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Time is running out for local governments to use billions of dollars of federal pandemic relief funds.
Governments must obligate all their American Rescue Plan funds for specific projects by the end of this year or else return the rest to the U.S. Treasury .
About 80% of funds had been obligated as of March , according to the most recent data reported to the Treasury by more than 26,500 local, state and territorial governments.
Missouri lawmakers eliminated $49 million intended for COVID-19 response efforts and $16 million to remodel an old mental health facility for use in a sex offender rehabilitation program.
Several lawmakers in the conservative Freedom Caucus voted no, suggesting the federal pandemic aid was driving up federal debt and inflation.
The city of New Orleans has been moving quickly to use the money.
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