I 
115TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1717 
To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise the amount of minimum 
allotments under the Projects for Assistance in Transition from Home-
lessness Program. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 23, 2017 
Mr. WELCH (for himself and Mr. CRAMER) 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. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘PATH Fairness Act 
of 2017’’. 
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SEC. 2. MINIMUM ALLOTMENTS UNDER THE PROJECTS 
FOR 
ASSISTANCE 
IN 
TRANSITION 
FROM 
HOMELESSNESS PROGRAM. 
Section 524 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 290cc–24) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 524. DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT OF ALLOTMENT. 
‘‘(a) DETERMINATION UNDER FORMULA.—Subject 
to subsection (b), the allotment required by section 521 
for a State for a fiscal year is the product of— 
‘‘(1) an amount equal to the amount appro-
priated under section 535 for the fiscal year; and 
‘‘(2) a percentage equal to the quotient of— 
‘‘(A) an amount equal to the population 
living in urbanized areas of the State involved, 
as indicated by the most recent data collected 
by the Bureau of the Census; and 
‘‘(B) an amount equal to the population 
living in urbanized areas of the United States, 
as indicated by the sum of the respective 
amounts determined for the States under sub-
paragraph (A). 
‘‘(b) MINIMUM ALLOTMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
the allotment for a State under section 521 for a fis-
cal year shall, at a minimum, be the greater of— 
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‘‘(A) the amount the State received under 
section 521 for fiscal year 2016; and 
‘‘(B) $750,000 for each of the several 
States, the District of Columbia, and the Com-
monwealth of Puerto Rico, and $100,000 for 
each of Guam, the Virgin Islands, American 
Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
Mariana Islands. 
‘‘(2) CONDITION.—If the funds appropriated 
for any fiscal year under section 535 are insufficient 
to ensure that States receive a minimum allotment 
in accordance with paragraph (1), then— 
‘‘(A) no State shall receive less than the 
amount received by the State in fiscal year 
2016; and 
‘‘(B) any funds remaining after amounts 
are provided under subparagraph (A) shall be 
used to meet the requirement of paragraph 
(1)(B), to the maximum extent possible.’’. 
SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 
Section 535(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 
U.S.C. 290cc–35(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘$64,635,000 
for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022’’ and inserting 
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‘‘$150,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 
2022’’. 
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