I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3089 
To close out expired grants, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 16, 2015 
Mr. WALBERG (for himself and Mrs. LAWRENCE) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
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, 
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 
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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 the 
United States Government; 
(B) recommends which of the covered 
grants described in subparagraph (A) should be 
closed; and 
(C) for each covered grant, explains why 
the 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 is not available, in-
cluding any shortcomings with existing grant data 
systems. 
(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-
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fying whether the head of the agency has closed out 
grant awards associated with all of the covered 
grants. 
(2) NOTICE TO CONGRESS.—Not later than 90 
days after the date on which the head of an agency 
provides notice to the Secretary under paragraph 
(1), the head of the agency shall provide the same 
notice to Congress. 
(c) 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) CLOSED
OUT.—The term ‘‘closed out’’ 
means the closeout of a grant account conducted in 
accordance with section 200 of title 2, Code of Fed-
eral Regulations, including section 200.343 of such 
title, or any successor thereto. 
(3) COVERED
GRANT.—The term ‘‘covered 
grant’’ means a grant in a Federal agency cash pay-
ment management system held by the United States 
Government for which— 
(A) the grant award period of perform-
ance, including any extensions, has been expired 
for not less than 2 years; and 
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(B) the grant has not been closed out in 
accordance 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. 
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