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112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 252 
To require an annual report on Federal funds distributed by Federal agencies 
through grant programs, formula programs, or otherwise, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JANUARY 7, 2011 
Mr. SERRANO introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Oversight and Government Reform 
A BILL 
To require an annual report on Federal funds distributed 
by Federal agencies through grant programs, formula 
programs, or otherwise, and for other purposes. 
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 ‘‘Territorial Funding 
Information Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. REPORT ON DISTRIBUTION OF FEDERAL FUNDING. 
(a) REPORT REQUIRED.—Not later than 6 months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, and December 
31 each year beginning thereafter, the head of each Fed-
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eral agency shall submit a report to the Comptroller Gen-
eral of the United States that describes Federal funds dis-
tributed by that Federal agency for the preceding fiscal 
year, through grant programs, formula programs, or oth-
erwise, to each of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the 
United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, 
and the Northern Mariana Islands (in this section referred 
to as the ‘‘territories’’), each State, and the District of 
Columbia. 
(b) REPORT CONTENTS.—A report submitted under 
subsection (a) shall include the following with regard to 
the Federal agency submitting the report: 
(1) The title and a short description of the pro-
gram under which Federal funds were distributed. 
(2) The formula, if any, used to distribute Fed-
eral funds under the program. 
(3) A description of any difference between the 
treatment of each of the territories, each State, and 
the District of Columbia, concerning the distribution 
of Federal funds under each program listed under 
paragraph (1). 
(4) A citation to the Federal law, if any, that 
authorized the treatment described under paragraph 
(3). 
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(5) The employment location of Federal agency 
employees in each of the territories, each State, and 
the District of Columbia. 
(6) The number and location of all field offices 
of the Federal agency in each of the territories, each 
State, and the District of Columbia. 
(c) GENERAL ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE REPORT.— 
Not later than 10 months after the date of enactment of 
this Act, and April 30 each year beginning thereafter, the 
Comptroller General of the United States shall submit to 
the Committee on Appropriations of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate a comprehensive report describing and estimating 
the effects of differential treatment of the territories as 
described in the reports submitted under subsection (a). 
(d) LIMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS.—Hereafter, no 
Federal funds may be distributed through grant pro-
grams, formula programs, or otherwise, unless in such dis-
tribution each of the territories are treated on the same 
basis and in the same manner as each of the States and 
the District of Columbia, unless such treatment is— 
(1) otherwise authorized by Federal law; or 
(2) consented to, in writing, by the chief execu-
tive officer of each territory not so treated. 
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(e) FEDERAL AGENCY DEFINED.—In this Act, the 
term ‘‘Federal agency’’ has the meaning given the term 
‘‘Executive agency’’ by section 105 of title 5, United 
States Code. 
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