About the bill
Should the government create a single website where all spending information on grants can be located?
Context
More than $700 billion in grants and cooperative agreements were awarded by the federal government last fiscal year. Yet there is no single repository for the data, showing where all the taxpayers’ money went and how much.
What the bill does
The Grant Reporting Efficiency and Agreements Transparency (GREAT) Actwould create the federal government’s first centralized database for information on grant money.
It was introduced in the Senate on September 24 as bill number S. 3484 by Sen. James Lankford (R-OK), and in the House on January 29 as bill number H.R. 4887 by Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-NC5).
What supporters say
Supporters argue the bill would increase transparency and improve …
Sponsor and status
115th Congress (2017–2019)
This bill was introduced on September 26, 2018, in a previous session of Congress, but it did not receive a vote.
Although this bill was not enacted, its provisions could have become law by being included in another bill. It is common for legislative text to be introduced concurrently in multiple bills (called companion bills), re-introduced in subsequent sessions of Congress in new bills, or added to larger bills (sometimes called omnibus bills).
1 Cosponsor (1 Republican)
Position statements
What legislators are saying
“Senators Lankford, Enzi Bill to Improve Federal Grant Reporting Moves to Senate Floor”
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Sen. James Lankford [R-OK]
(Sponsor)
on Sep 26, 2018
“Senators Lankford, Enzi bill to improve federal grant reporting moves to Senate floor”
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Sen. Michael Enzi [R-WY, 1997-2020]
(Co-sponsor)
on Sep 26, 2018
“A $662 Billion Challenge: Transforming U.S. Grant Reporting”
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Rep. Virginia Foxx [R-NC5]
on Sep 26, 2018
History
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Sep 24, 2018
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Introduced
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Sep 26, 2018
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Ordered Reported
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Nov 13, 2018
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Reported by Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
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S. 3484 (115th) was a bill in the United States Congress.
A bill must be passed by both the House and Senate in identical form and then be signed by the President to become law.
Bills numbers restart every two years. That means there are other bills with the number S. 3484. This is the one from the 115th Congress.
This bill was introduced in the 115th Congress, which met from Jan 3, 2017 to Jan 3, 2019. Legislation not passed by the end of a Congress is cleared from the books.
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