Accountability in Grants Act of 2013

Bill: 113-hr-959
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Whitfield, Ed [R-KY-1]
Introduced: 2013-03-05
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Air quality

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Environmental assessment, monitoring, research

Public contracts and procurement

Research administration and funding

Research and development
Latest action: action_date: 2013-03-21
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-03-05
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Accountability in Grants Act of 2013 - Amends the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from awarding grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, or other financial assistance under the national research and development program for the prevention and control of air pollution for any program, project, or activity to occur outside the United States and its territories and possessions.</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 959 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 5, 2013 Mr. Whitfield (for himself, Mr. Barrow of Georgia , Mr. Griffith of Virginia , Mr. McKinley , Mr. Murphy of Pennsylvania , Mrs. Ellmers , Mr. Pompeo , Mr. Burgess , Mr. Terry , Mr. Guthrie , and Mr. Olson ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce , and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology , for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned A BILL To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from awarding any grant, contract, cooperative agreement, or other financial assistance under section 103 of the Clean Air Act for any program, project, or activity to occur outside the United States and its territories and possessions.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Accountability in Grants Act of 2013 . 2. Prohibition against funding certain foreign programs, projects, and activities Section 103 of the Clean Air Act is amended by adding at the end the following: (l) Prohibition against funding foreign programs, projects, and activities The Administrator shall not award any grant, contract, cooperative agreement, or other financial assistance under this section for any program, project, or activity to occur outside the United States and its territories and possessions. .