S. 303: Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 2009

111th Congress · introduced 2009-01-22 · Economics and Public Finance · Latest: Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House amendment to Senate bill.

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Where it came from: introduced 2009-01-22 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title

Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 2009

Plain summary

(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.) Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 2009 - Amends the Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1999 (FFAMIA) to repeal its termination date (thus extending it indefinitely). Requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to establish and maintain a public website that serves as a central point of information and access for federal grant applicants, including grant: (1) announcements; (2) statements of eligibility; (3) application requirements; (4) purposes; (5) federal agency providers; and (6) deadlines for applying and awarding. Requires the website to allow grant applicants to apply for grants on it, among other uses. Amends the Act to require OMB to report to Congress on: (1) the implementation of FFAMIA; and (2) a strategic plan specifying federal financial assistance progams suitable for common applications and reporting forms or requirements, changes in law (if any) needed to achieve the goals of this Act, and plans, timeliness, and cost estimates for developing an entirely electronic, web-based process for managing federal financial assistance. Requires the head of each federal agency that has not been exempted from FFAMIA to develop a plan that describes how it will carry out its responsibilities under the strategic plan.

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Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 2009

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate without amendment)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Sen. Voinovich, George V. [R-OH] · 3 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: S. 303, Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 2009 (2009-02-19); CBO cost estimate: S. 303, Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 2009 (2009-02-19)

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Congressional Research Service summary (Passed Senate without amendment)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-111s303.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/111/s>

Record fed-us-cong111-s303 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111