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Calendar No. 182
108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 531
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JUNE 26, 2003
Received; read twice and placed on the calendar 
AN ACT 
To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend 
the availability of allotments for fiscal years 1998 
through 2001 under the State Children’s Health Insur-
ance Program (SCHIP).
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. EXTENDING AVAILABILITY OF SCHIP ALLOT-
MENTS FOR FISCAL YEARS 1998 THROUGH 
2001. 
(a) RETAINED AND REDISTRIBUTED ALLOTMENTS 
FOR
FISCAL
YEARS
1998 
AND
1999.—Paragraphs 
(2)(A)(i) and (2)(A)(ii) of section 2104(g) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397dd(g)) are each amended by 
striking ‘‘fiscal year 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year 
2004’’. 
(b) EXTENSION AND REVISION OF RETAINED AND 
REDISTRIBUTED
ALLOTMENTS
FOR
FISCAL
YEAR 
2000.—
(1) PERMITTING AND EXTENDING RETENTION 
OF PORTION OF FISCAL YEAR 2000 ALLOTMENT.—
Paragraph (2) of such section 2104(g) is amended—
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘AND 1999’’ 
and inserting ‘‘THROUGH 2000’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end of subparagraph 
(A) the following: 
‘‘(iii) FISCAL
YEAR
2000
ALLOT-
MENT.—Of the amounts allotted to a State 
pursuant to this section for fiscal year 
2000 that were not expended by the State 
by the end of fiscal year 2002, 50 percent 
of that amount shall remain available for
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expenditure by the State through the end 
of fiscal year 2004.’’. 
(2) REDISTRIBUTED ALLOTMENTS.—Paragraph 
(1) of such section 2104(g) is amended—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘or 
for fiscal year 2000 by the end of fiscal year 
2002,’’ after ‘‘fiscal year 2001,’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘1998 or 1999’’ and inserting ‘‘1998, 1999, or 
2000’’; 
(C) in subparagraph (A)(i)—
(i) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of sub-
clause (I), 
(ii) by striking the period at the end 
of subclause (II) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subclause: 
‘‘(III) the fiscal year 2000 allot-
ment, the amount specified in sub-
paragraph (C)(i) (less the total of the 
amounts under clause (ii) for such fis-
cal year), multiplied by the ratio of 
the amount specified in subparagraph 
(C)(ii) for the State to the amount 
specified in subparagraph (C)(iii).’’;
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(D) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking 
‘‘or 1999’’ and inserting ‘‘, 1999, or 2000’’; 
(E) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘with 
respect to fiscal year 1998 or 1999’’; 
(F) in subparagraph (B)(ii)—
(i) by inserting ‘‘with respect to fiscal 
year 1998, 1999, or 2000,’’ after ‘‘sub-
section (e),’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting 
‘‘2004’’; and 
(G) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(C) AMOUNTS USED IN COMPUTING RE-
DISTRIBUTIONS
FOR
FISCAL
YEAR
2000.—For 
purposes of subparagraph (A)(i)(III)—
‘‘(i) the amount specified in this 
clause is the amount specified in para-
graph (2)(B)(i)(I) for fiscal year 2000, less 
the total amount remaining available pur-
suant to paragraph (2)(A)(iii); 
‘‘(ii) the amount specified in this 
clause for a State is the amount by which 
the State’s expenditures under this title in 
fiscal years 2000, 2001, and 2002 exceed
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the State’s allotment for fiscal year 2000 
under subsection (b); and 
‘‘(iii) the amount specified in this 
clause is the sum, for all States entitled to 
a redistribution under subparagraph (A) 
from the allotments for fiscal year 2000, of 
the amounts specified in clause (ii).’’. 
(3) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such section 
2104(g) is further amended—
(A) in its heading, by striking ‘‘AND 1999’’ 
and inserting ‘‘, 1999, AND 2000’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (3)—
(i) by striking ‘‘or fiscal year 1999’’ 
and inserting ‘‘, fiscal year 1999, or fiscal 
year 2000’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘or November 30, 
2001’’ and inserting ‘‘November 30, 2001, 
or November 30, 2002’’, respectively. 
(c) EXTENSION AND REVISION OF RETAINED AND 
REDISTRIBUTED
ALLOTMENTS
FOR
FISCAL
YEAR 
2001.—
(1) PERMITTING AND EXTENDING RETENTION 
OF PORTION OF FISCAL YEAR 2001 ALLOTMENT.—
Paragraph (2) of such section 2104(g), as amended 
in subsection (b)(1)(B), is further amended—