119th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 9370


To prohibit the finalization, implementation, or enforcement of a proposed rule with respect to Federal financial assistance, and for other purposes.


IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

June 18, 2026

Ms. Stevens (for herself, Mr. Moulton, Mr. Cleaver, Ms. Norton, Mr. Goldman of New York, Mrs. Dingell, Ms. Stansbury, Ms. Houlahan, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Mr. Foster, Ms. Budzinski, Mrs. McClain Delaney, Ms. McBride, Mr. Quigley, Ms. Wasserman Schultz, Mr. Riley of New York, Mr. Huffman, Mrs. Grijalva, Mr. Landsman, Mr. Deluzio, Ms. Scanlon, and Ms. Bonamici) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform


A BILL

To prohibit the finalization, implementation, or enforcement of a proposed rule with respect to Federal financial assistance, 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 “Protect Local Funding Act”.

SEC. 2. Prohibition against finalizing, implementing, or enforcing a proposed rule with respect to Federal financial assistance.

The Director of the Office of Management and Budget, and the head of any other Federal agency, may not finalize, implement, or enforce the proposed rule titled “Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance” published in the Federal Register on May 29, 2026, (91 Fed. Reg. 32198), or any substantially similar rule.