,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #baja  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ad1          
#bjbe,mrs4 ,bice 7for herself and ,mr4  
,self7 introduced the following bill2   
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,oversight and ,government ,reform  ,a  
,,bill  ,to prohibit the award of       
,federal grants to applicants submitting
 duplicative or fraudulent applications1
 to require the ,director of ,office of 
,management and ,budget to establish a  
tracking and deconfliction system for   
,federal grant applications1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,duplicative   
,grant ,consolidation ,act4  #b4        
,prohibition on award of ,federal grants
 to applicants submitting duplicative or
 fraudulent applications  7a7 ,no award 
on basis of duplicative application     
7#a7 ,prohibition  7,a7 ,in general     
,except as provided for under           
subparagraph 7,b71 the head of an       
executive agency may not award a grant  

to an applicant determined by the head  
of the agency or the ,inspector ,general
 of the agency to have received another 
grant from the head of another executive
 agency for the same or identical       
purpose4  7,b7 ,exception ,the          
prohibition under subparagraph 7,a7     
related to the award of grants for the  
same or identical purposes shall not    
apply to an applicant that is an        
institution of higher education4  7#b7  
,determination ,in the case that the    
head of an executive agency or the      
,inspector ,general of the agency       
determines that an applicant for a grant
 has submitted an application for       
another grant from another executive    
agency for the same or identical        
purpose1 the heads of such agencies     
shall jointly determine which agency is 
the appropriate agency to award the     
grant1 if such grant is to be awarded to
 such applicant4  7b7 ,no award on basis
 of fraudulent application ,the head of 
an executive agency may not award a     

grant to an applicant determined by the 
head of the agency or the ,inspector    
,general of the agency to have submitted
 a fraudulent application for such      
grant4  #c4 ,tracking and deconfliction 
system for ,federal grant applications  
7a7 ,establishment ,not later than #a   
year after the date of the enactment of 
this ,act1 the ,director of the ,office 
of ,management and ,budget shall make   
available to the heads of executive     
agencies1 including the ,inspectors     
,general of such agencies1 an electronic
 system through which the head of an    
executive agency may determine before   
awarding a grant1 or through which an   
,inspector ,general of an executive     
agency may determine in conducting an   
audit or investigation1 whether any     
applicant for such grant has received1  
or submitted an application to the head 
of another executive agency for1 another
 grant for the same or identical        
purpose4  7b7 ,contents of system ,the  
system shall contain at a minimum1 the  

name of the awardee1 the principal      
investigator1 the award period1 agency  
point of contact1 and an abstract4  7c7 
,essentially equivalent work ,the       
,director of the ,office of ,management 
and ,budget shall establish an          
electronic system which contains        
information for all federal research    
awards through which the head of an     
executive agency may determine before   
awarding a grant1 or through which an   
,inspector ,general of an executive     
agency may determine in conducting an   
audit or investigation1 whether--  7#a7 
substantially the same research is      
proposed for funding in more than one   
grant application submitted to the same 
,federal agency2  7#b7 substantially the
 same research is submitted to two or   
more different ,federal agencies for    
review and funding consideration2 or    
7#c7 a specific research objective and  
the research design for accomplishing an
 objective are the same or closely      
related in two or more proposals or     

awards1 regardless of the funding       
source4  #d4 ,report on feasibility of  
leveraging artificial intelligence to   
identify duplicative ,federal grant     
applications ,the ,director of the      
,office of ,management and ,budget1 in  
consultation with the ,secretary of     
,energy1 the ,director of the ,national 
,science ,foundation1 and the ,director 
of the ,national ,institute of          
,standards and ,technology1 shall submit
 to the appropriate ,congressional      
committees a report on the feasibility  
of leveraging artificial intelligence to
 rapidly identify1 with respect to an   
application for a grant submitted to the
 head of an executive agency--  7#a7    
whether an applicant for such grant has 
received1 or submitted an application to
 the head of another executive agency   
for1 another grant for the same or      
identical purpose2 and  7#b7 waste1     
fraud1 and abuse4  #e4 ,definitions ,in 
this ,act3 7#a7 ,applicable time period 
,the term applicable time period means--

  7,a7 with respect to a covered        
application for a grant awarded after   
the date on which system is established 
under section #b7;a71 during the        
period-- 7i7 beginning on the date on   
which such application is submitted2 and
  7ii7 ending on the date on which      
amounts under the grant are no longer   
being expended2 and  7,b7 with respect  
to a covered application for a grant    
awarded before the date on which the    
system is established under section     
#b7;a71 during the period--  7i7        
beginning on that date2 and  7ii7 ending
 on the date on which amounts under the 
grant are no longer being expended4     
7#b7 ,appropriate ,congressional        
committees ,the term appropriate        
congressional committees means-- 7,a7   
the ,committee on ,oversight and        
,accountability and the ,committee on   
,appropriations of the ,house of        
,representatives2 and  7,b7 the         
,committee on ,homeland ,security and   
,governmental ,affairs and the          

,committee on ,appropriations of the    
,senate4  7#c7 ,covered application ,the
 term covered application means an      
application for a grant submitted to the
 head of an executive agency--  7,a7    
after the date on which the system is   
established under section #b7;a72 and   
7,b7 before that date1 if amounts under 
the grant are still being expended on   
such date4  7#d7 ,executive agency ,the 
term executive agency means an agency in
 the executive branch of the ,federal   
,government4  7#e7 ,institution of      
higher education ,the term institution  
of higher education has the meaning     
given such term in section #ajb of the  
,higher ,education ,act of #aife 7#bj   
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