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.
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.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
Government Operations and Politics
Census and government statisticsExecutive agency funding and structure
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.
USA115th CongressHR-5435| House
| Updated: 4/5/2018
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.