HR 3415
108th Congress
House
Government Operations and Politics
Auditing
Economics and Public Finance
Federal-state relations
Finance and Financial Sector
Fines (Penalties)
Government paperwork
Grants-in-aid
Interest
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Law
Public debt
State budgets
State finance
State Assistance Accountability Act
Introduced: October 30, 2003
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 13, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census.
Oct 30, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
Oct 30, 2003
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
State Assistance Accountability Act - Amends title VI (Temporary State Fiscal Relief) of the Social Security Act to revise the provision concerning the limitation on temporary State fiscal relief, to permit the use of such funds only for types of expenditure authorized under: (1) the budget of the State for the fiscal year for which the funds are to be expended that, as of May 28, 2003, was most recently approved by the State legislature; or (2) in the absence of such a budget, the budget of the State for the fiscal year for which the funds are to be expended that, as of May 28, 2003, was at the furthest stage of development by the State legislature. Requires the Secretary to: (1) audit a State's use of such funds; and (2) require remittance of all inappropriately expended funds, plus a penalty and interest.
Defines an "essential government service" as reduction in the amount of debt held or planned to be held by a State, and not any activity that was not funded by a State in its previous fiscal year.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Technology, Information Policy, Intergovernmental Relations and the Census.