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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3316 

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 

OCTOBER 23, 2013 

Mr. LANKFORD (for himself, Mr. ISSA, and Mr. WALBERG) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

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. 

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 2013’’ 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. 


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Sec. 4. Report requirements relating to grants. 

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

1 SEC. 3. GRANTS TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS. 

2 (a) GRANTS TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENTS.— 

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

4 United States Code, is amended by inserting after 

5 chapter 73 the following new chapter: 

6 ‘‘CHAPTER 74—GRANTS TRANSPARENCY 

7 REQUIREMENTS 

‘‘Sec. 

‘‘7401. Definitions. 

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

‘‘7403. Pre-award evaluation requirements. 

‘‘7404. Website relating to Federal grants. 

‘‘7405. Debriefing. 

8 ‘‘§ 7401. Definitions 

9 ‘‘In this chapter: 

10 ‘‘(1) APPLICANT.—The term ‘applicant’ means 

11 an entity that submits a proposal or application for 

12 a grant. 

13 ‘‘(2) COMPETITIVE GRANT.—The term ‘com14 petitive grant’ means a grant entered into through 

15 the use of merit-based selection procedures for the 

16 purpose of allocating funds authorized under a grant 

17 program of an Executive agency. 

18 ‘‘(3) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘Execu19 tive agency’ has the meaning given that term in sec20 tion 105 of title 5, except the term does not include 

21 the Government Accountability Office. 


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

2 award of Federal financial assistance through a 

3 grant agreement or cooperative agreement making 

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

5 out a public purpose authorized by law. 

6 ‘‘(5) GRANT REVIEWER.—The term ‘grant re7 viewer’, with respect to a grant— 

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

9 evaluates, or participates in the decision to se10 lect a grant applicant for award of the grant; 

11 and 

12 ‘‘(B) includes— 

13 ‘‘(i) a peer reviewer; 

14 ‘‘(ii) a merit reviewer; and 

15 ‘‘(iii) a member of a technical evalua16 tion panel or board or a special emphasis 

17 panel. 

18 ‘‘(6) PROPOSAL ABSTRACT.—The term ‘pro19 posal abstract’, with respect to a grant proposal, 

20 means a summary containing key elements of the 

21 grant proposal. 

22 ‘‘§ 7402. Merit-based selection procedure require23 ments in awarding grants 

24 ‘‘(a) MERIT-BASED SELECTION PROCEDURES RE25 QUIRED.— 


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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para2 graph (2), an Executive agency shall use merit-based 

3 selection procedures in awarding grants. 

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

5 Executive agency is not required to use merit-based 

6 selection procedures in awarding a grant if the grant 

7 is a block grant or formula grant for which Federal 

8 funds are required to be allocated in accordance with 

9 a distribution formula prescribed by law or regula10 tion, or any other grant in which the allocation 

11 methodology for the grant funds is mandated by law. 

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

13 SELECTION PROCEDURES.—Each Executive agency shall 

14 establish and make publicly available online specific merit15 based selection procedures for each grant program of the 

16 agency required under subsection (a) to use such proce17 dures. 

18 ‘‘(c) MERIT-BASED SELECTION PROCEDURES DE19 SCRIBED.— 

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

21 procedures required under subsection (a) shall pro22 mote the use of competition, and may be tailored to 

23 the particular requirements, objectives, and authori24 ties of the agency. The procedures may address mat25 ters such as consideration of unsolicited proposals, 


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1 standards for obtaining a competitive pool of appli2 cants, and exceptions for safety, security, or other 

3 circumstances. 

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

5 merit-based selection procedures required under sub6 section (a) shall include, with respect to a grant, the 

7 following: 

8 ‘‘(A) A clear statement of the purpose, du9 ration (including anticipated grant continu10 ations), and eligibility requirements of the 

11 grant. 

12 ‘‘(B) A description of the manner in which 

13 applications or proposals for the grant will be 

14 evaluated, ranked, and selected for award, in15 cluding the weighting of any evaluation factors 

16 or criteria that will be considered. 

17 ‘‘(d) ADVANCE NOTIFICATION OF GRANT OPPOR18 TUNITY REQUIRED.— 

19 ‘‘(1) AGENCY NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 

20 60 days before the date on which a grant oppor21 tunity becomes available, the head of the relevant 

22 Executive agency shall notify the Director of the Of23 fice of Management and Budget. 

24 ‘‘(2) PUBLIC NOTIFICATION.—Not later than 

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1 scribed under paragraph (1), the Director shall 

2 make available online the specific matters described 

3 under subsection (c)(2) with respect to such grant. 

4 ‘‘§ 7403. Pre-award evaluation requirements 

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

6 competitive grant, an Executive agency shall conduct an 

7 evaluation of the ability of the prospective grantee to suc8 cessfully carry out the grant. 

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

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

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

12 capability of the financial management system of the 

13 applicant to appropriately manage and account for 

14 funds according to accepted cost accounting prin15 ciples determined by the Office of Management and 

16 Budget. 

17 ‘‘(2) INTERNAL CONTROLS.—The internal fi18 nancial and administrative control systems of the 

19 applicant. 

20 ‘‘(3) COMPLIANCE WITH REPORTING.—The ca21 pability of the applicant to comply with Federal re22 porting requirements for recipients of Federal funds. 

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

24 The past performance and record of integrity of the 

25 applicant. 


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1 ‘‘(5) OTHER QUALIFICATIONS AND COM2 PETENCE.—The ability of the applicant to success3 fully carry out the purposes of the grant. 

4 ‘‘(6) OTHER FEDERAL ASSISTANCE.—Whether 

5 the applicant has received other Federal funds 

6 through a contract or other type of assistance 

7 through a search of the System for Award Manage8 ment and the Federal Assistance Award Data Sys9 tem. 

10 ‘‘(c) SIMPLIFIED EVALUATION PROCEDURE FOR

11 CERTAIN APPLICANTS.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In conducting the evalua13 tion required under subsection (a) with respect to an 

14 applicant, an Executive agency shall minimize the 

15 burden on any covered applicant and shall consider 

16 any existing findings with respect to that covered 

17 applicant under the single audit process under chap18 ter 75 of title 31 related to the matters in subsection 

19 (b). 

20 ‘‘(2) COVERED APPLICANT DEFINED.—In this 

21 subsection, the term ‘covered applicant’ means an 

22 applicant that has received more than $10,000,000 

23 in Federal grants during the previous 10 years be24 fore the date on which the evaluation occurs. 


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1 ‘‘§ 7404. Website relating to Federal grants 

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

3 Management and Budget shall upgrade any existing or 

4 proposed public website for finding Federal grant opportu5 nities and applying for such grants so that such website 

6 may serve as a central point of information and provide 

7 full access for applicants for competitive grants. The 

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

9 to, other relevant databases. 

10 ‘‘(b) NOTICE OF COMPETITIVE GRANT FUNDS

11 AVAILABILITY.—At the time an Executive agency issues 

12 a solicitation or otherwise announces the availability of 

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

14 the grants website maintained under this section relevant 

15 information about the grant opportunity, including the fol16 lowing: 

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

18 grant announcement and purpose of the grant. 

19 ‘‘(2) GRANT PERIOD.—The time period for per20 formance of the grant and whether the agency an21 ticipates that the grant will be continued. 

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

23 amount of funds available for the grant. 

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

25 requirements of the grant. 


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1 ‘‘(5) AGENCY POINT OF CONTACT.—Contact in2 formation for the Executive agency, including the 

3 name, telephone number, and electronic mail address 

4 of a specific person or persons responsible for an5 swering questions about the grant and the applica6 tion process for the grant. 

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

8 clear statement of the evaluation factors or criteria 

9 that the agency intends to use to evaluate and rank 

10 grant applications or proposals submitted, including 

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

12 ‘‘(7) DISCLOSURE OF THE PROCESS AND

13 STANDARDS FOR SAFEGUARDING AGAINST CON14 FLICTS.—A description of the process and standards 

15 to be used by the agency to determine that each 

16 grant reviewer does not have a prohibited conflict of 

17 interest, as defined by applicable statute or regula18 tion, with respect to the evaluation or review of a 

19 grant application or proposal, or the decision to 

20 award a grant. 

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

22 of grant applications or proposals. 

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

24 maintained under this section shall, to the greatest extent 

25 practicable, allow grant applicants to— 


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1 ‘‘(1) use the website with any computer plat2 form; 

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

4 grants by purpose, funding agency, program source, 

5 and other relevant criteria; 

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

7 website; 

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

9 competitive grants using the website; and 

10 ‘‘(5) provide all required certifications and as11 surances for a competitive grant using the website. 

12 ‘‘(d) GRANT AWARD INFORMATION.— 

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

14 awarded by an Executive agency, the agency shall 

15 post on the grants website maintained under this 

16 section the information described in paragraph (2). 

17 Except as provided in paragraphs (2)(A), (2)(B), 

18 and (3), the information shall be posted within 30 

19 days after an Executive agency notifies an applicant 

20 that the applicant has been selected to receive a 

21 grant award and shall be updated as necessary while 

22 the grant to the recipient is being performed. 

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

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1 tion with respect to each grant awarded by an Exec2 utive agency is the following: 

3 ‘‘(A) EXECUTED GRANT AGREEMENT.— 

4 Subject to paragraph (3), a copy of the final 

5 grant agreement, including the terms and con6 ditions and the time period for performance of 

7 the grant. 

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

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

10 any proposal, application, or plan submitted for 

11 the awarded grant, including any amendment to 

12 the proposal, application, or plan (whether 

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

14 ‘‘(C) AWARD DECISION DOCUMENTATION

15 AND RANKINGS.—Documentation explaining the 

16 basis for the selection decision for the grant, 

17 the number of proposals received for the grant, 

18 and, with respect to the proposal that resulted 

19 in the grant award, the numerical ranking of 

20 the proposal by grant reviewers, if numerical 

21 rankings were assigned. 

22 ‘‘(D) JUSTIFICATION FOR DEVIATING

23 FROM RANKINGS.—In any case in which the 

24 award of the grant is not consistent with the 

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1 tions made by grant reviewers, a written jus2 tification explaining the rationale for the deci3 sion not to follow the rankings or recommenda4 tions. 

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

6 The employer, and either the name and title or 

7 a unique identifier, of each individual who 

8 served as a peer reviewer for the grant program 

9 concerned, during the six-month period pre10 ceding the award of the grant. 

11 ‘‘(F) DISCLOSURE OF OTHER GRANT RE12 VIEWERS.—The name, title, and employer of 

13 each individual who served as a reviewer (other 

14 than a peer reviewer) of proposals or applica15 tions for the grant, regardless of whether the 

16 individual is employed by the Federal govern17 ment or not. 

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

19 Notwithstanding paragraphs (1), (2)(A), and (2)(B), 

20 if the head of the Executive agency determines, with 

21 respect to a particular grant award, that posting the 

22 proposal, application, or plan at the time described 

23 in paragraph (1) would adversely affect an appli24 cant, the agency— 


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1 ‘‘(A) may post a proposal abstract or exec2 utive summary; and 

3 ‘‘(B) shall post the complete proposal, ap4 plication, or plan for any proposal that is re5 leased under section 552 of title 5, United 

6 States Code (commonly known as the Freedom 

7 of Information Act), not later than 60 days 

8 after the date on which the proposal, applica9 tion, or plan is released. 

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

11 otherwise prohibited by law, with respect to each grant 

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

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

14 shall post on the grants website maintained under this sec15 tion the following information: 

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

17 product required under the terms of the grant. 

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

19 or links to other related data or results of the grant, 

20 that the agency considers to be of value to future re21 searchers or in the public interest. 

22 ‘‘(f) SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION OF GRANT SO23 LICITATION FORECAST ON THE GRANTS WEBSITE.— 

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

25 30 of each year, the head of each Executive agency 


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1 shall post a forecast, in accordance with paragraph 

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

3 to issue for the following calendar year. The forecast 

4 shall be based on the best information available and 

5 shall not be binding on the agency. 

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

7 include, to the extent practicable, the following for 

8 each expected grant solicitation in a machine read9 able format: 

10 ‘‘(A) SUBJECT AND PURPOSE.—A brief de11 scription of the subject and purpose of the 

12 grant, organized by the organizational unit of 

13 the Executive agency. 

14 ‘‘(B) POINT OF CONTACT.—Contact infor15 mation for the organizational unit or individual 

16 responsible for the grant, if known, including 

17 name, telephone number, and electronic mail 

18 address. 

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

20 expected or actual dates for the issuance of the 

21 grant solicitation and application and the grant 

22 application submission deadline. 

23 ‘‘(D) AWARD AMOUNT.—The estimated 

24 amount of the average grant award, the esti25 mated maximum and minimum amounts of the 


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1 grant award, if applicable, and the estimated 

2 total number of grant awards to be made. 

3 ‘‘(E) TOTAL FUNDING.—A description of 

4 the total amount available to be awarded. 

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

6 this section shall be construed as requiring the publication 

7 of information otherwise exempt under section 552 of title 

8 5, United States Code (popularly referred to as the ‘Free9 dom of Information Act’). 

10 ‘‘(h) TRANSPARENCY OF INFORMATION.—To the ex11 tent practicable, the grants website maintained under this 

12 section shall— 

13 ‘‘(1) make the information described in this sec14 tion available in its original format; 

15 ‘‘(2) make the information described in this sec16 tion available without charge, license, or registration 

17 requirement; 

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

19 section to be searched and aggregated; 

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

21 section to be downloaded in bulk; 

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

23 section to be disseminated via automatic electronic 

24 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 (e) EXECUTIVE AGENCY DEFINED.—In this section, 

22 the term ‘‘Executive agency’’ has the meaning given that 

23 term in section 105 of title 5, United States Code, except 

24 the term does not include the Government Accountability 

25 Office. 


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1 SEC. 4. REPORT REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO GRANTS. 

2 (a) UNDISBURSED GRANT FUNDING REPORT.— 

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

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

5 of the Office of Management and Budget shall issue 

6 guidance to Executive agencies instructing each 

7 agency to identify amounts of undisbursed grant 

8 funding remaining in grant accounts for which the 

9 period of availability to the grantee has expired and 

10 report to the Office of Management and Budget on 

11 the status and resolution of such funding. 

12 (2) REPORT REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 

13 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

14 the Director shall submit to the Committee on Over15 sight and Government Reform of the House of Rep16 resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Secu17 rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report 

18 summarizing the information reported by Executive 

19 agencies under subsection (a) and describing the ac20 tions the Director or Executive agencies plan to take 

21 with respect to the undisbursed grant funding iden22 tified in the information so reported. 

23 (b) GRANTS WORKFORCE REPORT.— 

24 (1) REPORT REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 

25 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

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1 submit to the Committee on Oversight and Govern2 ment Reform of the House of Representatives and 

3 the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern4 mental Affairs of the Senate a report on the Federal 

5 grants workforce. 

6 (2) CONTENTS OF REPORT.—The report re7 quired under subsection (a) shall address— 

8 (A) the size of the Federal grants work9 force and expected trends in Federal employ10 ment; 

11 (B) adequacy of training opportunities for 

12 the Federal grants workforce; 

13 (C) whether the Federal Acquisition Insti14 tute or any other existing entity engaged in ac15 quisition workforce training should be made 

16 available for grant training; 

17 (D) whether a warrant system similar to 

18 that used in the Federal acquisition system 

19 should be established for Federal officials au20 thorized to award grants; 

21 (E) the use by executive agencies of sus22 pension and debarment actions taken against 

23 grantees during the three-year period preceding 

24 the date of submission of the report, and the 


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1 level of agency resources assigned to the sus2 pension and debarment functions; and 

3 (F) any recommendations for improving 

4 the Federal grants workforce. 

5 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

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

7 agency’’ has the meaning given that term in section 

8 105 of title 5, United States Code, except the term 

9 does not include the Government Accountability Of10 fice. 

11 (2) FEDERAL GRANTS WORKFORCE DEFINED.— 

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

13 to an Executive agency, means all employees of the 

14 agency who spend some or all of their time engaged 

15 in— 

16 (A) grant planning; 

17 (B) preparing grant solicitations, Notices 

18 of Funding Availability, or other requests for 

19 grant proposals; 

20 (C) evaluating or reviewing grant applica21 tions, including serving on a peer review board; 

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1 SEC. 5. PLAN FOR IMPROVING THE SINGLE AUDIT PROC2 ESS. 

3 (a) PLAN FOR IMPROVING THE SINGLE AUDIT PROC4 ESS.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact5 ment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Manage6 ment and Budget shall submit to the Committee on Over7 sight and Government Reform of the House of Represent8 atives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov9 ernmental Affairs of the Senate a plan on improving the 

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

11 United States Code, that includes each of the following 

12 elements: 

13 (1) A centralized Federal Government oversight 

14 structure for the single audit process to monitor 

15 Federal agency implementation of single audit re16 quirements under chapter 75 of title 31, United 

17 States Code. 

18 (2) Simplified alternative single audit require19 ments for non-Federal entities with expenditures for 

20 smaller Federal awards. 

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

22 including the time periods for completing the audit 

23 and for Executive agency resolution of the audit. 

24 (4) An identification of any necessary legislative 

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1 (5) A description of key milestones for imple2 mentation and necessary steps to complete imple3 mentation. 

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

5 is submitted under subsection (a), the Director of the Of6 fice of Management and Budget shall submit to the Com7 mittee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House 

8 of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Secu9 rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on 

10 the implementation of each element of the plan. 

11 (c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

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

13 agency’’ has the meaning given that term in section 

14 105 of title 5, United States Code, except the term 

15 does not include the Government Accountability Of16 fice. 

17 (2) NON-FEDERAL ENTITY.—The term ‘‘non18 Federal entity’’ has the meaning given that term 

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

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

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

22 title 31, United States Code. 

23 (4) SMALLER FEDERAL AWARD.—The term 

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

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


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1 by the Director of the Office of Management and 

2 Budget. 

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