119-hr519

[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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