[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2713 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2713
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 SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
July 21, 2004
Mr. Domenici (for himself and Mr. Kennedy) 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 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. 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 and Territory 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 or Territory received
under section 521 in fiscal year 2004; and
``(B) $600,000 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
and Territories receive a minimum allotment in accordance with
paragraph (1), then--
``(A) no State or Territory shall receive less than
the amount they received in fiscal year 2004; 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.''.
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