[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
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[S. 1876 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1876

  To reauthorize and restructure adoption incentive payments, and for 
                            other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           December 19, 2013

  Mr. Baucus (for himself, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Rockefeller, Mr. 
Grassley, and Mr. Casey) introduced the following bill; which was read 
             twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
  To reauthorize and restructure adoption incentive payments, 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; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Strengthening And 
Finding Families for Children Act''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
                  TITLE I--ADOPTION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS

Sec. 101. Extension of program through fiscal year 2016.
Sec. 102. Improvements to award structure.
Sec. 103. Renaming of program.
Sec. 104. Limitations on use of incentive payments.
Sec. 105. State report on calculation and use of savings resulting from 
                            the phase-out of eligibility requirements 
                            for adoption assistance; requirement to 
                            spend 40 percent of savings on certain 
                            services.
Sec. 106. Preservation of eligibility for kinship guardianship 
                            assistance payments with a successor 
                            guardian.
Sec. 107. Data collection on adoption and foster child guardianship 
                            disruption and dissolution.
Sec. 108. Encouraging the placement of children in foster care with 
                            siblings.
Sec. 109. Effective dates.
         TITLE II--EXTENSION OF FAMILY CONNECTION GRANT PROGRAM

Sec. 201. Extension of family connection grant program.
                  TITLE III--UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION

Sec. 301. Improving the collection of unemployment insurance 
                            overpayments through tax refund offset.
                      TITLE IV--BUDGETARY EFFECTS

Sec. 401. Determination of budgetary effects.

                  TITLE I--ADOPTION INCENTIVE PAYMENTS

SEC. 101. EXTENSION OF PROGRAM THROUGH FISCAL YEAR 2016.

    Section 473A of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 673b) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (b)(5), by striking ``2008 through 2012'' 
        and inserting ``2013 through 2015''; and
            (2) in each of paragraphs (1)(D) and (2) of subsection (h), 
        by striking ``2013'' and inserting ``2016''.

SEC. 102. IMPROVEMENTS TO AWARD STRUCTURE.

    (a) Eligibility for Award.--Section 473A(b) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 673b(b)) is amended by striking paragraph (2) and 
redesignating paragraphs (3) through (5) as paragraphs (2) through (4), 
respectively.
    (b) Data Requirements.--Section 473A(c)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
673b(c)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in the paragraph heading, by striking ``numbers of 
        adoptions'' and inserting ``rates of adoptions and 
        guardianships'';
            (2) by striking ``the numbers'' and all that follows 
        through ``section,'' and inserting ``each of the rates required 
        to be determined under this section with respect to a State and 
        a fiscal year,''; and
            (3) by inserting before the period the following: ``, and, 
        with respect to the determination of the rates related to 
        foster child guardianships, on the basis of information 
        reported to the Secretary under paragraph (12) of subsection 
        (g)''.
    (c) Award Amount.--Section 473A(d) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 673b(d)) 
is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking subparagraphs (A) through 
        (C) and inserting the following:
                    ``(A) $4,000, multiplied by the amount (if any) by 
                which--
                            ``(i) the number of foster child adoptions 
                        in the State during the fiscal year; exceeds
                            ``(ii) the product (rounded to the nearest 
                        whole number) of--
                                    ``(I) the base rate of foster child 
                                adoptions for the State for the fiscal 
                                year; and
                                    ``(II) the number of children in 
                                foster care under the supervision of 
                                the State on the last day of the 
                                preceding fiscal year;
                    ``(B) $8,000, multiplied by the amount (if any) by 
                which--
                            ``(i) the number of older child adoptions 
                        and older foster child guardianships in the 
                        State during the fiscal year; exceeds
                            ``(ii) the product (rounded to the nearest 
                        whole number) of--
                                    ``(I) the base rate of older child 
                                adoptions and older foster child 
                                guardianships for the State for the 
                                fiscal year; and
                                    ``(II) the number of children in 
                                foster care under the supervision of 
                                the State on the last day of the 
                                preceding fiscal year who have attained 
                                age 9;
                    ``(C) $4,500, multiplied by the amount (if any) by 
                which--
                            ``(i) the number of special needs adoptions 
                        that are not older child adoptions in the State 
                        during the fiscal year; exceeds
                            ``(ii) the product (rounded to the nearest 
                        whole number) of--
                                    ``(I) the base rate of special 
                                needs adoptions that are not older 
                                child adoptions for the State for the 
                                fiscal year; and
                                    ``(II) the number of children in 
                                foster care under the supervision of 
                                the State on the last day of the 
                                preceding fiscal year who have not 
                                attained age 9; and
                    ``(D) $4,000, multiplied by the amount (if any) by 
                which--
                            ``(i) the number of foster child 
                        guardianships in the State during the fiscal 
                        year; exceeds
                            ``(ii) the product (rounded to the nearest 
                        whole number) of--
                                    ``(I) the base rate of foster child 
                                guardianships for the State for the 
                                fiscal year; and
                                    ``(II) the number of children in 
                                foster care under the supervision of 
                                the State on the last day of the 
                                preceding fiscal year.''; and
            (2) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the following:
            ``(3) Increased adoption and legal guardianship incentive 
        payment for timely adoptions.--
                    ``(A) In general.--If for any of fiscal years 2013 
                through 2015, the total amount of adoption and legal 
                guardianship incentive payments payable under paragraph 
                (1) of this subsection are less than the amount 
                appropriated under subsection (h) for the fiscal year, 
                then, from the remainder of the amount appropriated for 
                the fiscal year that is not required for such payments 
                (in this paragraph referred to as the `timely adoption 
                award pool'), the Secretary shall increase the adoption 
                incentive payment determined under paragraph (1) for 
                each State that the Secretary determines is a timely 
                adoption award State for the fiscal year by the award 
                amount determined for the fiscal year under 
                subparagraph (C).
                    ``(B) Timely adoption award state defined.--A State 
                is a timely adoption award State for a fiscal year if 
                the State is one of the 50 States or the District of 
                Columbia and the Secretary determines that more than 50 
                percent of the foster child adoptions that were 
                finalized in the State during the fiscal year were for 
                children for whom an adoption was finalized not more 
                than 12 months after the date on which the child 
                becomes legally free for adoption.
                    ``(C) Award amount.--For purposes of subparagraph 
                (A), the award amount determined under this 
                subparagraph with respect to a fiscal year is the 
                amount equal to the product of--
                            ``(i) the timely adoption award pool for 
                        the fiscal year; and
                            ``(ii) the number of timely adoption award 
                        States for the fiscal year.''.
    (d) Definitions.--Section 473A(g) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 673b(g)) 
is amended by striking paragraphs (1) through (8) and inserting the 
following:
            ``(1) Foster child adoption rate.--The term `foster child 
        adoption rate' means, with respect to a State and a fiscal 
        year, the percentage determined by dividing--
                    ``(A) the number of foster child adoptions 
                finalized in the State during the fiscal year; by
                    ``(B) the number of children in foster care under 
                the supervision of the State on the last day of the 
                preceding fiscal year.
            ``(2) Base rate of foster child adoptions.--The term `base 
        rate of foster child adoptions' means, with respect to a State 
        and a fiscal year, the average of the foster child adoption 
        rate for the State for the immediately preceding 3 fiscal 
        years.
            ``(3) Foster child adoption.--The term `foster child 
        adoption' means the final adoption of a child who, at the time 
        of adoptive placement, was in foster care under the supervision 
        of the State.
            ``(4) Special needs adoptions that are not older child 
        adoptions rate.--The term `special needs adoptions that are not 
        older child adoptions rate' means, with respect to a State and 
        a fiscal year, the percentage determined by dividing--
                    ``(A) the number of special needs adoptions that 
                are not older child adoptions finalized in the State 
                during the fiscal year; by
                    ``(B) the number of children in foster care under 
                the supervision of the State on the last day of the 
                preceding fiscal year who have not attained age 9.
            ``(5) Base rate of special needs adoptions that are not 
        older child adoptions.--The term `base rate of special needs 
        adoptions that are not older child adoptions' means, with 
        respect to a State and a fiscal year, the average of the 
        special needs adoptions that are not older child adoptions rate 
        for the State for the immediately preceding 3 fiscal years.
            ``(6) Special needs adoptions that are not older child 
        adoptions.--The term `special needs adoptions that are not 
        older child adoptions' means the final adoptions of all 
        children who have not attained age 9 and for whom an adoption 
        assistance agreement is in effect under section 473.
            ``(7) Older child adoptions and older foster child 
        guardianships rate.--The term `older child adoptions and older 
        foster child guardianships rate' means, with respect to a State 
        and a fiscal year, the percentage determined by dividing--
                    ``(A) the number of older child adoptions and older 
                foster child guardianships finalized in the State 
                during the fiscal year; by
                    ``(B) the number of children in foster care under 
                the supervision of the State on the last day of the 
                preceding fiscal year, who have attained 9 years of 
                age.
            ``(8) Base rate of older child adoptions and older foster 
        child guardianships.--The term `base rate of older child 
        adoptions and older foster child guardianships' means, with 
        respect to a State and a fiscal year, the average of the older 
        child adoptions and older foster child guardianships rate for 
        the State for the immediately preceding 3 fiscal years.
            ``(9) Older child adoptions and older foster child 
        guardianships.--The term `older child adoptions and older 
        foster child guardianships' means the final adoption, or the 
        placement into legal guardianship, of all children who have 
        attained 9 years of age and--
                    ``(A) at the time of the adoptive or legal 
                guardianship placement, were in foster care under the 
                supervision of the State; or
                    ``(B) for whom an adoption assistance agreement was 
                in effect under section 473.
            ``(10) Foster child guardianship rate.--The term `foster 
        child guardianship rate' means, with respect to a State and a 
        fiscal year, the percentage determined by dividing--
                    ``(A) the number of foster child guardianships that 
                occurred in the State during the fiscal year; by
                    ``(B) the number of children in foster care under 
                the supervision of the State on the last day of the 
                preceding fiscal year.
            ``(11) Base rate of foster child guardianships.--The term 
        `base rate of foster child guardianships' means, with respect 
        to a State and a fiscal year, the average of the foster child 
        guardianship rate for the State for the immediately preceding 3 
        fiscal years.
            ``(12) Foster child guardianship.--The term `foster child 
        guardianship' means, with respect to a State, the exit of a 
        child from foster care under the responsibility of the State to 
        live with a legal guardian, if the State has reported to the 
        Secretary--
                    ``(A) that the State agency has determined that--
                            ``(i) the child has been removed from his 
                        or her home pursuant to a voluntary placement 
                        agreement or as a result of a judicial 
                        determination to the effect that continuation 
                        in the home would be contrary to the welfare of 
                        the child;
                            ``(ii) being returned home is not an 
                        appropriate option for the child;
                            ``(iii) the child demonstrates a strong 
                        attachment to the prospective legal guardian, 
                        and the prospective legal guardian has a strong 
                        commitment to caring permanently for the child; 
                        and
                            ``(iv) if the child has attained 14 years 
                        of age, the child has been consulted regarding 
                        the legal guardianship arrangement; or
                    ``(B) the alternative procedures used by the State 
                to determine that legal guardianship is the appropriate 
                option for the child.''.

SEC. 103. RENAMING OF PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--The section heading of section 473A of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 673b) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 473A. ADOPTION AND LEGAL GUARDIANSHIP INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.''.

    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 473A of such Act is amended in each of 
        subsections (a), (d)(1), (d)(2)(A), and (d)(2)(B) (42 U.S.C. 
        673b(a), (d)(1), (d)(2)(A), and (d)(2)(B)) by inserting ``and 
        legal guardianship'' after ``adoption'' each place it appears.
            (2) The heading of section 473A(d) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
        673b(d)) is amended by inserting ``and Legal Guardianship'' 
        after ``Adoption''.

SEC. 104. LIMITATIONS ON USE OF INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.

    Section 473A(f) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 673b(f)) is 
amended--
            (1) in the first sentence, by inserting ``, and shall use 
        the amount to supplement, and not supplant, any Federal or non-
        Federal funds used to provide any service under part B or E'' 
        before the period;
            (2) by inserting after the first sentence, the following: 
        ``In the case of any State that is paid an incentive payment 
        under this section for a fiscal year that exceeds $100,000, the 
        State shall use at least 25 percent of the incentive payment 
        made to the State for that fiscal year to provide services for 
        children who have been reunified with their families, including 
        services to youth who, after emancipating from foster care, 
        return to their families, to support and sustain these 
        reunifications.''; and
            (3) by striking ``the preceding sentence'' and inserting 
        ``this subsection''.

SEC. 105. STATE REPORT ON CALCULATION AND USE OF SAVINGS RESULTING FROM 
              THE PHASE-OUT OF ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR ADOPTION 
              ASSISTANCE; REQUIREMENT TO SPEND 40 PERCENT OF SAVINGS ON 
              CERTAIN SERVICES.

    Section 473(a)(8) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 673(a)(8)) 
is amended to read as follows:
    ``(8)(A) A State shall calculate the savings (if any) resulting 
from the application of paragraph (2)(A)(ii) to all applicable children 
for a fiscal year, using a methodology specified by the Secretary or an 
alternate methodology proposed by the State and approved by the 
Secretary.
    ``(B) A State shall annually report to the Secretary--
            ``(i) the methodology used to make the calculation 
        described in subparagraph (A), without regard to whether any 
        savings are found;
            ``(ii) the amount of any savings referred to in 
        subparagraph (A); and
            ``(iii) how any such savings are spent, accounting for and 
        reporting the spending separately from any other spending 
        reported to the Secretary under part B or E.
    ``(C) The Secretary shall make all information reported pursuant to 
subparagraph (B) (including the information required under subparagraph 
(D)(iii)) available on the website of the Department of Health and 
Human Services in a location easily accessible to the public.
    ``(D)(i) A State shall spend an amount equal to the amount of the 
savings (if any) in State expenditures under this part resulting from 
the application of paragraph (2)(A)(ii) to all applicable children for 
a fiscal year, to provide to children of families any service that may 
be provided under this part or part B, and shall spend not less than 40 
percent of any such savings on--
            ``(I) post-adoption or post-guardianship services (as 
        applicable) for children placed in adoptive, kinship 
        guardianship, or guardianship placements and their families; 
        and
            ``(II) services to support and sustain positive permanent 
        outcomes for children who otherwise might enter into foster 
        care under the responsibility of the State.
    ``(ii) Any spending by a State in accordance with this subparagraph 
shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, any Federal or non-
Federal funds used to provide any service under part B or E.
    ``(iii) A State shall include in the annual report submitted to the 
Secretary under subparagraph (B) a detailed account, in such form and 
manner as the Secretary shall require, of the services funded by the 
State to satisfy the requirements of clause (i) of this 
subparagraph.''.

SEC. 106. PRESERVATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR KINSHIP GUARDIANSHIP 
              ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS WITH A SUCCESSOR GUARDIAN.

    Section 473(d)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 673(d)(3)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) Eligibility not affected by replacement of 
                guardian with a successor guardian.--In the event of 
                the death or incapacity of the relative guardian, the 
                eligibility of a child for a kinship guardianship 
                assistance payment under this subsection shall not be 
                affected by reason of the replacement of the relative 
                guardian with a successor legal guardian named in the 
                kinship guardianship assistance agreement referred to 
                in paragraph (1) (including in any amendment to the 
                agreement), notwithstanding subparagraph (A) of this 
                paragraph and section 471(a)(28).''.

SEC. 107. DATA COLLECTION ON ADOPTION AND FOSTER CHILD GUARDIANSHIP 
              DISRUPTION AND DISSOLUTION.

    (a) In General.--Section 479 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
679) is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(d)(1) Not later than 12 months after the date of enactment of 
the Strengthening And Finding Families for Children Act the Secretary 
shall, as part of the data collection system established under this 
section, promulgate final regulations providing for the collection and 
analysis of information regarding children who enter into foster care 
under the supervision of a State as a result of the disruption of a 
placement for adoption or foster child guardianship or the dissolution 
of an adoption or foster child guardianship. The regulations shall 
require each State with a State plan approved under this part and part 
B to collect and report as part of such data collection system and, as 
appropriate, to report supplementary, descriptive, or spending 
information required separate from such system and, as appropriate, as 
part of other reports required under this part or part B, the 
information specified in paragraph (2).
    ``(2) The regulations promulgated under paragraph (1) shall require 
a State to collect and report the following information:
            ``(A) Information on children born in the United States who 
        are adopted or placed in a foster child guardianship and who 
        enter into foster care under the supervision of the State as a 
        result of the disruption of a placement for adoption or foster 
        child guardianship or the dissolution of an adoption or foster 
        child guardianship, including--
                    ``(i) the number of such children who enter into 
                foster care under the supervision of the State as a 
                result of--
                            ``(I) the disruption of placement for 
                        adoption;
                            ``(II) the disruption of placement for 
                        foster child guardianship;
                            ``(III) the dissolution of an adoption; or
                            ``(IV) the dissolution of a foster child 
                        guardianship; and
                    ``(ii) for each child identified under clause (i)--
                            ``(I) the length of the adoption or foster 
                        child guardianship placement prior to 
                        disruption or dissolution;
                            ``(II) the age of the child at the time of 
                        the disruption or dissolution;
                            ``(III) the reason for the disruption or 
                        dissolution, as well as illustrative or 
                        supplementary materials that provide 
                        elaboration for the reason; and
                            ``(IV) the agencies who handled the 
                        placement for adoption or foster child 
                        guardianship.
            ``(B) Information on children born in a country other than 
        the United States who enter into foster care under the 
        supervision of the State as a result of the disruption of a 
        placement for adoption or the dissolution of an adoption, 
        including--
                    ``(i) the number of such children who enter into 
                foster care under the supervision of the State as a 
                result of--
                            ``(I) the disruption of placement for 
                        adoption; or
                            ``(II) the dissolution of an adoption;
                    ``(ii) for each child identified under clause (i)--
                            ``(I) the child's country of birth and, if 
                        different, the country from which the child 
                        originally was placed for adoption;
                            ``(II) the length of the adoption placement 
                        prior to disruption or dissolution;
                            ``(III) the age of the child at the time of 
                        the disruption or dissolution;
                            ``(IV) the reason for the disruption or 
                        dissolution, as well as illustrative or 
                        supplementary materials that provide 
                        elaboration for the reason; and
                            ``(V) the agencies who handled the 
                        placement for adoption; and
            ``(C) A description of the pre- and post-adoptive support 
        services that the State has determined result in lower rates of 
        disruption and dissolution of adoptions or foster child 
        guardianships.
            ``(D) Information on how the State spends funds paid to the 
        State from an allotment for the State under section 433 to 
        promote adoption, and, separately, to provide pre- and post-
        adoptive support services.
            ``(E) Such other information as determined appropriate by 
        the Secretary.
    ``(3) For purposes of this subsection, the term `foster child 
guardianship' has the meaning given that term in section 
473A(g)(12).''.
    (b) Annual Report.--Section 479A of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 679b) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (5), by striking ``and'' after the 
        semicolon;
            (2) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(7) include in the report submitted pursuant to paragraph 
        (5) for fiscal year 2016 or any succeeding fiscal year, 
        national and State-by-State data on the numbers and rates of 
        disruptions and dissolutions of adoptions, as collected 
        pursuant to section 479(d).''.

SEC. 108. ENCOURAGING THE PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE WITH 
              SIBLINGS.

    (a) State Plan Amendment.--
            (1) Notification of parents of siblings.--Section 
        471(a)(29) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 671(a)(29)) is 
        amended by striking ``all adult grandparents'' and inserting 
        ``the following relatives: all adult grandparents, all parents 
        of a sibling of the child, where such parent has legal custody 
        of such sibling,''.
            (2) Sibling defined.--Section 475 of the Social Security 
        Act (42 U.S.C. 675) is amended by adding at the end the 
        following:
            ``(9) The term `sibling' means an individual who satisfies 
        at least one of the following conditions with respect to a 
        child:
                    ``(A) The individual is considered by State law to 
                be a sibling of the child.
                    ``(B) The individual would have been considered a 
                sibling of the child under State law but for a 
                termination or other disruption of parental rights, 
                such as the death of a parent.''.
    (b) Rule of Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be 
construed as subordinating the rights of foster or adoptive parents of 
a child to the rights of the parents of a sibling of that child.

SEC. 109. EFFECTIVE DATES.

    (a) In General.--Except as otherwise provided in this section, the 
amendments made by this title shall take effect as if enacted on 
October 1, 2013.
    (b) Restructuring and Renaming of Program.--
            (1) In general.--The amendments made by sections 102 and 
        103 shall take effect on October 1, 2014, subject to paragraph 
        (2).
            (2) Transition rule.--
                    (A) In general.--Notwithstanding any other 
                provision of law, the total amount payable to a State 
                under section 473A of the Social Security Act for 
                fiscal year 2014 shall be an amount equal to \1/2\ of 
                the sum of--
                            (i) the total amount that would be payable 
                        to the State under such section for fiscal year 
                        2014 if the amendments made by section 102 of 
                        this Act had not taken effect; and
                            (ii) the total amount that would be payable 
                        to the State under such section for fiscal year 
                        2014 in the absence of this paragraph.
                    (B) Pro rata adjustment if insufficient funds 
                available.--If the total amount otherwise payable under 
                subparagraph (A) for fiscal year 2014 exceeds the 
                amount appropriated pursuant to section 473A(h) of the 
                Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 673b(h)) for that fiscal 
                year, the amount payable to each State under 
                subparagraph (A) for fiscal year 2014 shall be--
                            (i) the amount that would otherwise be 
                        payable to the State under subparagraph (A) for 
                        fiscal year 2014; multiplied by
                            (ii) the percentage represented by the 
                        amount so appropriated for fiscal year 2014, 
                        divided by the total amount otherwise payable 
                        under subparagraph (A) to all States for that 
                        fiscal year.
    (c) Promoting Sibling Connections.--
            (1) In general.--The amendments made by section 108 shall 
        take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
            (2) Delay permitted if state legislation required.--In the 
        case of a State plan approved under part E of title IV of the 
        Social Security Act which the Secretary of Health and Human 
        Services determines requires State legislation (other than 
        legislation appropriating funds) in order for the plan to meet 
        the additional requirements imposed by section 108, the State 
        plan shall not be regarded as failing to comply with the 
        requirements of such part solely on the basis of the failure of 
        the plan to meet such additional requirements before the 1st 
        day of the 1st calendar quarter beginning after the close of 
        the 1st regular session of the State legislature that ends 
        after the 1-year period beginning with the date of enactment of 
        this Act. For purposes of the preceding sentence, in the case 
        of a State that has a 2-year legislative session, each year of 
        the session is deemed to be a separate regular session of the 
        State legislature.

         TITLE II--EXTENSION OF FAMILY CONNECTION GRANT PROGRAM

SEC. 201. EXTENSION OF FAMILY CONNECTION GRANT PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 427(h) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 627(h)) is amended by striking ``2013'' and inserting ``2016''.
    (b) Eligibility of Universities for Matching Grants.--Section 
427(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 627(a)) is amended, in the matter 
preceding paragraph (1)--
            (1) by striking ``and'' before ``private''; and
            (2) by inserting ``and institutions of higher education (as 
        defined under section 101 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 
        (20 U.S.C. 1001)),'' after ``arrangements,''.
    (c) Finding Families for Foster Youth Who Are Parents.--Section 
427(a)(1)(E) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 627(a)(1)(E)) is amended by 
inserting ``and other individuals who are willing and able to be foster 
parents for children in foster care under the responsibility of the 
State who are themselves parents'' after ``kinship care families''.
    (d) Reservation of Funds.--Section 427(g) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
627(g)) is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (1); and
            (2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as paragraphs 
        (1) and (2), respectively.

                  TITLE III--UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION

SEC. 301. IMPROVING THE COLLECTION OF UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE 
              OVERPAYMENTS THROUGH TAX REFUND OFFSET.

    (a) In General.--Section 303 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
503) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(m) In the case of a covered unemployment compensation debt (as 
defined under section 6402(f)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) 
that remains uncollected as of the date that is 2 years after the date 
when such debt was first incurred, the State to which such debt is owed 
shall take action to recover such debt under section 6402(f) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on October 1, 2015.

                      TITLE IV--BUDGETARY EFFECTS

SEC. 401. DETERMINATION OF BUDGETARY EFFECTS.

    The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying 
with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by 
reference to the latest statement titled ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO 
Legislation'' for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional 
Record by the Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, provided that 
such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.
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