H. R. 2854
One Hundred Eighth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday,
the seventh day of January, two thousand and three
An Act
To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend the availability of allotments
for fiscal years 1998 through 2001 under the State Children’s Health Insurance
Program, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. EXTENSION OF AVAILABILITY OF SCHIP ALLOTMENTS FOR
FISCAL YEARS 1998 THROUGH 2001.
(a) EXTENDING
AVAILABILITY
OF
SCHIP ALLOTMENTS
FOR
FISCAL YEARS 1998 THROUGH 2001.—
(1) RETAINED AND REDISTRIBUTED ALLOTMENTS FOR FISCAL
YEARS 1998 AND 1999.—Paragraphs (2)(A)(i) and (2)(A)(ii) of sec-
tion 2104(g) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397dd(g))
are each amended by striking ‘‘fiscal year 2002’’ and inserting
‘‘fiscal year 2004’’.
(2) EXTENSION AND REVISION OF RETAINED AND REDISTRIB-
UTED ALLOTMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2000.—
(A) PERMITTING AND EXTENDING RETENTION OF PORTION
OF FISCAL YEAR 2000 ALLOTMENT.—Paragraph (2) of such
section 2104(g) is amended—
(i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘AND
1999’’ and
inserting ‘‘THROUGH 2000’’; and
(ii) by adding at the end of subparagraph (A) the
following:
‘‘(iii) FISCAL
YEAR
2000
ALLOTMENT.—Of the
amounts allotted to a State pursuant to this section
for fiscal year 2000 that were not expended by the
State by the end of fiscal year 2002, 50 percent of
that amount shall remain available for expenditure
by the State through the end of fiscal year 2004.’’.
(B) REDISTRIBUTED
ALLOTMENTS.—Paragraph (1) of
such section 2104(g) is amended—
(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘or for fiscal
year 2000 by the end of fiscal year 2002,’’ after ‘‘fiscal
year 2001,’’;
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘1998 or 1999’’
and inserting ‘‘1998, 1999, or 2000’’;
(iii) in subparagraph (A)(i)—
(I) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subclause
(I),
(II) by striking the period at the end of sub-
clause (II) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(III) by adding at the end the following new
subclause:
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‘‘(III) the fiscal year 2000 allotment, the
amount specified in subparagraph (C)(i) (less the
total of the amounts under clause (ii) for such
fiscal year), multiplied by the ratio of the amount
specified in subparagraph (C)(ii) for the State to
the amount specified in subparagraph (C)(iii).’’;
(iv) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking ‘‘or 1999’’
and inserting ‘‘, 1999, or 2000’’;
(v) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘with respect
to fiscal year 1998 or 1999’’;
(vi) in subparagraph (B)(ii)—
(I) by inserting ‘‘with respect to fiscal year
1998, 1999, or 2000,’’ after ‘‘subsection (e),’’; and
(II) by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2004’’;
and
(vii) by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
‘‘(C) AMOUNTS USED IN COMPUTING REDISTRIBUTIONS
FOR
FISCAL
YEAR
2000.—For purposes of subparagraph
(A)(i)(III)—
‘‘(i) the amount specified in this clause is the
amount specified in paragraph (2)(B)(i)(I) for fiscal year
2000, less the total amount remaining available pursu-
ant to paragraph (2)(A)(iii);
‘‘(ii) the amount specified in this clause for a State
is the amount by which the State’s expenditures under
this title in fiscal years 2000, 2001, and 2002 exceed
the State’s allotment for fiscal year 2000 under sub-
section (b); and
‘‘(iii) the amount specified in this clause is the
sum, for all States entitled to a redistribution under
subparagraph (A) from the allotments for fiscal year
2000, of the amounts specified in clause (ii).’’.
(C) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Such section 2104(g)
is further amended—
(i) in its heading, by striking ‘‘AND 1999’’ and
inserting ‘‘, 1999, AND 2000’’; and
(ii) in paragraph (3)—
(I) by striking ‘‘or fiscal year 1999’’ and
inserting ‘‘, fiscal year 1999, or fiscal year 2000’’;
and
(II) by striking ‘‘or November 30, 2001’’ and
inserting ‘‘November 30, 2001, or November 30,
2002’’, respectively.
(3) EXTENSION AND REVISION OF RETAINED AND REDISTRIB-
UTED ALLOTMENTS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2001.—
(A) PERMITTING AND EXTENDING RETENTION OF PORTION
OF FISCAL YEAR 2001 ALLOTMENT.—Paragraph (2) of such
section 2104(g), as amended in paragraph (2)(A)(ii), is fur-
ther amended—
(i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘2000’’ and inserting
‘‘2001’’; and
(ii) by adding at the end of subparagraph (A) the
following:
‘‘(iv) 
FISCAL
YEAR
2001
ALLOTMENT.—Of 
the
amounts allotted to a State pursuant to this section
for fiscal year 2001 that were not expended by the