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H.R. 7974

Introduced

To amend the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 to ensure real-time public access to Federal award information.

Sponsor
RJosh Brecheen· Oklahoma
Introduced
March 18, 2026
Policy area
Government Operations and Politics
Latest action
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.March 18, 2026
[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7974 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 7974

To amend the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 
2006 to ensure real-time public access to Federal award information.

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

March 18, 2026

Mr. Brecheen (for himself, Mr. Panetta, Mr. Roy, Mr. Begich, Mr. 
Higgins of Louisiana, Mr. Cloud, Mr. Donalds, Mrs. Harshbarger, Mr. 
Self, and Mr. Fine) introduced the following bill; which was referred 
to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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A BILL

To amend the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 
2006 to ensure real-time public access to Federal award information.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REAL-TIME PUBLIC ACCESS TO FEDERAL AWARD INFORMATION.

Section 2(c)(4) of the Federal Funding Accountability and 
Transparency Act of 2006 (Public Law 109-282) is amended by striking 
``not later than 30 days after the award of any Federal award requiring 
a posting'' and inserting ``within 3 days after the award of any 
Federal award requiring a posting to ensure that the public obtains 
real-time access to the information concerned''.
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