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Code · STATUTE-COMPILATIONS · 21st Century Cures Act · Sec. 14029

Sec. 14029. GRANT ACCOUNTABILITY

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## SEC. 14029 GRANT ACCOUNTABILITY Section 2991 of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3797aa) is amended by inserting after subsection (l), as added by section 14022, the following: > > ### “(m) Accountability > > All grants awarded by the Attorney General under this section shall be subject to the following accountability provisions: > > > #### “(1) Audit requirement > > > ##### “(A) Definition > > In this paragraph, the term ‘unresolved audit finding’ means a finding in the final audit report of the Inspector General of the Department of Justice that the audited grantee has utilized grant funds for an unauthorized expenditure or otherwise unallowable cost that is not closed or resolved within 12 months from the date when the final audit report is issued. > > > ##### “(B) Audits > > Beginning in the first fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of this subsection, and in each fiscal year thereafter, the Inspector General of the Department of Justice shall conduct audits of recipients of grants under this section to prevent waste, fraud, and abuse of funds by grantees.
The Inspector General shall determine the appropriate number of grantees to be audited each year. > > > ##### “(C) Mandatory exclusion > > A recipient of grant funds under this section that is found to have an unresolved audit finding shall not be eligible to receive grant funds under this section during the first 2 fiscal years beginning after the end of the 12-month period described in subparagraph (A). > > > ##### “(D) Priority > > In awarding grants under this section, the Attorney General shall give priority to eligible applicants that did not have an unresolved audit finding during the 3 fiscal years before submitting an application for a grant under this section. > > > ##### “(E) Reimbursement > > If an entity is awarded grant funds under this section during the 2-fiscal-year period during which the entity is barred from receiving grants under subparagraph (C), the Attorney General shall— > > > ###### “(i) > > deposit an amount equal to the amount of the grant funds that were improperly awarded to the grantee into the General Fund of the Treasury; and > > > ###### “(ii) > > seek to recoup the costs of the repayment to the fund from the grant recipient that was erroneously awarded grant funds. > > > #### “(2) Nonprofit organization requirements > > > ##### “(A) Definition > > For purposes of this paragraph and the grant programs under this part, the term ‘nonprofit organization’ means an organization that is described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of such Code. > > > ##### “(B) Prohibition > > The Attorney General may not award a grant under this part to a nonprofit organization that holds money in offshore accounts for the purpose of avoiding paying the tax described in section 511(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. > > > ##### “(C) Disclosure > > Each nonprofit organization that is awarded a grant under this section and uses the procedures prescribed in regulations to create a rebuttable presumption of reasonableness for the compensation of its officers, directors, trustees, and key employees, shall disclose to the Attorney General, in the application for the grant, the process for determining such compensation, including the independent persons involved in reviewing and approving such compensation, the comparability data used, and contemporaneous substantiation of the deliberation and decision.
Upon request, the Attorney General shall make the information disclosed under this subparagraph available for public inspection. > > > #### “(3) Conference expenditures > > > ##### “(A) Limitation > > No amounts made available to the Department of Justice under this section may be used by the Attorney General, or by any individual or entity awarded discretionary funds through a cooperative agreement under this section, to host or support any expenditure for conferences that uses more than $20,000 in funds made available by the Department of Justice, unless the head of the relevant agency or department, provides prior written authorization that the funds may be expended to host the conference. > > > ##### “(B) Written approval > > Written approval under subparagraph
(A)shall include a written estimate of all costs associated with the conference, including the cost of all food, beverages, audio-visual equipment, honoraria for speakers, and entertainment. > > > ##### “(C) Report > > The Deputy Attorney General shall submit an annual report to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives on all conference expenditures approved under this paragraph. > > > #### “(4) Annual certification > > Beginning in the first fiscal year beginning after the date of enactment of this subsection, the Attorney General shall submit, to the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary and the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Representatives, an annual certification— > > > ##### “(A) > > indicating whether— > > > ###### “(i) > > all audits issued by the Office of the Inspector General under paragraph
(1)have been completed and reviewed by the appropriate Assistant Attorney General or Director; > > > ###### “(ii) > > all mandatory exclusions required under paragraph (1)(C) have been issued; and > > > ###### “(iii) > > all reimbursements required under paragraph (1)(E) have been made; and > > > ##### “(B) > > that includes a list of any grant recipients excluded under paragraph
(1)from the previous year. > > > ### “(n) Preventing Duplicative Grants > > > #### “(1) In general > > Before the Attorney General awards a grant to an applicant under this section, the Attorney General shall compare potential grant awards with other grants awarded under this Act to determine if duplicate grant awards are awarded for the same purpose. > > > #### “(2) Report > > If the Attorney General awards duplicate grants to the same applicant for the same purpose the Attorney General shall submit to the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate and the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives a report that includes— > > > ##### “(A) > > a list of all duplicate grants awarded, including the total dollar amount of any duplicate grants awarded; and > > > ##### “(B) > > the reason the Attorney General awarded the duplicate grants.” > . ### DIVISION C INCREASING CHOICE, ACCESS, AND QUALITY IN HEALTH CARE FOR AMERICANS
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Sec. 14029
GRANT ACCOUNTABILITY
U.S.C.§ 3797aa
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