Political Quotes

“The Grant Reporting Efficiency and Agreements Transparency Act, introduced by Representative Virginia Foxx and myself, would standardize reporting for recipients of Federal grants and cooperative agreements. Grant recipients often have to report the same information in different ways because Federal agencies do not use the same forms or even the same terms to describe required information, often making it difficult for organizations and businesses to apply for Federal grants. Under this bill, the Director of OMB and the Secretary of Health and Human Services would be required to establish governmentwide data standards for grant reporting. This bill would encourage OMB and HHS to make the information grant recipients report fully searchable and machine readable. This would provide greater transparency into the money spent on grants because spending data would be more usable. This bill would require that data collected from grant recipients be published on a single public portal. The bill we are considering today is a version that the Senate has amended and makes certain technical changes to that bill. This is a good, commonsense measure that will ease burdens on the private sector and improve the efficiency of government operations. Mr. Speaker, I urge Members to support this bill, and I reserve the balance of my time.”