HR7382-119

What This Bill Does

The Nonprofit Security Grant Program Transparency Act rewrites the reporting subsection for the Homeland Security Act's Nonprofit Security Grant Program. Seven days before FEMA makes one or more grants in a fiscal year, the Administrator must report to House Homeland Security and Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs with application counts, state submissions, planned grants by state and high-risk urban area, aggregate amounts, and for each recipient the name, address, state, high-risk urban-area status, and grant amount. Within 90 days after each grant year, FEMA must report state-level application and award totals, retained amounts, recipient expenditures, high-risk urban-area totals, and program-office staffing and operations.

Who Benefits and How

Congressional homeland-security committees benefit from earlier and more granular visibility into NSGP awards before grants are made. Eligible nonprofit organizations and watchdogs benefit from clearer public accountability around who receives awards, where they are located, and how much funding is spent. State administrative agencies benefit from clearer reporting categories that distinguish state and high-risk urban-area awards.

Who Bears the Burden and How

FEMA must compile pre-award and annual reports with recipient names, addresses, grant amounts, state application data, high-risk urban-area information, retained amounts, expenditures, and program-office operations. State administrative agencies and nonprofit recipients may need to provide clean application, award, and spending data. Some nonprofit recipients may face reduced confidentiality because names and addresses are reported to Congress before grants are made.

Key Provisions

• Requires FEMA to submit pre-grant NSGP reports to House and Senate homeland-security committees at least seven days before awards.
• Requires pre-grant reports to list application counts, state submissions, grant counts, aggregate amounts, recipient names, addresses, high-risk urban-area status, and award amounts.
• Requires annual reports within 90 days after each grant year covering state metrics, retained amounts, recipient expenditures, high-risk urban areas, and program-office operations.