Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “Funding Americans First Act”.
Funding Americans First Act
A BILL
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.
Sec. 2 Allocation of grant funding
In general— Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall direct the head of each agency to use, as appropriate, the number of citizens and legal permanent residents residing in a State or political subdivision of a State, as determined under a decennial census of population under section 141 of title 13, United States Code, (beginning with the 2020 decennial census) when determining funding for the following:
Block grants.
Categorical grants.
Any other funding measures determined by the Director if the specific measure is calculated using the total population of a State or political subdivision of a State.
Definitions— In this section:
Agency— The term agency has the meaning given that term in section 551 of title 5, United States Code.
State— The term State means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, each territory or possession of the United States, and each federally recognized Indian Tribe.
Effective date— This Act shall take effect on October 1, 2021.