[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2376 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2376

To require executive agencies to establish expedited review procedures 
for granting a waiver to a State under a grant program administered by 
 the agency if another State has already been granted a similar waiver 
                   by the agency under such program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 29, 1999

  Mr. Green of Wisconsin (for himself, Mr. Simpson, Mr. Fletcher, Mr. 
DeMint, Mr. Hayes, Mr. Ose, Mr. Kuykendall, Mr. Ryan of Wisconsin, Mr. 
  Sweeney, and Mrs. Biggert) introduced the following bill; which was 
             referred to the Committee on Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
To require executive agencies to establish expedited review procedures 
for granting a waiver to a State under a grant program administered by 
 the agency if another State has already been granted a similar waiver 
                   by the agency under such program.

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

SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT TO ESTABLISH EXPEDITED REVIEW PROCEDURES FOR AN 
              AGENCY TO GRANT WAIVERS TO STATES UNDER GRANT PROGRAMS 
              ADMINISTERED BY THE AGENCY.

    (a) Requirement To Establish Expedited Review Procedures.--The head 
of each executive agency shall establish expedited review procedures 
under which a State may be granted a waiver by the agency with respect 
to a requirement applicable to grant program administered by the agency 
if another State has applied for a similar waiver under the program and 
been granted the waiver by the agency.
    (b) Regulations.--The head of each executive agency shall 
promulgate regulations to carry out the requirement in subsection (a).
    (c) Definition of Executive Agency.--In this section, the term 
``executive agency'' has the meaning given that term in section 105 of 
title 5, United States Code.
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