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Version 36 · Passed House amended · Jun 21, 2006
Instructs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to work with the Administrator of General Services and other agencies to make available on the Internet, from a single website database, at no cost to the public, downloadable data regarding federal financial assistance in accordance with this Act and the E-Government Act of 2002.
Requires such data to: (1) contain all information and types of information (data fields) collected through the Federal Assistance Award Data System, Grants.gov, or any other existing federal database, as well as specified additional information about each award; (2) appear within 30 days of the award of such assistance; (3) display in a form permitting full searching and aggregation of all data fields across all agencies; (4) identify the federal financial assistance a recipient has received during the preceding 10-year period; (5) include lists of federal financial assistance awards and the dates and amounts of federal fund disbursements; and (6) identify subgrantees that are nonfederal entities.
People & committees
Rep. Blunt, Roy [R-MO-7] · R–MO
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Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote. (text: CR H4335)
Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Agreed to by voice vote.(text: CR H4335)
DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5060.
Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H4335-4338)
Mr. Davis, Tom moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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