[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 754 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 754

  To require the use, in Federal formula grant programs, of adjusted 
                  census data, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 3, 1993

   Mr. Bacchus of Florida (for himself, Mr. Gibbons, Mr. Hutto, Mr. 
Hastings, Mrs. Meek, Mr. Johnston of Florida, Mr. Deutsch, Ms. Brown of 
 Florida, Mr. Shaw, Mr. Peterson of Florida, and Mr. Goss) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Post Office 
                           and Civil Service

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the use, in Federal formula grant programs, of adjusted 
                  census data, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Share Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) there are significant shifts in the United States 
        population between each decennial census;
            (2) use of decennial census data in allocating Federal 
        funds to States unfairly penalizes States where the population 
        is growing; and
            (3) because the intent of Federal grant programs is to 
        distribute funds fairly to States based on their relative 
        population, it is more appropriate to use annual population 
        estimates produced by the Bureau of the Census for these 
        purposes.

SEC. 3. USE OF POPULATION ESTIMATES REQUIRED.

    Section 183 of title 13, United States Code, is amended to read as 
follows:
``Sec. 183. Use of most recent population data
    ``(a) For the purpose of administering any law of the United States 
in which population or other population characteristics are used to 
determine the amount of benefit received by State, county, or local 
units of general or special purpose government, the Secretary shall 
transmit to the heads of each appropriate department and agency of the 
executive branch of the Federal Government, and such departments and 
agencies shall use in administering any such law, the data most 
recently produced and published under this title.
    ``(b) Not later than 4 months after the date of enactment of the 
Fair Share Act of 1993 and annually thereafter, the Director of the 
Office of Management and Budget shall review Federal programs and 
publish a list in the Federal Register of those programs which are 
subject to the provisions of subsection (a).
    ``(c) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall 
prescribe such guidelines as may be necessary to ensure accurate 
compliance by Federal departments and agencies with the requirements of 
subsection (a).
    ``(d) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget may waive 
the requirements of subsection (a) with respect to a Federal program 
for a fiscal year if the Director determines that such a waiver is 
necessary in the public interest.''.

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