S3709-119

In Committee

Streamlining Federal Grants Act of 2026

119th Congress Introduced Jan 28, 2026

Analysis under review: This bill has generated analysis that may be too generic or incomplete. Clause-level evidence remains available below.

Summary

What This Bill Does

The bill expands a grant provision: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Streamlining Federal Grants Act of 2026, expands a grant, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 2. Purpose The purposes of this Act are to— improve the effectiveness and performance of Federal grant and cooperative agreement programs; simplify, and expands a appropriation, grant, definition change provision: 3. It relies on grants, appropriations, reporting requirements, and compliance mandates. The main policy areas are Transportation, Finance, Healthcare, and Immigration.

Who Benefits and How

The available clause analysis does not identify a specific beneficiary group.

Who Bears the Burden and How

No clear private burden is identified from the available clause analysis; implementing agencies may still take on administrative work.

Key Provisions

  • Expands a grant provision: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Streamlining Federal Grants Act of 2026.
  • Expands a grant, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 2. Purpose The purposes of this Act are to— improve the effectiveness and performance of Federal grant and cooperative agreement programs; simplify...
  • Expands a appropriation, grant, definition change provision: 3.
  • Expands a grant, compliance mandate provision: 4. Senior agency officials for grants.
  • Expands a appropriation, grant, reporting req provision: 5. Grants council.

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for primary purpose and policy domains.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

The bill expands a grant provision: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Streamlining Federal Grants Act of 2026, expands a grant, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 2. Purpose The purposes of this Act are to— improve the effectiveness and performance of Federal grant and cooperative agreement programs; simplify, and expands a appropriation, grant, definition change provision: 3.

Key Policy Areas

Transportation, Finance, Healthcare, Immigration

Primary Purpose

The bill expands a grant provision: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Streamlining Federal Grants Act of 2026, expands a grant, reporting req, compliance mandate provision: 2. Purpose The purposes of this Act are to— improve the effectiveness and performance of Federal grant and cooperative agreement programs; simplify, and expands a appropriation, grant, definition change provision: 3.

Policy Domains

Transportation Finance Healthcare Immigration

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
Transportation Finance Healthcare Immigration
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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