[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[H.R. 1048 Engrossed in House (EH)]


  1st Session

                               H. R. 1048

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                                 AN ACT

 To make technical amendments relating to the Personal Responsibility 
            and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1048

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                                 AN ACT


 
 To make technical amendments relating to the Personal Responsibility 
            and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, 

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Welfare Reform Technical Corrections 
Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    The table of contents of this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
    TITLE I--BLOCK GRANTS FOR TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE TO NEEDY FAMILIES

Sec. 101. Amendment of the Social Security Act.
Sec. 102. Eligible States; State plan.
Sec. 103. Grants to States.
Sec. 104. Use of grants.
Sec. 105. Mandatory work requirements.
Sec. 106. Prohibitions; requirements.
Sec. 107. Penalties.
Sec. 108. Data collection and reporting.
Sec. 109. Direct funding and administration by Indian Tribes.
Sec. 110. Research, evaluations, and national studies.
Sec. 111. Report on data processing.
Sec. 112. Study on alternative outcomes measures.
Sec. 113. Limitation on payments to the territories.
Sec. 114. Conforming amendments to the Social Security Act.
Sec. 115. Other conforming amendments.
Sec. 116. Modifications to the job opportunities for certain low-income 
                            individuals program.
Sec. 117. Denial of assistance and benefits for drug-related 
                            convictions.
Sec. 118. Transition rule.
Sec. 119. Effective dates.
                 TITLE II--SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME

            Subtitle A--Conforming and Technical Amendments

Sec. 201. Conforming and technical amendments relating to eligibility 
                            restrictions
Sec. 202. Conforming and technical amendments relating to benefits for 
                            disabled children.
Sec. 203. Additional technical amendments to title II.
Sec. 204. Additional technical amendments to title XVI.
Sec. 205. Additional technical amendments relating to titles II and 
                            XVI.
Sec. 206. Effective dates.
                   Subtitle B--Additional Amendments

Sec. 211. Technical amendments relating to drug addicts and alcoholics.
Sec. 212. Extension of disability insurance program demonstration 
                            project authority.
Sec. 213. Perfecting amendments related to withholding from social 
                            security benefits.
Sec. 214. Treatment of prisoners.
Sec. 215. Social Security Advisory Board personnel.
                        TITLE III--CHILD SUPPORT

Sec. 301. State obligation to provide child support enforcement 
                            services.
Sec. 302. Distribution of collected support.
Sec. 303. Civil penalties relating to State directory of new hires.
Sec. 304. Federal Parent Locator Service.
Sec. 305. Access to registry data for research purposes.
Sec. 306. Collection and use of social security numbers for use in 
                            child support enforcement.
Sec. 307. Adoption of uniform State laws.
Sec. 308. State laws providing expedited procedures.
Sec. 309. Voluntary paternity acknowledgement.
Sec. 310. Calculation of paternity establishment percentage.
Sec. 311. Means available for provision of technical assistance and 
                            operation of Federal Parent Locator 
                            Service.
Sec. 312. Authority to collect support from Federal employees.
Sec. 313. Definition of support order.
Sec. 314. State law authorizing suspension of licenses.
Sec. 315. International support enforcement.
Sec. 316. Child support enforcement for Indian Tribes.
Sec. 317. Continuation of rules for distribution of support in the case 
                            of a title IV-E child.
Sec. 318. Good cause in foster care and food stamp cases.
Sec. 319. Date of collection of support.
Sec. 320. Administrative enforcement in interstate cases.
Sec. 321. Work orders for arrearages.
Sec. 322. Additional technical State plan amendments.
Sec. 323. Federal Case Registry of Child Support Orders.
Sec. 324. Full faith and credit for child support orders.
Sec. 325. Development costs of automated systems.
Sec. 326. Additional technical amendments.
Sec. 327. Effective date.
      TITLE IV--RESTRICTING WELFARE AND PUBLIC BENEFITS FOR ALIENS

     Subtitle A--Eligibility for Federal, State, and Local Benefits

Sec. 401. Alien eligibility for Federal benefits: limited application 
                            to medicare and benefits under the Railroad 
                            Retirement Act.
Sec. 402. Exceptions to benefit limitations: corrections to reference 
                            concerning aliens whose deportation is 
                            withheld.
Sec. 403. Veterans exception: application of minimum active duty 
                            service requirement; extension to 
                            unremarried surviving spouse; expanded 
                            definition of veteran.
Sec. 404. Correction of reference concerning Cuban and Haitian 
                            entrants.
Sec. 405. Notification concerning aliens not lawfully present: 
                            correction of terminology.
Sec. 406. Freely associated states: contracts and licenses.
Sec. 407. Congressional statement regarding benefits for Hmong and 
                            other highland Lao veterans.
                     Subtitle B--General Provisions

Sec. 411. Determination of treatment of battered aliens as qualified 
                            aliens; inclusion of alien child of 
                            battered parent as qualified alien.
Sec. 412. Verification of eligibility for benefits.
Sec. 413. Qualifying quarters: disclosure of quarters of coverage 
                            information; correction to assure that 
                            crediting applies to all quarters earned by 
                            parents before child is 18.
Sec. 414. Statutory construction: benefit eligibility limitations 
                            applicable only with respect to aliens 
                            present in United States.
Subtitle C--Miscellaneous Clerical and Technical Amendments; Effective 
                                  Date

Sec. 421. Correcting miscellaneous clerical and technical errors.
Sec. 422. Effective date.
                       TITLE V--CHILD PROTECTION

Sec. 501. Conforming and technical amendments relating to child 
                            protection.
Sec. 502. Additional technical amendments relating to child protection.
Sec. 503. Effective date.
                          TITLE VI--CHILD CARE

Sec. 601. Conforming and technical amendments relating to child care.
Sec. 602. Additional conforming and technical amendments.
Sec. 603. Repeals.
Sec. 604. Effective dates.
  TITLE VII--ERISA AMENDMENTS RELATING TO MEDICAL CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS

Sec. 701. Amendments relating to section 303 of the Personal 
                            Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
                            Reconciliation Act of 1996.
Sec. 702. Amendment relating to section 381 of the Personal 
                            Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
                            Reconciliation Act of 1996.
Sec. 703. Amendments relating to section 382 of the Personal 
                            Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
                            Reconciliation Act of 1996.

    TITLE I--BLOCK GRANTS FOR TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE TO NEEDY FAMILIES

SEC. 101. AMENDMENT OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.

    Except as otherwise expressly provided, wherever in this title an 
amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of an amendment to, or repeal 
of a section or other provision, the reference shall be considered to 
be made to a section or other provision of the Social Security Act, and 
if the section or other provision is of part A of title IV of such Act, 
the reference shall be considered to be made to the section or other 
provision as amended by section 103, and as in effect pursuant to 
section 116, of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996.

SEC. 102. ELIGIBLE STATES; STATE PLAN.

    (a) Later Deadline for Submission of State Plans.--Section 402(a) 
(42 U.S.C. 602(a)) is amended by striking ``2-year period immediately 
preceding'' and inserting ``27-month period ending with the close of 
the 1st quarter of''.
    (b) Clarification of Scope of Work Provisions.--Section 
402(a)(1)(A)(ii) (42 U.S.C. 602(a)(1)(A)(ii)) is amended by inserting 
``, consistent with section 407(e)(2)'' before the period.
    (c) Correction of Cross-Reference.--Section 402(a)(1)(A)(v) (42 
U.S.C. 602(a)(1)(A)(v)) is amended by striking ``403(a)(2)(B)'' and 
inserting ``403(a)(2)(C)(iii)''.
    (d) Notification of Plan Amendments.--Section 402 (42 U.S.C. 602) 
is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection (c) and 
        inserting after subsection (a) the following:
    ``(b) Plan Amendments.--Within 30 days after a State amends a plan 
submitted pursuant to subsection (a), the State shall notify the 
Secretary of the amendment.''; and
            (2) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated), by inserting 
        ``or plan amendment'' after ``plan''.

SEC. 103. GRANTS TO STATES.

    (a) Bonus for Decrease in Illegitimacy Modified To Take Account of 
Certain Territories.--
            (1) In general.--Section 403(a)(2)(B) (42 U.S.C. 
        603(a)(2)(B)) is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(B) Amount of grant.--
                            ``(i) In general.--If, for a bonus year, 
                        none of the eligible States is Guam, the Virgin 
                        Islands, or American Samoa, then the amount of 
                        the grant shall be--
                                    ``(I) $20,000,000 if there are 5 
                                eligible States; or
                                    ``(II) $25,000,000 if there are 
                                fewer than 5 eligible States.
                            ``(ii) Amount if certain territories are 
                        eligible.--If, for a bonus year, Guam, the 
                        Virgin Islands, or American Samoa is an 
                        eligible State, then the amount of the grant 
                        shall be--
                                    ``(I) in the case of such a 
                                territory, 25 percent of the mandatory 
                                ceiling amount (as defined in section 
                                1108(c)(4)) with respect to the 
                                territory; and
                                    ``(II) in the case of a State that 
                                is not such a territory--
                                            ``(aa) if there are 5 
                                        eligible States other than such 
                                        territories, $20,000,000, minus 
                                        \1/5\ of the total amount of 
                                        the grants payable under this 
                                        paragraph to such territories 
                                        for the bonus year; or
                                            ``(bb) if there are fewer 
                                        than 5 such eligible States, 
                                        $25,000,000, or such lesser 
                                        amount as may be necessary to 
                                        ensure that the total amount of 
                                        grants payable under this 
                                        paragraph for the bonus year 
                                        does not exceed 
                                        $100,000,000.''.
            (2) Certain territories to be ignored in ranking other 
        states.-- Section 403(a)(2)(C)(i)(I)(aa) (42 U.S.C. 
        603(a)(2)(C)(i)(I)(aa)) is amended by adding at the end the 
        following: ``In the case of a State that is not a territory 
        specified in subparagraph (B), the comparative magnitude of the 
        decrease for the State shall be determined without regard to 
        the magnitude of the corresponding decrease for any such 
        territory.''.
    (b) Computation of Bonus Based on Ratios of Out-of-Wedlock Births 
to All Births Instead of Numbers of Out-of-Wedlock Births.--Section 
403(a)(2) (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in the paragraph heading, by inserting ``ratio'' before 
        the period;
            (2) in subparagraph (A), by striking all that follows 
        ``bonus year'' and inserting a period; and
            (3) in subparagraph (C)--
                    (A) in clause (i)--
                            (i) in subclause (I)(aa)--
                                    (I) by striking ``number of out-of-
                                wedlock births that occurred in the 
                                State during'' and inserting 
                                ``illegitimacy ratio of the State 
                                for''; and
                                    (II) by striking ``number of such 
                                births that occurred during'' and 
                                inserting ``illegitimacy ratio of the 
                                State for''; and
                            (ii) in subclause (II)(aa)--
                                    (I) by striking ``number of out-of-
                                wedlock births that occurred in'' each 
                                place such term appears and inserting 
                                ``illegitimacy ratio of''; and
                                    (II) by striking ``calculate the 
                                number of out-of-wedlock births'' and 
                                inserting ``calculate the illegitimacy 
                                ratio''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iii) Illegitimacy ratio.--The term 
                        `illegitimacy ratio' means, with respect to a 
                        State and a period--
                                    ``(I) the number of out-of-wedlock 
                                births to mothers residing in the State 
                                that occurred during the period; 
                                divided by
                                    ``(II) the number of births to 
                                mothers residing in the State that 
                                occurred during the period.''.
    (c) Use of Calendar Year Data Instead of Fiscal Year Data in 
Calculating Bonus for Decrease in Illegitimacy Ratio.--Section 
403(a)(2)(C) (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(2)(C)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (i)--
                    (A) in subclause (I)(bb)--
                            (i) by striking ``the fiscal year'' and 
                        inserting ``the calendar year for which the 
                        most recent data are available''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``fiscal year 1995'' and 
                        inserting ``calendar year 1995'';
                    (B) in subclause (II), by striking ``fiscal'' each 
                place such term appears and inserting ``calendar''; and
            (2) in clause (ii), by striking ``fiscal years'' and 
        inserting ``calendar years''.
    (d) Correction of Heading.--Section 403(a)(3)(C)(ii) (42 U.S.C. 
603(a)(3)(C)(ii)) is amended in the heading by striking ``1997'' and 
inserting ``1998''.
    (e) Clarification of Contingency Fund Provision.--Section 403(b) 
(42 U.S.C. 603(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (6), by striking ``(5)'' and inserting 
        ``(4)'';
            (2) by striking paragraph (4) and redesignating paragraphs 
        (5) and (6) as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (5) the following:
            ``(6) Annual reconciliation.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding paragraph (3), 
                if the Secretary makes a payment to a State under this 
                subsection in a fiscal year, then the State shall remit 
                to the Secretary, within 1 year after the end of the 
                first subsequent period of 3 consecutive months for 
                which the State is not a needy State, an amount equal 
                to the amount (if any) by which--
                            ``(i) the total amount paid to the State 
                        under paragraph (3) of this subsection in the 
                        fiscal year; exceeds
                            ``(ii) the product of--
                                    ``(I) the Federal medical 
                                assistance percentage for the State (as 
                                defined in section 1905(b), as such 
                                section was in effect on September 30, 
                                1995);
                                    ``(II) the State's reimbursable 
                                expenditures for the fiscal year; and
                                    ``(III) \1/12\ times the number of 
                                months during the fiscal year for which 
                                the Secretary made a payment to the 
                                State under such paragraph (3).
                    ``(B) Definitions.--As used in subparagraph (A):
                            ``(i) Reimbursable expenditures.--The term 
                        `reimbursable expenditures' means, with respect 
                        to a State and a fiscal year, the amount (if 
                        any) by which--
                                    ``(I) countable State expenditures 
                                for the fiscal year; exceeds
                                    ``(II) historic State expenditures 
                                (as defined in section 
                                409(a)(7)(B)(iii)), excluding any 
                                amount expended by the State for child 
                                care under subsection (g) or (i) of 
                                section 402 (as in effect during fiscal 
                                year 1994) for fiscal year 1994.
                            ``(ii) Countable state expenditures.--The 
                        term `countable expenditures' means, with 
                        respect to a State and a fiscal year--
                                    ``(I) the qualified State 
                                expenditures (as defined in section 
                                409(a)(7)(B)(i) (other than the 
                                expenditures described in subclause 
                                (I)(bb) of such section)) under the 
                                State program funded under this part 
                                for the fiscal year; plus
                                    ``(II) any amount paid to the State 
                                under paragraph (3) during the fiscal 
                                year that is expended by the State 
                                under the State program funded under 
                                this part.''.
    (f) Administration of Contingency Fund Transferred to the Secretary 
of HHS.--Section 403(b)(7) (42 U.S.C. 603(b)(7)) is amended to read as 
follows:
            ``(7) State defined.--As used in this subsection, the term 
        `State' means each of the 50 States and the District of 
        Columbia.''.

SEC. 104. USE OF GRANTS.

     Section 404(a)(2) (42 U.S.C. 604(a)(2)) is amended by inserting 
``, or (at the option of the State) August 21, 1996'' before the 
period.

SEC. 105. MANDATORY WORK REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Family With a Disabled Parent Not Treated as a 2-Parent 
Family.--Section 407(b)(2) (42 U.S.C. 607(b)(2)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
                    ``(C) Family with a disabled parent not treated as 
                a 2-parent family.--A family that includes a disabled 
                parent shall not be considered a 2-parent family for 
                purposes of subsections (a) and (b) of this section.''.
    (b) Correction of Heading.--Section 407(b)(3) (42 U.S.C. 607(b)(3)) 
is amended in the heading by inserting ``and not resulting from changes 
in state eligibility criteria'' before the period.
    (c) State Option To Include Individuals Receiving Assistance Under 
a Tribal Work Program in Participation Rate Calculation.--Section 
407(b)(4) (42 U.S.C. 607(b)(4)) is amended--
            (1) in the heading, by inserting ``or tribal work program'' 
        before the period; and
            (2) by inserting ``or under a tribal work program to which 
        funds are provided under this part'' before the period.
    (d) Sharing of 35-Hour Work Requirement Between Parents in 2-Parent 
Families.--Section 407(c)(1)(B) (42 U.S.C. 607(c)(1)(B)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (i)--
                    (A) by striking ``is'' and inserting ``and the 
                other parent in the family are''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``a total of'' before ``at 
                least''; and
            (2) in clause (ii)--
                    (A) by striking ``individual's spouse is'' and 
                inserting ``individual and the other parent in the 
                family are'';
                    (B) by inserting ``for a total of at least 55 hours 
                per week'' before ``during the month''; and
                    (C) by striking ``20'' and inserting ``50''.
    (e) Clarification of Effort Required in Work Activities.--Section 
407(c)(1)(B) (42 U.S.C. 607(c)(1)(B)) is amended by striking ``making 
progress'' each place such term appears and inserting 
``participating''.
    (f) Additional Condition Under Which 12 Weeks of Job Search May 
Count as Work.--Section 407(c)(2)(A)(i) (42 U.S.C. 607(c)(2)(A)(i)) is 
amended by inserting ``or the State is a needy State (within the 
meaning of section 403(b)(6))'' after ``United States''.
    (g) Caretaker Relative of Child Under Age 6 Deemed To Be Meeting 
Work Requirements if Engaged in Work for 20 Hours Per Week.--Section 
407(c)(2)(B) (42 U.S.C. 607(c)(2)(B)) is amended--
            (1) in the heading, by inserting ``or relative'' after 
        ``parent'' each place such term appears; and
            (2) by striking ``in a 1-parent family who is the parent'' 
        and inserting ``who is the only parent or caretaker relative in 
        the family''.
    (h) Extension to Married Teens of Rule That Receipt of Sufficient 
Education Is Enough To Meet Work Participation Requirements.--Section 
407(c)(2)(C) (42 U.S.C. 607(c)(2)(C)) is amended--
            (1) in the heading, by striking ``Teen head of household'' 
        and inserting ``Single teen head of household or married 
        teen''; and
            (2) by striking ``a single'' and inserting ``married or 
        a''.
    (i) Clarification of Number of Hours of Participation in Education 
Directly Related to Employment That Are Required in Order for Single 
Teen Head of Household or Married Teen To Be Deemed To Be Engaged in 
Work.--Section 407(c)(2)(C)(ii) (42 U.S.C. 607(c)(2)(C)(ii)) is amended 
by striking ``at least'' and all that follows through ``subsection'' 
and inserting ``an average of at least 20 hours per week during the 
month''.
    (j) Clarification of Refusal To Work for Purposes of Work Penalties 
for Individuals.--Section 407(e)(2) (42 U.S.C. 607(e)(2)) is amended by 
striking ``work'' and inserting ``engage in work required in accordance 
with this section''.

SEC. 106. PROHIBITIONS; REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Elimination of Redundant Language; Clarification of Home 
Residence Requirement.--Section 408(a)(1) (42 U.S.C. 608(a)(1)) is 
amended to read as follows:
            ``(1) No assistance for families without a minor child.--A 
        State to which a grant is made under section 403 shall not use 
        any part of the grant to provide assistance to a family, unless 
        the family includes a minor child who resides with the family 
        (consistent with paragraph (10)) or a pregnant individual.''.
    (b) Clarification of Terminology.--Section 408(a)(3) (42 U.S.C. 
608(a)(3)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``leaves'' the 1st, 3rd, and 4th places 
        such term appears and inserting ``ceases to receive assistance 
        under''; and
            (2) by striking ``the date the family leaves the program'' 
        the 2nd place such term appears and inserting ``such date''.
    (c) Elimination of Space.--Section 408(a)(5)(A)(ii) (42 U.S.C. 
608(a)(5)(A)(ii)) is amended by striking ``described.-- For'' and 
inserting ``described.--For''.
    (d) Corrections to 5-Year Limit on Assistance.--
            (1) Clarification of limitation on hardship exemption.--
        Section 408(a)(7)(C)(ii) (42 U.S.C. 608(a)(7)(C)(ii)) is 
        amended--
                    (A) by striking ``The number'' and inserting ``The 
                average monthly number''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``during the fiscal year or the 
                immediately preceding fiscal year (but not both), as 
                the State may elect'' before the period.
            (2) Residence exception made more uniform and easier to 
        administer.--Section 408(a)(7)(D) (42 U.S.C. 608(a)(7)(D)) is 
        amended to read as follows:
                    ``(D) Disregard of months of assistance received by 
                adult while living in indian country or an alaskan 
                native village with 50 percent unemployment.--
                            ``(i) In general.--In determining the 
                        number of months for which an adult has 
                        received assistance under a State or tribal 
                        program funded under this part, the State or 
                        tribe shall disregard any month during which 
                        the adult lived in Indian country or an Alaskan 
                        Native village if the most reliable data 
                        available with respect to the month (or a 
                        period including the month) indicate that at 
                        least 50 percent of the adults living in Indian 
                        country or in the village were not employed.
                            ``(ii) Indian country defined.--As used in 
                        clause (i), the term `Indian country' has the 
                        meaning given such term in section 1151 of 
                        title 18, United States Code.''.
    (e) Reinstatement of Deeming and Other Rules Applicable to Aliens 
Who Entered the United States Under Affidavits of Support Formerly 
Used.--Section 408 (42 U.S.C. 608) is amended by striking subsection 
(d) and inserting the following:
    ``(d) Special Rules Relating to Treatment of Certain Aliens.--For 
special rules relating to the treatment of certain aliens, see title IV 
of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act 
of 1996.
    ``(e) Special Rules Relating to the Treatment of Non-213A Aliens.--
The following rules shall apply if a State elects to take the income or 
resources of any sponsor of a non-213A alien into account in 
determining whether the alien is eligible for assistance under the 
State program funded under this part, or in determining the amount or 
types of such assistance to be provided to the alien:
            ``(1) Deeming of sponsor's income and resources.--For a 
        period of 3 years after a non-213A alien enters the United 
        States:
                    ``(A) Income deeming rule.--The income of any 
                sponsor of the alien and of any spouse of the sponsor 
                is deemed to be income of the alien, to the extent that 
                the total amount of the income exceeds the sum of--
                            ``(i) the lesser of--
                                    ``(I) 20 percent of the total of 
                                any amounts received by the sponsor or 
                                any such spouse in the month as wages 
                                or salary or as net earnings from self-
                                employment, plus the full amount of any 
                                costs incurred by the sponsor and any 
                                such spouse in producing self-
                                employment income in such month; or
                                    ``(II) $175;
                            ``(ii) the cash needs standard established 
                        by the State for purposes of determining 
                        eligibility for assistance under the State 
                        program funded under this part for a family of 
                        the same size and composition as the sponsor 
                        and any other individuals living in the same 
                        household as the sponsor who are claimed by the 
                        sponsor as dependents for purposes of 
                        determining the sponsor's Federal personal 
                        income tax liability but whose needs are not 
                        taken into account in determining whether the 
                        sponsor's family has met the cash needs 
                        standard;
                            ``(iii) any amounts paid by the sponsor or 
                        any such spouse to individuals not living in 
                        the household who are claimed by the sponsor as 
                        dependents for purposes of determining the 
                        sponsor's Federal personal income tax 
                        liability; and
                            ``(iv) any payments of alimony or child 
                        support with respect to individuals not living 
                        in the household.
                    ``(B) Resource deeming rule.--The resources of a 
                sponsor of the alien and of any spouse of the sponsor 
                are deemed to be resources of the alien to the extent 
                that the aggregate value of the resources exceeds 
                $1,500.
                    ``(C) Sponsors of multiple non-213a aliens.--If a 
                person is a sponsor of 2 or more non-213A aliens who 
                are living in the same home, the income and resources 
                of the sponsor and any spouse of the sponsor that would 
                be deemed income and resources of any such alien under 
                subparagraph (A) shall be divided into a number of 
                equal shares equal to the number of such aliens, and 
                the State shall deem the income and resources of each 
                such alien to include 1 such share.
            ``(2) Ineligibility of non-213a aliens sponsored by 
        agencies; exception.--A non-213A alien whose sponsor is or was 
        a public or private agency shall be ineligible for assistance 
        under a State program funded under this part, during a period 
        of 3 years after the alien enters the United States, unless the 
        State agency administering the program determines that the 
        sponsor either no longer exists or has become unable to meet 
        the alien's needs.
            ``(3) Information provisions.--
                    ``(A) Duties of non-213a aliens.--A non-213A alien, 
                as a condition of eligibility for assistance under a 
                State program funded under this part during the period 
                of 3 years after the alien enters the United States, 
                shall be required to provide to the State agency 
                administering the program--
                            ``(i) such information and documentation 
                        with respect to the alien's sponsor as may be 
                        necessary in order for the State agency to make 
                        any determination required under this 
                        subsection, and to obtain any cooperation from 
                        the sponsor necessary for any such 
                        determination; and
                            ``(ii) such information and documentation 
                        as the State agency may request and which the 
                        alien or the alien's sponsor provided in 
                        support of the alien's immigration application.
                    ``(B) Duties of federal agencies.--The Secretary 
                shall enter into agreements with the Secretary of State 
                and the Attorney General under which any information 
                available to them and required in order to make any 
                determination under this subsection will be provided by 
                them to the Secretary (who may, in turn, make the 
                information available, upon request, to a concerned 
                State agency).
            ``(4) Non-213a alien defined.--An alien is a non-213A alien 
        for purposes of this subsection if the affidavit of support or 
        similar agreement with respect to the alien that was executed 
        by the sponsor of the alien's entry into the United States was 
        executed other than pursuant to section 213A of the Immigration 
        and Nationality Act.
            ``(5) Inapplicability to alien minor sponsored by a 
        parent.--This subsection shall not apply to an alien who is a 
        minor child if the sponsor of the alien or any spouse of the 
        sponsor is a parent of the alien.
            ``(6) Inapplicability to certain categories of aliens.--
        This subsection shall not apply to an alien who is--
                    ``(A) admitted to the United States as a refugee 
                under section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality 
                Act;
                    ``(B) paroled into the United States under section 
                212(d)(5) of such Act for a period of at least 1 year; 
                or
                    ``(C) granted political asylum by the Attorney 
                General under section 208 of such Act.''.

SEC. 107. PENALTIES.

    (a) States Given More Time To File Quarterly Reports.--Section 
409(a)(2)(A) (42 U.S.C. 609(a)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ``1 
month'' and inserting ``45 days''.
    (b) Treatment of Support Payments Passed Through to Families as 
Qualified State Expenditures.--Section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)(I)(aa) (42 
U.S.C. 609(a)(7)(B)(i)(I)(aa)) is amended by inserting ``, including 
any amount collected by the State as support pursuant to a plan 
approved under part D, on behalf of a family receiving assistance under 
the State program funded under this part, that is distributed to the 
family under section 457(a)(1)(B) and disregarded in determining the 
eligibility of the family for, and the amount of, such assistance'' 
before the period.
    (c) Disregard of Expenditures Made To Replace Penalty Grant 
Reductions.--Section 409(a)(7)(B)(i) (42 U.S.C. 609(a)(7)(B)(i)) is 
amended by redesignating subclause (III) as subclause (IV) and by 
inserting after subclause (II) the following:
                                    ``(III) Exclusion of amounts 
                                expended to replace penalty grant 
                                reductions.--Such term does not include 
                                any amount expended in order to comply 
                                with paragraph (12).''.
    (d) Treatment of Families of Certain Aliens as Eligible Families.--
Section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)(IV) (42 U.S.C. 609(a)(7)(B)(i)(IV)), as so 
redesignated by subsection (c) of this section, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and families'' and inserting 
        ``families''; and
            (2) by striking ``Act or section 402'' and inserting ``Act, 
        and families of aliens lawfully present in the United States 
        that would be eligible for such assistance but for the 
        application of title IV''.
    (e) Elimination of Meaningless Language.--Section 409(a)(7)(B)(ii) 
(42 U.S.C. 609(a)(7)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking ``reduced (if 
appropriate) in accordance with subparagraph (C)(ii)''.
    (f) Clarification of Source of Data To Be Used in Determining 
Historic State Expenditures.--Section 409(a)(7)(B) (42 U.S.C. 
609(a)(7)(B)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(v) Source of data.--In determining 
                        expenditures by a State for fiscal years 1994 
                        and 1995, the Secretary shall use information 
                        which was reported by the State on ACF Form 231 
                        or (in the case of expenditures under part F) 
                        ACF Form 331, available as of the dates 
                        specified in clauses (ii) and (iii) of section 
                        403(a)(1)(D).''.
    (g) Clarification of Expenditures To Be Excluded in Determining 
Historic State Expenditures.--Section 409(a)(7)(B)(iv) (42 U.S.C. 
609(a)(7)(B)(iv)) is amended--
            (1) in subclause (IV), by striking ``under Federal 
        programs'';
            (2) by striking subclause (III) and redesignating subclause 
        (IV) as subclause (III); and
            (3) in the 2nd sentence--
                    (A) by striking ``(IV)'' and inserting ``(III)'';
                    (B) by striking ``an amount equal to''; and
                    (C) by striking ``that equal'' and inserting ``that 
                equals''.
    (h) Conforming Title IV-A Penalties to Title IV-D Performance-Based 
Standards.--Section 409(a)(8) (42 U.S.C. 609(a)(8)) is amended to read 
as follows:
            ``(8) Noncompliance of state child support enforcement 
        program with requirements of part d.--
                    ``(A) In general.--If the Secretary finds, with 
                respect to a State's program under part D, in a fiscal 
                year beginning on or after October 1, 1997--
                            ``(i)(I) on the basis of data submitted by 
                        a State pursuant to section 454(15)(B), or on 
                        the basis of the results of a review conducted 
                        under section 452(a)(4), that the State program 
                        failed to achieve the paternity establishment 
                        percentages (as defined in section 452(g)(2)), 
                        or to meet other performance measures that may 
                        be established by the Secretary;
                            ``(II) on the basis of the results of an 
                        audit or audits conducted under section 
                        452(a)(4)(C)(i) that the State data submitted 
                        pursuant to section 454(15)(B) is incomplete or 
                        unreliable; or
                            ``(III) on the basis of the results of an 
                        audit or audits conducted under section 
                        452(a)(4)(C) that a State failed to 
                        substantially comply with 1 or more of the 
                        requirements of part D; and
                            ``(ii) that, with respect to the succeeding 
                        fiscal year--
                                    ``(I) the State failed to take 
                                sufficient corrective action to achieve 
                                the appropriate performance levels or 
                                compliance as described in subparagraph 
                                (A)(i); or
                                    ``(II) the data submitted by the 
                                State pursuant to section 454(15)(B) is 
                                incomplete or unreliable;
                the amounts otherwise payable to the State under this 
                part for quarters following the end of such succeeding 
                fiscal year, prior to quarters following the end of the 
                first quarter throughout which the State program has 
                achieved the paternity establishment percentages or 
                other performance measures as described in subparagraph 
                (A)(i)(I), or is in substantial compliance with 1 or 
                more of the requirements of part D as described in 
                subparagraph (A)(i)(III), as appropriate, shall be 
                reduced by the percentage specified in subparagraph 
                (B).
                    ``(B) Amount of reductions.--The reductions 
                required under subparagraph (A) shall be--
                            ``(i) not less than 1 nor more than 2 
                        percent;
                            ``(ii) not less than 2 nor more than 3 
                        percent, if the finding is the 2nd consecutive 
                        finding made pursuant to subparagraph (A); or
                            ``(iii) not less than 3 nor more than 5 
                        percent, if the finding is the 3rd or a 
                        subsequent consecutive such finding.
                    ``(C) Disregard of noncompliance which is of a 
                technical nature.--For purposes of this section and 
                section 452(a)(4), a State determined as a result of an 
                audit--
                            ``(i) to have failed to have substantially 
                        complied with 1 or more of the requirements of 
                        part D shall be determined to have achieved 
                        substantial compliance only if the Secretary 
                        determines that the extent of the noncompliance 
                        is of a technical nature which does not 
                        adversely affect the performance of the State's 
                        program under part D; or
                            ``(ii) to have submitted incomplete or 
                        unreliable data pursuant to section 454(15)(B) 
                        shall be determined to have submitted adequate 
                        data only if the Secretary determines that the 
                        extent of the incompleteness or unreliability 
                        of the data is of a technical nature which does 
                        not adversely affect the determination of the 
                        level of the State's paternity establishment 
                        percentages (as defined under section 
                        452(g)(2)) or other performance measures that 
                        may be established by the Secretary.''.
    (i) Correction of Reference to 5-Year Limit on Assistance.--Section 
409(a)(9) (42 U.S.C. 609(a)(9)) is amended by striking ``408(a)(1)(B)'' 
and inserting ``408(a)(7)''.
    (j) Correction of Errors in Penalty for Failure To Meet Maintenance 
of Effort Requirement Applicable to the Contingency Fund.--Section 
409(a)(10) (42 U.S.C. 609(a)(10)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``the expenditures under the State program 
        funded under this part for the fiscal year (excluding any 
        amounts made available by the Federal Government)'' and 
        inserting ``the qualified State expenditures (as defined in 
        paragraph (7)(B)(i) (other than the expenditures described in 
        subclause (I)(bb) of that paragraph)) under the State program 
        funded under this part for the fiscal year'';
            (2) by inserting ``excluding any amount expended by the 
        State for child care under subsection (g) or (i) of section 402 
        (as in effect during fiscal year 1994) for fiscal year 1994,'' 
        after ``(as defined in paragraph (7)(B)(iii) of this 
        subsection),''; and
            (3) by inserting ``that the State has not remitted under 
        section 403(b)(6)'' before the period.
    (k) Penalty for State Failure to Expend Additional State funds to 
Replace Grant Reductions.--Section 409(a)(12) (42 U.S.C. 609(a)(12)) is 
amended--
            (1) in the heading--
                    (A) by striking ``Failure'' and inserting 
                ``Requirement''; and
                    (B) by striking ``reductions'' and inserting 
                ``reductions; penalty for failure to do so''; and
            (2) by inserting ``, and if the State fails to do so, the 
        Secretary may reduce the grant payable to the State under 
        section 403(a)(1) for the fiscal year that follows such 
        succeeding fiscal year by an amount equal to not more than 2 
        percent of the State family assistance grant'' before the 
        period.
    (l) Elimination of Certain Reasonable Cause Exceptions.--Section 
409(b)(2) (42 U.S.C. 609(b)(2)) is amended by striking ``(7) or (8)'' 
and inserting ``(6), (7), (8), (10), or (12)''.
    (m) Clarification of What It Means To Correct a Violation.--Section 
409(c) (42 U.S.C. 609(c)) is amended--
            (1) in each of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (1), 
        by inserting ``or discontinue, as appropriate,'' after 
        ``correct'';
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in the heading, by inserting ``or 
                discontinuing'' after ``correcting''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``or discontinues, as 
                appropriate'' after ``corrects''; and
            (3) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) in the heading, by inserting ``or discontinue'' 
                after ``correct''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``or discontinue, as 
                appropriate,'' before ``the violation''.
    (n) Certain Penalties Not Avoidable Through Corrective Compliance 
Plans.--Section 409(c)(4) (42 U.S.C. 609(c)(4)) is amended to read as 
follows:
            ``(4) Inapplicability to certain penalties.--This 
        subsection shall not apply to the imposition of a penalty 
        against a State under paragraph (6), (7), (8), (10), or (12) of 
        subsection (a).''.

SEC. 108. DATA COLLECTION AND REPORTING.

    Section 411(a) (42 U.S.C. 611(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) by striking clause (ii) and inserting 
                        the following:
                            ``(ii) Whether a child receiving such 
                        assistance or an adult in the family is 
                        receiving--
                                    ``(I) disability insurance benefits 
                                under section 223;
                                    ``(II) benefits based on disability 
                                under section 202;
                                    ``(III) aid under a State plan 
                                approved under title XIV (as in effect 
                                without regard to the amendment made by 
                                section 301 of the Social Security 
                                Amendments of 1972));
                                    ``(IV) aid or assistance under a 
                                State plan approved under title XVI (as 
                                in effect without regard to such 
                                amendment) by reason of being 
                                permanently and totally disabled; or
                                    ``(V) supplemental security income 
                                benefits under title XVI (as in effect 
                                pursuant to such amendment) by reason 
                                of disability.'';
                            (ii) in clause (iv), by striking ``youngest 
                        child in'' and inserting ``head of'';
                            (iii) in each of clauses (vii) and (viii), 
                        by striking ``status'' and inserting ``level''; 
                        and
                            (iv) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(xvii) With respect to each individual in 
                        the family who has not attained 20 years of 
                        age, whether the individual is a parent of a 
                        child in the family.''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B)--
                            (i) in the heading, by striking 
                        ``estimates'' and inserting ``samples''; and
                            (ii) in clause (i), by striking ``an 
                        estimate which is obtained'' and inserting 
                        ``disaggregated case record information on a 
                        sample of families selected''; and
            (2) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (7) and 
        inserting after paragraph (5) the following:
            ``(6) Report on families receiving assistance.--The report 
        required by paragraph (1) for a fiscal quarter shall include 
        for each month in the quarter the number of families and 
        individuals receiving assistance under the State program funded 
        under this part (including the number of 2-parent and 1-parent 
        families), and the total dollar value of such assistance 
        received by all families.''.

SEC. 109. DIRECT FUNDING AND ADMINISTRATION BY INDIAN TRIBES.

    (a) Prorating of Tribal Family Assistance Grants.--Section 
412(a)(1)(A) (42 U.S.C. 612(a)(1)(A)) is amended by inserting ``which 
shall be reduced for a fiscal year, on a pro rata basis for each 
quarter, in the case of a tribal family assistance plan approved during 
a fiscal year for which the plan is to be in effect,'' before ``and 
shall''.
    (b) Tribal Option To Operate Work Activities Program.--Section 
412(a)(2)(A) (42 U.S.C. 612(a)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ``The 
Secretary'' and all that follows through ``2002'' and inserting ``For 
each of fiscal years 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002, the 
Secretary shall pay to each eligible Indian tribe that proposes to 
operate a program described in subparagraph (C)''.
    (c) Discretion of Tribes To Select Population To Be Served by 
Tribal Work Activities Program.--Section 412(a)(2)(C) (42 U.S.C. 
612(a)(2)(C)) is amended by striking ``members of the Indian tribe'' 
and inserting ``such population and such service area or areas as the 
tribe specifies''.
    (d) Reduction of Appropriation for Tribal Work Activities 
Programs.--Section 412(a)(2)(D) (42 U.S.C. 612(a)(2)(D)) is amended by 
striking ``$7,638,474'' and inserting ``$7,633,287''.
    (e) Availability of Corrective Compliance Plans to Indian Tribes.--
Section 412(f)(1) (42 U.S.C. 612(f)(1)) is amended by striking ``and 
(b)'' and inserting ``(b), and (c)''.
    (f) Eligibility of Tribes for Federal Loans for Welfare Programs.--
Section 412 (42 U.S.C. 612) is amended by redesignating subsections 
(f), (g), and (h) as subsections (g), (h), and (i), respectively, and 
by inserting after subsection (e) the following:
    ``(f) Eligibility for Federal Loans.--Section 406 shall apply to an 
Indian tribe with an approved tribal assistance plan in the same manner 
as such section applies to a State, except that section 406(c) shall be 
applied by substituting `section 412(a)' for `section 403(a)'.''.

SEC. 110. RESEARCH, EVALUATIONS, AND NATIONAL STUDIES.

    (a) Research.--
            (1) Methods.--Section 413(a) (42 U.S.C. 613(a)) is amended 
        by inserting ``, directly or through grants, contracts, or 
        interagency agreements,'' before ``shall conduct''.
            (2) Correction of cross reference.--Section 413(a) (42 
        U.S.C. 613(a)) is amended by striking ``409'' and inserting 
        ``407''.
    (b) Correction of Erroneously Indented Paragraph.--Section 
413(e)(1) (42 U.S.C. 613(e)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall annually rank States 
        to which grants are made under section 403 based on the 
        following ranking factors:
                    ``(A) Absolute out-of-wedlock ratios.--The ratio 
                represented by--
                            ``(i) the total number of out-of-wedlock 
                        births in families receiving assistance under 
                        the State program under this part in the State 
                        for the most recent year for which information 
                        is available; over
                            ``(ii) the total number of births in 
                        families receiving assistance under the State 
                        program under this part in the State for the 
                        year.
                    ``(B) Net changes in the out-of-wedlock ratio.--The 
                difference between the ratio described in subparagraph 
                (A) with respect to a State for the most recent year 
                for which such information is available and the ratio 
                with respect to the State for the immediately preceding 
                year.''.
    (c) Funding of Prior Authorized Demonstrations.--Section 
413(h)(1)(D) (42 U.S.C. 613(h)(1)(D)) is amended by striking 
``September 30, 1995'' and inserting ``August 22, 1996''.
    (d) Child Poverty Reports.--
            (1) Delayed due date for initial report.--Section 413(i)(1) 
        (42 U.S.C. 613(i)(1)) is amended by striking ``90 days after 
        the date of the enactment of this part'' and inserting 
        ``November 30, 1997''.
            (2) Modification of factors to be used in establishing 
        methodology for use in determining child poverty rates.--
        Section 413(i)(5) (42 U.S.C. 613(i)(5)) is amended by striking 
        ``the county-by-county'' and inserting ``, to the extent 
        available, county-by-county''.

SEC. 111. REPORT ON DATA PROCESSING.

    Section 106(a)(1) of the Personal Responsibility and Work 
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193; 110 Stat. 
2164) is amended by striking ``(whether in effect before or after 
October 1, 1995)''.

SEC. 112. STUDY ON ALTERNATIVE OUTCOMES MEASURES.

    Section 107(a) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193; 110 Stat. 2164) is 
amended by striking ``409(a)(7)(C)'' and inserting ``408(a)(7)(C)''.

SEC. 113. LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS TO THE TERRITORIES.

    (a) Certain Payments To Be Disregarded in Determining Limitation.--
Section 1108(a) (42 U.S.C. 1308) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(a) Limitation on Total Payments to Each Territory.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        this Act (except for paragraph (2) of this subsection), the 
        total amount certified by the Secretary of Health and Human 
        Services under titles I, X, XIV, and XVI, under parts A and E 
        of title IV, and under subsection (b) of this section, for 
        payment to any territory for a fiscal year shall not exceed the 
        ceiling amount for the territory for the fiscal year.
            ``(2) Certain payments disregarded.--Paragraph (1) of this 
        subsection shall be applied without regard to any payment made 
        under section 403(a)(2), 403(a)(4), 406, or 413(f).''.
    (b) Certain Child Care and Social Services Expenditures by 
Territories Treated as IV-A Expenditures for Purposes of Matching 
Grant.--Section 1108(b)(1)(A) (42 U.S.C. 1308(b)(1)(A)) is amended by 
inserting ``, including any amount paid to the State under part A of 
title IV that is transferred in accordance with section 404(d) and 
expended under the program to which transferred'' before the semicolon.
    (c) Elimination of Duplicative Maintenance of Effort Requirement.--
Section 1108 (42 U.S.C. 1308) is amended by striking subsection (e).

SEC. 114. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.

    (a) Amendments to Part D of Title IV.--
            (1) Corrections to determination of paternity establishment 
        percentages.--Section 452 (42 U.S.C. 652) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (d)(3)(A), by striking all that 
                follows ``for purposes of'' and inserting ``section 
                409(a)(8), to achieve the paternity establishment 
                percentages (as defined under section 452(g)(2)) and 
                other performance measures that may be established by 
                the Secretary, and to submit data under section 
                454(15)(B) that is complete and reliable, and to 
                substantially comply with the requirements of this 
                part; and''; and
                    (B) in subsection (g)(1), by striking ``section 
                403(h)'' and inserting ``section 409(a)(8)''.
            (2) Elimination of obsolete language.--Section 108(c)(8)(C) 
        of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
        Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193; 110 Stat. 2165) 
        is amended by inserting ``and all that follows through `the 
        best interests of such child to do so''' before ``and 
        inserting''.
            (3) Insertion of language inadvertently omitted.--Section 
        108(c)(13) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
        Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193; 110 Stat. 2166) 
        is amended by inserting ``and inserting `pursuant to section 
        408(a)(3)''' before the period.
            (4) Elimination of obsolete cross reference.--Section 
        464(a)(1) (42 U.S.C. 664(a)(1)) is amended by striking 
        ``section 402(a)(26)'' and inserting ``section 408(a)(3)''.
    (b) Amendments to Part E of Title IV.--Each of the following is 
amended by striking ``June 1, 1995'' each place such term appears and 
inserting ``July 16, 1996'':
            (1) Section 472(a) (42 U.S.C. 672(a)).
            (2) Section 472(h) (42 U.S.C. 672(h)).
            (3) Section 473(a)(2) (42 U.S.C. 673(a)(2)).
            (4) Section 473(b) (42 U.S.C. 673(b)).

SEC. 115. OTHER CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Elimination of Amendments Included Inadvertently.--Section 
110(l) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193; 110 Stat. 2173) is 
amended--
            (1) by adding ``and'' at the end of paragraph (6); and
            (2) by striking paragraph (7) and redesignating paragraph 
        (8) as paragraph (7).
    (b) Correction of Citation.--Section 109(f) of the Personal 
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public 
Law 104-193; 110 Stat. 2177) is amended by striking ``93-186'' and 
inserting ``93-86''.
    (c) Correction of Internal Cross Reference.--Section 103(a)(1) of 
the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 
1996 (Public Law 104-193; 110 Stat. 2112) is amended by striking 
``603(b)(2)'' and inserting ``603(b)''.

SEC. 116. MODIFICATIONS TO THE JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR CERTAIN LOW-INCOME 
              INDIVIDUALS PROGRAM.

    Section 112(5) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193; 110 Stat. 2177) is 
amended in each of subparagraphs (A) and (B) by inserting ``under'' 
after ``funded''.

SEC. 117. DENIAL OF ASSISTANCE AND BENEFITS FOR DRUG-RELATED 
              CONVICTIONS.

    (a) Extension of Certain Requirements Coordinated With Delayed 
Effective Date for Successor Provisions.--Section 115(d)(2) of the 
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 
(Public Law 104-193; 110 Stat. 2181) is amended by striking 
``convictions'' and inserting ``a conviction if the conviction is for 
conduct''.
    (b) Immediate Effectiveness of Provisions Relating to Research, 
Evaluations, and National Studies.--Section 116(a) of such Act (Public 
Law 104-193; 110 Stat. 2181) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
            ``(6) Research, evaluations, and national studies.--Section 
        413 of the Social Security Act, as added by the amendment made 
        by section 103(a) of this Act, shall take effect on the date of 
        the enactment of this Act.''.

SEC. 118. TRANSITION RULE.

    Section 116 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193; 110 Stat. 2181) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(2), by inserting ``(but subject to 
        subsection (b)(1)(A)(ii))'' after ``this section''; and
            (2) in subsection (b)(1)(A)(ii), by striking ``June 30, 
        1997'' and inserting ``the later of June 30, 1997, or the day 
        before the date described in subsection (a)(2)(B) of this 
        section''.

SEC. 119. EFFECTIVE DATES.

    (a) Amendments to Part A of Title IV of the Social Security Act.--
The amendments made by this title to a provision of part A of title IV 
of the Social Security Act shall take effect as if the amendments had 
been included in section 103(a) of the Personal Responsibility and Work 
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 at the time such section became 
law.
    (b) Amendments to Parts D and E of Title IV of the Social Security 
Act.--The amendments made by section 114 of this Act shall take effect 
as if the amendments had been included in section 108 of the Personal 
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 at the 
time such section 108 became law.
    (c) Amendments to Other Amendatory Provisions.--The amendments made 
by section 115(a) of this Act shall take effect as if the amendments 
had been included in section 110 of the Personal Responsibility and 
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 at the time such section 
110 became law.
    (d) Amendments to Freestanding Provisions of the Personal 
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.--The 
amendments made by this title to a provision of the Personal 
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 that, as 
of July 1, 1997, will not have become part of another statute shall 
take effect as if the amendments had been included in the provision at 
the time the provision became law.

                 TITLE II--SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME

            Subtitle A--Conforming and Technical Amendments

SEC. 201. CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO ELIGIBILITY 
              RESTRICTIONS

    (a) Denial of SSI Benefits for Fugitive Felons and Probation and 
Parole Violators.--Section 1611(e)(6) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1382(e)(6)) is amended by inserting ``and section 1106(c) of 
this Act'' after ``of 1986''.
    (b) Treatment of Prisoners.--Section 1611(e)(1)(I)(i)(II) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382(e)(1)(I)(i)(II)) is amended by 
striking ``inmate of the institution'' and all that follows through 
``this subparagraph'' and inserting ``individual who receives in the 
month preceding the first month throughout which such individual is an 
inmate of the jail, prison, penal institution, or correctional facility 
that furnishes information respecting such individual pursuant to 
subclause (I), or is confined in the institution (that so furnishes 
such information) as described in section 202(x)(1)(A)(ii), a benefit 
under this title for such preceding month, and who is determined by the 
Commissioner to be ineligible for benefits under this title by reason 
of confinement based on the information provided by such institution''.
    (c) Correction of Reference.--Section 1611(e)(1)(I)(i)(I) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382(e)(1)(I)(i)(I)) is amended by 
striking ``paragraph (1)'' and inserting ``this paragraph''.

SEC. 202. CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO BENEFITS FOR 
              DISABLED CHILDREN.

    (a) Eligibility Redeterminations for Current Recipients.--Section 
211(d)(2)(A) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 1382c note) is amended by 
striking ``1 year'' and inserting ``18 months''.
    (b) Eligibility Redeterminations and Continuing Disability 
Reviews.--
            (1) Disability eligibility redeterminations required for 
        ssi recipients who attain 18 years of age.--Section 
        1614(a)(3)(H)(iii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
        1382c(a)(3)(H)(iii)) is amended by striking subclauses (I) and 
        (II) and all that follows and inserting the following:
            ``(I) by applying the criteria used in determining initial 
        eligibility for individuals who are age 18 or older; and
            ``(II) either during the 1-year period beginning on the 
        individual's 18th birthday or, in lieu of a continuing 
        disability review, whenever the Commissioner determines that an 
        individual's case is subject to a redetermination under this 
        clause.
With respect to any redetermination under this clause, paragraph (4) 
shall not apply.''.
            (2) Continuing disability review required for low birth 
        weight babies.--Section 1614(a)(3)(H)(iv) of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382c(a)(3)(H)(iv)) is amended--
                    (A) in subclause (I), by striking ``Not'' and 
                inserting ``Except as provided in subclause (VI), 
                not''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(VI) Subclause (I) shall not apply in the case of an individual 
described in that subclause who, at the time of the individual's 
initial disability determination, the Commissioner determines has an 
impairment that is not expected to improve within 12 months after the 
birth of that individual, and who the Commissioner schedules for a 
continuing disability review at a date that is after the individual 
attains 1 year of age.''.
    (c) Additional Accountability Requirements.--Section 1631(a)(2)(F) 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1383(a)(2)(F)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (ii)(III)(bb), by striking ``the total 
        amount'' and all that follows through ``1613(c)'' and inserting 
        ``in any case in which the individual knowingly misapplies 
        benefits from such an account, the Commissioner shall reduce 
        future benefits payable to such individual (or to such 
        individual and his spouse) by an amount equal to the total 
        amount of such benefits so misapplied''; and
            (2) by striking clause (iii) and inserting the following:
    ``(iii) The representative payee may deposit into the account 
established under clause (i) any other funds representing past due 
benefits under this title to the eligible individual, provided that the 
amount of such past due benefits is equal to or exceeds the maximum 
monthly benefit payable under this title to an eligible individual 
(including State supplementary payments made by the Commissioner 
pursuant to an agreement under section 1616 or section 212(b) of Public 
Law 93-66).''.
    (d) Reduction in Cash Benefits Payable to Institutionalized 
Individuals Whose Medical Costs Are Covered by Private Insurance.--
Section 1611(e) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382(e)) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(B)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 
                ``hospital, extended care facility, nursing home, or 
                intermediate care facility'' and inserting ``medical 
                treatment facility'';
                    (B) in clause (ii)--
                            (i) in the matter preceding subclause (I), 
                        by striking ``hospital, home or''; and
                            (ii) in subclause (I), by striking 
                        ``hospital, home, or'';
                    (C) in clause (iii), by striking ``hospital, home, 
                or''; and
                    (D) in the matter following clause (iii), by 
                striking ``hospital, extended care facility, nursing 
                home, or intermediate care facility which is a `medical 
                institution or nursing facility' within the meaning of 
                section 1917(c)'' and inserting ``medical treatment 
                facility that provides services described in section 
                1917(c)(1)(C)'';
            (2) in paragraph (1)(E)--
                    (A) in clause (i)(II), by striking ``hospital, 
                extended care facility, nursing home, or intermediate 
                care facility'' and inserting ``medical treatment 
                facility''; and
                    (B) in clause (iii), by striking ``hospital, 
                extended care facility, nursing home, or intermediate 
                care facility'' and inserting ``medical treatment 
                facility'';
            (3) in paragraph (1)(G), in the matter preceding clause 
        (i)--
                    (A) by striking ``or which is a hospital, extended 
                care facility, nursing home, or intermediate care'' and 
                inserting ``or is in a medical treatment''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``or, in the case of an individual 
                who is a child under the age of 18, under any health 
                insurance policy issued by a private provider of such 
                insurance'' after ``title XIX''; and
            (4) in paragraph (3)--
                    (A) by striking ``same hospital, home, or 
                facility'' and inserting ``same medical treatment 
                facility''; and
                    (B) by striking ``same such hospital, home, or 
                facility'' and inserting ``same such facility''.
    (e) Correction of U.S.C. Citation.--Section 211(c) of the Personal 
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public 
Law 104-193; 110 Stat. 2189) is amended by striking ``1382(a)(4)'' and 
inserting ``1382c(a)(4)''.

SEC. 203. ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO TITLE II.

    Title II of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et seq.) is 
amended--
            (1) in section 205(j)(4)(B)(i), by adding ``and'' at the 
        end; and
            (2) in section 215(i)(2)(D), by striking ``He'' and 
        inserting ``The Commissioner of Social Security''.

SEC. 204. ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO TITLE XVI.

    Section 1615(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382d(d)) is 
amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by inserting a comma after 
        ``subsection (a)(1)''; and
            (2) in the last sentence, by striking ``him'' and inserting 
        ``the Commissioner''.

SEC. 205. ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO TITLES II AND 
              XVI.

    Section 1110(a)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1310(a)(3)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``(or the Commissioner, with respect to 
        any jointly financed cooperative agreement or grant concerning 
        titles II or XVI)'' after ``Secretary'' the first place it 
        appears; and
            (2) by inserting ``(or the Commissioner, as applicable)'' 
        after ``Secretary'' the second place it appears.

SEC. 206. EFFECTIVE DATES.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), the 
amendments made by this subtitle shall take effect as if included in 
the enactment of title II of the Personal Responsibility and Work 
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193; 110 Stat. 
2185).
    (b) Exception.--The amendments made by section 205 shall take 
effect as if included in the enactment of the Social Security 
Independence and Program Improvements Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-296; 
108 Stat. 1464).

                   Subtitle B--Additional Amendments

SEC. 211. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO DRUG ADDICTS AND ALCOHOLICS.

    (a) Clarifications Relating to the Effective Date of the Denial of 
Disability Benefits to Drug Addicts and Alcoholics.--
            (1) Amendments relating to disability benefits under title 
        ii.--Section 105(a)(5) of the Contract with America Advancement 
        Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-121; 110 Stat. 853) is amended--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``by the 
                Commissioner of Social Security'' and ``by the 
                Commissioner''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new 
                subparagraphs:
                    ``(D) For purposes of this paragraph, an 
                individual's claim, with respect to benefits under 
                title II of the Social Security Act based on 
                disability, which has been denied in whole before the 
                date of the enactment of this Act, may not be 
                considered to be finally adjudicated before such date 
                if, on or after such date--
                            ``(i) there is pending a request for either 
                        administrative or judicial review with respect 
                        to such claim, or
                            ``(ii) there is pending, with respect to 
                        such claim, a readjudication by the 
                        Commissioner of Social Security pursuant to 
                        relief in a class action or implementation by 
                        the Commissioner of a court remand order.
                    ``(E) Notwithstanding the provisions of this 
                paragraph, with respect to any individual for whom the 
                Commissioner of Social Security does not perform the 
                entitlement redetermination before the date prescribed 
                in subparagraph (C), the Commissioner shall perform 
                such entitlement redetermination in lieu of a 
                continuing disability review whenever the Commissioner 
                determines that the individual's entitlement is subject 
                to redetermination based on the preceding provisions of 
                this paragraph, and the provisions of section 223(f) of 
                the Social Security Act shall not apply to such 
                redetermination.''.
            (2) Amendments relating to supplemental security income 
        disability benefits under title xvi.--Section 105(b)(5) of such 
        Act (Public Law 104-121; 110 Stat. 853) is amended--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``by the 
                Commissioner of Social Security'' and ``by the 
                Commissioner''; and
                    (B) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as 
                subparagraph (F) and by inserting after subparagraph 
                (C) the following new subparagraphs:
                    ``(D) For purposes of this paragraph, an 
                individual's claim, with respect to supplemental 
                security income benefits under title XVI of the Social 
                Security Act based on disability, which has been denied 
                in whole before the date of the enactment of this Act, 
                may not be considered to be finally adjudicated before 
                such date if, on or after such date--
                            ``(i) there is pending a request for either 
                        administrative or judicial review with respect 
                        to such claim, or
                            ``(ii) there is pending, with respect to 
                        such claim, a readjudication by the 
                        Commissioner of Social Security pursuant to 
                        relief in a class action or implementation by 
                        the Commissioner of a court remand order.
                    ``(E) Notwithstanding the provisions of this 
                paragraph, with respect to any individual for whom the 
                Commissioner does not perform the eligibility 
                redetermination before the date prescribed in 
                subparagraph (C), the Commissioner shall perform such 
                eligibility redetermination in lieu of a continuing 
                disability review whenever the Commissioner determines 
                that the individual's eligibility is subject to 
                redetermination based on the preceding provisions of 
                this paragraph, and the provisions of section 
                1614(a)(4) of the Social Security Act shall not apply 
                to such redetermination.''.
    (b) Corrections to Effective Date of Provisions Concerning 
Representative Payees and Treatment Referrals of Drug Addicts and 
Alcoholics.--
            (1) Amendments relating to title ii disability 
        beneficiaries.--Section 105(a)(5)(B) of such Act (Public Law 
        104-121; 110 Stat. 853) is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(B) The amendments made by paragraphs (2) and (3) 
                shall take effect on July 1, 1996, with respect to any 
                individual--
                            ``(i) whose claim for benefits is finally 
                        adjudicated on or after the date of the 
                        enactment of this Act, or
                            ``(ii) whose entitlement to benefits is 
                        based upon an entitlement redetermination made 
                        pursuant to subparagraph (C).''.
            (2) Amendments relating to supplemental security income 
        recipients.--Section 105(b)(5)(B) of such Act (Public Law 104-
        121; 110 Stat. 853) is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(B) The amendments made by paragraphs (2) and (3) 
                shall take effect on July 1, 1996, with respect to any 
                individual--
                            ``(i) whose claim for benefits is finally 
                        adjudicated on or after the date of the 
                        enactment of this Act, or
                            ``(ii) whose eligibility for benefits is 
                        based upon an eligibility redetermination made 
                        pursuant to subparagraph (C).''.
    (c) Repeal of Obsolete Reporting Requirements.--Subsections 
(a)(3)(B) and (b)(3)(B)(ii) of section 201 of the Social Security 
Independence and Program Improvements Act of 1994 (Public Law 103-296; 
108 Stat. 1497, 1504) are repealed.
    (d) Effective Dates.--
            (1) In general.--The amendments made by subsections (a) and 
        (b) shall take effect as if included in the enactment of 
        section 105 of the Contract with America Advancement Act of 
        1996 (Public Law 104-121; 110 Stat. 852 et seq.).
            (2) Repeals.--The repeals made by subsection (c) shall take 
        effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 212. EXTENSION OF DISABILITY INSURANCE PROGRAM DEMONSTRATION 
              PROJECT AUTHORITY.

    (a) In General.--Section 505 of the Social Security Disability 
Amendments of 1980 (Public Law 96-265; 94 Stat. 473), as amended by 
section 12101 of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 
1985 (Public Law 99-272; 100 Stat. 282), section 10103 of the Omnibus 
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989 (Public Law 101-239; 103 Stat. 2472), 
section 5120(f) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 
(Public Law 101-508; 104 Stat. 1388-282), and section 315 of the Social 
Security Independence and Program Improvements Act of 1994 (Public Law 
103-296; 108 Stat. 1531), is further amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1) of subsection (a), by adding at the 
        end the following new sentence: ``The Commissioner may expand 
        the scope of any such experiment or demonstration project to 
        include any group of applicants for benefits under such program 
        with impairments which may reasonably be presumed to be 
        disabling for purposes of such experiment or demonstration 
        project, and may limit any such experiment or demonstration 
        project to any such group of applicants, subject to the terms 
        of such experiment or demonstration project which shall define 
        the extent of any such presumption.'';
            (2) in paragraph (3) of subsection (a), by striking ``June 
        10, 1996'' and inserting ``June 10, 1999'';
            (3) in paragraph (4) of subsection (a), by inserting ``and 
        on or before October 1, 1998,'' after ``1995,''; and
            (4) in subsection (c), by striking ``October 1, 1996'' and 
        inserting ``October 1, 1999''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 213. PERFECTING AMENDMENTS RELATED TO WITHHOLDING FROM SOCIAL 
              SECURITY BENEFITS.

    (a) Inapplicability of Assignment Prohibition.--Section 207 of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 407) is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection:
    ``(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit 
withholding taxes from any benefit under this title, if such 
withholding is done pursuant to a request made in accordance with 
section 3402(p)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 by the person 
entitled to such benefit or such persons' representative payee.''.
    (b) Proper Allocation of Costs of Withholding Between the Trust 
Funds and the General Fund.--Section 201(g) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
401(g)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting before the period in paragraph (1)(A)(ii) 
        the following: ``and the functions of the Social Security 
        Administration in connection with the withholding of taxes from 
        benefits, as described in section 207(c), pursuant to requests 
        by persons entitled to such benefits or such persons' 
        representative payee'';
            (2) by inserting before the period at the end of paragraph 
        (1)(A) the following: ``and the functions of the Social 
        Security Administration in connection with the withholding of 
        taxes from benefits, as described in section 207(c), pursuant 
        to requests by persons entitled to such benefits or such 
        persons' representative payee'';
            (3) in paragraph (1)(B)(i)(I), by striking ``subparagraph 
        (A)),'' and inserting ``subparagraph (A)) and the functions of 
        the Social Security Administration in connection with the 
        withholding of taxes from benefits, as described in section 
        207(c), pursuant to requests by persons entitled to such 
        benefits or such persons' representative payee,'';
            (4) in paragraph (1)(C)(iii), by inserting before the 
        period the following: ``and the functions of the Social 
        Security Administration in connection with the withholding of 
        taxes from benefits, as described in section 207(c), pursuant 
        to requests by persons entitled to such benefits or such 
        persons' representative payee'';
            (5) in paragraph (1)(D), by inserting after ``section 232'' 
        the following: ``and the functions of the Social Security 
        Administration in connection with the withholding of taxes from 
        benefits as described in section 207(c)''; and
            (6) in paragraph (4), by inserting after the first sentence 
        the following: ``The Board of Trustees of such Trust Funds 
        shall prescribe before January 1, 1998, the method of 
        determining the costs which should be borne by the general fund 
        in the Treasury of carrying out the functions of the Social 
        Security Administration in connection with the withholding of 
        taxes from benefits, as described in section 207(c), pursuant 
        to requests by persons entitled to such benefits or such 
        persons' representative payee.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (b) shall 
apply to benefits paid on or after the first day of the second month 
beginning after the month in which this Act is enacted.

SEC. 214. TREATMENT OF PRISONERS.

    (a) Implementation of Prohibition Against Payment of Title II 
Benefits to Prisoners.--
            (1) In general.--Section 202(x)(3) of the Social Security 
        Act (42 U.S.C. 402(x)(3)) is amended--
                    (A) by inserting ``(A)'' after ``(3)''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following new 
                subparagraph:
    ``(B)(i) The Commissioner shall enter into an agreement, with any 
interested State or local institution comprising a jail, prison, penal 
institution, correctional facility, or other institution a purpose of 
which is to confine individuals as described in paragraph (1)(A), under 
which--
            ``(I) the institution shall provide to the Commissioner, on 
        a monthly basis and in a manner specified by the Commissioner, 
        the names, social security account numbers, dates of birth, 
        confinement commencement dates, and, to the extent available to 
        the institution, such other identifying information concerning 
        the individuals confined in the institution as the Commissioner 
        may require for the purpose of carrying out paragraph (1); and
            ``(II) the Commissioner shall pay to the institution, with 
        respect to information described in subclause (I) concerning 
        each individual who is confined therein as described in 
        paragraph (1)(A), who receives a benefit under this title for 
        the month preceding the first month of such confinement, and 
        whose benefit under this title is determined by the 
        Commissioner to be not payable by reason of confinement based 
        on the information provided by the institution, $400 (subject 
        to reduction under clause (ii)) if the institution furnishes 
        the information to the Commissioner within 30 days after the 
        date such individual's confinement in such institution begins, 
        or $200 (subject to reduction under clause (ii)) if the 
        institution furnishes the information after 30 days after such 
        date but within 90 days after such date.
    ``(ii) The dollar amounts specified in clause (i)(II) shall be 
reduced by 50 percent if the Commissioner is also required to make a 
payment to the institution with respect to the same individual under an 
agreement entered into under section 1611(e)(1)(I).
    ``(iii) There is authorized to be transferred from the Federal Old-
Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability 
Insurance Trust Fund, as appropriate, such sums as may be necessary to 
enable the Commissioner to make payments to institutions required by 
clause (i)(II).
    ``(iv) The Commissioner is authorized to provide, on a reimbursable 
basis, information obtained pursuant to agreements entered into under 
clause (i) to any agency administering a Federal or federally-assisted 
cash, food, or medical assistance program for eligibility purposes.''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection 
        shall apply to individuals whose period of confinement in an 
        institution commences on or after the first day of the fourth 
        month beginning after the month in which this Act is enacted.
    (b) Elimination of Title II Requirement That Confinement Stem From 
Crime Punishable by Imprisonment for More Than 1 Year.--
            (1) In general.--Section 202(x)(1)(A) of such Act (42 
        U.S.C. 402(x)(1)(A)) is amended--
                    (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 
                ``during'' and inserting ``throughout'';
                    (B) in clause (i), by striking ``an offense 
                punishable by imprisonment for more than 1 year 
                (regardless of the actual sentence imposed)'' and 
                inserting ``a criminal offense''; and
                    (C) in clause (ii)(I), by striking ``an offense 
                punishable by imprisonment for more than 1 year'' and 
                inserting ``a criminal offense''.
            (2) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection 
        shall apply to individuals whose period of confinement in an 
        institution commences on or after the first day of the fourth 
        month beginning after the month in which this Act is enacted.
    (c) Inclusion of Title II Issues in Study and Report Requirements 
Relating to Prisoners.--
            (1) In general.--Section 203(b)(1) of the Personal 
        Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 
        (Public Law 104-193) is amended--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``section 
                1611(e)(1)'' and inserting ``sections 202(x) and 
                1611(e)(1)''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``section 
                1611(e)(1)(I)'' and inserting ``section 202(x)(3)(B) or 
                1611(e)(1)(I)''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 203(c) of such Act is 
        amended by striking ``section 1611(e)(1)(I)'' and all that 
        follows and inserting the following: ``sections 202(x)(3)(B) 
        and 1611(e)(1)(I) of the Social Security Act.''.
            (3) Application.--The amendments made by paragraph (1) 
        shall apply as if included in the enactment of section 203(b) 
        of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
        Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193). The amendment 
        made by paragraph (2) shall apply as if included in the 
        enactment of section 203(c) of such Act.
    (d) Conforming Title XVI Amendments.--
            (1) Fifty percent reduction in title xvi payment in case 
        involving comparable title ii payment.--Section 1611(e)(1)(I) 
        of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382(e)(1)(I)), as 
        amended by section 201(b) of this Act, is amended further--
                    (A) in clause (i)(II), by inserting ``(subject to 
                reduction under clause (ii))'' after ``$400'' and after 
                ``$200'';
                    (B) by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii) as 
                clauses (iii) and (iv) respectively; and
                    (C) by inserting after clause (i) the following new 
                clause:
    ``(ii) The dollar amounts specified in clause (i)(II) shall be 
reduced by 50 percent if the Commissioner is also required to make a 
payment to the institution with respect to the same individual under an 
agreement entered into under section 202(x)(3)(B).''.
            (2) Expansion of categories of institutions eligible to 
        enter into agreements with the commissioner.--Section 
        1611(e)(1)(I)(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1382(e)(1)(I)(i)) is 
        amended in the matter preceding subclause (I) by striking 
        ``institution'' and all that follows through ``section 
        202(x)(1)(A),'' and inserting ``institution comprising a jail, 
        prison, penal institution, or correctional facility, or with 
        any other interested State or local institution a purpose of 
        which is to confine individuals as described in section 
        202(x)(1)(A)(ii),''.
            (3) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection 
        shall take effect as if included in the enactment of section 
        203(a) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
        Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193; 110 Stat. 
        2186). The reference to section 202(x)(1)(A)(ii) of the Social 
        Security Act in section 1611(e)(1)(I)(i) of such Act as amended 
        by paragraph (2) shall be deemed a reference to such section 
        202(x)(1)(A)(ii) as amended by subsection (b)(1)(C).
    (e) Exemption From Computer Matching Requirements.--
            (1) In general.--Section 552a(a)(8)(B) of title 5, United 
        States Code, is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``or'' at the end of clause (v) and 
                inserting a semicolon;
                    (B) by inserting ``or'' at the end of clause (vi); 
                and
                    (C) by inserting after clause (vi) the following 
                new clause:
                            ``(vii) matches performed pursuant to 
                        section 202(x), 205(j), 1611(e)(1), or 
                        1631(a)(2) of the Social Security Act;''.
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 1611(e)(1)(I)(iii) of 
        the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382(e)(1)(I)(iii)), as so 
        redesignated by subsection (d)(1)(B) of this section, is 
        amended--
                    (A) by striking ``(I) The provisions'' and all that 
                follows through ``(II) The Commissioner'' and inserting 
                ``The Commissioner''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``agency administering a'' before 
                ``Federal or federally-assisted''.
            (3) Effective date.--The amendments made by this subsection 
        shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (f) Continued Denial of Benefits to Sex Offenders Remaining 
Confined to Public Institutions Upon Completion of Prison Term.--
            (1) In General.--Section 202(x)(1)(A) of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(x)(1)(A)) is amended--
                    (A) in clause (i), by striking ``or'' at the end;
                    (B) in clause (ii)(IV), by striking the period and 
                inserting ``, or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new clause:
            ``(iii) immediately upon completion of confinement as 
        described in clause (i) pursuant to conviction of a criminal 
        offense an element of which is sexual activity, is confined by 
        court order in an institution at public expense pursuant to a 
        finding that the individual is a sexually dangerous person or a 
        sexual predator or a similar finding.''.
            (2) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this subsection 
        shall apply with respect to benefits for months ending after 
        the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 215. SOCIAL SECURITY ADVISORY BOARD PERSONNEL.

    (a) In General.--Section 703(i) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 903(i)) is amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by striking ``, and three'' and 
        all that follows through ``Board,''; and
            (2) in the last sentence, by striking ``clerical''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect as if included in the enactment of section 108 of the 
Contract with America Advancement Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-121; 110 
Stat. 857).

                        TITLE III--CHILD SUPPORT

SEC. 301. STATE OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT 
              SERVICES.

    (a) Individuals Subject to Fee For Child Support Enforcement 
Services.--Section 454(6)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
654(6)(B)) is amended by striking ``individuals not receiving 
assistance under any State program funded under part A, which'' and 
inserting ``an individual, other than an individual receiving 
assistance under a State program funded under part A or E, or under a 
State plan approved under title XIX, or who is required by the State to 
cooperate with the State agency administering the program under this 
part pursuant to subsection (l) or (m) of section 6 of the Food Stamp 
Act of 1977, and''.
    (b) Correction of Reference.--Section 464(a)(2)(A) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 654(a)(2)(A)) is amended in the first sentence 
by striking ``section 454(6)'' and inserting ``section 454(4)(A)(ii)''.

SEC. 302. DISTRIBUTION OF COLLECTED SUPPORT.

    (a) Continuation of Assignments.--Section 457(b) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 657(b)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``which were assigned'' and inserting 
        ``assigned''; and
            (2) by striking ``and which were in effect'' and all that 
        follows and inserting ``and in effect on September 30, 1997 (or 
        such earlier date, on or after August 22, 1996, as the State 
        may choose), shall remain assigned after such date.''.
    (b) State Option for Applicability.--
            (1) In general.--Section 457(a) of the Social Security Act 
        (42 U.S.C. 657(a)) is amended by adding at the end the 
        following:
            ``(6) State option for applicability.--Notwithstanding any 
        other provision of this subsection, a State may elect to apply 
        the rules described in clauses (i)(II), (ii)(II), and (v) of 
        paragraph (2)(B) to support arrearages collected on and after 
        October 1, 1998, and, if the State makes such an election, 
        shall apply the provisions of this section, as in effect and 
        applied on the day before the date of enactment of section 302 
        of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996 
        (Public Law 104-193, 110 Stat. 2200), other than subsection 
        (b)(1) (as so in effect), to amounts collected before October 
        1, 1998.''.
            (2) Conforming amendments.--Section 408(a)(3)(A) of the 
        Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 608(a)(3)(A)) is amended--
                    (A) in clause (i), by inserting ``(I)'' after 
                ``(i)'';
                    (B) in clause (ii)--
                            (i) by striking ``(ii)'' and inserting 
                        ``(II)''; and
                            (ii) by striking the period and inserting 
                        ``; or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end, the following:
                            ``(ii) if the State elects to distribute 
                        collections under section 457(a)(6), the date 
                        the family ceases to receive assistance under 
                        the program, if the assignment is executed on 
                        or after October 1, 1998.''.
    (c) Distribution of Collections With Respect to Families Receiving 
Assistance.--Section 457(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
657(a)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following flush 
language:
        ``In no event shall the total of the amounts paid to the 
        Federal Government and retained by the State exceed the total 
        of the amounts that have been paid to the family as assistance 
        by the State.''.
    (d) Families Under Certain Agreements.--Section 457(a)(4) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 657(a)(4)) is amended to read as 
follows:
            ``(4) Families under certain agreements.--In the case of an 
        amount collected for a family in accordance with a cooperative 
        agreement under section 454(33), distribute the amount so 
        collected pursuant to the terms of the agreement.''.
    (e) Study and Report.--Section 457(a)(5) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 657(a)(5)) is amended by striking ``1998'' and inserting 
``1999''.
    (f) Corrections of References.--Section 457(a)(2)(B) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 657(a)(2)(B)) is amended--
            (1) in clauses (i)(I) and (ii)(I)--
                    (A) by striking ``(other than subsection (b)(1))'' 
                each place it appears; and
                    (B) by inserting ``(other than subsection (b)(1) 
                (as so in effect))'' after ``1996'' each place it 
                appears; and
            (2) in clause (ii)(II), by striking ``paragraph (4)'' and 
        inserting ``paragraph (5)''.
    (g) Correction of Territorial Match.--Section 457(c)(3)(A) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 657(c)(3)(A)) is amended by striking 
``the Federal medical assistance percentage (as defined in section 
1118)'' and inserting ``75 percent''.
    (h) Definitions.--
            (1) Federal share.--Section 457(c)(2) of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 657(c)(2)) is amended by striking 
        ``collected'' the second place it appears and inserting 
        ``distributed''.
            (2) Federal medical assistance percentage.--Section 
        457(c)(3)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
        657(c)(3)(B)) is amended by striking ``as in effect on 
        September 30, 1996'' and inserting ``as such section was in 
        effect on September 30, 1995''.
    (i) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 464(a)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 
        U.S.C. 664(a)(2)(A)) is amended, in the penultimate sentence, 
        by inserting ``in accordance with section 457'' after ``owed''.
            (2) Section 466(a)(3)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 
        U.S.C. 666(a)(3)(B)) is amended by striking ``457(b)(4) or 
        (d)(3)'' and inserting ``457''.

SEC. 303. CIVIL PENALTIES RELATING TO STATE DIRECTORY OF NEW HIRES.

    Section 453A of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 653a) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
                striking ``shall be less than'' and inserting ``shall 
                not exceed''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (1), by striking ``$25'' and 
                inserting ``$25 per failure to meet the requirements of 
                this section with respect to a newly hired employee''; 
                and
            (2) in subsection (g)(2)(B), by striking ``extracts'' and 
        all that follows through ``Labor'' and inserting 
        ``information''.

SEC. 304. FEDERAL PARENT LOCATOR SERVICE.

    (a) In General.--Section 453 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
653) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) by inserting ``(1)'' after ``(a)''; and
                    (B) by striking ``to obtain'' and all that follows 
                through the period and inserting ``for the purposes 
                specified in paragraphs (2) and (3).
    ``(2) For the purpose of establishing parentage, establishing, 
setting the amount of, modifying, or enforcing child support 
obligations, the Federal Parent Locator Service shall obtain and 
transmit to any authorized person specified in subsection (c)--
            ``(A) information on, or facilitating the discovery of, the 
        location of any individual--
                    ``(i) who is under an obligation to pay child 
                support;
                    ``(ii) against whom such an obligation is sought; 
                or
                    ``(iii) to whom such an obligation is owed,
        including the individual's social security number (or numbers), 
        most recent address, and the name, address, and employer 
        identification number of the individual's employer;
            ``(B) information on the individual's wages (or other 
        income) from, and benefits of, employment (including rights to 
        or enrollment in group health care coverage); and
            ``(C) information on the type, status, location, and amount 
        of any assets of, or debts owed by or to, any such individual.
    ``(3) For the purpose of enforcing any Federal or State law with 
respect to the unlawful taking or restraint of a child, or making or 
enforcing a child custody or visitation determination, as defined in 
section 463(d)(1), the Federal Parent Locator Service shall be used to 
obtain and transmit the information specified in section 463(c) to the 
authorized persons specified in section 463(d)(2).'';
            (2) by striking subsection (b) and inserting the following:
    ``(b)(1) Upon request, filed in accordance with subsection (d), of 
any authorized person, as defined in subsection (c) for the information 
described in subsection (a)(2), or of any authorized person, as defined 
in section 463(d)(2) for the information described in section 463(c), 
the Secretary shall, notwithstanding any other provision of law, 
provide through the Federal Parent Locator Service such information to 
such person, if such information--
            ``(A) is contained in any files or records maintained by 
        the Secretary or by the Department of Health and Human 
        Services; or
            ``(B) is not contained in such files or records, but can be 
        obtained by the Secretary, under the authority conferred by 
        subsection (e), from any other department, agency, or 
        instrumentality of the United States or of any State,
and is not prohibited from disclosure under paragraph (2).
    ``(2) No information shall be disclosed to any person if the 
disclosure of such information would contravene the national policy or 
security interests of the United States or the confidentiality of 
census data. The Secretary shall give priority to requests made by any 
authorized person described in subsection (c)(1). No information shall 
be disclosed to any person if the State has notified the Secretary that 
the State has reasonable evidence of domestic violence or child abuse 
and the disclosure of such information could be harmful to the 
custodial parent or the child of such parent, provided that--
            ``(A) in response to a request from an authorized person 
        (as defined in subsection (c) and section 463(d)(2)), the 
        Secretary shall advise the authorized person that the Secretary 
        has been notified that there is reasonable evidence of domestic 
        violence or child abuse and that information can only be 
        disclosed to a court or an agent of a court pursuant to 
        subparagraph (B); and
            ``(B) information may be disclosed to a court or an agent 
        of a court described in subsection (c)(2) or section 
        463(d)(2)(B), if--
                    ``(i) upon receipt of information from the 
                Secretary, the court determines whether disclosure to 
                any other person of that information could be harmful 
                to the parent or the child; and
                    ``(ii) if the court determines that disclosure of 
                such information to any other person could be harmful, 
                the court and its agents shall not make any such 
                disclosure.
    ``(3) Information received or transmitted pursuant to this section 
shall be subject to the safeguard provisions contained in section 
454(26).''; and
            (3) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or to seek to 
                enforce orders providing child custody or visitation 
                rights''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) by inserting ``or to serve as the 
                        initiating court in an action to seek an 
                        order'' after ``issue an order''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``or to issue an order 
                        against a resident parent for child custody or 
                        visitation rights''.
    (b) Use of the Federal Parent Locator Service.--Section 463 of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 663) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1)--
                            (i) by striking ``any State which is able 
                        and willing to do so,'' and inserting ``every 
                        State''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``such State'' and 
                        inserting ``each State''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``or 
                visitation'' after ``custody'';
            (2) in subsection (b)(2), by inserting ``or visitation'' 
        after ``custody'';
            (3) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``or 
                visitation'' after ``custody''; and
                    (B) in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of paragraph (2), 
                by inserting ``or visitation'' after ``custody'' each 
                place it appears;
            (4) in subsection (f)(2), by inserting ``or visitation'' 
        after ``custody''; and
            (5) by striking ``noncustodial'' each place it appears.

SEC. 305. ACCESS TO REGISTRY DATA FOR RESEARCH PURPOSES.

    (a) In General.--Section 453(j)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 653(j)(5)) is amended by inserting ``data in each component of 
the Federal Parent Locator Service maintained under this section and 
to'' before ``information''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 453 of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 653) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (j)(3)(B), by striking ``registries'' and 
        inserting ``components''; and
            (2) in subsection (k)(2), by striking ``subsection (j)(3)'' 
        and inserting ``section 453A(g)(2)''.

SEC. 306. COLLECTION AND USE OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS FOR USE IN 
              CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT.

    Section 466(a)(13) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
666(a)(13)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) by striking ``commercial''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``recreational license,'' after 
                ``occupational license,''; and
            (2) in the matter following subparagraph (C), by inserting 
        ``to be used on the face of the document while the social 
        security number is kept on file at the agency'' after ``other 
        than the social security number''.

SEC. 307. ADOPTION OF UNIFORM STATE LAWS.

    Section 466(f) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 666(f)) is 
amended by striking ``together'' and all that follows and inserting 
``and as in effect on August 22, 1996, including any amendments 
officially adopted as of such date by the National Conference of 
Commissioners on Uniform State Laws.''.

SEC. 308. STATE LAWS PROVIDING EXPEDITED PROCEDURES.

    Section 466(c) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 666(c)) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (E), by inserting ``, part E,'' 
                after ``part A''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (G), by inserting ``any current 
                support obligation and'' after ``to satisfy''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)(A)--
                    (A) in clause (i), by striking ``the tribunal 
                and''; and
                    (B) in clause (ii)--
                            (i) by striking ``tribunal may'' and 
                        inserting ``court or administrative agency of 
                        competent jurisdiction shall''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``filed with the 
                        tribunal'' and inserting ``filed with the State 
                        case registry''.

SEC. 309. VOLUNTARY PATERNITY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.

    Section 466(a)(5)(C)(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
666(a)(5)(C)(i)) is amended by inserting ``, or through the use of 
video or audio equipment,'' after ``orally''.

SEC. 310. CALCULATION OF PATERNITY ESTABLISHMENT PERCENTAGE.

    Section 452(g)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 652(g)(2)) 
is amended, in the matter following subparagraph (C), by striking 
``subparagraph (A)'' and inserting ``subparagraphs (A) and (B)''.

SEC. 311. MEANS AVAILABLE FOR PROVISION OF TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND 
              OPERATION OF FEDERAL PARENT LOCATOR SERVICE.

    (a) Technical Assistance.--Section 452(j) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 652(j)), is amended, in the matter preceding paragraph 
(1), by striking ``to cover costs incurred by the Secretary'' and 
inserting ``which shall be available for use by the Secretary, either 
directly or through grants, contracts, or interagency agreements,''.
    (b) Operation of Federal Parent Locator Service.--
            (1) Means available.--Section 453(o) of the Social Security 
        Act (42 U.S.C. 653(o)) is amended--
                    (A) in the heading, by striking ``Recovery of 
                Costs'' and inserting ``Use of Set-Aside Funds''; and
                    (B) by striking ``to cover costs incurred by the 
                Secretary'' and inserting ``which shall be available 
                for use by the Secretary, either directly or through 
                grants, contracts, or interagency agreements,''.
            (2) Availability of funds.--Section 453(o) of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 653(o)) is amended by adding at the end 
        the following: ``Amounts appropriated under this subsection for 
        each of fiscal years 1997 through 2001 shall remain available 
        until expended.''.

SEC. 312. AUTHORITY TO COLLECT SUPPORT FROM FEDERAL EMPLOYEES.

    (a) Response to Notice or Process.--Section 459(c)(2)(C) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 659(c)(2)(C)) is amended by striking 
``respond to the order, process, or interrogatory'' and inserting 
``withhold available sums in response to the order or process, or 
answer the interrogatory''.
    (b) Moneys Subject to Process.--Section 459(h)(1) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 659(h)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A) and in 
        subparagraph (A)(i), by striking ``paid or'' each place it 
        appears;
            (2) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) in clause (ii)(V), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in clause (iii)--
                            (i) by inserting ``or payable'' after 
                        ``paid''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``but'' and inserting ``; 
                        and''; and
                    (C) by inserting after clause (iii), the following:
                            ``(iv) benefits paid or payable under the 
                        Railroad Retirement System, but''; and
            (3) in subparagraph (B)--
                    (A) in clause (i), by striking ``or'' at the end;
                    (B) in clause (ii), by striking the period and 
                inserting ``; or''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iii) of periodic benefits under title 
                        38, United States Code, except as provided in 
                        subparagraph (A)(ii)(V).''.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 454(19)(B)(ii) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 654(19)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking 
``section 462(e)'' and inserting ``section 459(i)(5)''.

SEC. 313. DEFINITION OF SUPPORT ORDER.

    Section 453(p) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 653(p)), is 
amended by striking ``a child and'' and inserting ``of''.

SEC. 314. STATE LAW AUTHORIZING SUSPENSION OF LICENSES.

    Section 466(a)(16) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
666(a)(16)) is amended by inserting ``and sporting'' after 
``recreational''.

SEC. 315. INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT.

    Section 454(32)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
654(32)(A)) is amended by striking ``section 459A(d)(2)'' and inserting 
``section 459A(d)''.

SEC. 316. CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT FOR INDIAN TRIBES.

    (a) Cooperative Agreements by Indian Tribes and States for Child 
Support Enforcement.--Section 454(33) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 654(33)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and enforce support orders, and'' and 
        inserting ``or enforce support orders, or'';
            (2) by striking ``guidelines established by such tribe or 
        organization'' and inserting ``guidelines established or 
        adopted by such tribe or organization'';
            (3) by striking ``funding collected'' and inserting 
        ``collections''; and
            (4) by striking ``such funding'' and inserting ``such 
        collections''.
    (b) Correction of Subsection Designation.--Section 455 of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 655), is amended by redesignating 
subsection (b), as added by section 375(b) of the Personal 
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public 
Law 104-193, 110 Stat. 2256), as subsection (f).
    (c) Direct Grants to Tribes.--Section 455(f) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 655(f)), as redesignated by subsection (b), is amended 
to read as follows:
    ``(f) The Secretary may make direct payments under this part to an 
Indian tribe or tribal organization that demonstrates to the 
satisfaction of the Secretary that it has the capacity to operate a 
child support enforcement program meeting the objectives of this part, 
including establishment of paternity, establishment, modification, and 
enforcement of support orders, and location of absent parents. The 
Secretary shall promulgate regulations establishing the requirements 
which must be met by an Indian tribe or tribal organization to be 
eligible for a grant under this subsection.''.

SEC. 317. CONTINUATION OF RULES FOR DISTRIBUTION OF SUPPORT IN THE CASE 
              OF A TITLE IV-E CHILD.

    Section 457 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 657) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding paragraph 
        (1), by striking ``subsection (e)'' and inserting ``subsections 
        (e) and (f)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end, the following:
    ``(f) Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this section, 
amounts collected by a State as child support for months in any period 
on behalf of a child for whom a public agency is making foster care 
maintenance payments under part E--
            ``(1) shall be retained by the State to the extent 
        necessary to reimburse it for the foster care maintenance 
        payments made with respect to the child during such period 
        (with appropriate reimbursement of the Federal Government to 
        the extent of its participation in the financing);
            ``(2) shall be paid to the public agency responsible for 
        supervising the placement of the child to the extent that the 
        amounts collected exceed the foster care maintenance payments 
        made with respect to the child during such period but not the 
        amounts required by a court or administrative order to be paid 
        as support on behalf of the child during such period; and the 
        responsible agency may use the payments in the manner it 
        determines will serve the best interests of the child, 
        including setting such payments aside for the child's future 
        needs or making all or a part thereof available to the person 
        responsible for meeting the child's day-to-day needs; and
            ``(3) shall be retained by the State, if any portion of the 
        amounts collected remains after making the payments required 
        under paragraphs (1) and (2), to the extent that such portion 
        is necessary to reimburse the State (with appropriate 
        reimbursement to the Federal Government to the extent of its 
        participation in the financing) for any past foster care 
        maintenance payments (or payments of assistance under the State 
        program funded under part A) which were made with respect to 
        the child (and with respect to which past collections have not 
        previously been retained);
and any balance shall be paid to the State agency responsible for 
supervising the placement of the child, for use by such agency in 
accordance with paragraph (2).''.

SEC. 318. GOOD CAUSE IN FOSTER CARE AND FOOD STAMP CASES.

    (a) State Plan.--Section 454(4)(A)(i) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 654(4)(A)(i)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' before ``(III)''; and
            (2) by inserting ``or (IV) cooperation is required pursuant 
        to section 6(l)(1) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 
        2015(l)(1)),'' after ``title XIX,''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 454(29) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 654(29)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 
                ``part A of this title or the State program under title 
                XIX'' and inserting ``part A, the State program under 
                part E, the State program under title XIX, or the food 
                stamp program, as defined under section 3(h) of the 
                Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2012(h)),''; and
                    (B) by striking clauses (i) and (ii) and all that 
                follows through the semicolon and inserting the 
                following:
                            ``(i) in the case of the State program 
                        funded under part A, the State program under 
                        part E, or the State program under title XIX 
                        shall, at the option of the State, be defined, 
                        taking into account the best interests of the 
                        child, and applied in each case, by the State 
                        agency administering such program; and
                            ``(ii) in the case of the food stamp 
                        program, as defined under section 3(h) of the 
                        Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2012(h)), 
                        shall be defined and applied in each case under 
                        that program in accordance with section 6(l)(2) 
                        of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 
                        2015(l)(2));'';
            (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``or the State program 
        under title XIX'' and inserting ``the State program under part 
        E, the State program under title XIX, or the food stamp 
        program, as defined under section 3(h) of the Food Stamp Act of 
        1977 (7 U.S.C. 2012(h))''; and
            (3) in subparagraph (E), by striking ``individual,'' and 
        all that follows through ``XIX,'' and inserting ``individual 
        and the State agency administering the State program funded 
        under part A, the State agency administering the State program 
        under part E, the State agency administering the State program 
        under title XIX, or the State agency administering the food 
        stamp program, as defined under section 3(h) of the Food Stamp 
        Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2012(h)),''.

SEC. 319. DATE OF COLLECTION OF SUPPORT.

    Section 454B(c)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
654B(c)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the following: ``The date 
of collection for amounts collected and distributed under this part is 
the date of receipt by the State disbursement unit, except that if 
current support is withheld by an employer in the month when due and is 
received by the State disbursement unit in a month other than the month 
when due, the date of withholding may be deemed to be the date of 
collection.''.

SEC. 320. ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT IN INTERSTATE CASES.

    (a) Procedures.--Section 466(a)(14) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 666(a)(14)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(14) High-volume, automated administrative enforcement in 
        interstate cases.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Procedures under which--
                            ``(i) the State shall use high-volume 
                        automated administrative enforcement, to the 
                        same extent as used for intrastate cases, in 
                        response to a request made by another State to 
                        enforce support orders, and shall promptly 
                        report the results of such enforcement 
                        procedure to the requesting State;
                            ``(ii) the State may, by electronic or 
                        other means, transmit to another State a 
                        request for assistance in enforcing support 
                        orders through high-volume, automated 
                        administrative enforcement, which request--
                                    ``(I) shall include such 
                                information as will enable the State to 
                                which the request is transmitted to 
                                compare the information about the cases 
                                to the information in the data bases of 
                                the State; and
                                    ``(II) shall constitute a 
                                certification by the requesting State--
                                            ``(aa) of the amount of 
                                        support under an order the 
                                        payment of which is in arrears; 
                                        and
                                            ``(bb) that the requesting 
                                        State has complied with all 
                                        procedural due process 
                                        requirements applicable to each 
                                        case;
                            ``(iii) if the State provides assistance to 
                        another State pursuant to this paragraph with 
                        respect to a case, neither State shall consider 
                        the case to be transferred to the caseload of 
                        such other State; and
                            ``(iv) the State shall maintain records 
                        of--
                                    ``(I) the number of such requests 
                                for assistance received by the State;
                                    ``(II) the number of cases for 
                                which the State collected support in 
                                response to such a request; and
                                    ``(III) the amount of such 
                                collected support.
                    ``(B) High-volume automated administrative 
                enforcement.--In this part, the term `high-volume 
                automated administrative enforcement' means the use of 
                automatic data processing to search various State data 
                bases, including license records, employment service 
                data, and State new hire registries, to determine 
                whether information is available regarding a parent who 
                owes a child support obligation.''.
    (b) Incentive Payments.--Section 458(d) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 658(d)) is amended by inserting ``, including amounts 
collected under section 466(a)(14),'' after ``another State''.

SEC. 321. WORK ORDERS FOR ARREARAGES.

    Section 466(a)(15) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
666(a)(15)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(15) Procedures to ensure that persons owing overdue 
        support work or have a plan for payment of such support.--
        Procedures under which the State has the authority, in any case 
        in which an individual owes overdue support with respect to a 
        child receiving assistance under a State program funded under 
        part A, to issue an order or to request that a court or an 
        administrative process established pursuant to State law issue 
        an order that requires the individual to--
                    ``(A) pay such support in accordance with a plan 
                approved by the court, or, at the option of the State, 
                a plan approved by the State agency administering the 
                State program under this part; or
                    ``(B) if the individual is subject to such a plan 
                and is not incapacitated, participate in such work 
                activities (as defined in section 407(d)) as the court, 
                or, at the option of the State, the State agency 
                administering the State program under this part, deems 
                appropriate.''.

SEC. 322. ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL STATE PLAN AMENDMENTS.

    Section 454 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 654) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (8)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) by striking ``noncustodial''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``, for the purpose of 
                        establishing parentage, establishing, setting 
                        the amount of, modifying, or enforcing child 
                        support obligations, or making or enforcing a 
                        child custody or visitation determination, as 
                        defined in section 463(d)(1)'' after ``provide 
                        that'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (A), by striking the comma and 
                inserting a semicolon;
                    (C) in subparagraph (B), by striking the semicolon 
                and inserting a comma; and
                    (D) by inserting after subparagraph (B), the 
                following flush language:
        ``and shall, subject to the privacy safeguards required under 
        paragraph (26), disclose only the information described in 
        sections 453 and 463 to the authorized persons specified in 
        such sections for the purposes specified in such sections;'';
            (2) in paragraph (17)--
                    (A) by striking ``in the case of a State which 
                has'' and inserting ``provide that the State will 
                have''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``and'' after ``section 453,''; 
                and
            (3) in paragraph (26)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
                striking ``will'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) by inserting ``, modify,'' after 
                        ``establish'', the second place it appears; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``, or to make or enforce 
                        a child custody determination'' after 
                        ``support'';
                    (C) in subparagraph (B)--
                            (i) by inserting ``or the child'' after ``1 
                        party'';
                            (ii) by inserting ``or the child'' after 
                        ``former party''; and
                            (iii) by striking ``and'' at the end;
                    (D) in subparagraph (C)--
                            (i) by inserting ``or the child'' after ``1 
                        party'';
                            (ii) by striking ``another party'' and 
                        inserting ``another person'';
                            (iii) by inserting ``to that person'' after 
                        ``release of the information''; and
                            (iv) by striking ``former party'' and 
                        inserting ``party or the child''; and
                    (E) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) in cases in which the prohibitions under 
                subparagraphs (B) and (C) apply, the requirement to 
                notify the Secretary, for purposes of section 
                453(b)(2), that the State has reasonable evidence of 
                domestic violence or child abuse against a party or the 
                child and that the disclosure of such information could 
                be harmful to the party or the child; and
                    ``(E) procedures providing that when the Secretary 
                discloses information about a parent or child to a 
                State court or an agent of a State court described in 
                section 453(c)(2) or 463(d)(2)(B), and advises that 
                court or agent that the Secretary has been notified 
                that there is reasonable evidence of domestic violence 
                or child abuse pursuant to section 453(b)(2), the court 
                shall determine whether disclosure to any other person 
                of information received from the Secretary could be 
                harmful to the parent or child and, if the court 
                determines that disclosure to any other person could be 
                harmful, the court and its agents shall not make any 
                such disclosure;''.

SEC. 323. FEDERAL CASE REGISTRY OF CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS.

    Section 453(h) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 653(h)) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ``and order'' after 
        ``with respect to each case''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in the heading, by inserting ``and order'' 
                after ``Case'';
                    (B) by inserting ``or an order'' after ``with 
                respect to a case'' and
                    (C) by inserting ``or order'' after ``and the State 
                or States which have the case''.

SEC. 324. FULL FAITH AND CREDIT FOR CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS.

    Section 1738B(f) of title 28, United States Code, is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ``a court may'' and all 
        that follows and inserting ``a court having jurisdiction over 
        the parties shall issue a child support order, which must be 
        recognized.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (5), by inserting ``under subsection (d)'' 
        after ``jurisdiction''.

SEC. 325. DEVELOPMENT COSTS OF AUTOMATED SYSTEMS.

    (a) Definition of State.--Section 455(a)(3)(B) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 655(a)(3)(B)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (i)--
                    (A) by inserting ``or system described in clause 
                (iii)'' after ``each State''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``or system'' after ``the State''; 
                and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(iii) For purposes of clause (i), a system described in this 
clause is a system that has been approved by the Secretary to receive 
enhanced funding pursuant to the Family Support Act of 1988 (Public Law 
100-485; 102 Stat. 2343) for the purpose of developing a system that 
meets the requirements of sections 454(16) (as in effect on and after 
September 30, 1995) and 454A, including systems that have received 
funding for such purpose pursuant to a waiver under section 1115(a).''.
    (b) Temporary Limitation On Payments.--Section 344(b)(2) of the 
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 
(42 U.S.C. 655 note) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B)--
                    (A) by inserting ``or a system described in 
                subparagraph (C)'' after ``to a State''; and
                    (B) by inserting ``or system'' after ``for the 
                State''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``Act,'' and all that 
        follows and inserting ``Act, and among systems that have been 
        approved by the Secretary to receive enhanced funding pursuant 
        to the Family Support Act of 1988 (Public Law 100-485; 102 
        Stat. 2343) for the purpose of developing a system that meets 
        the requirements of sections 454(16) (as in effect on and after 
        September 30, 1995) and 454A, including systems that have 
        received funding for such purpose pursuant to a waiver under 
        section 1115(a), which shall take into account--
                            ``(i) the relative size of such State and 
                        system caseloads under part D of title IV of 
                        the Social Security Act; and
                            ``(ii) the level of automation needed to 
                        meet the automated data processing requirements 
                        of such part.''.

SEC. 326. ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Elimination of Surplusage.--Section 466(c)(1)(F) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 666(c)(1)(F)) is amended by striking ``of 
section 466''.
    (b) Correction of Ambiguous Amendment.--Section 344(a)(1)(F) of the 
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 
(Public Law 104-193; 110 Stat. 2234) is amended by inserting ``the 
first place such term appears'' before ``and all that follows''.
    (c) Correction of Erroneously Drafted Provision.--Section 215 of 
the Department of Health and Human Services Appropriations Act, 1997, 
(as contained in section 101(e) of the Omnibus Consolidated 
Appropriations Act, 1997) is amended to read as follows:
    ``Sec. 215. Sections 452(j) and 453(o) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 652(j) and 653(o)), as amended by section 345 of the 
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 
(Public Law 104-193; 110 Stat. 2237) are each amended by striking 
`section 457(a)' and inserting `a plan approved under this part'. 
Amounts available under such sections 452(j) and 453(o) shall be 
calculated as though the amendments made by this section were effective 
October 1, 1995.''.
    (d) Elimination of Surplusage.--Section 456(a)(2)(B) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 656(a)(2)(B)) is amended by striking ``, and'' 
and inserting a period.
    (e) Correction of Date.--Section 466(a)(1)(B) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 666(a)(1)(B)) is amended by striking ``October 
1, 1996'' and inserting ``January 1, 1994''.

SEC. 327. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), the 
amendments made by this title shall take effect as if included in the 
enactment of title III of the Personal Responsibility and Work 
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193; 110 Stat. 
2105).
    (b) Exception.--The amendments made by section 302(b)(2) shall take 
effect as if the amendments had been included in the enactment of 
section 103(a) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193; 110 Stat. 2112).

      TITLE IV--RESTRICTING WELFARE AND PUBLIC BENEFITS FOR ALIENS

              Subtitle A--Eligibility for Federal Benefits

SEC. 401. ALIEN ELIGIBILITY FOR FEDERAL BENEFITS: LIMITED APPLICATION 
              TO MEDICARE AND BENEFITS UNDER THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT 
              ACT.

    (a) Limited Application to Medicare.--Section 401(b) of the 
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 
(8 U.S.C. 1611(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(3) Subsection (a) shall not apply to any benefit payable 
        under title XVIII of the Social Security Act (relating to the 
        medicare program) to an alien who is lawfully present in the 
        United States as determined by the Attorney General and, with 
        respect to benefits payable under part A of such title, who was 
        authorized to be employed with respect to any wages 
        attributable to employment which are counted for purposes of 
        eligibility for such benefits.''.
    (b) Limited Application to Benefits Under the Railroad Retirement 
Act.--Section 401(b) of the Personal Responsibility and Work 
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1611(b)) (as amended 
by subsection (a)) is amended by inserting at the end the following:
            ``(4) Subsection (a) shall not apply to any benefit payable 
        under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 or the Railroad 
        Unemployment Insurance Act to an alien who is lawfully present 
        in the United States as determined by the Attorney General or 
        to an alien residing outside the United States.''.

SEC. 402. EXCEPTIONS TO BENEFIT LIMITATIONS: CORRECTIONS TO REFERENCE 
              CONCERNING ALIENS WHOSE DEPORTATION IS WITHHELD.

    Sections 402(a)(2)(A)(iii), 402(b)(2)(A)(iii), 403(b)(1)(C), 
412(b)(1)(C), and 431(b)(5) of the Personal Responsibility and Work 
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612(a)(2)(A)(iii), 
1612(b)(2)(A)(iii), 1613(b)(1)(C), 1622(b)(1)(C), and 1641(b)(5)) are 
each amended by striking ``section 243(h) of such Act'' each place it 
appears and inserting ``section 243(h) of such Act (as in effect 
immediately before the effective date of section 307 of division C of 
Public Law 104-208) or section 241(b)(3) of such Act (as amended by 
section 305(a) of division C of Public Law 104-208)''.

SEC. 403. VETERANS EXCEPTION: APPLICATION OF MINIMUM ACTIVE DUTY 
              SERVICE REQUIREMENT; EXTENSION TO UNREMARRIED SURVIVING 
              SPOUSE; EXPANDED DEFINITION OF VETERAN.

    (a) Application of Minimum Active Duty Service Requirement.--
Sections 402(a)(2)(C)(i), 402(b)(2)(C)(i), 403(b)(2)(A), and 
412(b)(3)(A) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612(a)(2)(C)(i), 
1612(b)(2)(C)(i), 1613(b)(2)(A), and 1622(b)(3)(A)) are each amended by 
inserting ``and who fulfills the minimum active-duty service 
requirements of section 5303A(d) of title 38, United States Code'' 
after ``alienage''.
    (b) Exception Applicable to Unremarried Surviving Spouse.--Section 
402(a)(2)(C)(iii), 402(b)(2)(C)(iii), 403(b)(2)(C), and 412(b)(3)(C) of 
the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 
1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612(a)(2)(C)(iii), 1612(b)(2)(C)(iii), 1613(b)(2)(C), 
and 1622(b)(3)(C)) are each amended by inserting before the period ``or 
the unremarried surviving spouse of an individual described in clause 
(i) or (ii) who is deceased if the marriage fulfills the requirements 
of section 1304 of title 38, United States Code''.
    (c) Expanded Definition of Veteran.--Sections 402(a)(2)(C)(i), 
402(b)(2)(C)(i), 403(b)(2)(A), and 412(b)(3)(A) of the Personal 
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 
U.S.C. 1612(a)(2)(C)(i), 1612(b)(2)(C)(i), 1613(b)(2)(A), and 
1622(b)(3)(A)) are each amended by inserting ``, 1101, or 1301, or as 
described in section 107'' after ``section 101''.

SEC. 404. CORRECTION OF REFERENCE CONCERNING CUBAN AND HAITIAN 
              ENTRANTS.

    Section 403(d) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1613(d)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``section 501 of the Refugee'' and insert 
        ``section 501(a) of the Refugee''; and
            (2) by striking ``section 501(e)(2)'' and inserting 
        ``section 501(e)''.

SEC. 405. NOTIFICATION CONCERNING ALIENS NOT LAWFULLY PRESENT: 
              CORRECTION OF TERMINOLOGY.

    Section 1631(e)(9) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1383(e)(9)) and section 27 of the United States Housing Act of 1937, as 
added by section 404 of the Personal Responsibility and Work 
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, are each amended by striking 
``unlawfully in the United States'' each place it appears and inserting 
``not lawfully present in the United States''.

SEC. 406. FREELY ASSOCIATED STATES: CONTRACTS AND LICENSES.

    Sections 401(c)(2)(A) and 411(c)(2)(A) of the Personal 
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 
U.S.C. 1611(c)(2)(A) and 1621(c)(2)(A)) are each amended by inserting 
before the semicolon at the end ``, or to a citizen of a freely 
associated state, if section 141 of the applicable compact of free 
association approved in Public Law 99-239 or 99-658 (or a successor 
provision) is in effect''.

SEC. 407. CONGRESSIONAL STATEMENT REGARDING BENEFITS FOR HMONG AND 
              OTHER HIGHLAND LAO VETERANS.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Hmong and other Highland Lao tribal peoples were 
        recruited, armed, trained, and funded for military operations 
        by the United States Department of Defense, Central 
        Intelligence Agency, Department of State, and Agency for 
        International Development to further United States national 
        security interests during the Vietnam conflict.
            (2) Hmong and other Highland Lao tribal forces sacrificed 
        their own lives and saved the lives of American military 
        personnel by rescuing downed American pilots and aircrews and 
        by engaging and successfully fighting North Vietnamese troops.
            (3) Thousands of Hmong and other Highland Lao veterans who 
        fought in special guerilla units on behalf of the United States 
        during the Vietnam conflict, along with their families, have 
        been lawfully admitted to the United States in recent years.
            (4) The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
        Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193), the new 
        national welfare reform law, restricts certain welfare benefits 
        for noncitizens of the United States and the exceptions for 
        noncitizen veterans of the Armed Forces of the United States do 
        not extend to Hmong veterans of the Vietnam conflict era, 
        making Hmong veterans and their families receiving certain 
        welfare benefits subject to restrictions despite their military 
        service on behalf of the United States.
    (b) Congressional Statement.--It is the sense of the Congress that 
Hmong and other Highland Lao veterans who fought on behalf of the Armed 
Forces of the United States during the Vietnam conflict and have 
lawfully been admitted to the United States for permanent residence 
should be considered veterans for purposes of continuing certain 
welfare benefits consistent with the exceptions provided other 
noncitizen veterans under the Personal Responsibility and Work 
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.

                     Subtitle B--General Provisions

SEC. 411. DETERMINATION OF TREATMENT OF BATTERED ALIENS AS QUALIFIED 
              ALIENS; INCLUSION OF ALIEN CHILD OF BATTERED PARENT AS 
              QUALIFIED ALIEN.

    (a) Determination of Status by Agency Providing Benefits.--Section 
431 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation 
Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1641) is amended in subsections (c)(1)(A) and 
(c)(2)(A) by striking ``Attorney General, which opinion is not subject 
to review by any court)'' each place it appears and inserting ``agency 
providing such benefits)''.
    (b) Guidance Issued by Attorney General.--Section 431(c) of the 
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 
(8 U.S.C. 1641(c)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
undesignated paragraph:
     ``After consultation with the Secretaries of Health and Human 
Services, Agriculture, and Housing and Urban Development, the 
Commissioner of Social Security, and with the heads of such Federal 
agencies administering benefits as the Attorney General considers 
appropriate, the Attorney General shall issue guidance (in the Attorney 
General's sole and unreviewable discretion) for purposes of this 
subsection and section 421(f), concerning the meaning of the terms 
`battery' and `extreme cruelty', and the standards and methods to be 
used for determining whether a substantial connection exists between 
battery or cruelty suffered and an individual's need for benefits under 
a specific Federal, State, or local program.''.
    (c) Inclusion of Alien Child of Battered Parent as Qualified 
Alien.--Section 431(c) of the Personal Responsibility and Work 
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1641(c)) is amended--
            (1) at the end of paragraph (1)(B)(iv) by striking ``or'';
            (2) at the end of paragraph (2)(B) by striking the period 
        and inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (2)(B) and before the last 
        sentence of such subsection the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) an alien child who--
                    ``(A) resides in the same household as a parent who 
                has been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty in 
                the United States by that parent's spouse or by a 
                member of the spouse's family residing in the same 
                household as the parent and the spouse consented or 
                acquiesced to such battery or cruelty, but only if (in 
                the opinion of the agency providing such benefits) 
                there is a substantial connection between such battery 
                or cruelty and the need for the benefits to be 
                provided; and
                    ``(B) who meets the requirement of subparagraph (B) 
                of paragraph (1).''.
    (d) Inclusion of Alien Child of Battered Parent Under Special Rule 
for Attribution of Income.--Section 421(f)(1)(A) of the Personal 
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 
U.S.C. 1631(f)(1)(A)) is amended--
            (1) at the end of clause (i) by striking ``or''; and
            (2) by striking ``and the battery or cruelty described in 
        clause (i) or (ii)'' and inserting ``or (iii) the alien is a 
        child whose parent (who resides in the same household as the 
        alien child) has been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty 
        in the United States by that parent's spouse, or by a member of 
        the spouse's family residing in the same household as the 
        parent and the spouse consented to, or acquiesced in, such 
        battery or cruelty, and the battery or cruelty described in 
        clause (i), (ii), or (iii)''.

SEC. 412. VERIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR BENEFITS.

    (a) Regulations and Guidance.--Section 432(a) of the Personal 
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 
U.S.C. 1642(a)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting at the end of paragraph (1) the following: 
        ``Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the 
        Welfare Reform Technical Corrections Act of 1997, the Attorney 
        General of the United States, after consultation with the 
        Secretary of Health and Human Services, shall issue interim 
        verification guidance.''; and
            (2) by adding after paragraph (2) the following new 
        paragraph:
    ``(3) Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of the 
Welfare Reform Technical Corrections Act of 1997, the Attorney General 
shall promulgate regulations which set forth the procedures by which a 
State or local government can verify whether an alien applying for a 
State or local public benefit is a qualified alien, a nonimmigrant 
under the Immigration and Nationality Act, or an alien paroled into the 
United States under section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and 
Nationality Act for less than 1 year, for purposes of determining 
whether the alien is ineligible for benefits under section 411 of this 
Act.''.
    (b) Disclosure of Information for Verification.--Section 384(b) of 
the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 
(division C of Public Law 104-208) is amended by adding after paragraph 
(4) the following new paragraph:
            ``(5) The Attorney General is authorized to disclose 
        information, to Federal, State, and local public and private 
        agencies providing benefits, to be used solely in making 
        determinations of eligibility for benefits pursuant to section 
        431(c) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
        Reconciliation Act of 1996.''.

SEC. 413. QUALIFYING QUARTERS: DISCLOSURE OF QUARTERS OF COVERAGE 
              INFORMATION; CORRECTION TO ASSURE THAT CREDITING APPLIES 
              TO ALL QUARTERS EARNED BY PARENTS BEFORE CHILD IS 18.

    (a) Disclosure of Quarters of Coverage Information.--Section 435 of 
the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 
1996 (8 U.S.C. 1645) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
``Notwithstanding section 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, 
the Commissioner of Social Security is authorized to disclose quarters 
of coverage information concerning an alien and an alien's spouse or 
parents to a government agency for the purposes of this title.''.
    (b) Correction to Assure that Crediting Applies to All Quarters 
Earned by Parents Before Child is 18.--Section 435(1) of the Personal 
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 
U.S.C. 1645(1)) is amended by striking ``while the alien was under age 
18,'' and inserting ``before the date on which the alien attains age 
18,''.

SEC. 414. STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION: BENEFIT ELIGIBILITY LIMITATIONS 
              APPLICABLE ONLY WITH RESPECT TO ALIENS PRESENT IN THE 
              UNITED STATES.

    Section 433 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1643) is amended--
            (1) by redesignated subsections (b) and (c) as subsections 
        (c) and (d); and
            (2) by adding after subsection (a) the following new 
        subsection:
    ``(b) Benefit Eligibility Limitations Applicable Only With Respect 
to Aliens Present in the United States.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of this title, the limitations on eligibility for benefits 
under this title shall not apply to eligibility for benefits of aliens 
who are not residing, or present, in the United States with respect 
to--
            ``(1) wages, pensions, annuities, and other earned payments 
        to which an alien is entitled resulting from employment by, or 
        on behalf of, a Federal, State, or local government agency 
        which was not prohibited during the period of such employment 
        or service under section 274A or other applicable provision of 
        the Immigration and Nationality Act; or
            ``(2) benefits under laws administered by the Secretary of 
        Veterans Affairs.''.

Subtitle C--Miscellaneous Clerical and Technical Amendments; Effective 
                                  Date

SEC. 421. CORRECTING MISCELLANEOUS CLERICAL AND TECHNICAL ERRORS.

    (a) Information Reporting Under Title IV of the Social Security 
Act.--Effective July 1, 1997, section 408 of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 608), as amended by section 103, and as in effect pursuant 
to section 116, of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996, and as amended by section 106(e) of this 
Act, is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(f) State Required To Provide Certain Information.--Each State to 
which a grant is made under section 403 shall, at least 4 times 
annually and upon request of the Immigration and Naturalization 
Service, furnish the Immigration and Naturalization Service with the 
name and address of, and other identifying information on, any 
individual who the State knows is not lawfully present in the United 
States.''.
    (b) Miscellaneous Clerical and Technical Corrections.--
            (1) Section 411(c)(3) of the Personal Responsibility and 
        Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 
        1621(c)(3)) is amended by striking ``4001(c)'' and inserting 
        ``401(c)''.
            (2) Section 422(a) of the Personal Responsibility and Work 
        Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1632(a)) is 
        amended by striking ``benefits (as defined in section 
        412(c)),'' and inserting ``benefits,''.
            (3) Section 412(b)(1)(C) of the Personal Responsibility and 
        Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 
        1622(b)(1)(C)) is amended by striking ``with-holding'' and 
        inserting ``withholding''.
            (4) The subtitle heading for subtitle D of title IV of the 
        Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act 
        of 1996 is amended to read as follows:

                  ``Subtitle D--General Provisions''.

            (5) The subtitle heading for subtitle F of title IV of the 
        Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act 
        of 1996 is amended to read as follows:

 ``Subtitle F--Earned Income Credit Denied to Unauthorized Employees''.

            (6) Section 431(c)(2)(B) of the Personal Responsibility and 
        Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 
        1641(c)(2)(B)) is amended by striking ``clause (ii) of 
        subparagraph (A)'' and inserting ``subparagraph (B) of 
        paragraph (1)''.
            (7) Section 431(c)(1)(B) of the Personal Responsibility and 
        Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 
        1641(c)(1)(B)) is amended--
                    (A) in clause (iii) by striking ``, or'' and 
                inserting ``(as in effect prior to April 1, 1997),''; 
                and
                    (B) by adding after clause (iv) the following new 
                clause:
                            ``(v) cancellation of removal pursuant to 
                        section 240A(b)(2) of such Act;''.

SEC. 422. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    Except as otherwise provided, the amendments made by this title 
shall be effective as if included in the enactment of title IV of the 
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 
1996.

                       TITLE V--CHILD PROTECTION

SEC. 501. CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO CHILD 
              PROTECTION.

    (a) Methods Permitted for Conduct of Study of Child Welfare.--
Section 429A(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 628b(a)) is 
amended by inserting ``(directly, or by grant, contract, or interagency 
agreement)'' after ``conduct''.
    (b) Redesignation of Paragraph.--Section 471(a) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 671(a)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (17);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (18) (as 
        added by section 1808(a) of the Small Business Job Protection 
        Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-188; 110 Stat. 1903)) and inserting 
        ``; and''; and
            (3) by redesignating paragraph (18) (as added by section 
        505(3) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
        Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193; 110 Stat. 
        2278)) as paragraph (19).

SEC. 502. ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO CHILD PROTECTION.

    (a) Part B Amendments.--
            (1) In general.--Part B of title IV of the Social Security 
        Act (42 U.S.C. 620-635) is amended--
                    (A) in section 422(b)--
                            (i) by striking the period at the end of 
                        the paragraph (9) (as added by section 554(3) 
                        of the Improving America's Schools Act of 1994 
                        (Public Law 103-382; 108 Stat. 4057)) and 
                        inserting a semicolon;
                            (ii) by redesignating paragraph (10) as 
                        paragraph (11); and
                            (iii) by redesignating paragraph (9), as 
                        added by section 202(a)(3) of the Social 
                        Security Act Amendments of 1994 (Public Law 
                        103-432, 108 Stat. 4453), as paragraph (10);
                    (B) in sections 424(b) and 425(a), by striking 
                ``422(b)(9)'' each place it appears and inserting 
                ``422(b)(10)''; and
                    (C) by transferring section 429A (as added by 
                section 503 of the Personal Responsibility and Work 
                Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-
                193; 110 Stat. 2277)) to the end of subpart 1.
            (2) Clarification of Conflicting Amendments.--Section 
        204(a)(2) of the Social Security Act Amendments of 1994 (Public 
        Law 103-432; 108 Stat. 4456) is amended by inserting ``(as 
        added by such section 202(a))'' before ``and inserting''.
    (b) Part E Amendments.--Section 472(d) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 672(d)) is amended by striking ``422(b)(9)'' and inserting 
``422(b)(10)''.

SEC. 503. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this title shall take effect as if included 
in the enactment of title V of the Personal Responsibility and Work 
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193; 110 Stat. 
2277).

                          TITLE VI--CHILD CARE

SEC. 601. CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO CHILD CARE.

    (a) Funding.--Section 418(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
618(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
                inserting ``the greater of'' after ``equal to'';
                    (B) in subparagraph (A)--
                            (i) by striking ``the sum of'';
                            (ii) by striking ``amounts expended'' and 
                        inserting ``expenditures''; and
                            (iii) by striking ``section--'' and all 
                        that follows and inserting ``subsections (g) 
                        and (i) of section 402 (as in effect before 
                        October 1, 1995); or'';
                    (C) in subparagraph (B)--
                            (i) by striking ``sections'' and inserting 
                        ``subsections''; and
                            (ii) by striking the semicolon at the end 
                        and inserting a period; and
                    (D) in the matter following subparagraph (B), by 
                striking ``whichever is greater.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting the 
                following:
                    ``(B) Allotments to states.--The total amount 
                available for payments to States under this paragraph, 
                as determined under subparagraph (A), shall be allotted 
                among the States based on the formula used for 
                determining the amount of Federal payments to each 
                State under section 403(n) (as in effect before October 
                1, 1995).'';
                    (B) by striking subparagraph (C) and inserting the 
                following:
                    ``(C) Federal matching of state expenditures 
                exceeding historical expenditures.--The Secretary shall 
                pay to each eligible State for a fiscal year an amount 
                equal to the lesser of the State's allotment under 
                subparagraph (B) or the Federal medical assistance 
                percentage for the State for the fiscal year (as 
                defined in section 1905(b), as such section was in 
                effect on September 30, 1995) of so much of the State's 
                expenditures for child care in that fiscal year as 
                exceed the total amount of expenditures by the State 
                (including expenditures from amounts made available 
                from Federal funds) in fiscal year 1994 or 1995 
                (whichever is greater) for the programs described in 
                paragraph (1)(A).''; and
                    (C) in subparagraph (D)(i)--
                            (i) by striking ``amounts under any grant 
                        awarded'' and inserting ``any amounts 
                        allotted''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``the grant is made'' and 
                        inserting ``such amounts are allotted''.
    (b) Data Used To Determine Historic State Expenditures.--Section 
418(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 618(a)), is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) Data used to determine state and federal shares of 
        expenditures.--In making the determinations concerning 
        expenditures required under paragraphs (1) and (2)(C), the 
        Secretary shall use information that was reported by the State 
        on ACF Form 231 and available as of the applicable dates 
        specified in clauses (i)(I), (ii), and (iii)(III) of section 
        403(a)(1)(D).''.
    (c) Definition of State.--Section 418(d) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 618(d)) is amended by striking ``or'' and inserting ``and''.

SEC. 602. ADDITIONAL CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

    The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
9858 et seq.) is amended--
            (1) in section 658E(c)(2)(E)(ii), by striking ``tribal 
        organization'' and inserting ``tribal organizations'';
            (2) in section 658K(a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (B)--
                                    (I) by striking clause (iv) and 
                                inserting the following:
                            ``(iv) whether the head of the family unit 
                        is a single parent;'';
                                    (II) in clause (v)--
                                            (aa) in the matter 
                                        preceding subclause (I), by 
                                        striking ``including the amount 
                                        obtained from (and separately 
                                        identified)--'' and inserting 
                                        ``including--''; and
                                            (bb) by striking subclause 
                                        (II) and inserting the 
                                        following:
                                    ``(II) cash or other assistance 
                                under--
                                            ``(aa) the temporary 
                                        assistance for needy families 
                                        program under part A of title 
                                        IV of the Social Security Act 
                                        (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.); and
                                            ``(bb) a State program for 
                                        which State spending is counted 
                                        toward the maintenance of 
                                        effort requirement under 
                                        section 409(a)(7) of the Social 
                                        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
                                        609(a)(7));''; and
                                    (III) in clause (x), by striking 
                                ``week'' and inserting ``month''; and
                            (ii) by striking subparagraph (D) and 
                        inserting the following:
                    ``(D) Use of samples.--
                            ``(i) Authority.--A State may comply with 
                        the requirement to collect the information 
                        described in subparagraph (B) through the use 
                        of disaggregated case record information on a 
                        sample of families selected through the use of 
                        scientifically acceptable sampling methods 
                        approved by the Secretary.
                            ``(ii) Sampling and other methods.--The 
                        Secretary shall provide the States with such 
                        case sampling plans and data collection 
                        procedures as the Secretary deems necessary to 
                        produce statistically valid samples of the 
                        information described in subparagraph (B). The 
                        Secretary may develop and implement procedures 
                        for verifying the quality of data submitted by 
                        the States.''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in the heading, by striking 
                        ``Biannual'' and inserting ``Annual''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``6'' and inserting 
                        ``12'';
            (3) in section 658L, by striking ``1997'' and inserting 
        ``1998'';
            (4) in section 658O(c)(6)(C), by striking ``(A)'' and 
        inserting ``(B)''; and
            (5) in section 658P(13), by striking ``or'' and inserting 
        ``and''.

SEC. 603. REPEALS.

    (a) Child Development Associate Scholarship Assistance Act of 
1985.--Title VI of the Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1986 (42 
U.S.C. 10901-10905) is repealed.
    (b) State Dependent Care Development Grants Act.--Subchapter E of 
chapter 8 of subtitle A of title VI of the Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 9871-9877) is repealed.
    (c) Programs of National Significance.--Title X of the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 8001 et seq.) is 
amended--
            (1) in section 10413(a), by striking paragraph (4);
            (2) in section 10963(b)(2), by striking subparagraph (G); 
        and
            (3) in section 10974(a)(6), by striking subparagraph (G).
    (d) Native Hawaiian Family-Based Education Centers.--Section 9205 
of the Native Hawaiian Education Act (20 U.S.C. 7905) is repealed.

SEC. 604. EFFECTIVE DATES.

    (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), this title 
and the amendments made by this title shall take effect as if included 
in the enactment of title VI of the Personal Responsibility and Work 
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193; 110 Stat. 
2278).
    (b) Exceptions.--The amendment made by section 601(a)(2)(B) and the 
repeal made by section 603(d) shall each take effect on October 1, 
1997.

  TITLE VII--ERISA AMENDMENTS RELATING TO MEDICAL CHILD SUPPORT ORDERS

SEC. 701. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO SECTION 303 OF THE PERSONAL 
              RESPONSIBILITY AND WORK OPPORTUNITY RECONCILIATION ACT OF 
              1996.

    (a) Privacy Safeguards for Medical Child Support Orders.--Section 
609(a)(3)(A) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 
U.S.C. 1169(a)(3)(A)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
``except that, to the extent provided in the order, the name and 
mailing address of an official of a State or a political subdivision 
thereof may be substituted for the mailing address of any such 
alternate recipient,''.
    (b) Payment to State Official Treated as Satisfaction of Plan's 
Obligation.--Section 609(a) of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1169(a)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(9) Payment to state official treated as satisfaction of 
        plan's obligation to make payment to alternate recipient.--
        Payment of benefits by a group health plan to an official of a 
        State or a political subdivision thereof who is named in a 
        qualified medical child support order in lieu of the alternate 
        recipient, pursuant to paragraph (3)(A), shall be treated, for 
        purposes of this title, as payment of benefits to the alternate 
        recipient.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall be 
apply with respect to medical child support orders issued on or after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 702. AMENDMENT RELATING TO SECTION 381 OF THE PERSONAL 
              RESPONSIBILITY AND WORK OPPORTUNITY RECONCILIATION ACT OF 
              1996.

    (a) Clarification of Effect of Administrative Notices.--Section 
609(a)(2)(B) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (29 
U.S.C. 1169(a)(2)(B)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
sentence: ``For purposes of this subparagraph, an administrative notice 
which is issued pursuant to an administrative process referred to in 
subclause (II) of the preceding sentence and which has the effect of an 
order described in clause (i) or (ii) of the preceding sentence shall 
be treated as such an order.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall be 
effective as if included in the enactment of section 381 of the 
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 
(Public Law 104-193; 110 Stat. 2257).

SEC. 703. AMENDMENTS RELATING TO SECTION 382 OF THE PERSONAL 
              RESPONSIBILITY AND WORK OPPORTUNITY RECONCILIATION ACT OF 
              1996.

    (a) Elimination of Requirement that Orders Specify Affected 
Plans.--Section 609(a)(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security 
Act of 1974 (29 U.S.C. 1169(a)(3)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``, and'' and 
        inserting a period; and
            (2) by striking subparagraph (D).
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to medical child support orders issued on or after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.

            Passed the House of Representatives April 29, 1997.

            Attest:

                                                                 Clerk.