[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5238 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5238

   To exempt the State of Utah from Federal programs in the areas of 
 education, transportation, and Medicaid so that the State of Utah can 
undertake innovative methods to manage these government programs using 
 Utah's portion of Federal revenues for these programs, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 6, 2010

   Mr. Bishop of Utah (for himself and Mr. Chaffetz) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and 
  Labor, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and 
  Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently 
   determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such 
 provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
   To exempt the State of Utah from Federal programs in the areas of 
 education, transportation, and Medicaid so that the State of Utah can 
undertake innovative methods to manage these government programs using 
 Utah's portion of Federal revenues for these programs, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Utah Laboratory of Democracy Act of 
2010''.

SEC. 2. UTAH ADMINISTRATION OF FEDERAL EDUCATION, TRANSPORTATION, AND 
              MEDICAID PROGRAMS.

    (a) Transfer of Administration.--The Secretary of Education, the 
Secretary of Transportation, and the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services shall seek to enter into an agreement with the State of Utah 
under which the State will assume all responsibility for the 
administration within the State of Federal programs in the areas of 
education, transportation, and Medicaid. The State's administration of 
the programs shall not be subject to oversight or regulation by the 
Secretaries so as to permit the State to undertake and evaluate 
innovative methods to manage the programs. The agreement shall take 
effect on the first day of the first calendar year beginning after the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Return of Tax Revenues to State.--If the agreement authorized 
by subsection (a) is entered into by the State of Utah, at the 
beginning of each calendar year thereafter, the Secretary of the 
Treasury shall transfer to the State of Utah an amount equal to that 
portion of the estimated tax revenues to be paid by citizens of Utah 
for that calendar year that would be returned to the State through 
Federal education, transportation, and Medicaid programs in the absence 
of the agreement. If the estimate for a calendar year results in an 
overpayment or underpayment to the State, the Secretary of the Treasury 
shall adjust the payment for the next calendar year to recover the 
amount of the overpayment or correct the underpayment.
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