I 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5571 
To provide an increased allocation of funding for assistance in persistent 
poverty counties, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 18, 2014 
Mr. CLYBURN (for himself, Ms. BASS, Mrs. BEATTY, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, 
Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. BUTTERFIELD, Mr. CARSON of Indiana, Mrs. 
CHRISTENSEN, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. CLAY, Mr. CLEAVER, Mr. 
CONYERS, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. DANNY K. DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. 
EDWARDS, Mr. ELLISON, Mr. FATTAH, Mr. AL GREEN of Texas, Mr. 
HASTINGS
of Florida, Mr. HORSFORD, Ms. JACKSON
LEE, Mr. 
JEFFRIES, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. JOHNSON of 
Georgia, Ms. LEE of California, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. MEEKS, Ms. MOORE, 
Ms. NORTON, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. RICHMOND, Mr. RUSH, Mr. 
DAVID SCOTT of Georgia, Mr. SCOTT of Virginia, Ms. SEWELL of Ala-
bama, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. VEASEY, Ms. WATERS, and Ms. 
WILSON of Florida) introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and in addition to the 
Committees on Agriculture, Transportation and Infrastructure, Financial 
Services, Science, Space, and Technology, Energy and Commerce, and the 
Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in 
each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
tion of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide an increased allocation of funding for assistance 
in persistent poverty counties, and for other purposes. 
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. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘10-20-30 Act of 
2014’’. 
SEC. 2. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS FOR ASSISTANCE IN PER-
SISTENT POVERTY COUNTIES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provi-
sion of law, of the funds made available (if any) in each 
of fiscal years 2015 through 2025 in any appropriations 
Act for each of the following accounts or activities, 10 per-
cent of such funds shall be allocated for assistance in per-
sistent poverty counties: 
(1) ‘‘Department of Agriculture, Rural Develop-
ment Programs’’. 
(2) ‘‘Department of Commerce, Economic De-
velopment Administration, Economic Development 
Assistance Programs’’. 
(3) ‘‘Department of Commerce, National Insti-
tute of Standards and Technology, Construction’’. 
(4) ‘‘Department of Education, Fund for the 
Improvement of Education’’. 
(5) ‘‘Department of Education, Fund for the 
Improvement of Postsecondary Education’’. 
(6) ‘‘Department of Labor, Employment and 
Training Administration, Training and Employment 
Services’’. 
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(7) ‘‘Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices, Health Resources and Services Administra-
tion’’. 
(8) ‘‘Department of Housing and Urban Devel-
opment, Economic Development Initiative’’. 
(9) ‘‘Department of Justice, Office of Justice 
Programs’’. 
(10) ‘‘Environmental Protection Agency, State 
and Tribal Assistance Grants, Water and Waste-
water’’. 
(11) ‘‘Department of Transportation, Federal 
Highway Administration, Transportation Commu-
nity and System Preservation’’. 
(12) ‘‘Department of the Treasury, Community 
Development Financial Institutions’’. 
(b) DETERMINATION
OF
PERSISTENT
POVERTY 
COUNTIES.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘per-
sistent poverty counties’’ means any county with a poverty 
rate of at least 20 percent, as determined in each of the 
1990 and 2000 decennial censuses and the Bureau of the 
Census’s Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates 
(‘‘SAIPE’’) for the most recent year for which SAIPE 
data is available. 
(c) REPORTS.—Not later than six months after the 
date of the enactment of this Act, each department or 
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agency listed in subsection (a) shall submit to Congress 
a progress report on the implementation of this section. 
Æ 
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