Funding Americans First Act

Bill: 115-hr-5435
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Messer, Luke [R-IN-6]
Introduced: 2018-04-05
Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Subjects: Census and government statistics

Executive agency funding and structure
Latest action: action_date: 2018-04-05
text: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Summaries:
action_date: 2018-04-05
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Funding Americans First Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Office of Management and Budget to direct each federal agency to use the number of citizens and legal permanent residents residing in a state, as determined under the decennial census (beginning with the 2020 decennial census), when determining funding for grants and other funding measures.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5435 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 5, 2018 Mr. Messer introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform A BILL To require Federal agencies to allocate grant funding to States and localities based on the number of United States citizens and legal residents as determined under the decennial census, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Funding Americans First Act . 2. Allocation of grant funding (a) In general Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall direct the head of each agency to use, as appropriate, the number of citizens and legal permanent residents residing in a State or political subdivision of a State, as determined under a decennial census of population under section 141 of title 13, United States Code, (beginning with the 2020 decennial census) when determining funding for the following: (1) Block grants. (2) Categorical grants. (3) Any other funding measures determined by the Director if the specific measure is calculated using the total population of a State or political subdivision of a State. (b) Definitions In this section: (1) Agency The term agency has the meaning given that term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code. (2) State The term State means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, each territory or possession of the United States, and each federally recognized Indian Tribe. (c) Effective date This Act shall take effect on October 1, 2021.