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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, Public Act 98-0706, effective July 16, 2014,
3created the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act (GATA),
4which applies to State grant-making agencies that make State
5and federal pass-through awards; and
 
6    WHEREAS, The intent of GATA is to develop a coordinated,
7effective, and efficient oversight of the selection and
8monitoring of grant recipients that increases accountability
9and transparency in the use of grant funds from whatever
10source; and
 
11    WHEREAS, GATA charged the Governor's Office of Management
12and Budget with implementation of the Act, including the
13adoption of State rules that adopt Uniform Guidance at 2 CFR
14200 and the adoption of supplemental rules pertaining to
15issuance of grants, development of uniform budgets, and
16criteria to define mandatory formula-based grants and
17discretionary grants; and
 
18    WHEREAS, GATA required the Governor's Office of Management
19and Budget to establish a centralized unit known as the Grant
20Accountability and Transparency Unit (Unit) by July 1, 2016
21and defines the specific duties and responsibilities for the
22Unit; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, The Unit is to be funded with a portion of the
2administrative funds provided under existing and future State
3and federal pass-through grants; and
 
4    WHEREAS, GATA required the Governor's Office of Management
5and Budget to submit an annual report to the General Assembly
6and the Governor that demonstrates the efficiencies, cost
7savings, and reductions in fraud, waste, and abuse as a result
8of the implementation of the Act; and
 
9    WHEREAS, The initial annual report, which was released
10January 1, 2016 and dated 534 days after the effective date of
11GATA, reported that GATA efforts have been strained due to the
12lack of a State budget and that the Unit had one full-time
13staff and up to three total staff for periods of time; and
 
14    WHEREAS, In the 6th Annual GATA report to the Governor and
15General Assembly, which was released January 1, 2021, the Unit
16estimated over $319 million in cost savings/avoidance based on
17assumptions in place since FY17; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Public Act 99-0523, the FY17 Stopgap Budget
19Implementation Act (effective June 30, 2016) in part, created
20the Grant Accountability and Transparency Fund (Fund) and
21directed the moneys that were to be deposited into the Fund and

 

 

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1the uses for those funds; and
 
2    WHEREAS, The Fund received a $4 million appropriation from
3the General Assembly in FY21; and
 
4    WHEREAS, The Governor's Office of Management and Budget
5reported that grants comprised approximately two-thirds of the
6Illinois State Budget and that 51 State agencies had
7grant-making authority; therefore, be it
 
8    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE
9HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
10the Auditor General is directed to conduct a performance audit
11of the progress of implementation efforts of the Grant
12Accountability and Transparency Act; and be it further
 
13    RESOLVED, That the audit include but not be limited to,
14for the period July 2014 to the present, the following
15determinations:
16        (1) An examination of the extent of implementation of
17    required elements of the Grant Accountability and
18    Transparency Act by the Governor's Office of Management
19    and Budget and State grant-awarding agencies;
20        (2) A review of the amount of savings attributable to
21    the implementation of the Grant Accountability and
22    Transparency Act and an examination of the documentation

 

 

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1    of those savings claims by the Governor's Office of
2    Management and Budget;
3        (3) An examination of uses of the moneys in the Grant
4    Accountability and Transparency Fund;
5        (4) An examination of the monitoring activities by the
6    top ten grant-awarding agencies for compliance with the
7    Grant Accountability and Transparency Act;
8        (5) An examination of the oversight by the Grant
9    Accountability and Transparency Unit over the competitive
10    grant procurement process; and
11        (6) An examination of the impact of the Grant
12    Accountability and Transparency Act on State
13    grant-awarding agencies and the provider community; and be
14    it further
 
15    RESOLVED, That the Governor's Office of Management and
16Budget, State grant making agencies, and any other entity
17having information relevant to this audit cooperate fully and
18promptly with the Auditor General's Office in the conduct of
19this audit; and be it further
 
20    RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence this audit as
21soon as possible and report his findings and recommendations
22upon completion in accordance with the provisions of Section
233-14 of the Illinois State Auditing Act; and be it further
 

 

 

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1    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2delivered to the Auditor General.