,,ii ,calendar ,no4 #efe #aahth         
,,congress  #b;d ,session  ,h4 ,r4 #eecf
  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of ,,the        
,,united ,,states  ,november #ai1       
#bjbd,received2 read twice and placed on
 the calendar  ,,an ,,act  ,to require  
transparency in notices of funding      
opportunity1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,grant ,transparency ,act of    
#bjbc4  #b4 ,notices of funding         
opportunity transparency  7a7           
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,agency ,the term agency-- 7,a7 has the 
meaning given the term ,executive agency
 in section #aje of title #e1 ,united   
,states ,code2 and  7,b7 does not       
include the ,government ,accountability 
,office4  7#b7 ,competitive grant ,the  
term competitive grant means a          
discretionary award 7as defined in      
section #bjj4a of title #b1 ,code of    
,federal ,regulations7 awarded by an    
agency-- 7,a7 through a grant agreement 
or cooperative agreement under which the

 agency makes payment in cash or in kind
 to a recipient to carry out a public   
purpose authorized by law2 and  7,b7 the
 recipient of which is selected from a  
pool of applicants through the use of   
merit-based selection procedures for the
 purpose of allocating funds authorized 
under a grant program of the agency4    
7#c7 ,evaluation or selection criteria  
,the term evaluation or selection       
criteria means standards or principles  
for judging1 evaluating1 or selecting an
 application for a competitive grant4   
7#d7 ,notice of funding opportunity ,the
 term notice of funding opportunity has 
the meaning given the term in section   
#bjj4a of title #b1 ,code of ,federal   
,regulations4  7#e7 ,rating system ,the 
term rating system-- 7,a7 means a system
 of evaluation of competitive grant     
applications to determine how such      
applications advance through the        
selection process2 and  7,b7 includes-- 
7i7 a merit criteria rating rubric2     
7ii7 an evaluation of merit criteria2   

7iii7 a methodology to evaluate and rate
 based on a point scale2 and  7iv7 an   
evaluation to determine whether a       
competitive grant application meets     
evaluation or selection criteria4  7b7  
,transparency requirements ,each notice 
of funding opportunity issued by an     
agency for a competitive grant shall    
include-- 7#a7 a description of any     
rating system and evaluation and        
selection criteria the agency uses to   
assess applications for the competitive 
grant2  7#b7 a statement of whether the 
agency uses a weighted scoring method   
and a description of any weighted       
scoring method the agency uses for the  
competitive grant1 including the amount 
by which the agency weights each        
criterion2 and  7#c7 any other          
qualitative or quantitative merit-based 
approach the agency uses to evaluate an 
application for the competitive grant4  
7c7 ,applications2 data elements  7#a7  
,in general ,the ,director of the       
,office of ,management and ,budget1 in  

coordination with the ,executive        
department designated under section     
#fdjb7;a77#a7 of title #ca1 ,united     
,states ,code1 shall develop data       
elements relating to grant applications 
to ensure common reporting by each      
agency with respect to applications     
received in response to each notice of  
funding opportunity of the agency4  7#b7
 ,contents ,the data elements developed 
under paragraph 7#a7 shall include--    
7,a7 the number of applications         
received2 and  7,b7 the city and ,state 
of each organization that submitted an  
application4  7d7 ,rule of construction 
,with respect to a particular           
competitive grant1 nothing in this ,act 
shall be construed to supersede any     
requirement with respect to a notice of 
funding opportunity for the competitive 
grant in a law that authorizes the      
competitive grant4  7e7 ,no additional  
funds ,no additional funds are          
authorized to be appropriated for the   
purpose of carrying out this ,act4  7f7 

,effective date  7#a7 ,in general ,this 
,act shall take effect on the date that 
is #abj days after the date of enactment
 of this ,act4  7#b7 ,no retroactive    
effect ,this ,act shall not apply to a  
notice of funding opportunity issued    
before the date of enactment of this    
,act4  ,passed the ,house of            
,representatives ,november #ah1         
#bjbd4,kevin ,f4 ,mc,cumber1,clerk4     
,november #ai1 #bjbd,received2 read     
twice and placed on the calendar