Notice of Temporary Restraining Order

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a notice regarding a temporary restraining order. The order is related to a court case (Case 1:25-cv-00039-JJM-PAS) involving the pause of federal financial assistance programs. The court has ordered that defendants shall not pause, freeze, impede, block, cancel, or terminate their compliance with awards and obligations to provide federal financial assistance to states. The order is in effect until further notice from the court. • The court case involves a challenge to the Executive's actions in pausing federal financial assistance programs. • The pause affects various programs, including highway planning and construction, childcare, veteran nursing care funding, special education grants, and state health departments. • The court has found that the states are likely to succeed on the merits of their claims and that the pause will cause irreparable harm. • The order requires defendants to comply with all notice and procedural requirements in the award, agreement, or other instrument relating to decisions to stop, delay, or otherwise withhold federal financial assistance programs.