[Congressional Bills 103th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 1056 Introduced in Senate (IS)] 103d CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1056 To require that defense reinvestment and economic growth funds be allocated among communities on the basis of the relative levels of reductions in employment experienced in such communities as a result of reduced spending for national defense functions. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 27 (legislative day, April 19), 1993 Mrs. Feinstein (for herself, Mr. Lieberman, Mr. Thurmond, Mr. Hollings, and Mrs. Boxer) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To require that defense reinvestment and economic growth funds be allocated among communities on the basis of the relative levels of reductions in employment experienced in such communities as a result of reduced spending for national defense functions. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. ALLOCATION OF DEFENSE CONVERSION FUNDS ON THE BASIS OF JOB LOSSES. (a) Allocation Requirement.--(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds available for providing assistance under a program referred to in subsection (b) to or in communities adversely affected by conditions described in paragraph (2) shall be allocated among such communities on the basis of the relative levels of reductions in employment experienced in such communities as a result of such conditions. On that basis, communities experiencing higher levels of such reductions in employment than are experienced by other communities shall be allocated a commensurately higher level of funding than is allocated to such other communities. (2) The conditions referred to in paragraph (1) are as follows: (A) A significant reduction in Federal spending levels for national defense functions. (B) A significant reduction in the size of the Armed Forces of the United States. (C) A base closure or realignment by the Department of Defense. (b) Programs Covered.--This section applies to each Federal program providing any of the following assistance: (1) Job training assistance or other employment adjustment assistance. (2) Economic planning, development, or conversion assistance. (3) Assistance for developing and applying new technologies for nondefense commercial purposes. (c) Allocation Responsibilities.--The head of the department or agency of the Federal Government responsible for the administration of a program described in subsection (b) shall develop for, and apply in, the administration of such program an allocation formula that meets the requirements of this section. <all>