory authority, renewability, number of 

3 applicants and recipients, type of activity being 

4 performed, required measurable outcomes, and 

5 any other relevant information; 

6 (3) are in a form that allows for full searching 

7 and aggregation of all data fields across all agencies; 

8 (4) include information about Federal financial 

9 assistance awards within 30 days after award of the 

10 assistance; 

11 (5) identify the Federal financial assistance 

12 that a recipient has received during the preceding 

13 10-year period, including an itemized breakdown of 

14 that assistance by agency and program source; 

15 (6) include lists of Federal financial assistance 

16 awards and the dates and amounts of Federal fund 

17 disbursements; and 

18 (7) identify subgrantees that are non-Federal 

19 entities. 

20 (c) DOWNLOAD ABILITY.—The Director also shall 

21 ensure that the website containing the data allows for the 

22 public to download— 

23 (1) results of searches; and 

24 (2) the entire database on a quarterly basis. 


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1 (d) PERIOD COVERED.—For purposes of subsection 

2 (b)(5), the first 10-year period to be covered shall begin 

3 with the year 2006. 

4 (e) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 

5 (1) The term ‘‘Federal financial assistance’’ has 

6 the same meaning as defined in section 7501(a)(5) 

7 of title 31, United States Code, except that, in ap8 plying such definition, the term ‘‘non-Federal enti9 ty’’ has the meaning provided in paragraph (2). 

10 (2) The term ‘‘non-Federal entity’’ means a 

11 State, local government, nonprofit organization, cor12 poration, association, partnership, limited liability 

13 company, limited liability partnership, or any other 

14 legal business entity. 

15 (f) COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENT.—The website data16 base made available pursuant to this section shall not be 

17 considered in compliance with this section if it only pro18 vides electronic links to the Federal Assistance Award 

19 Data System, Grants.gov, or other existing websites and 

20 databases, unless each of those sites has information from 

21 all agencies and meets the requirements of subsections (b) 

22 and (c). 


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1 (g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The data shall be available 

2 for public use not later than 1 year after the date of the 

3 enactment of this Act. 

Passed the House of Representatives June 21, 2006. 

Attest: KAREN L. HAAS, 

Clerk. 


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