Special District Fairness and Accessibility Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 2766 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2766 To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance to agencies requiring special districts to be recognized as local government for the purpose of Federal financial assistance determinations. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 9, 2025 Mr. Fallon (for himself, Ms. Pettersen, Mr. Valadao, Mrs. Kim, Mr. LaMalfa, Mr. Newhouse, and Mr. Obernolte) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance to agencies requiring special districts to be recognized as local government for the purpose of Federal financial assistance determinations. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Special District Fairness and Accessibility Act''. SEC. 2. AGENCY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE GUIDANCE ON SPECIAL DISTRICTS. (a) Requirements for Agency Acknowledgment of Special Districts as Grant Recipients.-- (1) OMB guidance.--Not later than 180 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director shall issue guidance that clarifies how an agency recognizes a special district as a unit of local government for the purpose of being eligible to receive Federal financial assistance. (2) Agency requirements.--Not later than 1 year after the date on which the guidance is issued pursuant to paragraph (1), the head of each agency shall implement the requirements of such guidance and conform any policy, principle, practice, procedure, or guideline relating to the administration of the Federal financial assist