I 
110TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1329 
To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to make available additional 
amounts to address the funding shortfalls in the State Children’s Health 
Insurance Program for fiscal year 2007. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 6, 2007 
Mr. BARTON of Texas (for himself and Mr. DEAL of Georgia) introduced the 
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce 
A BILL 
To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to make 
available additional amounts to address the funding 
shortfalls in the State Children’s Health Insurance Pro-
gram for fiscal year 2007. 
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 ‘‘Guaranteed Access for 
SCHIP’s Target Population Act of 2007’’. 
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SEC. 2. ADDITIONAL ALLOTMENTS TO ADDRESS SCHIP 
FUNDING SHORTFALLS FOR FISCAL YEAR 
2007. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 2104(h) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1397dd(h)), as added by section 
201(a) of the National Institutes of Health Reform Act 
of 2006 (Public Law 109–482), is amended— 
(1) in the heading for paragraph (2), by strik-
ing ‘‘REMAINDER
OF
REDUCTION’’ and inserting 
‘‘PART’’; 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through 
(7) as paragraphs (5) through (8), respectively; and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (3), the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(4) ADDITIONAL
ALLOTMENTS
TO
ADDRESS 
FISCAL YEAR 2007 FUNDING SHORTFALLS.— 
‘‘(A) ALLOTMENT AUTHORITY.—From the 
amount made available under subparagraph (F) 
for additional allotments under this paragraph, 
subject to subparagraphs (C) and (D), the Sec-
retary shall allot to each remaining shortfall 
State described in subparagraph (B) such 
amount as the Secretary determines will elimi-
nate the estimated shortfall described in such 
subparagraph for the State for fiscal year 2007. 
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‘‘(B) REMAINING SHORTFALL STATE DE-
SCRIBED.—For purposes of subparagraph (A), 
a remaining shortfall State 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 Sec-
retary as of the date of the enactment of this 
paragraph, that the projected Federal expendi-
tures under such plan for the State for fiscal 
year 2007 will exceed the sum of— 
‘‘(i) the amount of the State’s allot-
ments for each of fiscal years 2005 and 
2006 that will not be expended by the end 
of fiscal year 2006; 
‘‘(ii) the amount of the State’s allot-
ment for fiscal year 2007; and 
‘‘(iii) the amounts, if any, that are to 
be redistributed to the State during fiscal 
year 2007 in accordance with paragraphs 
(1) and (2). 
‘‘(C) EXPENDITURE RULES.— 
‘‘(i) COVERAGE
ONLY
FOR
POPU-
LATIONS ELIGIBLE ON OCTOBER 1, 2006.— 
Subparagraph (A) of paragraph (5) shall 
apply to the expenditure of amounts allot-
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