Congress 108 - HR 1738 - To require payments to State and local governments for infrastructure and social services needs in the same amount as the amount of relief and reconstruction funds provided to Iraq.

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Block grants Building construction Capital investments Crime and Law Enforcement Depressed areas Economics and Public Finance Education Elementary and secondary education Elementary education Federal aid to education Federal aid to health facilities Federal aid to housing Federal aid to law enforcement Federal aid to the aged Federal aid to transportation Federal aid to water resources development Finance and Financial Sector Government Operations and Politics Health Higher education Hospitals Housing and Community Development Infrastructure International Affairs Iraq Labor and Employment Maintenance and repair Medical laboratories Middle East and North Africa Poverty Public health Road construction School buildings Secondary education Social Welfare Transportation and Public Works Unemployment War relief Water Resources Development

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Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to make payments to States and local governments to coordinate their budget-related actions with Federal Government efforts to stimulate the economy. Authorizes appropriations for FY 2003 for such payments in an amount equal to the total amount appropriated for for FY 2003 for the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund in the Emergency Wartime Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2003, and subsequent appropriations Acts.Requires not less than one-third of such amount to be made available to local governments.

Requires the Secretary to establish a formula for determining the allocation of payments, with priority consideration to the relative unemployment rate, median income, population, and poverty rate. Permits the use of funds received by States and local governments only for: (1) ordinary and necessary maintenance and operating expenses for education; public safety; public health; social services; roads, transportation, and water infrastructure; and housing; and (2) ordinary and necessary capital expenditures authorized by law.

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Oct 7, 2003

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H9256)
Sep 30, 2003

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H9003-9004)
May 13, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census.
Apr 10, 2003

Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
Apr 10, 2003

Introduced in House

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