[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6300 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6300

           To provide for general revenue sharing for States.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 29, 2010

  Mr. Kucinich (for himself and Mr. Filner) introduced the following 
 bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government 
                                 Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
           To provide for general revenue sharing for States.

    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 ``State and Local Spending Will Help 
Save America Act of 2010''.

SEC. 2. GENERAL REVENUE SHARING.

    (a) Appropriation.--There is authorized to be appropriated and is 
appropriated to carry out this section $200,000,000,000 for each of 
fiscal years 2011 and 2012.
    (b) Payment.--The Secretary of the Treasury shall pay to each State 
on a quarterly basis an amount equal to the amount allotted to the 
State under subsection (c).
    (c) Allotments.--From the amounts appropriated under subsection (a) 
for each fiscal year, the Secretary of the Treasury shall allot an 
amount to each of the States on the basis of the relative population of 
each such State, as determined by the Secretary of the Treasury on the 
basis of the most recent decennial census.
    (d) Use of Funds.--Funds received under this section may be used 
only to supplement State operating budgets and may not be used to 
supplement State capital budgets.
    (e) Effective Date.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of the Treasury shall make 
payments to States under this section for fiscal year 2011. The 
Secretary of the Treasury shall make payments to States under this 
section for fiscal year 2012 not later than one year following the 
payments for fiscal year 2011 under this section.

SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.

    In this Act:
            (1) Operating budget.--The term ``operating budget''--
                    (A) means the annual spending plan for the 
                recurring expenses of a State, including salaries, 
                equipment, and repairs; and
                    (B) does not include expenses to build or acquire 
                permanent infrastructure.
            (2) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the several 
        States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
        Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, 
        the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Trust 
        Territory of the Pacific Islands, and any other territory or 
        possession of the United States.
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