I 112th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 252 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 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.

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Territorial Funding Information Act of 2011.

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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.