On January 27, 2025, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released a memorandum (M-25-13) to department and agency heads requiring agencies to temporarily pause all grant, loan, and financial assistance programs pending review. Specifically, agencies “must complete a comprehensive analysis of all of their Federal financial assistance programs to identify programs, projects, and activities that may be implicated by any of the President's executive orders.” While programs are under review, agencies “must temporarily pause all activities related to obligation or disbursement of all Federal financial assistance, and other relevant agency activities that may be implicated by the executive orders, including, but not limited to, financial assistance for . . . the green new deal.”