[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1439 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1439

 To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to reauthorize 
  adoption incentives payments under section 473A of that Act and to 
         provide incentives for the adoption of older children.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                July 22 (legislative day, July 21), 2003

  Mr. Bunning introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to reauthorize 
  adoption incentives payments under section 473A of that Act and to 
         provide incentives for the adoption of older children.

    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 ``Adoption Incentive Program 
Reauthorization Act of 2003''.

SEC. 2. ADOPTION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.

    (a) Reauthorization.--
            (1) In general.--Section 473A of the Social Security Act 
        (42 U.S.C. 673b) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (b)(5), by striking ``1998 
                through 2002'' and inserting ``2004 through 2008''; and
                    (B) in subsection (h)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1), by striking 
                        ``Secretary'' and all that follows through the 
                        period and inserting ``Secretary, $43,000,000 
                        for each of fiscal years 2004 through 2008.''; 
                        and
                            (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking ``2003'' 
                        and inserting ``2008''.
            (2) Older child baseline.--
                    (A) Determinations of number of adoptions.--Section 
                473A(c)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
                673b(c)(2)) is amended to read as follows:
            ``(2) Determination of numbers of adoptions based on afcars 
        data.--The Secretary shall determine the numbers of foster 
        child adoptions and of older child adoptions in a State during 
        each of fiscal years 2004 through 2008, for purposes of this 
        section, on the basis of data meeting the requirements of the 
        system established pursuant to section 479, as reported by the 
        State and approved by the Secretary by August 1 of the 
        succeeding fiscal year.''.
                    (B) Adoption incentive payment.--Section 
                473A(d)(1)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
                673b(d)(1)(B)) is amended--
                            (i) by striking ``$2,000'' and inserting 
                        ``$6,000''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``special needs'' each 
                        place it appears and inserting ``older child''.
                    (C) Definitions.--Section 473A(g) of the Social 
                Security Act (42 U.S.C. 673b(g)) is amended--
                            (i) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting 
                        the following:
            ``(2) Older child adoption.--The term `older child 
        adoption' means the final adoption of a child who has attained 
        age 9 and--
                    ``(A) at the time of adoptive placement, was in 
                foster care under the supervision of the State; or
                    ``(B) for whom an adoption assistance agreement is 
                in effect under section 473.''; and
                            (ii) by striking paragraph (4), and 
                        inserting the following:
            ``(4) Base number of older child adoptions.--The term `base 
        number of older child adoptions for a State' means--
                    ``(A) with respect to fiscal year 2004, the number 
                of older child adoptions in the State in fiscal year 
                2003; and
                    ``(B) with respect to any subsequent fiscal year, 
                the number of older child adoptions in the State in the 
                fiscal year for which the number is the greatest in the 
                period that begins with fiscal year 2003 and ends with 
                the fiscal year preceding such fiscal year.''.
            (3) Conforming amendments.--
                    (A) Health insurance coverage for children with 
                special needs.--Section 473A(b)(4) of the Social 
                Security Act (42 U.S.C. 673b(b)(4)) is amended by 
                striking ``fiscal years 2001 and 2002'' and inserting 
                ``each of fiscal years 2004 through 2008''.
                    (B) Data requirements.--Section 473A(c)(1) of the 
                Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 673b(c)(1)) is amended 
                to read as follows:
            ``(1) In general.--A State is in compliance with this 
        subsection for a fiscal year if the State has provided to the 
        Secretary the data described in paragraph (2) for the fiscal 
        year that precedes the fiscal year for which the State seeks a 
        grant under this section.''.
                    (C) Definition of base number of foster child 
                adoptions.--Section 473A(g)(3) of the Social Security 
                Act (42 U.S.C. 673b(g)(3)) is amended--
                            (i) by striking ``means'' and all that 
                        follows through ``any subsequent fiscal year,'' 
                        and inserting ``means, with respect to a fiscal 
                        year,''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``such subsequent fiscal 
                        year'' and inserting ``such fiscal year''.
                    (D) Technical assistance.--Section 473A(i)(4) of 
                the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 673b(i)(4)) is 
                amended by striking ``1998 through 2000'' and inserting 
                ``2004 through 2008''.
    (b) Discretionary Cap Adjustment.--
            (1) Section 251.--Section 251(b)(2)(G) of the Balanced 
        Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C. 
        901(b)(2)(G)) is amended--
                    (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by striking 
                ``1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, or 2003'' and inserting 
                ``2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, or 2008''; and
                    (B) in clause (i), by striking ``$20,000,000'' and 
                inserting ``$43,000,000''.
            (2) Section 314.--Section 314(b)(6) of the Congressional 
        Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 645(b)(6)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, or 2003'' 
                and inserting ``2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, or 2008''; and
                    (B) by striking ``$20,000,000'' and inserting 
                ``$43,000,000''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section take 
effect on October 1, 2003.
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