[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1237 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
108th CONGRESS
1st Session
S. 1237
To amend the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to provide for more equitable
allotment of funds to States for centers for independent living.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
June 11, 2003
Mr. Bennett (for himself, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Crapo, Mr. Craig, and Mr.
Dorgan) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
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A BILL
To amend the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to provide for more equitable
allotment of funds to States for centers for independent living.
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 ``Independent Living Improvement Act
of 2003''.
SEC. 2. STATE ALLOTMENTS FOR CENTERS FOR INDEPENDENT LIVING.
Section 721 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 796f) is
amended by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following:
``(c) Allotments to States.--
``(1) Definitions.--In this subsection:
``(A) Additional appropriation.--The term
`additional appropriation' means the amount (if any) by
which the appropriation for a fiscal year exceeds the
total of--
``(i) the amount reserved under subsection
(b) for that fiscal year; and
``(ii) the appropriation for fiscal year
2003.
``(B) Appropriation.--The term `appropriation'
means the amount appropriated to carry out this part.
``(C) Base appropriation.--The term `base
appropriation' means the portion of the appropriation
for a fiscal year that is equal to the lesser of--
``(i) an amount equal to 100 percent of the
appropriation, minus the amount reserved under
subsection (b) for that fiscal year; or
``(ii) the appropriation for fiscal year
2003.
``(2) Allotments to states from base appropriation.--After
the reservation required by subsection (b) has been made, the
Commissioner shall allot to each State whose State plan has
been approved under section 706 an amount that bears the same
ratio to the base appropriation as the amount the State
received under this subsection for fiscal year 2003 bears to
the total amount that all States received under this subsection
for fiscal year 2003.
``(3) Allotments to states additional appropriation.--From
any additional appropriation for each fiscal year, the
Commissioner shall allot to each State whose State plan has
been approved under section 706 an amount equal to the sum of--
``(A) an amount that bears the same ratio to 50
percent of the additional appropriation as the
population of the State bears to the population of all
States; and
``(B) \1/56\ of 50 percent of the additional
appropriation.
``(4) Maintenance of effort.--
``(A) In general.--The Commissioner shall not make
a payment for the allotments described in this
subsection to any State for a fiscal year unless the
Commissioner--
``(i) determines that the State independent
living expenditure for the first preceding
fiscal year is not less than the State
independent living expenditure for the second
preceding fiscal year; or
``(ii) reduces the amount of the payment by
the amount by which the State independent
living expenditure for the second preceding
fiscal year exceeds the State independent
living expenditure for the first preceding
fiscal year.
``(B) Definition.--In this subsection, the term
`State independent living expenditure', used with
respect to a fiscal year, means the total expenditure
in the State of other Federal funds (other than funds
made available to carry out this part), State funds,
and local funds for that fiscal year to provide
assistance for centers for independent living.''.
SEC. 3. REPORT.
Section 704(m)(4)(D) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C.
795c(m)(4)(D)) is amended by inserting ``, including reports indicating
the manner in which and extent to which the State complied with the
maintenance of effort requirement specified in section
721(c)(4)(A)(i)'' before the semicolon.
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