Funding Americans First Act

Funding Americans First Act

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.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5435 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5435

  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.


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                    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

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                                 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.

    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 ``Funding Americans First Act''.

SEC. 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.
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