,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #bjad  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,june #aj1     
#bjbe,mr4 ,cornyn 7for himself1 ,mr4    
,merkley1 ,mr4 ,moreno1 and ,mr4        
,gallego7 introduced the following bill2
 which was read twice and referred to   
the ,committee on ,homeland ,security   
and ,governmental ,affairs  ,a ,,bill   
,to require the ,director of the ,office
 of ,management and ,budget to issue    
guidance to agencies requiring special  
districts to be recognized as local     
government for the purpose of ,federal  
financial assistance determinations4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,special ,district ,fairness and
 ,accessibility ,act4  #b4 ,agency      
financial assistance guidance on special
 districts  7a7 ,requirements for agency
 acknowledgment of special districts as 
grant recipients  7#a7 ,,omb guidance   
,not later than #ahj days after the date
 of the enactment of this ,act1 the     
,director shall issue guidance that     

clarifies how an agency recognizes a    
special district as a unit of local     
government for the purpose of being     
eligible to receive ,federal financial  
assistance4  7#b7 ,agency requirements  
,not later than #a year after the date  
on which the guidance is issued pursuant
 to paragraph 7#a71 the head of each    
agency shall implement the requirements 
of such guidance and conform any policy1
 principle1 practice1 procedure1 or     
guideline relating to the administration
 of the ,federal financial assistance   
programs of the agency4  7#c7 ,reporting
 requirement ,not later than #b years   
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,director shall submit to the 
,committee on ,oversight and ,government
 ,reform of the ,house of               
,representatives and the ,committee on  
,homeland ,security and ,governmental   
,affairs of the ,senate a report that   
evaluates agency implementation of and  
conformity to the guidance issued       
pursuant to paragraph 7#a74  7b7        

,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,agency ,the term agency has the meaning
 given the term in section #eeb of title
 #e1 ,united ,states ,code4  7#b7       
,director ,the term ,director means the 
,director of the ,office of ,management 
and ,budget4  7#c7 ,federal financial   
assistance ,the term ,federal financial 
assistance-- 7,a7 means assistance that 
a non-,federal entity receives or       
administers in the form of a grant1     
loan1 loan guarantee1 property1         
cooperative agreement1 interest subsidy1
 insurance1 food commodity1 direct      
appropriation1 or other assistance2 and 
7,b7 does not include an amount received
 as reimbursement for services rendered 
to an individual in accordance with     
guidance issued by the ,director4  7#d7 
,special district ,the term special     
district means a political subdivision  
of a ,state1 with specified boundaries  
and significant budgetary autonomy or   
control1 created by or pursuant to the  
laws of the ,state1 for the purpose of  

performing 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       
,state4  7#e7 ,state ,the term ,state   
means each of the several ,states1 the  
,district of ,columbia1 each            
commonwealth1 territory1 or possession  
of the ,united ,states1 and each        
federally recognized ,indian ,tribe4