[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6378 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6378

To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise the amount of minimum 
    allotments under the Projects for Assistance in Transition from 
                         Homelessness Program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 17, 2016

 Mr. Welch (for himself and Mr. Cramer) introduced the following bill; 
       which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise the amount of minimum 
    allotments under the Projects for Assistance in Transition from 
                         Homelessness Program.

    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 ``PATH Fairness Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. MINIMUM ALLOTMENTS UNDER THE PROJECTS FOR ASSISTANCE IN 
              TRANSITION FROM HOMELESSNESS PROGRAM.

    Section 524 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290cc-24) 
is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 524. DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT OF ALLOTMENT.

    ``(a) Determination Under Formula.--Subject to subsection (b), the 
allotment required in section 521 for a State for a fiscal year is the 
product of--
            ``(1) an amount equal to the amount appropriated under 
        section 535 for the fiscal year; and
            ``(2) a percentage equal to the quotient of--
                    ``(A) an amount equal to the population living in 
                urbanized areas of the State involved, as indicated by 
                the most recent data collected by the Bureau of the 
                Census; and
                    ``(B) an amount equal to the population living in 
                urbanized areas of the United States, as indicated by 
                the sum of the respective amounts determined for the 
                States under subparagraph (A).
    ``(b) Minimum Allotment.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the allotment 
        for a State under section 521 for a fiscal year shall, at a 
        minimum, be the greater of--
                    ``(A) the amount the State received under section 
                521 in fiscal year 2015; and
                    ``(B) $750,000 for each of the several States, the 
                District of Columbia, and the Commonwealth of Puerto 
                Rico, and $100,000 for each of Guam, the Virgin 
                Islands, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the 
                Northern Mariana Islands.
            ``(2) Condition.--If the funds appropriated in any fiscal 
        year under section 535 are insufficient to ensure that States 
        receive a minimum allotment in accordance with paragraph (1), 
        then--
                    ``(A) no State shall receive less than the amount 
                they received in fiscal year 2015; and
                    ``(B) any funds remaining after amounts are 
                provided under subparagraph (A) shall be used to meet 
                the requirement of paragraph (1)(B), to the maximum 
                extent possible.''.

SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    (a) In General.--Subsection (a) of section 535 of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290cc-35) is amended by striking ``$75,000,000 
for each of the fiscal years 2001 through 2003'' and inserting 
``$150,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2021''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 521 of the Public Health Service 
Act (42 U.S.C. 290cc-21) is amended by striking ``fiscal years 1991 
through 1994'' and inserting ``fiscal years 2017 through 2021''.
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