I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4056 
To require agencies to notify the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget when the agency suspends or terminates a Federal award, 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 22, 2021 
Mrs. LESKO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Reform 
A BILL 
To require agencies to notify the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget when the agency suspends 
or terminates a Federal award, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Stop the Outlay of 
Payments Act’’. 
SEC. 2. FEDERAL GRANTS. 
(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ means— 
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(A) an Executive agency, as defined in sec-
tion 105 of title 5, United States Code; and 
(B) an independent regulatory agency, as 
defined in section 3502 of title 44, United 
States Code. 
(2) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 
the Director of the Office of Management and Budg-
et. 
(3) FEDERAL
AWARD.—The term ‘‘Federal 
award’’ means a grant, subgrant, contract, sub-
contract, loan, award, or cooperative agreement 
awarded by an agency. 
(4) SUSPENDED
ENTITY.—The term ‘‘sus-
pended entity’’ means a recipient of a Federal 
award, any portion of which the head of an agency 
suspends or terminates for a reason described in 
subsection (b)(2). 
(b) NOTIFICATION.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Not later than 120 days 
after the date on which an agency suspends or ter-
minates any portion of a Federal award to the re-
cipient of the Federal award for a reason described 
in paragraph (2), the head of an agency shall notify 
the Director of the suspension or termination. 
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(2) REASON
FOR
SUSPENSION
OR
TERMI-
NATION.—A reason for a suspension or termination 
of a Federal award described in this paragraph is a 
failure of the recipient of the Federal award to com-
ply with— 
(A) the terms and conditions of the Fed-
eral award; 
(B) a Federal law or regulation; or 
(C) a request by the agency awarding the 
Federal award for information or materials re-
lating to the Federal award. 
(3) LIST OF SUSPENSIONS.—The Director shall 
maintain an up-to-date list of suspended entities on 
the website of the Office of Management and Budg-
et. 
(c) EFFECT ON OTHER GRANTS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
the head of an agency may not award a Federal 
award or disburse funds under a Federal award to 
a suspended entity until the date on which the sus-
pended entity remedies the reason for a suspension 
or termination of a Federal award of the suspended 
entity under subsection (b)(2). 
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(2) EXCEPTIONS.—The head of an agency may 
award a Federal award and disburse funds under a 
Federal award to a suspended entity if— 
(A) the suspended entity has been classi-
fied as a suspended entity as a result of a cler-
ical error; or 
(B) the suspended entity has an agreement 
with the agency that suspends or terminates the 
Federal award of the suspended entity to re-
solve the reason for the suspension or termi-
nation described in subsection (b)(2). 
(3) COMPLIANCE.—For the purpose of com-
plying with paragraph (1), the head of an agency 
shall reference the list of suspended entities main-
tained by the Director under subsection (b)(3). 
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