No More D.C. Waste Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1686 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                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.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 27, 2025

Mr. Flood (for himself and Mr. Timmons) introduced the following bill; 
 which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 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 Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``No More D.C. Waste Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON CONTINUING AVAILABILITY OF UNOBLIGATED FUNDS 
              APPROPRIATED FOR DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA RESIDENT TUITION 
              SUPPORT.

    (a) Prohibition.--Any portion of a Federal payment to the District 
of Columbia for a fiscal year for a program of District of Columbia 
resident tuition support which remains unobligated as of the end of the 
fiscal year shall lapse and shall not be available after the fiscal 
year.
    (b) Conforming Amendments to District of Columbia College Access 
Program.--
            (1) Public school program.--Section 3(i) of the District of 
        Columbia College Access Act of 1999 (sec. 38-2702(i), D.C. 
        Official Code) is amended by striking ``Such funds shall remain 
        available until expended.''.
            (2) Private school program.--Section 5(f) of such Act (sec. 
        38-2704(f), D.C. Official Code) is amended by striking ``Such 
        funds shall remain available until expended.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--This section and the amendments made by this 
section shall apply with respect to funds appropriated for fiscal year 
2016 or any succeeding fiscal year.

SEC. 3. ANNUAL REPORT ON USE OF PAYMENTS.

    Not later than 60 days after the end of each fiscal year for which 
a Federal payment is made to the District of Columbia for a program of 
resident tuition support (beginning with fiscal year 2026), the Chief 
Financial Officer of the District of Columbia shall submit a report to 
Congress on the use of the payment during that fiscal year, and shall 
include in the report the following information:
            (1) The number of payments made on behalf of students under 
        the program during the fiscal year.
            (2) The average amount of financial assistance provided 
        with each such Federal payment.
            (3) The amount of the Federal payment which remained 
        unobligated (if any) as of the end of the fiscal year.
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