2024: Fitzpatrick Voted To Extend Grant Access To Special Districts.
In May 2024, Fitzpatrick voted for , according to Congressional
Quarterly, the "motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill that would
require the Office of Management and Budget, within 180 days of the
bill's enactment, to issue guidance to agencies that would clarify how
federal agencies recognize a unit of local government that is eligible
to receive federal financial assistance. The bill defines a special
district as a political subdivision of a state, with specified
boundaries and significant budgetary autonomy or control, created by or
pursuant to the laws of the state, for the purpose of performing limited
and specific governmental or proprietary functions that distinguish it
as a significantly separate entity from the administrative governance
structure of any other form of local government unit within a state. The
bill would require each federal agency to implement the guidance within
one year after the date OMB issues the guidance. It also would require
OMB to report to Congress, within two years of the bill's enactment, on
the implementation of the guidance." The vote was on passage. The House
passed the bill by a vote of 352 to 27. [House Vote 178,
5/6/24; Congressional
Quarterly, 5/6/24;
Congressional Actions, H.R.
7525]