[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 166 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 166

  To require the Secretary of Commerce to determine any surpluses or 
shortfalls in certain grant amounts made available to States by reason 
 of an undercount in the most recent decennial census conducted by the 
                         Bureau of the Census.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            January 19, 1999

 Mr. Moynihan 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 Secretary of Commerce to determine any surpluses or 
shortfalls in certain grant amounts made available to States by reason 
 of an undercount in the most recent decennial census conducted by the 
                         Bureau of the Census.

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

SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Covered federal formula grant.--The term ``covered 
        Federal formula grant'' means a grant awarded by the Federal 
        Government on the basis of a formula that provides for the 
        distribution of funds to States.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Commerce.
            (3) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the several 
        States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the 
        Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American 
        Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

SEC. 2. CALCULATIONS OF SHORTFALLS AND SURPLUS AMOUNTS.

    (a) In General.--
            (1) Determination of funding amounts.--As soon as 
        practicable after receiving the information concerning the 
        fiscal year immediately preceding the date of enactment of this 
        Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary, in consultation 
        with the Comptroller General of the United States and the heads 
        of appropriate Federal agencies, shall determine, for the 
        immediately preceding fiscal year--
                    (A) the amount of funds made available for that 
                fiscal year for each covered Federal formula grant 
                program; and
                    (B) for each covered Federal formula grant program, 
                the amount distributed to each grant recipient.
            (2) Information.--Not later than 120 days after the date of 
        enactment of this Act, and not later than 120 days after the 
        end of each fiscal year thereafter, the head of each Federal 
        agency that administers a covered Federal formula grant program 
        shall submit to the Secretary--
                    (A) the amount of funds made available for that 
                program for that fiscal year; and
                    (B) for each State recipient of a covered Federal 
                formula grant, the amount distributed as a grant award 
                under that grant to that recipient.
    (b) Determinations for Formula Grant Programs That Received the 
Greatest Amount of Funding.--Upon making the determinations under 
subsection (a), the Secretary shall determine--
            (1) the 100 covered Federal formula grant programs that 
        received the greatest amounts of funding during the preceding 
        fiscal year; and
            (2) whether, on the basis of undercounting for the most 
        recent decennial census (as determined by the Secretary, acting 
        through the Bureau of the Census), any State recipient of a 
        grant award under paragraph (1) received an amount less than or 
        greater than the amount that the recipient would otherwise have 
        received if an adjustment to the grant award had been made for 
        that undercounting.
    (c) Reports.--
            (1) In general.--Upon making the determinations under 
        subsection (b), the Secretary shall prepare, for each State, an 
        annual report that includes--
                    (A) a listing of any grant award under subsection 
                (b)(1) provided to that State that was an amount less 
                than or greater than amount that the State would 
                otherwise have received if an adjustment for 
                undercounting referred to in that subsection had been 
                made; and
                    (B) for each grant award listed under subparagraph 
                (A), the amount of the shortfall or surplus determined 
                under subsection (b)(2).
            (2) Distribution.--The Secretary shall provide to the 
        Governor of each State (or the equivalent official) a copy of 
        the report prepared under paragraph (1) for that State.
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