[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 519 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 519
To require the Inspector General to submit a report on the Federal
subaward reporting system, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 16, 2025
Mr. Langworthy (for himself, Ms. Houlahan, Mr. Lawler, Mr. Davis of
North Carolina, Ms. Craig, and Mr. Guest) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government
Reform
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A BILL
To require the Inspector General to submit a report on the Federal
subaward reporting system, and for other purposes.
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 ``Federal Subaward Reporting System
Modernization and Expansion Act''.
SEC. 2. FFATA FEDERAL SUBAWARD REPORTING SYSTEM.
(a) Report on Federal Subaward Reporting System.--Not later than
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Inspector
General of the General Services Administration shall submit to Congress
a report that contains the following:
(1) A comprehensive review of the FFATA subaward reporting
system to identify problems within the system that contribute
to inaccurate and incomplete subaward reporting and provide
specific recommendations for improvements.
(2) An assessment of the effectiveness and efficiency of
the system, including the following:
(A) Accuracy and completeness of subaward data
reported through the system.
(B) Consistency of reporting requirements across
Federal agencies.
(C) Burden on Federal award recipients to comply
with reporting requirements.
(D) Accessibility and availability of subaward data
to the public and stakeholders.
(E) Adequacy of enforcement mechanisms to ensure
compliance with reporting requirements.
(3) Recommendations for improving the system.
(b) Plan and Report for Improving the Federal Subaward Reporting
System.--Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this
Act, and annually thereafter until the plan is fully implemented (as
determined by the Administrator), the Administrator, in consultation
with the Director and the Secretary, shall implement and submit to
Congress a plan to update the FFATA subaward reporting system to ensure
that the system provides accurate, timely, and comprehensive
information on the first tier of any subaward made under a prime
Federal award that includes the following:
(1) Measures to improve the accuracy and completeness of
subaward data reported through the system.
(2) Standardized reporting requirements across Federal
agencies, including a requirement that any prime recipient of a
Federal award that does not make a subaward certifies that a
subaward was not made.
(3) Provisions to reduce the burden on Federal award
recipients to comply with reporting requirements under the
Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31
U.S.C. 6101 note).
(4) Mechanisms to increase accessibility and availability
of subaward data to the public and stakeholders.
(5) Adequate enforcement mechanisms to ensure compliance
with reporting requirements under the Federal Funding
Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006.
(c) Expand Federal Subaward Reporting System.--
(1) Subaward expansion data.--Beginning not later than 1
year after the date on which the first plan is submitted
pursuant to subsection (b), the head of each Federal agency
shall collect information on the first 2 tiers of a subaward
from a Federal award that includes the data elements required
to comply with the Federal Funding Accountability and
Transparency Act of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note), as prescribed
by the Director.
(2) Plan for subaward reporting expansion.--Not later than
1 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the
Administrator, in consultation with the Director, shall issue
reporting rules for Federal agencies under the Federal Funding
Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 and develop a plan
to implement the requirements described in paragraph (1) with
input from stakeholders and the public that includes the
following:
(A) Measures to improve the accuracy and
completeness of subaward data reported through the
system including the final recipient of a subaward
under a Federal award.
(B) Standardized reporting requirements across
Federal agencies.
(C) Provisions to reduce the burden on Federal
award recipients to comply with reporting requirements
under the Federal Funding Accountability and
Transparency Act of 2006.
(D) Mechanisms to increase accessibility and
availability of subaward data including the final
recipient of a subaward under a Federal award to the
public and stakeholders.
(E) Adequate enforcement mechanisms to ensure
compliance with reporting requirements under the
Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of
2006.
(3) Subaward reporting expansion by federal agencies.--Not
later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act,
the head of each Federal agency shall begin implementing the
plan described in paragraph (2).
(4) Report on subaward expansion plan.--Not later than 1
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually
thereafter until the plan is fully implemented (as determined
by the Administrator), the Administrator, in consultation with
the Director shall submit to Congress a report on the plan
described in paragraph (2).
(d) Definitions.--In this section:
(1) Administrator.--The term ``Administrator'' means the
Administrator of General Services.
(2) Director; federal agency; federal award; secretary.--
The terms ``Director'', ``Federal agency'', ``Federal award'',
and ``Secretary'' have the meaning given those terms in section
2(a) of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act
of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note).
(3) FFATA subaward reporting system; system.--The terms
``FFATA subaward reporting system'' and ``system'' mean the
subaward reporting system described in section 2(d)(2) of the
Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (31
U.S.C. 6101 note).
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