Bill Details
HR.1686 - 119th Congress
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2025-02-27 - Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Introduced Date
2025-02-27
Policy Area
Government Operations and Politics
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This bill would change how money for the District of Columbia’s resident tuition support program is handled. Right now, some unused federal funds can carry over into later years. Under this bill, any part of that money that is still unspent at the end of the fiscal year would expire and could not be used after that year. The bill also would require the District of Columbia to send Congress a yearly report on how the money was used, starting in 2026.
- Unused federal money for D.C. resident tuition support would no longer stay available after the end of the fiscal year.
- The bill would update the District’s college access law so both the public school and private school parts of the program follow this new rule.
- The new rule would apply to funds from fiscal year 2016 and later.
- Each year, the District’s Chief Financial Officer would have to report to Congress how many payments were made, the average aid amount, and how much money was left unspent.
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[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1686 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 1686
To prohibit the continuing availability of any portion of a Federal
payment to the District of Columbia for a program of District of
Columbia resident tuition support for a fiscal year which remains
unobligated as of the end of the fiscal year, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
February 27, 2025
Mr. Flood (for himself and Mr. Timmons) introduced the following bill;
which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform
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A BILL
To prohibit the continuing availability of any portion of a Federal
payment to the District of Columbia for a program of District of
Columbia resident tuition support for a fiscal year which remains
unobligated as of the end of the fiscal year, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``No More D.C. Waste Act''.
SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CONTINUING AVAILABILITY OF UNOBLIGATED FUNDS
APPROPRIATED FOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA RESIDENT TUITION
SUPPORT.
(a) Prohibition.--Any portion of a Federal payment to the District
of Columbia for a fiscal year for a program of District of Columbia
resident tuition support which remains unobligated as of the end of the
fiscal year shall lapse and shall not be available after the fiscal
year.
(b) Conforming Amendments to District of Columbia College Access
Program.--
(1) Public school program.--Section 3(i) of the District of
Columbia College Access Act of 1999 (sec. 38-2702(i), D.C.
Official Code) is amended by striking ``Such funds shall remain
available until expended.''.
(2) Private school program.--Section 5(f) of such Act (sec.
38-2704(f), D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking ``Such
funds shall remain available until expended.''.
(c) Effective Date.--This section and the amendments made by this
section shall apply with respect to funds appropriated for fiscal year
2016 or any succeeding fiscal year.
SEC. 3. ANNUAL REPORT ON USE OF PAYMENTS.
Not later than 60 days after the end of each fiscal year for which
a Federal payment is made to the District of Columbia for a program of
resident tuition support (beginning with fiscal year 2026), the Chief
Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall submit a report to
Congress on the use of the payment during that fiscal year, and shall
include in the report the following information:
(1) The number of payments made on behalf of students under
the program during the fiscal year.
(2) The average amount of financial assistance provided
with each such Federal payment.
(3) The amount of the Federal payment which remained
unobligated (if any) as of the end of the fiscal year.
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