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118TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 4673 

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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 11 (legislative day, JULY 10), 2024 

Ms. SINEMA (for herself and Mr. CORNYN) introduced the following bill; which 

was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and 

Governmental Affairs 

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. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

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

5 Accessibility Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. AGENCY FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE GUIDANCE ON 

2 SPECIAL DISTRICTS. 

3 (a) REQUIREMENTS FOR AGENCY ACKNOWLEDG4 MENT OF SPECIAL DISTRICTS AS GRANT RECIPIENTS.— 

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

6 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Di7 rector shall issue guidance that clarifies how an 

8 agency recognizes a special district as a unit of local 

9 government for the purpose of being eligible to re10 ceive Federal financial assistance. 

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

12 year after the date on which the guidance is issued 

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

14 shall implement the requirements of such guidance 

15 and conform any policy, principle, practice, proce16 dure, or guideline relating to the administration of 

17 the Federal financial assistance programs of the 

18 agency. 

19 (3) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 

20 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, 

21 the Director shall submit to the Committee on Over22 sight and Accountability of the House of Represent23 atives and the Committee on Homeland Security and 

24 Governmental Affairs of the Senate a report that 

25 evaluates agency implementation of and conformity 

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


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1 (b) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

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

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

4 United States Code. 

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

6 the Director of the Office of Management and Budg7 et. 

8 (3) FEDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE.—The 

9 term ‘‘Federal financial assistance’’— 

10 (A) means assistance that a non-Federal 

11 entity receives or administers in the form of a 

12 grant, loan, loan guarantee, property, coopera13 tive agreement, interest subsidy, insurance, food 

14 commodity, direct appropriation, or other as15 sistance; and 

16 (B) does not include an amount received as 

17 reimbursement for services rendered to an indi18 vidual in accordance with guidance issued by 

19 the Director. 

20 (4) SPECIAL DISTRICT.—The term ‘‘special dis21 trict’’ means a political subdivision of a State, with 

22 specified boundaries and significant budgetary au23 tonomy or control, created by or pursuant to the 

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1 tions that distinguish it as a significantly separate 

2 entity from the administrative governance structure 

3 of any other form of local government unit within a 

4 State. 

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

6 the several States, the District of Columbia, each 

7 commonwealth, territory, or possession of the United 

8 States, and each federally recognized Indian Tribe. 

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