[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
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[H.R. 4271 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4271

To amend the Community Services Block Grant Act to reauthorize and make 
                       improvements to that Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 17, 1998

  Mr. Riggs (for himself, Mr. Goodling, Mr. Barrett of Nebraska, Mr. 
 Greenwood, and Mr. Peterson of Pennsylvania) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the 
                               Workforce

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the Community Services Block Grant Act to reauthorize and make 
                       improvements to that Act.

    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 ``Community Services Authorization Act 
of 1998''.

SEC. 2. REAUTHORIZATION.

    Sections 671 through 680 of the Community Services Block Grant Act 
(42 U.S.C. 9901-9909) are amended to read as follows:

          ``Subtitle B--Community Services Block Grant Program

``SEC. 671. SHORT TITLE.

    ``This subtitle may be cited as the `Community Services Block Grant 
Act'.

``SEC. 672. PURPOSES AND GOALS.

    ``The purpose of this subtitle is to provide assistance to States 
and local communities, working through a network of community action 
agencies and other neighborhood-based organizations, for the reduction 
of poverty, the revitalization of low-income communities, and the 
empowerment of low-income families and individuals in rural and urban 
areas to become fully self-sufficient (particularly families who are 
attempting to transition off a State program carried out under part A 
of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.)). Such 
goals may be accomplished through--
            ``(1) the strengthening of community capabilities for 
        planning, coordinating, and utilizing a broad range of Federal, 
        State, local, and private resources for the elimination of 
        poverty, and for helping individuals and families achieve self-
        sufficiency;
            ``(2) greater use of innovative and effective, community-
        based approaches to attacking the causes and effects of poverty 
        and of community breakdown;
            ``(3) the maximum participation of residents of the low-
        income communities and members of the groups served by programs 
        assisted through the block grant to empower such individuals to 
        respond to the unique problems and needs within their 
        communities; and
            ``(4) the broadening of the resource base of programs 
        directed to the elimination of poverty so as to secure a more 
        active role for private, faith-based, charitable, and 
        neighborhood organizations in the provision of services as well 
        as individual citizens, business, labor, and professional 
        groups who are able to influence the quantity and quality of 
        opportunities and services for the poor.

``SEC. 673. DEFINITIONS.

    ``In this subtitle:
            ``(1) Eligible entity.--The term `eligible entity' means an 
        entity--
                    ``(A) that is an eligible entity described in 
                section 673(1) (as in effect on the day before the date 
                of enactment of the Human Services Reauthorization Act 
                of 1998) as of such date of enactment or is designated 
                by the process described in section 676A (including an 
                organization serving migrant or seasonal farmworkers 
                that is so described or designated); and
                    ``(B) that has a tripartite board or other 
                mechanism described in subsection (a) or (b), as 
                appropriate, of section 676B.
            ``(2) Poverty line.--The term `poverty line' means the 
        official poverty line defined by the Office of Management and 
        Budget based on the most recent data available from the Bureau 
        of the Census. The Secretary shall revise the poverty line 
        annually (or at any shorter interval the Secretary determines 
        to be feasible and desirable) which shall be used as a 
        criterion of eligibility in the community services block grant 
        program established under this subtitle. The required revision 
        shall be accomplished by multiplying the official poverty line 
        by the percentage change in the Consumer Price Index for All 
        Urban Consumers during the annual or other interval immediately 
        preceding the time at which the revision is made. Whenever a 
        State determines that it serves the objectives of the block 
        grant program established under this subtitle, the State may 
        revise the poverty line to not to exceed 125 percent of the 
        official poverty line otherwise applicable under this 
        paragraph.
            ``(3) Private, nonprofit organization.--The term `private, 
        nonprofit organization' includes a faith-based organization, to 
        which the provisions of section 679 shall apply.
            ``(4) Secretary.--The term `Secretary' means the Secretary 
        of Health and Human Services.
            ``(5) State.--The term `State' means each of the several 
        States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
        Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, American Samoa, 
        and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

``SEC. 674. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--There are authorized to be appropriated 
$535,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 and such sums as may be necessary for 
each of fiscal years 2000 through 2003 to carry out the provisions of 
this subtitle (other than section 681).
    ``(b) Reservations.--Of the amounts appropriated under subsection 
(a) for each fiscal year, the Secretary shall reserve--
            ``(1) \1/2\ of 1 percent for carrying out section 675A 
        (relating to payments for territories);
            ``(2) not less than \1/2\ of 1 percent and not more than 1 
        percent for activities authorized in section 678A (relating to 
        training and technical assistance); and
            ``(3) not more than 9 percent for carrying out section 680 
        (relating to discretionary activities).

``SEC. 675. ESTABLISHMENT OF BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.

    ``The Secretary is authorized to establish a community services 
block grant program and make grants through the program to States to 
ameliorate the causes of poverty in communities within the States.

``SEC. 675A. DISTRIBUTION TO TERRITORIES.

    ``(a) Apportionment.--The Secretary shall apportion the amount 
reserved under section 674(b)(1) for each fiscal year on the basis of 
need among Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin Islands, and 
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
    ``(b) Application.--Each jurisdiction to which subsection (a) 
applies may receive a grant under this subtitle for the amount 
apportioned under subsection (a) on submitting to the Secretary, and 
obtaining approval of, an application containing provisions that 
describe the programs for which assistance is sought under this 
subtitle, and that are consistent with the requirements of section 676.

``SEC. 675B. ALLOTMENTS AND PAYMENTS TO STATES.

    ``(a) Allotments in General.--The Secretary shall, from the amount 
appropriated under section 674(a) for each fiscal year that remains 
after the Secretary makes the reservations required in section 674(b), 
allot to each State an amount that bears the same ratio to such 
remaining amount as the amount received by the State for fiscal year 
1981 under section 221 of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 bore to 
the total amount received by all States for fiscal year 1981 under such 
section, except that no State shall receive less than \1/4\ of 1 
percent of the amount appropriated under section 674(a) for such fiscal 
year.
    ``(b) Allotments in Years With Greater Available Funds.--
            ``(1) Minimum allotments.--Subject to paragraphs (2) and 
        (3), if the amount appropriated under section 674(a) for each 
        fiscal year that remains after the Secretary makes the 
        reservations required in section 674(b) exceeds $345,000,000, 
        the Secretary shall allot to each State not less than \1/2\ of 
        1 percent of the amount appropriated under section 674(a) for 
        such fiscal year.
            ``(2) Maintenance of 1990 levels.--Paragraph (1) shall not 
        apply with respect to a fiscal year if the amount allotted 
        under subsection (a) to any State for that year is less than 
        the amount allotted under section 674(a)(1) to such State for 
        fiscal year 1990.
            ``(3) Maximum allotments.--The amount allotted under 
        paragraph (1) to a State shall be reduced, if necessary, so 
        that the aggregate amount allotted to such State under such 
        paragraph and subsection (a) does not exceed 140 percent of the 
        aggregate amount allotted to such State under the corresponding 
        provisions of this subtitle for the fiscal year preceding the 
        fiscal year for which a determination is made under this 
        subsection.
    ``(c) Allotment of Additional Funds.--Notwithstanding subsections 
(a) and (b), in any fiscal year in which the amount appropriated under 
section 674(a) exceeds the amount appropriated under such section for 
fiscal year 1999, such excess shall be allotted among the States 
proportionately based on--
            ``(1) the number of public assistance recipients in the 
        respective States;
            ``(2) the number of unemployed individuals in the 
        respective States; and
            ``(3) the number of individuals with incomes below the 
        poverty line in the respective States.
    ``(d) Payments.--The Secretary shall make grants to eligible States 
for the allotments made under this section. The Secretary shall make 
payments for the grants in accordance with section 6503(a) of title 31, 
United States Code.
    ``(e) Definition.--For purposes of this section, the term `State' 
does not include Guam, American Samoa, the United States Virgin 
Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

``SEC. 675C. USES OF FUNDS.

    ``(a) Grants to Local Eligible Entities and Other Organizations.--
            ``(1) In general.--Not less than 90 percent of the funds 
        allotted to a State under section 675B shall be used by the 
        State to make grants for the purposes described in section 672 
        to eligible entities.
            ``(2) Obligational authority.--Funds distributed to 
        eligible entities through grants made in accordance with 
        paragraph (1) for a fiscal year shall be available for 
        obligation during that fiscal year and the succeeding fiscal 
        year, in accordance with paragraph (3).
            ``(3) Recapture and redistribution of unobligated funds.--
                    ``(A) Amount.--Beginning on October 1, 2000, a 
                State may recapture and redistribute funds distributed 
                to an eligible entity through a grant made under 
paragraph (1) that are unobligated at the end of a fiscal year if such 
unobligated funds exceed 20 percent of the amount so distributed to 
such eligible entity for such fiscal year.
                    ``(B) Redistribution.--In redistributing funds 
                recaptured in accordance with this paragraph, States 
                shall redistribute such funds to an eligible entity, or 
                require the original recipient of the funds to 
                redistribute the funds to a private, nonprofit 
                organization, located within the community served by 
                the original recipient of the funds, for activities 
                consistent with the purposes of this subtitle.
    ``(b) Statewide Activities.--
            ``(1) Use of remainder.--If a State uses less than 100 
        percent of the State allotment to make grants under subsection 
        (a), the State shall use the remainder of the allotment 
        (subject to paragraph (2)) for--
                    ``(A) providing training and technical assistance 
                to those entities in need of such training and 
                assistance;
                    ``(B) coordinating State-operated programs and 
                services targeted to low-income children and families 
                with services provided by eligible entities and other 
                organizations funded under this subtitle, including 
                detailing appropriate employees of State or local 
                agencies to entities funded under this subtitle, to 
                ensure increased access to services provided by such 
                State or local agencies;
                    ``(C) supporting statewide coordination and 
                communication among eligible entities;
                    ``(D) analyzing the distribution of funds made 
                available under this subtitle within the State to 
                determine if such funds have been targeted to the areas 
                of greatest need;
                    ``(E) supporting asset-building programs for low-
                income individuals, such as programs supporting 
                individual development accounts;
                    ``(F) supporting innovative programs and activities 
                conducted by community action agencies or other 
                neighborhood-based organizations to eliminate poverty, 
                promote self-sufficiency, and promote community 
                revitalization; and
                    ``(G) supporting other activities, consistent with 
                the purposes of this subtitle.
            ``(2) Administrative cap.--No State may spend more than the 
        greater of $55,000, or 5 percent, of the portion of the State 
        allotment that remains after the State makes grants to eligible 
        entities under subsection (a), for administrative expenses, 
        including monitoring activities. The cost of activities 
        conducted under paragraph (1)(A) shall not be considered to be 
        administrative expenses.

``SEC. 676. APPLICATION AND PLAN.

    ``(a) Designation of Lead Agency.--
            ``(1) Designation.--The chief executive officer of a State 
        desiring to receive an allotment under this subtitle shall 
        designate, in an application submitted to the Secretary under 
        subsection (b), an appropriate State agency that complies with 
        the requirements of paragraph (2) to act as a lead agency for 
        purposes of carrying out State activities under this subtitle.
            ``(2) Duties.--The lead agency shall--
                    ``(A) develop the State plan to be submitted to the 
                Secretary under subsection (b);
                    ``(B) in conjunction with the development of the 
                State plan as required under subsection (b), hold at 
                least 1 hearing in the State with sufficient time and 
                statewide distribution of notice of such hearing, to 
                provide to the public an opportunity to comment on the 
                proposed use and distribution of funds to be provided 
                through the allotment for the period covered by the 
                State plan; and
                    ``(C) conduct reviews of eligible entities under 
                section 678B.
            ``(3) Legislative hearing.--The State shall hold at least 1 
        legislative hearing every 3 years in conjunction with the 
        development of the State plan.
    ``(b) State Application and Plan.--Beginning with fiscal year 2000, 
to be eligible to receive an allotment under this subtitle, a State 
shall prepare and submit to the Secretary an application and State plan 
covering a period of not less than 1 fiscal year and not more than 2 
fiscal years. The plan shall be submitted not later than 30 days prior 
to the beginning of the first fiscal year covered by the plan, and 
shall contain such information as the Secretary shall require, 
including--
            ``(1) an assurance that funds made available through the 
        allotment will be used to support activities that are designed 
        to assist low-income families and individuals, including 
        families and individuals receiving assistance under title IV of 
        the Social Security Act, homeless families and individuals, 
        migrant or seasonal farmworkers, and elderly low-income 
        individuals and families, and a description of how such 
activities will enable the families and individuals--
                    ``(A) to remove obstacles and solve problems that 
                block the achievement of self-sufficiency (particularly 
                families and individuals who are attempting to 
                transition off a State program carried out under title 
                IV of the Social Security Act);
                    ``(B) to secure and retain meaningful employment;
                    ``(C) to attain an adequate education with 
                particular attention toward improving literacy skills 
                of the low-income families in the community, which may 
                include family literacy initiatives;
                    ``(D) to make better use of available income;
                    ``(E) to obtain and maintain adequate housing and a 
                suitable living environment;
                    ``(F) to obtain emergency assistance through loans, 
                grants, or other means to meet immediate and urgent 
                individual and family needs;
                    ``(G) to achieve greater participation in the 
                affairs of the community, including activities that 
                strengthen and improve the relationship with local law 
                enforcement agencies, which may include activities such 
                as neighborhood or community policing efforts;
                    ``(H) to address the needs of youth in low-income 
                communities through youth development programs that 
                support the primary role of the family, give priority 
                to prevention of youth problems and crime, promote 
                increased community coordination and collaboration in 
                meeting the needs of youth, and support development and 
                expansion of innovative community-based youth 
                development programs, which may include after-school 
                child care programs; and
                    ``(I) to make more effective use of other programs 
                related to the purposes of this subtitle (including 
                State welfare reform efforts);
            ``(2) a description of how the State intends to use 
        discretionary funds made available from the remainder of the 
        allotment described in section 675C(b) in accordance with this 
        subtitle, including a description of how the State will support 
        innovative community and neighborhood-based initiatives related 
        to the purposes of this subtitle;
            ``(3) based on information provided by eligible entities in 
        the State, a description of--
                    ``(A) the service delivery system, for services 
                provided or coordinated with funds made available 
                through the allotment, targeted to low-income 
                individuals and families in communities within the 
                State;
                    ``(B) a description of how linkages will be 
                developed to fill identified gaps in the services, 
                through the provision of information, referrals, case 
                management, and followup consultations;
                    ``(C) a description of how funds made available 
                through the allotment will be coordinated with other 
                public and private resources; and
                    ``(D) a description of how the funds will be used 
                to support innovative community and neighborhood-based 
                initiatives related to the purposes of this subtitle 
                which may include fatherhood and other initiatives with 
                the goal of strengthening families and encouraging 
                parental responsibility;
            ``(4) an assurance that the State will provide, on an 
        emergency basis, for the provision of such supplies and 
        services, nutritious foods, and related services, as may be 
        necessary to counteract conditions of starvation and 
        malnutrition among low-income individuals;
            ``(5) an assurance that the State will coordinate, and 
        establish linkages between, governmental and other social 
        services programs to assure the effective delivery of such 
        services to low-income individuals;
            ``(6) an assurance that the State will ensure coordination 
        between antipoverty programs in each community, and ensure, 
        where appropriate, that emergency energy crisis intervention 
        programs under title XXVI (relating to low-income home energy 
        assistance) are conducted in such community;
            ``(7) an assurance that the State will permit and cooperate 
        with Federal investigations undertaken in accordance with 
        section 678D;
            ``(8) an assurance that any eligible entity that received 
        funding in the previous fiscal year under this subtitle will 
        not have its funding terminated under this subtitle, or reduced 
        below the proportional share of funding the entity received in 
        the previous fiscal year unless, after providing notice and an 
        opportunity for a hearing on the record, the State determines 
        that cause exists for such termination or such reduction, 
        subject to review by the Secretary as provided in section 
        678C(b);
            ``(9) an assurance that the State will, to the maximum 
        extent possible, coordinate programs with and form partnerships 
        with other organizations serving low-income residents of the 
        communities and members of the groups served by the State, 
        including faith-based organizations, charitable groups, and 
        community organizations;
            ``(10) an assurance that the State will require each 
        eligible entity to establish procedures under which a low-
        income individual, community organization, or faith-based 
        organization, or representative of low-income individuals that 
        considers its organization, or low-income individuals, to be 
        inadequately represented on the board (or other mechanism) of 
        the eligible entity to petition for adequate representation;
            ``(11) an assurance that the State will secure from each 
        eligible entity, as a condition to receipt of funding by the 
        entity under this subtitle for a program, a community action 
        plan (which shall be submitted to the Secretary, at the request 
        of the Secretary, with the State plan) that includes a 
        community-needs assessment for the community served, which may 
be coordinated with community-needs assessments conducted for other 
programs;
            ``(12) an assurance that the State and all eligible 
        entities in the State will, not later than fiscal year 2001, 
        participate in the Results Oriented Management and 
        Accountability System, another performance measure system 
        established pursuant to section 678E(b), or an alternative 
        system for measuring performance and results that meets the 
        requirements of that section, and a description of outcome 
        measures to be used to measure eligible entity performance in 
        promoting self-sufficiency, family stability, and community 
        revitalization; and
            ``(13) information describing how the State will carry out 
        the assurances described in this subsection.
    ``(c) Funding Termination or Reductions.--For purposes of making a 
determination in accordance with subsection (b)(8) with respect to--
            ``(1) a funding reduction, the term `cause' includes--
                    ``(A) a statewide redistribution of funds provided 
                under this subtitle to respond to--
                            ``(i) the results of the most recently 
                        available census or other appropriate data;
                            ``(ii) the designation of a new eligible 
                        entity; or
                            ``(iii) severe economic dislocation; or
                    ``(B) the failure of an eligible entity to comply 
                with the terms of an agreement to provide services 
                under this subtitle; and
            ``(2) a termination, the term `cause' includes the material 
        failure of an eligible entity to comply with the terms of such 
        an agreement and the State plan to provide services under this 
        subtitle or the consistent failure of the entity to achieve 
        performance measures as determined by the State.
    ``(d) Procedures and Information.--The Secretary may prescribe 
procedures only for the purpose of assessing the effectiveness of 
eligible entities in carrying out the purposes of this subtitle.
    ``(e) Revisions and Inspection.--
            ``(1) Revisions.--The chief executive officer of each State 
        may revise any plan prepared under this section and shall 
        submit the revised plan to the Secretary.
            ``(2) Public inspection.--Each plan or revised plan 
        prepared under this section shall be made available for public 
        inspection within the State in such a manner as will facilitate 
        review of, and comment on, the plan.

``SEC. 676A. DESIGNATION AND REDESIGNATION OF ELIGIBLE ENTITIES IN 
              UNSERVED AREAS.

    ``(a) Qualified Organization In or Near Area.--
            ``(1) In general.--If any geographic area of a State is 
        not, or ceases to be, served by an eligible entity under this 
        subtitle, and if the chief executive officer of the State 
        decides to serve such area, the chief executive officer may 
        solicit applications from, and designate as an eligible 
        entity--
                    ``(A) a private nonprofit eligible entity located 
                in an area contiguous to or within reasonable proximity 
                of the unserved area that is already providing related 
                services in the unserved area; or
                    ``(B) a private nonprofit organization that is 
                geographically located in the unserved area that is 
                capable of providing a broad range of services designed 
                to eliminate poverty and foster self-sufficiency and 
                that meets the requirements of this subtitle.
            ``(2) Requirement.--In order to serve as the eligible 
        entity for the area, an entity described in paragraph (1)(B) 
        shall agree to add additional members to the board of the 
        entity to ensure adequate representation--
                    ``(A) in each of the 3 required categories 
                described in subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of section 
                676B(a)(2), by members that reside in the community 
                comprised by the unserved area; and
                    ``(B) in the category described in section 
                676B(a)(2), by members that reside in the neighborhood 
                served.
    ``(b) Special Consideration.--In designating an eligible entity 
under subsection (a), the chief executive officer shall grant the 
designation to an organization of demonstrated effectiveness in meeting 
the goals and purposes of this subtitle and may give priority, in 
granting the designation, to local eligible entities that are already 
providing related services in the unserved area, consistent with the 
needs identified by a community-needs assessment.
    ``(c) No Qualified Organization in or Near Area.--If no private, 
nonprofit organization is identified or determined to be qualified 
under subsection (a) to serve the unserved area as an eligible entity 
the chief executive officer may designate an appropriate political 
subdivision of the State to serve as an eligible entity for the area. 
In order to serve as the eligible entity for that area, the political 
subdivision shall have a board or other mechanism as required in 
section 676B(b).

``SEC. 676B. TRIPARTITE BOARDS.

    ``(a) Private Nonprofit Entities.--
            ``(1) Board.--In order for a private, nonprofit entity to 
        be considered to be an eligible entity for purposes of section 
        673(1), the entity shall administer the community services 
        block grant program through a tripartite board described in 
        paragraph (2) that fully participates in the development and 
        implementation of the program to serve low-income communities 
        or groups.
            ``(2) Selection and composition of board.--The members of 
        the board referred to in paragraph (1) shall be selected by the 
        entity and the board shall be composed so as to assure that--
                    ``(A) \1/3\ of the members of the board are elected 
                public officials, holding office on the date of 
                selection, or their representatives, except that if the 
                number of elected officials reasonably available and 
                willing to serve on the board is less than \1/3\ of the 
                membership of the board, membership on the board of 
                appointive public officials or their representatives 
                may be counted in meeting such \1/3\ requirement;
                    ``(B) not fewer than \1/3\ of the members are 
                persons chosen in accordance with democratic selection 
                procedures adequate to assure that these members are 
                representative of low-income individuals and families 
                in the neighborhood served;
                    ``(C) the remainder of the members are officials or 
                members of business, industry, labor, religious, law 
                enforcement, education, or other major groups and 
                interests in the community served; and
                    ``(D)(i) each member resides in the community; and
                    ``(ii) each representative of low-income 
                individuals and families selected to represent a 
                specific neighborhood within a community under this 
                paragraph resides in the neighborhood represented by 
                the member.
    ``(b) Public Organizations.--In order for a public organization to 
be considered to be an eligible entity for purposes of section 673(1), 
the entity shall administer the community services block grant program 
through--
            ``(1) a tripartite board, which shall have members selected 
        by the organization and shall be composed so as to assure that 
        not fewer than \1/3\ of the members are persons chosen in 
        accordance with democratic selection procedures adequate to 
        assure that these members--
                    ``(A) are representative of low-income individuals 
                and families in the neighborhood served;
                    ``(B) reside in the neighborhood served; and
                    ``(C) are able to participate actively in the 
                planning and implementation of programs funded under 
                this subtitle; or
            ``(2) another mechanism specified by the State to assure 
        decisionmaking and participation by low-income individuals in 
        the planning, administration, and evaluation of programs funded 
        under this subtitle.

``SEC. 677. PAYMENTS TO INDIAN TRIBES.

    ``(a) Reservation.--If, with respect to any State, the Secretary--
            ``(1) receives a request from the governing body of an 
        Indian tribe or tribal organization within the State that 
        assistance under this subtitle be made directly to such tribe 
        or organization; and
            ``(2) determines that the members of such tribe or tribal 
        organization would be better served by means of grants made 
        directly to provide benefits under this subtitle,
the Secretary shall reserve from amounts that would otherwise be 
allotted to such State under section 675B for the fiscal year the 
amount determined under subsection (b).
    ``(b) Determination of Reserved Amount.--The Secretary shall 
reserve for the purpose of subsection (a) from amounts that would 
otherwise be allotted to such State, not less than 100 percent of an 
amount that bears the same ratio to the State allotment for the fiscal 
year involved as the population of all eligible Indians for whom a 
determination has been made under subsection (a) bears to the 
population of all individuals eligible for assistance under this 
subtitle in such State.
    ``(c) Awards.--The sums reserved by the Secretary on the basis of a 
determination made under subsection (a) shall be made available by 
grant to the Indian tribe or tribal organization serving the 
individuals for whom such a determination has been made.
    ``(d) Plan.--In order for an Indian tribe or tribal organization to 
be eligible for a grant award for a fiscal year under this section, the 
tribe or organization shall submit to the Secretary a plan for such 
fiscal year that meets such criteria as the Secretary may prescribe by 
regulation.
    ``(e) Definitions.--In this section:
            ``(1) Indian tribe; tribal organization.--The terms `Indian 
        tribe' and `tribal organization' mean a tribe, band, or other 
        organized group recognized in the State in which the tribe, 
        band, or group resides, or considered by the Secretary of the 
        Interior, to be an Indian tribe or an Indian organization for 
        any purpose.
            ``(2) Indian.--The term `Indian' means a member of an 
        Indian tribe or of a tribal organization.

``SEC. 678. OFFICE OF COMMUNITY SERVICES.

    ``(a) Office.--The Secretary shall carry out the functions of this 
subtitle through an Office of Community Services, which shall be 
established in the Department of Health and Human Services. The Office 
shall be headed by a Director.
    ``(b) Grants, Contracts, Cooperative Agreements.--The Secretary 
shall carry out functions of this subtitle through grants, contracts, 
or cooperative agreements.

``SEC. 678A. TRAINING AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.

    ``(a) Activities.--The Secretary shall use the amounts reserved in 
section 674(b)(2) for training, technical assistance, planning, 
evaluation, and data collection activities related to programs carried 
out under this subtitle.
    ``(b) Process.--The process for determining the training and 
technical assistance to be carried out under this section shall--
            ``(1) ensure that the needs of eligible entities and 
        programs relating to improving program quality, including 
        financial management practices, are addressed to the maximum 
        extent feasible; and
            ``(2) incorporate mechanisms to ensure responsiveness to 
        local needs, including an ongoing procedure for obtaining input 
        from the national and State network of eligible entities.

``SEC. 678B. MONITORING OF ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.

    ``(a) In General.--In order to determine whether eligible entities 
meet the performance goals, administrative standards, financial 
management requirements, and other requirements of a State, the State 
shall conduct the following reviews of eligible entities:
            ``(1) A full onsite review of each such entity at least 
        once during each 3-year period.
            ``(2) An onsite review of each newly designated entity 
        immediately after the completion of the first year in which 
        such entity receives funds through the community services block 
        grant program.
            ``(3) Followup reviews including prompt return visits to 
        eligible entities, and their programs, that fail to meet the 
        goals, standards, and requirements established by the State.
            ``(4) Other reviews as appropriate, including reviews of 
        entities with programs that have had other Federal, State, or 
        local grants terminated for cause.
    ``(b) Requests.--The State may request training and technical 
assistance from the Secretary as needed to comply with the requirements 
of this section.

``SEC. 678C. CORRECTIVE ACTION; TERMINATION AND REDUCTION OF FUNDING.

    ``(a) Determination.--If the State determines, on the basis of a 
review pursuant to subsection 678B, that an eligible entity materially 
fails to comply with the terms of an agreement, or the State plan, to 
provide services under this subtitle or to meet appropriate standards, 
goals, and other requirements established by the State (including 
performance objectives), the State shall--
            ``(1) inform the entity of the deficiency to be corrected;
            ``(2) require the entity to correct the deficiency;
            ``(3)(A) offer training and technical assistance, if 
        appropriate, to help correct the deficiency, and prepare and 
        submit to the Secretary a report describing the training and 
        technical assistance offered; or
            ``(B) if the State determines that such training and 
        technical assistance are not appropriate, prepare and submit to 
        the Secretary a report stating the reasons for the 
        determination;
            ``(4)(A) at the discretion of the State (taking into 
        account the seriousness of the deficiency and the time 
        reasonably required to correct the deficiency), allow the 
        entity to develop and implement, within 60 days after being 
        informed of the deficiency, a quality improvement plan to 
        correct such deficiency within a reasonable period of time, as 
        determined by the State; and
            ``(B) not later than 30 days after receiving from an 
        eligible entity a proposed quality improvement plan pursuant to 
        subparagraph (A), either approve such proposed plan or specify 
        the reasons why the proposed plan cannot be approved; and
            ``(5) after providing adequate notice and an opportunity 
        for a hearing, initiate proceedings to terminate the 
        designation of or reduce the funding under this subtitle of the 
        eligible entity unless the entity corrects the deficiency.
    ``(b) Review.--A determination to terminate the designation or 
reduce the funding of an eligible entity is reviewable by the 
Secretary. The Secretary shall, upon request, review such a 
determination. The review shall be completed not later than 120 days 
after the determination to terminate the designation or reduce the 
funding. If the review is not completed within 120 days, the 
determination of the State shall become final at the end of the 120th 
day.

``SEC. 678D. FISCAL CONTROLS, AUDITS, AND WITHHOLDING.

    ``(a) Fiscal Controls, Procedures, Audits, and Inspections.--
            ``(1) In general.--A State that receives funds under this 
        subtitle shall--
                    ``(A) establish fiscal control and fund accounting 
                procedures necessary to assure the proper disbursal of 
                and accounting for Federal funds paid to the State 
                under this subtitle, including procedures for 
                monitoring the funds provided under this subtitle;
                    ``(B) ensure that cost and accounting standards of 
                the Office of Management and Budget apply to a 
                recipient of funds under this subtitle;
                    ``(C) prepare, at least every year (or in the case 
                of a State with a 2-year State plan, every 2 years) in 
                accordance with paragraph (2) an audit of the 
                expenditures of the State of amounts received under 
                this subtitle and amounts transferred to carry out the 
                purposes of this subtitle; and
                    ``(D) make appropriate books, documents, papers, 
                and records available to the Secretary and the 
                Comptroller General of the United States, or any of 
                their duly authorized representatives, for examination, 
                copying, or mechanical reproduction on or off the 
                premises of the appropriate entity upon a reasonable 
                request for the items.
            ``(2) Audits.--Each audit required by subsection (a)(1)(C) 
        shall be conducted by an entity independent of any agency 
        administering activities or services carried out under this 
        subtitle and shall be conducted in accordance with generally 
        accepted accounting principles. Within 30 days after the 
        completion of each such audit in a State, the chief executive 
        officer of the State shall submit a copy of such audit to any 
        eligible entity that was the subject of the audit at no charge, 
        to the legislature of the State, and to the Secretary.
            ``(3) Repayments.--The State shall repay to the United 
        States amounts found not to have been expended in accordance 
        with this subtitle or the Secretary may offset such amounts 
        against any other amount to which the State is or may become 
        entitled under this subtitle.
    ``(b) Withholding.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall, after providing 
        adequate notice and an opportunity for a hearing conducted 
        within the affected State, withhold funds from any State that 
        does not utilize the State allotment substantially in 
        accordance with the provisions of this subtitle, including the 
        assurances such State provided under section 676.
            ``(2) Response to complaints.--The Secretary shall respond 
        in an expeditious and speedy manner to complaints of a 
        substantial or serious nature that a State has failed to use 
        funds in accordance with the provisions of this subtitle, 
        including the assurances provided by the State under section 
        676. For purposes of this paragraph, a complaint of a failure 
        to meet any 1 of the assurances provided under section 676 that 
        constitutes disregarding that assurance shall be considered to 
        be a complaint of a serious nature.
            ``(3) Investigations.--Whenever the Secretary determines 
        that there is a pattern of complaints of failures described in 
        paragraph (2) from any State in any fiscal year, the Secretary 
        shall conduct an investigation of the use of funds received 
        under this subtitle by such State in order to ensure compliance 
        with the provisions of this subtitle.

``SEC. 678E. ACCOUNTABILITY AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.

    ``(a) State Accountability and Reporting Requirements.--
            ``(1) Performance measurement.--
                    ``(A) In general.--By October 1, 2001, each State 
                that receives funds under this subtitle shall 
                participate, and shall ensure that all eligible 
                entities in the State participate, in a performance 
                measurement system, which may be a performance 
                measurement system established by the Secretary 
                pursuant to subsection (b), or an alternative system 
                that meets the requirements of subsection (b).
                    ``(B) Local agencies.--The State may elect to have 
                local agencies who are subcontractors of the eligible 
                entities under this subtitle participate in the 
                performance measurement system. If the State makes that 
                election, references in this section to eligible 
                entities shall be considered to include the local 
                agencies.
            ``(2) Annual report.--Each State shall annually prepare and 
        submit to the Secretary a report on the measured performance of 
        the State and the eligible entities in the State. Each State 
        shall also include in the report an accounting of the 
        expenditure of funds received by the State through the 
        community services block grant program, including an accounting 
        of funds spent on indirect services or administrative costs by 
        the State and the eligible entities, and funds spent by 
        eligible entities on the direct delivery of local services, and 
        shall include information on the number of and characteristics 
        of clients served under this subtitle in the State, based on 
        data collected from the eligible entities. The State shall also 
        include in the report a summary describing the training and 
        technical assistance offered by the State under section 
678C(a)(3) during the year covered by the report.
    ``(b) Secretary's Accountability and Reporting Requirements.--
            ``(1) Performance measurement.--The Secretary, in 
        collaboration with the States and with eligible entities 
        throughout the Nation, shall facilitate the development of 1 or 
        more model performance measurement systems, which may be used 
        by the States and by eligible entities to measure their 
        performance in carrying out the requirements of this subtitle 
        and in achieving the goals of their community action plans. The 
        Secretary shall provide technical assistance, including support 
        for the enhancement of electronic data systems, to States and 
        to eligible entities to enhance their capability to collect and 
        report data for such a system and to aid in their participation 
        in such a system.
            ``(2) Reporting requirements.--At the end of each fiscal 
        year beginning after September 30, 1999, the Secretary shall, 
        directly or by grant or contract, prepare a report containing--
                    ``(A) a summary of the planned use of funds by each 
                State, and the eligible entities in the State, under 
                the community services block grant program, as 
                contained in each State plan submitted pursuant to 
                section 676;
                    ``(B) a description of how funds were actually 
                spent by the State and eligible entities in the State, 
                including a breakdown of funds spent on indirect 
                services or administrative costs and on the direct 
                delivery of local services by eligible entities;
                    ``(C) information on the number of entities 
                eligible for funds under this subtitle, the number of 
                low-income persons served under this subtitle, and such 
                demographic data on the low-income populations served 
                by eligible entities as is determined by the Secretary 
                to be feasible;
                    ``(D) a comparison of the planned uses of funds for 
                each State and the actual uses of the funds;
                    ``(E) a summary of each State's performance 
                results, and the results for the eligible entities, as 
                collected and submitted by the States in accordance 
                with subsection (a)(2); and
                    ``(F) any additional information that the Secretary 
                considers to be appropriate to carry out this subtitle, 
                if the Secretary informs the States of the need for 
                such additional information and allows a reasonable 
                period of time prior to the start of the fiscal year 
                for the States to collect and provide the information.
            ``(3) Submission.--The Secretary shall submit to the 
        Committee on Education and the Workforce of the House of 
        Representatives and the Committee on Labor and Human Resources 
        of the Senate the report described in paragraph (2), and any 
        comments the Secretary may have with respect to such report. 
        The report shall include definitions of direct, indirect, and 
        administrative costs used by the Department of Health and Human 
        Services for programs funded under this subtitle.
            ``(4) Costs.--Of the funds reserved under section 
        674(b)(3), not more than $350,000 shall be available to carry 
        out the reporting requirements contained in paragraph (2) and 
        the provision of technical assistance described in paragraph 
        (1).

``SEC. 678F. LIMITATIONS ON USE OF FUNDS.

    ``(a) Construction of Facilities.--
            ``(1) Limitations.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), 
        grants made under this subtitle (other than amounts reserved 
        under section 674(b)(3)) may not be used by the State, or by 
        any other person with which the State makes arrangements to 
        carry out the purposes of this subtitle, for the purchase or 
        improvement of land, or the purchase, construction, or 
        permanent improvement (other than low-cost residential 
        weatherization or other energy-related home repairs) of any 
        building or other facility.
            ``(2) Waiver.--The Secretary may waive the limitation 
        contained in paragraph (1) upon a State request for such a 
        waiver, if the Secretary finds that the request describes 
        extraordinary circumstances to justify the purchase of land or 
        the construction of facilities (or the making of permanent 
        improvements) and that permitting the waiver will contribute to 
        the ability of the State to carry out the purposes of this 
        subtitle.
    ``(b) Political Activities.--
            ``(1) Treatment as a state or local agency.--For purposes 
        of chapter 15 of title 5, United States Code, any entity that 
        assumes responsibility for planning, developing, and 
        coordinating activities under this subtitle and receives 
        assistance under this subtitle shall be deemed to be a State or 
        local agency. For purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2) of section 
        1502(a) of such title, any entity receiving assistance under 
        this subtitle shall be deemed to be a State or local agency.
            ``(2) Prohibitions.--Programs assisted under this subtitle 
        shall not be carried on in a manner involving the use of 
        program funds, the provision of services, or the employment or 
        assignment of personnel, in a manner supporting or resulting in 
        the identification of such programs with--
                    ``(A) any partisan or nonpartisan political 
                activity or any political activity associated with a 
                candidate, or contending faction or group, in an 
                election for public or party office;
                    ``(B) any activity to provide voters or prospective 
                voters with transportation to the polls or similar 
                assistance in connection with any such election; or
                    ``(C) any voter registration activity.
            ``(3) Rules and regulations.--The Secretary, after 
        consultation and regulations with the Office of Personnel 
        Management, shall issue rules and regulations to provide for 
        the enforcement of this subsection, which shall include 
        provisions for summary suspension of assistance or other action 
        necessary to permit enforcement on an emergency basis.
    ``(c) Nondiscrimination.--
            ``(1) In general.--No person shall, on the basis of race, 
        color, religion, national origin, or sex be excluded from 
        participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to 
        discrimination under, any program or activity funded in whole 
        or in part with funds made available under this subtitle. Any 
        prohibition against discrimination on the basis of age under 
        the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (42 U.S.C. 6101 et seq.) or 
        with respect to an otherwise qualified individual with a 
        disability as provided in section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act 
        of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794) or title II of the Americans with 
        Disabilities Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12131 et seq.) shall also 
        apply to any such program or activity.
            ``(2) Action of secretary.--Whenever the Secretary 
        determines that a State that has received a payment under this 
        subtitle has failed to comply with paragraph (1) or an 
        applicable regulation, the Secretary shall notify the chief 
        executive officer of the State and shall request that the 
        officer secure compliance. If within a reasonable period of 
        time, not to exceed 60 days, the chief executive officer fails 
        or refuses to secure compliance, the Secretary is authorized 
        to--
                    ``(A) refer the matter to the Attorney General with 
                a recommendation that an appropriate civil action be 
                instituted;
                    ``(B) exercise the powers and functions provided by 
                title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 
                2000d et seq.), the Age Discrimination Act of 1975 (42 
                U.S.C. 6101 et seq.), or section 504 of the 
                Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 794), as may be 
                applicable; or
                    ``(C) take such other action as may be provided by 
                law.
            ``(3) Action of attorney general.--When a matter is 
        referred to the Attorney General pursuant to paragraph (2), or 
        whenever the Attorney General has reason to believe that the 
        State is engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination in 
        violation of the provisions of this subsection, the Attorney 
        General may bring a civil action in any appropriate United 
        States district court for such relief as may be appropriate, 
        including injunctive relief.

``SEC. 679. OPERATIONAL RULE.

    ``(a) Faith-Based Organizations Included as Nongovernmental 
Providers.--For any program carried out by the Federal Government, or 
by a State or local government under this subtitle, the government 
shall consider, on the same basis as other nongovernmental 
organizations, faith-based organizations to provide the assistance 
under the program, so long as the program is implemented in a manner 
consistent with the Establishment Clause of the first amendment to the 
Constitution. Neither the Federal Government nor a State or local 
government receiving funds under this subtitle shall discriminate 
against an organization that provides assistance under, or applies to 
provide assistance under, this subtitle, on the basis that the 
organization has a faith-based character.
    ``(b) Additional Safeguards.--Neither the Federal Government nor a 
State or local government shall require a faith-based organization to 
remove religious art, icons, scripture, or other symbols in order to be 
eligible to provide assistance under a program described in subsection 
(a).
    ``(c) Limitations on Use of Funds for Certain Purposes.--No funds 
provided through a grant or contract to a faith-based organization to 
provide assistance under any program described in subsection (a) shall 
be expended for sectarian worship, instruction, or proselytization.
    ``(d) Fiscal Accountability.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), any 
        faith-based organization providing assistance under any program 
        described in subsection (a) shall be subject to the same 
        regulations as other nongovernmental organizations to account 
        in accord with generally accepted accounting principles for the 
        use of such funds provided under such program.
            ``(2) Limited audit.--Such organization shall segregate 
        government funds provided under such program into a separate 
        account. Only the government funds shall be subject to audit by 
        the government.

``SEC. 680. DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY.

    ``(a) Grants, Contracts, Arrangements, Loans, and Guarantees.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall, from funds reserved 
        under section 674(b)(3), make grants, loans, or guarantees to 
        States and public agencies and private, nonprofit 
        organizations, or enter into contracts or jointly financed 
        cooperative arrangements with States and public agencies and 
        private, nonprofit organizations (and for-profit organizations, 
        to the extent specified in (2)(E)) for each of the objectives 
described in paragraphs (2) through (4).
            ``(2) Community economic development.--
                    ``(A) Economic development activities.--The 
                Secretary shall make grants described in paragraph (1) 
                on a competitive basis to private, non-profit 
                organizations that are community development 
                corporations to provide technical and financial 
                assistance for economic development activities designed 
                to address the economic needs of low-income individuals 
                and families by creating employment and business 
                development opportunities.
                    ``(B) Consultation.--The Secretary shall exercise 
                the authority provided under subparagraph (A) after 
                consultation with other relevant Federal officials.
                    ``(C) Governing boards.--For a community 
                development corporation to receive funds to carry out 
                this paragraph, the corporation shall be governed by a 
                board that shall consist of residents of the community 
                and business and civic leaders and shall have as a 
                principal purpose planning, developing, or managing 
                low-income housing or community development projects.
                    ``(D) Geographic distribution.--In making grants to 
                carry out this paragraph, the Secretary shall take into 
                consideration the geographic distribution of funding 
                among States and the relative proportion of funding 
                among rural and urban areas.
                    ``(E) Reservation.--Of the amounts made available 
                to carry out this paragraph, the Secretary may reserve 
                not more than 1 percent for each fiscal year to make 
                grants to private, nonprofit organizations or to enter 
                into contracts with private, nonprofit or for-profit 
                organizations to provide technical assistance to aid 
                community development corporations in developing or 
                implementing activities funded to carry out this 
                paragraph and to evaluate activities funded to carry 
                out this paragraph.
            ``(3) Rural community development activities.--The 
        Secretary shall provide the assistance described in paragraph 
        (1) for rural community development activities, which shall 
        include--
                    ``(A) grants to private, nonprofit corporations 
                that provide assistance concerning home repair to rural 
                low-income families and planning and developing low-
                income rural rental housing units; and
                    ``(B) grants to multistate, regional, private, 
                nonprofit organizations to provide training and 
                technical assistance to small, rural communities in 
                meeting their community facility needs.
            ``(4) Neighborhood innovation projects.--The Secretary 
        shall provide the assistance described in paragraph (1) for 
        neighborhood innovation projects, which shall include grants to 
        neighborhood-based private, nonprofit organizations to test or 
        assist in the development of new approaches or methods that 
        will aid in overcoming special problems identified by 
        communities or neighborhoods or otherwise assist in furthering 
        the purposes of this subtitle, and which may include projects 
        that are designed to serve low-income individuals and families 
        who are not being effectively served by other programs.
    ``(b) Evaluation.--The Secretary shall require all activities 
receiving assistance under this section to be evaluated for their 
effectiveness. Funding for such evaluations shall be provided as a 
stated percentage of the assistance or through a separate grant awarded 
by the Secretary specifically for the purpose of evaluation of a 
particular activity or group of activities.
    ``(c) Annual Report.--The Secretary shall compile an annual report 
containing a summary of the evaluations required in subsection (b) and 
a listing of all activities assisted under this section. The Secretary 
shall annually submit the report to the Chairperson of the Committee on 
Education and the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the 
Chairperson of the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the 
Senate.''.

SEC. 3. RELATED AMENDMENTS.

    The Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9901 et seq.) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking section 681;
            (2) in section 681A--
                    (A) by striking ``681A'' and inserting ``681'';
                    (B) in subsection (c) by striking ``Labor'' and 
                inserting ``the Workforce''; and
                    (C) in subsection (d) by striking ``$25,000,000'' 
                and all that follows through ``1998'', and inserting 
                ``$4,000,000 for fiscal year 1999, and such sums as may 
                be necessary for fiscal years 2000 through 2003.'';
            (3) in section 682--
                    (A) in subsection (c)--
                            (i) by redesignating paragraphs (3) and (4) 
                        as paragraphs (4) and (5), respectively; and
                            (ii) by inserting after paragraph (2) the 
                        following:
            ``(3) the applicant shall, in each community in which a 
        program is funded under this section--
                    ``(A) ensure that--
                            ``(i) a community-based advisory committee, 
                        composed of representatives of local youth, 
                        family, and social service organizations, 
                        schools, entities that provide park and 
                        recreation services, entities that provide 
                        training services, and community-based 
                        organizations that serve high-risk youth, is 
                        established; or
                            ``(ii) an existing community-based advisory 
                        board, commission, or committee with similar 
                        membership is used; and
                    ``(B) enter into formal partnerships with youth-
                serving organizations or other appropriate social 
                service entities in order to link program participants 
                with year-round services in their home communities that 
                support and continue the objectives of this 
                subtitle;''; and
                    (B) in subsection (g) by striking ``each fiscal 
                year'' and all that follows through ``1998'', and 
                inserting ``for fiscal year 1999, and such sums as may 
                be necessary for fiscal years 2000 through 2003''; and
            (4) by striking sections 683 and 684, and inserting the 
        following:

``SEC. 683. DRUG TESTING AND PATERNITY DETERMINATIONS.

    ``(a) Drug Testing Permitted.--(1) Nothing in this subtitle shall 
be construed to prohibit a State from testing participants in programs, 
activities, or services carried out under this subtitle for controlled 
substances or from imposing sanctions on such participants who test 
positive for any of such substances.
    ``(2) Any funds provided under this subtitle expended for such 
testing shall be considered to be expended for administrative expenses 
and shall be subject to the limitation specified in section 675(b)(2).
    ``(b) Paternity Determinations.--During each fiscal year for which 
an eligible entity receives a grant under section 675C, such entity 
shall--
            ``(1) inform custodial parents in single-parent families 
        that participate in programs, activities, or services carried 
        out under this subtitle about the availability of child support 
        services;
            ``(2) refer eligible parents to the child support offices 
        of State and local governments;
            ``(3) establish referral arrangements with such offices; 
        and
            ``(4) verify that such custodial parents who receive 
        benefits under title IV of the Social Security Act comply with 
        the provisions of title IV of such Act.

``SEC. 684. REFERENCES.

    ``Any reference in any provision of law to the poverty line set 
forth in section 624 or 625 of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 
shall be construed to be a reference to the poverty line defined in 
section 673 of this subtitle. Any reference in any provision of law to 
any community action agency designated under title II of the Economic 
Opportunity Act of 1964 shall be construed to be a reference to an 
entity eligible to receive funds under the community services block 
grant program.''.

SEC. 4. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Preparation.--After consultation with the appropriate 
committees of Congress and the Director of the Office of Management and 
Budget, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall prepare 
recommended legislation containing technical and conforming amendments 
to reflect the changes made by this title.
    (b) Submission to Congress.--Not later than 6 months after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall submit to Congress the 
recommended legislation referred to under subsection (a).

SEC. 5. REPEALERS.

    Sections 407 and 408 of the Human Services Reauthorization Act of 
1986 (42 U.S.C 9812a and 9910b) are repealed.

SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Effective Date.--Except as provided in subsection (b), this Act 
and the amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date of 
the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Application of Amendments.--The amendments made by this Act 
shall not apply with respect to fiscal years ending before October 1, 
1998.
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