[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5656 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5656

  To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to permit the use of 
 unexpended allotments under the State children's health care program 
                       through fiscal year 2006.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 16, 2002

 Mr. Bentsen introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                    Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to permit the use of 
 unexpended allotments under the State children's health care program 
                       through fiscal year 2006.

    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 ``SCHIP Allotment Extension 
Availability Act of 2002''.

SEC. 2. EXTENDING AVAILABILITY THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2006 OF SCHIP 
              ALLOTMENTS FOR FISCAL YEARS 1998 THROUGH 2002.

    (a) Retained and Redistributed Allotments for Fiscal Years 1998 and 
1999.--Paragraphs (1)(B)(ii), (2)(A)(i), and (2)(A)(ii) of section 
2104(g) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397dd(g)) are each 
amended by striking ``fiscal year 2002'' and inserting ``fiscal year 
2006''.
    (b) Original Allotments for Fiscal Years 2000, 2001, and 2002.--
Section 2104(e) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1397dd(e)) is amended by 
inserting ``(or, in the case of fiscal years 2000, 2001, and 2002, 
through the end of fiscal year 2006)'' after ``through the end of the 
second succeeding fiscal year''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall be 
effective as if this section had been enacted on September 30, 2002, 
and amounts under title XXI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397 
et seq.) from allotments for fiscal years 1998 through 2000 are 
available for expenditure on and after October 1, 2002, under the 
amendments made by this section as if this section had been enacted on 
September 30, 2002.
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