Executive Office Of The President
Office of Budget and Management
Washington DC 20503
MEMORANDUM FOR HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES
From: Matthew J. Vaeth, Acting Director, Office Of Management and Budget
SUBJECT: Temporary Pause of Agency Grant, Loan, and Other Financial Assistance programs and supporting activities consistent with the President’s policies and requirements.
Taxpayer dollars that does not improve the day-to-day lives of those we serve.
taxpayer resources, including Protecting the American People Against Invasion (Jan. 20, 2025),
purposes of this memorandum, Federal financial assistance includes: (i) all forms of assistance listed in paragraphs
administer” in various forms, but this term does not include assistance provided directly to individuals.
(1)and (2) of the definition of this term at 2 CFR 200.1; and (ii) assistance received or administered by recipients or
12 CFR 200.1 defines Federal financial assistance to mean “[a]ssistance that recipients or subrecipients receive or
The American people elected Donald J. Trump to be President of the United States and 2025), Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs and Preferencing (Jan. 20, For example, during the initial days of his Administration, President Donald J. expressed through Presidential priorities. Financial assistance should be dedicated to advancing manufacturing, ending “wokeness” and the weaponization of government, promoting efficiency
According to Director Vaeth, the move is to among other things put America First in government, and Making America Healthy Again.
The use of Federal resources to advance
January 27, 2025 financial assistance, such as grants and loans. Career and political appointees in the Executive Administration priorities, focusing taxpayer dollars to advance a stronger and safer America,
gave him a mandate to increase the impact of every federal taxpayer dollar.
In Fiscal Year 2024, eliminating the financial burden of inflation for citizens, unleashing American energy and OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET
of the nearly $10 trillion that the Federal Government spent, more than $3 trillion was Federal International Environmental Agreements (Jan. 20, 2025), Unleashing American Energy (Jan. 20,
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This memorandum requires Federal agencies to identify and review all Federal financial subrecipients of any type except for assistance received directly by individuals.
Nothing in this memo should be construed to impact Medicare or Social Security benefits.
025), Defending Women from Gender IdeologyExtremism and Restoring Biological Truth to Additionally, agencies must, for each Federal financial assistance program: (i) assign the Federal Government (Jan. 20, 2025), and Enforcing the Hyde Amendment (Jan. 24, 2025).
OMB may grant exceptions allowing Federal agencies to issue new awards or take other cancellation of awards.
with open NOFOs, such as conducting merit review panels. analysis of the requirement. OMB also directs Federal agencies to pause all activities associated
agency actions that may be implicated by the executive orders, to the extent permissible by law, To implement these orders, each agency must complete a comprehensive analysis of all assistance for foreign aid, nongovernmental organizations, DEI, woke gender ideology, and the PM. Even before completing their comprehensive analysis, Federal agencies must immediately announcements to ensure Administration priorities are addressed, and, subject to program
families.
Until OMB has reviewed and provided guidance to your agency with respect to the information new awards; (ii) disbursement of Federal funds under all open awards; and (iii) other relevant identify any legally mandated actions or deadlines for assistance programs arising while the
pause remains in effect. Federal agencies must report this information to OMB along with an any announcements already published, and, to the extent permissible by law, cancel awards and determine the best uses of the funding for those programs consistent with the law and the statutory authority, modify unpublished Federal financial assistance announcements, withdraw may be implicated by any of the President’s executive orders. In the interim, to the extent green new deal.
conforms to Administration priorities; (ii) review currently pending Federal financial assistance to obligation or disbursement of all Federal financial assistance, and other relevant agency of their Federal financial assistance programs to identify programs, projects, and activities that No later than February 10,2025, agencies shall submit to OMB detailed information on This temporary pause will provide the Administration time to review agency programs submitted.
President’s priorities. The temporary pause will become effective on January 28, 2025, at 5:00 already awarded that are in conflict with Administration priorities, and; (iii) ensure adequate These executive orders ensure that Federal funds are used to support hardworking American any programs, projects or activities subject to this pause. Each agency must pause: (i) issuance of oversight of Federal financial assistance programs and initiate investigations when warranted to recording obligations expressly required by law. identify underperforming recipients, and address identified issues up to and including responsibility and oversight to a senior political appointee to ensure Federal financial assistance permissible under applicable law, Federal agencies must temporarily pause all activities related
actions on a case-by-case basis.
To the extent required by law, Federal agencies may continue activities that may be implicated by the executive orders, including, but not limited to, financial
taking certain administrative actions, such as closeout of Federal awards (2 CFR 200.344), or recording obligations expressly required by law.
Additionally, agencies must, for each Federal financial assistance program: (i) assign oversight of Federal financial assistance programs and initiate investigations when warranted to
conforms to Administration priorities; (ii) review currently pending Federal financial assistance cancellation of awards.
any announcements already published, and, to the extent permissible by law, cancel awards identify underperforming recipients, and address identified issues up to and including responsibility and oversight to a senior political appointee to ensure Federal financial assistance statutory authority, modify unpublished Federal financial assistance announcements, withdraw
announcements to ensure Administration priorities are addressed, and, subject to program already awarded that are in conflict with Administration priorities, and; (iii) ensure adequate ensure adequate
oversight of Federal financial assistance programs and initiate investigations when warranted to cancellation of awards.
identify underperforming recipients, and address identified issues up to and including cancellation of awards.
Written By The Office of Management and Budget, White House. Washington DC
