[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 789 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 789

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

                           February 28, 2001

    Mr. Green of Wisconsin 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 
              GRANTING WAIVERS TO STATES UNDER GRANT PROGRAMS.

    (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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