GAO said that FEMA has withheld illegal financing for the Emergency Food and Shelter Program and the Shelter and Services Program (SSP). Both initiatives offer help to people in crisis – including migrants and survivors of disasters.
“The totality of the facts and circumstances here therefore determines the intention of postponing or excluding the obligation of the budget authority for the SSP program inadmissible,” Gao wrote.
The ruling Comes after the Ministry of Interior Security – who supervises FEMA – reportedly do not respond to GAO’s requests for information about whether federal funds were stopped.
GAO said it was dependent on the data of the court, testimonies and government spending to reach his conclusion.
Not all programs were affected. GAO found no violations in various other FEMA subsidy programs, including those in support of Homeland Security, Firefighter Staffing and Disaster Preparedness.
The GAO emphasized that it did not weigh the policy behind the financing decisions, alone whether FEMA followed the law.
GAO added that it will issue further statements about other FEMA funds in the coming months, including money for the program for resilient infrastructure and communities for buildings.
An important democratic legislator weighed the announcement.
“This is another grim memory of a fact that we have known for months; President Trump breaks the law to prevent rack Published on Monday. “The same man who says he wants to get people off the street, is blocking the financing for communities to tackle homelessness.
“Donald Trump and (director of the OMB) Russ Vough must immediately allow these resources to flow, and Republican legislators must join us and insist that every last part of this financing comes out in an honest, impartial way.”
GAO also warned that some of the non -witness funds end at the end of the tax year, making it “crucial that the agency is cautiously mandatory before their outcome.”
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