113 S1870 PCS: Supporting At-Risk Children Act
U.S. Senate
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1.Short title; table of contents(a)This Act may be cited as the
Supporting At-Risk Children Act
.(b)The table of contents for this Act is as follows:Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.TITLE I—Strengthening And Finding Families for ChildrenSec. 101. Short title of title.Subtitle A—Adoption Incentive PaymentsSec. 111. Extension of program through fiscal year 2016.Sec. 112. Improvements to award structure.Sec. 113. Renaming of program.Sec. 114. Limitations on use of incentive payments.Sec. 115. State report on calculation and use of savings resulting from the phase-out of eligibility requirements for adoption assistance; requirement to spend 40 percent of savings on certain services.Sec. 116. Preservation of eligibility for kinship guardianship assistance payments with a successor guardian.Sec. 117. Data collection on adoption and foster child guardianship disruption and dissolution.Sec. 118. Encouraging the placement of children in foster care with siblings.Sec. 119. Effective dates.Subtitle B—Extension of family connection grant programSec. 121. Extension of family connection grant program.Subtitle C—Unemployment compensationSec. 131. Improving the collection of unemployment insurance overpayments through tax refund offset.TITLE II—Identifying and serving youth vulnerable to sex trafficking Sec. 201. Short title of title.Subtitle A—Addressing the risks that make youth vulnerable to sex trafficking and other negative outcomesSec. 211. Identifying and screening youth at risk of sex trafficking.Sec. 212. Improvements to another planned permanent living arrangement as a permanency option.Subtitle B—Empowering older youth vulnerable to domestic sex trafficking and other negative outcomesSec. 221. Empowering foster youth age 14 and older in the development of their own case plan and transition planning for a successful adulthood.Sec. 222. Ensuring foster youth have a birth certificate, Social Security card, driver's license or equivalent State-issued identification card, and a bank account.Subtitle C—Data and ReportsSec. 231. Streamline data collection and reporting on sex trafficking.Sec. 232. Recommendations to Congress for expanding housing for youth victims of trafficking.Subtitle D—National Advisory Committee on Domestic Sex TraffickingSec. 241. National Advisory Committee on Domestic Sex Trafficking.TITLE III—Child Support EnforcementSec. 301. Short title of title.Subtitle A—Increased Reliability of Child SupportSec. 311. Compliance with multilateral child support conventions.Sec. 312. Relief from passport sanctions for certain individuals.Sec. 313. Child support enforcement programs for Indian tribes.Sec. 314. Parenting time arrangements.Sec. 315. Efficient use of the National Directory of New Hires Database for federally sponsored research assessing the effectiveness of Federal policies and programs in achieving positive labor market outcomes.Subtitle B—Child Support Enforcement Task ForceSec. 321. Child Support Enforcement Task Force.Subtitle C—Effective DatesSec. 331. Effective dates.TITLE IV—Budgetary EffectsSec. 401. Determination of budgetary effects.<enum>I</enum><header>Strengthening And Finding Families for Children</header><section id="id1CD80D4ECFAC47B5A22E73A86A13EA87"><enum>101.</enum><header>Short title of title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as
the <quote><short-title>Strengthening And Finding Families for Children Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section><subtitle id="id54A302A90E884C24BC5A4D15C37847D1" style="OLC"><enum>A</enum><header>Adoption Incentive Payments</header><section id="H867FF12CF62B41B5B36F270F87D6E48B"><enum>111.</enum><header>Extension of
program through fiscal year 2016</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 473A of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 673b) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H9D45408334E446D284415C6670E91B4B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)(5), by striking <quote>2008 through 2012</quote> and inserting <quote>2013
through 2015</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9FDCAD1C69E14798B57A4343C1CE888E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in each of paragraphs (1)(D) and (2) of subsection
(h), by striking <quote>2013</quote> and inserting
<quote>2016</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="HE6CA5BF447B24911A756B0AFE6E2D532"><enum>112.</enum><header>Improvements to
award structure</header><subsection id="H9B424893D32742CEB1F87390E9883F92"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Eligibility for
award</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 473A(b) of
the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/673b">42 U.S.C. 673b(b)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraph (2) and redesignating paragraphs (3) through (5) as paragraphs (2) through (4), respectively.</text></subsection><subsection id="HC64EB54F1E94418FA2FF897381ABF2DD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Data
requirements</header><text>Section 473A(c)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
673b(c)(2)) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H33053D5E3ECE40D9B5486026F362EFAA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the paragraph
heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">numbers of adoptions</header-in-text></quote> and inserting
<quote><header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">rates of adoptions and
guardianships</header-in-text></quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HFD427100BBAC41BFBE75D6CDFDAF17F8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>the numbers</quote> and all that follows through <quote>section,</quote> and
inserting <quote>each of the rates required to be determined under this section with respect to a State and a fiscal year,</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id70DE8829919B4ECE96485704915ED8F8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting before the period the following: <quote>, and, with respect to the determination of the rates related to foster child guardianships, on the basis of information reported to the Secretary under paragraph (12) of subsection (g)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H58AC449D036E4D03B746D1A8133086E2"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Award
amount</header><text>Section 473A(d) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/673b">42 U.S.C. 673b(d)</external-xref>) is
amended—</text><paragraph id="id55D96850F3F04B8BA54FBF5A544D735A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (1), by striking
subparagraphs (A) through (C) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H939D33810D7A45F5AC8741360CDFA52B" style="OLC"><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3FE43CACADA04515995CD48E10656041"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$4,000, multiplied
by the amount (if any) by which—</text><clause id="HF486304C55264D58BA4F3F0EBE563DD9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of
foster child adoptions in the State during the fiscal year; exceeds</text></clause><clause id="HE28EAB6CC0C94CECB1C6F2582E133692"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the product (rounded to the nearest whole
number) of—</text><subclause id="H38DE960F0B8F4E7AAA506E7AD317C12D"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the base rate of
foster child adoptions for the State for the fiscal year; and</text></subclause><subclause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFAE58987CFB14E458B9546C81E88A946"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of children in foster care under
the supervision of the State on the last day of the preceding fiscal
year;</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0FCCD7C67BBB4B759355B4847014C927"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$8,000, multiplied
by the amount (if any) by which—</text><clause id="H5F345F697BF545B1B10ED677B4A390CB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of
older child adoptions and older foster child guardianships in the State during the fiscal year; exceeds</text></clause><clause id="H3D3B1F7469C641C286BEECC0566E7852"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the product (rounded to the nearest whole
number) of—</text><subclause id="H6D60DD93D5494211B53B6B051359DDE4"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the base rate of
older child adoptions and older foster child guardianships for the State for the fiscal year; and</text></subclause><subclause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAC95A6E30CAE456FB40147B8935F054D"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of children in foster care under
the supervision of the State on the last day of the preceding fiscal
year who have attained age 9;</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idF5A562F8D39D4C8DB9C1D0659553895F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$4,500,
multiplied by the amount (if any) by which—</text><clause id="idD7A2A73A393B4A9AA36CBF3684E014BA"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of
special needs adoptions that are not older child adoptions in the State during
the fiscal year; exceeds</text></clause><clause id="idD8BF94E2B6674EFCA92A990E5EF6010A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the product (rounded to the nearest whole
number) of—</text><subclause id="id0CB7147E33344A50A581E2D94F414507"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the base rate of
special needs adoptions that are not older child adoptions for the State for
the fiscal year; and</text></subclause><subclause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id949AC24BB7904CB29F7CA43924947393"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of children in foster care under
the supervision of the State on the last day of the preceding fiscal
year who have not attained age 9; and</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4D54664C38C0440EB6234FAC4F791798"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$4,000, multiplied
by the amount (if any) by which—</text><clause id="H1A4EC5F94DA2487AAABF0F39E50CCC70"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of
foster child guardianships in the State during the fiscal year; exceeds</text></clause><clause id="HDB6DBA222B1D49CBA12348B0C3D41A27"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the product (rounded to the nearest whole
number) of—</text><subclause id="HF9BA3B31E8A44B95A42A5E6132F05E5B"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the base rate of
foster child guardianships for the State for the fiscal year; and</text></subclause><subclause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HFE8D7E7567D54F45A335EE3D1E7FD4AD"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of children in foster care under
the supervision of the State on the last day of the preceding fiscal year.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="id579B164350954321A8C6E72737CAB0DE"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (3) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3D130F19ED5A4E9FBF200BC827F63DE6" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID71D2BC0B984846FD9A0CD5D30CAFD4EA"><enum>(3)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Increased adoption and legal guardianship incentive payment for timely adoptions</header><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF5361E351DB44FE2B5AF8469B93B7121"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If for any of fiscal years 2013 through 2015, the total amount of adoption and legal guardianship incentive payments payable under paragraph (1) of this subsection are less than the amount appropriated under subsection (h) for the fiscal year, then, from the remainder of the amount appropriated for the fiscal year that is not required for such payments (in this paragraph referred to as the <term>timely adoption award pool</term>), the Secretary shall increase the adoption incentive payment determined under paragraph (1) for each State that the Secretary determines is a timely adoption award State for the fiscal year by the award amount determined for the fiscal year under subparagraph (C) .</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC00A1F1494D34F1A98D8F0126DF542B3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Timely adoption award State defined</header><text>A State is a timely adoption award State for a fiscal year if the State is one of the 50 States or the District of Columbia and the Secretary determines that more than 50 percent of the foster child adoptions that were finalized in the State during the fiscal year were for children for whom an adoption was finalized not more than 12 months after the date on which the child becomes legally free for adoption.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID0BF1CFD97E614C8B9E737B6DB340DA5C"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Award amount</header><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A), the award amount determined under this subparagraph with respect to a fiscal year is the amount equal to the product of—</text><clause id="IDB3E06B94291443A3955A48C95D82BFD2"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the timely adoption award pool for the fiscal year; and</text></clause><clause id="ID68421A9651614607BB4AAD7B33C3FBF3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the number of timely adoption award States for the fiscal year.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H34E4A955CC074D2D83D4483AEE621E6B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section
473A(g) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/673b">42 U.S.C. 673b(g)</external-xref>) is amended by striking paragraphs (1)
through (8) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id460C1109487F4445AB9762A48B9F6B37" style="OLC"><paragraph id="HE7D00AD47E104F258996A8DB24FA910D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Foster child
adoption rate</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>foster child adoption rate</term> means, with respect to a State and a
fiscal year, the percentage determined by dividing—</text><subparagraph id="H920330493A994C6B9B90241F75BAABA3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of
foster child adoptions finalized in the State during the fiscal year; by</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0C90991AC8EF4222B87CA2E9F7D8F104"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number of
children in foster care under the supervision of the State on the last day of
the preceding fiscal year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H148465D9C7E243F6938FA24436ADAEB9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Base rate of
foster child adoptions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>base rate of foster child
adoptions</term> means, with respect to a State and a fiscal year, the average of the foster child
adoption rate for the State for the immediately preceding 3 fiscal years.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H6AF13321AEE340BDAAF0497507D43733"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Foster child
adoption</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>foster child adoption</term> means the final adoption of a child who, at
the time of adoptive placement, was in foster care under the supervision of the
State.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7DC5E33EE8AC4F5FA251363A151DE94F"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Special needs
adoptions that are not older child adoptions rate</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>special needs adoptions that
are not older child adoptions rate</term> means, with respect to a State and a
fiscal year, the percentage determined by dividing—</text><subparagraph id="id4AC92DDC4C0443C78985AA0BE5FCD3BC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of
special needs adoptions that are not older child adoptions finalized in the
State during the fiscal year; by</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id648771C3C71D419CBFD463F09C74064E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number of
children in foster care under the supervision of the State on the last day of
the preceding fiscal year who have not attained age 9.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idEFA0DC04D422403AA7A859791DE0A347"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Base rate of
special needs adoptions that are not older child adoptions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>base rate of special needs
adoptions that are not older child adoptions</term> means, with respect to a
State and a fiscal year, the average of the special needs
adoptions that are not older child adoptions rate for the State for the immediately preceding 3 fiscal years.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idABD689F968C64FF78AF1EA78B8BB4EB6"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Special needs
adoptions that are not older child adoptions</header><text>The term <term>special needs adoptions that are not older child adoptions</term> means the
final adoptions of all children who have not attained age 9 and for whom an adoption assistance agreement is in
effect under section 473.</text></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE9EC30CB034B4F838D771C7B67DA0A8B"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Older child
adoptions and older foster child guardianships rate</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>older child adoptions and older foster child guardianships rate</term> means, with respect to a State and a
fiscal year, the percentage determined by dividing—</text><subparagraph id="H7BF3FAD4FDEB487A8C4CA42C8BCAFA72"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of
older child adoptions and older foster child guardianships finalized in the State during the fiscal year; by</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2005DFEEB9D24F93B3B0585BCB29DDC0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the number of children in foster care under
the supervision of the State on the last day of the preceding fiscal year, who
have attained 9 years of age.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H2F0F081208F74CF584793FD2F6215E45"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Base rate of
older child adoptions and older foster child guardianships</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>base rate of older child
adoptions and older foster child guardianships</term> means, with respect to a State and a fiscal year, the average of the older child
adoptions and older foster child guardianships rate for the State for the immediately preceding 3 fiscal years.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HEABFC7B956E84EB1AC35739A19A9AA9A"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Older child
adoptions and older foster child guardianships</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>older child adoptions and older foster child guardianships</term> means the final adoption, or the placement into legal guardianship, of all children who have
attained 9 years of age and—</text><subparagraph id="HACA3D76D11D34B8C95298E34C878F614"><enum>(A)</enum><text>at the time of the
adoptive or legal guardianship placement, were in foster care under the supervision of the
State; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC2BEF6E587DA4E7BB526D0C306BB4181"><enum>(B)</enum><text>for whom an adoption
assistance agreement was in effect under section 473.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDBDB0361DFDA4C4CA70D5C144ECB6F05"><enum>(10)</enum><header>Foster child
guardianship rate</header><text>The term <term>foster child guardianship
rate</term> means, with respect to a State and a fiscal year, the percentage
determined by dividing—</text><subparagraph id="H295981DDC11A497D8C12B3D2899B6EE6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of
foster child guardianships that occurred in the State during the fiscal year;
by</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6DD10933095444F6B539A10D4E8E680D"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the number of
children in foster care under the supervision of the State on the last day of
the preceding fiscal year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="H31A0976BD30E49589825EE1543183FC9"><enum>(11)</enum><header>Base rate of
foster child guardianships</header><text>The term <term>base rate of foster
child guardianships</term> means, with respect to a State and a fiscal year,
the average of the foster child
guardianship rate for the State for the immediately preceding 3 fiscal years.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HBD3ED2B107D44918BE51A2DC2933247C"><enum>(12)</enum><header>Foster child guardianship</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>foster child guardianship</term> means, with respect to a State, the exit of a child from foster care under the responsibility of the State to live with a legal guardian, if the State has reported to the Secretary—</text><subparagraph id="H03C4E6FF0D4F47E0A0A4F99F19FE875C"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that the State agency has determined that—</text><clause id="HF42C282F04AA4ACC92DDCB87DA403DAB"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the child has been removed from his or her home pursuant to a voluntary placement agreement or as a result of a judicial determination to the effect that continuation in the home would be contrary to the welfare of the child;</text></clause><clause id="H6E88D246F8D440BE824017AEC6929DB4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>being returned home is not an appropriate option for the child;</text></clause><clause id="H3BD632B983374A29AC26FDB958D1A704"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the child demonstrates a strong attachment to the prospective legal guardian, and the prospective legal guardian has a strong commitment to caring permanently for the child; and</text></clause><clause id="H462292BD7DCC49FD94046DE63BC62CBA"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>if the child has attained 14 years of age, the child has been consulted regarding the legal guardianship arrangement; or</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAA37B2F594B04FDE86CEB76A5127059C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the alternative procedures used by the State to determine that legal guardianship is the appropriate option for the child.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection></section><section id="HF14313F3AF094CF8948AA5FC0C1179CD"><enum>113.</enum><header>Renaming of program</header><subsection id="HAA9F4C52977E4FA58C2AD141033BE192"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The section heading of section 473A of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/673b">42 U.S.C. 673b</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAC44909EDD0C42A99E491B9205F760A9" style="OLC"><section id="HAF2B482F66DF4C7D80C814958858783E"><enum>473A.</enum><header>Adoption and legal guardianship incentive payments</header></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="HE76A838D1E154005B193DB678E5DC6BE"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><paragraph id="HAA9347B842744D8AA6E8F07D41763F89"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 473A of such Act is amended in each of subsections (a), (d)(1), (d)(2)(A), and (d)(2)(B) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/673b">42 U.S.C. 673b(a)</external-xref>, (d)(1), (d)(2)(A), and (d)(2)(B)) by inserting <quote>and legal guardianship</quote> after <quote>adoption</quote> each place it appears.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H6EBAA03C2A234C8D87BBB621F1E1B882"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The heading of section 473A(d) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/673b">42 U.S.C. 673b(d)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">and legal guardianship</header-in-text></quote> after <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">adoption</header-in-text></quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HA55C44F86AD44A20ABF1C5FD51DD4582"><enum>114.</enum><header>Limitations on use of incentive payments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 473A(f) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/673b">42 U.S.C. 673b(f)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id6271F59FE1734399B86308621CA19E1F"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in the first sentence, by inserting <quote>, and shall use the amount to supplement, and not supplant, any Federal or non-Federal funds used to provide any service under part B or E</quote> before the period;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idD8DF5DAFCF6245B692A307E19C6D2E9D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting after the first sentence, the following: <quote>In the case of any State that is paid an incentive payment under this section for a fiscal year that exceeds $100,000, the State shall use at least 25 percent of the
incentive payment made to the State for that fiscal year to provide services for children who have been reunified with their families, including services to youth who, after emancipating from foster care, return to their families, to support and sustain these reunifications.</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6A2850A50EE942B6811C2C992BFA8165"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking <quote>the preceding sentence</quote> and inserting <quote>this subsection</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><section id="H1750B7D02ED847178E9CE2B99CC8560E"><enum>115.</enum><header>State report on calculation and use of savings resulting from the phase-out of eligibility requirements for adoption assistance; requirement to spend 40 percent of savings on certain services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 473(a)(8) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/673">42 U.S.C. 673(a)(8)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H577D51C232C34822B8D46FC7FB41A3AE" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H9C7E0030E970486496BAD3648B6CC278" indent="up1"><enum>(8)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H1D51B50303A94D57A0516B1BC1E399EB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State shall calculate the savings (if any) resulting from the application of paragraph (2)(A)(ii) to all applicable children for a fiscal year, using a methodology specified by the Secretary or an alternate methodology proposed by the State and approved by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEBD88DB9804B46148AFA762D45FAF3F8" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A State shall annually report to the Secretary—</text><clause id="H34A12ECD270C4B1FBE9D333AB8293A45"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the methodology used to make the calculation described in subparagraph (A), without regard to whether any savings are found;</text></clause><clause id="HAEB110F2B2764FA785FF3E21C840434A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the amount of any savings referred to in subparagraph (A); and</text></clause><clause id="H038001827D2B48F0A2078CAC752442D7"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">how any such savings are spent, accounting for and reporting the spending separately from any other spending reported to the Secretary under part B or E.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4010F209A97447ADB216BCDC73D36C0B" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The Secretary shall make all information reported pursuant to subparagraph (B) (including the information required under subparagraph (D)(iii)) available on the website of the Department of Health and Human Services in a location easily accessible to the public.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H618F4FE60E2A42668C363C9C087D52BD" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idCD3ECB620402462EB737C00129EF7B98"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State shall spend an amount equal to the amount of the savings (if any) in State expenditures under this part resulting from the application of paragraph (2)(A)(ii) to all applicable children for a fiscal year, to provide to children of families any service that may be provided under this part or part B, and shall spend not less than 40 percent of any such savings on—</text><subclause id="idA2658D1C8DF1411989841402A43CEC27" indent="up1"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">post-adoption or post-guardianship services (as applicable) for children placed in adoptive,
kinship guardianship, or guardianship placements and their families; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id96C3EE4CB20D41D3B6A245D16B864257" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">services to support and sustain positive permanent outcomes for children who otherwise might enter into foster care under the responsibility of the State.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id68F9E4AF0DC348CAA25A5CEBF0A77EA6" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any spending by a State in accordance with this subparagraph shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, any Federal or non-Federal funds used to provide any service under part B or E.</text></clause><clause id="idCFC821C5E1D5485BA4F875F45B874BCE" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A State shall include in the annual report submitted to the Secretary under subparagraph (B) a detailed account, in such form and manner as the Secretary shall require, of the services funded by the State to satisfy the requirements of clause (i) of this subparagraph.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="HC2D28544D49B4D82ABEE616E28E33759"><enum>116.</enum><header>Preservation of eligibility for kinship guardianship assistance payments with a successor guardian</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 473(d)(3) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/673">42 U.S.C. 673(d)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H8F7F5D342AA241E2A85934EDC32273AE" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="H60131208A88F48F89E74A81774D68D7F"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Eligibility not affected by replacement of guardian with a successor guardian</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the event of the death or incapacity of the relative guardian, the eligibility of a child for a kinship guardianship assistance payment under this subsection shall not be affected by reason of the replacement of the relative guardian with a successor legal guardian named in the kinship guardianship assistance agreement referred to in paragraph (1) (including in any amendment to the agreement), notwithstanding subparagraph (A) of this paragraph and section 471(a)(28).</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="id8C8043D3FAAD4E53ADF2CA4BB9A133FE"><enum>117.</enum><header>Data collection
on adoption and foster child guardianship disruption and dissolution</header><subsection id="id218380C33CFD49A6B1FD9893804270C4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 479 of the
Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/679">42 U.S.C. 679</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the
following new subsection:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id32468A1205BC4AFA83B18F70A583CDAC" style="OLC"><subsection id="idFD26712001F74BCDA7722970BCA68C45"><enum>(d)</enum><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id4BCCD626D54C46B3ABDB36A1E4E29355"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Not later than 12
months after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Strengthening And Finding Families for Children Act</short-title> the
Secretary shall, as part of the data collection system established under this
section, promulgate final regulations providing for the collection and analysis
of information regarding children who enter into foster care under the supervision of a State as a result of
the disruption of a placement for adoption or foster child guardianship or the dissolution of an adoption or foster child guardianship. The regulations
shall require each State with a State plan approved under this part and part B to collect and report as part of such data collection system and, as appropriate, to report supplementary, descriptive, or spending information required separate from such system and, as appropriate, as part of other reports required under this part or part B, the information specified in paragraph (2).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id1D3B5241FECF40A19DF95E9504A4BDC1" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The regulations promulgated under paragraph (1) shall require a State to collect and report the following information:</text><subparagraph id="id08B6A792CB3D4811B98202930793C01C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Information on children born in the United States who are
adopted or placed in a foster child guardianship and who enter into foster care under the supervision of the State as a result of the disruption of a placement for adoption or foster child guardianship or the
dissolution of an adoption or foster child guardianship, including—</text><clause id="id111B48B1B49F42F7BC92E23358FEE749"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of such children who enter
into foster care under the supervision of the State as a result of—</text><subclause id="idA34EC59345174879AB17E6D5CE5A37B9"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the disruption of placement for adoption;</text></subclause><subclause id="idB523D587C3EE4A1A867113C6955D49C2"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the disruption of placement for foster child guardianship;</text></subclause><subclause id="idF5D81F36BF774B89B3244A6766A17B42"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the dissolution of an adoption; or</text></subclause><subclause id="id2D72FDDDEFA9484980C0652759E6EAE8"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the dissolution of a foster child guardianship; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id048C11DFDC5C42E5B295D1810DF3B878"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for each child identified under
clause (i)—</text><subclause id="id74DAF3C5921B47F9AFD96162FDB9D5B1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the length of the adoption or foster child guardianship placement
prior to disruption or dissolution;</text></subclause><subclause id="id2671501C90BA4CB0A59AC04EB3E4070B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the age of the child at the time of the
disruption or dissolution;</text></subclause><subclause id="id1893E2A2824E40EC9905B6155FC824B4"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the reason for the disruption or
dissolution, as well as illustrative or supplementary materials that provide elaboration for the reason; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id9D4CAFC513DA457D9C590B5C9FDEB442"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the agencies who handled the placement
for adoption or foster child guardianship.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4B68DC2BA051437F92BAA8E7F86B7CE9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Information on children born in a country other than the United States who enter into foster care under the supervision of the State as a result of the disruption of a placement for adoption or the dissolution of an adoption, including—</text><clause id="id52EA3796439D4E01856014309FBF338F"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of such children who enter
into foster care under the supervision of the State as a result of—</text><subclause id="idD342367AB0E94C48B11B17D1768AC348"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the disruption of placement for adoption; or</text></subclause><subclause id="idD38877C835F74120A03E5C63878F697F"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the dissolution of an adoption;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id14B29674A70A480890B573F4F1F63D6D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for each child identified under
clause (i)—</text><subclause id="id2CBC01D2BFD4479BAB6F98DFC25DD3FF"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the child's country of birth and, if different, the country from which the child originally was placed for adoption;</text></subclause><subclause id="id12D5D2ECF00140A68E352F473BE12549"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the length of the adoption placement
prior to disruption or dissolution;</text></subclause><subclause id="id2AE74811EBA54A4A8E9CCCD6ED0C10F0"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the age of the child at the time of the
disruption or dissolution;</text></subclause><subclause id="idCAD0D07CC64F4E0D9865753501F1994B"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the reason for the disruption or
dissolution, as well as illustrative or supplementary materials that provide elaboration for the reason; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idFFC1AEAF35264CFC855BA680385E21E6"><enum>(V)</enum><text>the agencies who handled the placement
for adoption; and</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAA71FFAFDB314668B011256A5043B973"><enum>(C)</enum><text>A description of the pre- and post-adoptive
support services that
the State has determined result in lower rates of disruption and dissolution of adoptions or foster child guardianships.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idE7C8424772F84D999A1BEB80D881FC09"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Information on how the State spends funds paid to the State from an allotment for the State under section 433 to promote adoption, and, separately, to provide pre and post-adoptive support services.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAE7BE972C4224BB8B7635849A232E149"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Such other information as determined
appropriate by the Secretary.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id82AF191EBAB24A9080A9B4D9C03CCD5A" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For purposes of this subsection, the term <term>foster child guardianship</term> has the meaning given that term in section 473A(g)(12).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id0B133C1AD6CE4F528F80B48C583C2EBF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Annual
report</header><text>Section 479A of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/679b">42 U.S.C. 679b</external-xref>)
is amended—</text><paragraph id="idB8B90144B2BB4BB08521B6633EA94F34"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (5),
by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idD9AAF78E162B453791F25A8C6E4C88FB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (6),
by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7E454B6643F84384A3B7CA2856DA2B97"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new paragraph:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id71AE80B7824A43D7840E940CBC7ADA75" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idF849AD40783A4BAC8AFB4ACDBC9F010D"><enum>(7)</enum><text>include in the
report submitted pursuant to paragraph (5) for fiscal year 2016 or any
succeeding fiscal year, national and State-by-State data on the numbers and
rates of disruptions and dissolutions of adoptions, as collected pursuant to
section
479(d).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="idA95FCE9D58FA451C99D01652847C827A"><enum>118.</enum><header>Encouraging the placement of children in foster care with siblings</header><subsection id="idAD9671BC406A4DE6ABC7D0B27AAF387D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>State plan amendment</header><paragraph id="idC8796CA30E044B80AAABC0EFD167A7B5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Notification of parents of siblings</header><text>Section 471(a)(29) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/671">42 U.S.C. 671(a)(29)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>all adult grandparents</quote> and inserting <quote>the following relatives: all adult grandparents, all parents of a sibling of the child, where such parent has legal custody of such sibling,</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id943DAA73579643ED9CE239AD584B77D4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Sibling defined</header><text>Section 475 of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/675">42 U.S.C. 675</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5A4F3071E26D4E18A66624EA8BB93E89" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idC5ECD10FD7B449FEA2BDD0D4390EFA03"><enum>(9)</enum><text>The term <term>sibling</term> means an individual who satisfies at least one of the following conditions with respect to a child:</text><subparagraph id="idD9F79719099C4EE4A6A5E389F291D8C9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The individual is considered by State law to be a sibling of the child.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4BCDD0E521AE4CCAA3FB85EB5BC05D89"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The individual would have been considered a sibling of the child under State law but for a termination or other disruption of parental rights, such as the death of a parent.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id75D50075F12F4E04BCB71660B58A939A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>Nothing in this section shall be construed as subordinating the rights of foster or adoptive parents of a child to the rights of the parents of a sibling of that child.</text></subsection></section><section id="H91207B5521B3472EBFEF6F1DB59FD4F7"><enum>119.</enum><header>Effective dates</header><subsection id="H52B12638CCD641A7A86DB91C9A8AD34E"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Except as otherwise provided in this section, the amendments made by this subtitle shall take effect as if enacted on October 1, 2013.</text></subsection><subsection id="H3189439920714755BF631F8E7273E0B9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Restructuring and renaming of program</header><paragraph id="H71A8001F99D24616AA5C007ED11BA9B0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The amendments made by sections 112 and 113 shall take effect on October 1, 2014, subject to paragraph (2).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HE1C3D80DCA9249A3B444047F8701413E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Transition rule</header><subparagraph id="idF9E769177D834BBDAF7C79D1E5F6CC49"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the total amount payable to a State under section 473A of the Social Security Act for fiscal year 2014 shall be an amount equal to <fraction>1/2</fraction> of the sum of—</text><clause id="HC4B45CFD358D4B44A98F97239AB3344D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the total amount that would be payable to the State under such section for fiscal year 2014 if the amendments made by section 112 of this Act had not taken effect; and</text></clause><clause id="H81B3B769D34F4303AE65B9723C6AFC9A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total amount that would be payable to the State under such section for fiscal year 2014 in the absence of this paragraph.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDDB5CBD2E4F0646BFBAAA33B272A4EB2D"><enum>(B)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pro rata adjustment if insufficient funds available</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the total amount otherwise payable under subparagraph (A) for fiscal year 2014 exceeds the amount appropriated pursuant to section 473A(h) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/673b">42 U.S.C. 673b(h)</external-xref>) for that fiscal year, the amount payable to each State under subparagraph (A) for fiscal year 2014 shall be—</text><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDF4B53B5831994895AA8EFE37C8E6E88D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the amount that would otherwise be payable to the State under subparagraph (A) for fiscal year 2014; multiplied by</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDAC58470D08D44BC3BA128372C79E167D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the percentage represented by the amount so appropriated for fiscal year 2014, divided by the total amount otherwise payable under subparagraph (A) to all States for that fiscal year.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id02D7AC68EEA34342B64DD3CFEC1F92D8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Promoting sibling connections</header><paragraph id="id4D34297EA83C48CDA0BA341689FF3BD4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The amendments made by section 118 shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id13F470206FA54E20A8E70A1AF3F13DB3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Delay permitted if State legislation required</header><text>In the case of a State plan approved under part E of title IV of the Social Security Act which the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines requires State legislation (other than legislation appropriating funds) in order for the plan to meet the additional requirements imposed by section 118, the State plan shall not be regarded as failing to comply with the requirements of such part solely on the basis of the failure of the plan to meet such additional requirements before the 1st day of the 1st calendar quarter beginning after the close of the 1st regular session of the State legislature that ends after the 1-year period beginning with the date of enactment of this Act. For purposes of the preceding sentence, in the case of a State that has a 2-year legislative session, each year of the session is deemed to be a separate regular session of the State legislature.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HA0B2F5BF5BC24D33BF655DAF5609DC7F"><enum>B</enum><header>Extension of family connection grant program</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H95E7396D6B9B4395961D2DD61316B4B1" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>121.</enum><header>Extension of family connection grant program</header><subsection id="idC65B914500D249FA86D143FEA179577B"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 427(h) of the
Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/627">42 U.S.C. 627(h)</external-xref>) is amended by striking
<quote>2013</quote> and inserting <quote>2016</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id7DF97B607F05415E92F127CBDB891526"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligibility of universities for matching grants</header><text>Section 427(a) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/627">42 U.S.C. 627(a)</external-xref>) is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph (1)—</text><paragraph id="id161521EC53854E959AD5466236644276"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> before <quote>private</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id838DCC303E034797BF83EA37E36C2029"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>and institutions of higher education (as defined under section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/1001">20 U.S.C. 1001</external-xref>)),</quote> after <quote>arrangements,</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idD983A822CDC3488F9C5903B7577A1E0D"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Finding families for foster youth who are parents</header><text>Section 427(a)(1)(E) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/627">42 U.S.C. 627(a)(1)(E)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>and other individuals who are willing and able to be foster parents for children in foster care under the responsibility of the State who are themselves parents</quote> after <quote>kinship care families</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id7F2EE9683A8D4F3E8D87178F5359AA83"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reservation of
funds</header><text>Section 427(g) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/627">42 U.S.C. 627(g)</external-xref>) is
amended—</text><paragraph id="idC3F03DBF8DF34324989CCC3A8B4408E1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (1); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id384B2301D1D44408B6BB0FE3E1689F30"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HAB11FBD9C3D0451CB1071FC90E195EAD"><enum>C</enum><header>Unemployment compensation</header><section id="HE7AEA29D5F6C469391895160D1B7CB58"><enum>131.</enum><header>Improving the collection of unemployment insurance overpayments through tax refund offset</header><subsection id="HDC279FD41D9F4F19B3FCE0F0762D35C5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 303 of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/503">42 U.S.C. 503</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5132DFBF50744DC98206402E5323388A" style="OLC"><subsection id="H631E6325E1AF4E00A1779356CCB695A4"><enum>(m)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a covered unemployment compensation debt (as defined under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/6402">section 6402(f)(4)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) that remains uncollected as of the date that is 2 years after the date when such debt was first incurred, the State to which such debt is owed shall take action to recover such debt under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/26/6402">section 6402(f)</external-xref> of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD9EB2B2FC7ED4D0DBF9C5870FD961B58"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendment made by subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2015.</text></subsection></section></subtitle><enum>II</enum><header>Identifying and serving youth vulnerable to sex trafficking </header><section id="idA39390BD5B9C4A9C80464AF0F196DEE4"><enum>201.</enum><header>Short title of title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This Act may be cited as the
<quote><short-title>Protecting Youth At-Risk for Sex Trafficking Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section><subtitle id="id2AE139D13E6442AFB068782C2A6F6260" style="OLC"><enum>A</enum><header>Addressing the
risks that make youth vulnerable to sex trafficking and other negative
outcomes</header><section id="id486C15EA0A8045A0B9B60D5AAB28FA05"><enum>211.</enum><header>Identifying
and screening youth at risk of sex trafficking</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 471(a)(9) of the Social Security Act
(<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/671">42 U.S.C. 671(a)(9)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H5E74D9C44DC64798A72A8F686800294F"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by striking <quote>and</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H24066A427C764CE9B2CE12D12EFD174B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(B), by inserting <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="HA1D0281C919B434B84DE900033611529"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H310DA52101294545A3703317216E6E31" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="HC5F9A20B37A34A9CA59A9FA894C0BA99"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than—</text><clause commented="no" id="idD88EB8B51C4F413CB66148ACF59F0658"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 year after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Protecting Youth At-Risk for Sex Trafficking Act</short-title>, demonstrate to the
Secretary that it has developed, in consultation with the child protective
services agency or unit for the State, policies and procedures for identifying and
screening, and to determine appropriate State action and services, any child
who the State has reasonable cause to believe is a victim of sex trafficking
(as defined in section 103(10) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of
2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7102">22 U.S.C. 7102(10)</external-xref>)) or a severe form of trafficking in persons described
in paragraph (9)(A) of that Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7102">22 U.S.C. 7102(9)(A)</external-xref>) or is at risk of being a
victim of either kind of trafficking (including at the option of the State, any
individual who has not attained age 26 without regard to whether that
individual is or was in foster care under the responsibility of the State);
and</text></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idBEFB37474DD24BBAAA855B5872835253"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2 years after the date of enactment of the <short-title>Protecting Youth At-Risk for Sex Trafficking Act</short-title>, demonstrate to the
Secretary that it is implementing, in consultation with the child protective
services agency or unit for the State, the policies and procedures developed under
clause
(i).</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id9F8C21381E864273968C86AF9A88F038"><enum>212.</enum><header>Improvements
to another planned permanent living arrangement as a permanency option</header><subsection id="id8D0834137604457887BB21C7CF130F50"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Elimination of
the option for children under age 16</header><paragraph id="id221ADEEB88984E3F9A51DC90C446CB5E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 475(5)(C) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
675(5)(C)) is amended by inserting <quote>only in the case of a child who has
attained age 16</quote> before <quote>(in cases where the State agency has
documented</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id94370F399E404763A9F301ECDC576B78"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Section 422(b)(8)(A)(iii)(II) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
622(b)(8)(A)(iii)(II)) is amended by inserting <quote>, subject to the
requirements of paragraphs (5)(C) and (10) of section 475</quote> after
<quote>arrangement</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7B6D0888017149BCB7E963DDC7EF12B2"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional
requirements</header><paragraph id="idD85AAF54FBF947F6AD515A5C2892C29E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Part E of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
670 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 475 the following new
section:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA441AAC2DDEC4176B64A1E61DEE6CBBA" style="traditional"><section id="id497CE398241444F7A540458E9A22BBEE"><enum>475A.</enum><header>Additional case plan and case review system
requirements</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id9B9D063A6F4C4B0F8F0730DE3D6D4EB2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Requirements for
another planned permanent living arrangement</header><text>In the case of any
child for whom another planned permanent living arrangement is the permanency
plan for the child, the following requirements shall apply for purposes of
approving the case plan for the child and the case system review procedure for
the child:</text><paragraph id="id4311631432E7493CB86205BAAD15FE25"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Documentation
of intensive, ongoing, unsuccessful efforts for family
placement</header><text>At each permanency hearing held with respect to the
child, the State agency documents the intensive, ongoing, and, as of the date
of the hearing, unsuccessful efforts made by the State agency to return the
child home, place the child with a fit and willing relative, place the child with a legal guardian, or place the child for adoption, including through efforts that utilize
search technology to find biological family members for children in the child
welfare system.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id01573A1ECF2643A7A4CB9DD0A40CCB35"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Redetermination
of appropriateness of placement at each permanency hearing</header><text>At
each permanency hearing held with respect to the child, the court or
administrative body appointed or approved by the court conducting the hearing
on the permanency plan for the child shall do the following:</text><subparagraph id="id1D7110959A92455FA47A0D0AA51958DE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Ask the child if
the child wants to be adopted.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF93892101A6B441FB9C26B4AD39431A9"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Make a judicial
determination of a compelling reason with respect to each of the following
options for why it continues to be not in the best interests of the child
to—</text><clause id="id510CE916B294431C9D2334D8CD9B253E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>return
home;</text></clause><clause id="idC60FD5445FFE4766B2F2A2597EADD4B8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>be placed with a
fit and willing relative;</text></clause><clause id="id99D073A49A774BD79F19B4BB3AF9A912"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>be placed with
a legal guardian; or</text></clause><clause id="idE4808FE35F2746CFAE70BCE4C0E8B802"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>be placed for
adoption.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF8AFA93BCD994724904627E5F5259E51"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Identify the
barriers to permanency plans other than another planned permanent living
arrangement for the child.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB0CE60C493D2401DA92813DCD0A35081"><enum>(D)</enum><text>Make a new
determination that another planned permanent living arrangement is the
appropriate permanency plan for this child and submit findings as to why, as of
the date of the hearing, another planned permanent living arrangement is the
best permanency plan for the child.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id621B50400A564AED97062428B686FA4E"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Require the State
agency to document at the next permanency hearing held with respect to the
child the intensive, ongoing, efforts made by the State agency to address such
barriers and allow a different permanency plan for the child.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id935FB0B8268E49CF82F32CF671ED4667"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Demonstration
of support for engaging in age or developmentally appropriate activities and
social events</header><text>The State agency shall appear before the court or
administrative body appointed or approved by the court and demonstrate, not
less frequently than every 6 months while the child is placed in another
planned permanent living arrangement—</text><subparagraph id="id2DBB7ACA8C8A4052A76FFE014539560A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the steps the
State agency is taking, including with respect to reducing barriers such as
paper work or other documentation, to ensure the child has regular, ongoing
opportunities to engage in age or developmentally appropriate activities,
including social events; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idB6C70CAA5D6F4B1FBDC102EC49794C87"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that an
individual, other than a caseworker, is the caregiver for the child for
purposes of the reasonable and prudent parent standard (as defined in section 475(9)), including with respect
to authority for signing permission slips and giving informal permission for
the child to participate in age or developmentally appropriate activities,
including social
events.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idF6DB73174430441C87E6B4CBBB2A2074"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments</header><subparagraph id="id578DBF75443D428D9A6D69469E3C28BD"><enum>(A)</enum><header>State plan
requirements</header><clause id="idB152BD4171A34A07AF860A26B4520FD3"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Part
B</header><text>Section 422(b)(8)(A)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
622(b)(8)(A)(ii)) is amended by inserting <quote>in accordance with the
requirements of section 475A</quote> after <quote>section
475(5))</quote>.</text></clause><clause id="idDFEE8F0E0776418F899ADD748C0911B6"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Part
E</header><text>Section 471(a)(16) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
671(a)(16)) is amended—</text><subclause id="id54B3E6D139CA49BF90906D1B25BBCE99"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>and in accordance with the requirements of section 475A</quote> after
<quote>section 475(1)</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id68805B934A094251A4CCCE1179101761"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>section 475(5)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 475(5) and
475A</quote>.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id225175D8A6E44A7B88C3043ADF4BDD43"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section
475 of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/675">42 U.S.C. 675</external-xref>) is amended—</text><clause id="idBB8DFDEC97BA407D8B9DAB39FC19FEB6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
paragraph (1), in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting
<quote>meets the requirements of section 475A and</quote> after <quote>written
document which</quote>;</text></clause><clause id="idAC5E919B24044A3F92495A47C8A510FF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
paragraph (5)(C), as amended by subsection (a)(1)—</text><subclause id="idA817DA87D7CB4B3691A4EBAA371CABAD"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>, as of the date of the hearing,</quote> after <quote>compelling reason
for determining</quote>; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idDCD5F6EA3E3C4A55A0CBE940CBBC1BD4"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>subject to the requirements of section 475A(a),</quote> after
<quote>another planned permanent living arrangement,</quote>; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idC1DF67F3B78A437C812E2B5D661D08EB"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id09B5D998774546C69D84ACD810728344" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id3AC05488762B482E8642C357AC7886C8"><enum>(9)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idB363FBB82297429CB99FF81FE47B1CB9"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The term
<term>reasonable and prudent parent standard</term> means the standard
characterized by careful and sensible parental decisions that maintain a
child's health, safety, and best interests while at the same time encouraging
the child's emotional and developmental growth, that a caregiver shall use when
determining whether to allow a child in foster care under the responsibility of
the State to participate in extracurricular, enrichment, and social
activities.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAFA379211283461DB3E05B8F139BD498" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A), the
term <term>caregiver</term> means a foster parent with whom a child in foster
care has been placed or a designated official for a child care institution in
which a child in foster care has been placed.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id34DB2EA404D547788BBF3367B2C05964"><enum>(10)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idA0D6A42ACECF41CE95B8D789BDAB26E0"><enum>(A)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id0EFB14B1BDDF4A57B1DA2F455606B082"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The term <term>age or
developmentally appropriate</term> means activities or items that are generally
accepted as suitable for children of the same chronological age or level of
maturity or that are determined to be developmentally appropriate for a child,
based on the development of cognitive, emotional, physical, and behavioral
capacities that are typical for an age or age group.</text></clause><clause id="id646432D75587431FA324B0994FBEA38B" indent="up2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>In the event that any age related activities have implications relative to a child or youth’s academic curriculum, nothing in this part or part B shall be construed to authorize an officer or employee of the Federal Government to mandate, direct, or control a State, local educational agency, or school’s specific instructional content, academic achievement standards and assessments, curriculum, or program of instruction</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1E5528C1D7E04EAA993195662E77A085" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In the case of a specific child, the
term means activities or items that are suitable for that child based on the
developmental stages attained by the child with respect to the child's
cognitive, emotional, physical, and behavioral
capacities.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id92BD310B4BA2485DAB992FE6FCF967A8"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Collected child
support directed to the youth</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC3F47C17FCBE48B79C2070C494DAA071"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Foster youth in
another planned permanent living arrangement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 457(e)(1) of the Social Security
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/657">42 U.S.C. 657(e)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>unless the permanency
plan for the child is another planned permanent living arrangement, in which
case the amounts collected (without any reimbursement to the Federal
Government) shall be deposited by the State agency responsible for supervising the child's placement in an account established for the benefit of the child and only used for payment of fees or other costs attributable to
the child's participation in age or developmentally appropriate
activities (until the child attains 18 years of age or such higher age as the State has elected under section 475(8)(B)(iii) at which time any funds in the account shall be paid to the child)</quote> before the semicolon.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCD975F6E7DC040F5A030CD5E0A7C32FA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Former foster
youth who have aged out of foster care</header><text>Section 457 of the Social
Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/657">42 U.S.C. 657</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id413AB7450AEC440EA1B6F558D526269C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection
(a), in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>(d) and
(e)</quote> and inserting <quote>(d), (e), and (f)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFDC539C28EF04FAD9B8084580CF8D3B2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following new subsection:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id43509F0456A54C4AABBEA13F697CB543" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id60A8BE3502A74DF79157BC2738E77F96"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Youth age 18 or
older in foster care</header><text>Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of
this section, amounts collected by a State as child support for months in any
period on behalf of a child who is in foster care under the responsibility of
the State on the date the child attains 18 years of age or such higher age as
the State has elected under section 475(8)(B)(iii) shall be paid to the child
(without any reimbursement to the Federal
Government).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id50FBFE63F6244225A5AF3EE0F43823AF"><enum>(3)</enum><header>State plan amendment</header><text>Section 454(11) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/654">42 U.S.C. 654(11)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB80842960C5A4844938D09B6D4E03C26"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDC7762633F4B4B74812D7BED71FC0B67"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by adding <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCA7066D1EA264AC1A1BA519260CEDF37"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting after subparagraph (B), the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6E8C361D998941FD8316AC6A074F5221" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id6FD559B351B44F11A24A030429A47A7A" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>provide a description of the procedures the State has in effect to comply with the requirements under section 457(e)(1) regarding funds collected on behalf of a child in another planned permanent living arrangement and with the requirements under section 457(f) regarding payment of amounts collected on behalf of a child who is in foster care under the responsibility of the State on the date the child attains 18 years of age or such higher age as the State has elected under section 475(8)(B)(iii);</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id45310C04CC204E03A3E4BA9FF6AF393A"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective
dates</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id619FD2BB154A46D6AF84EBA49BFAF04E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (2), the amendments made
by this section shall take effect on the date that is 1 year after the date of
enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4FDBB8BC895B4B7586D208545337406E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Delay of child
support amendment permitted if state legislation required</header><text>In the
case of a State plan approved under section 454 of the Social Security Act
which requires State legislation (other than legislation appropriating funds)
in order for the plan to meet the additional requirements imposed by the
amendments made by subsection (c), the State plan shall not be regarded as
failing to comply with the additional requirements solely on the basis of the
failure of the plan to meet the additional requirements before the first day of
the first calendar quarter beginning after the close of the first regular
session of the State legislature that begins after the date of enactment of
this Act. For purposes of the previous sentence, in the case of a State that
has a 2-year legislative session, each year of such session shall be deemed to
be a separate regular session of the State legislature.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id924E79148CC84962BDA378DFF1920875"><enum>B</enum><header>Empowering older
youth vulnerable to domestic sex trafficking and other negative
outcomes</header><section id="id25F3BA87B51544E7BAABAD409E9B1783"><enum>221.</enum><header>Empowering
foster youth age 14 and older in the development of their own case plan and
transition planning for a successful adulthood</header><subsection id="id4DFC61237AE04FEDBC2DE3442A0F0459"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 475(1)(B) of
the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/675">42 U.S.C. 675(1)(B)</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end
the following: <quote>With respect to a child who has attained age 14, the plan
developed under this paragraph for the child, the permanency plan required for
the child under paragraph (5)(C), and any revisions or additions to such plans,
shall be developed in consultation with the child and, at the option of the
child, with up to 2 members of the case planning team who are chosen by the
child and who are not the child's foster parent or caseworker. A State may
reject an individual selected by a child to be a member of the case planning
team at any time if the State has good cause to believe that the individual
would not act in the best interests of the child. One individual selected by a
child to be a member of the child's case planning team may be designated to be
the child's advisor and, as necessary, advocate, with respect to the
application of the reasonable and prudent parent standard to the
child.</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id62B51AA848564DA78B4474A0D0D0B89A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendments To include youth 14 and older in transition planning</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 475 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/675">42 U.S.C. 675</external-xref>) is
amended—</text><paragraph id="id157C4EB379064C6CA03124E4F3D758CD"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in paragraph (1)(D), by striking
<quote>Where appropriate, for a child age 16</quote> and inserting <quote>For a
child age 14</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9864D77A541A4E69B59B10665F5642B5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(5)—</text><subparagraph id="id42C261699E4248238D808E241AB0DEC0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(C)—</text><clause id="idAF4F866716504F2D8A15882C1790B170"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote>16</quote> and inserting <quote>14</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="id6ACE561F7E3E48FC82360A8CC3A9F090"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>independent living</quote> and inserting <quote>a successful adulthood and that the permanency plan for the child is developed in accordance with the requirements specified in paragraph(1)(B)</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF143F8C1E6AB4632A20883E441A98BF8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(I), by striking <quote>16</quote> and inserting <quote>14</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idE6FA587072644330880ED57A67D17DA4"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Transition
planning for a successful adulthood</header><text>Paragraphs (1)(D) and (5)(C)(iii) of section 475 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/675">42 U.S.C. 675</external-xref>) are each amended by
striking <quote>independent living</quote> and inserting <quote>a successful
adulthood</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id446A710A129C42699FB192B77F876B67"><enum>(d)</enum><header>List of
rights</header><text>Section 475A of the Social Security Act, as added by
section 212(b)(1), is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC4037ECE450B4982919A0CCD7107D575" style="OLC"><subsection id="id1F97D4E09BDB43EFAA9D17E089E42C29"><enum>(b)</enum><header>List of
rights</header><text>The case plan for any child in foster care under the
responsibility of the State or with respect to whom adoption or kinship
guardianship, assistance is made available under this part, who has attained
age 14 shall include an age or developmentally appropriate written document that describes the child's rights with
respect to education, health, visitation, and court participation, and to
staying safe and avoiding exploitation and a signed acknowledgment by the child
that the child has been provided them with a written copy of such
document.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id5C26D72185F54B4FA30C09C5455CB499"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not
later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Health and Human Services shall submit a report to Congress regarding the
implementation of the amendments made by this section. The report shall
include—</text><paragraph id="id8298AF85F38E42ED80F508BBE0FD916C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an analysis of
how States are administering the requirement of section 475(1)(B) of the Social
Security Act, as amended by subsection (a) of this Act, to permit a child in
foster care who has attained age 14 to select up to 2 members of the child's
case planning team from individuals who are not the child's foster parent or
caseworker for the development of the plan
for the child under paragraph (1)(B) of section 475 of such Act, the permanency plan required for
the child under paragraph (5)(C) of section 475 of such Act, and for any revisions or additions to such plans; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9625BC90EF47438985E98110C2A22F51"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a description of
best practices of States with respect to the administration of the
requirement.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id323416A4480044A9B193D8197160231B"><enum>222.</enum><header>Ensuring
foster youth have a birth certificate, Social Security card, driver's license or equivalent State-issued identification card, and a bank
account</header><subsection id="id44E943C9B75147D6B95315276B16174A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Case review
system requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section
475(5)(I) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/675">42 U.S.C. 675(5)(I)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id72F17FA15A1945A5A41F4FBAFEE34ECD"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking <quote>and receives
assistance</quote> and inserting <quote>receives assistance</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1411A6505AA640EF8CBF7F090DAD8ADC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
before the period, the following: <quote>and is not discharged from care
without being provided with an official birth certificate, a social security
card issued by the Commissioner of Social Security, a driver's license or identification card issued by a State in accordance with the requirements of section 202 of the REAL ID Act of 2005, and a fee-free (or low-fee)
transaction account (as defined in section 19(b)(1)(C) of the Federal Reserve
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/461">12 U.S.C. 461(b)(1)(C)</external-xref>)) established in the child's name at an insured
depository institution (as defined in section 3 of the Federal Deposit
Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1813">12 U.S.C. 1813</external-xref>)) or an insured credit union (as defined in
section 101 of the Federal Credit Union Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1752">12 U.S.C. 1752</external-xref>)), unless the
child, after consultation with the child's selected members of the child's case
planning team (if any), elects not to have such an account
established</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD975360CD487487999CD798AA7E657A7"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Penalty for
noncompliance</header><text>Section 474 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
674)) is amended by adding at the end
the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idDFB2868806CA4BAC8A382F422D943C3B" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID3A7F93DC2DDE4BBAB95B381E70F19657"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Reduced federal
matching percentage for administration for failure To ensure foster youth have
a birth certificate, social security card, picture ID, and a bank account</header><text>If
the Secretary finds with respect to a fiscal year quarter that a State has
failed to comply with the requirement under section 475(5)(I) to provide each
child in foster care under the responsibility of the State with an official
birth certificate, a social security card issued by the Commissioner of Social
Security, a driver's license or identification card issued by a State in accordance with the requirements of section 202 of the REAL ID Act of 2005, and a fee-free (or low-fee) transaction account (as defined in
section 19(b)(1)(C) of the Federal Reserve Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/461">12 U.S.C. 461(b)(1)(C)</external-xref>))
established in the child's name at an insured depository institution (as
defined in section 3 of the Federal Deposit Insurance Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1813">12 U.S.C. 1813</external-xref>)) or
an insured credit union (as defined in section 101 of the Federal Credit Union
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/12/1752">12 U.S.C. 1752</external-xref>)) before the child is discharged from such care, (unless
the child elects, after consultation with the child's selected members of the
child's case planning team (if any), not to have such an account established)
then, notwithstanding subsection (a) of this section and any regulations
promulgated under section 1123A(b)(3), the Secretary shall reduce the Federal
matching percentage for expenditures described in subsection (a)(3)(E) for the
succeeding fiscal year quarter by 1 percentage point for every multiple of 10
children for whom the Secretary determines the State failed to comply with such
requirements (but not to exceed 25 percentage
points).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB74735CAC37B472987BCB9FDAAE89975"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id79A06AF6225548079C53BC546007D1D3"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (2), the amendments made by this section take effect on October
1, 2015.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8F77F8819E4C4F27B0CEB9CD65CC173C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Extension for State law amendment</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of a State plan approved under
part B or E of title IV of the Social Security Act which the Secretary of
Health and Human Services determines requires State legislation (other than
legislation appropriating funds) in order for the plan to meet the additional
requirements imposed by the amendments made by this section, the State plan shall not be regarded as
failing to comply with the requirements of such part solely on the basis of the
failure of the plan to meet such additional requirements before the first day of
the first calendar quarter beginning after the close of the first regular session
of the State legislature that ends after the 1-year period beginning with the
date of enactment of this Act. For purposes of the preceding sentence, in the
case of a State that has a 2-year legislative session, each year of the session
is deemed to be a separate regular session of the State legislature.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="idBFEAD3702F424AA5BD38FAA1BAA5B6D3" style="OLC"><enum>C</enum><header>Data and Reports</header><section id="id123FB47BDF9C49B8BA545ED4D3F3D66E"><enum>231.</enum><header>Streamline data
collection and reporting on sex trafficking</header><subsection id="idCA72264A6A60493E9972D9366F94E7D4"><enum>(a)</enum><header>State plan
requirements</header><paragraph id="id07677311612C477382084B0D777259F5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 471(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
671(a)) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="idDBB67DFC96B448A697E5BF4E123179F8"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (32);</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD36CB72558324490AC89B1C58C5E80A1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of paragraph (33) and inserting a semicolon; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id474F657093EE4E68AD7900BFA9F82A8D"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id09984ED45BCA496B8E45043F8ADB857E" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id80B66060377D4AF2AC55FA5592CEA4C9"><enum>(34)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides that for each child over whom the
State agency has responsibility for placement, care, or supervision (including a child who is in foster care, a child for whom a State child welfare agency has an open case file but who has not been removed from the home, and a youth who is not in foster care but is receiving services under section 477), the State
agency shall—</text><subparagraph id="H8CB4F4B94D1F49B99624214A4B714BCB"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">identify and document appropriately in
agency records each child who is identified as being a victim of sex
trafficking (as defined in section 103(10) of the Trafficking Victims
Protection Act of 2000) or as a victim of severe forms of trafficking in
persons described in section 103(9)(A) of the Trafficking Victims Protection
Act of 2000 (relating to sex trafficking) as such a victim; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9B41B95DFB4F4256B4FBA094E75493EA"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">report immediately, and in no case later
than 24 hours after receiving, information on missing or abducted children to
the law enforcement authorities for entry into the National Crime Information
Center (NCIC) database of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, established
pursuant to <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/28/534">section 534</external-xref> of title 28, United States Code, and to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children; and</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id1EC1B7F7787940869C448639A27F197C"><enum>(35)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">contains a regularly updated description of
the specific measures taken by the State agency to protect and provide services
to children who are victims of sex trafficking (as defined in section 103(10)
of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000) or as a victim of severe forms of trafficking in
persons described in section 103(9)(A) of the Trafficking Victims Protection
Act of 2000 (relating to sex trafficking), including efforts to
coordinate with State law enforcement, juvenile justice, and social service
agencies such as runaway and homeless youth shelters to serve that
population.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H70A2B0A1DB694496AA9DA49FD54B3828"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Effective
date</header><subparagraph id="id4A9F7B5E3DC74B54A354B49604D28A05"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the amendments made
by subsection (a) shall take effect on the date that is 1 year after the date of the
enactment of this Act, without regard to whether final regulations required under subsection
(b) have been promulgated.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id306B09FD36074EFDBC33D181F22DF4B9"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Delay permitted
if state legislation required</header><text>In the case of a State plan
approved under part E of title IV of the Social Security Act which the
Secretary of Health and Human Services determines requires State legislation
(other than legislation appropriating funds) in order for the plan to meet the
additional requirements imposed by subsection (a), the State plan shall not be
regarded as failing to comply with the requirements of such part solely on the
basis of the failure of the plan to meet such additional requirements before
the first day of the first calendar quarter beginning after the close of the first
regular session of the State legislature that ends after the 1-year period
beginning with the date of the enactment of this Act. For purposes of the
preceding sentence, in the case of a State that has a 2-year legislative
session, each year of the session is deemed to be a separate regular session of
the State legislature. Except as otherwise provided in this Act the amendments
made by this Act shall take effect on the date that is 1 year after the date of
the enactment of this Act.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idF19162AD8356497483A70221FA4C0980"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Inclusion of
data in AFCARS</header><paragraph id="idF3278C3A45014C2CA336FC9B65B007F5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 479(c)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
679(c)(3)) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="id9C6FCDBEDF1D462786CF86DD414DFB46"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (C)(iii), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;
and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6577CF39066A486F8F2EC2312EA54CE1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by
adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idB255FF6DD934413B8665609A7A5F3A34" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id372DEE3A8D124DA097B310BAE4E1175F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>the number of children in foster care (and to the extent the Secretary determines feasible, the number of other children over whom the
State agency has responsibility for placement, care, or supervision (including children for whom a State child welfare agency has an open case file but who have not been removed from the home and youth who are not in foster care but are receiving services under section 477) who are identified as victims of
sex trafficking (as defined in section 103(10) of the Trafficking Victims
Protection Act of 2000) or as victims of severe forms of trafficking in
persons described in section 103(9)(A) of the Trafficking Victims Protection
Act of 2000 (relating to sex trafficking);
and</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idEF13E2713D484B2B86ED74EF65901653"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reports to
congress</header><subparagraph id="idE0661DA2043E42E4A9DB42D4400F82A7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Initial report</header><text>Not later than the date that is 2 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall—</text><clause id="id42B25980E5C24476A9BF297364155D4D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>survey each State with a State plan approved under part B or E of title IV of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/621">42 U.S.C. 621 et seq.</external-xref>, 670 et seq.) to determine the estimated number of children in foster care and the estimated number of other children over whom the
State agency has responsibility for placement, care, or supervision (including children for whom a State child welfare agency has an open case file but who have not been removed from the home and youth who are not in foster care but are receiving services under section 477 of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/677">42 U.S.C. 677</external-xref>) who are identified as victims of
sex trafficking (as defined in section 103(10) of the Trafficking Victims
Protection Act of 2000) or as victims of severe forms of trafficking in
persons described in section 103(9)(A) of the Trafficking Victims Protection
Act of 2000 (relating to sex trafficking); and</text></clause><clause id="id01BE48EB589E4326ABC7466EEF689351"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>submit a report to Congress that includes the results of such survey, including State-specific data, along with such recommendations for administrative or legislative action as the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines appropriate relating to the
identification of, and provision of services for, such children.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id63D9ECD2A415496D8EC4DE9E1340B709"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Annual reports</header><text>Section 479A of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/679b">42 U.S.C. 679b</external-xref>), as amended by section 117(b), is further amended—</text><clause id="idEAC7DF68E6604BC982842BDD3D744422"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (6), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text></clause><clause id="id33B25BAB30FB4F80960F359369153E36"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (7), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></clause><clause id="idE2FE2A1461924BA08844C20A50150035"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD792A0755B504F00B236D435425990A0" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idB2144F73486A4F4EBB0CA47E83B55319"><enum>(8)</enum><text>include in the
report submitted pursuant to paragraph (5) for the first fiscal year that begins on or after the effective date of a final rule implementing the data collection required under subparagraph (E) of section 479(c)(3), and for each succeeding fiscal year, the State-specific data collected under such subparagraph, along with such other
information as the Secretary determines appropriate relating to the
identification of, and provision of services for, the population of
children identified in such data.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id89d7d493bf204b2d92941cdb1bc336bb"><enum>232.</enum><header>Recommendations to Congress for expanding housing for youth victims of trafficking</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Part A of title XI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) is amended by inserting after section 1123A, the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCBA0FC8F56EF469A98BC999E2CC27426" style="traditional"><section id="idF5CF1050463E41D1A7E1C5FF1A970B70"><enum>1123B.</enum><header>Recommendations to Congress for expanding housing for youth victims of trafficking</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idA4616D1EEBE947BF98F15A062998B2CC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Not later than 1 year after the enactment of this section, the head of each Federal agency specified in subsection (c) shall submit a report to Congress that contains recommendations for administrative or legislative changes necessary to use programs, properties, or other resources owned, operated, or funded by the Federal Government to provide safe housing for youth who are victims of trafficking and to provide support to entities that provide housing or other assistance to such victims.</text></subsection><subsection id="id707a475f78194d608468471412eb03bf"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Content</header><text>The reports required by subsection (a) shall include with respect to programs, properties, or other resources owned, operated, or funded by each Federal agency specified in subsection (c), information regarding—</text><paragraph id="id314C3690A2884677B5241E1629ECCED9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the availability and suitability of existing Federal, State, and local housing resources that are appropriate for housing youth victims of trafficking or for providing support to entities that provide housing or other assistance to such victims, including in rural and isolated locations; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id02943F1CBFF140658FEB98B0D10B9161"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the feasibility of establishing or supporting public-private partnerships to provide housing for such victims or support to entities that provide housing or other assistance to such victims.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id5D633F945FE0497FB8004F9C8E20750B"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Agencies subject to reporting requirement</header><text>The Federal agencies specified in this subsection are the following:</text><paragraph id="idF283D218B8304849A48601F4F4CAF946"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The Department of Defense.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id562797B39694476EB49F436AD1B92719"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The Department of Health and Human Services.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idA81E454BC8F5463EA2E8701689BC2EA2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The Department of Homeland Security.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idD3EAA795380A42FDBAB2E6FECA3B420C"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The Department of Housing and Urban Development.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idC88D366384AF4047A66443DFD188DA31"><enum>(5)</enum><text>The Department of Justice.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id66F7E1F21C544D2EB9BE7574745B4854"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Victims of trafficking defined</header><text>In this section, the term <term>victims of trafficking</term> has the meaning given that term in section 103(15) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/22/7102">22 U.S.C. 7102(15)</external-xref>).</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section></subtitle><subtitle id="id8AC0CCEDC32644D4BAC271A15B6FDBCB" style="OLC"><enum>D</enum><header>National Advisory Committee on Domestic Sex Trafficking</header><section id="id3211582F3A464F74B58431D989CC18D5"><enum>241.</enum><header>National Advisory Committee on Domestic Sex Trafficking</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title XI of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1301">42 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after section 1114 the following new section:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id22F36D0D334B4C77A4596906A658E7C2" style="traditional"><section id="id4DBA060EF70F423E817FB80A99FEAB2B"><enum>1114A.</enum><header>National Advisory Committee on Domestic Sex Trafficking</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idEA38F13286044443915984D9CBB5F3E2"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Official designation</header><text>This section relates to the National Advisory Committee on Domestic Sex Trafficking (in this section referred to as the <quote>Committee</quote>).</text></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idDD0C5D231E3F4E79ADBABBDB0D4D7E4B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authority</header><text>Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall establish and appoint all members of the Committee.</text></subsection><subsection id="id6B87C7465FB349D5B1724445010AFFCB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Membership</header><paragraph id="id6818855EB02E4EF390E1CAA194082AFE"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Composition</header><text>The Committee shall be composed of not more than 21 members whose diverse experience and background enable them to provide balanced points of view with regard to carrying out the duties of the Committee. The Committee shall not be composed solely of Federal officers or employees.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id76B823E8ED3B4B548B28C3D12A25E5CB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Selection</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with the Attorney General, shall appoint members to the Committee.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idB11775E7366B4F0FB1B6CCC79467F131"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Period of
appointment; vacancies</header><text>Members shall be appointed for the life of the Committee. A vacancy in the Committee shall be filled in the manner in which the original appointment was made and shall not affect the powers or duties of the Committee.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idA97F5DA68EB541878FF20A6AB5CAD044"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text>Committee members, with the exception of reimbursement of official travel expenses and per diem for official travel, shall serve without compensation.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idA3DA5424F3B84DB483F8B232D22E6FB4"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Duties</header><paragraph id="id0166F6A041B4439E80E7F7F8C39B560D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>National response</header><text>The Committee shall advise the Secretary and the Attorney General on practical and general policies concerning improvements to the Nation's response to domestic sex trafficking of minors from the child welfare system and the commercial sexual exploitation of children.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id51FB3549CFC64F0D8EC0059F411E97D1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Cooperation policies</header><text>The Committee shall advise the Secretary and the Attorney General on practical and general policies concerning the cooperation of Federal, State, local, and tribal governments, child welfare agencies, social service providers, physical health and mental health providers, victim service providers, State or local courts with responsibility for conducting or supervising proceedings relating to child welfare or social services for children and their families, Federal, State, and local police, juvenile detention centers and runaway and homeless youth programs, schools, and businesses and organizations that provide services to youth, on responding to domestic sex trafficking of minors and the commercial sexual exploitation of children, including the development and implementation of—</text><subparagraph id="idA6596FF953204DC3B1DBCCAD9052699C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>successful interventions with children and teens who are exposed to conditions that make them vulnerable to, or victims of, domestic sex trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id49C21F1BD91542FA9135001177099848"><enum>(B)</enum><text>policies that reflect an understanding that safety and well-being of children and teens can be compromised by the sexualization of children, the commodification of children, and a lack of normalcy characterized by isolation, disconnection from positive, appropriate, and healthy relationships with peers and adults, and an inability to engage in age appropriate activities; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id27792AB0E6424FCFAF1235655798FBBB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the relationship between children and teens who are trafficked and the overall coarsening and desensitization of society to violence that puts the public safety of communities across the Nation at risk.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idA96586EB02CE4AF98CD37137B04E8264"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Definition of <term>commercial sexual exploitation of children</term></header><text>The Committee shall recommend a comprehensive definition of what constitutes the <term>commercial sexual exploitation of children</term>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idDC232CC6D7BD4841A00ABDD80DFC0E13"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Best practices for States</header><subparagraph id="id26F4C8FE013741F7BC027A9065D3D8EF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Committee shall develop 2 tiers (referred to in this subparagraph as <quote>Tier I</quote> and <quote>Tier II</quote>) of recommended best practices for States to follow in combating the domestic sex trafficking of minors and the commercial sexual exploitation of children. Tier I shall provide States that have not yet addressed domestic sex trafficking of minors and the commercial sexual exploitation of children with an idea of where to begin and what steps to take. Tier II shall provide States that are already working to address domestic sex trafficking of minors and the commercial sexual exploitation of children with examples of policies that are already being used effectively by other States to address trafficking issues.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id58050D9E496B44DC9B1D89B2A77EC5C7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Development</header><text>The best practices shall be based on multidisciplinary research and promising, evidence-based models and programs.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3627C0B7F9A7402FA243D2130F28AE49"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Content</header><text>The best practices shall be user-friendly, incorporate the most up-to-date technology, and include the following:</text><clause id="idC4D3D52082BE44C5B9D42E4B254EDFAD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Sample training materials, protocols, and screening tools to prepare child welfare personnel to identify and serve youth who are at-risk or are victims of domestic sex trafficking or commercial sexual exploitation.</text></clause><clause id="id8153A9EEEBF54E1B8B83EB208DA28EB1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Multidisciplinary strategies to identify victims, manage cases, and improve services to meet the unique needs of this youth population.</text></clause><clause id="id57780DC963B34B5E852EE9BBF1441A41"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Sample protocols and recommendations for effective, cross-system collaboration between Federal, State, local, and tribal governments, child welfare agencies, social service providers, physical health and mental health providers, victim service providers, State or local courts with responsibility for conducting or supervising proceedings relating to child welfare or social services for children and their families, Federal, State, and local police, juvenile detention centers and runaway and homeless youth programs, schools, and businesses and organizations that provide services to youth. These protocols and recommendations should include strategies to identify victims and collect, document, and share data across systems and agencies, and should be designed to help agencies better understand the type of trafficking or commercial sexual exploitation involved, the scope of the problem, the needs of the population to be served, ways to address the demand for trafficked children and youth and increase prosecutions of traffickers and purchasers of children and youth, and the degree of victim interaction with multiple systems.</text></clause><clause id="id914DF25BB8DB4B6FB0CBFA34CA185DEE"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>A list of recommendations to establish safe residential placements for foster youth who have been trafficked (as defined by the Committee) as well as training guidelines for caregivers that serve children and youth being cared for outside the home.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1FBA52B78AEC4359B1DD591E9183FD7A"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reports</header><paragraph id="id0C63D9999B3A472B935103FE2227B591"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Committee shall submit an interim and a final report on the work of the Committee to—</text><subparagraph id="idB528DDF1921C4B87838652AEDCC6B062"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC71386B5643E40C8933C9081535780BC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Attorney General;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1C17B3C4D11B47EEA98DF24F82B854A5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Committee on Finance of the Senate; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2B12BAD21C7E4683BE275CCC629B1AB9"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id77EA9AA7956540A1AC22CA1411D32B2A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reporting dates</header><text>The interim report shall be submitted not later than 1 year after the establishment of the Committee. The final report shall be submitted not later than 2 years after the establishment of the Committee unless the Secretary establishes an extension period for the Committee, in which case the final report shall be submitted not later than the last day of such period.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idF70B40125BBA433BBB7C24990B547CBF"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Administration</header><paragraph id="id5E2AB625AC3A4722831707119CE3459D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Agency support</header><text>The Secretary shall direct the head of the Administration on Children, Youth and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services to l provide all necessary support for the Committee.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idBEDC6E5ED1C8415B841AF4B261AD5FF0"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Meetings</header><subparagraph id="idED07214A68854772AA2FA01A8B749837"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Committee will meet at the call of the Secretary at least twice a year to carry out the duties identified in this section, and more often as otherwise required.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE06B5FA8BC7245E99DDEFBB152CE28E8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Procedures</header><text>The Secretary shall call all of the Committee meetings, prepare and approve all meeting agendas, attend all Committee meetings, adjourn any meeting when the Secretary determines adjournment to be in the public interest, and shall chair meetings when directed to do so by an official or entity to whom the Committee reports.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id3D1CA16FDC1A4B078C2F3B2AA4F928D8"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Subcommittees</header><text>The Committee shall be authorized to establish subcommittees or working groups, as necessary and consistent with the mission of the Committee, and any such subcommittees or working groups shall operate under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C. App.), the Sunshine in Government Act of 1976 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/552b">5 U.S.C. 552b</external-xref>), and other appropriate Federal regulations. Such subcommittees or working groups shall have no authority to make decisions on behalf of the Committee, nor shall they report directly to any official or entity listed in subsection (d).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idFD63F6EBC5B64C8BB5C685453ABB49AE"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Recordkeeping</header><text>The records of the Committee and any subcommittees and working groups shall be maintained in accordance with appropriate Department of Health and Human Services policies and procedures and shall be available for public inspection and copying, subject to the Freedom of Information Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/552">5 U.S.C. 552</external-xref>).</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idD9B385B0B62348F7AD4F2053586F92D0"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Funding</header><paragraph id="id60E29D327F8C46A9BAF6E8483472797E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>From the unobligated balance of funds made available to carry out section 414 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 614), $400,000 of such funds are hereby transferred and made available to carry out this section. Amounts transferred and made available to carry out this section shall remain available for expenditure until the date on which the Committee terminates and shall not be subject to reduction under a sequestration order issued under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/900">2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id1FB5075B28334725AA621FF9CE265750"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Unobligated
amounts</header><text>Any amounts made available to carry out this section that are
unobligated on the date on which the Committee terminates shall be returned to the Treasury of the United States .</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idD574CDF093634C21A29C6E6A729BE2CA"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>The Committee shall terminate 2 years after the date of establishment unless the Secretary determines that more time is necessary to allow the Committee to complete its duties, in which case the Committee shall terminate at the end of an extension period established by the Secretary (not to exceed 24 months).</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section></subtitle><enum>III</enum><header>Child Support Enforcement</header><section id="id3ED1BB05F2BB43D9A913DCDE7A067D76"><enum>301.</enum><header>Short title of title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Child Support Improvement and Work Promotion Act</short-title></quote>.</text></section><subtitle id="id45FB98347877475EACDF874EA542C2CF" style="OLC"><enum>A</enum><header>Increased Reliability of Child Support</header><section id="idF54C1BB31599469D9B0EAFD51E654A72"><enum>311.</enum><header>Compliance with
multilateral child support conventions</header><subsection id="id6B95B8D55E9644D18C4970D397ED78D5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Secretary's
authority <enum-in-header>T</enum-in-header>o ensure compliance with multilateral child support
convention</header><paragraph id="id6AD2181F2E63495E8417770B3B2DEF6F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>Section 452 of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/652">42 U.S.C. 652</external-xref>) is
amended—</text><subparagraph id="idA0BBC24C728642A682D7B4A22EEDEBF3"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating
the second subsection (l) (as added by section 7306 of <external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/109/171">Public Law 109–171</external-xref>) as
subsection (m); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6F3EF68426DD4DCB9CA2DF969BD1AA6A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id25A79505857540498AE6B419181F2CEF" style="OLC"><subsection commented="no" id="id876ABB2ABE9E4E379A4AFF74E67AC5B1"><enum>(n)</enum><header>Secretary's
authority <enum-in-header>T</enum-in-header>o ensure compliance with multilateral child support
convention</header><text>Consistent with the national policy of the United
States to fully comply with the obligations of any multilateral child support
convention to which the United States is a party, the Secretary shall utilize
Federal and, as appropriate, State enforcement mechanisms in furtherance of
this policy and take such steps as may be necessary within the Secretary’s
authority to ensure compliance with the United States treaty obligations under
such convention in the event the Secretary determines that a State plan does
not comply with such obligations.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0F2F090561784DF8A7E8F727D3F56590"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Section 453(k)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
653(k)(3)) is amended by striking <quote>452(l)</quote> and inserting
<quote>452(m)</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDC29A66B9FC7D49CE9BF8D37B1EFDBFD3"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Access to the
federal parent locator service</header><text>Section 453(c) of the Social
Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/653">42 U.S.C. 653(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="ID8F0F88DA65204BC382AA7C594A0317BC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (3);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="IDDB227062693948B79E85A430D63E8828"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the
period at the end of paragraph (4) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>;
and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID057656A07F03473BBD3FAA24335D9EBF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD873D4809B77437FBD8277560E743DEC" style="OLC"><paragraph id="IDD0AD3441B59C466C8115B41C28F877A1"><enum>(5)</enum><text>an entity
designated as a Central Authority for child support enforcement in a foreign
reciprocating country or a foreign treaty country for purposes specified in
section
459A(c)(2).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ID1965809970D94D2FB9FD054D3863F1EB"><enum>(c)</enum><header>State option <enum-in-header>T</enum-in-header>o
require individuals in foreign countries <enum-in-header>T</enum-in-header>o apply through their country's
appropriate central authority</header><text>Section 454 of the Social Security
Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/654">42 U.S.C. 654</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="IDE9F61B3A543A424CAC0ACFD7FD182594"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(4)(A)(ii), by inserting before the semicolon <quote>(except that, if the
individual applying for the services resides in a foreign reciprocating country
or foreign treaty country, the State may opt to require the individual to
request the services through the Central Authority for child support
enforcement in the foreign reciprocating country or the foreign treaty country,
and if the individual resides in a foreign country that is not a foreign
reciprocating country or a foreign treaty country, a State may accept or reject
the application)</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID65537284F2834DB3B65DA72C6B03F993"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(32)—</text><subparagraph id="ID27F6593FA2DE42818AB24D913C795E3D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(A), by inserting <quote>, a foreign treaty country,</quote> after <quote>a
foreign reciprocating country</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="ID58F851A7EBD9444BA23DAFEA769A96EE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(C), by striking <quote>or foreign obligee</quote> and inserting <quote>,
foreign treaty country, or foreign individual</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="IDBBD6A4081E5C4550A01651FFEFDCCBB9"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Amendments to
international support enforcement provisions</header><text>Section 459A of the
Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/659a">42 U.S.C. 659a</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="ID1134ECC786094DC298BE3F7691404B66"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)—</text><subparagraph id="ID25F32257A74640FC8A26594388D4DDD4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>foreign countries that are the
subject of a declaration under this section</quote> and inserting
<quote>foreign reciprocating countries or foreign treaty countries</quote>;
and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="IDE55C7E9F27E44E5F94C698889F8B3B48"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2),
by inserting <quote>and foreign treaty countries</quote> after <quote>foreign
reciprocating countries</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ID46CBBDB1AF684DA082FD3DA2489BB675"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection
(d), by striking <quote>the subject of a declaration pursuant to subsection
(a)</quote> and inserting <quote>foreign reciprocating countries or foreign
treaty countries</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID4F46CD6E46284F1B82A1B6D4602BDB15"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:<?t?></text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="IDD79ED5AF13934DE3BC6ECF8C68406926" style="OLC"><subsection id="ID253C35DFF60340AFA6A6F0AD7A551415"><enum>(e)</enum><header>References</header><text>In
this part:</text><paragraph id="ID4C23AADD957444A9BD65916AAE5F0DA7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Foreign
reciprocating country</header><text>The term <term>foreign reciprocating
country</term> means a foreign country (or political subdivision thereof) with
respect to which the Secretary has made a declaration pursuant to subsection
(a).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID1C810C75C24B4257B3D916269D30B064"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Foreign treaty
country</header><text>The term <term>foreign treaty country</term> means a
foreign country for which the 2007 Family Maintenance Convention is in
force.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID5D4BA6BF93F14D5BAFDA838FCF4D0A72"><enum>(3)</enum><header>2007 family
maintenance convention</header><text>The term <term>2007 Family Maintenance
Convention</term> means the Hague Convention of 23 November 2007 on the
International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family
Maintenance.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id729B0E30B88F4527A01E9E821042F46B"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Collection of
past-due support from federal tax refunds</header><text>Section 464(a)(2)(A) of
the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/664">42 U.S.C. 664(a)(2)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking
<quote>under section 454(4)(A)(ii)</quote> and inserting <quote>under paragraph
(4)(A)(ii) or (32) of section 454</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="IDDB75C272A2D5419488D4D13F9B43F577"><enum>(f)</enum><header>State law
requirement concerning the uniform interstate family support act
(<enum-in-header>UIFSA</enum-in-header>)</header><text>Section 466(f) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/666">42 U.S.C. 666(f)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="IDEC4E6557351E4E57A643F9179BD3DB7D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>on and after January 1, 1998,</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ID0FC16A839C5A4CC0BA9A9EB99EF189B9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>and as in effect on August 22, 1996,</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="IDEC6A24345DD842F2AB6F0ABD872CC2FA"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>adopted as of such date</quote> and inserting <quote>adopted as of
September 30, 2008</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idE144BA268CD74CC78D570941139BE2F1"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Full faith and
credit for child support orders</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/28/1738B">Section 1738B</external-xref> of title 28, United States Code,
is amended—</text><paragraph id="idBDC05290A50A4D8B9F92C9159D6A2AE6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection
(b)—</text><subparagraph id="id4A8DC9F8FB72451C9EDBC2893E83B72C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(1) <header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Child</header-in-text>.—The term</quote> before
<quote> <term>child</term> </quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2DCD597A3F5747988C7C46C79DBB0BB5"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
<quote> <term>child's State</term> </quote> and all that follows through
<quote>a child resides.</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id97123C6BAB0F40F2807FDB6DA1596CE8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(2) <header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Child's home
State</header-in-text>.—The term</quote> before <quote> <term>child's home
State</term> </quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6DB3327573234355BCACB6B472C5DC47"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by inserting
after paragraph (2), as designated by subparagraph (C), the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id28DCBC85F5BE4F37AAD3A900F39C7289" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idC20EC1799C494DACB81CEE89A008BC48"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Child's
State</header><text>The term <term>child's State</term> means the State in
which a child resides.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8687E44AE8544C1990002FFD279792D8"><enum>(E)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(4) <header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Child
support</header-in-text>.—The term</quote> before <quote> <term>child
support</term> </quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA4B33CF663634CCE817FD022AD9B133B"><enum>(F)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(5) <header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Child support
order</header-in-text>.—The term</quote> before <quote> <term>child support
order</term> </quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id409EC82D68CB4D69BEDB41BCAF174C91"><enum>(G)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(6) <header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Contestant</header-in-text>.—The term</quote> before
<quote> <term>contestant</term> </quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id54833C1246F64488B1CE439A87A8FCA2"><enum>(H)</enum><text>by striking
<quote> <term>court</term> means</quote> and all that follows through
<quote>modification of a child support order.</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEFADC5FD7A584B2DB39186A872EEC749"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(7) <header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">Modification</header-in-text>.—The term</quote> before
<quote> <term>modification</term> </quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id2D2BFDEB1B9E406AA0BC6F67560C1E9D"><enum>(J)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(8) <header-in-text level="paragraph" style="OLC">State</header-in-text>.—The term</quote> before
<quote> <term>State</term> </quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id88E1C5D2B60C4E71A98B852F5D46CA5D"><enum>(K)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id0EADD7761687493884DDF1DB3524494B" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idBAEA8469C1BC403A83A4F3637D5518C1"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Tribunal</header><text>The
term <term>tribunal</term> means a court or administrative agency of a State
that is authorized by State law to establish the amount of child support
payable by a contestant or make a modification of a child support
order.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idF58E570C00CD4AE5AA2E07EBAA4F21D5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>court</quote> each place it appears except subsection (b)(9), as added
by paragraph (1) of this section, and inserting <quote>tribunal</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id00D89D9D481D43D1A68E1CAD737F5109"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>courts</quote> each place it appears and inserting
<quote>tribunals</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id78463C726589402D87FD7CCF5FA57700"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in subsection
(c)(1), by striking <quote>subsections (e), (f), and (g)</quote> and inserting
<quote>this section</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0DAEA65DCA69489FBEFCAE448D4C96D9"><enum>(5)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (i);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id42BDE0308F8F447FB3234CF3EEC9F7B8"><enum>(6)</enum><text>by redesignating
subsections (e), (f), (g), and (h) as subsections (f), (g), (h), and (i),
respectively;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4AFED590C0CB46DDB803C619CF10CD72"><enum>(7)</enum><text>by striking
subsection (d) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD31B7BFAB1C84FE194D7BDC3A8EB450E" style="OLC"><subsection id="ida622260323f44d58b97dae22ff787488"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Continuing,
exclusive jurisdiction</header><text>A tribunal of a State that has made a
child support order consistently with this section has continuing, exclusive
jurisdiction to modify the order if—</text><paragraph id="idA4FCBCDE488740AE8DD87B43E2CFF0B3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the order is the
controlling order, as determined under subsection (g); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id823145b2ff2d475bbdf2895556a3abf4"><enum>(2)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id1665221E11444D128DF1F91C2A38D5BE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the State is the
child's State or the residence of any individual contestant; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc423cbcf35284d35924fe5c2f67692af" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the contestants provide consent (by
providing consent in a record or in a hearing) for the tribunal to continue to
exercise jurisdiction to modify the order.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id3f28112ff6234f70b4eaabe7e316b2e0"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Restrictions on
exercising continuing, exclusive jurisdiction</header><text>A tribunal of a
State that has made a child support order may not exercise continuing,
exclusive jurisdiction to modify the order if—</text><paragraph id="id539cb936b76e484eac86885de201cdfd"><enum>(1)</enum><text>each individual
contestant files a consent in a record with the issuing tribunal stating that a
tribunal of another State (which has jurisdiction of at least 1 of the
individual contestants or that is a tribunal of the State of the residence of
the child) may modify the order and assume continuing, exclusive jurisdiction;
or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idf7ab31c2b03a48ff974fcaf4f48dec33"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the order is not
the controlling order, as determined under subsection
(g).</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idF46BB1D06A804578954EAACA67157119"><enum>(8)</enum><text>in subsection
(f), as redesignated by paragraph (6) of this section—</text><subparagraph id="id33A977219DB74727A5ACB3695ECEA737"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by striking <quote>subsection (i)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsection
(j)</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id233D72A4B437477A92412AB7534D03EB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph
(2)—</text><clause id="id80450F4CBFD044789E2EA2D072698CA3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (A), by inserting <quote>and the contestants have not provided
consent (by providing consent in a record or in a hearing) for the tribunal of
the other State to continue to exercise jurisdiction to modify the
order</quote> before the semicolon; and</text></clause><clause id="id4BE382F849CD4A0FB4EC7C8E87110E79"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in
subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>with jurisdiction of at least 1 of the
individual contestants or that is a tribunal of the State of the residence of
the child</quote> after <quote>of another State</quote>;</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id482D06249DF440B4A7CA5A64A37E2C81"><enum>(9)</enum><text>in subsection
(g), as redesignated by paragraph (6) of this section—</text><subparagraph id="idF4D45CF2927E45B89835166609D778AB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in the subsection
heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Recognition of child support orders</header-in-text></quote> and
inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC">Determination
of controlling child support order</header-in-text></quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id75D0BFF2B55E4F2F925F7DF791669D68"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in the matter
preceding paragraph (1), by striking <quote>to recognize for purposes of
continuing, exclusive jurisdiction and enforcement</quote> and inserting
<quote>is the controlling order and shall be recognized</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1CC8A05BFBBA4BAEAF520D9DE7414C92"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking
<quote>must be recognized</quote> each place it appears and inserting <quote>is
the controlling order</quote>;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idA9C72BD7D3FB4C63A874F0B90AE1ECCE"><enum>(10)</enum><text>in subsection
(h), as redesignated by paragraph (6) of this section, by striking
<quote>subsections (e) and (f)</quote> and inserting <quote>subsections (f) and
(g)</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idE837D7CA4F3642BCA2B3F1677C1945FA"><enum>(11)</enum><text>in subsection
(i), as redesignated by paragraph (6) of this section—</text><subparagraph id="idFDF76B0111514DD38177F5E01D590C03"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in paragraph (1),
by inserting <quote>or collect arrears and interest due on a child support
order</quote> after <quote>enforce a child support order</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC76E2E419F304445B5ACD95E7C830C5E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking
paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id99B8AE0E7BFF46EDBAD83E87E1F4A237" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id8A0864B8429949259BE3C2CB07A44851"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Law of State of
issuance of order</header><text>A tribunal shall apply the law of the State of
the tribunal that issued a child support order registered in the State of the
tribunal with regard to—</text><subparagraph id="idaa2a205f9f344a5ab28890a814370f85"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the nature,
extent, amount, and duration of current payments under the child support
order;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide32b6d4902864dc99891aee03821a280"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the computation
and payment of arrears and accrual of interest on arrears under the child
support order; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4e17762599eb41fda57b431dd95a3d7a"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the existence and
satisfaction of other obligations under the child support
order.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFAA1FAE7135446DE922E9E80E236E6FB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in paragraph (3),
by striking <quote>child support order, a</quote> and inserting <quote>child
support order registered in the State of a tribunal, the</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idD82AA83F896848CF9A329C4A13D8B605"><enum>(D)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id3DBF8B45193C47B9B712BA9C70946450" style="OLC"><paragraph id="ida05dfd8f42854e8eb736b274a16c2eee"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Prospective
application of law</header><text>After a tribunal determines which is the
controlling order and issues an order consolidating arrears, if any, a tribunal
shall apply the law of the State of the tribunal that issued the controlling
order (including the law of the State relating to interest on arrears)—</text><subparagraph id="id9EB82DC010234AE3B1073EC9B2380322"><enum>(A)</enum><text>for support paid
after the date of the order consolidating arrears; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id627C1DD9DEEA4C05ADE91D7E14D58BF0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>relating to
consolidated arrears.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>;
and</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id631FE60D455946CE82374CEFCD2213D1"><enum>(12)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id717FC784D46D46768042D18F56EA9B60" style="OLC"><subsection id="idf545ab0d8cff4d7bb0129a5e009f8a2a"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Registration
for modification</header><paragraph id="id7ad217080b47405cbf167b51b3cf2fe9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text>A tribunal may modify a child support order issued in
another State which has been registered in the State of the tribunal if, after
notice and hearing, the tribunal finds—</text><subparagraph id="id1B0AF36BA8374201AB5BAA4702A510F0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>that—</text><clause id="idab25a681744c420f97fa2e8750ab3689"><enum>(i)</enum><text>no individual
contestant or child resides in the State of the tribunal issuing the child
support order;</text></clause><clause id="id8222b3f693c44ac7868fd2ba8ff28a77"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the individual
contestant seeking to modify, or to modify and enforce, a child support order
issued in another State does not reside in the State in which the registering
tribunal is located; and</text></clause><clause id="id427c643086134ea78583d110a766435f"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the tribunal of
the State in which the child support order has been registered has personal
jurisdiction of the parties not seeking to modify, or modify and enforce, the
child support order;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id006f592487be45b9a8fd278d35d0c365"><enum>(B)</enum><text>that the State in
which the child support order has been registered—</text><clause id="idBAEE40EB0E3B4BFCB864D15E827E6E58"><enum>(i)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idECB5A8F99F4E42F486287BECC6BB8F46"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is the residence of the
child; or</text></subclause><subclause id="id75D9314C58A9462CABB49DD194811B9B" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>has personal jurisdiction of an
individual contestant; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id0586EA02EDF64D68841E366CD32CACE8"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>each individual
contestant has filed a consent in a record with the issuing tribunal for a
tribunal in the registering State to modify the support order and assume
continuing, exclusive jurisdiction; or</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9852c40b91974e9f9631b32c7715fbd5"><enum>(C)</enum><text>that all of
the individual contestants reside in the State in which the registering
tribunal is located and the child does not reside in the issuing State.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idac5e789257324613b852ea6b7e5a2f4d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitations</header><text>A
tribunal may not modify any term of a child support order that may not be
modified under the law of the issuing State, including the duration of the
obligation of support. If 2 or more tribunals have issued child support orders
for the same obligor and same child, the law of the State of the tribunal
issuing the controlling order, as determined under subsection (g), establishes
the terms of the child support order which are not modifiable.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id354a0ca605404556ac4be467e626e903"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Proceeding to
modify</header><text>In a proceeding to modify a child support order, the law
of the State of the tribunal that issued the initial controlling order, as
determined under subsection (g), governs the duration of the obligation of
support. The obligor’s fulfillment of the duty of support established by that
controlling order precludes a tribunal of another State from imposing a further
obligation of child support on the obligor.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id96dab4c7716047d8831c309db6a8f5f0"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Parties
residing outside the United States</header><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (1),
a tribunal in the issuing State retains jurisdiction to modify an order issued
in that State if—</text><subparagraph id="id5f6e53a8ed5b4171bcf6076c77845181"><enum>(A)</enum><text>1 party resides
in another State; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idac3a2f29c7074215a7d44ae391fc8691"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the other party
resides outside of the United
States.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id62F7AB322EDD478DB181FCA1DE0E054F"><enum>312.</enum><header>Relief from passport sanctions for certain individuals</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 452(k) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/652">42 U.S.C. 652(k)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id0F496E0ACCA94650AD9180C913CDAF34"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking <quote>The Secretary of State</quote> and inserting <quote>Subject to paragraph (3), the Secretary of State</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id28FFCA6F3F154EADB9E6732248104361"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph (4); and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id58915479D7A44F18B85363D3F956AB4A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA869C17089694DAC802E93A00673EF17" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idAEE2ED770F94425AA7C171544FEB2F2D" indent="up1"><enum>(3)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id831B74BF6E8E41DB8F3E6F683C0D2761"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Notwithstanding paragraph (2), the Secretary of State may issue a passport to an individual with respect to whom the Secretary has transmitted certification under paragraph (1) if—</text><clause id="idF12FACDC354E42729E30DB62018C61F4" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the individual submits an application for relief to the Secretary of State, in such form and manner as the Secretary of State shall require; and</text></clause><clause id="id57460B0BBC2D4D349CE26C2FBB495CE4" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the Secretary of State certifies that the application includes evidence that the individual—</text><subclause id="idC64B781E3F3146EB9A64AC76068BE7C6"><enum>(I)</enum><text>has an annual income of less than $100,000;</text></subclause><subclause id="idA02B054AA9114DC6B0EB947A0EB02BE0"><enum>(II)</enum><text>is not incurring any new child support obligations, but only owes arrearages;</text></subclause><subclause id="idAC45257C8CF5428DA95715671DFD88BF"><enum>(III)</enum><text>does not owe arrearages of child support for a child who is less than 18 years old;</text></subclause><subclause id="id2CAE97918E37471D9434D76F46E14CC8"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>has been making child support payments consistently and in good faith for each of the most recently preceding 12 months; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idFF83B4A31D0B4653AA793C9898F4F4FF"><enum>(V)</enum><text>has a current offer to work outside of the United States, an offer to interview for work outside of the United States, a professional history of working outside of the United States, a job that requires travel outside of the United States, or is enrolled in a professional training program that requires travel outside of the United States.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE99AE07E9E864B09832FB26BB6051F9E" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The Secretary of State shall revoke a passport issued to an individual under subparagraph (A) upon a determination that the individual has failed to make child support payments consistently and in good faith for more than 6 months.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id238F2A642B104E5284710E26DCEBB230" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The Secretary of State shall report the issuance of a passport under this paragraph to the Secretary.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9FE391BC7E9A4BA2A8F42D8D4C3DF081" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The Secretary shall report the issuance of a passport under this paragraph to the State agency that certified in accordance with section 454(31) that the individual to whom the passport is issued owed child support arrearages in an amount exceeding $2,500.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="id8A616F87FD1B4CD886C4BD7DC7229266"><enum>313.</enum><header>Child support
enforcement programs for Indian tribes</header><subsection id="idEB87228FB22E424292CBAB5748ED4056"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Tribal access
to the Federal parent locator service</header><text>Section 453(c)(1) of the
Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/653">42 U.S.C. 653(c)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>or
Indian tribe or tribal organization (as defined in subsections (e) and (l) of
section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25
U.S.C. 450b)),</quote> after <quote>any State</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id6F8C18D9BAF942EC95E850DD635FDA28"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Waiver
authority for Indian tribes or tribal organizations operating child support
enforcement programs</header><text>Section 1115(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1315(b)) is amended—</text><paragraph id="idA204594EE02C404A87E1BD60CDD5EC9A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraphs (1) through (3) as subparagraphs (A) through (C),
respectively, and realigning the left margin of subparagraph (C) so as to align with subparagraphs (A) and (B) (as so redesignated);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6F06FA20DFA74CE79957DCA8362F4A34"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting
<quote>(1)</quote> after <quote>(b)</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id41276EC258954446B30C19C872ED0827"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idFFC1B7EA879D44BCA78819A79E5EF800" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id2BF8D86D40C5460585B00EBEA285C8BE" indent="up1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>An Indian tribe or tribal
organization operating a program under section 455(f) shall be considered a
State for purposes of authority to conduct an experimental, pilot, or
demonstration project under subsection (a) to assist in promoting the
objectives of part D of title IV and receiving payments under the second
sentence of that subsection. The Secretary may waive compliance with any
requirements of section 455(f) or regulations promulgated under that section to
the extent and for the period the Secretary finds necessary for an Indian tribe
or tribal organization to carry out such project. Costs of the project which
would not otherwise be included as expenditures of a program operating under
section 455(f) and which are not included as part of the costs of projects
under section 1110, shall, to the extent and for the period prescribed by the
Secretary, be regarded as expenditures under a tribal plan or plans approved
under such section, or for the administration of such tribal plan or plans, as
may be appropriate. An Indian tribe or tribal organization applying for or
receiving start-up program development funding pursuant to section 309.16 of
title 45, Code of Federal Regulations, shall not be considered to be an Indian
tribe or tribal organization operating a program under section 455(f) for
purposes of this
paragraph.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" id="idA615A5E0E619455AB711EFF524F5E3F8"><enum>314.</enum><header>Parenting time arrangements</header><subsection commented="no" id="idAB68D960AFBE4160929F4F9E4DCB2369"><enum>(a)</enum><header>State plan amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 454 of the
Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/654">42 U.S.C. 654</external-xref>), as amended by section
311(c), is further amended—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="id3A33F15C53E64D00A861379E0280B324"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph
(4)(A), in the matter preceding clause (i), by inserting <quote>, establishment
of voluntary parenting time arrangements,</quote> after <quote>establishment of
paternity</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idA60D219939A24933AD78304AB52F83D2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph
(9)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id7EF3235568AB48819EAAFF9D42174CE6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(D), by striking <quote>; and</quote> and inserting a semicolon;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id79C814F4E2B84E5FB3657AA3E94808F7"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph
(E), by inserting <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;
and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id091834268AE04E27A0D68981B5145285"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the
end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id72F8027916944C199097CF7A31F24816" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" id="id41345515FCD74A7CA80710B57137C396" indent="up1"><enum>(F)</enum><text>in establishing a voluntary parenting
time arrangement at the time that a support order (as defined in section
453(p)) is initially issued under this part pursuant to the requirements,
standards, and procedures described in paragraph
(35);</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idCD740C08836C420DABE2FE6CB99F6571"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph
(13), by inserting <quote>establishing voluntary parenting time
arrangements,</quote> after <quote>obtaining support orders,</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idD6A1DC11F0324E0FB7D545844FC17896"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (15)—</text><subparagraph commented="no" id="id7C8F0D65A6654BCAA21C5F7533E8BFBA"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id473C1DFAA5F44FFEBA12ADA273B4A185"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id1995789B482C4E9CB898BBBBA83B2547"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id022BF7E57ACF424EB201C9B13377CFE9" style="OLC"><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id57C891111147400BAD68F4DA2759F975" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>a process for
including in the annual reviews and reports required under subparagraph (A)
information, in such form and manner as the Secretary shall require, regarding
the policies and practices implemented by the State or which the State plans to
implement to facilitate access to and visitation of children by noncustodial
parents;</text></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idD5B7170CA45C466ABADA1200BB5829B0"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in paragraph
(26)(A), by inserting <quote>to establish voluntary parenting time
arrangements,</quote> after <quote>to establish paternity,</quote>;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idF9B5D40D31AD4E97B74403A088645C39"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in paragraph
(33), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="idFBA32AABB0B44BB78F6061ECEFC680C2"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in paragraph
(34), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id7E9B8041DAA243F18032B3E97A5E39F4"><enum>(8)</enum><text>by inserting
after paragraph (34) the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idC5B07DE45CB44FD09D40F04F8154FC2E" style="OLC"><paragraph commented="no" id="id0AAF28AEAEA54242B62E02A8F6DE1AA1" indent="up1"><enum>(35)</enum><text>provide that the State shall implement procedures for the establishment of a voluntary parenting time
arrangement at the time that a support order (as defined in section 453(p)) is
initially issued under this part for parents who are not subject to a divorce or
dissolution decree and for whom the voluntary parenting time
arrangement is not
contested, in
accordance with such requirements and standards as the Secretary determines necessary and that include exceptions for family or domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" id="idBAEE938DFA39497DA1ADAF68CFA27B0B"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Secretarial guidance</header><text>The Secretary shall issue guidance for States for the establishment of voluntary parenting time arrangements. The guidance shall provide that in establishing such arrangements, a State shall establish procedures to ensure—</text><paragraph commented="no" id="idD77CEF71614242C29596C739D616F002"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the informed and voluntary participation of both parents in the establishment of a voluntary parenting time arrangement that is free from coercion and threats of recrimination;</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id1AFD6747F5854D6A88E47DDFEE3A67C8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>each parent's informed consent to the terms and legal implications of any parenting time plan established under a voluntary parenting time arrangement; and</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id44243B94440D4260936EFB2A17A90F1D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>that all voluntary parenting time arrangements comply with State law.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H5EC79578EDDF40439B87623408EA62AA"><enum>315.</enum><header>Efficient use of the national directory of new hires database for federally sponsored research assessing the effectiveness of federal policies and programs in achieving positive labor market outcomes</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 453 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/653">42 U.S.C. 653</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="H6C0C3F83FF9E4E039571B664185F9DCE"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (i)(2)(A), by striking <quote>24</quote> and inserting <quote>48</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H38266C9D54CE46428D25BC220B1D6D92"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (j), by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9E116F7E22DC43E0BD529E18D392CF04" style="OLC"><paragraph id="H84359457596D407C831EC5EED3570A0C"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Research</header><subparagraph id="H3A60F02F6B224B1DB20CEB00B11A8923"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B) of this paragraph, the Secretary may provide access to data in each component of the Federal Parent Locator Service maintained under this section and to information reported by employers pursuant to section 453A(b), for—</text><clause id="H82C290773AEB4498801A4C981E80A84E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>research undertaken by a State or Federal agency (including through grant or contract) for purposes found by the Secretary to be likely to contribute to achieving the purposes of part A or this part; or</text></clause><clause id="H11ED7F13C126465CA14F6FE86351EC51"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>an evaluation or statistical analysis undertaken to assess the effectiveness of a Federal program in achieving positive labor market outcomes (including through grant or contract), by—</text><subclause id="HC58368221DA04F2EA0E7BABA4B148E8A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the Department of Health and Human Services;</text></subclause><subclause id="H690C0620D17C4B79B767B58E9EE3B16B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the Social Security Administration;</text></subclause><subclause id="HA079C22A4E10488DB9B30812373F2D93"><enum>(III)</enum><text>the Department of Labor;</text></subclause><subclause id="HA57DB050EEB34DA19F80F16860CC42A1"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>the Department of Education;</text></subclause><subclause id="HE51675EC7FAB46FDB60B746638A21CCD"><enum>(V)</enum><text>the Department of Housing and Urban Development;</text></subclause><subclause id="H02CE695D630D4A95A4F92590AE6E5C43"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>the Department of Justice;</text></subclause><subclause id="HFEB829CB4ED24022AB3E10B563E723F3"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>the Department of Veterans Affairs;</text></subclause><subclause id="HD11372F6213143AAB13D0674DF30107E"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text>the Bureau of the Census;</text></subclause><subclause id="H92EAC48EAFD245CBAD484E52265CF690"><enum>(IX)</enum><text>the Department of Agriculture; or</text></subclause><subclause id="H0BF3AC324BE144A1BDD4A16FDB8A2F2F"><enum>(X)</enum><text>the National Science Foundation.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC2BBA6C4F93E4BBC8EB7DB03F0966CFF"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Personal identifiers</header><text>Data or information provided under this paragraph may include a personal identifier only if, in addition to meeting the requirements of subsections (l) and (m)—</text><clause id="H50CD87158AC649E68374AC9FA0D41F62"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the State or Federal agency conducting the research described in subparagraph (A)(i), or the Federal department or agency undertaking the evaluation or statistical analysis described in subparagraph (A)(ii), as applicable, enters into an agreement with the Secretary regarding the security and use of the data or information;</text></clause><clause id="HFCC12A3E736C4DB3AD347EBC0FACEEC7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the agreement includes such restrictions or conditions with respect to the use, safeguarding, disclosure, or redisclosure of the data or information (including by contractors or grantees) as the Secretary deems appropriate;</text></clause><clause id="H0F1995B268BB4CDE8786A98A6CCEC19D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the data or information is used exclusively for the purposes defined in the agreement; and</text></clause><clause id="HC5B0056EBD894857B194831C59530DB0"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the Secretary determines that the provision of data or information under this paragraph is the minimum amount needed to conduct the research, evaluation, or statistical analysis, as applicable, and will not interfere with the effective operation of the program under this part.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H633DCFBA26EE42CDBDF48A9E24637D7D"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Penalties for unauthorized disclosure of data</header><text>Any individual who willfully discloses a personal identifier (such as a name or social security number) provided under this paragraph, in any manner to an entity not entitled to receive the data or information, shall be fined under title 18, United States Code, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="idEA998B85A20A4DF99D15CC369A96DF6D" style="OLC"><enum>B</enum><header>Child Support Enforcement Task Force</header><section id="id1F41F1D3BCC54FF5B235EB761B82C2A9"><enum>321.</enum><header>Child Support Enforcement Task Force</header><subsection id="idC994F6B9DD5F47EDB8F3BCB504CE786F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Establishment</header><text>There
is established in the executive branch a task force to be known as the Child Support Enforcement Task Force (referred to in this section as the <quote>Task Force</quote>).</text></subsection><subsection id="id30F474D3264D4967B7AB3487F2DA0BF4"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Membership</header><paragraph id="idB963EC328F22438AA4B4594349F930C4"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Composition</header><text>The
Task Force shall be composed of 15 members consisting of—</text><subparagraph id="id1B862A24FF734E0482D142EA74ED4BBF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Assistant Secretary of the Administration for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idED64EF0EBA554E6AA3DA7353131C3CDF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>5 members appointed by the Senate, of which—</text><clause id="id085F3E16C1154A6C8444B15EFA0D9091"><enum>(i)</enum><text>1 shall be appointed by the Majority Leader of the Senate;</text></clause><clause id="idD14B9A732AD84140A3AAF027582A8FED"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>1 shall be appointed by the Minority Leader of the Senate;</text></clause><clause id="id49D8AEA18C654AA589212C7C85E25907"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>1 shall be appointed by the Chairman of the Committee on Finance of the Senate;</text></clause><clause id="idE51BF598DA7A417D8B82368F71C47B78"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>1 shall be appointed by the Ranking Member of the Committee on Finance of the Senate; and</text></clause><clause id="id3B98C7B34F6240CE983FA1B296357CDC"><enum>(v)</enum><text>1 shall be jointly appointed by the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Finance of the Senate;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3BA5AAD1AB764A4BA204655C73B33C1E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>5 members appointed by the House of Representatives, of which—</text><clause id="id454D827207B14FFA92F0D640E9C78F65"><enum>(i)</enum><text>1 shall be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;</text></clause><clause id="idDD99222E1FE942F4AAD84E15BCFA970A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>1 shall be appointed by the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives;</text></clause><clause id="idF8FBCED9BD7F49C99576AE66A7EBE36C"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>1 shall be appointed by the Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives;</text></clause><clause id="id0BC1F6D0775F4140B9D52C261F1F14D7"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>1 shall be appointed by the Ranking Member of the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives; and</text></clause><clause id="idF383193BB4CD42EBBBFB31FCFA0D6A9D"><enum>(v)</enum><text>1 shall be jointly appointed by the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE598920245EF429C8B4686C215D387EC"><enum>(D)</enum><text>4 members appointed by the President.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id96AE08866E9F4A6788217C1665141ED8"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Date</header><text>The appointments of the members of the Task Force shall be made not later than 6 months after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id961F718A0C23492FABA76FA1C309DC9D"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Expertise</header><text>The
membership of the Task Force shall consist of individuals who are knowledgeable
on issues regarding child support and related activities.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id32A924DA2B944501BE847EE47D1CD2A4"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Period of
appointment; vacancies</header><text>Members shall be appointed for the life of the Task Force. A vacancy in the Task Force shall be filled in the manner in which the original appointment was made and shall not affect the powers or duties of the Task Force.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5B1D42F6C7454C428D7F68FF97189BAA"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Quorum</header><subparagraph id="idBECFA121AC0946D48BB6449C45B87EEF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A majority of the Task Force shall constitute a quorum, but a lesser number of members may hold hearings.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEB976BC9470B40AAA9B4FDEFB3E2F798"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Report</header><text>The Task Force may not submit the report required under subsection (c) until all of the members have been appointed.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id1CF87B0589A446BBAAD6D8B44F44A15A"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Meetings</header><subparagraph id="idC489D7D5821F48AA92986CA58D7179F6"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Initial
meeting</header><text>Not later than 30 days after the Task Force has a majority, the Task Force shall hold its first meeting.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9ED55FA66022459FB2659CC6DF73D843"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Chairperson and Vice Chairperson</header><text>During
the first meeting of the Task Force, the Task Force shall select a Chairperson and Vice Chairperson from
among the members appointed as of the date of the meeting.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idE0C6CB0A9A8E4C1C85133A218CD1D4A5"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Other
meetings</header><text>Following the first meeting of the Task Force, any
subsequent meetings shall be at the call of the Chairperson or Vice Chairperson.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idA80F6E330C614D7BBAADD715159B9527"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Public meetings</header><text>In addition to any other meetings held by the Task Force, the Task Force shall hold at least 3 meetings that are open to the public and preceded by timely public notice in the Federal Register of the time, place, and subject of the meeting. At least one public meeting of the Task Force shall focus on issues relevant to family courts or other State or local courts with responsibility for conducting or supervising proceedings relating to child support enforcement, child welfare, or social services for children and their families. At the public meetings of the Task Force, subject to such requirements and limitations as are determined appropriate by the Chairperson, appearances may be made and oral and written statements given by members of the public and the Task Force shall engage, at a minimum, with the following groups:</text><clause id="idDDE179774C004916ABAC80A4F0D6473E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Administrators of State child support programs.</text></clause><clause id="id4ADFE3367A634A4090D45C97A31244D0"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Judges who preside over family courts or other State or local courts with responsibility for conducting or supervising proceedings relating to child support enforcement, child welfare, or social services for children and their families, and organizations that represent such judges.</text></clause><clause id="idF69C1A0C84B14C0381AD229238EA2E7D"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Custodial parents and organizations that represent such parents.</text></clause><clause id="idCC52EF99437A4E649BB622B75FBFBB63"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Noncustodial parents and organizations that represent such parents.</text></clause><clause id="idAB70BF74D79C4F79A0CC1D4FB7F44A98"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Organizations that represent fiduciary entities that are affected by child support enforcement policies.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id19B6CDA89E1A49E7A4BD84E0E2CB9DB3"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text>Members
of the Task Force—</text><subparagraph id="id60E5D602780A4332AF4D46BF38E4B445"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall not receive compensation for service on the Task Force; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF8B5AEC312C946D78158B7353DB1D639"><enum>(B)</enum><text>shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter I of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/57">chapter 57</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, while away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of service for the Task Force.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id96AFC8AEEA5A4914B64A21AC8C6447A3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text>Not later than January 1, 2016, the Task Force shall
prepare and submit a report to Congress that contains the Task Force's findings and recommendations for improvements in child support enforcement. The report shall include
the following:</text><paragraph id="id1C1C8C909E4D4E7285C0C49932330377"><enum>(1)</enum><text>An evaluation of the effectiveness of existing child support
enforcement programs and collection practices employed by State agencies
administering programs under part D of title IV of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 651 et seq.) and an analysis of the extent to which such practices result in any unintended consequences or
performance issues associated with such programs and practices.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id8420230070324162982D59A480D40438"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Recommendations for methods to
enhance the effectiveness of child support enforcement programs and collection
practices.</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" id="id60A3A68369AC4EB9A92F9DFD51343271"><enum>(3)</enum><text>An analysis of the feasibility of the establishment of a centralized lien registry by each State to contain all liens placed against real and personal property for overdue child support that would ensure access to and sharing of registry data among all necessary entities and individuals prior to any sale or distribution of property or funds.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idA9CF8FE500944760B23D1ECA913C8FC1"><enum>(4)</enum><text>A compilation of State recovery and distribution policies.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idCEFE56938AA54E7BA50D8540E4CDD47C"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Recommendations for methods to foster
engagement by fathers in their children's lives through consideration of parental
time and visitation with children.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idFB710196F2484584881B4269E3B1A5DF"><enum>(6)</enum><text>An analysis of the role
for alternative dispute resolution in making child support determinations.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id718BF720FD1949E4B2D2290789E250D3"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Identification of best practices for—</text><subparagraph id="id2BFCEBC9043545A0AA0FC05F93DFC7BD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>determining which services and support programs available to custodial and noncustodial parents are non-duplicative, evidenced-based, and produce quality outcomes, and connecting custodial and noncustodial parents to those services and support programs;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9DDE8841EB5843189A6E97BC66B1FA7E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>providing employment support, job training, and job
placement for custodial and noncustodial parents; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id90945AC3BF34430BB0C77B53DA8D617F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>establishing
services, supports, and child support payment tracking for noncustodial
parents, including options for the prevention of, and intervention on, uncollectible
arrearages, such as retroactive obligations and Medicaid birthing costs.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idC81BB2AB3A1A4C308B022E7192B4AD08"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Recommendations for methods for States to use to collect child support payments from individuals who owe excessive arrearages as determined under section 454(31) of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/654">42 U.S.C. 654(31)</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id26BD336C6FB847568708833818C30C09"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Recommendations for such
legislative and administrative actions as the Task Force
determines appropriate for improvement in child support enforcement.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idEEE5A68991294EB38B10F6D3C3327C28"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Powers of the Task Force</header><paragraph commented="no" id="id478E335B6F1344BCA50AE21B9C25F98B"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Hearings</header><subparagraph commented="no" id="id982BBE330F514A3CB03C9CB6E01B6EC4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Task Force may hold such hearings, sit, and act at such times and places, take such testimony, and receive such evidence as the Task Force considers advisable to carry out this section.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="id7CEF27BEFE4D461FA5CB05ACA2886580"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Information from Federal agencies</header><text>The Task Force may secure directly from any Federal agency such information as the Task Force considers necessary to carry out this section. Upon request of the Chairperson, the head of such agency shall furnish such information to the Task Force.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idD367E37ADDA7455996CC850D97512292"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Rules</header><text>For the purposes of carrying out its duties in preparing the report required under subsection (c), the Task Force may adopt such rules for its organization and procedures as it determines appropriate.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id12B442F80D934A64AD0F9FAD5D9CFD91"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Postal services</header><text>The Task Force may use the United States mails in the same manner and under the same conditions as other agencies of the Federal Government.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id230238CE9910423892F69EB545CED1E4"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Donations and volunteers</header><text>The Task Force may accept, use, and dispose of donations of money and property and may accept such volunteer services of individuals as it determines appropriate.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id4457DFFD1277471DB20CA07B0906C4E5"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Personnel matters</header><subparagraph id="idB53DE018B1D04C76B2032C7BDBE534B4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Staff</header><text>The Chairperson may, without regard to the civil service laws and regulations, appoint and terminate an executive director and such other additional employees as may be necessary to enable the Task Force to perform its duties. The employment of an executive director shall be subject to confirmation by the Task Force.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id98CD870149DA42218FDD2AA039771B8E"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text>The Chairperson may fix the compensation of the executive director and other employees of the Task Force without regard to chapter 51 and subchapter III of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/53">chapter 53</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, relating to classification of positions and General Schedule pay rates, except that the rate of pay for the executive director and other personnel may not exceed the rate payable for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id48CA62A508114C0DAF9B39584A078DBF"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Detail of Government employees</header><text>Any Federal Government employee may be detailed to the Task Force without reimbursement, and such detail shall be without interruption or loss of civil service status, benefits, or privilege.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5CB59C1F42AC471CBEC905E028BFB538"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Temporary and intermittent services</header><text>The Chairperson may procure temporary and intermittent services under <external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/5/3109">section 3109(b)</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, at rates for individuals which do not exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay prescribed for level V of the Executive Schedule under section 5316 of such title.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id59EECE8A30E048A0AA2ADB8C82E2020C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>The
Task Force shall terminate 60 days after
submission of the report required under subsection (c).</text></subsection><subsection id="idEF07869F47AF4FF8808D326479321F5E"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Funding</header><paragraph id="id38B5CC3D07D94735A47A649E997718FF"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>From the unobligated balance of funds made available to carry out section 414 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 614), $2,000,000 of such funds are hereby transferred and made available to carry out this section. Amounts transferred and made available to carry out this section shall remain available through fiscal year 2016 and shall not be subject to reduction under a sequestration order issued under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/900">2 U.S.C. 900 et seq.</external-xref>).</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idA612F3DBA8594102B61CB60505FCB3B1"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Unobligated
amounts</header><text>Any amounts made available to carry out this section that are
unobligated on the date of the termination of the Task Force under subsection
(e) shall be returned to the Treasury of the United States .</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idD9C8984F362D40A3863BD0BA0C8C0689"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Administration</header><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idCDB5D1428EE4457E834B56E04AF5CC2A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Upon the request of the Task Force, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall provide to the Task Force, on a reimbursable basis, the administrative support services necessary for the Task Force to carry out its responsibilities under this Act. These administrative services may include human resource management, budget, leasing, accounting, and payroll services.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id22C0967CBF7D47398A92F62DA2D03B6C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Travel expenses</header><text>The members of the Task Force shall be allowed travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter I of <external-xref legal-doc="usc-chapter" parsable-cite="usc-chapter/5/57">chapter 57</external-xref> of title 5, United States Code, while away from their homes or regular places of business in the performance of services for the Task Force.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><subtitle id="idC681C1DF458D40B6A3AB5B30A1C624D5" style="OLC"><enum>C</enum><header>Effective Dates</header><section id="id945C4499CA0A451ABCFE5ED34B5B5993"><enum>331.</enum><header>Effective dates</header><subsection id="idD87759BA48C74DA3A18320F8C4BCD291"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subsection (b), this title and the amendments made by this title take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.</text></subsection><subsection id="idAF4FC5CC30E54998A855C81CE83E68D0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Exceptions</header><paragraph id="id26AD319A40BC4CEE830FCC75DD8FEA77"><enum>(1)</enum><header>UIFSA state law requirements; parenting time arrangements</header><subparagraph id="idA6D49EB6A6C54DCB8E483CDFCACC6FCD"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (B), the amendments made by sections 311(f) and 314(a) take effect on October 1, 2014.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id14605593A6164D49B32CB1D80E4CA4AD"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Delay</header><text>In the case of a State plan under part D of title IV of the Social Security Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/651">42 U.S.C. 651 et seq.</external-xref>) which the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines requires State legislation or State regulation in order for the plan to meet the additional requirements imposed by the amendments made by sections 311(f) and 314(a), the State plan shall not be regarded as failing to comply with the requirements of such sections solely on the basis of its failure to meet these additional requirements before the first day of the first calendar quarter beginning after the close of the first regular session of the State legislature that begins after the date of enactment of this Act. For purposes of the previous sentence, in the case of a State that has a 2-year legislative session, each year of the session is considered to be a separate regular session of the State legislature.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id91B00646B52B44E39A9ACD779AF8012C"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Relief from passport sanctions; child support enforcement programs for Indian tribes</header><text>The amendments made by sections 312 and 313 shall take effect on the date that is 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act.</text></paragraph></subsection></section></subtitle><enum>IV</enum><header>Budgetary Effects</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id31a094939a34455fa08fb05a2051f4fe" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>401.</enum><header>Determination of budgetary effects</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by reference to the latest statement titled <quote>Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation</quote> for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record by the Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, provided that such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.</text></section>December 19, 2013Read twice and placed on the calendar