[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 252 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 252

  To require an annual report on Federal funds distributed by Federal 
 agencies through grant programs, formula programs, or otherwise, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 2011

 Mr. Serrano introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Oversight and Government Reform

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require an annual report on Federal funds distributed by Federal 
 agencies through grant programs, formula programs, or otherwise, 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 ``Territorial Funding Information Act 
of 2011''.

SEC. 2. REPORT ON DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL FUNDING.

    (a) Report Required.--Not later than 6 months after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, and December 31 each year beginning thereafter, 
the head of each Federal agency shall submit a report to the 
Comptroller General of the United States that describes Federal funds 
distributed by that Federal agency for the preceding fiscal year, 
through grant programs, formula programs, or otherwise, to each of the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, American 
Samoa, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands (in this section referred 
to as the ``territories''), each State, and the District of Columbia.
    (b) Report Contents.--A report submitted under subsection (a) shall 
include the following with regard to the Federal agency submitting the 
report:
            (1) The title and a short description of the program under 
        which Federal funds were distributed.
            (2) The formula, if any, used to distribute Federal funds 
        under the program.
            (3) A description of any difference between the treatment 
        of each of the territories, each State, and the District of 
        Columbia, concerning the distribution of Federal funds under 
        each program listed under paragraph (1).
            (4) A citation to the Federal law, if any, that authorized 
        the treatment described under paragraph (3).
            (5) The employment location of Federal agency employees in 
        each of the territories, each State, and the District of 
        Columbia.
            (6) The number and location of all field offices of the 
        Federal agency in each of the territories, each State, and the 
        District of Columbia.
    (c) General Accountability Office Report.--Not later than 10 months 
after the date of enactment of this Act, and April 30 each year 
beginning thereafter, the Comptroller General of the United States 
shall submit to the Committee on Appropriations of the House of 
Representatives and the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate a 
comprehensive report describing and estimating the effects of 
differential treatment of the territories as described in the reports 
submitted under subsection (a).
    (d) Limitation on Use of Funds.--Hereafter, no Federal funds may be 
distributed through grant programs, formula programs, or otherwise, 
unless in such distribution each of the territories are treated on the 
same basis and in the same manner as each of the States and the 
District of Columbia, unless such treatment is--
            (1) otherwise authorized by Federal law; or
            (2) consented to, in writing, by the chief executive 
        officer of each territory not so treated.
    (e) Federal Agency Defined.--In this Act, the term ``Federal 
agency'' has the meaning given the term ``Executive agency'' by section 
105 of title 5, United States Code.
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