REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS FOR CERTAIN PROGRAMS.

SEC. 633. REQUIREMENTS WITH RESPECT TO APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS FOR CERTAIN PROGRAMS. (a) Semiannual Grant Solicitations.—With respect to grants under any of sections 780, 784, 785, and 786 for fiscal year 1990 or subsequent fiscal years, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall, not less than twice each fiscal year, issue solicitations for applications for such grants if amounts appropriated for such grants, and remaining unobligated at the end of the first solicitation period, are sufficient with respect to issuing a second solicitation. (b) Preliminary Review for Technical Sufficiency.—In reviewing applications for grants referred to in subsection (a), the Secretary shall— (1) make a preliminary review of each such application in order to determine whether the application involved is sufficient with respect to the minimum technical requirements established by the Secretary for applications under the program involved; and (2) if the Secretary determines pursuant to the preliminary review that any such application is not sufficient with respect to such requirements— (A) prepare a statement explaining the insufficiencies of the application; and 102 STAT. 3148 (B) return the application, together with such statement, by a date that permits the applicant involved a sufficient period of time in which to prepare a timely second application for submission pursuant to the solicitation with respect to which the first application is being returned.