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[H.R. 3880 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3880

To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002 
to carry out the Head Start Act, the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance 
Act of 1981, and the Community Services Block Grant Act, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              May 14, 1998

Mr. Martinez (for himself, Mr. Clay, Mrs. Mink of Hawaii, Mr. Andrews, 
 Mr. Scott, Ms. Woolsey, Mr. Romero-Barcelo, Mr. Fattah, Mr. Hinojosa, 
Ms. Sanchez, Mr. Ford, and Mr. Kucinich) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, and 
     in addition to the Committee on Commerce, for a period to be 
subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration 
  of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee 
                               concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002 
to carry out the Head Start Act, the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance 
Act of 1981, and the Community Services Block Grant Act, and for other 
                               purposes.

    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 ``Human Services Amendments of 1998''.

SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    The table of contents for this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
                      TITLE I--HEAD START PROGRAMS

Sec. 101. Definitions.
Sec. 102. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 103. Allotment of funds; limitations on assistance.
Sec. 104. Designation of Head Start agencies.
Sec. 105. Amendments to quality standards; monitoring of Head Start 
                            agencies and programs.
Sec. 106. Powers and functions of Head Start agencies.
Sec. 107. Participation in Head Start programs.
Sec. 108. Programs for families with infants and toddlers.
Sec. 109. Head Start Fellowships.
Sec. 110. Quality improvement study.
          TITLE II--LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 202. Technical definitions changes.
Sec. 203. Technical changes to State allotments.
Sec. 204. Applications and requirements.
               TITLE III--COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT

Sec. 301. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 302. Definitions.
Sec. 303. Applications and requirements.
Sec. 304. Withholding.
Sec. 305. Discretionary authority of the Secretary.
Sec. 306. Community food and nutrition.
Sec. 307. National or regional programs designed to provide 
                            instructional activities for low-income 
                            youth.
Sec. 308. Annual report.
          TITLE IV--EFFECTIVE DATES; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS

Sec. 401. Effective dates; application of amendments.

                      TITLE I--HEAD START PROGRAMS

SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS.

    Section 637(4) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9832(4)) is amended 
to read as follows:
            ``(4) The term `family literacy services' means services 
        that are of sufficient intensity in terms of hours, and of 
        sufficient duration, to make sustainable changes in a family 
        (such as eliminating or reducing welfare dependency) and that 
        integrate all of the following activities:
                    ``(A) Interactive literacy activities between 
                parents and their children.
                    ``(B) Equipping parents to become partners with 
                their children in learning.
                    ``(C) Parent literacy training, including training 
                that contributes to economic self-sufficiency and 
                English as a second language.
                    ``(D) Instruction for children of parents receiving 
                parent literacy services, particularly including early 
                childhood education.''.

SEC. 102. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 639 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9834) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a) by striking ``1995 through 1998'' and 
        inserting ``1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002'', and
            (2) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
    ``(b) From the amount appropriated under subsection (a), the 
Secretary shall make available--
            ``(1) $35,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1999 through 
        2002 to carry out activities authorized under section 642(d); 
        and
            ``(2) subject to subsection (c), $12,000,000 for fiscal 
        year 1999 and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 
        fiscal years 2000 through 2002, to carry out research, 
        demonstrations, evaluation activities, and longitudinal studies 
        authorized by subsections (b) and (e) of section 649.''.

SEC. 103. ALLOTMENT OF FUNDS; LIMITATIONS ON ASSISTANCE.

    Section 640 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9835) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)(A)--
                            (i) by striking ``handicapped children'' 
                        and inserting ``children with disabilities'', 
                        and
                            (ii) by striking ``1994'' and inserting 
                        ``1998'', and
                    (B) in paragraph (3)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (B)--
                                    (I) amending clause (ii) to read as 
                                follows:
            ``(ii) Ensuring that such programs have adequate qualified 
        staff and that such staff are furnished adequate high quality 
        training, including developing skills working with children 
        with disabilities and children with non-English background, 
        when appropriate.'',
                                    (II) in clause (vi) by inserting 
                                ``, and are physically accessible to 
                                children with disabilities and parents 
                                with disabilities'' before the period 
                                at the end, and
                                    (III) by adding at the end the 
                                following:
            ``(viii) Ensuring that such programs have highly qualified 
        staff that can promote language and literacy growth and that 
        provide children a variety of skills that have been identified 
        through research as predictors of later reading achievement.'',
                            (ii) in subparagraph (C)--
                                    (I) in clause (v) by inserting 
                                ``(including changes that make Head 
                                Start programs physically accessible to 
                                children and adults with 
                                disabilities)'' after ``structural 
                                changes'', and
                                    (II) in clause (vi) by inserting 
                                ``children with disabilities,'' after 
                                ``communities,'',
                    (C) in paragraph (5)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (C)--
                                    (I) in clause (ii) by adding after 
                                ``Association,'' ``(as well as migrant 
                                and Native American Head Start 
                                Associations)'',
                                    (II) in clause (iii) by striking 
                                ``and'' at the end,
                                    (III) in clause (iv) by striking 
                                ``and activities relating to children 
                                with disabilities'' and inserting the 
                                following:
``services for homeless children, and activities relating to children 
with disabilities, including coordination with those State officials 
responsible for administering part C and section 619 of the Individuals 
with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C 1431-1445, 1419); and'', and
                                    (IV) by adding at the end the 
                                following:
            ``(v) submit a report to the Secretary, in such manner and 
        containing such information as the Secretary may require 
        (including an assessment of the involvement of the Head Start 
        community in planning, establishment and implementation of the 
        project), describing the effectiveness of the collaboration 
        grant.'', and
                    (D) in paragraph (6)--
                            (i) by inserting ``(A)'' after ``(6)'',
                            (ii) by striking ``From'' and inserting 
                        ``Subject to subparagraph (B), from'', and
                            (iii) by striking ``3 percent'' and all 
                        that follows through the period at the end, and 
                        inserting the following:
``8 percent for fiscal year 1999, 9 percent for fiscal year 2000, and 
10 percent for each of the fiscal years 2001 and 2002, of the amount 
appropriated pursuant to section 639(a).
            ``(B) The Secretary may carry out subparagraph (A) for a 
        fiscal year only after meeting the requirements of section 
        640(g)(1) relating to cost-of-living adjustments.'',
            (2) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) by striking ``section 602(a)'' and inserting 
                ``section 602(3)'',
                    (B) by inserting ``and infants or toddlers with 
                disabilities (as defined in section 632(5) of that 
                Act),'' after ``Act)'', and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
``Such policies and procedures shall require Head Start programs to 
coordinate programmatic efforts with efforts to implement part C and 
section 619 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 
U.S.C 1431-1445, 1419).'',
            (3) in subsection (g)--
                    (A) in paragraph (2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (C) by inserting ``and 
                        those organizations and public entities that 
                        serve children with disabilities'' after 
                        ``spoken'',
                            (ii) in subparagraph (E) by striking 
                        ``and'' at the end,
                            (iii) in subsection (F) by striking the 
                        period at the end and inserting a semicolon, 
                        and
                            (iv) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(G) the extent to which the applicant, in providing 
        services, will plan to coordinate with the local education 
        agency serving the community involved and with schools in which 
        children participating in a Head Start program operated by such 
        agency will enroll following such program, regarding the 
        educational services provided by such local education agency; 
        and
            ``(H) the extent to which the applicant proposes to foster 
        partnerships with other service providers in a manner that will 
        enhance the resource capacity of the applicant.'', and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(4)(A) The Secretary may expand Head Start programs in accordance 
with this subsection by making grants to serve pregnant women, children 
less than 3 years of age, and the families of such children.
    ``(B)(i) Head Start agencies that apply for such grants shall 
demonstrate a community need to serve pregnant women, children less 
than 3 years of age, and the families of such children.
    ``(ii) Head Start agencies that receive grants made under 
subparagraph (A) shall use such grants to operate programs that meet 
the requirements of section 645A and shall agree to comply with the 
regulations issued by the Secretary that pertain to such section.''.

SEC. 104. DESIGNATION OF HEAD START AGENCIES.

    Section 641 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9836) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)(1) by striking ``this Act'' and 
        insert ``the Human Services Amendments of 1998'', and
            (2) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in paragraph (3)--
                            (i) by inserting ``and programs under part 
                        C and section 619 of the Individuals with 
                        Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C 1431-1445, 
                        1419)'' after ``(20 U.S.C. 2741 et seq.)'', and
                            (ii) by striking ``attendance;'' and 
                        inserting the following:
        ``attendance, including services provided by the local 
        education agency serving the community in which the proposed 
        Head Start program will operate.'',
                    (B) in paragraph (7)--
                            (i) by inserting ``, and children with 
                        disabilities and their families,'' after 
                        ``families'', and
                            (ii) by striking ``and'' at the end,
                    (C) in paragraph (8) by striking the period at the 
                end and inserting ``; and''.

SEC. 105. AMENDMENTS TO QUALITY STANDARDS; MONITORING OF HEAD START 
              AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS.

    Section 641A of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9836a) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(3)(C)--
                    (A) by amending clause (i) to read as follows:
                    ``(i) review and revise as necessary the 
                performance standards in effect under this section; 
                and'', and
                    (B) in clause (ii) by striking ``November 2, 1978'' 
                and inserting ``the date of the enactment of the Human 
                Services Amendments of 1998'',
            (2) in subsection (b)(1) by striking ``Not later than 1 
        year after the date of enactment of this section, the'' and 
        inserting ``The'',
            (3) in subsection (c)(2)(C) by inserting ``services for 
        children with disabilities and'' after ``practicable,'', and
            (4) in subsection (e) by adding at the end the following: 
        ``Such report shall be widely disseminated and available for 
        public review in both written and electronic formats.''.

SEC. 106. POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF HEAD START AGENCIES.

    Section 642 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9837) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c) by inserting ``and part C and section 
        619 of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 
        U.S.C 1431-1445, 1419)'' after ``(20 U.S.C. 2741 et seq.)'', 
        and
            (2) in subsection (d)(2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (C) by striking ``and'' at the 
                end,
                    (B) in subparagraph (D) by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting ``; and'',
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(E) linking the services provided in such program with the 
educational services provided by such local education agency.'', and
            (4) by amending subsection (d)(5) to read as follows:
    ``(5) The Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of 
Education, shall--
            ``(A) disseminate to Head Start agencies information on 
        effective policies and activities relating to the transition of 
        children from Head Start programs to public schools; and
            ``(B) provide technical assistance to such agencies to 
        promote and to assist such agencies to adopt and implement such 
        effective policies and activities.''.

SEC. 107. PARTICIPATION IN HEAD START PROGRAMS.

    Section 645(a)(1) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9840(a)(1)) is 
amended by inserting ``(but not to more than 25 percent of total 
program enrollment)'' after ``reasonable extent''.

SEC. 108. PROGRAMS FOR FAMILIES WITH INFANTS AND TODDLERS.

    Section 645A of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9840a) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1) by inserting ``(including very 
                young children with disabilities and their families)'' 
                after ``young children'', and
                    (B) in paragraph (2) by striking ``and 
                evaluations'' and all that follows through ``section'', 
                and inserting ``under this section and evaluation of 
                such programs'',
            (2) in subsection (b)--
                    (A) in paragraph (7) by striking ``and'' at the 
                end,
                    (B) by redesignating paragraph (8) as paragraph 
                (9), and
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (7) the following:
            ``(8) ensure formal linkages with the agencies described in 
        section 644(b) of the Individuals With Disabilities Education 
        Act Amendments of 1997 and providers of early intervention 
        services for very young children with disabilities under the 
        Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et 
        seq.); and'',
            (4) in subsection (c)(2) by striking ``(or'' and all that 
        follows through ``subsection (e)(3))'',
            (5) in subsection (d)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1) by adding ``and'' at the end,
                    (B) by striking paragraph (2), and
                    (C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as paragraph 
                (2),
            (6) by striking subsection (e),
            (7) in subsection (f) by striking ``From'' and all that 
        follows through ``subsection (e)'', and inserting ``From the 
        amounts specified in section 640(a)(6),'', and
            (8) in subsection (h)--
                    (A) by striking ``(h)'' and all that follows 
                through paragraph (2), and
                    (B) in paragraph (3)--
                            (i) by striking ``(3) Monitoring.--'' and 
                        inserting the following:
    ``(h) Secretarial Responsibility for Monitoring.--'', and
                            (ii) by striking ``subsection (f)'' and 
                        inserting ``subsection (e)'', and
            (9) by redesignating subsections (f), (g), and (h) as 
        subsections (e), (f), and (g), respectively.

SEC. 109. HEAD START FELLOWSHIPS.

    Section 648A(d)(6) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9843) is 
amended by striking ``1,000,000'' and inserting ``2,000,000''.

SEC. 110. QUALITY IMPROVEMENT STUDY.

    (a) Study.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
conduct a study regarding the use and effects of the quality 
improvement funds under section 640(a)(3) of the Head Start Act (42 
U.S.C. 9835(a)(3)) since fiscal year 1991.
    (b) Report.--The Secretary shall submit a report to the Congress 
not later than September 2000 containing the results of the study, 
including--
            (1) the types of activities funded with quality improvement 
        funds under section 640(a)(3) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 
        9835(a)(3)),
            (2) the extent to which such quality improvement funds 
        accomplish the goals of section 640(a)(3)(B) of such Act, and
            (3) the effect of such quality improvement funds on teacher 
        training, salaries, benefits, recruitment, and retention.

          TITLE II--LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 2602 of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 8621) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (b) by striking ``1995 through 1999'' and 
        inserting ``2000 through 2003'',
            (2) in subsection (c)(1) by striking the last sentence and 
        inserting the following: ``The program year shall begin on 
        October 1 of the fiscal year following the year for which the 
        appropriation is made.'', and
            (3) in subsection (d) by striking ``1996'' and all that 
        follows through ``1999.'' and inserting ``2000 through 2003.''.

SEC. 202. TECHNICAL DEFINITIONS CHANGES.

    Paragraph (4) of section 2603 of the Low Income Home Energy 
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 8622(4)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``the'' before ``term'' and inserting 
        ``The'', and
            (2) by striking the semicolon at the end and inserting a 
        period.

SEC. 203. TECHNICAL CHANGES TO STATE ALLOTMENTS.

    Section 2604 of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 8623) is amended--
            (1) by inserting the following:
    ``(e) Beginning in fiscal year 1994, no funds payable to a State 
under this section shall be transferred to any programs.'',
            (2) by striking subsection (f),
            (3) in subsection (g) by striking ``through (f)'' and 
        inserting ``through (e)'', and
            (4) by redesignating subsection (g) as (f).

SEC. 204. APPLICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS.

    Section 2605 of the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Act (42 
U.S.C. 8624) is amended in subsections (k)(1) and (k)(2)(A) by 
inserting before the period ``, particularly those low-income 
households with the lowest incomes that pay a high proportion of 
household income for home energy.''.

               TITLE III--COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT

SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 672(b) of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 
9901(b)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) There are authorized to be appropriated $650,000,000 for 
fiscal year 1999 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 
2000, 2001, and 2002 to carry out this subtitle.''.

SEC. 302. DEFINITIONS.

    Section 673(1) of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 
9902(1)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A) by inserting before the semicolon 
        at the end the following:
        ``and, in making the request, giving preference to an existing 
        eligible entity of the kind described in the 1st sentence of 
        this paragraph'',
            (2) in subparagraph (B) by inserting after ``new area'' the 
        last place it appears the following:
        ``and, in making the request, giving preference to an existing 
        eligible entity of the kind described in the 1st sentence of 
        this paragraph '', and
            (3) in subparagraph (C)--
                    (A) by striking ``entity, any'' and inserting 
                ``entity or nonprofit private'',
                    (B) by striking ``or any political subdivision of 
                the State'',
                    (C) by striking ``or a political subdivision of the 
                State'', and
                    (D) by striking ``such organization'' the 1st place 
                it appears and inserting ``an existing eligible entity 
                of the kind described in the 1st sentence of this 
                paragraph''.

SEC. 303. APPLICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS.

    Section 675 of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 
9904) is amended--
            (1) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
    ``(b) No funds shall be allotted to such State for any fiscal year 
under this subtitle unless the chief executive officer of the State 
conducts public or legislative hearings on the proposal for the use and 
the distribution of funds to be provided under this subtitle for such 
fiscal year and provides an opportunity for public comment on such 
proposal.'',
            (2) in subsection (c)--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(B)(ii) by inserting ``, with 
                particular attention towards improving literacy skills 
                of the low-income families in the community'' before 
                the semicolon at the end,
                    (B) in paragraph (2)(B)(v) by inserting ``, 
                including considering the locality for which any 
                carryover funds were originally designated and giving 
                preference to reprogramming such funds to that 
                locality'' before the period at the end,
                    (C) in paragraph (5)--
                            (i) by striking ``or'' the last place it 
                        appears, and
                            (ii) by inserting before the semicolon at 
                        the end the following:
        ``, welfare reform efforts under the amendments made by the 
        Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act 
        of 1996 (Public Law 104-193; 110 Stat. 2105), community 
        services, employment or entrepreneurship opportunities, or 
        services designed to assist low-income or at-risk youth to 
        secure meaningful employment and to perform community 
        service'', and
            (3) by redesignating subsections (f), (g), and (h) as (e), 
        (f), and (g), respectively.

SEC. 304. WITHHOLDING.

    Section 679(b)(1) of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 
U.S.C. 9908(b)(1)) is amended by striking ``and Labor'' and inserting 
``and the Workforce''.

SEC. 305. DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY.

    Section 681(c)(1) of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 
U.S.C. 9910(c)(1)) is amended by striking ``and Labor'' and inserting 
``and the Workforce''.

SEC. 306. COMMUNITY FOOD AND NUTRITION.

    Section 681A(c) of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 
U.S.C. 9910a(c)) is amended by striking ``and Labor'' and inserting 
``and the Workforce''.

SEC. 307. NATIONAL OR REGIONAL PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE 
              INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR LOW-INCOME YOUTH.

    Section 682(f) of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 
9910c(f)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated $20,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1999 through 2002 
for grants to carry out this section.''.

SEC. 308. ANNUAL REPORT.

    Section 683(b) of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 
9911(b)) is amended by striking ``and Labor'' and inserting ``and the 
Workforce''.

          TITLE IV--EFFECTIVE DATES; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS

SEC. 401. EFFECTIVE DATES; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Effective Dates.--(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2) and 
subsection (b), this Act and the amendments made by this Act shall take 
effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (2) The amendments made by title II of this Act shall take effect 
on October 1, 1999.
    (b) Application of Amendments.--The amendments made by titles I and 
III of this Act shall not apply with respect to fiscal years beginning 
before October 1, 1998.
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