I 
111TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 5238 
To exempt the State of Utah from Federal programs in the areas of edu-
cation, transportation, and Medicaid so that the State of Utah can 
undertake innovative methods to manage these government programs 
using Utah’s portion of Federal revenues for these programs, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MAY 6, 2010 
Mr. BISHOP of Utah (for himself and Mr. CHAFFETZ) introduced the following 
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and Labor, and 
in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce and Transpor-
tation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by 
the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall with-
in the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To exempt the State of Utah from Federal programs in 
the areas of education, transportation, and Medicaid so 
that the State of Utah can undertake innovative methods 
to manage these government programs using Utah’s por-
tion of Federal revenues for these programs, and for 
other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Utah Laboratory of 
Democracy Act of 2010’’. 
SEC. 2. UTAH ADMINISTRATION OF FEDERAL EDUCATION, 
TRANSPORTATION, 
AND 
MEDICAID 
PRO-
GRAMS. 
(a) TRANSFER OF ADMINISTRATION.—The Secretary 
of Education, the Secretary of Transportation, and the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall seek to 
enter into an agreement with the State of Utah under 
which the State will assume all responsibility for the ad-
ministration within the State of Federal programs in the 
areas of education, transportation, and Medicaid. The 
State’s administration of the programs shall not be subject 
to oversight or regulation by the Secretaries so as to per-
mit the State to undertake and evaluate innovative meth-
ods to manage the programs. The agreement shall take 
effect on the first day of the first calendar year beginning 
after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(b) RETURN OF TAX REVENUES TO STATE.—If the 
agreement authorized by subsection (a) is entered into by 
the State of Utah, at the beginning of each calendar year 
thereafter, the Secretary of the Treasury shall transfer to 
the State of Utah an amount equal to that portion of the 
estimated tax revenues to be paid by citizens of Utah for 
that calendar year that would be returned to the State 
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through Federal education, transportation, and Medicaid 
programs in the absence of the agreement. If the estimate 
for a calendar year results in an overpayment or under-
payment to the State, the Secretary of the Treasury shall 
adjust the payment for the next calendar year to recover 
the amount of the overpayment or correct the under-
payment. 
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