S3709-119

In Committee

Streamlining Federal Grants Act of 2026

119th Congress Introduced Jan 28, 2026

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Summary

What This Bill Does

This bill, Streamlining Federal Grants Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators. The main policy domain is Government Operations, Education, Social Welfare.

Who Benefits and How

federal agencies and legislative administrators may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.

Who Bears the Burden and How

federal implementing agencies may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.

Key Provisions

  • Section id089d8eb2-9fb9-4019-af67-4e05e001ac14: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Streamlining Federal Grants Act of 2026.
  • Section idf88f829a-36b8-4f40-8765-ce645b4a2fa3: 2. Purpose The purposes of this Act are to— improve the effectiveness and performance of Federal grant and cooperative agreement programs; simplify the...
  • Section id6064e911-c9fb-42bc-9be5-4dde5853b0e7: 3. Definitions In this Act: The term agency has the meaning given the term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code. The term agency co-chair means the...
  • Section id309c7b92-e36d-41b6-99dd-4424a8a6656c: 4. Senior agency officials for grants Not later than 60 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the head of each agency shall— designate a senior...
  • Section id4a790c61-5c37-49b3-aeaa-3bbc314acbed: 5. Grants council Not later than 80 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Director shall establish a council to be known as the Grants Council. The...

Evidence Chain:

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At a Glance

What This Bill Does

This bill, Streamlining Federal Grants Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Key Policy Areas

Government Operations, Education, Social Welfare

Primary Purpose

This bill, Streamlining Federal Grants Act of 2026, changes federal law or congressional policy affecting federal agencies and legislative administrators.

Policy Domains

Government Operations Education Social Welfare

Whole bill

Identified Gains
  • federal agencies and legislative administrators
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Identified Costs
  • federal implementing agencies
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Legislative Progress

In Committee
Introduced Committee Passed
Jan 28, 2026

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security …

Jan 28, 2026

Introduced in Senate

Jan 28, 2026

Mr. Peters (for himself and Mr. Lankford) introduced the following …

Impact analysis is available but no clear stakeholder effects identified. View clause-level analysis →

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Government Operations Education Social Welfare
Actor Mappings
"the_administrator"
→ The Administrator identified in the operative section
"secretary_of_health_and_human_services"
→ Secretary of Health and Human Services

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

1 term
"local government" §id6064e911-c9fb-42bc-9be5-4dde5853b0e7

any unit of government within a State, including— a county

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