Duplicative Grant Consolidation Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2101 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2101 To prohibit the award of Federal grants to applicants submitting duplicative or fraudulent applications, to require the Director of Office of Management and Budget to establish a tracking and deconfliction system for Federal grant applications, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 14, 2025 Mrs. Bice (for herself and Mr. Self) introduced the following bill; 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 applications, to require the Director of Office of Management and Budget to establish a tracking and deconfliction system for Federal grant applications, 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 ``Duplicative Grant Consolidation Act''. SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON AWARD OF FEDERAL GRANTS TO APPLICANTS SUBMITTING DUPLICATIVE OR FRAUDULENT APPLICATIONS. (a) No Award on Basis of Duplicative Application.-- (1) Prohibition.-- (A) In general.--Except as provided for under subparagraph (B), 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 purpose. (B) Exception.--The prohibition under subparagraph (A) related to the award of grants for the same or identical purposes shall not apply to an applicant that is an institution of higher education. (2) Determination.--In the case that the head of an execut