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H.R. 2393: Federal Grant Solicitations Improvement Act of 2011

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H.R. 2393: Federal Grant Solicitations Improvement Act of 2011

112th Congress · introduced 2011-06-24 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform .

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2011-06-24 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Resident Commissioner Pierluisi, Pedro R. [D-PR-At Large] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
  4. Where it stands now: Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and Procurement Reform . Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

What does this mean?

Official title

Federal Grant Solicitations Improvement Act of 2011

Plain summary

Federal Grant Solicitations Improvement Act of 2011 - Requires the head of each federal agency to submit to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), not later than November 30 of each fiscal year, a forecast of all grant solicitations that such agency expects to issue for that fiscal year and to revise such forecast as required. Requires the Director to: (1) publish and update such forecast on a website available to the public, and (2) issue standards to ensure uniformity in the format and submission of such forecasts by agency heads. Requires such forecasts to include: (1) the scheduled dates for the issuance of the solicitation and application, the application submission deadline, and the deadline for agency review; (2) a link to a website where the solicitation and application are available to the public; (3) estimates of the average grant amount and the total number of grants to be made; (4) contact information for the agency awarding the grant; and (5) the expected date of notification of grant award decisions.

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Official text

Federal Grant Solicitations Improvement Act of 2011

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Resident Commissioner Pierluisi, Pedro R. [D-PR-At Large] · 13 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Adam B. Schiff (D-CA), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Peter Welch (D-VT), John Garamendi (D-CA)

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Words on this page, explained (1)
Fiscal year
The 12-month period a government uses for its budget. The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30 and is named for the calendar year in which it ends. Most states use July 1 to June 30.

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong112-hr2393 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112