,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #adcd  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,april #aj1    
#bjbe,ms4 ,ernst introduced the         
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,homeland
 ,security and ,governmental ,affairs   
,a ,,bill  ,to track taxpayer dollars   
sent to adversarial countries and       
foreign entities of concern1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,tracking      
,receipts to ,adversarial ,countries for
 ,knowledge of ,spending ,act or the    
,,tracks ,act4  #b4 ,foreign subawards  
,section #b of the ,federal ,funding    
,accountability and ,transparency ,act  
of #bjjf 7#ca ,u4,s4,c4 #faja note2     
,public ,law #aji-bhb7 is amended-- 7#a7
 in subsection 7a71 by adding at the end
 the following3  7#i7 ,subaward ,the    
term subaward-- 7,a7 means an award1    
including a grant1 contract1 cooperative
 agreement1 other transaction agreement1
 or other financial transaction1        

provided by a pass-through entity to a  
subrecipient for the subrecipient to    
carry out part of a ,federal award      
received by the pass-through entity2    
7,b7 includes an award described in     
subparagraph 7,a7 that is passed from a 
subrecipient to another subrecipient2   
and  7,c7 does not include payments to a
 beneficiary of a ,federal program4  2  
and  7#b7 in subsection 7d71 by adding  
at the end the following3  7#c7         
,reporting of foreign subawards  7,a7   
,definitions ,in this paragraph3 7i7    
,covered subaward ,the term covered     
subaward-- 7,i7 means a subaward awarded
 to-- 7aa7 an entity located in a       
foreign country of concern 7as defined  
in section #iija of the ,william ,m4    
7,mac7 ,thornberry ,national ,defense   
,authorization ,act for ,fiscal ,year   
#bjba 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #dfea772 or  7bb7 a
 foreign entity of concern 7as defined  
in section #iija of the ,william ,m4    
7,mac7 ,thornberry ,national ,defense   
,authorization ,act for ,fiscal ,year   

#bjba 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #dfea772 and       
7,,ii7 includes a subaward described in 
subclause 7,i7 of any amount4  7ii7     
,prime award recipient ,the term prime  
award recipient1 with respect to a      
covered subaward1 means the entity that 
directly receives the ,federal award    
from which the covered subaward         
originates4  7,b7 ,reporting ,the       
recipient of a covered subaward shall   
disclose data with respect to the       
covered subaward in the same manner as  
subawards are disclosed in accordance   
with paragraph 7#b74  7,c7 ,guidance    
,not later than #ij days after the date 
of enactment of the ,tracking ,receipts 
to ,adversarial ,countries for          
,knowledge of ,spending ,act1 the       
,director shall issue guidance that     
establishes consistency for complying   
with this paragraph for agencies1 prime 
award recipients1 and covered subaward  
recipients1 including establishing      
standards for disclosed data4  4