S 2187 · in committee · significant

Pay Down the Debt Act

What this bill does

This bill cancels federal grant money that states or local governments did not accept or use.
State and local governments that received unused grant funds are affected.
The unused money goes to the U.S. Treasury to reduce the federal deficit.

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Community Threads

Started by Cosponsor

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How would states and local governments determine which grant funds to return, and what happens to programs that lose expected funding mid-implementation?
02
Which federal grant programs have the largest amounts of unused funds, and what barriers prevent states from spending money they've already received?
03
Could redirecting unused grants to deficit reduction affect future federal willingness to fund state and local projects, or create incentives to overspend?

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