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.
(2) USE OF DATA SYSTEMS.—An agency may 
use existing multiagency data systems in order to 
submit the report required under paragraph (1). 
(3) EXPLANATION OF MISSING INFORMATION.— 
If the head of an agency is unable to submit all of 
the information required to be included in the report 
under paragraph (1), the report shall include an ex-
planation of why the information was not available, 
including any shortcomings with and plans to im-
prove existing grant systems, including data sys-
tems. 
(b) NOTICE FROM AGENCIES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 1 year after 
the date on which the head of an agency submits the 
report required under subsection (a), the head of the 
agency shall provide notice to the Secretary speci-
fying whether the head of the agency has closed out 
grant awards associated with all of the covered 
grants in the report and which covered grants in the 
report have not been closed out. 
(2) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 
days after the date on which all of the notices re-
quired pursuant to paragraph (1) have been pro-
vided or March 31 of the calendar year following the 
calendar year described in subsection (a)(1), which-
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
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: 
Clerk.
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 3089 
AN ACT 
To close out expired grants, and for other purposes.