I 
108TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4936 
To amend title XXI of the Social Security Act to modify the rules relating 
to the availability and method of redistribution of unexpended SCHIP 
allotments, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 22, 2004 
Mr. DINGELL (for himself and Mr. BARTON of Texas) 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 modify 
the rules relating to the availability and method of redis-
tribution of unexpended SCHIP allotments, 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 ‘‘Children’s Health Pro-
tection and Improvement Act of 2004’’.
SEC. 2. CHANGES TO RULES FOR REDISTRIBUTION AND EX-
TENDED AVAILABILITY OF 1998 THROUGH 
2004 SCHIP ALLOTMENTS. 
Section 2104(g) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1397dd(g)), as amended by Public Law 108–74 (117 Stat. 
892), is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading by striking ‘‘, 
1999, 2000, and 2001’’ and inserting ‘‘Through 
2004’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (1)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A)— 
(i) in the matter preceding clause 
(i)— 
(I) by inserting ‘‘or for fiscal 
year 2002 by the end of fiscal year 
2004, or for fiscal year 2003 by the 
end of fiscal year 2005, or for fiscal 
year 2004 by the end of fiscal year 
2006,’’ after ‘‘fiscal year 2003,’’; and 
(II) by striking ‘‘or 2001’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2001, 2002, 2003, or 
2004’’; 
(ii) in clause (i)— 
(I) in subclause (III), by striking 
‘‘or’’ at the end;
(II) in subclause (IV), by striking 
the period at the end and inserting a 
semicolon; and 
(III) by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(V) the fiscal year 2002 allot-
ment, the amount specified in sub-
paragraph (E)(i) (less the total of the 
amounts under clause (ii) for such fis-
cal year), multiplied by the ratio of 
the amount specified in subparagraph 
(E)(ii) for the State to the amount 
specified in subparagraph (E)(iii); 
‘‘(VI) the fiscal year 2003 allot-
ment, the amount specified in sub-
paragraph (F)(i) (less the total of the 
amounts under clause (ii) for such fis-
cal year), multiplied by the ratio of 
the amount specified in subparagraph 
(F)(ii) for the State to the amount 
specified in subparagraph (F)(iii); or 
‘‘(VII) the fiscal year 2004 allot-
ment, the amount specified in sub-
paragraph (G)(i) (less the total of the 
amounts under clause (ii) for such fis-
cal year), multiplied by the ratio of 
the amount specified in subparagraph 
(G)(ii) for the State to the amount 
specified in subparagraph (G)(iii).’’; 
and 
(iii) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘or 
2001’’ and inserting ‘‘2001, 2002, 2003, 
or 2004’’; 
(B) in subparagraph (B)— 
(i) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘but 
subject to paragraph (4)’’ after ‘‘sub-
section (e)’’; 
(ii) in clause (iii)— 
(I) by inserting ‘‘but subject to 
paragraph (4)’’ after ‘‘subsection (e)’’; 
and 
(II) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(iii) by redesignating clause (iv) as 
clause (vii); and 
(iv) by inserting after clause (iii), the 
following: 
‘‘(iv) notwithstanding subsection (e) 
but subject to paragraph (4), with respect 
to fiscal year 2002, shall remain available