Notice of Funding Availability for the Department of Housing and Urban Development's Community Challenge Planning Grants and the Department of Transportation's TIGER II Planning Grants

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This notice announces the availability of funding and requests proposals for the Department of Housing and Urban Development's ("HUD's") Community Challenge Planning Grants ("Community Challenge Planning Grants") in conjunction with a portion of the Department of Transportation's ("DOT's") National Infrastructure Investments Grants that can be used for transportation planning grants. On December 16, 2009, the President signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010 (Pub. L. 111-117) that provided $40 million for HUD's Community Challenge Planning Grants and up to $35 million for DOT's transportation planning grants to be awarded as part of the National Infrastructure Investments program. The National Infrastructure Investments program is similar, but not identical to, the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery, or "TIGER Discretionary Grant Program." Because of the similarity in program structure, DOT is referring to the grants for National Infrastructure Investments under the FY 2010 Appropriations Act as "TIGER II Discretionary Grants" and the transportation planning grants as "TIGER II Planning Grants." HUD's $40 million Community Challenge Planning Grant Progr