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HR9090FEDERALIN_COMMITTEE

The TRACKS Act: Tracking Federal Money Sent to Foreign Countries

Original title: TRACKS Act

July 22, 2024

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Where This Stands

Introduced
Committee
Floor Vote
Passed
Signed

Currently IN_COMMITTEE. The next step in the legislative lifecycle is Floor Vote.

Version history

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The Frame

What this does

This bill creates new reporting requirements for federal award recipients, potentially increasing administrative oversight for organizations that distribute federal funds to foreign entities in countries identified as national security concerns.

Who is mentioned in the record

Potentially affected actors named in the source documents. Mention is not a position.

Federal award recipients

They must collect and report data on subawards granted to entities in foreign countries of concern.

Entities in foreign countries of concern

They are subject to new disclosure requirements when receiving subawards from federal award recipients.

What changed

Current stage: IN_COMMITTEE.

What's next

Floor Vote.

Background

  • The Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 established the website USASpending.gov to provide the public with information about federal awards. context

Summary

The TRACKS Act requires organizations that receive federal funding to report when they pass that money on to entities located in foreign countries of concern. This bill aims to increase transparency regarding how federal tax dollars are distributed to foreign sub-recipients.

Key Facts

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Why It Matters

This bill creates new reporting requirements for federal award recipients, potentially increasing administrative oversight for organizations that distribute federal funds to foreign entities in countries identified as national security concerns.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is a 'covered subaward' under this bill?
It is a given to an entity located in a , as defined by the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act, regardless of the dollar amount.
Who is responsible for reporting this data?
The recipient of the covered must disclose the data in the same manner as other subawards are currently reported.

News Coverage

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Lobbying Activity

AARP

$4,110,000

2026

HEALTH ISSUESMEDICARE/MEDICAIDLAW ENFORCEMENT/CRIME/CRIMINAL JUSTICEPHARMACY

P.L. 119-21, One Big Beautiful Bill Act H.R. 8867, Planning for Long-term Aging Needs (PLAN) Act H.R. 5861, Legacy Act of 2025 H.R. 9393, the Lower Costs, More Transparency Act. H.R. 9396, the Prior Authorization Accountability Act. S. 4916, the Aging with Artificial Intelligence Act. H.R. 8100, Safe Staffing Saves Lives Act. S. 3886, Nurses Belong in Nursing Homes Act. H.R. 6766/S. 3492, the Essential Caregivers Act of 2025. H.R. 7966/S. 4118, Hospice Care Accountability, Reform, and Enforcement (Hospice CARE) Act. S. 2120, the Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act of 2025 H.R. 5575, the Firefighters Assisting Seniors to Emergency Response (FASTER) Act of 2025. H.R. 3954/S. 4641, Improving Access to Medicare Coverage Act. H.R.5554/S.2831, Stand Strong for Medicare Act. S. 3439/H.R. 6735, Connecting Caregivers to Medicare Act and efforts related to the bill S. 1227/H.R. 2491, Alleviating Barriers for Caregivers Act S. 668/H.R. 3183, Supporting Access to Falls Education and Prevention and Strengthening Training Efforts and Promoting Safety Initiatives (SAFE STEPS) for Veterans Act of 2025 CMS-1851-P, Hospice Proposed rule. CMS-1843-P, Skilled Nursing Facility Proposed rule. CMS-1844-P, Home Health Proposed rule. No bill number. Health care transparency. No bill number. Discussed use of artificial intelligence and health data technology. No bill number. Discussed health-related policies and activities around the fall respiratory virus season. No bill number. Discussed health insurance affordability proposals. No bill number. Discussed Nursing Home staffing standards, safety, and quality. No bill number. Discussed Nursing home transparency and ownership requirements. No bill number. Discussed home health, hospice, and long-term care. No bill number. Discussed falls prevention. No bill number. Discussed social isolation. No bill number. Discussed HUD Assisted Living Requirements No bill number. Discussed family caregiving. No bill number. Discussed AARP paper on Medicare Caregiver Training Services. No bill number. Discussed Medicaid community engagement interim final rule, including the family caregiver exemption. No bill number. Discussed the paid direct care workforce in long-term care. No bill number. Discussed the unaffordability of long-term care. No bill number. Discussed Money Follows the Person Rebalancing Demonstration Program and Medicaid HCBS spousal impoverishment protections. No bill number. Discussed Medicaid fraud and family caregivers, Medicaid self-direction programs. No bill number. Discussed sandwich generation family caregiver hearing and submitted a statement for the record discussing family caregivers and sandwich generation caregivers, programs that support them, AARP caregiving resources, and federal policies to support sandwich generation caregivers and caregivers more broadly. No bill number. Discussed long-term care. No bill number. CMS-2453-NC; Medicaid Program; 2028 Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Quality Measure Set Submitted comments No bill number. Discussed expanding access to home care. No bill number. Discussed the increasing cost of home care No bill number. Discussed HSA use for telehealth chronic care management services/subscriptions. No bill number. Discussed artificial intelligence and technology

WATER STRATEGIES, LLC

on behalf of DESERT WATER AGENCY

121 Strategies & Government Relations

on behalf of Zebra Technologies

2023

COMPUTER INDUSTRYSCIENCE/TECHNOLOGYHEALTH ISSUESDEFENSE

Supply chain management technology capabilities; enterprise asset intelligence; enterprise devices; secure wireless locks; Artificial intelligence (AI).

Sponsors

Discoveries

Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.

policy shift90% confidence

Expansion of Transparency Requirements

The bill shifts from general subaward reporting to specific, mandatory disclosure for all subawards involving foreign countries of concern, regardless of the dollar amount.

Connected Entities

personStefanikIntroduced the TRACKS ActMap →
other2021Year of the William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization ActMap →
organizationCommittee on Oversight and AccountabilityReferred to for considerationMap →
bill_number9090Bill number of the TRACKS ActMap →
dateJuly 22, 2024Date the TRACKS Act was introducedMap →
other2006Year of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency ActMap →
dollar_amount9901Related to federal fundingMap →
dollar_amount15Related to federal fundingMap →
dollar_amount4651Related to federal fundingMap →
dollar_amount31Related to federal fundingMap →
dollar_amount6101Related to federal fundingMap →

Analysis Score

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  • Significance65
    How much this matters to a regular citizen
  • Controversy40
    Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
  • Entertainment5
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  • Buzz20
    Current news / social attention level

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