S. 2286 would require the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to establish the Grants Council, which would issue guidelines for streamlining the administration of federal grants. The bill also would require the Director of OMB, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Comptroller General of the United States to report to the Congress periodically on the bill’s implementation and to recommend improvements to federal grant-making processes. Using information about similar activities, CBO estimates that the total cost of implementing the bill would be $12 million over the 2024-2028 period. The administrative cost of producing reports required by the bill would total $8 million and the cost of the Grants Council would total $4 million. Such spending would be subject to the availability of appropriated funds.
