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B-331654 1 (2019-12-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobaeaks0001 and id is 1 raw text is: GAO U.S. GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE 441 G St. N.W. Washington, DC 20548 B-331654 December 11, 2019 The Honorable Lamar Alexander Chairman The Honorable Patty Murray Ranking Member Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions United States Senate The Honorable Bobby Scott Chairman The Honorable Virginia Foxx Ranking Member Committee on Education and Labor House of Representatives Subject: Department of Education: Final Priority for Discretionary Grant Programs Pursuant to section 801 (a)(2)(A) of title 5, United States Code, this is our report on a major rule promulgated by the Department of Education (Department) entitled Final Priority for Discretionary Grant Programs (RIN: 1875-AA12). We received the rule on December 2, 2019. It was published in the Federal Register as final priority on November 27, 2019. 84 Fed. Reg. 65300. The effective date of the rule is December 27, 2019. This rule was published as a final priority. It announces the Department's policy of prioritizing grants that support alignment between the Department's discretionary grant investments and the Opportunity Zones initiative. This final priority applies to the Department's discretionary grant programs. Under this priority an applicant must demonstrate one or more of the following: (1) the area in which the applicant proposes to provide services overlaps with a Qualified Opportunity Zone; (2) the applicant is located in a Qualified Opportunity Zone; or (3) the applicant has received, or will receive by a date specified by the Department, an investment, including access to real property, from a Qualified Opportunity Fund. The Congressional Review Act (CRA) requires a 60-day delay in the effective date of a major rule from the date of publication in the Federal Register or receipt of the rule by Congress, whichever is later. 5 U.S.C. § 801(a)(3)(A). The House of Representatives received the final priority on November 22, 2019. 165 Cong. Rec. H9219 (daily ed. Dec. 3, 2019). The final priority was published in the Federal Register on November 27, 2019. 84 Fed. Reg. 65300. The Senate received the final priority on November 27, 2019. 165 Cong. Rec. S6822 (daily ed. Dec. 3, 2019). The final priority has a stated effective date of December 27, 2019. Therefore the final priority does not have the required 60-day delay in its effective date.

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