,,ii  #aahth ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #ahjg  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #f1      
#bjbc,ms4 ,ernst introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security and ,governmental ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to require agencies to      
notify the ,director of the ,office of  
,management and ,budget when the agency 
suspends or terminates a ,federal award1
 and for other purposes4  #a4 ,short    
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,stop the ,outlay of ,payments ,act4    
#b4 ,federal grants  7a7 ,definitions   
,in this section3 7#a7 ,agency ,the term
 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 title    
#dd1 ,united ,states ,code4  7#b7       
,director ,the term ,director means the 
,director of the ,office of ,management 
and ,budget4  7#c7 ,federal award ,the  

term ,federal award means a grant1      
subgrant1 contract1 subcontract1 loan1  
award1 or cooperative agreement awarded 
by an agency4  7#d7 ,suspended entity   
,the term suspended entity means a      
recipient of a ,federal award1 any      
portion of which the head of an agency  
suspends or terminates for a reason     
described in subsection 7b77#b74  7b7   
,notification  7#a7 ,in general ,not    
later than #abj days after the date on  
which an agency suspends or terminates  
any portion of a ,federal award to the  
recipient of the ,federal award for a   
reason described in paragraph 7#b71 the 
head of an agency shall notify the      
,director of the suspension or          
termination4  7#b7 ,reason for          
suspension or termination ,a reason for 
a suspension or termination of a        
,federal award described in this        
paragraph is a failure of the recipient 
of the ,federal award to comply with--  
7,a7 the terms and conditions of the    
,federal award2  7,b7 a ,federal law or 

regulation2 or  7,c7 a request by the   
agency awarding the ,federal award for  
information or materials relating to the
 ,federal award4  7#c7 ,list of         
suspensions ,the ,director shall        
maintain an up-to-date list of suspended
 entities on the website of the ,office 
of ,management and ,budget4  7c7 ,effect
 on other grants  7#a7 ,in general      
,subject to paragraph 7#b71 the head of 
an agency may not award a ,federal award
 or disburse funds under a ,federal     
award to a suspended entity until the   
date on which the suspended entity      
remedies the reason for a suspension or 
termination of a ,federal award of the  
suspended entity under subsection       
7b77#b74  7#b7 ,exceptions ,the head of 
an agency may award a ,federal award and
 disburse funds under a ,federal award  
to a suspended entity if-- 7,a7 the     
suspended entity has been classified as 
a suspended entity as a result of a     
clerical error2 or  7,b7 the suspended  
entity has an agreement with the agency 

that suspends or terminates the ,federal
 award of the suspended entity to       
resolve the reason for the suspension or
 termination described in subsection    
7b77#b74  7#c7 ,compliance ,for the     
purpose of complying with paragraph     
7#a71 the head of an agency shall       
reference the list of suspended entities
 maintained by the ,director under      
subsection 7b77#c74