S.Amdt. 2507

As your legislative analyst, let us look at what our elected officials are trying to do here with SA 2507, submitted by Mr. Wyden along with several other senators. The amendment aims to change section 60019 of the bill, which deals with the rescission, or cancellation, of the neighborhood access and equity grant program.

What It Aims to Change or Add

• The amendment adds an exception stating that any amounts awarded before the enactment of the Act, but which remain unobligated as of that date, are protected from being canceled.
• It adds a new subsection (a) labeled In General.
• It adds a new subsection (b) for Treatment, which requires that any amounts made available to carry out section 177 of title 23, United States Code, that were not canceled under subsection (a), must be obligated for the specific projects they were originally awarded for.