[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1022 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1022

  To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to make grants to States to 
correct Y2K problems in computers that are used to administer State and 
                       local government programs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 4, 1999

Mr. Underwood (for himself, Mrs. Christian-Christensen, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
 Romero-Barcelo, and Mr. Faleomavaega) introduced the following bill; 
        which was referred to the Committee on Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
  To authorize the Secretary of Commerce to make grants to States to 
correct Y2K problems in computers that are used to administer State and 
                       local government programs.

    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 ``Y2K State and Local Government 
Assistance Programs Act''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.

    (a) In General.--From amounts made available to carry out this Act, 
the Secretary of Commerce may make grants under this Act only to States 
for carrying out activities described in section 3.
    (b) Time Limitation.--The Secretary may not make a grant under this 
Act after the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
    (c) Numerical Limitations.--Of grants made under this Act during 
the period described in subsection (b), the Secretary may not make more 
than--
            (1) 2 grants to any single State; and
            (2) 75 grants overall.

SEC. 3. USE OF AMOUNTS.

    (a) Y2K Compliance Project.--Amounts received under a grant under 
this Act may be used only to carry out a project that meets the 
following requirements:
            (1) The project makes Y2K compliant the information 
        technology used by a State or local government agency to 
        administer one or more Federal, State, or local government 
        programs.
            (2) The project uses amounts received under the grant to 
        supplement and not to supplant the level of State and local 
        funds that, in the absence of such amounts, would have been 
        expended on efforts to achieve Y2K compliance.
            (3) The project meets such other requirements as the 
        Secretary may prescribe.
    (b) Matching Requirement.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to this subsection, each recipient 
        shall, as a condition of receiving grant amounts under this 
        Act, supplement the grant amounts received under this Act with 
        an amount of funds from sources other than this Act that is not 
        less than 50 percent of the grant amount received under this 
        Act.
            (2) Supplemental funds.--In calculating the amount of 
        supplemental funds under paragraph (1), a recipient may include 
        the value of any donated material or building, the value of any 
        lease on a building, and any salary paid to staff to carry out 
        the Y2K compliance project.
            (3) Waiver for hardship.--The Secretary may waive or modify 
        the matching requirement described in paragraph (1) in the case 
        of any State that the Secretary determines would suffer undue 
        hardship as a result of being subject to the requirement.

SEC. 4. SELECTION CRITERIA.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary shall make grants under this Act in 
accordance with competitive criteria established by the Secretary, 
which shall include the need for and the feasibility of the proposed 
Y2K compliance project.
    (b) Priority.--The Secretary shall give priority to proposed 
projects that relate to making Y2K compliant the information technology 
used to administer Federal welfare programs.

SEC. 5. APPLICATION.

    (a) In General.--The Secretary may make a grant under this Act only 
with respect to an application by a State for a grant under this Act 
that meets the following requirements:
            (1) The application is submitted through the executive 
        office of the State.
            (2) The application is submitted to the Secretary within 45 
        days after the enactment of this Act.
            (3) The application contains a description of the proposed 
        project, including a proposed budget and a request for a 
        specific funding amount.
            (4) The application describes the manner in which the State 
        proposes to satisfy the matching requirement described in 
        section 3(b) or describes the circumstances justifying a 
        determination that the State would suffer undue hardship as a 
        result of being subject to the requirement.
            (5) The application contains such other information, 
        assurances, and certifications as the Secretary may require.

SEC. 6. REPORTS.

    (a) By Grant Recipients.--Each recipient of grant amounts under 
this Act shall submit to the Secretary each year a report that--
            (1) describes the status and results of the Y2K compliance 
        project for which the grant was made;
            (2) includes an independent evaluation of the project; and
            (3) contains such other information as the Secretary may 
        require.
    (b) By Secretary.--Not later than 90 days after the expiration of 
the 2-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Secretary shall submit to Congress a final report describing and 
evaluating the activities carried out under this Act.

SEC. 7. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act, the following definitions shall apply:
            (1) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Commerce.
            (2) State.--The term ``State'' means any State of the 
        United States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of 
        Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, 
        Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and any 
        other territory or possession of the United States.
            (3) Welfare program.--The term ``welfare program'' means 
        one or more of the following programs:
                    (A) TANF.--A State program funded under part A of 
                title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et 
                seq.).
                    (B) Medicaid.--The program of medical assistance 
                under title XIX of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
                1396 et seq.).
                    (C) Food stamps.--The food stamp program, as 
                defined in section 3(h) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 
                (7 U.S.C. 2012(h)).
                    (D) WIC.--The program of assistance under the 
                special supplemental nutrition program for women, 
                infants and children (WIC) under section 17 of the 
                Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786).
                    (E) Child support enforcement.--The child support 
                and paternity establishment program established under 
                part D of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 
                U.S.C. 651 et seq.).
                    (F) Child welfare.--A child welfare program or a 
                program designed to promote safe and stable families 
                established under subpart 1 or 2 of part B of title IV 
                of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 620 et seq.).
                    (G) Child care.--The Child Care and Development 
                Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.) 
                (including funding provided under section 418 of the 
                Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 618)).
            (4) Y2K compliant.--The term ``Y2K compliant'' means, with 
        respect to information technology, that the information 
        technology accurately processes (including calculating, 
        comparing, and sequencing) date and time data from, into, and 
        between the 20th and 21st centuries and the years 1999 and 
        2000, and leap year calculations, to the extent that other 
        information technology properly exchanges date and time data 
        with it.

SEC. 8. REGULATIONS.

    The Secretary shall issue any regulations necessary to carry out 
this Act.

SEC. 9. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act, 
$40,000,000 for fiscal years 1999 to 2001 funded from the Y2K Emergency 
Supplemental Funds appropriated in the Omnibus Consolidated and 
Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1999 (Public Law 105-277; 
112 Stat. 2681).
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