June 26, 2024
A Texas federal judge properly ruled that the federal government could not enforce a provision in the American Rescue Plan Act that prohibits states from using pandemic aid to offset tax cuts, the Fifth Circuit said.
February 01, 2024
The U.S. Treasury Department opted not to appeal an Eleventh Circuit ruling in favor of 13 states that challenged the American Rescue Plan Act's limitations on using federal pandemic aid to pay for tax cuts, the agency said in a letter disclosed Thursday.
April 04, 2023
A Fifth Circuit panel pressed the Treasury Department over federal restrictions on COVID-19 funding, questioning its position that Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi faced no real threat that the federal government would attempt to recoup the funds.
December 15, 2022
The Fifth Circuit should throw out an injunction that blocks a provision in federal law preventing Texas, Louisiana and Mississippi from using COVID-19 aid to fund tax cuts, the U.S. Department of the Treasury said Thursday.
November 01, 2022
Two business groups and 17 states urged the Fifth Circuit to uphold a finding that the federal law barring states from using pandemic aid to offset tax cuts is unconstitutional.
October 25, 2022
Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana asked the Fifth Circuit to affirm a judge's injunction barring the federal government from enforcing a provision in the American Rescue Plan Act that prohibits states from using pandemic aid to offset tax cuts.