Title: Zombie Programs Survival Guide Act
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
Zombie Programs Survival Guide Act
This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance directing federal agencies to report annually on programs and revolving funds that (1) provide federal financial assistance, and (2) did not provide federal financial assistance during the previous year.
The reports must include a list of the programs and funds, an explanation of why federal financial assistance was not provided, and the amount of budget authority that is available for each program or fund.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 3110 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 3110

To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue 
    guidance relating to reporting by agencies on Federal financial 
 assistance programs that do not provide Federal financial assistance 
       during the 1-year period preceding the date of the report.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            October 28, 2021

 Ms. Ernst (for herself and Mr. Braun) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue 
    guidance relating to reporting by agencies on Federal financial 
 assistance programs that do not provide Federal financial assistance 
       during the 1-year period preceding the date of the report.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Zombie Programs Survival Guide 
Act''.

SEC. 2. GUIDANCE FOR AGENCIES.

    (a) Definitions.--
            (1) Covered agency.--The term ``covered agency'' means--
                    (A) an Executive agency, as defined in section 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) Federal financial assistance; program.--The terms 
        ``Federal financial assistance'' and ``program'' have the 
        meaning given those terms in section 1122(a) of title 31, 
        United States Code.
            (3) Relevant report.--The term ``relevant report'' means--
                    (A) a report described in section 3516(a)(2) of 
                title 31, United States Code; or
                    (B) the consolidated report described in section 
                3516(a)(1) of title 31, United States Code.
    (b) Guidance.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 
issue guidance that requires the head of each covered agency to 
include, on an annual basis, in a relevant report--
            (1) a list of each program and revolving fund of the 
        covered agency that--
                    (A) provides Federal financial assistance; and
                    (B) did not provide Federal financial assistance 
                during the 1-year period preceding the date of the 
                report;
            (2) an explanation of why each program or revolving fund 
        described in paragraph (1) did not award Federal financial 
        assistance during the 1-year period preceding the date of the 
        report; and
            (3) the amount of budget authority available for each 
        program or revolving fund described in paragraph (1).
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