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House Oversight panel advances bill to clarify federal recognition of special districts
Summary
The House Committee on Oversight advanced HR 2766, the Special District Fairness and Accessibility Act, directing OMB to issue guidance recognizing special districts as units of local government so they may compete for federal assistance; committee agreed to an amendment and ordered the bill favorably reported by a recorded vote.
The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability voted to report HR 2766, the Special District Fairness and Accessibility Act, after agreeing to an amendment in the nature of a substitute and completing a recorded vote that produced 32 ayes and 8 nays.
Committee Chair (Chair) framed the bill as a technical but consequential change that would direct the Office of Management and Budget to issue guidance to federal agencies clarifying that special…
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