The phrase "announce a draft" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the act of making a preliminary version of a document or proposal known to others.
Example: "The committee will announce a draft of the new policy next week for public review."
Alternatives: "release a draft" or "publish a draft".
It is needlessly hasty to announce a draft children and families bill this summer".
Later this week the Prime Minister is expected to announce a draft legislative programme for the next parliamentary session, foreshadowing the Queen's Speech in the autumn.
Last weekend, when Hodgman flew into the area via seaplane to open the hotel, he used the occasion to announce a draft management plan allowing new tourism ventures in previously untouched areas of Tasmania's world heritage area.
The Commission should announce a draft schedule of hearings with dates and locations for the rest of the year and ask for public input.
Ever since the commission announced a draft list in January, Saudi Arabia has been lobbying E.U. members and threatening to cancel lucrative contracts with some European countries.
Ignoring warnings that it could deter foreign investment, the Polish government has announced a draft bill that would require private pension funds to transfer about 35.2 billion euros, or $47.6 billion, in government bonds to the state in February.
In November, the National Park Service announced a draft proposal to permanently ban organized sports and recreational activities on the Washington Monument grounds and dramatically increase the fee s for the other athletic fields on the Mall — from $7 per season to $70 for a two-hour session.
The consortium of academic centers, in which the institute is a major player, announced a draft sequence of the human genome in June 2000 and plans to finish in April 2003, the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the structure of DNA by James Watson and Francis Crick.
Last week, the broadcasting regulator Ofcom once again put jump leads on the Greens' membership, when it announced a draft ruling on which parties would be granted "major party status" at the general election, and given "due weight" in TV and radio coverage.
Recently, the federal government announced a draft statement that directly addresses this issue by offering explicit funding in research grants to support the costs of sharing biomaterials and other forms of data (see the National Institutes of Health's Draft Statement on Sharing Research Data).
And the Obama administration has announced a draft rule to make further efficiency gains for large trucks and buses.
