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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 252 

To require an annual report on Federal funds distributed by Federal agencies 

through grant programs, formula programs, or otherwise, and for other 

purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 7, 2011 

Mr. SERRANO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 

A BILL 

To require an annual report on Federal funds distributed 

by Federal agencies through grant programs, formula 

programs, or otherwise, 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 ‘‘Territorial Funding 

5 Information Act of 2011’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REPORT ON DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL FUNDING. 

7 (a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 6 months 

8 after the date of the enactment of this Act, and December 

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1 eral agency shall submit a report to the Comptroller Gen2 eral of the United States that describes Federal funds dis3 tributed by that Federal agency for the preceding fiscal 

4 year, through grant programs, formula programs, or oth5 erwise, to each of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the 

6 United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, 

7 and the Northern Mariana Islands (in this section referred 

8 to as the ‘‘territories’’), each State, and the District of 

9 Columbia. 

10 (b) REPORT CONTENTS.—A report submitted under 

11 subsection (a) shall include the following with regard to 

12 the Federal agency submitting the report: 

13 (1) The title and a short description of the pro14 gram under which Federal funds were distributed. 

15 (2) The formula, if any, used to distribute Fed16 eral funds under the program. 

17 (3) A description of any difference between the 

18 treatment of each of the territories, each State, and 

19 the District of Columbia, concerning the distribution 

20 of Federal funds under each program listed under 

21 paragraph (1). 

22 (4) A citation to the Federal law, if any, that 

23 authorized the treatment described under paragraph 

24 (3). 


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1 (5) The employment location of Federal agency 

2 employees in each of the territories, each State, and 

3 the District of Columbia. 

4 (6) The number and location of all field offices 

5 of the Federal agency in each of the territories, each 

6 State, and the District of Columbia. 

7 (c) GENERAL ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE REPORT.— 

8 Not later than 10 months after the date of enactment of 

9 this Act, and April 30 each year beginning thereafter, the 

10 Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to 

11 the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep12 resentatives and the Committee on Appropriations of the 

13 Senate a comprehensive report describing and estimating 

14 the effects of differential treatment of the territories as 

15 described in the reports submitted under subsection (a). 

16 (d) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Hereafter, no 

17 Federal funds may be distributed through grant pro18 grams, formula programs, or otherwise, unless in such dis19 tribution each of the territories are treated on the same 

20 basis and in the same manner as each of the States and 

21 the District of Columbia, unless such treatment is— 

22 (1) otherwise authorized by Federal law; or 

23 (2) consented to, in writing, by the chief execu24 tive officer of each territory not so treated. 


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1 (e) FEDERAL AGENCY DEFINED.—In this Act, the 

2 term ‘‘Federal agency’’ has the meaning given the term 

3 ‘‘Executive agency’’ by section 105 of title 5, United 

4 States Code. 

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