Rural Grants Transparency Act

In this Act:

(1) Covered program. The term covered program means any grant program administered by the Secretary of Agriculture through Rural Development, including programs administered by—

(A) the Rural Utilities Service;

(B) the Rural Housing Service; or

(C) the Rural Business–Cooperative Service.

(2) Quarterly. The term quarterly means not less frequently than once every 90 days.

(3) Roadmap. The term Roadmap means, with respect to a covered program, the Rural Grant Transparency Roadmap developed for the program under section 4.

(4) Rural development State office contact information. The term rural development State office contact information means, with respect to a covered program, to the appropriate division or program contact within each State rural development office that is responsible for administering the covered program, and is not solely a general hotline or switchboard number.

(5) Secretary. The term Secretary means the Secretary of Agriculture.