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117TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 5198 

To amend title VI of the Social Security Act to make eligible revenue sharing 

consolidated governments eligible for payments from the Local Assistance 

and Tribal Consistency Fund, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

DECEMBER 7, 2022 

Mr. TESTER (for himself and Ms. MURKOWSKI) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance 

A BILL 

To amend title VI of the Social Security Act to make eligible 

revenue sharing consolidated governments eligible for 

payments from the Local Assistance and Tribal Consistency Fund, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Local Assistance Fair5 ness Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ALLOWING PAYMENTS TO ELIGIBLE REVENUE 

2 SHARING CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS 

3 FROM LOCAL ASSISTANCE AND TRIBAL CON4 SISTENCY FUND. 

5 Section 605 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

6 805) is amended— 

7 (1) in subsection (b)— 

8 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘For 

9 each of’’ and inserting ‘‘Subject to paragraph 

10 (3), for each of’’; and 

11 (B) by adding at the end the following new 

12 paragraph: 

13 ‘‘(3) PAYMENTS TO ELIGIBLE REVENUE SHAR14 ING CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENTS.—In making al15 locations and payments under paragraph (1), the 

16 Secretary shall apply such paragraph by substituting 

17 ‘eligible revenue sharing county and eligible revenue 

18 sharing consolidated government’ for ‘eligible rev19 enue sharing county’ each place it appears.’’; 

20 (2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘or an eligible 

21 Tribal government’’ and inserting ‘‘, an eligible 

22 Tribal government, or an eligible revenue sharing 

23 consolidated government’’; 

24 (3) in subsections (d) and (e), by inserting ‘‘or 

25 eligible revenue sharing consolidated government’’ 


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1 after ‘‘eligible revenue sharing county’’ each place it 

2 appears; and 

3 (4) in subsection (f)— 

4 (A) by redesignating paragraphs (1) 

5 through (4) as paragraphs (2) through (5), re6 spectively; and 

7 (B) by inserting before paragraph (2) (as 

8 so redesignated) the following new paragraph: 

9 ‘‘(1) ELIGIBLE REVENUE SHARING CONSOLI10 DATED GOVERNMENT.—The term ‘eligible revenue 

11 sharing consolidated government’ means— 

12 ‘‘(A) a county, parish, or borough— 

13 ‘‘(i) that has been classified by the 

14 Bureau of the Census as an active govern15 ment consolidated with another govern16 ment; and 

17 ‘‘(ii) for which, as determined by the 

18 Secretary, there is a negative revenue im19 pact due to implementation of a Federal 

20 program or changes to such program; and 

21 ‘‘(B) a unit of general local government 

22 described in section 6901(2)(A)(ii) of title 31, 

23 United States Code, for which a payment may 


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1 be made to the State of Alaska under section 

2 6902(a)(2) of that title.’’. 

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