Equal Federal Funding for the District of Columbia Act

HR 1173, the Equal Federal Funding for the District of Columbia Act, would amend federal law to treat Washington D.C. as a state and as a local government unit for determining eligibility for federal funds. This means D.C. would gain access to the same federal programs and funding streams available to states and their local governments, directly affecting D.C. residents and its government. The key provision (Section 2(a)) adds a new section to Title 1 of the U.S. Code, requiring federal agencies to apply funding rules uniformly to D.C. as they do to states. The change would take effect on October 1, 2026.