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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7525 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 7, 2024 

Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

AN ACT 

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. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Special District Grant 

3 Accessibility Act’’. 

4 SEC. 2. AGENCY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE GUIDANCE ON 

5 SPECIAL DISTRICTS. 

6 (a) REQUIREMENTS FOR AGENCY ACKNOWLEDG7 MENT OF SPECIAL DISTRICTS AS GRANT RECIPIENTS.— 

8 (1) OMB GUIDANCE.—Not later than 180 days 

9 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Di10 rector shall issue guidance that clarifies how an 

11 agency recognizes a special district as a unit of local 

12 government for the purpose of being eligible to re13 ceive Federal financial assistance. 

14 (2) AGENCY REQUIREMENTS.—Not later than 1 

15 year after the date on which the guidance is issued 

16 pursuant to paragraph (1), the head of each agency 

17 shall implement the requirements of such guidance 

18 and conform any policy, principle, practice, proce19 dure, or guideline relating to the administration of 

20 the Federal financial assistance programs of the 

21 agency. 

22 (3) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 

23 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

24 the Director shall submit to the Committee on Over25 sight and Accountability of the House of Represent26 atives and the Committee on Homeland Security and 


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1 Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report that 

2 evaluates agency implementation of and conformity 

3 to the guidance issued pursuant to paragraph (1). 

4 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

5 (1) AGENCY.—The term ‘‘agency’’ has the 

6 meaning given the term in section 552 of title 5, 

7 United States Code. 

8 (2) DIRECTOR.—The term ‘‘Director’’ means 

9 the Director of the Office of Management and Budg10 et. 

11 (3) FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—The 

12 term ‘‘Federal financial assistance’’— 

13 (A) means assistance that a non-Federal 

14 entity receives or administers in the form of a 

15 grant, loan, loan guarantee, property, coopera16 tive agreement, interest subsidy, insurance, food 

17 commodity, direct appropriation, or other as18 sistance; and 

19 (B) does not include an amount received as 

20 reimbursement for services rendered to an indi21 vidual in accordance with guidance issued by 

22 the Director. 

23 (4) SPECIAL DISTRICT.—The term ‘‘special dis24 trict’’ means a political subdivision of a State, with 

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1 tonomy or control, created by or pursuant to the 

2 laws of the State, for the purpose of performing lim3 ited and specific governmental or proprietary func4 tions that distinguish it as a significantly separate 

5 entity from the administrative governance structure 

6 of any other form of local government unit within a 

7 State. 

8 (5) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of 

9 the several States, the District of Columbia, each 

10 commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United 

11 States, and each federally recognized Indian Tribe. 

Passed the House of Representatives May 6, 2024. 

Attest: KEVIN F. MCCUMBER, 

Clerk. 


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