,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bgha  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #bb1 #bjac ,mr4
 ,peters of ,california 7for himself and
 ,ms4 ,kuster7 introduced the following 
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,reform1 and in addition to the        
,committee on ,appropriations1 for a    
period to be subsequently determined by 
the ,speaker1 in each case for          
consideration of such provisions as fall
 within the jurisdiction of the         
committee concerned  ,a ,,bill  ,to     
require the closure of expired grants   
accounts1 and for other purposes4  #a4  
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,stop ,paying ,something for        
,nothing ,act of #bjac4  #b4 ,expired   
grant account report  7a7 ,report       
required ,beginning #f months after the 
date of the enactment of this ,act1 not 
later than ,march #ca of each year1 the 
,director of the ,office of ,management 
and ,budget shall submit to the ,chairs 

and ,ranking ,members of the ,budget    
,committees a report that lists--  7#a7 
each grant account that is more than #c 
months past the grant end date2 and     
7#b7 the total unexpended balance1 the  
amount of obligated but unexpended      
funds1 and the amount of unobligated    
funds in each such account for each     
agency4  7b7 ,report required ,to be    
published on ,,omb website ,not later   
than #ae days after the report is       
submitted under subsection 7a71 the     
report shall be made public on the      
website of the ,office of ,management   
and ,budget1 in a searchable1           
human-readable1 and machine readable    
format4  7c7 ,return of funds ,on the   
date that the report is submitted under 
this section1 any unobligated amounts in
 an expired grant account not listed in 
the report are rescinded and shall be   
returned to the general fund of the     
,treasury4  #c4 ,account closing        
procedures  7a7 ,in general  7#a7       
,closure ,not later than #d months after

 the date on which a grant account is   
published under section #b7;b71 the head
 of the relevant agency shall close such
 grant account in the ,payment          
,management ,system if the final report 
required by ,,omb ,circular ,no4 ,a-#aaj
 was filed more than #cf months before  
such date4  7#b7 ,return of funds ,on   
the date that such grant account is     
closed1 the unobligated amounts in such 
grant account 7if any7 are rescinded and
 shall be returned to the general fund  
of the ,treasury4  7b7 ,payment         
,management ,system ,the head of the    
relevant agency shall close any grant   
account in the ,payment ,management     
,system that has no unexpended balance  
remaining for the previous six months   
and1 not later than ,june #ae of each   
year1 submit to the ,chairs and ,ranking
 ,members of the ,budget ,committees a  
report that lists each account closed   
pursuant to this subsection4  7c7       
,automated ,standard ,application for   
,payments system ,the ,secretary of the 

,treasury shall close any account in the
 ,automated ,standard ,application for  
,payments system that has had no        
unexpended balance remaining for the    
previous six months4 ,on ,june #ae of   
each year1 the ,secretary of the        
,treasury shall submit to the ,budget   
,committees a report that lists each    
account closed pursuant to this         
subsection and the agency that          
controlled the account4  7d7 ,exception 
to closure ,the ,director of the ,office
 of ,management and ,budget may prevent 
the closure of an account under this    
,act only after submitting to the ,chair
 and ,ranking ,member of the ,budget    
,committees a report that describes the 
reason for not closing such account4    
#d4 ,definitions ,in this ,act3  7#a7   
,agency ,the term agency has the meaning
 given that term in section #eea of     
title #e1 ,united ,states ,code4  7#b7  
,budget ,committees ,the term ,budget   
,committees means the ,committee on the 
,budget of the ,house of                

,representatives and the ,senate ,budget
 ,committee4  7#c7 ,grant account ,the  
term grant account includes any account 
in--  7,a7 the ,payment ,management     
,system or the ,automated ,standard     
,application for ,payments system2 or   
7,b7 any other system that may be       
created or administered by the          
,financial ,management ,system of the   
,department of the ,treasury4