[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1383 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1383

     To amend title XIV of division A of the American Recovery and 
   Reinvestment Act of 2009 to equalize the treatment of States and 
                            outlying areas.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 21, 2013

   Mr. Sablan (for himself, Mrs. Christensen, Ms. Bordallo, and Mr. 
Faleomavaega) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                Committee on Education and the Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend title XIV of division A of the American Recovery and 
   Reinvestment Act of 2009 to equalize the treatment of States and 
                            outlying areas.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. TREATMENT OF OUTLYING AREAS.

    (a) In General.--Section 14001 of division A of the American 
Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5; 123 Stat. 279) 
is amended--
            (1) by striking subsection (a);
            (2) in subsection (c), by striking ``subsections (a) and 
        (b)'' and inserting ``subsection (a)'';
            (3) in subsection (d), by striking ``subsections (a), (b), 
        and (c),'' and inserting ``subsections (a) and (b),'';
            (4) in subsection (e), by striking ``subsection (d),'' and 
        inserting ``subsection (c),'';
            (5) in subsection (f)--
                    (A) by striking ``subsection (e)'' and inserting 
                ``subsection (d)''; and
                    (B) by striking ``subsection (d).'' and inserting 
                ``subsection (c).''; and
            (6) by redesignating subsections (b) through (f) as 
        subsections (a) through (e), respectively.
    (b) Definitions.--Section 14013(5) of such division is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and the'' and insert ``the''; and
            (2) by striking ``Rico;'' and inserting ``Rico, and each of 
        the outlying areas (as defined in section 9101 of the 
        Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 
        7801));''.
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