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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 2393 

To require each Federal agency to submit an annual forecast of grant solicitations expected to be issued in the next fiscal year by the agency to 

the Office of Management and Budget for publication on a website, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JUNE 24, 2011 

Mr. PIERLUISI (for himself, Mr. GRIMM, Mr. SCHIFF, and Ms. BORDALLO) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 

Oversight and Government Reform 

A BILL 

To require each Federal agency to submit an annual forecast 

of grant solicitations expected to be issued in the next 

fiscal year by the agency to the Office of Management 

and Budget for publication on a website, 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 ‘‘Federal Grant Solicita5 tions Improvement Act of 2011’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. DEFINITION. 

2 In this Act, the term ‘‘Federal agency’’ means an Ex3 ecutive agency as defined in section 105 of title 5, United 

4 States Code. 

5 SEC. 3. GRANT SOLICITATION FORECAST. 

6 (a) SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION OF GRANT SO7 LICITATION FORECAST.— 

8 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para9 graph (2), not later than November 30 of each fiscal 

10 year, the head of each Federal agency shall submit 

11 to the Director of the Office of Management and 

12 Budget a forecast, in accordance with subsection (b), 

13 of all grant solicitations that such Federal agency 

14 expects to issue for that fiscal year, organized by 

15 subject area. 

16 (2) EXTENSION OF DEADLINE.—If the deadline 

17 in paragraph (1) is not practicable for a grant solici18 tation, due to a deficiency in appropriated funds, the 

19 head of the Federal agency shall submit the forecast 

20 for such grant solicitation to the Director not later 

21 than 60 days before the deadline the agency estab22 lishes for submission of applications for funding 

23 under that grant. 

24 (3) PUBLICATION.—Not later than 30 days 

25 after receipt of each forecast received pursuant to 

26 this subsection, the Director shall publish the foreVerDate Mar 15 2010 22:47 Jul 01, 2011 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H2393.IH H2393

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1 cast on the www.grants.gov website that is made 

2 available to the public. 

3 (4) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This subsection shall 

4 not take effect until after standards are issued 

5 under subsection (c). 

6 (b) GRANT SOLICITATION FORECAST.—For purposes 

7 of subsection (a), the grant solicitation forecast shall be 

8 organized by subject area, and shall include, with regard 

9 to each grant solicitation, the following: 

10 (1) NOTICE PUBLICATION DATE.—The expected 

11 or actual scheduled dates for the issuance of the 

12 grant solicitation and application, the grant applica13 tion submission deadline, and the deadline for any 

14 Federal agency or intergovernmental review that is 

15 conducted with regard to the grant awarding proc16 ess. 

17 (2) WEBSITE LINK.—A link to the website 

18 where the grant solicitation and application will be 

19 made available to the public. 

20 (3) AWARD AMOUNTS.—The estimated amount 

21 of the average grant award, the estimated maximum 

22 and minimum amounts of the grant award, if appli23 cable, and the estimated total number of grant 

24 awards to be made. 


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1 (4) SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT.—Contact in2 formation for the Federal agency, including the 

3 name, telephone number, and electronic mail address 

4 of a specific person responsible for answering ques5 tions about the grant and the application process for 

6 that grant. 

7 (5) NOTIFICATION OF AWARD DECISIONS.—The 

8 expected date on which notifications to applicants of 

9 award decisions will be made. 

10 (c) STANDARDS.—Not later than 6 months after the 

11 date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Of12 fice of Management and Budget, in consultation with the 

13 Chief Financial Officers Council, shall issue standards to 

14 ensure uniformity in the format and submission of grant 

15 solicitation forecasts by the heads of Federal agencies in 

16 carrying out this Act. 

17 SEC. 4. UPDATE OF GRANT SOLICITATION FORECAST. 

18 (a) REVISION.—The head of each Federal agency 

19 shall submit to the Director of the Office of Management 

20 and Budget a revised grant solicitation forecast if any of 

21 the contents of the forecast submitted under section (3)(a) 

22 are inaccurate, not later than 7 days after the discovery 

23 of an inaccuracy. 

24 (b) SOLICITATION.—The head of each Federal agency 

25 shall submit to the Director of the Office of Management 


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1 and Budget any grant solicitation and application issued 

2 by the agency on the day of issuance. 

3 (c) PUBLICATION UPDATE.—The Director of the Of4 fice of Management and Budget shall update the 

5 www.grants.gov website not later than 7 days after receiv6 ing a revised grant solicitation forecast under subsection 

7 (a) or a grant solicitation or application under subsection 

8 (b). 

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