submit to the Committee on Oversight and Govern-
ment Reform of the House of Representatives and 
the Committee on Homeland Security and Govern-
mental Affairs of the Senate a report on the Federal 
grants workforce. 
(2) CONTENTS
OF
REPORT.—The report re-
quired under subsection (a) shall address— 
(A) the size of the Federal grants work-
force and expected trends in Federal employ-
ment; 
(B) adequacy of training opportunities for 
the Federal grants workforce; 
(C) whether the Federal Acquisition Insti-
tute or any other existing entity engaged in ac-
quisition workforce training should be made 
available for grant training; 
(D) whether a warrant system similar to 
that used in the Federal acquisition system 
should be established for Federal officials au-
thorized to award grants; 
(E) the use by executive agencies of sus-
pension and debarment actions taken against 
grantees during the three-year period preceding 
the date of submission of the report, and the 
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level of agency resources assigned to the sus-
pension and debarment functions; and 
(F) any recommendations for improving 
the Federal grants workforce. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Executive 
agency’’ has the meaning given that term in section 
105 of title 5, United States Code, except the term 
does not include the Government Accountability Of-
fice. 
(2) FEDERAL GRANTS WORKFORCE DEFINED.— 
The term ‘‘Federal grants workforce’’, with respect 
to an Executive agency, means all employees of the 
agency who spend some or all of their time engaged 
in— 
(A) grant planning; 
(B) preparing grant solicitations, Notices 
of Funding Availability, or other requests for 
grant proposals; 
(C) evaluating or reviewing grant applica-
tions, including serving on a peer review board; 
or 
(D) monitoring or administering grant per-
formance by grantees. 
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SEC. 5. PLAN FOR IMPROVING THE SINGLE AUDIT PROC-
ESS. 
(a) PLAN FOR IMPROVING THE SINGLE AUDIT PROC-
ESS.—Not later than 180 days after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Director of the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget shall submit to the Committee on Over-
sight and Government Reform of the House of Represent-
atives and the Committee on Homeland Security and Gov-
ernmental Affairs of the Senate a plan on improving the 
single audit process required under chapter 75 of title 31, 
United States Code, that includes each of the following 
elements: 
(1) A centralized Federal Government oversight 
structure for the single audit process to monitor 
Federal agency implementation of single audit re-
quirements under chapter 75 of title 31, United 
States Code. 
(2) Simplified alternative single audit require-
ments for non-Federal entities with expenditures for 
smaller Federal awards. 
(3) A proposal to shorten the single audit cycle, 
including the time periods for completing the audit 
and for Executive agency resolution of the audit. 
(4) An identification of any necessary legislative 
changes to implement any proposal under the plan. 
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(5) A description of key milestones for imple-
mentation and necessary steps to complete imple-
mentation. 
(b) REPORT.—Not later than 180 days after the plan 
is submitted under subsection (a), the Director of the Of-
fice of Management and Budget shall submit to the Com-
mittee on Oversight and Government Reform of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report on 
the implementation of each element of the plan. 
(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
(1) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Executive 
agency’’ has the meaning given that term in section 
105 of title 5, United States Code, except the term 
does not include the Government Accountability Of-
fice. 
(2) NON-FEDERAL
ENTITY.—The term ‘‘non- 
Federal entity’’ has the meaning given that term 
under section 7501 of title 31, United States Code. 
(3) SINGLE AUDIT.—The term ‘‘single audit’’ 
has the meaning provided by section 7501(a)(18) of 
title 31, United States Code. 
(4) SMALLER
FEDERAL
AWARD.—The term 
‘‘smaller Federal award’’ means a Federal award of 
less than $1,000,000 or such other amount specified 
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by the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget. 
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