Analysis of access to Federal grants

Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to the appropriate congressional committees a report that— (1) identifies challenges experienced by non-Federal entities, including by faith-based and community-based organizations, rural communities, and small communities, in applying for, accessing, administering, and reporting on grants and cooperative agreements; (2) identifies the reasons that the entities described in paragraph (1) elect not to participate in grants and cooperative agreements; (3) includes options to improve access to grants and cooperative agreements for the entities described in paragraph (1); (4) analyzes the extent to which agencies that award grants collect information on the number and characteristics, including the geographic distribution, of applicants for competitive grants and cooperative agreements; and (5) if the information described in paragraph (4) is available, analyzes the information.