# 119-hr-2101: Duplicative Grant Consolidation Act

119-hr-2101, Duplicative Grant Consolidation Act, is a 119th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Bice, Stephanie I. [R-OK-5] (R-OK); status introduced (as of 2025-12-21).

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## Facts
- Bill: 119-hr-2101
- Congress: 119
- Title: Duplicative Grant Consolidation Act
- Status: introduced
- Introduced: 2025-03-14
- Sponsor: Rep. Bice, Stephanie I. [R-OK-5] (R-OK)
- Cosponsors: 1
- Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-12-21

## Summary

**The Duplicative Grant Consolidation Act would create a system to stop duplicative federal grant awards.** It would set rules to block duplicate or fraudulent applications and require a centralized electronic tracking and deconfliction tool run by the Office of Management and Budget. - Researchers and institutions would face pre-award checks that can block an award if they already have a grant for the same purpose from a different executive agency. The bill carves out an exception for institutions of higher education. - Agency heads and inspectors general would use a joint process to decide which agency should fund overlapping proposals. The Director of the Office of Management and Budget would have 1 year to build an electronic tracking and deconfliction system that includes awardee name, principal investigator, award period, agency contact, and an abstract. - Awards would be barred to applicants found to have submitted fraudulent applications. The Director of OMB would also report on the feasibility of using artificial intelligence to spot duplicate applications and identify waste, fraud, and abuse, consulting Energy, NSF, and NIST officials.

## Cosponsors (1)

- Rep. Self, Keith [R-TX-3] (R-TX), 2025-03-14T00:00:00.000Z

## Provisions PRIA read

- New system to spot duplicate grants: benefit, medium. If enacted, OMB would have to launch an online grant-check system within one year. Agency leaders and Inspectors General would use it to find duplicate or overlapping applications before awards and during audits. Each entry would list the awardee, principal investigator, award period, an agency con…
- Limits on duplicate or fraudulent grants: cost, medium. If enacted, most grant applicants could not get a second grant for the same purpose from another agency. Agencies would also have to deny grants to applicants found to have submitted a fraudulent application. Colleges and universities would be exempt from the duplicate-award bar. If two agencies ge…

## Related bills

- 119-hr-3816: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025
- 119-hr-3132: CHOICE for Veterans Act of 2025
- 119-hr-2395: SHORT Act
- 119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act
- 119-hr-1623: SCREEN Act
- 119-hr-5485: Second Chance at Life Act of 2025

## Sources
- [119-hr-2101 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/2101)

## Related
- [119-hr-3816: Weather Act Reauthorization Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3816)
- [119-hr-3132: CHOICE for Veterans Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-3132)
- [119-hr-2395: SHORT Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2395)
- [119-hr-21: Born-Alive Abortion Survivors Protection Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-21)
- [119-hr-1623: SCREEN Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-1623)
- [119-hr-5485: Second Chance at Life Act of 2025](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-5485)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/119-hr-2101 (as of 2025-12-21).