Dormant Government Program Accountability Act

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5970 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5970

To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue 
    guidance relating to reporting by agencies on Federal financial 
 assistance programs that do not provide Federal financial assistance 
       during the 1-year period preceding the date of the report.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 15, 2021

   Mr. Carl introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                   Committee on Oversight and Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue 
    guidance relating to reporting by agencies on Federal financial 
 assistance programs that do not provide Federal financial assistance 
       during the 1-year period preceding the date of the report.

    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 ``Dormant Government Program 
Accountability Act''.

SEC. 2. GUIDANCE FOR AGENCIES.

    (a) Definitions.--
            (1) Covered agency.--The term ``covered agency'' means--
                    (A) an Executive agency, as defined in section 105 
                of title 5, United States Code; and
                    (B) an independent regulatory agency, as defined in 
                section 3502 of title 44, United States Code.
            (2) Federal financial assistance; program.--The terms 
        ``Federal financial assistance'' and ``program'' have the 
        meaning given those terms in section 1122(a) of title 31, 
        United States Code.
            (3) Relevant report.--The term ``relevant report'' means--
                    (A) a report described in section 3516(a)(2) of 
                title 31, United States Code; or
                    (B) the consolidated report described in section 
                3516(a)(1) of title 31, United States Code.
    (b) Guidance.--Not later than 1 year after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 
issue guidance that requires the head of each covered agency to 
include, on an annual basis, in a relevant report--
            (1) a list of each program and revolving fund of the 
        covered agency that--
                    (A) provides Federal financial assistance; and
                    (B) did not provide Federal financial assistance 
                during the 1-year period preceding the date of the 
                report;
            (2) an explanation of why each program or revolving fund 
        described in paragraph (1) did not award Federal financial 
        assistance during the 1-year period preceding the date of the 
        report; and
            (3) the amount of budget authority available for each 
        program or revolving fund described in paragraph (1).
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