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108TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1211
To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide Federal aid and economic 
stimulus through a one-time revenue grant to the States and their 
local governments. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 11, 2003
Mr. WEINER introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Government Reform 
A BILL 
To amend title 31, United States Code, to provide Federal 
aid and economic stimulus through a one-time revenue 
grant to the States and their local governments.
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 ‘‘State and Local Aid 
and Economic Stimulus Act of 2003’’.
SEC. 2. ONE-TIME REVENUE GRANT TO STATES AND LOCAL 
GOVERNMENTS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 67 of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new section: 
‘‘§ 6721. One-time revenue grant to States and local 
governments 
‘‘(a) APPROPRIATION.—There is appropriated to 
carry out this section $40,000,000,000 for fiscal year 
2003. 
‘‘(b) ALLOTMENTS.—From the amount appropriated 
under subsection (a) for fiscal year 2003, the Secretary 
of the Treasury shall, as soon as practicable after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, allot to each of the States 
as follows: 
‘‘(1) $20 BILLION BASED ON POPULATION.—
‘‘(A) 
STATE
LEVEL.—$10,000,000,000 
shall be allotted among such States on the basis 
of the relative population of each such State, as 
determined by the Secretary on the basis of the 
most recent satisfactory data. 
‘‘(B) 
LOCAL
GOVERNMENT
LEVEL.—
$10,000,000,000 shall be allotted among such 
States as determined under subparagraph (A) 
for distribution to the various units of general 
local government within such States on the
basis of the relative population of each such 
unit within each such State, as determined by 
the Secretary on the basis of the most recent 
satisfactory data. 
‘‘(2) $20 BILLION BASED ON CHANGE IN UNEM-
PLOYMENT RATE.—
‘‘(A) TIER 1.—
‘‘(i) STATE
LEVEL.—$2,500,000,000 
shall be allotted among such States which 
have experienced a tier 1 unemployment 
rate on the basis of the relative number of 
unemployed individuals for calendar year 
2002 in each such State, as determined by 
the Secretary on the basis of the most re-
cent satisfactory data. 
‘‘(ii) LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEVEL.—
$2,500,000,000 shall be allotted among 
such States which have experienced a tier 
1 unemployment rate as determined under 
clause (i) for distribution to the various 
units of general local government within 
such States on the basis of the relative 
number of unemployed individuals for cal-
endar year 2002 in each such unit within 
each such State, as determined by the Sec-
retary on the basis of the most recent sat-
isfactory data. 
‘‘(B) TIER 2.—
‘‘(i) STATE
LEVEL.—$7,500,000,000 
shall be allotted among such States which 
have experienced a tier 2 unemployment 
rate on the basis of the relative number of 
unemployed individuals for calendar year 
2002 in each such State, as determined by 
the Secretary on the basis of the most re-
cent satisfactory data. 
‘‘(ii) LOCAL GOVERNMENT LEVEL.—
$7,500,000,000 shall be allotted among 
such States which have experienced a tier 
2 unemployment rate as determined under 
clause (i) for distribution to the various 
units of general local government within 
such States on the basis of the relative 
number of unemployed individuals for cal-
endar year 2002 in each such unit within 
each such State, as determined by the Sec-
retary on the basis of the most recent sat-
isfactory data. 
‘‘(c) GUIDELINES FOR USE OF FUNDS.—It is the 
sense of Congress that priority for using the funds allotted
under this section should be given to homeland security, 
medicaid, public health, highway construction, childcare, 
elementary, secondary, and higher education, and the pre-
vention of additional property tax increases. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section—
‘‘(1) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means any of 
the several States, the District of Columbia, and the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. 
‘‘(2) UNIT
OF
GENERAL
LOCAL
GOVERN-
MENT.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘unit of gen-
eral local government’ means—
‘‘(i) a county, parish, township, city, 
or political subdivision of a county, parish, 
township, or city, that is a unit of general 
local government as determined by the Sec-
retary of Commerce for general statistical 
purposes; and 
‘‘(ii) the District of Columbia, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the 
recognized governing body of an Indian 
tribe or Alaskan native village that carries 
out substantial governmental duties and 
powers.
‘‘(B) TREATMENT OF SUBSUMED AREAS.—
For purposes of determining a unit of general 
local government under this section, the rules 
under section 6720(c) of this title shall apply. 
‘‘(3) UNEMPLOYMENT.—With respect to any 
State or unit of general local government—
‘‘(A) TIER 1 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE.—The 
term ‘tier 1 unemployment rate’ means an un-
employment rate for calendar year 2002 which 
was at least .4 but not more than 1.0 percent-
age point greater than such rate for calendar 
year 2000. 
‘‘(B) TIER 2 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE.—The 
term ‘tier 2 unemployment rate’ means an un-
employment rate for calendar year 2002 which 
was more than 1.0 percentage point greater 
than such rate for calendar year 2000.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—The table of sec-
tions for chapter 67 of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new item:
‘‘6721. One-time revenue grant to States and local governments.’’.
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