,i  #aacth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eega  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #ah1 #bjad
 ,mr4 ,clyburn 7for himself1 ,ms4 ,bass1
 ,mrs4 ,beatty1 ,mr4 ,bishop of         
,georgia1 ,ms4 ,brown of ,florida1 ,mr4 
,butterfield1 ,mr4 ,carson of ,indiana1 
,mrs4 ,christensen1 ,ms4 ,clarke of ,new
 ,york1 ,mr4 ,clay1 ,mr4 ,cleaver1 ,mr4 
,conyers1 ,mr4 ,cummings1 ,mr4 ,danny   
,k4 ,davis of ,illinois1 ,ms4 ,edwards1 
,mr4 ,ellison1 ,mr4 ,fattah1 ,mr4 ,al   
,green of ,texas1 ,mr4 ,hastings of     
,florida1 ,mr4 ,horsford1 ,ms4 ,jackson 
,lee1 ,mr4 ,jeffries1 ,ms4 ,eddie       
,bernice ,johnson of ,texas1 ,mr4       
,johnson of ,georgia1 ,ms4 ,lee of      
,california1 ,mr4 ,lewis1 ,mr4 ,meeks1  
,ms4 ,moore1 ,ms4 ,norton1 ,mr4 ,payne1 
,mr4 ,rangel1 ,mr4 ,richmond1 ,mr4      
,rush1 ,mr4 ,david ,scott of ,georgia1  
,mr4 ,scott of ,virginia1 ,ms4 ,sewell  
of ,alabama1 ,mr4 ,thompson of          
,mississippi1 ,mr4 ,veasey1 ,ms4        
,waters1 and ,ms4 ,wilson of ,florida7  

introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on          
,education and the ,workforce1 and in   
addition to the ,committees on          
,agriculture1 ,transportation and       
,infrastructure1 ,financial ,services1  
,science1 ,space1 and ,technology1      
,energy and ,commerce1 and the          
,judiciary1 for a period to be          
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to provide an increased     
allocation of funding for assistance in 
persistent poverty counties1 and for    
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the #aj-bj-cj ,act 
of #bjad4  #b4 ,allocation of funds for 
assistance in persistent poverty        
counties  7a7 ,in general               
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 of the funds made available 7if    
any7 in each of fiscal years #bjae      
through #bjbe in any appropriations ,act

 for each of the following accounts or  
activities1 #aj percent of such funds   
shall be allocated for assistance in    
persistent poverty counties3  7#a7      
,department of ,agriculture1 ,rural     
,development ,programs4  7#b7           
,department of ,commerce1 ,economic     
,development ,administration1 ,economic 
,development ,assistance ,programs4     
7#c7 ,department of ,commerce1 ,national
 ,institute of ,standards and           
,technology1 ,construction4  7#d7       
,department of ,education1 ,fund for the
 ,improvement of ,education4  7#e7      
,department of ,education1 ,fund for the
 ,improvement of ,postsecondary         
,education4  7#f7 ,department of ,labor1
 ,employment and ,training              
,administration1 ,training and          
,employment ,services4  7#g7 ,department
 of ,health and ,human ,services1       
,health ,resources and ,services        
,administration4  7#h7 ,department of   
,housing and ,urban ,development1       
,economic ,development ,initiative4     

7#i7 ,department of ,justice1 ,office of
 ,justice ,programs4  7#aj7             
,environmental ,protection ,agency1     
,state and ,tribal ,assistance ,grants1 
,water and ,wastewater4  7#aa7          
,department of ,transportation1 ,federal
 ,highway ,administration1              
,transportation ,community and ,system  
,preservation4  7#ab7 ,department of the
 ,treasury1 ,community ,development     
,financial ,institutions4  7b7          
,determination of persistent poverty    
counties ,for purposes of this section1 
the term persistent poverty counties    
means any county with a poverty rate of 
at least #bj percent1 as determined in  
each of the #aiij and #bjjj decennial   
censuses and the ,bureau of the         
,census's ,small ,area ,income and      
,poverty ,estimates 7,,saipe7 for the   
most recent year for which ,,saipe data 
is available4  7c7 ,reports ,not later  
than six months after the date of the   
enactment of this ,act1 each department 
or agency listed in subsection 7a7 shall

 submit to ,congress a progress report  
on the implementation of this section4