[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5571 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 5571
To provide an increased allocation of funding for assistance in
persistent poverty counties, and for other purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
September 18, 2014
Mr. Clyburn (for himself, Ms. Bass, Mrs. Beatty, Mr. Bishop of Georgia,
Ms. Brown of Florida, Mr. Butterfield, Mr. Carson of Indiana, Mrs.
Christensen, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Clay, Mr. Cleaver, Mr.
Conyers, Mr. Cummings, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Edwards, Mr.
Ellison, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Al Green of Texas, Mr. Hastings of Florida,
Mr. Horsford, Ms. Jackson Lee, Mr. Jeffries, Ms. Eddie Bernice Johnson
of Texas, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Ms. Lee of California, Mr. Lewis, Mr.
Meeks, Ms. Moore, Ms. Norton, Mr. Payne, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Richmond, Mr.
Rush, Mr. David Scott of Georgia, Mr. Scott of Virginia, Ms. Sewell of
Alabama, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Veasey, Ms. Waters, and Ms.
Wilson of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to
the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the
Committees on Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, Financial
Services, Science, Space, and Technology, Energy and Commerce, and the
Judiciary, 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 provide an increased allocation of funding for assistance in
persistent poverty counties, 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 ``10-20-30 Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR ASSISTANCE IN PERSISTENT POVERTY
COUNTIES.
(a) In General.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the
funds made available (if any) in each of fiscal years 2015 through 2025
in any appropriations Act for each of the following accounts or
activities, 10 percent of such funds shall be allocated for assistance
in persistent poverty counties:
(1) ``Department of Agriculture, Rural Development
Programs''.
(2) ``Department of Commerce, Economic Development
Administration, Economic Development Assistance Programs''.
(3) ``Department of Commerce, National Institute of
Standards and Technology, Construction''.
(4) ``Department of Education, Fund for the Improvement of
Education''.
(5) ``Department of Education, Fund for the Improvement of
Postsecondary Education''.
(6) ``Department of Labor, Employment and Training
Administration, Training and Employment Services''.
(7) ``Department of Health and Human Services, Health
Resources and Services Administration''.
(8) ``Department of Housing and Urban Development, Economic
Development Initiative''.
(9) ``Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs''.
(10) ``Environmental Protection Agency, State and Tribal
Assistance Grants, Water and Wastewater''.
(11) ``Department of Transportation, Federal Highway
Administration, Transportation Community and System
Preservation''.
(12) ``Department of the Treasury, Community Development
Financial Institutions''.
(b) Determination of Persistent Poverty Counties.--For purposes of
this section, the term ``persistent poverty counties'' means any county
with a poverty rate of at least 20 percent, as determined in each of
the 1990 and 2000 decennial censuses and the Bureau of the Census's
Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates (``SAIPE'') for the most recent
year for which SAIPE data is available.
(c) Reports.--Not later than six months after the date of the
enactment of this Act, each department or agency listed in subsection
(a) shall submit to Congress a progress report on the implementation of
this section.
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