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GAO-22-105911 1 (2022-09-29)

handle is hein.gao/gaonrs0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 appropriated $247.5 million to the Department of Commerce for 107 projects at the request of Members of Congress. The act includes specific provisions that designate an amount of funds for a particular recipient, such as a nonprofit organization or a local government, to use for a specific project. These provisions are called Congressionally Directed Spending in the U.S. Senate and Community Project Funding in the House of Representatives. Members of Congress had to meet certain requirements under Senate and House rules in order to have their requests included as provisions in the act. Such requirements included that Members post requests online and certify that they had no financial interest in the projects. The House also required Members to demonstrate community support for requests. This report examines how Commerce intends to identify the provisions, distribute the funds made available through these provisions, and ensure the funds are spent for the purposes Congress intended. For more information on this report and others in this series, including background and methodology, visit https://www.gao.gov/tracking-funds. What are the intended uses of these funds? Department of Commerce: Spending Provisions The $247.5 million is intended to support new and ongoing scientific research through the construction of facilities, upgrades to equipment, and efforts to restore and monitor natural habitats. Fiscal Year 2022 Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Source: GAO analysis of Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 and accompanying joint explanatory statement; and information provided by the Department of Commerce. i GAO-22-105911 aBased on total amount appropriated for each of the budget accounts for fiscal year 2022. Note: The totals by subunit and budget account do not total to $247.5 million due to rounding. Who are the designated recipients? Page 1 For the 107 projects for Commerce-specifically, for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)-more than half of the designated recipients of the funds are higher education organizations. The remainder are nonprofit organizations, federal, state, and local governments, and a tribal entity. Key Observations * According to agency officials, designated recipients include entities that have previously received financial assistance from Commerce, as well as others that have not. For example, NIST officials told us that about 90 percent of the recipients GAO-22-1 05911 Tracking the Funds: Department of Commerce

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