Political Quotes

“I ask unanimous consent that the attached legal opinion of the Government Accountability Office, no. B-335488, titled ``U.S. Department of Transportation--Applicability of the Congressional Review Act to Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Department of Transportation's FY 2023-2024 Multimodal Project Discretionary Grant Opportunity,'' issued on October 18, 2023, be printed in the Congressional Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: Decision Matter of: U.S. Department of Transportation--Applicability of the Congressional Review Act to Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Department of Transportation's FY 2023-2024 Multimodal Project Discretionary Grant Opportunity File: B-335488 Date: October 18, 2023 DIGEST On June 23, 2023, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) published a document titled Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Department of Transportation's FY 2023- 2024 Multimodal Project Discretionary Grant Opportunity (MPDG) (Multimodal NOFO). DOT did not submit a report pursuant to the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to Congress or the Comptroller General on the Multimodal NOFO. CRA incorporates the Administrative Procedure Act's definition of a rule and requires that before a rule can take effect, an agency must submit the rule to both the House of Representatives and the Senate, as well as to the Comptroller General.…”