,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #caaj  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,october #bh1  
#bjba,ms4 ,ernst 7for herself and ,mr4  
,braun7 introduced the following bill2  
which was read twice and referred to the
 ,committee on ,homeland ,security and  
,governmental ,affairs  ,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
 #a-year period preceding the date of   
the report4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act
 may be cited as the ,zombie ,programs  
,survival ,guide ,act4  #b4 ,guidance   
for agencies  7a7 ,definitions  7#a7    
,covered agency ,the term covered agency
 means-- 7,a7 an ,executive agency1 as  
defined in section #aje of title #e1    
,united ,states ,code2 and  7,b7 an     
independent regulatory agency1 as       
defined in section #cejb of title1 #dd1 

,united ,states ,code4  7#b7 ,federal   
financial assistance2 program ,the terms
 ,federal financial assistance and      
program have the meaning given those    
terms in section #aabb7;a7 of title #ca1
 ,united ,states ,code4  7#c7 ,relevant 
report ,the term relevant report means--
 7,a7 a report described in section     
#ceaf7;a77#b7 of title #ca1 ,united     
,states ,code2 or  7,b7 the consolidated
 report described in section            
#ceaf7;a77#a7 of title #ca1 ,united     
,states ,code4  7b7 ,guidance ,not later
 than #a year after the date of         
enactment of this ,act1 the ,director of
 the ,office of ,management and ,budget 
shall issue guidance that requires the  
head of each covered agency to include1 
on an annual basis1 in a relevant       
report-- 7#a7 a list of each program and
 revolving fund of the covered agency   
that-- 7,a7 provides ,federal financial 
assistance2 and  7,b7 did not provide   
,federal financial assistance during the
 #a-year period preceding the date of   

the report2  7#b7 an explanation of why 
each program or revolving fund described
 in paragraph 7#a7 did not award        
,federal financial assistance during the
 #a-year period preceding the date of   
the report2 and  7#c7 the amount of     
budget authority available for each     
program or revolving fund described in  
paragraph 7#a74