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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3141 

To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise the amount of minimum 

allotments under the Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness program. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

OCTOBER 6, 2011 

Mr. WELCH (for himself and Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky) introduced the following 

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

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. 

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

3 SECTION 1. MINIMUM ALLOTMENTS UNDER THE PROJECTS 

4 FOR ASSISTANCE IN TRANSITION FROM 

5 HOMELESSNESS PROGRAM. 

6 Section 524 of the Public Health Service Act (42 

7 U.S.C. 290cc–24) is amended to read as follows: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 524. DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT OF ALLOTMENT. 

2 ‘‘(a) DETERMINATION UNDER FORMULA.—Subject 

3 to subsection (b), the allotment required in section 521 

4 for a State for a fiscal year is the product of— 

5 ‘‘(1) an amount equal to the amount appro6 priated under section 535 for the fiscal year; and 

7 ‘‘(2) a percentage equal to the quotient of— 

8 ‘‘(A) an amount equal to the population 

9 living in urbanized areas of the State involved, 

10 as indicated by the most recent data collected 

11 by the Bureau of the Census; and 

12 ‘‘(B) an amount equal to the population 

13 living in urbanized areas of the United States, 

14 as indicated by the sum of the respective 

15 amounts determined for the States under sub16 paragraph (A). 

17 ‘‘(b) MINIMUM ALLOTMENT.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 

19 the allotment for a State under section 521 for a fis20 cal year shall, at a minimum, be the greater of— 

21 ‘‘(A) the amount the State received under 

22 section 521 in fiscal year 2010; and 

23 ‘‘(B) $750,000 for each of the several 

24 States, the District of Columbia, and the Com25 monwealth of Puerto Rico, and $100,000 for 

26 each of Guam, the Virgin Islands, American 


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1 Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 

2 Mariana Islands. 

3 ‘‘(2) CONDITION.—If the funds appropriated in 

4 any fiscal year under section 535 are insufficient to 

5 ensure that States receive a minimum allotment in 

6 accordance with paragraph (1), then— 

7 ‘‘(A) no State shall receive less than the 

8 amount they received in fiscal year 2010; and 

9 ‘‘(B) any funds remaining after amounts 

10 are provided under subparagraph (A) shall be 

11 used to meet the requirement of paragraph 

12 (1)(B), to the maximum extent possible.’’. 

13 SEC. 2. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (a) of section 535 of 

15 the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290cc–35) is 

16 amended by striking ‘‘$75,000,000 for each of the fiscal 

17 years 2001 through 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘$150,000,000 

18 for each of fiscal years 2012 through 2016’’. 

19 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 521 of the 

20 Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 290cc–21) is amend21 ed by striking ‘‘fiscal years 1991 through 1994’’ and in22 serting ‘‘fiscal years 2012 through 2016’’. 

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