Full Text of HR0173 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Public Act 98-0706, effective July 16, 2014, | 3 | | created the Grant Accountability and Transparency Act (GATA), | 4 | | which applies to State grant-making agencies that make State | 5 | | and federal pass-through awards; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, The intent of GATA is to develop a coordinated, | 7 | | effective, and efficient oversight of the selection and | 8 | | monitoring of grant recipients that increases accountability | 9 | | and transparency in the use of grant funds from whatever | 10 | | source; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, GATA charged the Governor's Office of Management | 12 | | and Budget with implementation of the Act, including the | 13 | | adoption of State rules that adopt Uniform Guidance at 2 CFR | 14 | | 200 and the adoption of supplemental rules pertaining to | 15 | | issuance of grants, development of uniform budgets, and | 16 | | criteria to define mandatory formula-based grants and | 17 | | discretionary grants; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, GATA required the Governor's Office of Management | 19 | | and Budget to establish a centralized unit known as the Grant | 20 | | Accountability and Transparency Unit (Unit) by July 1, 2016 | 21 | | and defines the specific duties and responsibilities for the | 22 | | Unit; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, The Unit is to be funded with a portion of the | 2 | | administrative funds provided under existing and future State | 3 | | and federal pass-through grants; and | 4 | | WHEREAS, GATA required the Governor's Office of Management | 5 | | and Budget to submit an annual report to the General Assembly | 6 | | and the Governor that demonstrates the efficiencies, cost | 7 | | savings, and reductions in fraud, waste, and abuse as a result | 8 | | of the implementation of the Act; and | 9 | | WHEREAS, The initial annual report, which was released | 10 | | January 1, 2016 and dated 534 days after the effective date of | 11 | | GATA, reported that GATA efforts have been strained due to the | 12 | | lack of a State budget and that the Unit had one full-time | 13 | | staff and up to three total staff for periods of time; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, In the 6th Annual GATA report to the Governor and | 15 | | General Assembly, which was released January 1, 2021, the Unit | 16 | | estimated over $319 million in cost savings/avoidance based on | 17 | | assumptions in place since FY17; and | 18 | | WHEREAS, Public Act 99-0523, the FY17 Stopgap Budget | 19 | | Implementation Act (effective June 30, 2016) in part, created | 20 | | the Grant Accountability and Transparency Fund (Fund) and | 21 | | directed the moneys that were to be deposited into the Fund and |
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| 1 | | the uses for those funds; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The Fund received a $4 million appropriation from | 3 | | the General Assembly in FY21; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, The Governor's Office of Management and Budget | 5 | | reported that grants comprised approximately two-thirds of the | 6 | | Illinois State Budget and that 51 State agencies had | 7 | | grant-making authority; therefore, be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 9 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 10 | | the Auditor General is directed to conduct a performance audit | 11 | | of the progress of implementation efforts of the Grant | 12 | | Accountability and Transparency Act; and be it further | 13 | | RESOLVED, That the audit include but not be limited to, | 14 | | for the period July 2014 to the present, the following | 15 | | determinations: | 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 | 16 | | Budget, State grant making agencies, and any other entity | 17 | | having information relevant to this audit cooperate fully and | 18 | | promptly with the Auditor General's Office in the conduct of | 19 | | this audit; and be it further | 20 | | RESOLVED, That the Auditor General commence this audit as | 21 | | soon as possible and report his findings and recommendations | 22 | | upon completion in accordance with the provisions of Section | 23 | | 3-14 of the Illinois State Auditing Act; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | delivered to the Auditor General.
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