,,ii  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #eaih  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,december #g1  
#bjbb,mr4 ,tester 7for himself and ,ms4 
,murkowski7 introduced the following    
bill2 which was read twice and referred 
to the ,committee on ,finance  ,a ,,bill
  ,to amend title ,,vi of the ,social   
,security ,act to make eligible revenue 
sharing consolidated governments        
eligible for payments from the ,local   
,assistance and ,tribal ,consistency    
,fund1 and for other purposes4  #a4     
,short title ,this ,act may be cited as 
the ,local ,assistance ,fairness ,act4  
#b4 ,allowing payments to eligible      
revenue sharing consolidated governments
 from local assistance and tribal       
consistency fund ,section #fje of the   
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#hje7 is amended-- 7#a7 in subsection   
7b7-- 7,a7 in paragraph 7#a71 by        
striking ,for each of and inserting     
,subject to paragraph 7#c71 for each of2
 and  7,b7 by adding at the end the     

following new paragraph3  7#c7 ,payments
 to eligible revenue sharing            
consolidated governments ,in making     
allocations and payments under paragraph
 7#a71 the ,secretary shall apply such  
paragraph by substituting eligible      
revenue sharing county and eligible     
revenue sharing consolidated government 
for eligible revenue sharing county each
 place it appears4  2  7#b7 in          
subsection 7c71 by striking or an       
eligible ,tribal government and         
inserting 1 an eligible ,tribal         
government1 or an eligible revenue      
sharing consolidated government2  7#c7  
in subsections 7d7 and 7e71 by inserting
 or eligible revenue sharing            
consolidated government after eligible  
revenue sharing county each place it    
appears2 and  7#d7 in subsection 7f7--  
7,a7 by redesignating paragraphs 7#a7   
through 7#d7 as paragraphs 7#b7 through 
7#e71 respectively2 and  7,b7 by        
inserting before paragraph 7#b7 7as so  
redesignated7 the following new         

paragraph3  7#a7 ,eligible revenue      
sharing consolidated government ,the    
term eligible revenue sharing           
consolidated government means-- 7,a7 a  
county1 parish1 or borough-- 7i7 that   
has been classified by the ,bureau of   
the ,census as an active government     
consolidated with another government2   
and  7ii7 for which1 as determined by   
the ,secretary1 there is a negative     
revenue impact due to implementation of 
a ,federal program or changes to such   
program2 and  7,b7 a unit of general    
local government described in section   
#fija7b77;,a77ii7 of title #ca1 ,united 
,states ,code1 for which a payment may  
be made to the ,state of ,alaska under  
section #fijb7;a77#b7 of that title4  4