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[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1056 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1056

   To require that defense reinvestment and economic growth funds be 
  allocated among communities on the basis of the relative levels of 
reductions in employment experienced in such communities as a result of 
            reduced spending for national defense functions.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                May 27 (legislative day, April 19), 1993

Mrs. Feinstein (for herself, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Thurmond, Mr. Hollings, 
and Mrs. Boxer) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
           referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL

 
   To require that defense reinvestment and economic growth funds be 
  allocated among communities on the basis of the relative levels of 
reductions in employment experienced in such communities as a result of 
            reduced spending for national defense functions.

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

SECTION 1. ALLOCATION OF DEFENSE CONVERSION FUNDS ON THE BASIS OF JOB 
              LOSSES.

    (a) Allocation Requirement.--(1) Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, funds available for providing assistance under a 
program referred to in subsection (b) to or in communities adversely 
affected by conditions described in paragraph (2) shall be allocated 
among such communities on the basis of the relative levels of 
reductions in employment experienced in such communities as a result of 
such conditions. On that basis, communities experiencing higher levels 
of such reductions in employment than are experienced by other 
communities shall be allocated a commensurately higher level of funding 
than is allocated to such other communities.
    (2) The conditions referred to in paragraph (1) are as follows:
            (A) A significant reduction in Federal spending levels for 
        national defense functions.
            (B) A significant reduction in the size of the Armed Forces 
        of the United States.
            (C) A base closure or realignment by the Department of 
        Defense.
    (b) Programs Covered.--This section applies to each Federal program 
providing any of the following assistance:
            (1) Job training assistance or other employment adjustment 
        assistance.
            (2) Economic planning, development, or conversion 
        assistance.
            (3) Assistance for developing and applying new technologies 
        for nondefense commercial purposes.
    (c) Allocation Responsibilities.--The head of the department or 
agency of the Federal Government responsible for the administration of 
a program described in subsection (b) shall develop for, and apply in, 
the administration of such program an allocation formula that meets the 
requirements of this section.

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