2021: Fitzpatrick Voted For Allowing The Drug-Free Communities Support
Program To Waive Fund Matching Requirements For Grant Recipients Who May
Not Meet The Requirement Due To The Pandemic, And Increasing The Cap On
Administrative Expenses To 12 Percent For The Office Of National Drug
Control Policy. In October 2021, Fitzpatrick voted for the Drug-Free
Communities Pandemic Relief Act which would, according to Congressional
Quarterly, "permit the administrator of the Drug-Free Communities
Support Program, which provides grants for community coalitions to
prevent and reduce substance use among youth, to waive fund matching
requirements for grant recipients that cannot meet the requirement in a
given year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It would also increase the cap
on administrative expenses for the Office of National Drug Control
Policy from 8 percent to 12 percent of total funding authorized for the
office." The vote was on passage. The House passed the bill by a vote of
395-30. [House Vote 321,
10/20/21; Congressional
Quarterly, 10/20/21;
Congressional Actions, H.R.
654]