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This bill, the Simplifying Grants Act of 2022, aims to simplify the grant process for non-urbanized areas. The key provisions are: 1. It defines important terms, such as "agency," "covered local government," and "urbanized area," to provide clarity on the scope of the bill. 2. It requires federal agencies to review and simplify the grant application requirements for existing grant programs that cover local governments in non-urbanized areas within 180 days of the bill's enactment. For new grant programs, agencies must simplify the requirements before the application becomes available. 3. The bill mandates that agencies make publicly available checklists for covered local governments that outline the requirements and steps of the grant process for each applicable grant program. 4. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is required to submit two reports to Congress: a one-time report evaluating the agencies' efforts to simplify requirements and make checklists available, and an ongoing annual report on the technical assistance and funding provided to covered local governments versus other local governments. The overall goal of the bill is to streamline the grant application process for local governments in non-urbanized areas, making it easier for them to access federal funding.

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