On the recordOctober 21, 2019
Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that the Senate proceed to the immediate consideration of Calendar No. 200, H.R. 150. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the bill by title. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: A bill (H.R. 150) to modernize Federal grant reporting, and for other purposes. There being no objection, the Senate proceeded to consider the bill, which had been reported from the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, with an amendment to strike all after the enacting clause and insert in lieu thereof the following: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Grant Reporting Efficiency and Agreements Transparency Act of 2019'' or the ``GREAT Act''. (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. Sec. 2. Purposes. Sec. 3. Definitions. Sec. 4. Data standards for grant reporting. Sec. 5. Single Audit Act. Sec. 6. Consolidation of assistance-related information; publication of public information as open data. Sec. 7. Evaluation of nonproprietary identifiers. Sec. 8. Rule of construction. Sec. 9. No additional funds authorized. SEC. 2. PURPOSES.…





