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(h) REPEAL.—Effective as of October 1, 2010, this 
section is repealed. 
ADJUSTMENT IN COMPUTATION OF MEDICAID FMAP TO 
DISREGARD
AN
EXTRAORDINARY
EMPLOYER
PEN-
SION CONTRIBUTION 
SEC. 3002. (a) IN GENERAL.—Only for purposes of 
computing the FMAP (as defined in subsection (e)) for 
a State for a fiscal year (beginning with fiscal year 2006) 
and applying the FMAP under title XIX of the Social Se-
curity Act, any significantly disproportionate employer 
pension or insurance fund contribution described in sub-
section (b) shall be disregarded in computing the per cap-
ita income of such State, but shall not be disregarded in 
computing the per capita income for the continental 
United States (and Alaska) and Hawaii. 
(b) SIGNIFICANTLY DISPROPORTIONATE EMPLOYER 
PENSION AND INSURANCE FUND CONTRIBUTION.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this section, 
a significantly disproportionate employer pension 
and insurance fund contribution described in this 
subsection with respect to a State is any identifiable 
employer contribution towards pension or other em-
ployee insurance funds that is estimated to accrue to 
residents of such State for a calendar year (begin-
ning with calendar year 2003) if the increase in the 
amount so estimated exceeds 25 percent of the total 
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increase in personal income in that State for the 
year involved. 
(2) DATA TO BE USED.—For estimating and 
adjusting a FMAP already calculated as of the date 
of the enactment of this Act for a State with a sig-
nificantly disproportionate employer pension and in-
surance fund contribution, the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services shall use the personal income 
data set originally used in calculating such FMAP. 
(3) SPECIAL
ADJUSTMENT
FOR
NEGATIVE 
GROWTH.—If in any calendar year the total personal 
income growth in a State is negative, an employer 
pension and insurance fund contribution for the pur-
poses of calculating the State’s FMAP for a cal-
endar year shall not exceed 125 percent of the 
amount of such contribution for the previous cal-
endar year for the State. 
(c) HOLD HARMLESS.—No State shall have its 
FMAP for a fiscal year reduced as a result of the applica-
tion of this section. 
(d) REPORT.—Not later than 3 months after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall submit to Congress a report on the 
problems presented by the current treatment of pension 
and insurance fund contributions in the use of Bureau of 
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Economic Affairs calculations for the FMAP and for Med-
icaid and on possible alternative methodologies to mitigate 
such problems. 
(e) FMAP DEFINED.—For purposes of this section, 
the term ‘‘FMAP’’ means the Federal medical assistance 
percentage, as defined in section 1905(b) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1396(d)). 
TITLE IV—TEMPORARY INCREASE IN FOOD 
ASSISTANCE 
TEMPORARY INCREASE IN BENEFITS UNDER THE 
SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 
SEC. 4001. (a) MAXIMUM BENEFIT INCREASE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Beginning the first month 
that begins not less than 25 days after the date of 
enactment of this Act, the value of benefits deter-
mined under section 8(a) of the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008 and consolidated block grants for Puer-
to Rico and American Samoa determined under sec-
tion 19(a) of such Act shall be calculated using 105 
percent of the June 2008 value of the thrifty food 
plan as specified under section 3(o) of such Act. 
(2) TERMINATION.—The authority provided by 
this subsection shall terminate after September 30, 
2009. 
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(b) REQUIREMENTS FOR THE SECRETARY.—In car-
rying out this section, the Secretary shall— 
(1) consider the benefit increases described in 
subsection (a) to be a ‘‘mass change’’; 
(2) require a simple process for States to notify 
households of the increase in benefits; 
(3) consider section 16(c)(3)(A) of the Food 
and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025(c)(3)(A)) 
to apply to any errors in the implementation of this 
section, without regard to the 120-day limit de-
scribed in that section; and 
(4) have the authority to take such measures as 
necessary to ensure the efficient administration of 
the benefits provided in this section. 
(c) STATE ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—For the costs of State ad-
ministrative expenses associated with carrying out 
this section, the Secretary shall make available 
$50,000,000. 
(2) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds described 
in paragraph (1) shall be made available as grants 
to State agencies based on each State’s share of 
households that participate in the Supplemental Nu-
trition Assistance Program as reported to the De-
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partment of Agriculture for the 12-month period 
ending with June, 2008. 
(d) FUNDING.—There is appropriated to the Sec-
retary of Agriculture such sums as are necessary to carry 
out this section. 
TITLE V—GENERAL PROVISIONS 
SHORT TITLE 
SEC. 5001. This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Job Cre-
ation and Unemployment Relief Act of 2008’’. 
PROHIBITION 
SEC. 5002. Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this Act, none of the funds made available in this Act may 
be used to employ workers in violation of section 274A 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1324a). 
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION 
SEC. 5003. Each amount in each title of this Act is 
designated as an emergency requirement and necessary to 
meet emergency needs pursuant to section 204(a) of S. 
Con. Res. 21 (110th Congress) and section 301(b)(2) of 
S. Con. Res. 70 (110th Congress), the concurrent resolu-
tions on the budget for fiscal years 2008 and 2009. 
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SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS 
SEC. 5004. Unless otherwise expressly provided, each 
amount in this Act is made available in addition to 
amounts otherwise available for fiscal year 2009. 
Passed the House of Representatives September 26, 
2008. 
Attest: 
LORRAINE C. MILLER, 
Clerk. 
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Calendar No. 124 
110TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 7110 
AN ACT 
Making supplemental appropriations for job cre-
ation and preservation, infrastructure invest-
ment, and economic and energy assistance for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and 
for other purposes. 
NOVEMBER 18, 2008 
Read the second time and placed on the calendar 
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