[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 12]
[House]
[Pages 16337-16338]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




   EXTENDING AVAILABILITY OF SCHIP ALLOTMENTS FOR FISCAL YEARS 1998 
                              THROUGH 2001

  Mr. TAUZIN. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee 
on Energy and Commerce be discharged from further consideration of the 
bill (H.R. 531) to amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend 
the availability of allotments for fiscal years 1998 through 2001 under 
the State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), and ask for its 
immediate consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Sweeney). Is there objection to the 
request of the gentleman from Louisiana?
  There was no objection.
  The Clerk read the bill, as follows:

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

     SECTION 1. EXTENDING AVAILABILITY OF SCHIP ALLOTMENTS FOR 
                   FISCAL YEARS 1998 THROUGH 2001.

       (a) Retained and Redistributed Allotments for Fiscal Years 
     1998 and 1999.--Paragraphs (2)(A)(i) and (2)(A)(ii) of 
     section 2104(g) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1397dd(g)) are each amended by striking ``fiscal year 2002'' 
     and inserting ``fiscal year 2004''.
       (b) Extension and Revision of Retained and Redistributed 
     Allotments for Fiscal Year 2000.--
       (1) Permitting and extending retention of portion of fiscal 
     year 2000 allotment.--Paragraph (2) of such section 2104(g) 
     is amended--
       (A) in the heading, by striking ``and 1999'' and inserting 
     ``through 2000''; and
       (B) by adding at the end of subparagraph (A) the following:
       ``(iii) Fiscal year 2000 allotment.--Of the amounts 
     allotted to a State pursuant to this section for fiscal year 
     2000 that were not expended by the State by the end of fiscal 
     year 2002, 50 percent of that amount shall remain available 
     for expenditure by the State through the end of fiscal year 
     2004.''.
       (2) Redistributed allotments.--Paragraph (1) of such 
     section 2104(g) is amended--
       (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``or for fiscal year 
     2000 by the end of fiscal year 2002,'' after ``fiscal year 
     2001,'';
       (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``1998 or 1999'' and 
     inserting ``1998, 1999, or 2000'';
       (C) in subparagraph (A)(i)--
       (i) by striking ``or'' at the end of subclause (I),
       (ii) by striking the period at the end of subclause (II) 
     and inserting ``; or''; and
       (iii) by adding at the end the following new subclause:

       ``(III) the fiscal year 2000 allotment, the amount 
     specified in subparagraph (C)(i) (less the total of the 
     amounts under clause (ii) for such fiscal year), multiplied 
     by the ratio of the amount specified in subparagraph (C)(ii) 
     for the State to the amount specified in subparagraph 
     (C)(iii).'';

       (D) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking ``or 1999'' and 
     inserting ``, 1999, or 2000'';
       (E) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``with respect to 
     fiscal year 1998 or 1999'';
       (F) in subparagraph (B)(ii)--
       (i) by inserting ``with respect to fiscal year 1998, 1999, 
     or 2000,'' after ``subsection (e),''; and
       (ii) by striking ``2002'' and inserting ``2004''; and
       (G) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(C) Amounts used in computing redistributions for fiscal 
     year 2000.--For purposes of subparagraph (A)(i)(III)--
       ``(i) the amount specified in this clause is the amount 
     specified in paragraph (2)(B)(i)(I) for fiscal year 2000, 
     less the total amount remaining available pursuant to 
     paragraph (2)(A)(iii);
       ``(ii) the amount specified in this clause for a State is 
     the amount by which the State's expenditures under this title 
     in fiscal years 2000, 2001, and 2002 exceed the State's 
     allotment for fiscal year 2000 under subsection (b); and
       ``(iii) the amount specified in this clause is the sum, for 
     all States entitled to a redistribution under subparagraph 
     (A) from the allotments for fiscal year 2000, of the amounts 
     specified in clause (ii).''.
       (3) Conforming amendments.--Such section 2104(g) is further 
     amended--
       (A) in its heading, by striking ``and 1999'' and inserting 
     ``, 1999, and 2000''; and
       (B) in paragraph (3)--
       (i) by striking ``or fiscal year 1999'' and inserting ``, 
     fiscal year 1999, or fiscal year 2000''; and
       (ii) by striking ``or November 30, 2001'' and inserting 
     ``November 30, 2001, or November 30, 2002'', respectively.
       (c) Extension and Revision of Retained and Redistributed 
     Allotments for Fiscal Year 2001.--
       (1) Permitting and extending retention of portion of fiscal 
     year 2001 allotment.--Paragraph (2) of such section 2104(g), 
     as amended in subsection (b)(1)(B), is further amended--
       (A) in the heading, by striking ``2000'' and inserting 
     ``2001''; and
       (B) by adding at the end of subparagraph (A) the following:
       ``(iv) Fiscal year 2001 allotment.--Of the amounts allotted 
     to a State pursuant to this section for fiscal year 2001 that 
     were not expended by the State by the end of fiscal year

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     2003, 50 percent of that amount shall remain available for 
     expenditure by the State through the end of fiscal year 
     2005.''.
       (2) Redistributed allotments.--Paragraph (1) of such 
     section 2104(g), as amended in subsection (b)(2), is further 
     amended--
       (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``or for fiscal year 
     2001 by the end of fiscal year 2003,'' after ``fiscal year 
     2002,'';
       (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``1999, or 2000'' and 
     inserting ``1999, 2000, or 2001'';
       (C) in subparagraph (A)(i)--
       (i) by striking ``or'' at the end of subclause (II),
       (ii) by striking the period at the end of subclause (III) 
     and inserting ``; or''; and
       (iii) by adding at the end the following new subclause:

       ``(IV) the fiscal year 2001 allotment, the amount specified 
     in subparagraph (D)(i) (less the total of the amounts under 
     clause (ii) for such fiscal year), multiplied by the ratio of 
     the amount specified in subparagraph (D)(ii) for the State to 
     the amount specified in subparagraph (D)(iii).'';

       (D) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking ``or 2000'' and 
     inserting ``2000, or 2001'';
       (E) in subparagraph (B)--
       (i) by striking ``and'' at the end of clause (ii);
       (ii) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause (iv); and
       (iii) by inserting after clause (ii) the following new 
     clause:
       ``(iii) notwithstanding subsection (e), with respect to 
     fiscal year 2001, shall remain available for expenditure by 
     the State through the end of fiscal year 2005; and''; and
       (F) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
       ``(D) Amounts used in computing redistributions for fiscal 
     year 2001.--For purposes of subparagraph (A)(i)(IV)--
       ``(i) the amount specified in this clause is the amount 
     specified in paragraph (2)(B)(i)(I) for fiscal year 2001, 
     less the total amount remaining available pursuant to 
     paragraph (2)(A)(iv);
       ``(ii) the amount specified in this clause for a State is 
     the amount by which the State's expenditures under this title 
     in fiscal years 2001, 2002, and 2003 exceed the State's 
     allotment for fiscal year 2001 under subsection (b); and
       ``(iii) the amount specified in this clause is the sum, for 
     all States entitled to a redistribution under subparagraph 
     (A) from the allotments for fiscal year 2001, of the amounts 
     specified in clause (ii).''.
       (3) Conforming amendments.--Such section 2104(g) is further 
     amended--
       (A) in its heading, by striking ``and 2000'' and inserting 
     ``2000, and 2001''; and
       (B) in paragraph (3)--
       (i) by striking ``or fiscal year 2000'' and inserting 
     ``fiscal year 2000, or fiscal year 2001''; and
       (ii) by striking ``or November 30, 2002,'' and inserting 
     ``November 30, 2002, or November 30, 2003,'', respectively.
       (d) Effective Date.--This section, and the amendments made 
     by this section, shall be effective as if this section had 
     been enacted on September 30, 2002, and amounts under title 
     XXI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397aa et seq.) 
     from allotments for fiscal years 1998 through 2000 are 
     available for expenditure on and after October 1, 2002, under 
     the amendments made by this section as if this section had 
     been enacted on September 30, 2002.

  The bill was ordered to be engrossed and read a third time, was read 
the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the 
table.

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