Rural Grants Transparency Act

This bill would require the Secretary of Agriculture to publish an online guide, called a Rural Grant Transparency Roadmap, for each Rural Development grant program, explaining application steps, required materials, evaluation criteria, common reasons for rejection, and open funding opportunities, updated every 90 days. The Department would have to send applicants standard notices at each stage of review, and denial notices would have to explain the main criteria behind the decision and how to improve future applications. The Department would also maintain a searchable public database of grant awards, publish scoring factors and their weights for competitive programs, and train state and local Rural Development offices each year. The bill does not authorize new funding and requires all provisions to be carried out within 180 days of becoming law.

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Sponsors

• Julia Letlow Republican sponsor
• 1 cosponsors