To amend title XIV of division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to equalize the treatment of States and outlying areas.

Bill: 113-hr-1383
Sponsor: full_name: Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large]
Introduced: 2013-03-21
Policy area: Education
Subjects: Education programs funding

Elementary and secondary education

Higher education

U.S. territories and protectorates
Latest action: action_date: 2013-07-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Elementary, and Secondary Education.

Summaries:
action_date: 2013-03-21
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to allocate and award funds to outlying areas under the State Fiscal Stabilization Fund program on the same basis as those funds are allocated and awarded to states. (The State Fiscal Stabilization Fund program allocates and awards funds to states to support their funding of elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education and other governmental services.)</p>

tv_txt: I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1383 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 21, 2013 Mr. Sablan (for himself, Mrs. Christensen , Ms. Bordallo , and Mr. Faleomavaega ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce A BILL To amend title XIV of division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to equalize the treatment of States and outlying areas.

1. Treatment of outlying areas (a) In general Section 14001 of division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5; 123 Stat. 279) is amended— (1) by striking subsection (a); (2) in subsection (c), by striking subsections (a) and (b) and inserting subsection (a) ; (3) in subsection (d), by striking subsections (a), (b), and (c), and inserting subsections (a) and (b), ; (4) in subsection (e), by striking subsection (d), and inserting subsection (c), ; (5) in subsection (f)— (A) by striking subsection (e) and inserting subsection (d) ; and (B) by striking subsection (d). and inserting subsection (c). ; and (6) by redesignating subsections (b) through (f) as subsections (a) through (e), respectively. (b) Definitions Section 14013(5) of such division is amended— (1) by striking and the and insert the ; and (2) by striking Rico; and inserting Rico, and each of the outlying areas (as defined in section 9101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 7801 )); .