2023-21078: Guidance for Grants and Agreements

Summary

The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is proposing to revise sections of OMB Guidance for Grants and Agreements. This proposed revision reflects comments received from Federal agencies and those received in response to the OMB Notice of Request for Information published in the Federal Register in February 2023. In response to Federal agency and public input, OMB is proposing revisions intended in many cases to reduce agency and recipient burden. OMB proposes both policy changes and clarifications to existing guidance including plain language revisions. OMB also proposes to update the guidance to reflect recent OMB priorities related to Federal financial assistance. Finally, OMB is proposing revisions to improve Federal financial assistance management, transparency, and oversight through more accessible and readily comprehensible guidance.

The agency’s own summary, as published.

What this changes

Amends 8 parts of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

• 2 CFR 1 About Title 2 of the Code of Federal Regulations and Subtitle A
• 2 CFR 25 Unique Entity Identifier and System for Award Management
• 2 CFR 175 Award Term for Trafficking in Persons
• 2 CFR 180 OMB Guidelines to Agencies on Government-Wide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement)
• 2 CFR 182 Government-Wide Requirements for Drug-Free Workplace (Financial Assistance)
• 2 CFR 183 Never Contract with the Enemy
• 2 CFR 184 Buy America Preferences for Infrastructure Projects
• 2 CFR 200 Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards