The proposal affects over $1 trillion in annual Federal grants and cooperative agreements across 41 agencies. All of these grants would now be subject to review for conformity with the president’s political agenda, regardless of the Congressional intent in appropriating the funds or the language of the enabling statute. Despite the predictable impact on governments and nonprofits across the country, OMB has failed to quantify the impacts on the States, Tribes, territories, community action agencies, and the other nonprofits involved in administering federal programs. Parties were only given 45 days to comment, which advocates insist is inadequate time to analyze the full impact of these sweeping changes.
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