S 2260
118th Congress
Senate
Government Operations and Politics
Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
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Grant Transparency Act of 2023
Everywhere this bill has been
5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
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
Plain-English summary
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.
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Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 269.
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