[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2393 Introduced in House (IH)]

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.


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                    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

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                                 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 Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Federal Grant Solicitations 
Improvement Act of 2011''.

SEC. 2. DEFINITION.

    In this Act, the term ``Federal agency'' means an Executive agency 
as defined in section 105 of title 5, United States Code.

SEC. 3. GRANT SOLICITATION FORECAST.

    (a) Submission and Publication of Grant Solicitation Forecast.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (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 solicitation, 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 establishes 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 forecast 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 application submission deadline, and the 
        deadline for any Federal agency or intergovernmental review 
        that is conducted with regard to the grant awarding process.
            (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 applicable, and the estimated total number of 
        grant awards to be made.
            (4) Single point of contact.--Contact information for the 
        Federal agency, including the name, telephone number, and 
        electronic mail address of a specific person responsible for 
        answering questions 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 Office 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 and Budget any grant 
solicitation and application issued by the agency on the day of 
issuance.
    (c) Publication Update.--The Director of the Office of Management 
and Budget shall update the www.grants.gov website not later than 7 
days after receiving a revised grant solicitation forecast under 
subsection (a) or a grant solicitation or application under subsection 
(b).
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