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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2393 
To require each Federal agency to submit an annual forecast of grant solicita-
tions 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Federal Grant Solicita-
tions Improvement Act of 2011’’. 
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SEC. 2. DEFINITION. 
In this Act, the term ‘‘Federal agency’’ means an Ex-
ecutive agency as defined in section 105 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
SEC. 3. GRANT SOLICITATION FORECAST. 
(a) SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION OF GRANT SO-
LICITATION FORECAST.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2), not later than November 30 of each fiscal 
year, the head of each Federal agency shall submit 
to the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget a forecast, in accordance with subsection (b), 
of all grant solicitations that such Federal agency 
expects to issue for that fiscal year, organized by 
subject area. 
(2) EXTENSION OF DEADLINE.—If the deadline 
in paragraph (1) is not practicable for a grant solici-
tation, due to a deficiency in appropriated funds, the 
head of the Federal agency shall submit the forecast 
for such grant solicitation to the Director not later 
than 60 days before the deadline the agency estab-
lishes for submission of applications for funding 
under that grant. 
(3) PUBLICATION.—Not later than 30 days 
after receipt of each forecast received pursuant to 
this subsection, the Director shall publish the fore-
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cast on the www.grants.gov website that is made 
available to the public. 
(4) EFFECTIVE
DATE.—This subsection shall 
not take effect until after standards are issued 
under subsection (c). 
(b) GRANT SOLICITATION FORECAST.—For purposes 
of subsection (a), the grant solicitation forecast shall be 
organized by subject area, and shall include, with regard 
to each grant solicitation, the following: 
(1) NOTICE PUBLICATION DATE.—The expected 
or actual scheduled dates for the issuance of the 
grant solicitation and application, the grant applica-
tion submission deadline, and the deadline for any 
Federal agency or intergovernmental review that is 
conducted with regard to the grant awarding proc-
ess. 
(2) WEBSITE
LINK.—A link to the website 
where the grant solicitation and application will be 
made available to the public. 
(3) AWARD AMOUNTS.—The estimated amount 
of the average grant award, the estimated maximum 
and minimum amounts of the grant award, if appli-
cable, and the estimated total number of grant 
awards to be made. 
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(4) SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT.—Contact in-
formation for the Federal agency, including the 
name, telephone number, and electronic mail address 
of a specific person responsible for answering ques-
tions about the grant and the application process for 
that grant. 
(5) NOTIFICATION OF AWARD DECISIONS.—The 
expected date on which notifications to applicants of 
award decisions will be made. 
(c) STANDARDS.—Not later than 6 months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, the Director of the Of-
fice of Management and Budget, in consultation with the 
Chief Financial Officers Council, shall issue standards to 
ensure uniformity in the format and submission of grant 
solicitation forecasts by the heads of Federal agencies in 
carrying out this Act. 
SEC. 4. UPDATE OF GRANT SOLICITATION FORECAST. 
(a) REVISION.—The head of each Federal agency 
shall submit to the Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget a revised grant solicitation forecast if any of 
the contents of the forecast submitted under section (3)(a) 
are inaccurate, not later than 7 days after the discovery 
of an inaccuracy. 
(b) SOLICITATION.—The head of each Federal agency 
shall submit to the Director of the Office of Management 
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and Budget any grant solicitation and application issued 
by the agency on the day of issuance. 
(c) PUBLICATION UPDATE.—The Director of the Of-
fice of Management and Budget shall update the 
www.grants.gov website not later than 7 days after receiv-
ing a revised grant solicitation forecast under subsection 
(a) or a grant solicitation or application under subsection 
(b). 
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