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. 
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. DATA WITH RESPECT TO FEDERAL FINANCIAL 
ASSISTANCE REQUIRED TO BE AVAILABLE 
FOR PUBLIC ACCESS IN SEARCHABLE AND 
USER-FRIENDLY FORM. 
(a) DATA REQUIREMENTS.—The Director of the Of-
fice of Management and Budget shall, as part of the im-
plementation of the Federal Financial Assistance Manage-
ment Improvement Act of 1999 (Public Law 106–107; 31 
U.S.C. 6101 note), work with the Administrator of Gen-
eral Services and other agencies to make available data 
with respect to Federal financial assistance in accordance 
with this section and section 204 of the E-Government Act 
of 2002 (Public Law 107–347; 44 U.S.C. 3501 note). 
(b) MATTERS COVERED.—The Director shall ensure 
that the data required under subsection (a), at a min-
imum— 
(1) are available on the Internet, from a single 
website database, at no cost to the public; 
(2) contain— 
(A) all information and types of informa-
tion (in this section referred to as ‘‘data 
fields’’) collected through the Federal Assist-
ance Award Data System, Grants.gov, or any 
other existing Federal database; and 
(B) additional information about each Fed-
eral financial assistance award, including pro-
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gram source or funding authority, statutory or 
regulatory authority, renewability, number of 
applicants and recipients, type of activity being 
performed, required measurable outcomes, and 
any other relevant information; 
(3) are in a form that allows for full searching 
and aggregation of all data fields across all agencies; 
(4) include information about Federal financial 
assistance awards within 30 days after award of the 
assistance; 
(5) identify the Federal financial assistance 
that a recipient has received during the preceding 
10-year period, including an itemized breakdown of 
that assistance by agency and program source; 
(6) include lists of Federal financial assistance 
awards and the dates and amounts of Federal fund 
disbursements; and 
(7) identify subgrantees that are non-Federal 
entities. 
(c) DOWNLOAD ABILITY.—The Director also shall 
ensure that the website containing the data allows for the 
public to download— 
(1) results of searches; and 
(2) the entire database on a quarterly basis. 
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(d) PERIOD COVERED.—For purposes of subsection 
(b)(5), the first 10-year period to be covered shall begin 
with the year 2006. 
(e) DEFINITIONS.—In this Act: 
(1) The term ‘‘Federal financial assistance’’ has 
the same meaning as defined in section 7501(a)(5) 
of title 31, United States Code, except that, in ap-
plying such definition, the term ‘‘non-Federal enti-
ty’’ has the meaning provided in paragraph (2). 
(2) The term ‘‘non-Federal entity’’ means a 
State, local government, nonprofit organization, cor-
poration, association, partnership, limited liability 
company, limited liability partnership, or any other 
legal business entity. 
(f) COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENT.—The website data-
base made available pursuant to this section shall not be 
considered in compliance with this section if it only pro-
vides electronic links to the Federal Assistance Award 
Data System, Grants.gov, or other existing websites and 
databases, unless each of those sites has information from 
all agencies and meets the requirements of subsections (b) 
and (c). 
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(g) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The data shall be available 
for public use not later than 1 year after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
Passed the House of Representatives June 21, 2006. 
Attest: 
KAREN L. HAAS, 
Clerk. 
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