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109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. CON. RES. 114 

Providing for corrections to the enrollment of the bill S. 2590. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 13, 2006 

Mr. COBURN submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 

considered and agreed to 

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 

Providing for corrections to the enrollment of the bill S. 

2590. 

1 Resolved by the Senate (the House of Representatives 

2 concurring), That, in the enrollment of the bill S. 2590, 

3 the Secretary of the Senate shall make the following cor4 rections: 

5 (1) In section 2(a), strike paragraphs (2) and 

6 (3) and insert the following: 

7 ‘‘(2) FEDERAL AWARD.—The term ‘Federal 

8 award’— 

9 ‘‘(A) means Federal financial assistance 

10 and expenditures that— 

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1 ‘‘(i) include grants, subgrants, loans, 

2 awards, cooperative agreements, and other 

3 forms of financial assistance; 

4 ‘‘(ii) include contracts, subcontracts, 

5 purchase orders, task orders, and delivery 

6 orders; 

7 ‘‘(B) does not include individual trans8 actions below $25,000; and 

9 ‘‘(C) before October 1, 2008, does not in10 clude credit card transactions. 

11 ‘‘(3) SEARCHABLE WEBSITE.—The term 

12 ‘searchable website’ means a website that allows the 

13 public to— 

14 ‘‘(A) search and aggregate Federal funding 

15 by any element required by subsection (b)(1); 

16 ‘‘(B) ascertain through a single search the 

17 total amount of Federal funding awarded to an 

18 entity by a Federal award described in para19 graph (2)(A)(i), by fiscal year; 

20 ‘‘(C) ascertain through a single search the 

21 total amount of Federal funding awarded to an 

22 entity by a Federal award described in para23 graph (2)(A)(ii), by fiscal year; and 

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1 ‘‘(D) download data included in subpara2 graph (A) included in the outcome from 

3 searches.’’. 

4 (2) In section 2(b)(1), strike ‘‘section and sec5 tion 204 of the E-Government Act of 2002 (Public 

6 Law 107–347; 44 U.S.C. 3501 note),’’ and insert 

7 ‘‘section, section 204 of the E-Government Act of 

8 2002 (Public Law 107–347; 44 U.S.C. 3501 note), 

9 and the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act 

10 (41 U.S.C. 403 et seq.),’’. 

11 (3) In section 2, strike subsection (c) and insert 

12 the following: 

13 ‘‘(c) WEBSITE.—The website established under this 

14 section— 

15 ‘‘(1) may use as the source of its data the Fed16 eral Procurement Data System, Federal Assistance 

17 Award Data System, and Grants.gov, if all of these 

18 data sources are searchable through the website and 

19 can be accessed in a search on the website required 

20 by this Act, provided that the user may— 

21 ‘‘(A) specify such search shall be confined 

22 to Federal contracts and subcontracts; 

23 ‘‘(B) specify such search shall be confined 

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1 operative agreements, and other forms of finan2 cial assistance; 

3 ‘‘(2) shall not be considered in compliance if it 

4 hyperlinks to the Federal Procurement Data System 

5 website, Federal Assistance Award Data System 

6 website, Grants.gov website, or other existing 

7 websites, so that the information elements required 

8 by subsection (b)(1) cannot be searched electroni9 cally by field in a single search; 

10 ‘‘(3) shall provide an opportunity for the public 

11 to provide input about the utility of the site and rec12 ommendations for improvements; 

13 ‘‘(4) shall be updated not later than 30 days 

14 after the award of any Federal award requiring a 

15 posting; and 

16 ‘‘(5) shall provide for separate searches for 

17 Federal awards described in subsection (a) to distin18 guish between the Federal awards described in sub19 section (a)(2)(A)(i) and those described in sub20 section (a)(2)(A)(ii).’’. 

21 (4) Add at the end the following: 

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1 ‘‘SEC. 4. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE REPORT2 ING REQUIREMENT. 

3 ‘‘Not later than January 1, 2010, the Comptroller 

4 General shall submit to Congress a report on compliance 

5 with this Act.’’. 

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