D.C. Act 23-420. Government Grant Transparency Emergency Amendment Act of 2020.

AN ACT

To amend, on an emergency basis, the Grant Administration Act of 2013 to require a grantor agency to maintain records of any sole source justifications and final agency justifications related to the selection of a grantee and to make these documents available to the Mayor or to a member of the Council upon request.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, That this act may be cited as the "Government Grant Transparency Emergency Amendment Act of 2020".

Sec. 2. Section 1095(2)(A) of the Grant Administration Act of 2013, effective December 24, 2013 (D.C. Law 20-61; D.C. Official Code § 1-328.14(2)(A)), is amended by striking the phrase "records of any" and inserting the phrase "records of any sole source and final agency justifications related to the selection of a grantee, and any" in its place.

Sec. 3. Fiscal impact statement.

The Council adopts the fiscal impact statement of the Budget Director as the fiscal impact statement required by section 4a of the General Legislative Procedures Act of 1975, approved October 16, 2006 (120 Stat. 2038; D.C. Official Code §1-301.47a).

Sec. 4. Effective date.

This act shall take effect following approval by the Mayor (or in the event of veto by the Mayor, action by the Council to override the veto), and shall remain in effect for no longer than 90 days, as provided for emergency acts of the Council of the District of Columbia in section 412(a) of the District of Columbia Home Rule Act, approved December 24, 1973 (87 Stat. 788; 87 D.C. Official Code § 1-204.12(a)).