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House vote: H.R. 7525 // May 6, 2024Needed two-thirds to pass

Special District Grant Accessibility Act

Sponsor: Pat Fallon (R-TX)

This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to issue guidance within 180 days that clarifies how a federal agency recognizes a special district as a unit of local government for the purpose of being eligible to receive federal financial assistance. Under the bill, a special district is a political subdivision of a state, with specified boundaries and significant budgetary autonomy or control, that was created by or pursuant to state law to perform limited and specific governmental or proprietary functions that distinguish it as a significantly separate entity from the administrative governance structure of any other form of local government unit within a state. The bill requires federal agencies to implement OMB's guidance within one year of the date it is issued.

Government Operations and Politics Topic assigned by the Congressional Research Service.

Who won, and how much of the country was behind them

Won the vote · Yea

352 votes, representing 215,116,580 people80.7%of U.S. adults

Lost the vote · Nay

27 votes, representing 17,098,351 people6.4%of U.S. adults

The dotted gap is 12.9% of U.S. adults whose member did not vote, voted “present,” or whose seat was vacant.

Share of U.S. adults represented, the House
SideOutcomeVotesShare of U.S. adults
YeaWon35280.7%
NayLost276.4%
Not represented on this questionNo position taken012.9%