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Union Calendar No. 339 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3433 

[Report No. 112–484] 

To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide transparency and require 

certain standards in the award of Federal grants, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

NOVEMBER 16, 2011 

Mr. LANKFORD (for himself, Mr. ISSA, Mr. KELLY, Mr. MEEHAN, and Mr. 

PIERLUISI) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

MAY 16, 2012 

Additional sponsor: Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina 

MAY 16, 2012 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee of the Whole House 

on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Omit the part struck through and insert the part printed in italic] 


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A BILL 

To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide transparency and require certain standards in the award of 

Federal grants, and for other purposes. 


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1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Grant Reform and 

5 New Transparency Act of 2011’’ or the ‘‘GRANT Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

7 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 

Sec. 3. Grants transparency requirements. 

Sec. 4. Report requirements relating to grants. 

Sec. 5. Plan for improving the single audit process. 

8 SEC. 3. GRANTS TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS. 

9 (a) GRANTS TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subtitle V of title 31, 

11 United States Code, is amended by inserting after 

12 chapter 73 the following new chapter: 

13 ‘‘CHAPTER 74—GRANTS TRANSPARENCY 

14 REQUIREMENTS 

‘‘Sec. 

‘‘7401. Definitions. 

‘‘7402. Competition requirements in awarding grants. 

‘‘7402. Merit-based selection procedure requirements in awarding grants. 

‘‘7403. Pre-award evaluation requirements. 

‘‘7404. Website relating to Federal grants. 

‘‘7405. Debriefing. 

15 ‘‘§ 7401. Definitions 

16 ‘‘In this chapter: 

17 ‘‘(1) GRANT.—The term ‘grant’ means an 

18 award of Federal financial assistance through a 

19 grant agreement or cooperative agreement making 


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1 payment in cash or in kind to a recipient to carry 

2 out a public purpose authorized by law. 

3 ‘‘(2) COMPETITIVE GRANT.—The term ‘com4 petitive grant’ means a grant entered into through 

5 the use of merit-based selection procedures for the 

6 purpose of allocating funds authorized under a grant 

7 program of an Executive agency. 

8 ‘‘(3) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘Execu9 tive agency’ has the meaning provided by section 

10 105 of title 5, except the term does not include the 

11 Government Accountability Office. 

12 ‘‘(4) BOARD.—The term ‘Board’ means the Re13 covery Accountability and Transparency Board or 

14 any successor entity. 

15 ‘‘(5) PROPOSAL ABSTRACT.—The term ‘pro16 posal abstract’, with respect to a grant proposal, 

17 means a summary containing key elements of the 

18 grant proposal. 

19 ‘‘(6) GRANT REVIEWER.—The term ‘grant re20 viewer’, with respect to a grant— 

21 ‘‘(A) means any individual who reviews, 

22 evaluates, or participates in the decision to se23 lect a grant applicant for award of the grant; 

24 and 

25 ‘‘(B) includes— 


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1 ‘‘(i) a peer reviewer; 

2 ‘‘(ii) a merit reviewer; and 

3 ‘‘(iii) a member of a technical evalua4 tion panel or board or a special emphasis 

5 panel. 

6 ‘‘§ 7402. Merit-based selection procedure require7 ments in awarding grants 

8 ‘‘(a) MERIT-BASED SELECTION PROCEDURES RE9 QUIRED.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para11 graph (2), an Executive agency shall use merit-based 

12 selection procedures in awarding grants. 

13 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN GRANTS.—An 

14 Executive agency is not required to use merit-based 

15 selection procedures in awarding a grant if the grant 

16 is a block grant or formula grant for which Federal 

17 funds are required to be allocated in accordance with 

18 a distribution formula prescribed by law or regula19 tion, or any other grant in which the allocation 

20 methodology for the grant funds is mandated by law. 

21 ‘‘(b) REQUIREMENT FOR SPECIFIC MERIT-BASED

22 SELECTION PROCEDURES.—Each Executive agency shall 

23 establish and make publicly available specific merit-based 

24 selection procedures for each grant program of the agency 

25 required under subsection (a) to use such procedures. 


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1 ‘‘(c) MERIT-BASED SELECTION PROCEDURES DE2 SCRIBED.— 

3 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The merit-based selection 

4 procedures required under subsection (a) shall pro5 mote the use of competition, and may be tailored to 

6 the particular requirements, objectives, and authori7 ties of the agency. The procedures may address mat8 ters such as consideration of unsolicited proposals, 

9 standards for obtaining a competitive pool of appli10 cants, and exceptions for safety, security, or other 

11 circumstances. 

12 ‘‘(2) SPECIFIC MATTERS INCLUDED.—The 

13 merit-based selection procedures required under sub14 section (a) shall include, with respect to a grant, the 

15 following: 

16 ‘‘(A) Advance notification of the grant op17 portunity. 

18 ‘‘(B) A clear statement of the purpose, du19 ration (including anticipated grant continu20 ations), and eligibility requirements of the 

21 grant. 

22 ‘‘(C) A description of the manner in which 

23 applications or proposals for the grant will be 

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1 cluding the weighting of any evaluation factors 

2 or criteria that will be considered. 

3 ‘‘§ 7403. Pre-award evaluation requirements 

4 ‘‘(a) EVALUATION REQUIRED.—Before awarding a 

5 competitive grant, an Executive agency shall conduct an 

6 evaluation of the ability of the prospective grantee to suc7 cessfully carry out the grant. 

8 ‘‘(b) MATTERS COVERED.—The evaluation required 

9 by subsection (a) shall include a review of the following: 

10 ‘‘(1) FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM.—The 

11 capability of the financial management system of the 

12 applicant to account for funds. 

13 ‘‘(2) INTERNAL CONTROLS.—The internal fi14 nancial and administrative control systems of the 

15 applicant. 

16 ‘‘(3) COMPLIANCE WITH REPORTING.—The ca17 pability of the applicant to comply with Federal re18 porting requirements for recipients of Federal funds. 

19 ‘‘(4) PAST PERFORMANCE AND INTEGRITY.— 

20 The past performance and record of integrity of the 

21 applicant. 

22 ‘‘(5) OTHER QUALIFICATIONS AND COM23 PETENCE.—The ability of the applicant to success24 fully carry out the purposes of the grant. 


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1 ‘‘(c) SIMPLIFIED EVALUATION PROCEDURE FOR

2 CERTAIN APPLICANTS.—In conducting the evaluation re3 quired under subsection (a) with respect to an applicant, 

4 an Executive agency shall minimize the burden on any ap5 plicant that has previously received a significant volume 

6 of Federal grants, and shall consider any existing findings 

7 with respect to that applicant under the single audit proc8 ess under chapter 75 of title 31 related to the matters 

9 in subsection (b). 

10 ‘‘§ 7404. Website relating to Federal grants 

11 ‘‘(a) REQUIREMENT.—The Director of the Office of 

12 Management and Budget shall upgrade any existing or 

13 proposed public website for finding Federal grant opportu14 nities and applying for such grants so that such website 

15 may serve as a central point of information and provide 

16 full access for applicants for competitive grants. The 

17 website shall capture in one site, or provide electronic links 

18 to, other relevant databases. 

19 ‘‘(b) NOTICE OF COMPETITIVE GRANT FUNDS

20 AVAILABILITY.—At the time an Executive agency issues 

21 a solicitation or otherwise announces the availability of 

22 funds for a competitive grant, the agency shall post on 

23 the grants website maintained under this section relevant 

24 information about the grant opportunity, including the fol25 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(1) ANNOUNCEMENT AND PURPOSE.—The 

2 grant announcement and purpose of the grant. 

3 ‘‘(2) GRANT PERIOD.—The time period for per4 formance of the grant and whether the agency an5 ticipates that the grant will be continued. 

6 ‘‘(3) AMOUNT OF AVAILABLE FUNDS.—The 

7 amount of funds available for the grant. 

8 ‘‘(4) ELIGIBILITY.—A statement of eligibility 

9 requirements of the grant. 

10 ‘‘(5) AGENCY POINT OF CONTACT.—Contact in11 formation for the Executive agency, including the 

12 name, telephone number, and electronic mail address 

13 of a specific person or persons responsible for an14 swering questions about the grant and the applica15 tion process for the grant. 

16 ‘‘(6) EVALUATION FACTORS OR CRITERIA.—A 

17 clear statement of the evaluation factors or criteria 

18 that the agency intends to use to evaluate and rank 

19 grant applications or proposals submitted, including 

20 the weight to be applied to each factor or criterion. 

21 ‘‘(7) DISCLOSURE OF THE PROCESS AND

22 STANDARDS FOR SAFEGUARDING AGAINST CON23 FLICTS.—A description of the process and standards 

24 to be used by the agency to determine that each 

25 grant reviewer does not have a prohibited conflict of 


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1 interest, as defined by applicable statute or regula2 tion, with respect to the evaluation or review of a 

3 grant application or proposal, or the decision to 

4 award a grant. 

5 ‘‘(8) DEADLINE.—The deadline for submission 

6 of grant applications or proposals. 

7 ‘‘(c) USE BY APPLICANTS.—The grants website 

8 maintained under this section shall, to the greatest extent 

9 practicable, allow grant applicants to— 

10 ‘‘(1) use the website with any computer plat11 form; 

12 ‘‘(2) search the website for all competitive 

13 grants by purpose, funding agency, program source, 

14 and other relevant criteria; 

15 ‘‘(3) apply for a competitive grant using the 

16 website; 

17 ‘‘(4) manage, track, and report on the use of 

18 competitive grants using the website; and 

19 ‘‘(5) provide all required certifications and as20 surances for a competitive grant using the website. 

21 ‘‘(d) GRANT AWARD INFORMATION.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For each competitive grant 

23 awarded by an Executive agency, the agency shall 

24 post on the grants website maintained under this 

25 section the information described in paragraph (2). 


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1 Except as provided in paragraphs (2)(B) and (3), 

2 the information shall be posted within 15 days after 

3 an Executive agency notifies an applicant that the 

4 applicant has been selected to receive a grant award 

5 and shall be updated as necessary while the grant to 

6 the recipient is being performed. 

7 ‘‘(2) INFORMATION POSTED.—For purposes of 

8 paragraph (1), the information described in this sec9 tion with respect to each grant awarded by an Exec10 utive agency is the following: 

11 ‘‘(A) EXECUTED GRANT AGREEMENT.—A 

12 copy of the final grant agreement, including the 

13 terms and conditions and the time period for 

14 performance of the grant. 

15 ‘‘(B) COPY OF PROPOSAL, APPLICATION, 

16 OR PLAN.—Subject to paragraph (3), a copy of 

17 any proposal, application, or plan submitted for 

18 the awarded grant, including any amendment to 

19 the proposal, application, or plan (whether 

20 made before or after the award of the grant). 

21 ‘‘(C) AWARD DECISION DOCUMENTATION

22 AND RANKINGS.—Documentation explaining the 

23 basis for the selection decision for the grant, 

24 the number of proposals received for the grant, 

25 and, with respect to the proposal that resulted 


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1 in the grant award, the numerical ranking of 

2 the proposal by grant reviewers, if numerical 

3 rankings were assigned. 

4 ‘‘(D) JUSTIFICATION FOR DEVIATING

5 FROM RANKINGS.—In any case in which the 

6 award of the grant is not consistent with the 

7 numerical rankings or any other recommenda8 tions made by grant reviewers, a written jus9 tification explaining the rationale for the deci10 sion not to follow the rankings or recommenda11 tions. 

12 ‘‘(E) DISCLOSURE OF PEER REVIEWERS.— 

13 The name, title, and employer employer, and ei14 ther the name and title or a unique identifier, of 

15 each individual who served as a peer reviewer 

16 for the grant program concerned, during the 

17 six-month period preceding the award of the 

18 grant. 

19 ‘‘(F) DISCLOSURE OF OTHER GRANT RE20 VIEWERS.—The name, title, and employer of 

21 each individual who served as a reviewer (other 

22 than a peer reviewer) of proposals or applica23 tions for the grant, regardless of whether the 

24 individual is employed by the Federal govern25 ment or not. 


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1 ‘‘(3) EXCEPTION TO POSTING REQUIREMENT.— 

2 Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2)(B), if the 

3 head of the agency determines, with respect to a 

4 particular grant award, that posting the proposal, 

5 application, or plan at the time described in para6 graph (1) would adversely affect an applicant, the 

7 agency— 

8 ‘‘(A) may post a proposal abstract or exec9 utive summary; and 

10 ‘‘(B) shall post the complete proposal, ap11 plication, or plan by a date to be determined by 

12 the head of the agency, in consultation with the 

13 applicant, but not later than three years after 

14 the date of the grant award. 

15 ‘‘(e) GRANT PERFORMANCE INFORMATION.—Unless 

16 otherwise prohibited by law, with respect to each grant 

17 awarded by an Executive agency, within 60 days after the 

18 end of the period for completion of the grant, the agency 

19 shall post on the grants website maintained under this sec20 tion the following information: 

21 ‘‘(1) The final report or other final written 

22 product required under the terms of the grant. 

23 ‘‘(2) Other related data or results of the grant 

24 that the agency considers to be of value to future re25 searchers or in the public interest. 


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1 ‘‘(f) SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION OF GRANT SO2 LICITATION FORECAST ON THE GRANTS WEBSITE.— 

3 ‘‘(1) REQUIREMENT.—Not later than November 

4 30 of each year, the head of each Executive agency 

5 shall post a forecast, in accordance with paragraph 

6 (2), of all grant solicitations that the agency expects 

7 to issue for the following calendar year. The forecast 

8 shall be based on the best information available and 

9 shall not be binding on the agency. 

10 ‘‘(2) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The forecast shall 

11 include, to the extent practicable, the following for 

12 each expected grant solicitation: 

13 ‘‘(A) SUBJECT AND PURPOSE.—A brief de14 scription of the subject and purpose of the 

15 grant, organized by the organizational unit of 

16 the agency. 

17 ‘‘(B) POINT OF CONTACT.—Contact infor18 mation for the organizational unit or individual 

19 responsible for the grant, if known, including 

20 name, telephone number, and electronic mail 

21 address. 

22 ‘‘(C) NOTICE PUBLICATION DATE.—The 

23 expected or actual dates for the issuance of the 

24 grant solicitation and application and the grant 

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1 ‘‘(D) AWARD AMOUNT.—The estimated 

2 amount of the average grant award, the esti3 mated maximum and minimum amounts of the 

4 grant award, if applicable, and the estimated 

5 total number of grant awards to be made. 

6 ‘‘(g) PUBLICATION OF INFORMATION.—Nothing in 

7 this section shall be construed as requiring the publication 

8 of information otherwise exempt under section 552 of title 

9 5, United States Code (popularly referred to as the ‘Free10 dom of Information Act’). 

11 ‘‘(h) TRANSPARENCY OF INFORMATION.—To the ex12 tent practicable, the grants website maintained under this 

13 section shall— 

14 ‘‘(1) make the information described in this sec15 tion available in its original format; 

16 ‘‘(2) make the information described in this sec17 tion available without charge, license, or registration 

18 requirement; 

19 ‘‘(3) permit the information described in this 

20 section to be searched and aggregated; 

21 ‘‘(4) permit the information described in this 

22 section to be downloaded in bulk; 

23 ‘‘(5) permit the information described in this 

24 section to be disseminated via automatic electronic 

25 means; 


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1 ‘‘(6) permit the information described in this 

2 section to be freely shared by the public, such as by 

3 social media; 

4 ‘‘(7) use permanent uniform resource locators 

5 for the information described in this section; and 

6 ‘‘(8) provide an opportunity for the public to 

7 provide input about the usefulness of the site and 

8 recommendations for improvements. 

9 ‘‘§ 7405. Debriefing 

10 ‘‘If requested by an applicant for a competitive grant, 

11 for each grant award made in an amount in excess of 

12 $100,000 pursuant to a merit-based selection procedure, 

13 an Executive agency shall provide the applicant with a 

14 timely debriefing explaining the basis for the agency’s 

15 award decision, including, if applicable, the decision not 

16 to award a grant to the applicant.’’. 

17 (2) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of 

18 chapters at the beginning of subtitle V of title 31, 

19 United States Code, is amended by inserting after 

20 the item relating to chapter 73 the following new 

21 item: 

‘‘74. Grant Transparency Requirements ................................... 7401’’. 

22 (b) GUIDANCE FOR MERIT-BASED SELECTION PRO23 CEDURES FOR GRANT PROGRAMS.—Not later than 60 

24 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Direc25 tor of the Office of Management and Budget shall issue 


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1 and disseminate guidance to aid Executive agencies in es2 tablishing merit-based selection procedures for agency 

3 grant programs, as required by section 7402(c) of title 31, 

4 United States Code, as added by subsection (a). 

5 (c) DEADLINE FOR MERIT-BASED SELECTION PRO6 CEDURES FOR GRANT PROGRAMS.—Not later than 180 

7 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, each Ex8 ecutive agency shall carry out the requirement of section 

9 7402(c) of such title, as so added. 

10 (d) REPORT ON MERIT-BASED SELECTION PROCE11 DURES FOR GRANT PROGRAMS.—Not later than one year 

12 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comp13 troller General of the United States shall submit to the 

14 Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the 

15 House of Representatives and the Committee on Home16 land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a 

17 report on the guidance issued by the Director of the Office 

18 of Management and Budget under subsection (b) and the 

19 actions taken by Executive agencies to establish merit20 based selection procedures under subsection (c). 

21 SEC. 4. REPORT REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO GRANTS. 

22 (a) UNDISBURSED GRANT FUNDING REPORT.— 

23 (1) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 90 days after 

24 the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 

25 of the Office of Management and Budget shall issue 


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1 guidance to Executive agencies instructing each 

2 agency to identify amounts of undisbursed grant 

3 funding remaining in grant accounts for which the 

4 period of availability to the grantee has expired and 

5 report to the Office of Management and Budget on 

6 the status and resolution of such funding. 

7 (2) REPORT REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 

8 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

9 the Director shall submit to the Committee on Over10 sight and Government Reform of the House of Rep11 resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Secu12 rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report 

13 summarizing the information reported by Executive 

14 agencies under subsection (a) and describing the ac15 tions the Director or Executive agencies plan to take 

16 with respect to the undisbursed grant funding iden17 tified in the information so reported. 

18 (b) GRANTS WORKFORCE REPORT.— 

19 (1) REPORT REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 

20 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

21 the Comptroller General of the United States shall 

22 submit to the Committee on Oversight and Govern23 ment Reform of the House of Representatives and 

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1 mental Affairs of the Senate a report on the Federal 

2 grants workforce. 

3 (2) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report re4 quired under subsection (a) shall address— 

5 (A) the size of the Federal grants work6 force and expected trends in Federal employ7 ment; 

8 (B) adequacy of training opportunities for 

9 the Federal grants workforce; 

10 (C) whether the Federal Acquisition Insti11 tute or any other existing entity engaged in ac12 quisition workforce training should be made 

13 available for grant training; 

14 (D) whether a warrant system similar to 

15 that used in the Federal acquisition system 

16 should be established for Federal officials au17 thorized to award grants; 

18 (E) the use by executive agencies of sus19 pension and debarment actions taken against 

20 grantees during the three-year period preceding 

21 the date of submission of the report, and the 

22 level of agency resources assigned to the sus23 pension and debarment functions; and 

24 (F) any recommendations for improving 

25 the Federal grants workforce. 


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1 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

2 (1) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Executive 

3 agency’’ has the meaning provided by section 105 of 

4 title 5, United States Code, except the term does not 

5 include the Government Accountability Office. 

6 (2) FEDERAL GRANTS WORKFORCE DEFINED.— 

7 The term ‘‘Federal grants workforce’’, with respect 

8 to an Executive agency, means all employees of the 

9 agency who spend some or all of their time engaged 

10 in— 

11 (A) grant planning; 

12 (B) preparing grant solicitations, Notices 

13 of Funding Availability, or other requests for 

14 grant proposals; 

15 (C) evaluating or reviewing grant applica16 tions, including serving on a peer review board; 

17 or 

18 (D) monitoring or administering grant per19 formance by grantees. 

20 SEC. 5. PLAN FOR IMPROVING THE SINGLE AUDIT PROC21 ESS. 

22 (a) PLAN FOR IMPROVING THE SINGLE AUDIT PROC23 ESS.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact24 ment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Manage25 ment and Budget shall submit to the Committee on OverVerDate Mar 15 2010 23:42 May 16, 2012 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3433.RH H3433

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1 sight and Government Reform of the House of Represent2 atives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov3 ernmental Affairs of the Senate a plan on improving the 

4 single audit process required under chapter 75 of title 31, 

5 United States Code, that includes each of the following 

6 elements: 

7 (1) A centralized Federal Government oversight 

8 structure for the single audit process to monitor 

9 Federal agency implementation of single audit re10 quirements under chapter 75 of title 31, United 

11 States Code. 

12 (2) Simplified alternative single audit require13 ments for non-Federal entities with expenditures for 

14 smaller Federal awards. 

15 (3) A proposal to shorten the single audit cycle, 

16 including the time periods for completing the audit 

17 and for Executive agency resolution of the audit. 

18 (4) An identification of any necessary legislative 

19 changes to implement any proposal under the plan. 

20 (5) A description of key milestones for imple21 mentation and necessary steps to complete imple22 mentation. 

23 (b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the plan 

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1 mittee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House 

2 of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Secu3 rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on 

4 the implementation of each element of the plan. 

5 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

6 (1) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Executive 

7 agency’’ has the meaning provided by section 105 of 

8 title 5, United States Code, except the term does not 

9 include the Government Accountability Office. 

10 (2) NON-FEDERAL ENTITY.—The term ‘‘non11 Federal entity’’ has the meaning given that term 

12 under section 7501 of title 31, United States Code. 

13 (3) SINGLE AUDIT.—The term ‘‘single audit’’ 

14 has the meaning provided by section 7501(a)(18) of 

15 title 31, United States Code. 

16 (4) SMALLER FEDERAL AWARD.—The term 

17 ‘‘smaller Federal award’’ means a Federal award of 

18 less than $1,000,000 or such other amount specified 

19 by the Director of the Office of Management and 

20 Budget. 


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Union Calendar No. 339 

112TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 3433 

[Report No. 112–484] 

A BILL 

To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide 

poses. the award of Federal grants, and for other purtransparency and require certain standards in 

MAY 16, 2012 

Reported with amendments, committed to the Committee 

dered to be printed of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and orVerDate Mar 15 2010 23:42 May 16, 2012 Jkt 019200 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 6651 Sfmt 6651 E:\BILLS\H3433.RH H3433

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