Senate Bill 1829
116th Congress(2019-2020)
GREAT Act
Introduced
Introduced in Senate on Jun 13, 2019
Origin Chamber
Senate
Type
Bill
Bill
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Bill Number
1829
Congress
116
Policy Area
Government Operations and Politics
Government Operations and Politics
Primary focus of measure is government administration, including agency organization, contracting, facilities and property, information management and services; rulemaking and administrative law; elections and political activities; government employees and officials; Presidents; ethics and public participation; postal service. Measures concerning agency appropriations and the budget process may fall under Economics and Public Finance policy area.
No Senate votes have been held for this bill.
Summary
Grant Reporting Efficiency and Agreements Transparency Act of 2019 or the GREAT Act
This bill requires the establishment and use of data standards for information reported by recipients of federal grants.
The bill requires the Office of Management and Budget, jointly with the executive department that issues the most federal grant awards, to (1) establish government-wide data standards for information reported by grant recipients, (2) issue guidance directing federal agencies to apply those standards, and (3) require the publication of recipient-reported data collected from all agencies on a single public website.
Each agency shall ensure its awards use the data standards for future information collection requests.
June 13, 2019
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06/13/2019
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
06/13/2019
Introduced in Senate
Public Record
Record Updated
Nov 1, 2022 1:51:07 PM