H.R. 2917

119th CONGRESS 1st Session

To track taxpayer dollars sent to adversarial countries and foreign entities of concern, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · April 14, 2025 · Sponsor: Ms. Stefanik · Committee: Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

Table of contents

• H.R. 2917
  • SEC. 1. Short title
  • SEC. 2. Foreign subawards

SEC. 1. Short title

• This Act may be cited as the or the .

SEC. 2. Foreign subawards

• Section 2 of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 ( note; ) is amended— 31 U.S.C. 6101; Public Law 109–282
  • (9) Subaward
    • The term — subaward
      • means an award, including a grant, contract, cooperative agreement, other transaction agreement, or other financial transaction, 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 entity;
      • includes an award described in subparagraph (A) that is passed from a subrecipient to another subrecipient; and
      • does not include payments to a beneficiary of a Federal program.
  • in subsection (a), by adding at the end the following:
    • (3) Reporting of foreign subawards
      • (A) Definitions
        • In this paragraph:
          • (i) The term — covered subaward
          • means a subaward awarded to—
          • an entity located in a foreign country of concern (as defined in section 9901 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 ()); or 15 U.S.C. 4651
          • a foreign entity of concern (as defined in section 9901 of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 ()); and 15 U.S.C. 4651
          • includes a subaward described in subclause (I) of any amount.
          • (ii) The term , with respect to a covered subaward, means the entity that directly receives the Federal award from which the covered subaward originates. prime award recipient
      • (B) 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 (2).
      • (C) Guidance
        • Not later than 90 days after the date of enactment of the , the Director shall issue guidance that establishes consistency for complying with this paragraph for agencies, prime award recipients, and covered subaward recipients, including establishing standards for disclosed data.
  • in subsection (d), by adding at the end the following: