Expressing the sense of Congress that stimulus package funds appropriated to accelerate the economy should be equitably targeted to economically distressed areas that have not benefited from the current economic recovery.

Expresses the sense of the Congress that Federal, State, and local entities should target money appropriated for the purpose of stimulating the economy to distressed rural and urban areas on an equitable basis, using the criteria of relative population and comparative degree of economic need as measured by specified factors, including relative rates of annual unemployment and current poverty as well as the impact of closings or downsizings of military facilities or defense industries.