I 
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 Pro-
gram (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 En-
ergy 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. ELIMINATION OF REMAINDER OF SCHIP FUND-
ING SHORTFALLS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2007. 
(a) ELIMINATION
OF
REMAINDER
OF
FUNDING 
SHORTFALLS, TIERED MATCH, AND OTHER LIMITATION 
ON EXPENDITURES.—Section 2104(h) of the Social Secu-
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rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1397dd(h)), as added by section 
201(a) of the National Institutes of Health Reform Act 
of 2006 (Public Law 109–482), is amended— 
(1) in the heading for paragraph (2), by strik-
ing ‘‘REMAINDER
OF
REDUCTION’’ and inserting 
‘‘PART OF’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (4) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(4) ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS TO ELIMINATE RE-
MAINDER OF FISCAL YEAR 2007 FUNDING SHORT-
FALLS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
allot to each remaining shortfall State described 
in subparagraph (B) such amount as the Sec-
retary determines will eliminate the estimated 
shortfall described in such subparagraph for the 
State for fiscal year 2007. 
‘‘(B) REMAINING SHORTFALL STATE DE-
SCRIBED.—For purposes of subparagraph (A), 
a remaining shortfall State is a State with a 
State child health plan approved under this title 
for which the Secretary estimates, on the basis 
of the most recent data available to the Sec-
retary as of the date of the enactment of this 
paragraph, that the projected federal expendi-
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tures under such plan for the State for fiscal 
year 2007 will exceed the sum of— 
‘‘(i) the amount of the State’s allot-
ments for each of fiscal years 2005 and 
2006 that will not be expended by the end 
of fiscal year 2006; 
‘‘(ii) the amount of the State’s allot-
ment for fiscal year 2007; and 
‘‘(iii) the amounts, if any, that are to 
be redistributed to the State during fiscal 
year 2007 in accordance with paragraphs 
(1) and (2). 
‘‘(C) APPROPRIATION; 
ALLOTMENT
AU-
THORITY.—For the purpose of providing addi-
tional allotments to remaining shortfall States 
under this paragraph there is appropriated, out 
of any funds in the Treasury not otherwise ap-
propriated, such sums as are necessary for fis-
cal year 2007.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 2104(h) 
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1397dd(h)) (as so added), is 
amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘subject to 
paragraph (4)(B) and’’; 
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(2) in paragraph (2)(B), by striking ‘‘subject to 
paragraph (4)(B) and’’; 
(3) in paragraph (5)(A), by striking ‘‘and (3)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(3), and (4)’’; and 
(4) in paragraph (6), by striking ‘‘and (3)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(3), and (4)’’. 
Æ 
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