This bill requires the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue guidance within 180 days. The guidance must explain how agencies should recognize special districts as units of local government for federal financial assistance decisions. Agency heads must implement the guidance and change their policies, practices, and procedures within one year. The OMB Director must also report to two congressional committees within two years about how agencies followed the guidance. The bill includes definitions for terms such as "special district," "agency," and "Federal financial assistance."
If you live in or work for a special district, the bill would make it clearer whether that district can be treated as a local government when agencies decide who can get federal grants or loans. Federal agencies would need to change their written rules and procedures to match OMB guidance. The bill does not itself provide money or change which programs exist; it directs how agencies recognize districts for assistance.
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