Interim Notice of Funding Availability for the Department of Transportation's National Infrastructure Investments Under the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations, 2011; and Request for Comments

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This interim notice announces the availability of funding and requests proposals for the Department of Transportation's National Infrastructure Investments, or "TIGER Discretionary Grants." In addition, this interim notice announces selection criteria and pre- application and application requirements for these grants. On April 15, 2011, the President signed the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations, 2011 (Div. B of the Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2011 (Pub. L. 112-010, Apr. 15, 2011)) ("FY 2011 Continuing Appropriations Act"). The FY 2011 Continuing Appropriations Act appropriated $526.944 million to be awarded by the Department of Transportation ("DOT") for National Infrastructure Investments. This appropriation is similar, but not identical to the appropriation for the Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery, or "TIGER Discretionary Grant", program authorized and implemented pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the "Recovery Act"), and the National Infrastructure Investments or "TIGER II Discretionary Grant" program under the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropria