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Re: How States and Cities Are Adapting to Changing Administration Discretionary Grant Rules
Author: Sigmund
Date: 07-03-2025 - 21:54
How to troll AP, The commie2 way. Wrote:
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> Chico Wrote:
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> > More commie trash. Wrote:
> >
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>
> > -----
> > > Commenter Wrote:
> > >
> >
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>
> >
> > > -----
> > > > Yes it affects rail, and a whole bunch of
> > other
> > > > stuff too.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> [enotrans.org]
>
> >
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> -are-adapting-to-changing-trump-administration-gra
>
> >
> > >
> > > > nt-rules/
> > >
> > > "discretionary grant", idiot.
> > >
> > > Discretionary Grant
> > > A grant (or cooperative agreement) for which
> > the
> > > federal awarding agency generally may select
> > the
> > > recipient from among all eligible recipients,
> > may
> > > decide to make or not make an award based on
> > the
> > > programmatic, technical, or scientific
> content
> > of
> > > an application and can decide the amount of
> > > funding to be awarded.
> >
> > What is this supposed the mean? How does this
> > relate to "More commie trash"?
> >
> > Grants are made on a discretionary basis, only
> in
> > the selection and award, not after they have
> been
> > awarded, and there is a "contract" for the
> > execution of that grant and use of the funds
> > awarded.
> >
> > These projects are funded by grant "contracts"
> > known as full funding agreements with the
> > respective DOT Federal funding agency (FTA,
> FRA,
> > FHWA, and the FAA). These agreements then allow
> > the agencies to incur costs for the project,
> that
> > will be matched by the Federal share, after the
> > States have paid out, through reimbursement for
> > the Federal share of the expenditures.
> >
> > Stuff that has not been awarded and does not
> have
> > a full funding agreement, can be held.
> >
> > Congress can vote to rescind the funding for a
> > previously funded project. Which has just
> > happened. And, that has happened before, but
> not
> > often, and almost never has been done if there
> is
> > a full funding agreement in place with the
> State
> > and the local agency recipient.
> >
> > But blowing off the grant contracts you have
> > already made merely at the "disretionary"
> > political whimsy of the Executive Branch
> > (impoundment) is still not permitted by any
> > statute or court decision I've heard of, at
> least
> > as of yet...
> >
> > There were actually even Federal grant and
> > contracting courses they offer CEU's in,
> through
> > the USDOT, that even regular folks could take
> at
> > one time, which may still be offered. Look
> on-line
> > at USDOT for that sort of thing.
> >
> > Meanwhile, it's not going to be dull for the
> folks
> > who have to deal with this mess.
>
>
> I see you were so smart not to read commie's link.
No one is as smart as you.
Various options for treatment
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> Chico Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > More commie trash. Wrote:
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> > -----
> > > Commenter Wrote:
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------
>
> >
> > > -----
> > > > Yes it affects rail, and a whole bunch of
> > other
> > > > stuff too.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> [enotrans.org]
>
> >
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> -are-adapting-to-changing-trump-administration-gra
>
> >
> > >
> > > > nt-rules/
> > >
> > > "discretionary grant", idiot.
> > >
> > > Discretionary Grant
> > > A grant (or cooperative agreement) for which
> > the
> > > federal awarding agency generally may select
> > the
> > > recipient from among all eligible recipients,
> > may
> > > decide to make or not make an award based on
> > the
> > > programmatic, technical, or scientific
> content
> > of
> > > an application and can decide the amount of
> > > funding to be awarded.
> >
> > What is this supposed the mean? How does this
> > relate to "More commie trash"?
> >
> > Grants are made on a discretionary basis, only
> in
> > the selection and award, not after they have
> been
> > awarded, and there is a "contract" for the
> > execution of that grant and use of the funds
> > awarded.
> >
> > These projects are funded by grant "contracts"
> > known as full funding agreements with the
> > respective DOT Federal funding agency (FTA,
> FRA,
> > FHWA, and the FAA). These agreements then allow
> > the agencies to incur costs for the project,
> that
> > will be matched by the Federal share, after the
> > States have paid out, through reimbursement for
> > the Federal share of the expenditures.
> >
> > Stuff that has not been awarded and does not
> have
> > a full funding agreement, can be held.
> >
> > Congress can vote to rescind the funding for a
> > previously funded project. Which has just
> > happened. And, that has happened before, but
> not
> > often, and almost never has been done if there
> is
> > a full funding agreement in place with the
> State
> > and the local agency recipient.
> >
> > But blowing off the grant contracts you have
> > already made merely at the "disretionary"
> > political whimsy of the Executive Branch
> > (impoundment) is still not permitted by any
> > statute or court decision I've heard of, at
> least
> > as of yet...
> >
> > There were actually even Federal grant and
> > contracting courses they offer CEU's in,
> through
> > the USDOT, that even regular folks could take
> at
> > one time, which may still be offered. Look
> on-line
> > at USDOT for that sort of thing.
> >
> > Meanwhile, it's not going to be dull for the
> folks
> > who have to deal with this mess.
>
>
> I see you were so smart not to read commie's link.
No one is as smart as you.
Various options for treatment
