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Wanted to make you are aware of NACo email regarding the OMB rewriting grant guidance. Thank you.
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From: NACo <naco@naco.org>
Subject: Counties Must Act by July 13: Tell OMB and Congress How Your County Will be Impacted
Date: July 6, 2026 at 12:36:15 PM EDT
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Counties Must Act by July 13
Tell OMB and Congress
How Your County Will be Impacted
Comment deadline: July 13
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has proposed rewriting 2 CFR Part 200, the Uniform Guidance. It governs every federal grant your county receives, and it’s the biggest overhaul
of these rules since 2013. Comments close July 13, 2026. Submit your comments, then call or write your representative and senators. Congress needs to hear from counties directly on
this proposal.
3,069
3,069 counties will be directly impacted
$1.1T
$1.1 trillion in federal grants governed by this rule annually
July 13
July 13 deadline to submit comments
Why congress needs to hear from you
This rule does more than update paperwork. It gives OMB new authority to terminate grant awards mid-program, adds pre-award review requirements and reclassifies the Uniform Guidance
as binding regulation instead of policy guidance. Congress oversees OMB, and representatives and senators need to hear how this rule will impact your county before it’s final.
The ask: Ask OMB to publish a fiscal impact analysis on states and localities before finalizing the rule, and to delay implementation until at least October 1, 2027 so counties have
time to prepare.
What your county should do now
1. County attorneys: Read the proposed rule <https://link.edgepilot.com/x/3ne3QQiDAlEAKUJeDDHITqM?u=https://public-usa.mkt.dynamics.com/api/orgs/227b4c5a-99e5-4698-be04-ef85d0384bf3/r/J8rLnWi7nUGLs-o
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vsMs%253D%26msdynmkt_secretVersion=a3955a744d9049f88dd8bdc1907bf2bf> . Pay attention to the new termination authority, added pass-through obligations and the shift from guidance to binding
regulation.
2. County officials: Submit comments using NACo's template letter <https://link.edgepilot.com/x/upYnZfELU5zO0iUYAdLO1CY?u=https://public-usa.mkt.dynamics.com/api/orgs/227b4c5a-99e5-4698-be04-ef85d038
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c1907bf2bf> . Add your county's own grant programs and local examples.
3. County officials: Call or write your representative and both senators. NACo's template comment letter <https://link.edgepilot.com/x/zbWwoh8oYLZbtgUmb3fIjIc?u=https://public-usa.mkt.dynamics.com/ap
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kt_secretVersion=a3955a744d9049f88dd8bdc1907bf2bf> makes this easy.
4. Submit by July 13 at regulations.gov <https://link.edgepilot.com/x/yE8l_RNQcnt_RuGb6n7r3as?u=https://public-usa.mkt.dynamics.com/api/orgs/227b4c5a-99e5-4698-be04-ef85d0384bf3/r/J8rLnWi7nUGLs-oUqUQ
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to Congress that same week.
Key provisions at stake for counties
* New authority for OMB to terminate grant awards mid-program
* Pre-award review requirements that could slow down applications, including E-Verify for all federal grants
* Viewpoint-neutrality rules for events on county-owned property that do not receive federal funding
* More monitoring obligations for pass-through entities and sub-recipients
* Uniform Guidance moves from policy guidance to binding federal regulation
We want to hear from you: OMB Uniform Grants Guidance office hours
NACo wants to hear directly from counties about what's at stake.
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7bf2bf> for a live office hours session where NACo staff will listen to how the proposed rule could affect your county's federal grant programs, operations, and capacity.
Your input will directly shape NACo's formal comment letter ahead of the July 13 deadline.
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NACo RESOURCES
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NACo's resource hub on the proposed rule includes analysis, webinar recording and slides, reference materials and more.
Template letter » <https://link.edgepilot.com/x/l_4KTOikF24fLrRk1xPfLRI?u=https://public-usa.mkt.dynamics.com/api/orgs/227b4c5a-99e5-4698-be04-ef85d0384bf3/r/J8rLnWi7nUGLs-oUqUQAAAgAAAA?msdynmkt_targ
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Use this customizable template to submit official comments to OMB before the July 13 deadline.
Contact your members of Congress » <https://link.edgepilot.com/x/x-bu4M2Gi0F9mN0lsCLpCs4?u=https://public-usa.mkt.dynamics.com/api/orgs/227b4c5a-99e5-4698-be04-ef85d0384bf3/r/J8rLnWi7nUGLs-oUqUQAAAkA
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Contact your representative and senators.
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