I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3584 
To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend funding for 18 
months for the State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), 
and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
SEPTEMBER 19, 2007 
Mr. BARTON of Texas (for himself, Mr. DEAL of Georgia, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. 
SHIMKUS, Mr. WALDEN of Oregon, Mr. SESSIONS, Mrs. MYRICK, Mr. 
ROHRABACHER, Mr. PUTNAM, Mr. PITTS, Mr. KINGSTON, Mr. MCCAUL 
of Texas, Mr. PORTER, Mr. LEWIS of Kentucky, Mr. HASTERT, Mr. 
WESTMORELAND, Mr. PICKERING, Mr. HASTINGS of Washington, Mr. 
BURGESS, Mr. BLUNT, Mr. HULSHOF, Mr. RADANOVICH, Mr. BAKER, 
Mr. BUYER, Mr. HALL of Texas, Mr. HAYES, Mr. BARTLETT of Mary-
land, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. CAMP of Michigan, Mr. STEARNS, Mr. 
HOEKSTRA, Ms. GRANGER, Mr. MCCOTTER, Mr. PEARCE, Mr. LUCAS, 
Mr. MICA, Mr. LATOURETTE, Mr. SMITH of Nebraska, Mr. WELLER of 
Illinois, Mr. TERRY, Mrs. DRAKE, Mr. ADERHOLT, Mr. PRICE of Georgia, 
Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. ISSA, Mr. HELLER of Nevada, Mr. 
SULLIVAN, Mr. ROSKAM, Mr. YOUNG of Alaska, Mr. THORNBERRY, Mr. 
MANZULLO, Mr. NEUGEBAUER, Mr. REYNOLDS, Mr. ROGERS of Ala-
bama, Mr. NUNES, Mr. BARRETT of South Carolina, Mr. KUHL of New 
York, Mr. CONAWAY, Mr. SOUDER, Mr. BILBRAY, Mr. GINGREY, Mr. 
BROWN
of South Carolina, Mr. SHUSTER, Mr. BOUSTANY, Mr. 
WHITFIELD, Mr. KIRK, Mr. LINDER, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. 
MCCARTHY of California, Mr. SMITH of Texas, Mr. GOHMERT, Mr. 
CARTER, Mr. MARCHANT, Mr. ROGERS of Michigan, Mr. GALLEGLY, Mr. 
MCCRERY, Mr. GARY G. MILLER of California, Mr. WAMP, Mr. HERGER, 
Mr. DAVID DAVIS of Tennessee, Mr. CHABOT, Mr. BONNER, Mr. 
BOOZMAN, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. CALVERT, Mr. WICKER, Mr. LINCOLN 
DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. MARIO DIAZ-BALART of Florida, Mr. BU-
CHANAN, Mr. ALEXANDER, Mr. DREIER, Mrs. MCMORRIS RODGERS, Mr. 
POE, Mr. LATHAM, Mr. COBLE, Mr. CASTLE, Mr. DENT, Mr. PETERSON 
of Pennsylvania, Ms. ROS-LEHTINEN, Mr. RYAN of Wisconsin, Mr. 
MCKEON, Mrs. MILLER of Michigan, Mr. DAVIS of Kentucky, Mr. 
GILCHREST, Mr. GRAVES, Mr. TOM DAVIS of Virginia, Mr. ROGERS of 
Kentucky, Mr. TIBERI, Mr. HUNTER, Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. BRADY of 
Texas, Mr. WALBERG, and Mr. JOHNSON of Illinois) introduced the fol-
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lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Com-
merce 
A BILL 
To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to extend 
funding for 18 months for the State Children’s Health 
Insurance Program (SCHIP), 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 ‘‘SCHIP Extension Act 
of 2007’’. 
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF SCHIP. 
Section 2104 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1397dd) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (9); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
paragraph (10) and inserting a semicolon; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
paragraph: 
‘‘(11) for fiscal year 2008, $5,000,000,000; and 
‘‘(12) for the first 6 months of fiscal year 2009, 
$2,500,000,000.’’; and 
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(2) in subsection (c)(4)(B), by striking ‘‘and 
$40,000,000 for fiscal year 2007’’ and inserting 
‘‘$40,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 and 
2008, and $20,000,000 for the first 6 months of fis-
cal year 2009’’. 
SEC. 3. ADDITIONAL ALLOTMENTS TO ADDRESS SCHIP 
FUNDING SHORTFALLS FOR FISCAL YEAR 
2008 AND FIRST 6 MONTHS OF FISCAL YEAR 
2009. 
Section 2104 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1397dd) is amended by adding at the end the following 
new subsection: 
‘‘(i) AMOUNTS TO ELIMINATE FUNDING SHORT-
FALLS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2008 AND FIRST 6 MONTHS OF 
FISCAL YEAR 2009.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts appro-
priated under paragraph (4) for a shortfall period 
(as defined in paragraph (5)), the Secretary shall 
allot to each shortfall State described in paragraph 
(2) for such period such amount as the Secretary 
determines will eliminate the estimated shortfall de-
scribed in paragraph (2) for the State for the short-
fall period. 
‘‘(2) SHORTFALL STATE DESCRIBED.—For pur-
poses of paragraph (1), a shortfall State described 
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in this paragraph for a shortfall period is a State 
with a State child health plan approved under this 
title for which the Secretary estimates, on the basis 
of the most recent data available to the Secretary as 
of a date (specified by the Secretary) during the 
shortfall period, that the projected Federal expendi-
tures under such plan for the State for the shortfall 
period will exceed the sum of— 
‘‘(A) the amount of the State’s allotments 
for the two fiscal years ending before the short-
fall period that will not be expended by the end 
of the more recent such fiscal year; 
‘‘(B) the amount of the State’s allotment 
for the shortfall period; and 
‘‘(C) the amounts, if any, that are to be re-
distributed to the State during the shortfall pe-
riod in accordance with subsection (f). 
‘‘(3) PRORATION RULE.—If the amount avail-
able under paragraph (4) for a shortfall period is 
less than the total amount of the estimated short-
falls determined by the Secretary under paragraph 
(1) for such period, the amount of the estimated 
shortfall for each shortfall State determined under 
such paragraph for such period shall be reduced pro-
portionally. 
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‘‘(4) APPROPRIATION; ALLOTMENT
AUTHOR-
ITY.—For the purpose of providing additional allot-
ments to shortfall States under this subsection— 
‘‘(A) FISCAL YEAR 2008.—For the shortfall 
period specified in paragraph (5)(A), there is 
appropriated, out of any funds in the Treasury 
not otherwise appropriated, such sums as are 
necessary for such fiscal year, but not to exceed 
$1,500,000,000. 
‘‘(B) FIRST 6 MONTHS OF FISCAL YEAR 
2009.—For the shortfall period specified in 
paragraph (5)(B), there is appropriated, out of 
any funds in the Treasury not otherwise appro-
priated, such sums as are necessary for such 
period, but not to exceed $1,100,000,000. 
‘‘(5) SHORTFALL
PERIODS
SPECIFIED.—For 
purposes of this subsection, each of the following is 
a ‘shortfall period’: 
‘‘(A) Fiscal year 2008. 
‘‘(B) The first 6 months of fiscal year 
2009.’’. 
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