The Government Accountability Office said Monday that the Trump administration violated the Impoundment Control Act when it withheld funds appropriated for the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
“Because FEMA has de-obligated and delayed the obligation or expenditure of funds without providing any justification or indicating a plan to implement these programs and move forward with the obligation and expenditure of funds, the withdrawals, holds, and reviews discussed below cannot be considered programmatic delays,” the report said.
The Trump administration has repeatedly violated the Impoundment Control Act, which was enacted in 1974 to limit the president’s ability to withhold or delay spending funds that Congress has appropriated.
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