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110TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1489 

To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to eliminate the remainder 

of the funding shortfalls in the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) for fiscal year 2007. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 13, 2007 

Mr. BARROW (for himself, Mr. MARSHALL, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. 

JOHNSON of Georgia, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, and Mr. SCOTT of Georgia) 

introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 

A BILL 

To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to eliminate 

the remainder of the funding shortfalls in the State 

Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP) for fiscal 

year 2007. 

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

3 SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF REMAINDER OF SCHIP FUND4 ING SHORTFALLS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007. 

5 (a) ELIMINATION OF REMAINDER OF FUNDING

6 SHORTFALLS, TIERED MATCH, AND OTHER LIMITATION

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1 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1397dd(h)), as added by section 

2 201(a) of the National Institutes of Health Reform Act 

3 of 2006 (Public Law 109–482), is amended— 

4 (1) in the heading for paragraph (2), by strik5 ing ‘‘REMAINDER OF REDUCTION’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘PART OF’’; and 

7 (2) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the 

8 following: 

9 ‘‘(4) ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS TO ELIMINATE RE10 MAINDER OF FISCAL YEAR 2007 FUNDING SHORT11 FALLS.— 

12 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

13 allot to each remaining shortfall State described 

14 in subparagraph (B) such amount as the Sec15 retary determines will eliminate the estimated 

16 shortfall described in such subparagraph for the 

17 State for fiscal year 2007. 

18 ‘‘(B) REMAINING SHORTFALL STATE DE19 SCRIBED.—For purposes of subparagraph (A), 

20 a remaining shortfall State is a State with a 

21 State child health plan approved under this title 

22 for which the Secretary estimates, on the basis 

23 of the most recent data available to the Sec24 retary as of the date of the enactment of this 

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1 tures under such plan for the State for fiscal 

2 year 2007 will exceed the sum of— 

3 ‘‘(i) the amount of the State’s allot4 ments for each of fiscal years 2005 and 

5 2006 that will not be expended by the end 

6 of fiscal year 2006; 

7 ‘‘(ii) the amount of the State’s allot8 ment for fiscal year 2007; and 

9 ‘‘(iii) the amounts, if any, that are to 

10 be redistributed to the State during fiscal 

11 year 2007 in accordance with paragraphs 

12 (1) and (2). 

13 ‘‘(C) APPROPRIATION; ALLOTMENT AU14 THORITY.—For the purpose of providing addi15 tional allotments to remaining shortfall States 

16 under this paragraph there is appropriated, out 

17 of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise ap18 propriated, such sums as are necessary for fis19 cal year 2007.’’. 

20 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 2104(h) 

21 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1397dd(h)) (as so added), is 

22 amended— 

23 (1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘subject to 

24 paragraph (4)(B) and’’; 


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1 (2) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘subject to 

2 paragraph (4)(B) and’’; 

3 (3) in paragraph (5)(A), by striking ‘‘and (3)’’ 

4 and inserting ‘‘(3), and (4)’’; and 

5 (4) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and (3)’’ and 

6 inserting ‘‘(3), and (4)’’. 

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