[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 308 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 308

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


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

             February 3 (legislative day, January 5), 1993

   Mr. Mack introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
           referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs

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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) Use of Most Recent Data.--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) Review and Publication of List.--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) Guidelines.--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) Waiver.--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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