United States HR 1686: No More D.C. Waste Act

Bill Text

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119THCONGRESS 
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STSESSION 
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. 
IN  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  
FEBRUARY27, 2025 
Mr. F
LOOD(for himself and Mr. TIMMONS) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
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  Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This  Act  may  be  cited  as  the  ‘‘No  More  D.C.  Waste  4
Act’’. 5
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SEC.  2.  PROHIBITION  ON  CONTINUING  AVAILABILITY  OF  1
UNOBLIGATED   FUNDS   APPROPRIATED   FOR   2
DISTRICT  OF  COLUMBIA  RESIDENT  TUITION  3
SUPPORT. 4
(a)  P
ROHIBITION.—Any  portion  of  a  Federal  pay-5
ment  to  the  District  of  Columbia  for  a  fiscal  year  for  a  6
program  of  District  of  Columbia  resident  tuition  support  7
which remains unobligated as of the end of the fiscal year 8
shall  lapse  and  shall  not  be  available  after  the  fiscal  year.  9
(b) C
ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS TODISTRICT OFCO-10
LUMBIACOLLEGEACCESSPROGRAM.— 11
(1)  P
UBLIC  SCHOOL  PROGRAM.—Section  3(i)  of  12
the  District  of  Columbia  College  Access  Act  of  1999  13
(sec.  38–2702(i),  D.C.  Official  Code)  is  amended  by  14
striking  ‘‘Such  funds  shall  remain  available  until  ex-15
pended.’’. 16
(2)  P
RIVATE   SCHOOL   PROGRAM.—Section  5(f)  17
of  such  Act  (sec.  38–2704(f),  D.C.  Official  Code)  is  18
amended  by  striking  ‘‘Such  funds  shall  remain  avail-19
able until expended.’’. 20
(c)  E
FFECTIVEDATE.—This  section  and  the  amend-21
ments  made  by  this  section  shall  apply  with  respect  to  22
funds appropriated for fiscal year 2016 or any succeeding 23
fiscal year. 24
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SEC. 3. ANNUAL REPORT ON USE OF PAYMENTS. 1
Not  later  than  60  days  after  the  end  of  each  fiscal  2
year  for  which  a  Federal  payment  is  made  to  the  District  3
of Columbia for a program of resident tuition support (be-4
ginning with fiscal year 2026), the Chief Financial Officer 5
of  the  District  of  Columbia  shall  submit  a  report  to  Con-6
gress  on  the  use  of  the  payment  during  that  fiscal  year,  7
and  shall  include  in  the  report  the  following  information:  8
(1)  The  number  of  payments  made  on  behalf  of  9
students  under  the  program  during  the  fiscal  year.  10
(2)  The  average  amount  of  financial  assistance  11
provided with each such Federal payment. 12
(3)  The  amount  of  the  Federal  payment  which  13
remained  unobligated  (if  any)  as  of  the  end  of  the  14
fiscal year. 15
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