,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ceib  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,june #bg1 #bjai,mr4 
,welch 7for himself and ,mr4 ,gianforte7
 introduced the following bill2 which   
was referred to the ,committee on       
,energy and ,commerce  ,a ,,bill  ,to   
amend the ,public ,health ,service ,act 
to revise the amount of minimum         
allotments under the ,projects for      
,assistance in ,transition from         
,homelessness ,program4  #a4 ,short     
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,,path ,fairness ,act of #bjai4  #b4    
,minimum allotments under the ,projects 
for ,assistance in ,transition from     
,homelessness program ,section #ebd of  
the ,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db  
,u4,s4,c4 #bij;cc-#bd7 is amended to    
read as follows3  #ebd4 ,determination  
of amount of allotment  7a7             
,determination under formula ,subject to
 subsection 7b71 the allotment required 
by section #eba for a ,state for a      
fiscal year is the product of--  7#a7 an

 amount equal to the amount appropriated
 under section #ece for the fiscal year2
 and  7#b7 a percentage equal to the    
quotient of--  7,a7 an amount equal to  
the population living in urbanized areas
 of the ,state involved1 as indicated by
 the most recent data collected by the  
,bureau of the ,census2 and  7,b7 an    
amount equal to the population living in
 urbanized areas of the ,united ,states1
 as indicated by the sum of the         
respective amounts determined for the   
,states under subparagraph 7,a74  7b7   
,minimum allotment  7#a7 ,in general    
,subject to paragraph 7#b71 the         
allotment for a ,state under section    
#eba for a fiscal year shall1 at a      
minimum1 be the greater of--  7,a7 the  
amount the ,state received under section
 #eba for fiscal year #bjai2 and  7,b7  
#gej1jjj for each of the several        
,states1 the ,district of ,columbia1 and
 the ,commonwealth of ,puerto ,rico1 and
 #ajj1jjj for each of ,guam1 the ,virgin
 ,islands1 ,american ,samoa1 and the    

,commonwealth of the ,northern ,mariana 
,islands4  7#b7 ,condition ,if the funds
 appropriated for any fiscal year under 
section #ece are insufficient to ensure 
that ,states receive a minimum allotment
 in accordance with paragraph 7#a71     
then--  7,a7 no ,state shall receive    
less than the amount received by the    
,state in fiscal year #bjai2 and  7,b7  
any funds remaining after amounts are   
provided under subparagraph 7,a7 shall  
be used to meet the requirement of      
paragraph 7#a77;,b71 to the maximum     
extent possible4  4  #c4 ,authorization 
of appropriations ,section #ece7;a7 of  
the ,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db  
,u4,s4,c4 #bij;cc-#ce7;a77 is amended by
 striking #fd1fce1jjj for each of fiscal
 years #bjah through #bjbb and inserting
 #aej1jjj1jjj for each of fiscal years  
#bjbj through #bjbd4