IIB 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3089 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
SEPTEMBER 29, 2015 
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 
Governmental Affairs 
AN ACT 
To close out expired grants, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Grants Oversight and 
New Efficiency Act’’ or the ‘‘GONE Act’’. 
SEC. 2. IDENTIFYING AND CLOSING OUT EXPIRED GRANTS. 
(a) EXPIRED GRANT REPORT.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Di-
rector of the Office of Management and Budget 
shall instruct the head of each agency, in coordina-
tion with the Secretary, to submit to Congress and 
the Secretary a report, not later than December 31 
of the first calendar year beginning after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, that— 
(A) lists each covered grant held by such 
agency; 
(B) provides the total number of covered 
grants, including the number of grants— 
(i) by time period of expiration; 
(ii) with zero dollar balances; and 
(iii) with undisbursed balances; 
(C) for an agency with covered grants, de-
scribes the challenges leading to delays in grant 
closeout; and 
(D) for the 30 oldest covered grants of an 
agency, explains why each covered grant has 
not been closed out. 
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ever is sooner, the Secretary shall compile the no-
tices submitted pursuant to paragraph (1) and sub-
mit to Congress a report on such notices. 
(c) INSPECTOR GENERAL REVIEW.—Not later than 
1 year after the date on which the head of an agency pro-
vides notice to Congress under subsection (b)(2), the In-
spector General of such agency with more than $500 mil-
lion in grant funding shall conduct a risk assessment to 
determine if an audit or review of the agency’s grant close-
out process is warranted. 
(d) REPORT
ON
ACCOUNTABILITY
AND
OVER-
SIGHT.—Not later than 6 months after the date on which 
the second report is submitted pursuant to subsection 
(b)(2), the Director of Office of Management and Budget, 
in consultation with the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, shall submit to Congress a report on rec-
ommendations for legislation to improve accountability 
and oversight in grants management, including the timely 
closeout of a covered grant. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 
meaning given that term in section 551 of title 5, 
United States Code. 
(2) CLOSEOUT.—The term ‘‘closeout’’ means a 
closeout of a grant account conducted in accordance 
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with part 200 of title 2, Code of Federal Regula-
tions, including sections 200.16 and 200.343 of such 
title, or any successor thereto. 
(3) COVERED
GRANT.—The term ‘‘covered 
grant’’ means a grant in an agency cash payment 
management system held by the United States Gov-
ernment for which— 
(A) the grant award period of perform-
ance, including any extensions, has been expired 
for not less than 2 years; and 
(B) closeout has not yet occurred in ac-
cordance with section 200.343 of title 2, Code 
of Federal Regulations, or any successor there-
to. 
(4) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 28, 
2015. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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