Sponsor
Elise M. Stefanik
Representative · R-NY
Representative · R-NY
Adds a broader “subaward” definition and requires reporting of covered subawards (including cascading foreign subawards) to FFATA data systems with OMB guidance in 90 days.
The bill increases visibility and standardizes reporting for foreign subawards—benefiting taxpayers and clarifying compliance for recipients—while imposing additional administrative costs and creating potential privacy/security risks for foreign subrecipients.
Taxpayers will see more federal spending abroad because foreign subawards to any-sized foreign entity must be reported, increasing transparency into how U.S. funds are used overseas.
Prime award recipients and federal agencies get clearer, standardized compliance expectations because OMB must issue guidance within 90 days and the statute clarifies reporting scope, reducing uncertainty about what must be reported.
Nonprofits and small-business subrecipients gain a clearer statutory definition of 'subaward' (including cascading subawards), which reduces ambiguity about reporting obligations and helps smaller organizations understand when they must report.
Prime award recipients (and the entities that pass along funds) may face added administrative costs and delays when compiling and providing the required disclosures for foreign subawards.
Foreign subrecipients, including small NGOs and businesses, will incur extra compliance burdens to collect and report required data, increasing administrative costs for those organizations.
Some overseas recipients could face privacy or security risks if reported details about foreign entities are made public, potentially exposing sensitive information about individuals or programs.
Based on analysis of 2 sections of legislative text.
Official title: To track taxpayer dollars sent to adversarial countries and foreign entities of concern, and for other purposes.
Introduced April 14, 2025 by Elise M. Stefanik · Last progress April 14, 2025
Requires additional federal grant/contract reporting on subawards that flow to foreign entities by expanding definitions and disclosure rules in the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act. It defines “subaward,” creates terms for “covered subaward” and “prime award recipient,” and directs OMB to issue compliance guidance within 90 days so agencies, prime recipients, and subrecipients report the same subaward data already collected for domestic subawards.