Agencies must explain why they reject small-company grant requests.
H.R. 10343 — CLEAR Feedback Act · Filed by Analilia Mejia (D-NJ) · Introduced Sep 10, 2026 · Referred to committee
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What it does
The bill requires agencies to give small companies detailed feedback when grant plans are rejected. A small company can ask within 14 days. The agency must explain what was wrong with the plan. The agency must say how it ranked against others and why it was denied. The agency must answer follow-up questions within set timeframes.
Who it affects
Small companies and people who apply for federal grants. Agencies that review and reject grant plans.
One thing to notice
Agencies may need more staff to answer feedback requests on time. They have only 14 days to respond after a small company asks.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Sep 10, 2026 — Introduced · Congress.gov: “Introduced in House”
- Sep 10, 2026 — Referred to House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology and House Committee on Small Business · Congress.gov: “Referred to the Committee on Small Business, and in addition to the Committee on Science, Space, and…”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Words to know
- grant — Money the government gives to a company or person for a project.
- ranked — Placed in order from best to worst compared to other plans.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the bill text published by Congress.gov (2,588 characters) on Sep 21, 2026. Section numbers in the findings refer to that text, linked below; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,522 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
As of — page rendered 2026-09-22.
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