DOGE Act

Government Operations and Politics

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Introduced on November 20, 2024 by Stephanie I. Bice

Legislation Details

Prohibits the award of Federal grants to applicants with duplicative or fraudulent applications.
Allows exceptions for institutions of higher education regarding duplicative applications.
Requires joint determination by agency heads when an applicant has submitted multiple applications for the same purpose.
Establishes a tracking and deconfliction system for Federal grant applications, to be implemented within one year of enactment.
The tracking system must include details such as awardee name, principal investigator, award period, agency contact, and an abstract.
Mandates the creation of a system to identify essentially equivalent work across federal research awards.
Requires a report on the feasibility of using artificial intelligence to identify duplicative grant applications and detect waste, fraud, and abuse.
Defines key terms related to the legislation, including “applicable time period,” “appropriate congressional committees,” “covered application,” “executive agency,” and “institution of higher education.”

Last updated 12/17/2024

Prohibits the award of Federal grants to applicants with duplicative or fraudulent applications.
Allows exceptions for institutions of higher education regarding duplicative applications.
Requires joint determination by agency heads when an applicant has submitted multiple applications for the same purpose.
Establishes a tracking and deconfliction system for Federal grant applications, to be implemented within one year of enactment.
The tracking system must include details such as awardee name, principal investigator, award period, agency contact, and an abstract.
Mandates the creation of a system to identify essentially equivalent work across federal research awards.
Requires a report on the feasibility of using artificial intelligence to identify duplicative grant applications and detect waste, fraud, and abuse.
Defines key terms related to the legislation, including “applicable time period,” “appropriate congressional committees,” “covered application,” “executive agency,” and “institution of higher education.”