PATH Fairness Act of 2019

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 3592 To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise the amount of minimum allotments under the Projects for Assistance in Transition from Home- lessness Program. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JUNE 27, 2019 Mr. WELCH (for himself and Mr. GIANFORTE) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Public Health Service Act to revise the amount of minimum allotments under the Projects for Assistance in Transition from Homelessness Program. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘PATH Fairness Act 4 of 2019’’. 5 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:15 Jul 10, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3592.IH H3592 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3592 IH SEC. 2. MINIMUM ALLOTMENTS UNDER THE PROJECTS 1 FOR ASSISTANCE IN TRANSITION FROM 2 HOMELESSNESS PROGRAM. 3 Section 524 of the Public Health Service Act (42 4 U.S.C. 290cc–24) is amended to read as follows: 5 ‘‘SEC. 524. DETERMINATION OF AMOUNT OF ALLOTMENT. 6 ‘‘(a) DETERMINATION UNDER FORMULA.—Subject 7 to subsection (b), the allotment required by section 521 8 for a State for a fiscal year is the product of— 9 ‘‘(1) an amount equal to the amount appro- 10 priated under section 535 for the fiscal year; and 11 ‘‘(2) a percentage equal to the quotient of— 12 ‘‘(A) an amount equal to the population 13 living in urbanized areas of the State involved, 14 as indicated by the most recent data collected 15 by the Bureau of the Census; and 16 ‘‘(B) an amount equal to the population 17 living in urbanized areas of the United States, 18 as indicated by the sum of the respective 19 amounts determined for the States under sub- 20 paragraph (A). 21 ‘‘(b) MINIMUM ALLOTMENT.— 22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 23 the allotment for a State under section 521 for a fis- 24 cal year shall, at a minimum, be the greater of— 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:15 Jul 10, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3592.IH H3592 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 3592 IH ‘‘(A) the amount the State received under 1 section 521 for fiscal year 2019; and 2 ‘‘(B) $750,000 for each of the several 3 States, the District of Columbia, and the Com- 4 monwealth of Puerto Rico, and $100,000 for 5 each of Guam, the Virgin Islands, American 6 Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 7 Mariana Islands. 8 ‘‘(2) CONDITION.—If the funds appropriated 9 for any fiscal year under section 535 are insufficient 10 to ensure that States receive a minimum allotment 11 in accordance with paragraph (1), then— 12 ‘‘(A) no State shall receive less than the 13 amount received by the State in fiscal year 14 2019; and 15 ‘‘(B) any funds remaining after amounts 16 are provided under subparagraph (A) shall be 17 used to meet the requirement of paragraph 18 (1)(B), to the maximum extent possible.’’. 19 SEC. 3. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS. 20 Section 535(a) of the Public Health Service Act (42 21 U.S.C. 290cc–35(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘$64,635,000 22 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2022’’ and inserting 23 VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:15 Jul 10, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3592.IH H3592 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 3592 IH ‘‘$150,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2020 through 1 2024’’. 2 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 05:15 Jul 10, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3592.IH H3592 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS