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The federal application Standard Form 424 (SF 424) includes
the question "Is application subject to review by State
Executive Order 12372 process?"
Executive Order 12372 (E.O. 12372), "Intergovernmental
Review of Federal Programs," structures the federal
government's system of consultation with state and local
governments on its decisions involving grants, other forms of
financial assistance, and direct development. Under E.O.
12372, states, in consultation with their local governments,
design their own review processes and select those federal
financial assistance and direct development activities they
wish to review. Since October 1, 1983, most states,
including the State of Texas, have acted to establish a review
and comment system in response to E.O. 12372. In such
cases, applicants for grants will need to meet the
requirements of the intergovernmental consultation process
established by a particular state and its local governments
before Federal agencies take action on the application.
The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance lists the
federal programs subject to review at:
http://12.46.245.173/pls/portal30/CATALOG.EXE_12372_RPT.show.
The Texas Review and Comment System (TRACS), housed in the
office of the Governor, handles the State of Texas reviews of
applications subject to E.O. 12372. The State of Texas
TRACS website,
http://www.governor.state.tx.us/divisions/tracs/fedprograms/view,
lists the programs that require State of Texas review.
If a grant program appears on this list, one copy of the
application cover form (SF 424) and one copy of the abstract
must be sent to the State Clearinghouse. The State
accepts fax copies of the SF 424 (which does not have to be
signed by ORS) and does not require a copy of the full
application package.
Principal investigators and department staff preparing
proposals to federal agency grant programs need to check the
State of Texas list,
http://www.governor.state.tx.us/divisions/tracs/fedprograms/view,
to see if the program is on it and mark the SF 424 form
correctly: "Yes" on the SF 424 form if the program
is, and "No" if it is not. If "yes," once the TRACS
office receives the required information, they will respond
within 24-48 hours to the PI with the state application
identifier number. That number is entered onto the SF
424 in the section that says "State Application Identifier."
You can learn more about the E.O. 12372 review process at:
http://www.governor.state.tx.us/divisions/tracs/.
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