Pennsylvania HB 2091: An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known as The Fiscal Code, providing for Federal funds oversight.

Bill Text

PRINTER'S NO. 2687
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No. 2091
Session of
2025
INTRODUCED BY GROVE, GREINER, STAMBAUGH, HAMM, KAUFFMAN AND
ZIMMERMAN, DECEMBER 9, 2025
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS, DECEMBER 9, 2025
AN ACT
Amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), entitled
"An act relating to the finances of the State government;
providing for cancer control, prevention and research, for
ambulatory surgical center data collection, for the Joint
Underwriting Association, for entertainment business
financial management firms, for private dam financial
assurance and for reinstatement of item vetoes; providing for
the settlement, assessment, collection, and lien of taxes,
bonus, and all other accounts due the Commonwealth, the
collection and recovery of fees and other money or property
due or belonging to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
including escheated property and the proceeds of its sale,
the custody and disbursement or other disposition of funds
and securities belonging to or in the possession of the
Commonwealth, and the settlement of claims against the
Commonwealth, the resettlement of accounts and appeals to the
courts, refunds of moneys erroneously paid to the
Commonwealth, auditing the accounts of the Commonwealth and
all agencies thereof, of all public officers collecting
moneys payable to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
and all receipts of appropriations from the Commonwealth,
authorizing the Commonwealth to issue tax anticipation notes
to defray current expenses, implementing the provisions of
section 7(a) of Article VIII of the Constitution of
Pennsylvania authorizing and restricting the incurring of
certain debt and imposing penalties; affecting every
department, board, commission, and officer of the State
government, every political subdivision of the State, and
certain officers of such subdivisions, every person,
association, and corporation required to pay, assess, or
collect taxes, or to make returns or reports under the laws
imposing taxes for State purposes, or to pay license fees or
other moneys to the Commonwealth, or any agency thereof,
every State depository and every debtor or creditor of the
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Commonwealth," providing for Federal funds oversight.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. The act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.343, No.176), known
as The Fiscal Code, is amended by adding an article to read:
ARTICLE XIV-A
FEDERAL FUNDS OVERSIGHT
Section 1401-A. State agency Federal funding requirements.
Prior to accepting Federal funding, the Office of the Budget
and the agency which will be charged with accepting the Federal
funding shall provide a report to the Governor, General
Assembly, Auditor General, State Treasurer and the Independent
Fiscal Office, which includes:
(1) A summary of the program accepting the Federal
funding, including a citation to the statutory authority for
the program.
(2) The compelling reasons to accept the Federal
funding.
(3) The performance metrics and achievable goals of the
Federal funding.
(4) The amount of new Federal funding the agency
anticipates receiving.
(5) The time frame for the receipt of funds and when the
Federal funding ends.
(6) The Federal requirements, mandates and maintenance
of effort requirements attached to the Federal funding and
their impacts on the program, State funding and goals of the
program.
(7) A fiscal note disclosing the total cost of Federal
funding, including an analysis of the cost of the Federal
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mandates for the current fiscal year and the proceeding four
fiscal years. The fiscal note shall clearly delineate:
(i) Acquisition costs.
(ii) Personnel costs.
(iii) Maintenance costs.
(iv) Advertising costs.
(v) Cost-per-person for which the Federal funding
will assist.
(vi) Salvage costs.
(8) A statement as to whether the anticipated funding is
allocated through an existing or new Federal program and, if
an existing program, the current amount of General Fund or
State dedicated fund or account committed to the program.
(9) A statement as to whether additional State employees
are necessary to oversee or administer the Federal funds.
(10) The requirements associated with spending the
Federal funds, including any State match or cost share
requirements, percentage limitations and time frames.
(11) An analysis of internal controls used to prevent
and eliminate improper payments and fraud.
(12) The process by which the agency will operate and
distribute Federal funds to meet the performance metrics and
goals in paragraph (3).
Section 1402-A. Requirements on agencies.
State agencies receiving Federal funds shall:
(1) To the extent allowable under law, leverage the new
Federal funding to offset existing State General Fund
obligations rather than