‘‘(2) MATTERS INCLUDED.—The forecast shall 
include, to the extent practicable, the following for 
each expected grant solicitation: 
‘‘(A) SUBJECT AND PURPOSE.—A brief de-
scription of the subject and purpose of the 
grant, organized by the organizational unit of 
the agency. 
‘‘(B) POINT OF CONTACT.—Contact infor-
mation for the organizational unit or individual 
responsible for the grant, if known, including 
name, telephone number, and electronic mail 
address. 
‘‘(C) NOTICE
PUBLICATION
DATE.—The 
expected or actual dates for the issuance of the 
grant solicitation and application and the grant 
application submission deadline. 
‘‘(D) AWARD
AMOUNT.—The estimated 
amount of the average grant award, the esti-
mated maximum and minimum amounts of the 
grant award, if applicable, and the estimated 
total number of grant awards to be made. 
‘‘(g) PUBLICATION OF INFORMATION.—Nothing in 
this section shall be construed as requiring the publication 
of information otherwise exempt under section 552 of title 
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5, United States Code (popularly referred to as the ‘Free-
dom of Information Act’). 
‘‘(h) TRANSPARENCY OF INFORMATION.—To the ex-
tent practicable, the grants website maintained under this 
section shall— 
‘‘(1) make the information described in this sec-
tion available in its original format; 
‘‘(2) make the information described in this sec-
tion available without charge, license, or registration 
requirement; 
‘‘(3) permit the information described in this 
section to be searched and aggregated; 
‘‘(4) permit the information described in this 
section to be downloaded in bulk; 
‘‘(5) permit the information described in this 
section to be disseminated via automatic electronic 
means; 
‘‘(6) permit the information described in this 
section to be freely shared by the public, such as by 
social media; 
‘‘(7) use permanent uniform resource locators 
for the information described in this section; and 
‘‘(8) provide an opportunity for the public to 
provide input about the usefulness of the site and 
recommendations for improvements. 
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‘‘§ 7405. Debriefing 
‘‘If requested by an applicant for a competitive grant, 
for each grant award made in an amount in excess of 
$100,000 pursuant to a merit-based selection procedure, 
an Executive agency shall provide the applicant with a 
timely debriefing explaining the basis for the agency’s 
award decision, including, if applicable, the decision not 
to award a grant to the applicant.’’. 
(2) CLERICAL
AMENDMENT.—The table of 
chapters at the beginning of subtitle V of title 31, 
United States Code, is amended by inserting after 
the item relating to chapter 73 the following new 
item: 
‘‘74. Grant Transparency Requirements ................................... 7401’’. 
(b) GUIDANCE FOR MERIT-BASED SELECTION PRO-
CEDURES FOR GRANT PROGRAMS.—Not later than 60 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Direc-
tor of the Office of Management and Budget shall issue 
and disseminate guidance to aid Executive agencies in es-
tablishing merit-based selection procedures for agency 
grant programs, as required by section 7402(c) of title 31, 
United States Code, as added by subsection (a). 
(c) DEADLINE FOR MERIT-BASED SELECTION PRO-
CEDURES FOR GRANT PROGRAMS.—Not later than 180 
days after the date of the enactment of this Act, each Ex-
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ecutive agency shall carry out the requirement of section 
7402(c) of such title, as so added. 
(d) REPORT ON MERIT-BASED SELECTION PROCE-
DURES FOR GRANT PROGRAMS.—Not later than one year 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comp-
troller General of the United States shall submit to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform of the 
House of Representatives and the Committee on Home-
land Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a 
report on the guidance issued by the Director of the Office 
of Management and Budget under subsection (b) and the 
actions taken by Executive agencies to establish merit- 
based selection procedures under subsection (c). 
SEC. 4. REPORT REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO GRANTS. 
(a) UNDISBURSED GRANT FUNDING REPORT.— 
(1) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 
of the Office of Management and Budget shall issue 
guidance to Executive agencies instructing each 
agency to identify amounts of undisbursed grant 
funding remaining in grant accounts for which the 
period of availability to the grantee has expired and 
report to the Office of Management and Budget on 
the status and resolution of such funding. 
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(2) REPORT
REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Director shall submit to the Committee on Over-
sight and Government Reform of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Homeland Secu-
rity and Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report 
summarizing the information reported by Executive 
agencies under subsection (a) and describing the ac-
tions the Director or Executive agencies plan to take 
with respect to the undisbursed grant funding iden-
tified in the information so reported. 
(b) GRANTS WORKFORCE REPORT.— 
(1) REPORT
REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 
180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Comptroller General of the United States shall 
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; 
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(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 
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 provided by section 105 of 
title 5, United States Code, except the term does not 
include the Government Accountability Office. 
(2) FEDERAL GRANTS WORKFORCE DEFINED.— 
The term ‘‘Federal grants workforce’’, with respect 
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(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. 
(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: 
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(1) EXECUTIVE AGENCY.—The term ‘‘Executive 
agency’’ has the meaning provided by section 105 of 
title 5, United States Code, except the term does not 
include the Government Accountability Office. 
(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 
by the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget. 
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