advisor program works in cooperation with, and as a com-
plement to, the Community Health Representative Pro-
gram.
SEC. 2321. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this chapter:
(1) The term ‘‘authorized program services’’,
with respect to a community health advisor program,
means the services specified in section 2314(b)(2).
(2) The term ‘‘community health advisor’’ has
the meaning given such term in section 2314(d).
(3) The term ‘‘community health advisor pro-
gram’’ means a program carried out under section
2314(b).
(4) The term ‘‘financial assistance’’, with re-
spect to an award under section 2313, means a
grant, cooperative agreement, or a contract.
(5) The term ‘‘funding agreement’’ means an
agreement required as a condition of receiving an
award under section 2313.
(6) The term ‘‘Healthy People 2000 Objectives’’
has the meaning given such term in section 2314(d).
(7) The term ‘‘medically underserved commu-
nity’’ has the meaning given such term in section
2314(d).
(8) The term ‘‘official poverty line’’ means the
official poverty line established by the Director of
the Office of Management and Budget and revised
by the Secretary in accordance with section 673(2)
of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981,
which poverty line is applicable to the size of the
family involved.
(9) The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means the Secretary
of Health and Human Services.
(10) The term ‘‘State’’ means each of the sev-
eral States, the District of Columbia, and each of
the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, American
Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, the Virgin Islands, and the Trust
Territory of the Pacific Islands.
(11) The term ‘‘State involved’’, with respect to
an applicant for an award under section 2313,
means the State in which the applicant is to carry
out a community health advisor program.
SEC. 2322. FUNDING.
(a) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the
purpose of carrying out this chapter, there is authorized
to be appropriated $100,000,000 for each of the fiscal
years 1995 through 2000.
(b) EFFECT OF INSUFFICIENT APPROPRIATIONS FOR
MINIMUM ALLOTMENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—If the amounts made avail-
able under subsection (a) for a fiscal year are insuf-
ficient for providing each State (or entity designated
by the State pursuant to section 2313, as the case
may be) with an award under section 2313 in an
amount equal to or greater than the amount speci-
fied in section 2317(a)(2), the Secretary shall, from
such amounts as are made available under sub-
section (a), make such awards on a discretionary
basis.
(2) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—For purposes of
paragraph (1), awards under section 2313 are made
on a discretionary basis if the Secretary determines
which States (or entities designated by States pursu-
ant to such section, as the case may be) are to re-
ceive such awards, subject to meeting the require-
ments of this chapter for such an award, and the
Secretary determines the amount of such awards.
TITLE III—AMENDMENTS OF IN-
TERNAL REVENUE CODE OF
1986
Subtitle A—Reduction in Employee
Payroll Taxes; Credit for First-
Time Homebuyers
SEC. 3001. CREDIT FOR PORTION OF SOCIAL SECURITY
TAXES.
(a) GENERAL RULE.—Subpart C of part IV of sub-
chapter A of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of
1986 (relating to refundable credits) is amended by redes-
ignating section 35 as section 36 and by inserting after
section 34 the following new section:
‘‘SEC. 35. CREDIT FOR PORTION OF SOCIAL SECURITY
TAXES.
‘‘(a) ALLOWANCE OF CREDIT.—In the case of an in-
dividual, there shall be allowed as a credit against the tax
imposed by this subtitle for the taxable year an amount
equal to 20 percent of the taxpayer’s social security taxes
for the taxable year.
‘‘(b) LIMITATION.—The amount of the credit allow-
able under subsection (a) to any taxpayer for any taxable
year shall not exceed $200 ($400 in the case of a joint
return).