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Grant Transparency Act of 2023

Introduced: July 12, 2023 Introduced by: Cornyn, John Republican · Texas See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Dec 11, 2023
Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 269.
Dec 11, 2023
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters without amendment. With written report No. 118-125.
Jul 26, 2023
Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Jul 12, 2023
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
Jul 12, 2023
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

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.
What's happening now December 11, 2023

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 269.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 5536 Identical bill Grant Transparency Act of 2023
 Bill text 2 versions

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 3 Republican 2
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Kennedy, John
Louisiana · Sep 28, 2023
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Warnock, Raphael G.
Georgia · Jul 27, 2023
Sinema, Kyrsten
· Jul 18, 2023
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Thune, John
South Dakota · Jul 13, 2023
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Hassan, Margaret Wood
New Hampshire · Jul 12, 2023
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Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · Jul 12, 2023
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 2260: Grant Transparency Act of 2023. 118th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-2260/
MLA
"S. 2260: Grant Transparency Act of 2023." 118th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-2260/.
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S. 2260, 118th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-2260/.
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[S. 2260: Grant Transparency Act of 2023](https://openamerica.io/bill/118-S-2260/)
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