113 HR 4980 : Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act
U.S. House of Representatives
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1.This Act may be cited as the Preventing Sex Trafficking and Strengthening Families Act
.
2.The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
Sec. 3. References.
Title I—Protecting Children and Youth at Risk of Sex Trafficking
Subtitle A—Identifying and Protecting Children and Youth at Risk of Sex Trafficking
Sec. 101. Identifying, documenting, and determining services for children and youth at risk of sex
trafficking.
Sec. 102. Reporting instances of sex trafficking.
Sec. 103. Including sex trafficking data in the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting
System.
Sec. 104. Locating and responding to children who run away from foster care.
Sec. 105. Increasing information on children in foster care to prevent sex trafficking.
Subtitle B—Improving Opportunities for Children in Foster Care and Supporting Permanency
Sec. 111. Supporting normalcy for children in foster care.
Sec. 112. Improving another planned permanent living arrangement as a permanency option.
Sec. 113. Empowering foster children age 14 and older in the development of their own case plan and
transition planning for a successful adulthood.
Sec. 114. Ensuring foster children have a birth certificate, Social Security card, health insurance
information, medical records, and a driver’s license or equivalent
State-issued identification card.
Sec. 115. Information on children in foster care in annual reports using AFCARS data; consultation.
Subtitle C—National advisory committee
Sec. 121. Establishment of a national advisory committee on the sex trafficking of children and
youth in the United States.
Title II—Improving Adoption Incentives and Extending Family Connection Grants
Subtitle A—Improving Adoption Incentive Payments
Sec. 201. Extension of program through fiscal year 2016.
Sec. 202. Improvements to award structure.
Sec. 203. Renaming of program.
Sec. 204. Limitation on use of incentive payments.
Sec. 205. Increase in period for which incentive payments are available for expenditure.
Sec. 206. State report on calculation and use of savings resulting from the phase-out of
eligibility requirements for adoption assistance; requirement to spend 30
percent of savings on certain services.
Sec. 207. Preservation of eligibility for kinship guardianship assistance payments with a successor
guardian.
Sec. 208. Data collection on adoption and legal guardianship disruption and dissolution.
Sec. 209. Encouraging the placement of children in foster care with siblings.
Sec. 210. Effective dates.
Subtitle B—Extending the Family Connection Grant Program
Sec. 221. Extension of family connection grant program.
Title III—Improving International Child Support Recovery
Sec. 301. Amendments to ensure access to child support services for international child support
cases.
Sec. 302. Child support enforcement programs for Indian tribes.
Sec. 303. Sense of the Congress regarding offering of voluntary parenting time arrangements.
Sec. 304. Data exchange standardization for improved interoperability.
Sec. 305. Report to Congress.
Sec. 306. Required electronic processing of income withholding.
Title IV—Budgetary effects
Sec. 401. Determination of budgetary effects.
3.Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, wherever in this Act an amendment is expressed
in terms of an amendment to a section or other provision, the amendment
shall be considered to be made to a section or other provision of the
Social Security Act.
<enum>I</enum><header>Protecting Children and Youth at Risk of Sex Trafficking</header>
<subtitle id="H41B5048A0B8E4D77AABD3E904960D6E5"><enum>A</enum><header>Identifying and Protecting Children and Youth at Risk of Sex Trafficking</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H26CCAB8D35D54067883010B30BA63AF0"><enum>101.</enum><header>Identifying, documenting, and determining services for children and youth at risk of sex
trafficking</header>
<subsection id="H46476751F2D940B992DA1C5C937D189A"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 471(a)(9) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/671">42 U.S.C. 671(a)(9)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H7F9C8F6CDE604A06A23F8EDF861506EA"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A), by striking <quote>and</quote>;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H8DE1BDF4A26D4E06BA927ABF76283CCA"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by inserting <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H00F3D3CD72EE47A591EAB2FE22481217"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB1E920A65B2E4273AE947DE0AB742549" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H9BA9683E9DD446AEBDF54DB589AB92AC"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than—</text>
<clause commented="no" id="H8196F07947C74BE0B38B94219086FECB"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">1 year after the date of enactment of this subparagraph, demonstrate to the Secretary that the
State agency has developed, in consultation with State and local law
enforcement, juvenile justice systems, health care providers, education
agencies, and organizations with experience in dealing with at-risk
children and youth, policies and procedures (including relevant training
for caseworkers) for identifying, documenting in agency records, and
determining appropriate services with respect to—</text>
<subclause id="HAF74FEAF4CDC43168C8C469B72E9DD12"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">any child or youth over whom the State agency has responsibility for placement, care, or
supervision and who the State has reasonable cause to believe is, or is at
risk of being, a sex trafficking victim (including children for whom a
State child welfare agency has an open case file but who have not been
removed from the home, children who have run away from foster care and who
have not attained 18 years of age or such older age as the State has
elected under section 475(8) of this Act, and youth who are not in foster
care but are receiving services under section 477 of this Act); and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H03E2856D09844B46A3D31EA57A82C5CB"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at the option of the State, any individual who has not attained 26 years of age, without regard to
whether the individual is or was in foster care under the responsibility
of the State; and</text>
</subclause></clause><clause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7D81B798E6FA418BA883BBA5DBC83588"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">2 years after such date of enactment, demonstrate to the Secretary that the State agency is
implementing the policies and procedures referred to in clause (i).</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB94570B0BC6C4E85A9A3914AF2ECBC4F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition of sex trafficking victim</header><text>Section 475 (<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="HE96C161DF05F4D5A9ECBFD04DF143F04" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H87CFC6F4F52B4D18BC1D9CFBEE3586E9"><enum>(9)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>sex trafficking victim</term> means a victim of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H7EFCBC41116B4F38BFEA4D76A3BE10C0"><enum>(A)</enum><text>sex trafficking (as defined in section 103(10) of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000);
or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H609D0A298F1A4D18ADD72F96E60D4E39"><enum>(B)</enum><text>a severe form of trafficking in persons described in section 103(9)(A) of such Act.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H58ED11A751544BDABE22978E11721CBF"><enum>102.</enum><header>Reporting instances of sex trafficking</header>
<subsection id="H84A1EA70B8CC4AEA8F0EF6426F44EC05"><enum>(a)</enum><header>State plan requirements</header><text>Section 471(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/671">42 U.S.C. 671(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H64EEB650D0C74191978A330AA4A95D22"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (32);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7708B154FBBB422F8235FD3799691A63"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of paragraph (33) and inserting a semicolon; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF164D75B5A5F4F08BA01EC1ACC977CC6"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H984FF5D3EF064C0F801F8511EC85CAD9" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H110B307B8C884294BDC79F7EA65DD2D0"><enum>(34)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides that, for each child or youth described in paragraph (9)(C)(i)(I), the State agency shall—</text>
<subparagraph id="H58624C4076494BCAB6DE17FF3D420236"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, report immediately, and
in no case later than 24 hours after receiving information on children or
youth who have been identified as being a sex trafficking victim, to the
law enforcement authorities; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H640862DE4E43487E91CC39C3F4411259"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than 3 years after such date of enactment and annually thereafter, report to the
Secretary the total number of children and youth who are sex trafficking
victims.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HAE4D4ABA364A49D5A9D08BB2E4FA90CD"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Duties of the Secretary</header><text>Section 471 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/671">42 U.S.C. 671</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H97B3640F665B46189C48347032B166E3" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HF6FA0822D5134B56824D2925FF53EA06"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Annual reports by the Secretary on number of children and youth reported by States To be sex
trafficking victims</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 4 years after the date of the enactment of this subsection and annually thereafter,
the Secretary shall report to the Congress and make available to the
public on the Internet website of the Department of Health and Human
Services the number of children and youth reported in accordance with
subsection (a)(34)(B) of this section to be sex trafficking victims (as
defined in section 475(9)(A)).</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection></section><section id="H1D7A0DE480A54C709580137F87FE5600"><enum>103.</enum><header>Including sex trafficking data in the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System</header>
<text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 479(c)(3) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/679">42 U.S.C. 679(c)(3)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H72C0F360D2BD489197200785156B8C1E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)(iii), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the comma; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H51413AC183534A9F8CF64E42822D8EE2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5063743B3863426C88A9CFE3205D9CFF" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="H36E37DC36CEE4B5AB8546CD98C9AA862"><enum>(E)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the annual number of children in foster care who are identified as sex trafficking victims—</text>
<clause id="HA2CBA576823D484996E766FE823B81C3"><enum>(i)</enum><text>who were such victims before entering foster care; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H4A8F818E85E1408E90144976609E4A94"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>who were such victims while in foster care; and</text></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="HC7647225B3BD4EB88D8D288CA076CE91"><enum>104.</enum><header>Locating and responding to children who run away from foster care</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 471(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/671">42 U.S.C. 671(a)</external-xref>), as amended by section 102(a) of this Act, is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H15F161EE095F43E692F8A47D4FB8F430"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of paragraph (34) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB8A6B3E25D534CD18CC8D45541FBD7B9"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3EA21800608D4BA9ADFE5D79AF8B653E" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H2B3A5C02AEAA4590B8183F09020D7265"><enum>(35)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides that—</text>
<subparagraph id="HE9F69CFDC6E446A2B7D0118A9458BD0A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, the State shall develop
and implement specific protocols for—</text>
<clause id="H43832A4F478E41218F391C82816C66BE"><enum>(i)</enum><text>expeditiously locating any child missing from foster care;</text>
</clause><clause id="HC9BF2BBD94F547518112B2943B894D1F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>determining the primary factors that contributed to the child’s running away or otherwise being
absent from care, and to the extent possible and appropriate, responding
to those factors in current and subsequent placements;</text>
</clause><clause id="H1D89BE468FAD4FCFA0F98F35D0505455"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>determining the child’s experiences while absent from care, including screening the child to
determine if the child is a possible sex trafficking victim (as defined in
section 475(9)(A)); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H5400130D98F34DB18690E4AFB6ED0300"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>reporting such related information as required by the Secretary; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H59CB030E374E4C28A2E9861392C008FB"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than 2 years after such date of enactment, for each child and youth described in
paragraph (9)(C)(i)(I) of this subsection, the State agency shall report
immediately, and in no case later than 24 hours after receiving,
information on missing or abducted children or youth 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.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section><section id="H03D57E7E5D544F93B564ABF9877EE107"><enum>105.</enum><header>Increasing information on children in foster care to prevent sex trafficking</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and
Human Services shall submit to the Congress a written report which
summarizes the following:</text>
<paragraph id="H1AD3BCC4A3854B8B850208B4F257B485"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Information on children who run away from foster care and their risk of becoming sex trafficking
victims, using data reported by States under section 479 of the Social
Security Act and information collected by States related to section
471(a)(35) of such Act, including—</text>
<subparagraph id="H8FD3C74C276A4F92B7C757925F869474"><enum>(A)</enum><text>characteristics of children who run away from foster care;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0243C049684043DFBC109379F376B03A"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">potential factors associated with children running away from foster care (such as reason for entry
into care, length of stay in care, type of placement, and other factors
that contributed to the child’s running away);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H98B9D2A33F104F2DB12D922A37AC0B3F"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">information on children's experiences while absent from care; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCA705F8025C84E2FA816B7BF75608F33"><enum>(D)</enum><text>trends in the number of children reported as runaways in each fiscal year (including factors that
may have contributed to changes in such trends).</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6BC24981BCDA47E797E9BF55B224E1C0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Information on State efforts to provide specialized services, foster family homes, child care
institutions, or other forms of placement for children who are sex
trafficking victims.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H14F950AFB3E64EC48E63E5AF9FF4B1C7"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Information on State efforts to ensure children in foster care form and maintain long-lasting
connections to caring adults, even when a child in foster care must move
to another foster family home or when the child is placed under the
supervision of a new caseworker.</text>
</paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="H09B798BBC0DC4647A2CA51E265BB0B84"><enum>B</enum><header>Improving Opportunities for Children in Foster Care and Supporting Permanency</header>
<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H9AE7B282DF854368BF9C355122A11DAE"><enum>111.</enum><header>Supporting normalcy for children in foster care</header>
<subsection id="HA823099CCC8E4ECBBEB5004126F123DE"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Reasonable and prudent parent standard</header>
<paragraph id="H5A33423FF59143D6B21992D3083CA8B0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Definitions relating to the standard</header><text>Section 475 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/675">42 U.S.C. 675</external-xref>), as amended by section 101(b) of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB9EDBE01C9FB4F4EAC98F2AB5F47A1F6" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HA198DA42E1604F97BBE172D1F20FE88D"><enum>(10)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H7DF37303E9314AEF978D490F798B6048"><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 the
health, safety, and best interests of a child while at the same time
encouraging the emotional and developmental growth of the child, 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, cultural, and social activities.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H79954B6C764A4B258D6124BBA3B7EE91" 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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA14B2A9C35E74B97A068E6E0FBE50FB4"><enum>(11)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HF66CF153416442C4A9CBDC6F34D8FBD5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The term <term>age or developmentally-appropriate</term> means—</text>
<clause id="H1B3E08ABCAC044999B6540252FA3BD80" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>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; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HA1525E7AA3B14006825210098D75AC70" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in the case of a specific child, activities or items that are suitable for the child based on the
developmental stages attained by the child with respect to the cognitive,
emotional, physical, and behavioral capacities of the child.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA6796AC5A55A460A900334ECB8407889" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the event that any age-related activities have implications relative to the academic curriculum
of a child, 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 or local educational agency, or the specific instructional
content, academic achievement standards and assessments, curriculum, or
program of instruction of a school.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H32200F7C66894EEBB8DA19B7E981CA92"><enum>(2)</enum><header>State plan requirement</header><text>Section 471(a)(24) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/671">42 U.S.C. 671(a)(24)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HA3C93DB97956435D82FA08DAE424CB76"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>include</quote> and inserting <quote>includes</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEE116953C83443FBA52AFEAE5F72DC6F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and that such preparation</quote> and inserting <quote>that the preparation</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6DDC9696A5674D3AB926594F8143E157"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, and that the preparation shall include knowledge and skills relating to the reasonable and
prudent parent standard for the participation of the child in age or
developmentally-appropriate activities, including knowledge and skills
relating to the developmental stages of the cognitive, emotional,
physical, and behavioral capacities of a child, and knowledge and skills
relating to applying the standard to decisions such as whether to allow
the child to engage in social, extracurricular, enrichment, cultural, and
social activities, including sports, field trips, and overnight activities
lasting 1 or more days, and to decisions involving the signing of
permission slips and arranging of transportation for the child to and from
extracurricular, enrichment, and social activities</quote> before the semicolon.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3E1ADB6CABF844CE9EE7FD0A97DB4104"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Technical assistance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall provide assistance to the States on best practices
for devising strategies to assist foster parents in applying a reasonable
and prudent parent standard in a manner that protects child safety, while
also allowing children to experience normal and beneficial activities,
including methods for appropriately considering the concerns of the
biological parents of a child in decisions related to participation of the
child in activities (with the understanding that those concerns should not
necessarily determine the participation of the child in any activity).</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD98F32FA6F4B40B6845EE05C535A01D9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Normalcy for children in child care institutions</header><text>Section 471(a)(10) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/671">42 U.S.C. 671(a)(10)</external-xref>) is amended to read as follows:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3B2DA75EB31C4AD88AF2B57EB50685ED" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7ADE8878299745748A7D68EA41BF1BAC"><enum>(10)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">provides—</text>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H77E3D86E5AF84922979DBE6298E7F00D"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">for the establishment or designation of a State authority or authorities that shall be responsible
for establishing and maintaining standards for foster family homes and
child care institutions which are reasonably in accord with recommended
standards of national organizations concerned with standards for the
institutions or homes, including standards related to admission policies,
safety, sanitation, and protection of civil rights, and which shall permit
use of the reasonable and prudent parenting standard;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H93E945F0F99F479FA2523FA5F8518DA0"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that the standards established pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be applied by the State to any
foster family home or child care institution receiving funds under this
part or part B and shall require, as a condition of each contract entered
into by a child care institution to provide foster care, the presence
on-site of at least 1 official who, with respect to any child placed at
the child care institution, is designated to be the caregiver who is
authorized to apply the reasonable and prudent parent standard to
decisions involving the participation of the child in age or
developmentally-appropriate activities, and who is provided with training
in how to use and apply the reasonable and prudent parent standard in the
same manner as prospective foster parents are provided the training
pursuant to paragraph (24);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H52A77FBB23784A0CBD137E465674ACD4"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that the standards established pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall include policies related to the
liability of foster parents and private entities under contract by the
State involving the application of the reasonable and prudent parent
standard, to ensure appropriate liability for caregivers when a child
participates in an approved activity and the caregiver approving the
activity acts in accordance with the reasonable and prudent parent
standard; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H42DE96393FB84DCFAA660B37E86D833A"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that a waiver of any standards established pursuant to subparagraph (A) may be made only on a
case-by-case basis for nonsafety standards (as determined by the State) in
relative foster family homes for specific children in care;</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H736B6DC0B63A498C8D91DDD5C00CCF9F"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Supporting participation in age-Appropriate activities</header>
<paragraph id="HC371232D08BA469FA80A06DF8BAED87A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 477(a) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/677">42 U.S.C. 677(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9BC8C6E219794731A5FB436362DEFCEE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (6);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H773DFC99F226434989EB195E6D314DC2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of paragraph (7) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC6F70276224E4C4888E651EC38D1B242"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H43E5058F751C465B941919B122963A72" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HFBDBE5C4B6324AFD8CF95FB0CA0BD354"><enum>(8)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">to ensure children who are likely to remain in foster care until 18 years of age have regular,
ongoing opportunities to engage in age or developmentally-appropriate
activities as defined in section 475(11).</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H6F5643F4811C4D5292157CF67ECDDF81"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 477(h)(1) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/677">42 U.S.C. 677(h)(1)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>or, beginning in fiscal year 2020, $143,000,000</quote> after <quote>$140,000,000</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5E0A4BFA9AE94A5E94DEE494CBEEDC5B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Effective date</header>
<paragraph id="H9B25D02F3B164EDAB145ADA4119D895A"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date that is 1 year after the date of
the enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HA5455C9A115E444782FC35F49612BEA9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Delay permitted if State legislation required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines that State legislation (other than
legislation appropriating funds) is required in order for a State plan
developed pursuant to part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to
meet the additional requirements imposed by the amendments made by this
section, the plan shall not be regarded as failing to meet any of the
additional requirements before the 1st day of the 1st calendar quarter
beginning after the 1st regular session of the State legislature that
begins after the date of the enactment of this Act. If the State 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><section id="HB3B2CE523BEB4F32BDD63EE4CD39A368"><enum>112.</enum><header>Improving another planned permanent living arrangement as a permanency option</header>
<subsection id="HBA333A7C184C48CC8C828EAB713AA562"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Elimination of another planned permanent living arrangement for children under age 16</header>
<paragraph id="HB392A8AE1F0945B5A963E005CCB0CCD7"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 475(5)(C)(i) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/675">42 U.S.C. 675(5)(C)(i)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>only in the case of a child who has attained 16 years of age</quote> before <quote>(in cases where</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H21C2BD0AC6E7461EB15594303D35B80D"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 422(b)(8)(A)(iii)(II) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/622">42 U.S.C. 622(b)(8)(A)(iii)(II)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>, subject to the requirements of sections 475(5)(C) and 475A(a)</quote> after <quote>arrangement</quote>.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5108A07A96084F4396DEB90FF7F8693B"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Delayed applicability with respect to certain children</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In the case of children in foster care under the responsibility of an Indian tribe, tribal
organization, or tribal consortium (either directly or under supervision
of a State), the amendments made by this subsection shall not apply until
the date that is 3 years after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H3004D7EB8FDA4EC69840541408286FA0"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Additional requirements</header>
<paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA7126678E5C348519823BBE9A33B3E32"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Part E of title IV (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/670">42 U.S.C. 670 et seq.</external-xref>) is amended by inserting after section 475 the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4563BF971F45417B84FDD18EB5258845" style="OLC">
<section id="HBD03675140A844FBB7531FAD17711DB7"><enum>475A.</enum><header>Additional case plan and case review system requirements</header>
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H028A9374145E4077901EA7E4079D6791"><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 determined for the child under section 475(5)(C), 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="H6086B92215B5491CA3B44F3267FC2B0B"><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 or secure a
placement for the child with a fit and willing relative (including adult
siblings), a legal guardian, or an adoptive parent, including through
efforts that utilize search technology (including social media) to find
biological family members for the children.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5D71E92F346C4A3E98929B7635C54407"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Redetermination of appropriateness of placement at each permanency hearing</header><text>The State agency shall implement procedures to ensure that, 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 does the following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H61F65C21EB384500A758D1ADAB760999"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Ask the child about the desired permanency outcome for the child.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF95A988AA60043FD91EC46AAC1F50DC3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Make a judicial determination explaining why, as of the date of the hearing, another planned
permanent living arrangement is the best permanency plan for the child and
provide compelling reasons why it continues to not be in the best
interests of the child to—</text>
<clause id="H7F508C5BCE3A4200BDF85D74B67D7CB1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>return home;</text>
</clause><clause id="H5B409030D9AB4B7BA48F97752B4B14CE"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>be placed for adoption;</text>
</clause><clause id="H9BE824DDFAF3432EBFDEC0FD76A3DA68"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>be placed with a legal guardian; or</text>
</clause><clause id="H4D31B8F451294EF2A576B120149C53B6"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>be placed with a fit and willing relative.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H7F3E97F75CB34589B2D68F7655C02E34"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Demonstration of support for engaging in age or developmentally-appropriate activities and social
events</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">At each permanency hearing held with respect to the child, the State agency shall document the
steps the State agency is taking to ensure that—</text>
<subparagraph id="H0E623F9900344561AF17DBE75D172685"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the child's foster family home or child care institution is following the reasonable and prudent
parent standard; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2A4B2BF488AC4CC78ACF132EEF740776"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the child has regular, ongoing opportunities to engage in age or developmentally appropriate
activities (including by consulting with the child in an age-appropriate
manner about the opportunities of the child to participate in the
activities).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HF0CB4C2B6378462A8059250742B06AD4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header>
<subparagraph id="HC6A96DC2A5E643FB9762B3C1246FF710"><enum>(A)</enum><header>State plan requirements</header>
<clause id="H7A93CF9FA27343FB8A0635CD22F015D4"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Part B</header><text>Section 422(b)(8)(A)(ii) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/622">42 U.S.C. 622(b)(8)(A)(ii)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>and in accordance with the requirements of section 475A</quote> after <quote>section 475(5)</quote>.</text>
</clause><clause id="HC24A7170B2214B93BAB894879520B7B4"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Part E</header><text>Section 471(a)(16) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/671">42 U.S.C. 671(a)(16)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subclause id="HA68FC2A3E0BF470DADDA48BBE765D569"><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="HE70D2659C9C44CDFA5172C57550D7F00"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by striking <quote>section 475(5)(B)</quote> and inserting <quote>sections 475(5) and 475A</quote>.</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H61E3A67DEA0F4E6796E92B0ACD87EFA3"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section 475 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/675">42 U.S.C. 675</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<clause id="H7AAFBA9FE1684FF2B9CCAFBA33C75AA4"><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>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H3BA4720E12C049BFBEE7AEC73779CFF3"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)—</text>
<subclause id="H85F3FA222EE6452C82A886A099535917"><enum>(I)</enum><text>in subparagraph (B), by adding at the end the following <quote>and, for a child for whom another planned permanent living arrangement has been determined as the
permanency plan, the steps the State agency is taking to ensure the
child’s foster family home or child care institution is following the
reasonable and prudent parent standard and to ascertain whether the child
has regular, ongoing opportunities to engage in age or developmentally
appropriate activities (including by consulting with the child in an
age-appropriate manner about the opportunities of the child to participate
in the activities);</quote>; and</text>
</subclause><subclause id="H881BF9090BE74F79B9E4D7D188933FC4"><enum>(II)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)—</text>
<item id="H5C30A0A285ED4EDAA6EA55078263A3BA"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, as of the date of the hearing,</quote> after <quote>compelling reason for determining</quote>; and</text>
</item><item id="HA7499FE21E1847FE818C6A8CB41E69B3"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>subject to section 475A(a),</quote> after <quote>another planned permanent living arrangement,</quote>.</text>
</item></subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD0ED658C3DEA47BE954FAEB3CEEA8701"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Effective date</header>
<paragraph id="HB6BEF07D1A884409B968A0CCF45FB41F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date that is 1 year after the date of
the enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H894B4FFCD46C4EA1B8F49B674E90C971"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Delay permitted if State legislation required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines that State legislation (other than
legislation appropriating funds) is required in order for a State plan
developed pursuant to part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to
meet the additional requirements imposed by the amendments made by this
section, the plan shall not be regarded as failing to meet any of the
additional requirements before the 1st day of the 1st calendar quarter
beginning after the 1st regular session of the State legislature that
begins after the date of the enactment of this Act. If the State 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><section id="HE1278693E8024F78B572E7DB6590A90A"><enum>113.</enum><header>Empowering foster children age 14 and older in the development of their own case plan and
transition planning for a successful adulthood</header>
<subsection id="H51BF90128DEF4D51A8E1472330FA7E36"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 475(1)(B) (<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 14 years of age, the plan developed for the child in
accordance with this paragraph, and any revision or addition to the plan,
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 a foster parent of, or caseworker for, the
child. 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="H75C7E67F35B045E7A59A3DB9BAF3E5C5"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments To include children 14 and older in transition planning</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 475 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/675">42 U.S.C. 675</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HB716D7C8E6D945569C4BDCC5EDF4FE8D"><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 who has attained 14 years of age</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H49E1058A4A2D4B1C9BCBE7972AA9DB18"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (5)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HED3E9521E4BF453A9D620BA48AA39F9C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subparagraph (C)—</text>
<clause id="HCCB6E60DCA3544CD8A9E33C661C595C9"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in clause (i), by striking <quote>16</quote> and inserting <quote>14</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H717B72B768EA46709FB3FD19BAACAED4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of clause (ii); and</text>
</clause><clause id="H928622669E404DF3BB1526A691D935C6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following: <quote>and (iv) if a child has attained 14 years of age, the permanency plan developed for the child, and
any revision or addition to the plan, shall be developed in consultation
with the child and, at the option of the child, with not more than 2
members of the permanency planning team who are selected by the child and
who are not a foster parent of, or caseworker for, the child, except that
the State may reject an individual so selected by the child if the State
has good cause to believe that the individual would not act in the best
interests of the child, and 1 individual so selected by the child may be
designated to be the child’s advisor and, as necessary, advocate, with
respect to the application of the reasonable and prudent standard to the
child;</quote>; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5DEBEAC8BD0A4E59A245E1618DA57829"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subparagraph (I), by striking <quote>16</quote> and inserting <quote>14</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H31239ACCCA494656889E0893E9AD28AC"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Transition planning for a successful adulthood</header><text>Paragraphs (1)(D), (5)(C)(i), and (5)(C)(iii) of section 475 (<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="HA9DAB9A14C654BB597B697630B174BCB"><enum>(d)</enum><header>List of rights</header><text>Section 475A, as added by section 112(b)(1) of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2701D3A200A240AFB374A19B44CC59CE" style="OLC">
<subsection id="H381378E17FA14397AB656A48E1C586DB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>List of rights</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The case plan for any child in foster care under the responsibility of the State who has attained
14 years of age shall include—</text>
<paragraph id="HD9A3548076F449A1868C71D4D08B5968"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a document that describes the rights of the child with respect to education, health, visitation,
and court participation, the right to be provided with the documents
specified in section 475(5)(I) in accordance with that section, and the
right to stay safe and avoid exploitation; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HBD44636C232041BA8144E5BF91E72FDF"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a signed acknowledgment by the child that the child has been provided with a copy of the document
and that the rights contained in the document have been explained to the
child in an age-appropriate way.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="HDAD1B1AE4E314EF099E302C06ED5EBC2"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Report</header><text>Not later than 2 years after the date of the 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="H402F2F2F28D84B5898D773AA32E9645D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an analysis of how States are administering the requirements of paragraphs (1)(B) and (5)(C) of
section 475 of the Social Security Act, as amended by subsections (a) and
(b) of this section, that a child in foster care who has attained 14 years
of age be permitted to select up to 2 members of the case planning team or
permanency planning team for the child from individuals who are not a
foster parent of, or caseworker for, the child; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H89818DBA6E844D48BFB18F9197536D11"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a description of best practices of States with respect to the administration of the requirements.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H0558F668BECF4156889F72AF1C7ED7C2"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Effective date</header>
<paragraph id="H1D804F2AB537453698223F45EC642C52"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect on the date that is 1 year after the date of
the enactment of this Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H37B23250EF4B4A0CA8515B8A4AEEBA78"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Delay permitted if State legislation required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines that State legislation (other than
legislation appropriating funds) is required in order for a State plan
developed pursuant to part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to
meet the additional requirements imposed by the amendments made by this
section, the plan shall not be regarded as failing to meet any of the
additional requirements before the 1st day of the 1st calendar quarter
beginning after the 1st regular session of the State legislature that
begins after the date of the enactment of this Act. If the State 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><section id="H399A04D87B7748FDB899EA76A462D20A"><enum>114.</enum><header>Ensuring foster children have a birth certificate, Social Security card, health insurance
information, medical records, and a driver’s license or equivalent
State-issued identification card</header>
<subsection id="H3E53A58CB9DF4C2EBA82EE02EA1A72A9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Case review system requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 475(5)(I) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/675">42 U.S.C. 675(5)(I)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H63BC724F69AB4D3786FAA0A5D48DEF41"><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="H3B9B1CB8A1CB450AAF9A46520CDE8D89"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>, and, if the child is leaving foster care by reason of having attained 18 years of age or such
greater age as the State has elected under paragraph (8), unless the child
has been in foster care for less than 6 months, is not discharged from
care without being provided with (if the child is eligible to receive such
document) an official or certified copy of the United States birth
certificate of the child, a social security card issued by the
Commissioner of Social Security, health insurance information, a copy of
the child’s medical records, and 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</quote> before the period.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H14553DF0394641E2887B8430BF348897"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header>
<paragraph id="H613D8263999D4DCF9F11F8376F561661"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The amendments made by this section shall take effect 1 year after the date of enactment of this
Act.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H5D671DCDB9FE4E0A8F734D40D61220EB"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Delay permitted if State legislation required</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If the Secretary of Health and Human Services determines that State legislation (other than
legislation appropriating funds) is required in order for a State plan
developed pursuant to part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to
meet the additional requirements imposed by the amendments made by this
section, the plan shall not be regarded as failing to meet any of the
additional requirements before the 1st day of the 1st calendar quarter
beginning after the 1st regular session of the State legislature that
begins after the date of the enactment of this Act. If the State 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><section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H370C6E6FD041426593016DA10742895D" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>115.</enum><header>Information on children in foster care in annual reports using AFCARS data; consultation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 479A (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/679b">42 U.S.C. 679b</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7800C7C1F662465A9CAED5DB4E95A833"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>The Secretary</quote> and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H10CA48C4486B4CFB80E1BC823649272B" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5BE4BA834CE047D885008192B1E0C770"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Secretary</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>;</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA237C3D759BD44C2959DAF6EEE18B962"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), by striking <quote>and</quote> after the semicolon;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2AE2F752121B448DA87073F613155CBF"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in paragraph (6)(C), by striking the period at the end and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H01EDB53B3FDA440DBC7B77DE27691B20"><enum>(4)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H81E2C1F26C8E413F8BEC3272D536DFA8" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF42C376918E44E508B078AB9911FF7F0"><enum>(7)</enum><text>include in the report submitted pursuant to paragraph (5) for fiscal year 2016 or any succeeding
fiscal year, State-by-State data on—</text>
<subparagraph id="H223D314D34B1483CB984AE4E893520A9"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">children in foster care who have been placed in a child care institution or other setting that is
not a foster family home, including—</text>
<clause id="H85A918644EE2491AA9506D2E7A715167"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of children in the placements and their ages, including separately, the number and ages
of children who have a permanency plan of another planned permanent living
arrangement;</text>
</clause><clause id="H5842CA9EBFC04DDB8A820D128A7DAE6A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the duration of the placement in the settings (including for children who have a permanency plan of
another planned permanent living arrangement);</text>
</clause><clause id="H80AE345CA4E542C1868E9C29999322DD"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the types of child care institutions used (including group homes, residential treatment, shelters,
or other congregate care settings);</text>
</clause><clause id="H53C46C63B7364E8982C3D96BC65394A7"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>with respect to each child care institution or other setting that is not a foster family home, the
number of children in foster care residing in each such institution or
non-foster family home;</text>
</clause><clause id="HEE01DA9820FE4DCFA99051811CD8BFF6"><enum>(v)</enum><text>any clinically diagnosed special need of such children; and</text>
</clause><clause id="H5BEB45DE8F294576B13D7E0508248630"><enum>(vi)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the extent of any specialized education, treatment, counseling, or other services provided in the
settings; and</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC93C74182D1D44CB8F77E620722932CE"><enum>(B)</enum><text>children in foster care who are pregnant or parenting.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H4C04A131EA9B4201BA645E954F437BC6"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Consultation on other issues</header><text>The Secretary shall consult with States and organizations with an interest in child welfare,
including organizations that provide adoption and foster care services,
and shall take into account requests from Members of Congress, in
selecting other issues to be analyzed and reported on under this section
using data available to the Secretary, including data reported by States
through the Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System and to
the National Youth in Transition Database.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></section></subtitle><subtitle id="HFF4EDB63932E4AD098BF51D9B4D82F26"><enum>C</enum><header>National advisory committee</header>
<section id="H38E45C0F2F434BC3B009FF505655AE24"><enum>121.</enum><header>Establishment of a national advisory committee on the sex trafficking of children and youth in the
United States</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Title XI (<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:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF4C595E8B47743F98B9325FB6D0E79D3" style="traditional">
<section id="HE378D6D8A374455CA71AD62531E97413"><enum>1114A.</enum><header>NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE SEX TRAFFICKING OF CHIILDREN AND YOUTH IN THE UNITED STATES</header><subsection commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H45403F7C77E44954920F0502095E0FD7"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Official designation</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">This section relates to the National Advisory Committee on the Sex Trafficking of Children and
Youth in the United States (in this section referred to as the <quote>Committee</quote>).</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1E2D6A6074514693BBE0901FBF8D65A9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Authority</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall establish
and appoint all members of the Committee.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HA3EA0ABA0C7949CEAAACC69B3B52AC54"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Membership</header>
<paragraph id="HA2A62D8844A64919BB50990FAC16D817"><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.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3FE8AAD8434B405FB559BFB7B7C9568F"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Selection</header><text>The Secretary, in consultation with the Attorney General and National Governors Association, shall
appoint the members to the Committee. At least 1 Committee member shall be
a former sex trafficking victim. 2 Committee members shall be a Governor
of a State, 1 of whom shall be a member of the Democratic Party and 1 of
whom shall be a member of the Republican Party.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H4C9B0C3E2BB34F6AA286D5E2F6FC8169"><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="HAAEAAAB59FC74661943AC3C102C69946"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Compensation</header><text>Committee members shall serve without compensation or per diem in lieu of subsistence.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HA9DDB9CB55364A0DB816BD29983022C6"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Duties</header>
<paragraph id="H2CED916ADBD643448A4B9B2543354337"><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 the sex trafficking of
children and youth in the United States.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H752274F125D446949ABC58E12E1F3AC4"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Policies for cooperation</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, the gaming and
entertainment industry, and businesses and organizations that provide
services to youth, on responding to sex trafficking, including the
development and implementation of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H9A71D46100234665B85900608825E0AE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>successful interventions with children and youth who are exposed to conditions that make them
vulnerable to, or victims of, sex trafficking; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3DC5C3C2E5D344C2AD8BE358213BD113"><enum>(B)</enum><text>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 children and youth who are sex trafficking
victims and provide support to entities that provide housing or other
assistance to the victims.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD13FB66BA74B4CF48A82DB4696C5180F"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Best practices and recommendations for states</header>
<subparagraph id="H604D932297B0488D9F70CC550D653067"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Within 2 years after the establishment of the Committee, 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 sex trafficking of children
and youth. Tier I shall provide States that have not yet substantively
addressed the sex trafficking of children and youth with an idea of where
to begin and what steps to take. Tier II shall provide States that are
already working to address the sex trafficking of children and youth with
examples of policies that are already being used effectively by other
States to address sex trafficking.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H463B5B26530643DCA87A96D910B40E4B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Development</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The best practices shall be based on multidisciplinary research and promising, evidence-based
models and programs as reflected in State efforts to meet the requirements
of sections 101 and 102 of the Preventing Sex Trafficking and
Strengthening Families Act.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB469DDD523D3400F9C969FFA7DF7BA26"><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="H542107E816604F17BF31BEBF990CB895"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Sample training materials, protocols, and screening tools that, to the extent possible, accommodate
for regional differences among the States, to prepare individuals who
administer social services to identify and serve children and youth who
are sex trafficking victims or at-risk of sex trafficking.</text>
</clause><clause id="HD34D03973AFB41D39B28B2BEF64EF992"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Multidisciplinary strategies to identify victims, manage cases, and improve services for all
children and youth who are at risk of sex trafficking, or are sex
trafficking victims, in the United States.</text>
</clause><clause id="HEEED28AE0CD341F88249D4573AE8991E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Sample protocols and recommendations based on current States’ efforts, accounting for regional
differences between States that provide 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, the gaming and
entertainment industry, Federal, State, and local police, juvenile
detention centers and runaway and homeless youth programs, housing
resources that are appropriate for housing child and youth victims of
trafficking, schools, and businesses and organizations that provide
services to children and 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 sex trafficking 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="HE3441961435D481DAF01398C3511A384"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Developing the criteria and guidelines necessary for establishing safe residential placements for
foster children who have been sex trafficked as well as victims of
trafficking identified through interaction with law enforcement.</text>
</clause><clause id="HF2B3375DCB324AC986F5C5C4ABD6AEE0"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Developing training guidelines for caregivers that serve children and youth being cared for outside
the home.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB938C3B6DA804FA89FCA45D8E78651BC"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Informing states of best practices</header><text>The Committee, in coordination with the National Governors Association, Secretary and Attorney
General, shall ensure that State Governors and child welfare agencies are
notified and informed on a quarterly basis of the best practices and
recommendations for States, and notified 6 months in advance that the
Committee will be evaluating the extent to which States adopt the
Committee’s recommendations.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HBDDAFBD1183C43FB834E4ED1A4F187D1"><enum>(E)</enum><header>Report on State implementation</header><text>Within 3 years after the establishment of the Committee, the Committee shall submit to the
Secretary and the Attorney General, as part of its final report as well as
for online and publicly available publication, a description of what each
State has done to implement the recommendations of the Committee.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HEB407D0C343349EBA6DB35067A21E955"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Reports</header>
<paragraph id="H77B8B3DF3D824702A32A660B36A7D5D9"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Committee shall submit an interim and a final report on the work of the Committee to—</text>
<subparagraph id="H02CA0797144F40F3A7879B9BBF562A34"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the Secretary;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAF30801A5CF14834ACBDFFE465570C76"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the Attorney General;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5078C740F4E248A8BCC6C0C006712CDC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the Committee on Finance of the Senate; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFCC151F34DEE4BBF8CD566D3D919277B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0580E5FA9C344F239BD89C5CDA57CAFA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Reporting dates</header><text>The interim report shall be submitted not later than 3 years after the establishment of the
Committee. The final report shall be submitted not later than 4 years
after the establishment of the Committee.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H4BD927A2233F4177A48C795B33E0A109"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Administration</header>
<paragraph id="H4F5A24D79EFD4F679FAE56C7BC2E9CAD"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Agency support</header><text>The Secretary shall direct the head of the Administration for Children and Families of the
Department of Health and Human Services to provide all necessary support
for the Committee.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H96EDC381815641D69A4F3BEF0A78592E"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Meetings</header>
<subparagraph id="H5AA70A61BB8C4823A75AA6D793AF3416"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The Committee will meet at the call of the Secretary at least twice each year to carry out this
section, and more often as otherwise required.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9F7F0985D694452895F90AB942EE121B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Accommodation for committee members unable to attend in person</header><text>The Secretary shall create a process through which Committee members who are unable to travel to a
Committee meeting in person may participate remotely through the use of
video conference, teleconference, online, or other means.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H27BB594396584EDD8EB4B24FE0C4D827"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Subcommittees</header><text>The Committee may establish subcommittees or working groups, as necessary and consistent with the
mission of the Committee. The 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="HCD9EFAEC9E35471281BA8BC8ECBC8F27"><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="H78C1857636C847648A70BD791A93CB5B"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>The Committee shall terminate 5 years after the date of its establishment, but the Secretary shall
continue to operate and update, as necessary, an Internet website
displaying the State best practices, recommendations, and evaluation of
State-by-State implementation of the Secretary’s recommendations.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H417CC12FE29049D5B0B9D32A1241BC36"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Definition</header><text>For the purpose of this section, the term <term>sex trafficking</term> includes the definition set forth 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>) and <quote>severe form of trafficking in persons</quote> described in section 103(9)(A) of such Act.</text></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section></subtitle><enum>II</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Improving Adoption Incentives and Extending Family Connection Grants</header>
<subtitle id="H6CBA6B507B51417982EA5037B77030B1" style="OLC"><enum>A</enum><header>Improving Adoption Incentive Payments</header>
<section id="HAB247DD869E643DFBE1099389865547D"><enum>201.</enum><header>Extension of program through fiscal year 2016</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 473A (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/673b">42 U.S.C. 673b</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H5FA8955EBD134D1BB501539DB536741C"><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 id="H3ECD455221EE40D89FF162DBED7EADCC"><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="H80C1BE97A234481B8F5C790577F19681"><enum>202.</enum><header>Improvements to award structure</header>
<subsection id="HEB848B8796824119974B26A399ED4DA8"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Eligibility for award</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 473A(b) (<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="HE4DD1A8A2DC2489C8B3AC6D4F5E2BF71"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Data requirements</header><text>Section 473A(c)(2) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/673b">42 U.S.C. 673b(c)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H66417795721C423DAF5B29D16E49F060"><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="H6541D13890F84746939341998111CECF"><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="HEC72B30C715C4F22977940F006242C77"><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="HDECD082C447A488988C24DDDDB670CB9"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Award amount</header><text>Section 473A(d) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/673b">42 U.S.C. 673b(d)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H774544FF08A346B784BE3BF028C57869"><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="H50EC16DF7E984872AA54050EB589D7B8" style="OLC">
<subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H17DE817CCEDD4F028419270F01332DC5"><enum>(A)</enum><text>$5,000, multiplied by the amount (if any) by which—</text>
<clause id="HA2751B2CB145472B83814BC4D02AFC2C"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of foster child adoptions in the State during the fiscal year; exceeds</text>
</clause><clause id="H16C469D25E8346BF912D79E0108A80B2"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the product (rounded to the nearest whole number) of—</text>
<subclause id="HBCD8330717914DCDADA8D2A902693AEC"><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="HA62F974BA3BE4D13B48C3C256BD47B2A"><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="H6FD27AED77024ED28CFD7550D9277374"><enum>(B)</enum><text>$7,500, multiplied by the amount (if any) by which—</text>
<clause id="HE49B49DC5314484F98BB78EA9CAE357D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of pre-adolescent child adoptions and pre-adolescent foster child guardianships in the
State during the fiscal year; exceeds</text>
</clause><clause id="H51C5CDB3253445F699EDCD858A918C65"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the product (rounded to the nearest whole number) of—</text>
<subclause id="HC3C4F56B60FC42DF98A42263A21744A0"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the base rate of pre-adolescent child adoptions and pre-adolescent foster child guardianships for
the State for the fiscal year; and</text>
</subclause><subclause display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE0FB6545658F4F2DA6B2A68E8A1B1D02"><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 9 years of age but not 14 years of
age; and</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA0CE2EDE89724000992E3087A87AC956"><enum>(C)</enum><text>$10,000, multiplied by the amount (if any) by which—</text>
<clause id="H9A2E79FEA2C4400A94EEDEEB3CBBB451"><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="HCC2AF8F6AA224DC6BBB38E85450A7476"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the product (rounded to the nearest whole number) of—</text>
<subclause id="H4E72674E152E421DA8A9314EA61B4402"><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="HA676401B7A8B4363B9448C6A728B1C80"><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 14 years of age; and</text>
</subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H87BC9001A3D949AA9703107A91EE613C"><enum>(D)</enum><text>$4,000, multiplied by the amount (if any) by which—</text>
<clause id="H96EE8EB4EC9A43DFAA97B79BF0DF4AB8"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the number of foster child guardianships in the State during the fiscal year; exceeds</text>
</clause><clause id="HAD638BCA5FF34118884CDC37FFCF339A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the product (rounded to the nearest whole number) of—</text>
<subclause id="H61AD201BDA9B4E5EBFEF41A72240DEDE"><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="HD9796CC7D12740F49D90FB6FA5D4636E"><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="H095A621175BA4E05B059D7605E28226B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HB34BD01426EA4E139E516DDA5EFD4178" style="OLC">
<paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA3590EE0276F42F9936E7A7E5CEE2C1A"><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="HE3B8F7FB4E874026A94E260EA5682BAF"><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="H98B62305E8724D10A0E566EF5523F882"><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 Secretary determines that, for
children who were in foster care under the supervision of the State at the
time of adoptive placement, the average number of months from removal of
children from their home to the placement of children in finalized
adoptions is less than 24 months.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H5783BC8156774F0299280E3BC22BA059"><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 timely adoption award pool for
the fiscal year divided by the number of timely adoption award States for
the fiscal year.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HB2469DE8A48A4B6ABDF8F421E9323A56"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section 473A(g) (<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="HA7FFC12845164825909721185F81F038" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HBC5CE1730BBA4AACA713B94C39D8424F"><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="H9041EA6C921044AEB1FC631A346960F4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of foster child adoptions finalized in the State during the fiscal year; by</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3D6A45E089384E5F89021C5BF976BDB7"><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 id="H93F0BE3D3D534C22AD72AD67DDE1839D"><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 lesser of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H95531D9214874A2FAB26CB1D4C651ADC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the foster child adoption rate for the State for the then immediately preceding fiscal year; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H17E9E5DBC7A246E2AD586EB27874298B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the foster child adoption rate for the State for the average of the then immediately preceding 3
fiscal years.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HBD4CE7ED52AB4BEC9895ACCD75B20236"><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="H856255AE97464AAFB5DFC3FCBEEF5E8C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Pre-adolescent child adoption and pre-adolescent foster child guardianship rate</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>pre-adolescent child adoption and pre-adolescent foster child guardianship rate</term> means, with respect to a State and a fiscal year, the percentage determined by dividing—</text>
<subparagraph id="H1848E546859B4C7CB1B81F24208FC19F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of pre-adolescent child adoptions and pre-adolescent foster child guardianships
finalized in the State during the fiscal year; by</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H9C6BF33219E844CB8E6F5C1DF64205ED"><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 attained 9 years of age but not 14 years
of age.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB3288F7656B0412798069C4EED052379"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Base rate of pre-adolescent child adoptions and pre-adolescent foster child guardianships</header><text>The term <term>base rate of pre-adolescent child adoptions and pre-adolescent foster child guardianships</term> means, with respect to a State and a fiscal year, the lesser of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H44506FE037734A1DAF5568DEBA5856EE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the pre-adolescent child adoption and pre-adolescent foster child guardianship rate for the State
for the then immediately preceding fiscal year; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0F3C37687F6A4A9F83507E360D6FE4A3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the pre-adolescent child adoption and pre-adolescent foster child guardianship rate for the State
for the average of the then immediately preceding 3 fiscal years.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H13C766AA45544B81928F198CE463E0EB"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Pre-adolescent child adoption and pre-adolescent foster child guardianship</header><text>The term <term>pre-adolescent child adoption and pre-adolescent foster child guardianship</term> means the final adoption, or the placement into foster child guardianship (as defined in paragraph
(12)) of a child who has attained 9 years of age but not 14 years of age
if—</text>
<subparagraph id="H2BA075398ECD406EA80150C1E70956BC"><enum>(A)</enum><text>at the time of the adoptive or foster child guardianship placement, the child was in foster care
under the supervision of the State; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H45AD9338AABA42B9BD5DFCD7FB742D3A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an adoption assistance agreement was in effect under section 473(a) with respect to the child.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H1BC855C3CDDC4A7085836495CF353025"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Older child adoption and older foster child guardianship rate</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>older child adoption and older foster child guardianship rate</term> means, with respect to a State and a fiscal year, the percentage determined by dividing—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB17FCE0D69F946E5B6C24C9CB7DE78D3"><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="HC5B69E80A16A48D8BC194B9B2D2B99B6"><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 14 years of age.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4950A1C835424898BA7F3828D36F0E46"><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 lesser of—</text>
<subparagraph id="HCE7EF6C95459444DA52223770A873B6F"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the older child adoption and older foster child guardianship rate for the State for the then
immediately preceding fiscal year; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H4B1B4B4C47F643B998CF34633352F46B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the older child adoption and older foster child guardianship rate for the State for the average of
the then immediately preceding 3 fiscal years.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H8D5CF0C51EE145539BF341619D9FE6CE"><enum>(9)</enum><header>Older child adoption and older foster child guardianship</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>older child adoption and older foster child guardianship</term> means the final adoption, or the placement into foster child guardianship (as defined in paragraph
(12)) of a child who has attained 14 years of age if—</text>
<subparagraph id="HFB7A95A0F3614B49A3005B49B37CCCD2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>at the time of the adoptive or foster child guardianship placement, the child was in foster care
under the supervision of the State; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H158E82D6C89E482F9D54DD00CA602AFF"><enum>(B)</enum><text>an adoption assistance agreement was in effect under section 473(a) with respect to the child.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4652F846AB074AA0B67AFE6D165601DF"><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="H6E1D35C07EC2428BACEF1991EF2BF6D1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of foster child guardianships occurring in the State during the fiscal year; by</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2B39373D898E4CAC90CE956918633353"><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 id="H535DD5E41E1B443C8991FF67B909BE3C"><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 lesser of—</text>
<subparagraph id="H81B910B0EB4E44DCAE95C4706F2C4D0B"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the foster child guardianship rate for the State for the then immediately preceding fiscal year; or</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H01CFB1379FEA41489CB8CC13C6480D6C"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the foster child guardianship rate for the State for the average of the then immediately preceding
3 fiscal years.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD947B81B5E134801BC9CF8A0B8B41B95"><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="H42D9987134A5495E812917AAC6A9F79F"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">that the State agency has determined that—</text>
<clause id="H385765670940462FB14A4AF8C9052237"><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="H4989C4F609564D14A56EDFF82E94BD9F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>being returned home or adopted are not appropriate permanency options for the child;</text>
</clause><clause id="HAE67B01D8F6940DAA5BBAA74BABF52CB"><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="HA3A58A3B7AD24DF393A7CB7ED3508AC0"><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="H66904DAD485F4B3CA3187CD83A624117"><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="H138207B067CB435B8D4651D4E2B1228C"><enum>203.</enum><header>Renaming of program</header>
<subsection id="H16A221A6B7774748B0D051920D5DB442"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The section heading of section 473A (<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="HC1CF1E7F34404EEEADE21FE794E25B8C" style="OLC">
<section id="H64538106944C4B589B42F3ADFEEFAA26"><enum>473A.</enum><header>Adoption and legal guardianship incentive payments</header></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H8A2E8902F918478CBD64C6B984E9F04F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header>
<paragraph id="H2FA374E5EDD14188AAAF8DFE6815443E"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 473A 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 id="H075F67E0EE87468292EF1590C1E5D9ED"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The heading of section 473A(d) (<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="HA7CC1F3C38E44AE986B732DB10DF9F0B"><enum>204.</enum><header>Limitation on use of incentive payments</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 473A(f) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/673b">42 U.S.C. 673b(f)</external-xref>) is amended in the 1st 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>
</section><section id="H6E3015AB68124BC38D71167610A099A4"><enum>205.</enum><header>Increase in period for which incentive payments are available for expenditure</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 473A(e) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/673b">42 U.S.C. 673b(e)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H57BD87FEDB21410DBD4C24AFDB91DDE5"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in the subsection heading, by striking <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC"><enum-in-header>24</enum-in-header>-month</header-in-text></quote> and inserting <quote><header-in-text level="subsection" style="OLC"><enum-in-header>36</enum-in-header>-month</header-in-text></quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HAC93DD42E87D4C7395AEA307AA906403"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking <quote>24-month</quote> and inserting <quote>36-month</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></section><section id="HB9227F0E9067422AA69DDF3256A16C4C"><enum>206.</enum><header>State report on calculation and use of savings resulting from the phase-out of eligibility
requirements for adoption assistance; requirement to spend 30 percent of
savings on certain services</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 473(a)(8) (<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="HB122F6F0D2F44387B6FD7152916E7D13" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H0132ED9DC57C4B0EB93106BA7748867A" indent="up1"><enum>(8)</enum>
<subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H8A252BC81DC7425388E413C68A621266"><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="H709DAFF31A8E4FF29654E921ADAB4572" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>A State shall annually report to the Secretary—</text>
<clause id="H76B3CA2894FE45FD9B16B44C03272254"><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="H1FC92EEFE5964269A61F63BB8E41F555"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the amount of any savings referred to in subparagraph (A); and</text>
</clause><clause id="HA7206E3956EB453ABDE633ED6AAC76BA"><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 this part.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2BB44EBE51FD49238B43317D663D6DBE" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The Secretary shall make all information reported pursuant to subparagraph (B) available on the
website of the Department of Health and Human Services in a location
easily accessible to the public.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H20CC1895F77646E78D0D38BE9E5266D8" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H44C5AC4E185A41429A626C93CFC94B03"><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 part B or this part. A
State shall spend not less than 30 percent of any such savings on
post-adoption services, post-guardianship services, and services to
support and sustain positive permanent outcomes for children who otherwise
might enter into foster care under the responsibility of the State, with
at least <fraction>2/3</fraction> of the spending by the State to comply with such 30 percent requirement being spent on
post-adoption and post-guardianship services.</text>
</clause><clause id="H0A28857F807F419883FCE4DE31DC9239" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any State spending required under clause (i) shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, any
Federal or non-Federal funds used to provide any service under part B or
this part.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="HD7D9844C42EA4394BD314056AB4E4A3B"><enum>207.</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) (<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="HC12308ED7A354CA3AE95481D9A5BA810" style="OLC">
<subparagraph id="HBB52F1D64F974C7DA1C0765076959ECC"><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 commented="no" id="H9810725225214BE5B3AF955F8AE7045F"><enum>208.</enum><header>Data collection on adoption and legal guardianship disruption and dissolution</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 479 (<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:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H501B4929DA174D23BE670E3F81EF7C24" style="OLC">
<subsection commented="no" id="HF97DDB7F61424356BB5F936213C591FE"><enum>(d)</enum><text>To promote improved knowledge on how best to ensure strong, permanent families for children, the
Secretary shall promulgate regulations providing for the collection and
analysis of information regarding children who enter into foster care
under the supervision of a State after prior finalization of an adoption
or legal guardianship. The regulations shall require each State with a
State plan approved under this part to collect and report as part of such
data collection system the number of children who enter foster care under
supervision of the State after finalization of an adoption or legal
guardianship and may include information concerning the length of the
prior adoption or guardianship, the age of the child at the time of the
prior adoption or guardianship, the age at which the child subsequently
entered foster care under supervision of the State, the type of agency
involved in making the prior adoptive or guardianship placement, and any
other factors determined necessary to better understand factors associated
with the child’s post-adoption or post-guardianship entry to foster care.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</section><section id="H8A57FC5C7CF849B0812C980FFF61D7E6"><enum>209.</enum><header>Encouraging the placement of children in foster care with siblings</header>
<subsection id="HA28C6177848649AEA5016BC44CA91686"><enum>(a)</enum><header>State plan amendment</header>
<paragraph id="H19287B0BDD3A4814B2B551F0628FD9C0"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Notification of parents of siblings</header><text>Section 471(a)(29) (<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="H3340951090A044EAB8FC3C74CD93DE29"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Sibling defined</header><text>Section 475 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/675">42 U.S.C. 675</external-xref>), as amended by sections 101(b) and 111(a)(1) of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7F495904500D4B468D9171692F98D3DE" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H4AEFEE0F17CC47E7AC46F4935DAA1E9C"><enum>(12)</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="HBC03CF99A0A44C70AEB5B2D1794F8D60"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The individual is considered by State law to be a sibling of the child.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H25E7150B92E040F7A9E05EA820A04052"><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="H714191243936411392AB309941D06B3C"><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="HCD4AD7455E7E4732A4284BCF29FA56A8"><enum>210.</enum><header>Effective dates</header>
<subsection id="H3C58CAE7E7DC478D8420F24300FC55E5"><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="HCA0CC07179CC4DA0B29049DBF716BA82"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Restructuring and renaming of program</header>
<paragraph id="H3F362FA0FA514DC29665D90A93C4FFA8"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The amendments made by sections 202 and 203 shall take effect on October 1, 2014, subject to
paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2945829FB9FA4C95937E9B89E06B4FDA"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Transition rule</header>
<subparagraph id="H2516F9DC6738451887106FBA0BB3C22F"><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>½</fraction> of the sum of—</text>
<clause id="H100B6EB5928D46C0A965BB1F9D7C89E1"><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 202 of this Act had not taken effect; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HDCF8E9D7814E48F08F502B9C9D024E46"><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="H008E2B023B3E4646A7FED524E08F643D"><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="HA93C9E5DA46742418793339F616E685D"><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="HD700DEBC6F61463E90CC16D32EA7B919"><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 commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H84CC8B2964EA4A0684754DF3B1E6FFEA"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Use of incentive payments; eligibility for kinship guardianship assistance payments with a
successor guardian; data collection</header><text>The amendments made by sections 204, 207, and 208 shall take effect on the date of enactment of
this Act.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H04FE5201FDC24EC9A8E9F3A0A9B63130"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Calculation and use of savings resulting from the phase-<enum-in-header>O</enum-in-header>ut of eligibility requirements for adoption assistance</header><text>The amendment made by section 206 shall take effect on October 1, 2014.</text>
</subsection><subsection commented="no" id="HC3DE0E3216824300A2FDC7E9BD7BC9B5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Notification of parents of siblings</header>
<paragraph commented="no" id="HC59C1CF90F21438BB367F923403995E5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The amendments made by section 209 shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act, subject
to paragraph (2).</text>
</paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HF9B51F61E4684734B652DBABF1285773"><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 209, 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="H1C356A94DD104391ABA771476B596CDA"><enum>B</enum><header>Extending the Family Connection Grant Program</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA0D515AA14CB4527885BF499C92EB387" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>221.</enum><header>Extension of family connection grant program</header>
<subsection id="HB656C91075F54541BD185B1E48E98B98"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 427(h) (<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>2014</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="HC7921041216C40B6BACD34621500DC49"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Eligibility of universities for matching grants</header><text>Section 427(a) (<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="HF2B83FB1F646426289D8EC2020F0F2A8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> before <quote>private</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H7C7D99E88F1A43488666EB9AD2DAAF40"><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="H7FF62E2F4F3F435BA7F12964B390D9ED"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Finding families for foster children who are parents</header><text>Section 427(a)(1)(E) (<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="H767F06C5FE104912AA3CB3B1D26FB80D"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Reservation of funds</header><text>Section 427(g) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/627">42 U.S.C. 627(g)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H846C12504B0D42519F8C0A9441BBA737"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (1); and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H3E2A8145CA8946BAB9679111170A4134"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H97429CF981D94798849AD8F697E50551"><enum>(e)</enum><header display-inline="yes-display-inline">Effective date</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The amendments made by this section shall take effect as if enacted on October 1, 2013.</text>
</subsection></section></subtitle><enum>III</enum><header>Improving International Child Support Recovery</header>
<section id="H5807752E423F4F18B497118A35E36DBF"><enum>301.</enum><header>Amendments to ensure access to child support services for international child support cases</header>
<subsection id="H450DAC7BC3574D158338865B0BDC4509"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Authority of the secretary of HHS To ensure compliance with multilateral child support conventions</header>
<paragraph id="HAB32E55A1F524AD99AD7F6F6CBAB8A14"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 452 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/652">42 U.S.C. 652</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="HDF738ED4623C4B4486862795689C9D49"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by redesignating the second subsection (l) (as added by section 7306 of the Deficit Reduction Act
of 2005) as subsection (m); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H76862EE4F9C64F22B84D23BE6E814B8A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H298A8D9B8A3A4FCE863FAFA8C71CE3CC" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HFC4F9DD1C9BB408B8A3E1D741AB89064"><enum>(n)</enum><text>The Secretary shall use the authorities otherwise provided by law to ensure the compliance of the
United States with any multilateral child support convention to which the
United States is a party.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H0024451E859241A0ABBBEBB8697ABEC9"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendment</header><text>Section 453(k)(3) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/653">42 U.S.C. 653(k)(3)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>452(l)</quote> and inserting <quote>452(m)</quote>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6C74ECF9B1874BC49CE414D195E2CB65"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Access to the federal parent locator service</header><text>Section 453(c) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/653">42 U.S.C. 653(c)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H53E0163B3C5A44F99EF0E8D675F8414B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of paragraph (3);</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD34D9FB14D774688A7872B86270B6136"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking the period at the end of paragraph (4) and inserting <quote>; and</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H083FA93213AE4805B5077F1CAC95DEF8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HE2ADE4412DB14D39803A43C31AC7742A" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="HE30FAB892108420FBFE368A37BA12495"><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="H948E7CB163B34AACA7C87093C548B365"><enum>(c)</enum><header>State option To require individuals in foreign countries To apply through their country’s
appropriate central authority</header><text>Section 454 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/654">42 U.S.C. 654</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HAED0D7B04E75489C836F363BF0DED264"><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="H1C3366996C0E460092A340A2D96A6078"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in paragraph (32)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H06D748326DD44CD5B082338AED09C28F"><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 id="HD496B88ACC4B490095CE4E16B5150F42"><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="HDF541AB75BCE4DCA8DE899C9FDED278B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Amendments to international support enforcement provisions</header><text>Section 459A (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/659a">42 U.S.C. 659a</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H2B7EB91847C648709D2291A0BC49B270"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="HB0841C09B02E4BD9882D54213DD51C80" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HFF7D951D143E4247A5F6F126E3DFA626"><enum>(e)</enum><header>References</header><text>In this part:</text>
<paragraph id="H3E19426401A441A6B84B9278F4E578BF"><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="H270C65A5A8D44AEA8D6F162E405A1EE7"><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="HEDDDC0867E74455E8F4700356F83C346"><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><paragraph id="HD8E205475DB849A8ADE367C348B4B752"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subsection (c)—</text>
<subparagraph id="HD47AEBF0E6D347D7A8663E6E6F913727"><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="H818B831B7D6B4EFD852FC34FE5B21A8F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by inserting <quote>and foreign treaty countries</quote> after <quote>foreign reciprocating countries</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD9B14DDFF4304EC084AD5DD17BAC0476"><enum>(3)</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>.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H476E3E71655547389F67F9E13C4FC54C"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Collection of past-Due support from federal tax refunds</header><text>Section 464(a)(2)(A) (<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="HFBEA2CAAEFC8475DBBE35D6D553ADD11"><enum>(f)</enum><header>State law requirement concerning the uniform interstate family support act (UIFSA)</header>
<paragraph id="HA3BEFEAD736743D3BFC76D7E78B03511"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</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>
<subparagraph id="H809876B468BF4BFB964D1278A8EEDFF6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>on and after January 1, 1998,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H74FA950E614740BC9D010E4630C3FFA0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and as in effect on August 22, 1996,</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H20E221D1BBBB403485C3C3ADABBA64AE"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by striking <quote>adopted as of such date</quote> and inserting <quote>adopted as of September 30, 2008</quote>.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H60B3AA01AD0E4F5C9206479C957F721A"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Conforming amendments to title <enum-in-header>28</enum-in-header>, united states code</header><text><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/28/1738B">Section 1738B</external-xref> of title 28, United States Code, is amended—</text>
<subparagraph id="H84984BEC84284D368B87E73BA611C119"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (d), by striking <quote>individual contestant</quote> and inserting <quote>individual contestant or the parties have consented in a record or open court that the tribunal of
the State may continue to exercise jurisdiction to modify its order,</quote>;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H02B707E44F344708B6A7A34F5A51CCC2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (e)(2)(A), by striking <quote>individual contestant</quote> and inserting <quote>individual contestant and the parties have not consented in a record or open court that the
tribunal of the other State may continue to exercise jurisdiction to
modify its order</quote>; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H87CBCF4F863D4AE880074336045484CB"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text>
<clause id="HAD9511300EF04AE89FD30A539D61E0AD"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking <quote><quote>child</quote> means</quote> and inserting <quote>(1) The term <term>child</term> means</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H0DC85595935E47C69930C08A1749321F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by striking <quote><quote>child’s State</quote> means</quote> and inserting <quote>(2) The term <term>child’s State</term> means</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H7525942F2AB546969801F00D3EF55CC6"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>by striking <quote><quote>child’s home State</quote> means</quote> and inserting <quote>(3) The term <term>child’s home State</term> means</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="HD6C09AE13EF04AB7A6FE1D1DC98E9941"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>by striking <quote><quote>child support</quote> means</quote> and inserting <quote>(4) The term <term>child support</term> means</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="HA5A5A95DEE264C419506557335E36EBA"><enum>(v)</enum><text>by striking <quote><quote>child support order</quote></quote> and inserting <quote>(5) The term <term>child support order</term></quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="HA3DC5D32884C4A9B9CD3664B83B1F4A5"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>by striking <quote><quote>contestant</quote> means</quote> and inserting <quote>(6) The term <term>contestant</term> means</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="H503A52DC2B6B46378DD1E4E47577FB65"><enum>(vii)</enum><text>by striking <quote><quote>court</quote> means</quote> and inserting <quote>(7) The term <term>court</term> means</quote>;</text>
</clause><clause id="HBCE0F5E4C8D248A4BB427479575353E5"><enum>(viii)</enum><text>by striking <quote><quote>modification</quote> means</quote> and inserting <quote>(8) The term <term>modification</term> means</quote>; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HADA6B6E42AC94A6882909D7F08B59375"><enum>(ix)</enum><text>by striking <quote><quote>State</quote> means</quote> and inserting <quote>(9) The term <term>State</term> means</quote>.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HEB9DCDBB7A2F4116BA0B45FE66923662"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Effective date; grace period for state law changes</header>
<subparagraph id="H717EE84EA235490FB03C3D25AE767434"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Paragraph (1)</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H0FCFF146F66A43119AA3056457F3A932"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The amendments made by paragraph (1) shall take effect with respect to a State no later than the
effective date of laws enacted by the legislature of the State
implementing such paragraph, but in no event later than 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 the
enactment of this Act.</text>
</clause><clause id="HE5EADFD826D447F2B02D42A7038A3D7F" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>For purposes of clause (i), in the case of a State that has a 2-year legislative session, each year
of the session shall be deemed to be a separate regular session of the
State legislature.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H972AE21DA05B46AC9A382AA9370FFE4A"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Paragraph (2)</header>
<clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H00079E1F13CC4D5DAA8E408C36F767F0"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The amendments made by subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2) shall take effect on the date on
which the Hague Convention of 23 November 2007 on the International
Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance enters
into force for the United States.</text>
</clause><clause id="H623D0FF65C824233AF7A4FC6825785B5" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>The amendments made by subparagraph (C) of paragraph (2) shall take effect on the date of the
enactment of this Act.</text>
</clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H6BA92C63B43F4F9E8EBE012852FDC087"><enum>302.</enum><header>Child support enforcement programs for Indian tribes</header>
<subsection id="HB5E1CA09B0894324BA5D6072FEFC0822"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Tribal access to the Federal parent locator service</header><text>Section 453(c)(1) (<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 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/25/450b">25 U.S.C. 450b</external-xref>)),</quote> after <quote>any State</quote>.</text>
</subsection><subsection id="H1FB3ABD3BF6B494986B4E01E3DAADC65"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Waiver authority for Indian tribes or tribal organizations operating child support enforcement
programs</header><text>Section 1115(b) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/1315">42 U.S.C. 1315(b)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="H858B36B6F68C49E7946D4596F3375BAA"><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="H2822B41AD0E6415DB5AFE4CC01FE770A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by inserting <quote>(1)</quote> after <quote>(b)</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H379730E270A34BEBA828F1327A45D862"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H89BF69FEC2F744459874C73269EC6EE7" style="OLC">
<paragraph id="H964DEEFE802D42A0ADFC6F460FC379A0" 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 <external-xref legal-doc="regulation" parsable-cite="cfr/45/309.16">section 309.16</external-xref> 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><subsection id="H50C98EE5466A437DB8315653A8FFC07A"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text>Section 453(f) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/653">42 U.S.C. 653(f)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting <quote>and tribal</quote> after <quote>State</quote> each place it appears.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HF640B92F16D145A49652AE17471457F0"><enum>303.</enum><header>Sense of the Congress regarding offering of voluntary parenting time arrangements</header>
<subsection id="H91F670E2AE5243C5867A484B52F0A388"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Findings</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Congress finds as follows:</text>
<paragraph id="H967A2D82524345D18637BDF48032FFFF"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The separation of a child from a parent does not end the financial or other responsibilities of the
parent toward the child.</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H981B04A1D2A64ED8AB6DB3CB3B879A48"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Increased parental access and visitation not only improve parent-child relationships and outcomes
for children, but also have been demonstrated to result in improved child
support collections, which creates a double win for children—a more
engaged parent and improved financial security.</text>
</paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H59ABE5FFB98D4C30820DF327B242543A"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Sense of the Congress</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">It is the sense of the Congress that—</text>
<paragraph id="H83E57D6B397D44DFAF60C0F8AC56120A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>establishing parenting time arrangements when obtaining child support orders is an important goal
which should be accompanied by strong family violence safeguards; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB839D3140F7F4C6C9F402DB677F92FB5"><enum>(2)</enum><text>States should use existing funding sources to support the establishment of parenting time
arrangements, including child support incentives, Access and Visitation
Grants, and Healthy Marriage Promotion and Responsible Fatherhood Grants.</text>
</paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HF002F748F19446BC82EA637A8E9C0CDE"><enum>304.</enum><header>Data exchange standardization for improved interoperability</header>
<subsection id="H39CB502DE2FB4478A9D5BA6C280B58CD"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Section 452 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/652">42 U.S.C. 652</external-xref>), as amended by section 301(a)(1) of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block id="H2FFAE11F5A3A490382DB9843A6F467B7" style="OLC">
<subsection id="HADA71B855DEA4589B0635BB3C93B035A"><enum>(o)</enum><header>Data exchange standards for improved interoperability</header>
<paragraph id="HA4461581BFEE46EABB0413414B496B18"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Designation</header><text>The Secretary shall, in consultation with an interagency work group established by the Office of
Management and Budget and considering State government perspectives, by
rule, designate data exchange standards to govern, under this part—</text>
<subparagraph id="H609A0944101B43C7849CB123328649BF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>necessary categories of information that State agencies operating programs under State plans
approved under this part are required under applicable Federal law to
electronically exchange with another State agency; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HADA28563B7EC4D27BDA09959F6362A31"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Federal reporting and data exchange required under applicable Federal law.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2638883C54B94A3FB9E11BC80A6E4471"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header><text>The data exchange standards required by paragraph (1) shall, to the extent practicable—</text>
<subparagraph id="HB053A12949F0409DB02FC7B95861A497"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">incorporate a widely accepted, non-proprietary, searchable, computer-readable format, such as the
eXtensible Markup Language;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H40FBBA82432340AE938C4D7510211A71"><enum>(B)</enum><text>contain interoperable standards developed and maintained by intergovernmental partnerships, such as
the National Information Exchange Model;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCE2B556F682344E1A5E9BEE4ABB75CB8"><enum>(C)</enum><text>incorporate interoperable standards developed and maintained by Federal entities with authority
over contracting and financial assistance;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5E95EE18DB3D4093A4B0E97904476E09"><enum>(D)</enum><text>be consistent with and implement applicable accounting principles;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H142ADC7A1B2A423993EAA3918D1F8286"><enum>(E)</enum><text>be implemented in a manner that is cost-effective and improves program efficiency and
effectiveness; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2A438E8B88CA4BEEAE22B161739B90DA"><enum>(F)</enum><text>be capable of being continually upgraded as necessary.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H2D7F31267DB447C5BB63E315E4EAC906"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Rule of construction</header><text>Nothing in this subsection shall be construed to require a change to existing data exchange
standards found to be effective and efficient.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subsection><subsection id="H94277031C0C04885AEE2717EBA1A4438"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall issue a proposed rule within 24 months after the
date of the enactment of this section. The rule shall identify federally
required data exchanges, include specification and timing of exchanges to
be standardized, and address the factors used in determining whether and
when to standardize data exchanges. It should also specify State
implementation options and describe future milestones.</text>
</subsection></section><section id="HC8624345D8B5482FB6E69A3E047FFBF9"><enum>305.</enum><header>Report to Congress</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall—</text>
<paragraph id="H93D97F5C03E742A2AE966C8A3F820476"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in conjunction with the strategic plan, review and provide recommendations for cost-effective
improvements to the child support enforcement program under part D of
title IV of the Social Security Act, and ensure that the plan addresses
the effectiveness and performance of the program, analyzes program
practices, identifies possible new collection tools and approaches, and
identifies strategies for holding parents accountable for supporting their
children and for building the capacity of parents to pay child support,
with specific attention given to matters including front-end services,
on-going case management, collections, Tribal-State partnerships,
interstate and intergovernmental interactions, program performance, data
analytics, and information technology;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="H2262A745B19C465AB85FB467B8503C5A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in carrying out paragraph (1), consult with and include input from—</text>
<subparagraph id="H086747BF62F2487382CE122CCB153E80"><enum>(A)</enum><text>State, tribal, and county child support directors;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB0FC67601EA441909BAE9F1440E63985"><enum>(B)</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 the judges;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDA5074614F304FA9AD897F4A6CCC265A"><enum>(C)</enum><text>custodial parents and organizations that represent them;</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0F05668341FA4E42970915339B5E8DF3"><enum>(D)</enum><text>noncustodial parents and organizations that represent them; and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCA5A18DC370E47AD99E7BDA743CE201B"><enum>(E)</enum><text>organizations that represent fiduciary entities that are affected by child support enforcement
policies; and</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HD03D4FC69CE2475CBB6F42C0EBF90FE4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in developing the report required by paragraph (4), solicit public comment;</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HD355E597AA0846538A915908C3595453"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">not later than June 30, 2015, submit to the Congress a report that sets forth policy options for
improvements in child support enforcement, which report shall include the
following:</text>
<subparagraph id="H0F27FD8A42B948D382F07E9FE7E131EE"><enum>(A)</enum><text>A review of the effectiveness of State child support enforcement programs, and the collection
practices employed by State agencies administering programs under such
part, and an analysis of the extent to which the practices result in
unintended consequences or performance issues associated with the programs
and practices.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFC33F78E579D40AAB8F290384C5EE76A"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Recommendations for methods to enhance the effectiveness of child support enforcement programs and
collection practices.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H506477CDC75A4696A2829FF7664F3081"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A review of State best practices in regards to establishing and operating State and multistate lien
registries.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H961E82F7A25B4BF9AE8C0B3C07770723"><enum>(D)</enum><text>A compilation of State recovery and distribution policies.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7F27412216AA46B7B9B55EB0D9DE8923"><enum>(E)</enum><text>Options, with analysis, for methods to engage noncustodial parents in the lives of their children
through consideration of parental time and visitation with children.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE3A495C4417442C4A3412D97A60EC590"><enum>(F)</enum><text>An analysis of the role of alternative dispute resolution in making child support determinations.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCC555BC5A2C645059F7B4D0B8F5096A3"><enum>(G)</enum><text>Identification of best practices for—</text>
<clause id="H2570B86593C849F2BD50BF8F150177AF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>determining which services and support programs available to custodial and noncustodial parents are
non-duplicative, evidence-based, and produce quality outcomes, and
connecting custodial and noncustodial parents to those services and
support programs;</text>
</clause><clause id="HC3CAD5074A1040AABD551A6F9F8339AA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>providing employment support, job training, and job placement for custodial and noncustodial
parents; and</text>
</clause><clause id="HB86CAAC15E1A47D585F3A380F0DA01E8"><enum>(iii)</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.</text>
</clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAC6BA4CFAD5846BB8E9357478BC481E7"><enum>(H)</enum><text>Options, with analysis, for methods for States to use to collect child support payments from
individuals who owe excessive arrearages as determined under section
454(31) of such Act.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2A9E6896DAEE42279A6EDF7B31E1384B"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">A review of State practices under 454(31) of such Act used to determine which individuals are
excluded from the requirements of section 452(k) of such Act, including
the extent to which individuals are able to successfully contest or appeal
decisions.</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2691CA9043A141629DF62EF6409B2A54"><enum>(J)</enum><text>Options, with analysis, for actions as are determined to be appropriate for improvement in child
support enforcement.</text>
</subparagraph></paragraph></section><section id="HC0449E12CC1C4559B5942E18CA81CE5F"><enum>306.</enum><header>Required electronic processing of income withholding</header>
<subsection id="H2B61E4D614D44C04B0B0D85E7FA3A360"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 454A(g)(1) (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/654a">42 U.S.C. 654a(g)(1)(A)</external-xref>) is amended—</text>
<paragraph id="HCB34D92677824A6083FF374BF54E8D30"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>, to the maximum extent feasible,</quote>; and</text>
</paragraph><paragraph id="HB9752E73D924401C8412518E10B1F97B"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in subparagraph (A)—</text>
<subparagraph id="H673E962D450E4218AF781ED2454E3F62"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking <quote>and</quote> at the end of clause (i);</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="HAF23591030C84AE4A4273DC56530B8C3"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by adding <quote>and</quote> at the end of clause (ii); and</text>
</subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6E35F0DBBBB74472B4063BD72668D801"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by adding at the end the following:</text>
<quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H25DF92A70FE04E688DC425B9ACF37426" style="OLC">
<clause id="HB625B17646D24592BC01A2BEDEF7F143"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">at the option of the employer, using the electronic transmission methods prescribed by the
Secretary;</text></clause><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block>
</subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H8E30BB717803497B8DD748EB975316AC"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Effective date</header><text>The amendments made by subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2015.</text>
</subsection></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Budgetary effects</header>
<section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCF27A2CC9BA6468FA4DADDFE5C8745F5" 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>
Passed the House of Representatives July 23, 2014.Karen L. Haas,Clerk