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No More D.C. Waste Act

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.

Introduced Feb 27, 2025

Latest action (Feb 27, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Referred to
Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Policy area
Government Operations and Politics
Legislative subjects (6)
Congressional oversightDistrict of ColumbiaHigher educationIntergovernmental relationsState and local financeStudent aid and college costs

Summary

The bill prohibits Federal tuition support payments to the District of Columbia from being carried forward if unobligated at the end of a fiscal year; any unspent funds lapse and become unavailable. The bill amends the District of Columbia College Access Act to remove language allowing tuition support funds to remain available indefinitely, requiring them to be spent within the fiscal year appropriated. Beginning in fiscal year 2026, the District of Columbia's Chief Financial Officer must submit annual reports to Congress detailing the number of student payments made, average financial assistance amounts, and any unobligated funds remaining. The provisions apply to appropriations made for fiscal year 2016 and all subsequent fiscal years.

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Sponsor (1)
2 cosponsors

Actions (2)
  1. Feb 27, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform. · house
  2. Feb 27, 2025 Introduced in House

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Similar bills (6)

Bills with similar text or summary — includes reintroductions across Congresses. Ranked by semantic similarity of the bill text (computed locally); a neutral discovery aid, not a claim the bills are duplicates.

  • HR 3002 — District of Columbia Fiscal Year 2012 Local Funds Continuation Act · Introduced Oct 3, 2011 · Cong. 112 62%
  • HJRES 142 — Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the D.C. Income and Franchise Tax Conformity and Revision Temporary Amendment Act of 2025. · Became Law Feb 18, 2026 · Cong. 119 61%
  • HR 1173 — Equal Federal Funding for the District of Columbia Act · Introduced Feb 10, 2025 · Cong. 119 61%
  • HRES 374 — Recognizing the disenfranchisement of District of Columbia residents, calling for statehood for the District of Columbia through the enactment of the Washington, D.C. Admission Act, and expressing support for the designation of May 1, 2025, as "D.C. Statehood Day". · Introduced May 1, 2025 · Cong. 119 60%
  • HR 4380 — District of Columbia Appropriations Act, 1999 · Passed House Aug 31, 1998 · Cong. 105 60%
  • HR 6950 — District of Columbia Transportation Funding Equality Act · Introduced Jan 7, 2026 · Cong. 119 60%

Text versions (1)
  • Introduced in House · Feb 27, 2025

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Full text

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

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. <all>

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