SENATE 2260118th CongressPlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 269.
Grant Transparency Act of 2023
- Last Action
- 12/11/2023
Actions
- 2023-12-11Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 269.
- 2023-12-11Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters without amendment. With written report No. 118-125.
- 2023-12-11Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters without amendment. With written report No. 118-125.
- 2023-07-26Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- 2023-07-12Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- 2023-07-12Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2023-07-12 (00)
Grant Transparency Act of 2023
This bill establishes transparency requirements for notices of funding opportunity in applications for competitive grants awarded by federal agencies, excluding the Government Accountability Office.
Specifically, each notice of funding opportunity issued by an agency for a competitive grant must include
- a description of any rating system and evaluation and selection criteria the agency uses to assess applications for the grant;
- a statement of whether the agency uses a weighted scoring method and a description of any such method that it uses for the grant, including the amount by which the agency weighs each criterion; and
- any other qualitative or quantitative merit-based approach the agency uses to evaluate an application for the grant.
Cosponsors (6)
- Maggie Hassan (D-NH)
- Gary Peters (D-MI)
- John Thune (R-SD)
- Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ)
- Raphael Warnock (D-GA)
- John Kennedy (R-LA)
Subjects
- Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
- Government information and archives
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