CONGRESS FOR VOTERS

Haley Stevens (D-MI)

Protect Local Funding Act

H.R. 9370 · House bill Government Operations and Politics

A Democratic bill with 45 Democratic cosponsors · See all 45 cosponsors

Last activity — Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

In committee

Introduced and handed to a committee in the chamber it started in.

The committee holds it, and most bills are never heard from again. A hearing or a committee vote would be news; silence is the usual outcome, and it kills the bill without anyone voting against it.

Its path through Congress

  1. Introduced
  2. In Committee

What this bill would do

This bill is known as the Protect Local Funding Act. It stops the government from finalizing, putting into action, or enforcing a specific proposed rule. The rule blocked by this bill is titled Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance. It was published in the Federal Register on May 29, 2026. The restriction applies to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget and the head of any other Federal agency. The bill also blocks any other rule that is substantially similar.

Yes

  • Scored +3

    Does this leave more decisions to the states?

    By blocking a federal regulation on financial assistance, it preserves local/state control over such funds.

The opposite

  • Scored -3

    Does this give the federal government more power?

    The bill restricts the ability of federal agencies to implement a specific rule.