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“OMB should report to House and Senate oversight committees within two years on whether federal agencies updated their aid programs and followed the special district eligibility guidance.”
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“The special district eligibility system should cover many kinds of federal help, including grants, loans, loan guarantees, property, cooperative agreements, insurance, food commodities, and direct appropriations, but should leave out payments that reimburse services provided to individual people.”
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“Special districts that provide local services should be treated like local governments when they apply for federal help.”
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“Federal agencies should use a shared definition for qualifying special districts: local public bodies with set boundaries, meaningful budget control, and limited functions, including entities created under laws of states, D.C., territories, commonwealths, possessions, and federally recognized Tribes.”
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“Federal agencies should treat qualifying local service districts, such as water or fire districts, as local governments when deciding whether they can apply for covered federal aid, and agencies should update their aid programs within one year after OMB gives the instructions.”
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