[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2491 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2491

   To amend the Head Start Act by establishing grants for Head Start 
  programs in communities affected by toxic pollutants, and for other 
                               purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                            February 3, 2016

  Mr. Peters (for himself and Ms. Stabenow) introduced the following 
  bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, 
                     Education, Labor, and Pensions

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend the Head Start Act by establishing grants for Head Start 
  programs in communities affected by toxic pollutants, and for other 
                               purposes.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Children's Head Start Intervention 
for Life and Development Act''.

SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR HEAD START PROGRAMS IN COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY TOXIC 
              POLLUTANTS.

    The Head Start Act is amended--
            (1) by redesignating section 657C (42 U.S.C. 9852c) as 
        section 657D; and
            (2) by inserting after section 657B (42 U.S.C. 9852b) the 
        following:

``SEC. 657C. GRANTS TO COMMUNITIES AFFECTED BY TOXIC POLLUTANTS.

    ``(a) Grants.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of 
        law, the Secretary may award grants to eligible entities to 
        carry out Head Start (including Early Head Start) programs in 
        communities affected by water polluted by lead or a toxic 
        pollutant as the result of an event for which the President has 
        declared an emergency. The Secretary may award the grants for a 
        single period of not more than 5 years, and may not renew the 
        grants.
            ``(2) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) Emergency.--The term `emergency' has the 
                meaning given the term in section 102 of the Robert T. 
                Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act 
                (42 U.S.C. 5122).
                    ``(B) Toxic pollutant.--The term `toxic pollutant' 
                has the meaning given the term in section 502 of the 
                Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1362).
    ``(b) Eligible Entity; Priority.--
            ``(1) Eligible entity.--To be eligible to receive a grant 
        under this section, an entity shall meet the requirements to be 
        designated as a Head Start agency under section 641 or the 
        requirements to be eligible to provide an Early Head Start 
        program under 645A(d), as the case may be.
            ``(2) Priority.--In awarding grants under this section, the 
        Secretary shall give priority to eligible entities in 
        partnerships with child care providers who are providing child 
        care services on the date of enactment of the Children's Head 
        Start Intervention for Life and Development Act.
    ``(c) Use of Funds.--An entity that receives a grant under this 
section shall use the grant funds to carry out a Head Start (which may 
be an Early Head Start) program in accordance with this subchapter in a 
community described in subsection (a).
    ``(d) Training and Technical Assistance.--The Secretary may use 
funds provided under this section--
            ``(1) to provide intensive training and technical 
        assistance to the operators and staff of Head Start programs 
        funded under this section, to address the behavioral and other 
        needs of the children served through those programs; and
            ``(2) to pay for the administrative costs of carrying out 
        this section.
    ``(e) Construction.--Nothing in this section shall be construed to 
make any entity eligible for designation or a designation renewal under 
section 641.
    ``(f) References.--The Secretary shall issue guidance clarifying 
when a reference in this subchapter to `this subchapter', used in 
conjunction with an amount, shall be considered to include an amount 
made available under this section.
    ``(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this section, $50,000,000 for each of fiscal 
years 2017 through 2022.''.
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