Title: MAPS Act of 2021
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics

Summary:
Metropolitan Areas Protection and Standardization Act of 2021 or the MAPS Act of 2021
This bill directs the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to take specified steps before changing the standards for designating a core-based statistical area (CBSA). The standards are used to delineate metropolitan and micropolitan areas for statistical purposes.
Specifically, before recommending, adopting, or implementing any change to the standards for a CBSA designation, the OMB must

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1941 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1941

   To direct the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to 
standardize the use of core-based statistical area designations across 
Federal programs, to allow between 120 and 180 days for public comment 
   on any proposed change to such designations, and to report on the 
   scientific basis and estimated impact to Federal programs for any 
     proposed change to such designations, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 27, 2021

Mr. Peters (for himself and Mr. Portman) introduced the following bill; 
which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security 
                        and Governmental Affairs

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                                 A BILL


 
   To direct the Director of the Office of Management and Budget to 
standardize the use of core-based statistical area designations across 
Federal programs, to allow between 120 and 180 days for public comment 
   on any proposed change to such designations, and to report on the 
   scientific basis and estimated impact to Federal programs for any 
     proposed change to such designations, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Metropolitan Areas Protection and 
Standardization Act of 2021'' or the ``MAPS Act of 2021''.

SEC. 2. REQUIREMENTS FOR MODIFICATION OF CBSA STANDARDS.

    (a) Definitions.--In this section:
            (1) Core-based statistical area.--The term ``core-based 
        statistical area'' has the meaning given the term by the Office 
        of Management and Budget in the Notice of Decision entitled 
        ``2010 Standards for Delineating Metropolitan and Micropolitan 
        Statistical Areas'', published in the Federal Register on June 
        28, 2010 (75 Fed. Reg. 37246), or any successor to that Notice.
            (2) Director.--The term ``Director'' means the Director of 
        the Office of Management and Budget.
    (b) Requirements.--
            (1) In general.--Before the Director recommends, adopts, or 
        implements any change to the standards for a core-based 
        statistical area, the Director shall--
                    (A) require the complete reporting of the use of 
                core-based statistical area designations as 
                standardized by the Office of Management and Budget in 
                accordance with the amendments made by subsections (c) 
                and (d);
                    (B) allow for public comment on any proposed change 
                to the standards for a core-based statistical area for 
                a period of not less than 120 days and not more than 
                180 days; and
                    (C) submit a public report, produced in accordance 
                with paragraph (2), to the Committee on Homeland 
                Security and Governmental Affairs of the Senate and the 
                Committee on Oversight and Reform of the House of 
                Representatives on--
                            (i) the scientific basis, criteria, and 
                        methodology for any such change to existing 
                        standards, including clear quantitative 
                        thresholds for determining any future 
                        statistical redesignations; and
                            (ii) the complete list of Federal programs 
                        that would be impacted by any such change to 
                        existing standards, including the estimated 
                        impact on a county level to Federal services, 
                        opportunities, and funding of these programs, 
                        which shall be made available in a searchable 
                        format and consistent with the reporting 
                        described in subparagraph (A).
            (2) Required consultation.--The Director shall--
                    (A) for purpose of reporting the information 
                described in paragraph (1)(C)(i), consult with domestic 
                and international experts in statistics and 
                demographics, including government experts at the 
                Bureau of the Census and other relevant agencies, to 
                assess and justify what scientific basis, criteria, and 
                methodology should determine a region's descriptive 
                status as metropolitan or nonmetropolitan, including 
                any other necessary categories; and
                    (B) for purpose of reporting the information 
                described in paragraph (1)(C)(ii), consult with program 
                staff and other relevant entities, such as 
                representatives from State, local, and tribal 
                governments, as well as representatives from the 
                business community.
    (c) Agency Use of Statistical Standards.--Section 3504(e) of title 
44, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (8)(B)(ii), by striking ``and'' at the 
        end;
            (2) in paragraph (9)(B), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(10) collaborate with Federal agencies to study and 
        disclose any impact to Federal programs based on implementation 
        of paragraph (3), including agencies that use statistical 
        standards for both statistical and non-statistical purposes.''.
    (d) Standardization.--
            (1) Program information requirements.--Section 6102(a)(2) 
        of title 31, United States Code, is amended--
                    (A) by redesignating subparagraph (G) and 
                subparagraph (H);
                    (B) in subparagraph (F), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end; and
                    (C) by inserting after subparagraph (F) the 
                following:
                    ``(G) use of core-based statistical area 
                designations (as chosen from a standardized list 
                determined by the Office of Management and Budget), for 
                purposes including prime recipient eligibility for, and 
                distribution of, the funding; and''.
            (2) Federal funding accountability and transparency act of 
        2006.--The Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act 
        of 2006 (31 U.S.C. 6101 note) is amended--
                    (A) in section 2(b)(1)--
                            (i) by redesignating subparagraph (G) as 
                        subparagraph (H);
                            (ii) in subparagraph (F)(ii), by striking 
                        the period at the end and inserting a 
                        semicolon; and
                            (iii) by inserting after subparagraph (F) 
                        the following:
                    ``(G) use of core-based statistical area 
                designations (as chosen from a standardized list 
                determined by the Office of Management and Budget), for 
                purposes including prime recipient and subrecipient 
                eligibility for, and distribution of, the funding; 
                and''; and
                    (B) in section 3(b)--
                            (i) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking 
                        ``and'' at the end;
                            (ii) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking the 
                        period at the end and inserting ``; and''; and
                            (iii) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) for each program activity, the use of core-based 
        statistical area designations (as chosen from a standardized 
        list determined by the Office of Management and Budget), for 
        purposes including prime recipient and subrecipient eligibility 
        for, and distribution of, the funding.''.
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