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                   HUMAN SERVICES AMENDMENTS OF 1994

  Mr. MARTINEZ. Mr. Speaker, I move to suspend the rules and pass the 
bill (H.R. 4250) to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1995 
through 1998 to carry out the Head Start Act and the Community Services 
Block Grant Act, and for other purposes; as amended.
  The Clerk read as follows:

                               H.R. 4250

       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 ``Human 
     Services Amendments of 1994''.
       (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act 
     is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

                      TITLE I--HEAD START PROGRAMS

Sec. 101. Short title; references in title.
Sec. 102. Definitions.
Sec. 103. Services.
Sec. 104. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 105. Allocation of funds.
Sec. 106. Report.
Sec. 107. Designation.
Sec. 108. Monitoring and quality assurance.
Sec. 109. Enhanced parent involvement and transition coordination with 
              schools.
Sec. 110. Facilities and administrative requirements.
Sec. 111. Participation.
Sec. 112. Initiative on families with infants and toddlers.
Sec. 113. Appeals, notice, and hearing.
Sec. 114. Goals and priorities for training and technical assistance.
Sec. 115. Staff qualifications and development.
Sec. 116. Research, demonstrations, evaluation.
Sec. 117. Announcements and evaluations.
Sec. 118. Reports.
Sec. 119. Repeals.
Sec. 120. Consultation with the Corporation for National and Community 
              Service.
Sec. 121. Study of benefits for Head Start employees.
Sec. 122. Study of full-day and full-year Head Start programs.
Sec. 123. State dependent care development programs.
Sec. 124. Reauthorization of Child Development Associate Scholarship 
              Assistance Act of 1985.
Sec. 125. Technical and conforming amendments.
Sec. 126. Effective date; application of amendments.

          TITLE II--COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT AMENDMENTS

Sec. 201. Short title and references.
Sec. 202. Authorizations of appropriations.
Sec. 203. Discretionary authority of Secretary.
Sec. 204. Community food and nutrition.
Sec. 205. Instructional activities for low-income youth.
Sec. 206. Amendment to Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act.
Sec. 207. Amendments to the Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1986.
Sec. 208. Effective date.

        TITLE III--LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE AMENDMENTS

Sec. 301. Short title and references.
Sec. 302. Statement of purpose.
Sec. 303. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 304. Emergency funds.
Sec. 305. Authorized uses of funds.
Sec. 306. Targeting of assistance to households with high home energy 
              burdens.
Sec. 307. Clarification of audit requirement.
Sec. 308. Use of Department of Energy weatherization rules to achieve 
              program consistency.
Sec. 309. Matters to be described in annual application.
Sec. 310. Report of funds available for obligation.
Sec. 311. Miscellaneous and technical amendments.
Sec. 312. Residential energy assistance challenge option (R.E.A.Ch.).
Sec. 313. Sense of the Congress regarding appropriations for LIHEAP.
Sec. 314. Effective date.

           TITLE IV--COMMUNITY-BASED FAMILY RESOURCE PROGRAMS

Sec. 401. Short title.
Sec. 402. Community-based family support and family resource programs.
Sec. 403. Federal Council on Children, Youth, and Families.
Sec. 404. Family Resource Act.

                      TITLE I--HEAD START PROGRAMS

     SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE; REFERENCES IN TITLE.

       (a) Short Title.--This title may be cited as the ``Head 
     Start Act Amendments of 1994''.
       (b) References.--Except as otherwise specifically provided, 
     whenever in this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in 
     terms of an amendment to, or a repeal of, a section or other 
     provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a 
     section or other provision of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 
     9831 et seq.)

     SEC. 102. DEFINITIONS.

       Section 637 (42 U.S.C. 9832) is amended--
       (1) by striking paragraphs (4) and (5);
       (2) by adding after paragraph (11) the following:
       ``(12) The term `family literacy services' means services 
     and activities that include interactive literacy activities 
     between parents and their children, training for parents on 
     techniques for being the primary teacher of their children 
     and full partners in the education of their children, parent 
     literacy training (including training in English as a second 
     language), and early childhood education.
       ``(13) The term `Indian tribe' means any tribe, band, 
     nation, pueblo, or other organized group or community of 
     Indians, including any Native village described in section 
     3(c) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (43 U.S.C. 
     1602(c)) or established pursuant to such Act (43 U.S.C. 1601 
     et seq.), that is recognized as eligible for the special 
     programs and services provided by the United States to 
     Indians because of their status as Indians.'';
       (3) by redesignating paragraphs (6), (7), (8), (9), (10), 
     (11), (12), and (13) as paragraphs (7), (8), (9), (13), (5), 
     (6), (4), and (10), respectively; and
       (4)(A) by transferring paragraph (4), as so redesignated, 
     and inserting the paragraph after paragraph (3);
       (B) by transferring paragraphs (5) and (6), as so 
     redesignated, and inserting the paragraphs after paragraph 
     (4), as so redesignated;
       (C) by transferring paragraph (10), as so redesignated, and 
     inserting the paragraph after paragraph (9), as so 
     redesignated;
       (D) by inserting after paragraph (10), as so redesignated, 
     the following:
       ``(11) The term `local educational agency' has the meaning 
     given such term in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
     of 1965.
       ``(12) The term `migrant Head Start program' means a Head 
     Start program that serves families who are engaged in 
     agricultural work and who have changed their residence from 
     one geographical location to another in the preceding 2-year 
     period.''; and
       (E) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(14) The term `State educational agency' has the meaning 
     given such term in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act 
     of 1965.''.

     SEC. 103. SERVICES.

       Section 638(a)(1) (42 U.S.C. 9833(a)(1)) is amended by 
     striking ``health, nutritional, educational, social, and 
     other services'' and inserting ``health, education, parental 
     involvement, nutritional, social, and other services''.

     SEC. 104. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       Section 639 (42 U.S.C. 9834) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking all that follows 
     ``subchapter'' and inserting ``such sums as may be necessary 
     for fiscal years 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998.''; and
       (2) by striking subsections (b) and (c) and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(b) From the amount appropriated under subsection (a), 
     the Secretary shall make available--
       ``(1) $35,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1995 through 
     1998 to--
       ``(A) carry out the Head Start Transition Project Act; and
       ``(B) carry out activities authorized under section 642(d); 
     and
       ``(2) not more than $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1995, and 
     such sums as may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 
     1996 through 1998, to carry out longitudinal research under 
     section 649(e).''.

     SEC. 105. ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.

       (a) Allocation and Use of Funds for Quality Improvement.--
     Section 640(a)(3) (42 U.S.C. 9835(a)(3)) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as 
     subparagraphs (C) and (D), respectively;
       (2) by striking ``(3)(C)'' and all that follows through 
     ``quality improvement activities:'' and inserting the 
     following:
       ``(3)(A)(i) In order to provide assistance for activities 
     specified in subparagraph (C) directed at the goals specified 
     in subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall reserve, from the 
     amount (if any) by which the funds appropriated under section 
     639(a) for a fiscal year exceed the adjusted prior year 
     appropriation, a share equal to the sum of--
       ``(I) 25 percent of such excess amount; and
       ``(II) any additional amount the Secretary may find 
     necessary to address a demonstrated need for such activities.
       ``(ii) As used in clause (i), the term `adjusted prior year 
     appropriation' means, with respect to a fiscal year, the 
     amount appropriated pursuant to section 639(a) for the 
     preceding fiscal year, adjusted to reflect the percentage 
     change in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers 
     (issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics) during such 
     preceding fiscal year.
       ``(B) Funds reserved under this paragraph (referred to in 
     this paragraph as `quality improvement funds') shall be used 
     to accomplish any or all of the following goals:
       ``(i) Ensuring that Head Start programs meet or exceed 
     performance standards pursuant to section 641A(a)(1)(A).
       ``(ii) Ensuring that such programs have adequate qualified 
     staff, and that such staff are furnished adequate training, 
     including developing skills in working with children with 
     non-English language background, when appropriate.
       ``(iii) Ensuring that salary levels and benefits are 
     adequate to attract and retain qualified staff for such 
     programs.
       ``(iv) Using salary increases to improve staff 
     qualifications, and to assist with the implementation of 
     career development programs, for the staff of Head Start 
     programs.
       ``(v) Improving community-wide strategic planning and needs 
     assessments for such programs.
       ``(vi) Ensuring that the physical environments of Head 
     Start programs are conducive to providing effective program 
     services to children and families, including, where 
     appropriate, services to families with very young children.
       ``(vii) Making such other improvements in the quality of 
     such programs as the Secretary may designate.
       ``(C) Quality improvement funds shall be used to carry out 
     any or all of the following activities:'';
       (3) in subparagraph (C), as redesignated in paragraph (1), 
     by adding at the end the following:
       ``(vii) Such other activities as the Secretary may 
     designate.''; and
       (4) in subparagraph (D), as redesignated in paragraph (1)--
       (A) in clause (i)--
       (i) in the matter preceding subclause (I), by striking 
     ``for the first, second, and third fiscal years for which 
     funds are so reserved''; and
       (ii) in subclause (II), by inserting ``geographical areas 
     specified in subsection (a)(2)(B) and Indian and migrant Head 
     Start programs,'' after States,'';
       (B) by striking clauses (ii) and (iii);
       (C) in clause (iv)--
       (i) by striking ``To be expended'' and all that follows 
     through ``reserved, funds'' and inserting ``Funds'';
       (ii) by striking ``clause (ii)'' the first place it appears 
     and inserting ``clause (i)'';
       (iii) by inserting before the period at the end of the 
     first sentence, ``, for expenditure for activities specified 
     in subparagraph (C)''; and
       (iv) by striking the second sentence;
       (D) in clause (vi), by striking ``paragraphs (2), (4), and 
     (5)'' and inserting ``paragraph (2) or (4)''; and
       (E) by striking clause (v) and redesignating clauses (iv) 
     and (vi) as clause (ii) and (iii), respectively.
       (b) Funds Set-Aside.--Section 640(a) (42 U.S.C. 9835(a)) is 
     amended--
       (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``through (5).'' and 
     inserting ``through (4), and subject to paragraphs (5) and 
     (6).'';
       (2) in paragraph (2)--
       (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``1990'' and inserting 
     ``1994''; and
       (B) in subparagraph (D), by inserting ``(including payments 
     for all costs (other than compensation of Federal employees) 
     of reviews of Head Start agencies and programs under section 
     641A(c), and of activities related to the development and 
     implementation of quality improvement plans under section 
     641A(d)(2))'' after ``Secretary'';
       (3) in paragraph (3), by striking ``paragraph (5)'' each 
     place it appears and inserting ``paragraph (4)'';
       (4) by striking paragraph (4), and redesignating paragraphs 
     (5) and (6) as paragraphs (4) and (7), respectively;
       (5) in paragraph (4), as redesignated in paragraph (4), by 
     striking ``The'' and inserting ``Subject to section 639(b), 
     the''; and
       (6) by adding after paragraph (4), as redesignated in 
     paragraph (4), the following:
       ``(5)(A) From amounts reserved and allotted pursuant to 
     paragraph (4), the Secretary shall reserve such sums as may 
     be necessary to award the collaboration grants described in 
     subparagraph (B).
       ``(B) From the reserved sums, the Secretary may award a 
     collaboration grant to each State to facilitate collaboration 
     between State governments and Head Start programs regarding 
     activities carried out in the State under this subchapter, 
     and other activities carried out in, and by, the State that 
     are designed to benefit low-income children and families.
       ``(C) A State that receives a grant under subparagraph (B) 
     shall--
       ``(i) appoint an individual to serve as a State liaison 
     between--
       ``(I) agencies and individuals carrying out Head Start 
     programs in the State;
       ``(II) the State educational agency and local educational 
     agencies; and
       ``(III) other agencies and entities carrying out programs 
     serving low-income children and families;
       ``(ii) involve the State Head Start Association in the 
     selection of the individual, and involve the association in 
     determinations relating to the ongoing direction of the 
     collaboration;
       ``(iii) ensure that the individual holds a position with 
     sufficient authority and access to ensure that the 
     collaboration described in subparagraph (B) is effective and 
     involves a range of State agencies; and
       ``(iv) ensure that the collaboration described in 
     subparagraph (B) involves coordination of Head Start services 
     with health care, welfare, child care, education, libraries, 
     and national service activities, and activities relating to 
     children with disabilities.
       ``(D) As used in this paragraph, the term `low-income', 
     used with respect to children or families, shall not be 
     considered to refer only to children or families that meet 
     the low-income criteria prescribed pursuant to section 
     645(a)(1)(A).
       ``(6) From amounts reserved and allotted pursuant to 
     paragraphs (2) and (4), the Secretary shall use, for grants 
     for programs described in section 645A(a), a portion of the 
     combined total of such amounts equal to 3 percent for fiscal 
     year 1995, 4 percent for each of fiscal years 1996 and 1997, 
     and 5 percent for fiscal year 1998, of the amount 
     appropriated pursuant to section 639(a).''.
       (c) Considerations for Allocation of Funds for Program 
     Expansion.--Section 640(g) (42 U.S.C. 9835(g)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``(g)'' and inserting ``(g)(1)''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(2) For the purpose of expanding Head Start programs, in 
     allocating funds to an applicant within a State, from amounts 
     allotted to a State pursuant to subsection (a)(4), the 
     Secretary shall take into consideration--
       ``(A) the quality of the applicant's programs (including 
     Head Start and other child care or child development 
     programs) in existence on the date of the allocation, 
     including, in the case of Head Start programs in existence on 
     the date of the allocation, the extent to which such programs 
     meet or exceed performance standards and other requirements 
     under this subchapter;
       (B) the applicant's capacity to expand services (including, 
     in the case of Head Start programs in existence on the date 
     of the allocation, whether the applicant accomplished any 
     prior expansions in an effective and timely manner);
       ``(C) the extent to which the applicant has undertaken 
     community-wide strategic planning and needs assessments 
     involving other community organizations serving children and 
     families (including organizations serving families in whose 
     homes English is not the language customarily spoken) and 
     involving consultation with the State agency that administers 
     early childhood development and education programs;
       ``(D) the extent to which the applicant has identified a 
     need to provide full-working-day or full calendar year 
     services based on a family and community needs assessment 
     consistent with the preceding paragraph;
       ``(E) the numbers of eligible children in each community 
     who are not participating in a Head Start program; and
       ``(F) the concentration of low-income families in each 
     community.
       ``(3) In determining the amount of funds reserved pursuant 
     to subparagraph (A) or (B) of subsection (a)(2) to be used 
     for expanding Head Start programs under this subchapter, the 
     Secretary shall take into consideration, to the extent 
     appropriate, the factors specified in paragraph (2).''.
       (d) Technical Amendment.--Section 640(h) (42 U.S.C. 
     9835(h)) is amended by striking ``Each Head Start program 
     may'' and inserting ``Financial assistance provided under 
     this subchapter may be used by each Head Start program to''.
       (e) Compensation; Regulations; Priority.--Section 640 (42 
     U.S.C. 9835) is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(j) Any agency that receives financial assistance under 
     this subchapter to improve the compensation of staff who 
     provide services under this subchapter shall use the 
     financial assistance to improve the compensation of such 
     staff, regardless of whether the agency has the ability to 
     improve the compensation of staff employed by the agency who 
     do not provide Head Start services.
       ``(k) Regulations issued by the Secretary that require a 
     certain number of hours of service to be provided to children 
     in Head Start programs shall include such flexibility as will 
     permit Head Start agencies to satisfy such requirement 
     through one or more of a variety of techniques, including 
     adjustments to the length of a daily session or to the number 
     of days of service.
       ``(l) With funds made available under section 640(a)(2) to 
     migrant Head Start programs, the Secretary shall give 
     priority to migrant Head Start programs that serve eligible 
     children of migrant families whose work requires them to 
     relocate most frequently.''.

     SEC. 106. REPORT.

       Section 640A (42 U.S.C. 9835a) is repealed.

     SEC. 107. DESIGNATION.

       (a) Indian Reservations.--Section 641(b) (42 U.S.C. 
     9836(b)) is amended by inserting after ``Indian reservation'' 
     the following: ``(including Indians in any area designated by 
     the Bureau of Indian Affairs as near-reservation)''.
       (b) Designation of Agencies.--Section 641(c) (42 U.S.C. 
     9836(c)) is amended--
       (1) by striking paragraphs (2) through (4);
       (2) in the first sentence--
       (A) by inserting ``(subject to paragraph (2))'' before ``, 
     the Secretary shall give priority''; and
       (B) by striking ``unless'' and all that follows through the 
     end of subparagraph (A) and inserting the following: ``unless 
     the Secretary makes a finding that the agency involved fails 
     to meet program, financial management, and other requirements 
     established by the Secretary.'';
       (3) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as paragraph (2);
       (4) in paragraph (2), as so redesignated--
       (A) by striking ``except that, if'' and inserting ``If''; 
     and
       (B) by striking ``subparagraph (A)'' and inserting 
     ``paragraph (1)'';
       (5) by striking ``Notwithstanding any other provision of 
     this paragraph'' and inserting the following:
       ``(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of this 
     subsection''; and
       (6) by aligning the margins of paragraph (2), as so 
     redesignated, with the margins of paragraph (3).
       (c) Considerations in Designating New Head Start 
     Agencies.--Section 641(d) (42 U.S.C. 9836(d)) is amended--
       (1) in the first sentence, by striking all that precedes 
     ``then the Secretary'' and inserting ``If no entity in a 
     community is entitled to the priority specified in subsection 
     (c),'';
       (2) by striking the second sentence;
       (3) in the third sentence--
       (A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking 
     ``and subject to the preceding sentence'';
       (B) in paragraph (3), by inserting ``, including Even Start 
     programs,'' after ``preschool programs''; and
       (C) in paragraph (4), to read as follows: ``(4) the plan of 
     such applicant--
       ``(A) to seek the involvement of parents of participating 
     children in activities designed to help such parents become 
     full partners in the education of their children;
       ``(B) to afford such parents the opportunity to participate 
     in the development, conduct, and overall performance of the 
     program at the local level;
       ``C) to offer (directly or through referral to local 
     entities, such as public and school libraries and entities 
     carrying out Even Start programs under part B of chapter 1 of 
     title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 
     (20 U.S.C. 2741 et seq.)) to such parents--
       ``(i) family literacy services; and
       ``(ii) parenting skills training;
       ``(D) at the option of such applicant, to offer (directly 
     or through referral to local entities) to such parents--
       ``(i) parental social self-sufficiency training;
       ``(ii) substance abuse counseling;
       ``(iii) training in nonpunitive discipline techniques that 
     are age appropriate, consistent, and positive for the child;
       ``(iv) training in basic child development;
       ``(v) assistance in developing communication skills;
       ``(vi) opportunities for parents to share experiences with 
     other parents, or
       ``(vii) any other activity designed to help such parents 
     understand the importance of their involvement in the 
     education of their children and to help such parents become 
     full partners in the education of their children; and
       ``(E) to provide, with respect to each participating 
     family, a family needs assessment that includes consultation 
     with such parents about the benefits of parent involvement 
     and about the activities described in subparagraphs (C) and 
     (D) in which such parents may choose to become involved 
     (taking into consideration their specific family needs, work 
     schedules, and other responsibilities);'';
       (4) in paragraph (7)--
       (A) by striking ``non-English language children'' and 
     inserting ``non-English language background children and 
     their families''; and
       (B) by inserting ``and'' after the semicolon;
       (5) by striking paragraph (8); and
       (6) by redesignating paragraph (9) as paragraph (8).
       (d) Conforming Amendment.--Section 641 (42 U.S.C. 9836) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking subsection (f); and
       (2) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (f).

     SEC. 108. MONITORING AND QUALITY ASSURANCE.

       The Act is amended by inserting after section 641 (42 
     U.S.C. 9836) the following:

     ``SEC. 641A. QUALITY STANDARDS; MONITORING OF HEAD START 
                   AGENCIES AND PROGRAMS.

       ``(a) Quality Standards.--
       ``(1) Establishment of standards.--The Secretary shall 
     establish by regulation standards applicable to Head Start 
     agencies, program, and projects under this subchapter, 
     including--
       ``(A) performance standards with respect to services 
     required to be provided, including health, education, 
     parental involvement, nutritional, social, transition-to-
     elementary-school, and other services;
       ``(B) administrative and financial management standards, 
     including standards that address recordkeeping and file 
     maintenance practices;
       ``(C) standards relating to the condition and location of 
     facilities for such agencies, programs, and projects;
       ``(D) standards for the provision of services to families 
     with very young children; and
       ``(E) such other standards as the Secretary finds to be 
     appropriate.
       ``(2) Minimum requirements.--The regulations promulgated 
     under this subsection shall establish the minimum levels of 
     overall accomplishment that a Head Start agency shall achieve 
     in order to meet the standards specified in paragraph (1).
       ``(3) Considerations in developing standards.--In 
     developing the regulations required under paragraph (1), the 
     Secretary shall--
       ``(A) consult with experts in the fields of child 
     development, early childhood education, child health care, 
     family services (including linguistically, culturally, and 
     developmentally appropriate services to non-English language 
     background children and their families), administration and 
     financial management, and with persons with experience in the 
     operation of Head Start programs;
       ``(B) take into consideration--
       ``(i) past experience with use of the standards in effect 
     under this subchapter on the date of enactment of this 
     section;
       ``(ii) changes over the period since the date of enactment 
     of this subchapter in the circumstances and problems 
     typically facing children and families served by Head Start 
     agencies;
       ``(iii) developments concerning best practices with respect 
     to child development, children with disabilities, family 
     services, program administration, and financial management;
       ``(iv) guidelines and standards currently in effect or 
     under consideration that promote child health services, and 
     projected needs of expanding Head Start programs;
       ``(v) changes in the population of children who are 
     eligible to participate in Head Start programs, including the 
     language background and family structure of such children; 
     and
       ``(vi) the need for, and state-of-the art developments 
     relating to, local policies and activities designed to ensure 
     that children participating in Head Start programs make a 
     successful transition to public schools; and
       ``(C)(i) not later than 1 year after the date of enactment 
     of this section, review and revise as necessary the 
     performance standards in effect under section 651(b) on the 
     day before the date of enactment of this section; and
       ``(ii) ensure that any such revisions in the performance 
     standards will not result in the elimination of or any 
     reduction in the scope or types of health, education, 
     parental involvement, nutritional, social, or other services 
     required to be provided under such standards as in effect on 
     November 2, 1978.
       ``(4) Standards relating to obligations to delegate 
     agencies.--In developing standards under this subsection, the 
     Secretary shall describe the obligations of a Head Start 
     agency to an agency (referred to in this subchapter as the 
     `delegate agency') to which the Head Start agency has 
     delegated responsibility for providing services under this 
     subchapter and determine whether the Head Start agency 
     complies with the standards. The Secretary shall consider 
     such compliance during the review described in subsection 
     (c)(1)(A) and in determining whether to renew financial 
     assistance to the Head Start agency under this subchapter.
       ``(b) Performance Measures.--
       ``(1) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the date of 
     enactment of this section, the Secretary, in consultation 
     with representatives of Head Start agencies and with experts 
     in the fields of child development, family services, and 
     program management, shall develop methods and procedures for 
     measuring, annually and over longer periods, the quality and 
     effectiveness of programs operated by Head Start agencies 
     (referred to in this subchapter as `performance measures').
       ``(2) Design of measures.--The performance measures 
     developed under this subsection shall be designed--
       ``(A) to assess the various services provided by Head Start 
     programs and, to the extent the Secretary finds appropriate, 
     administrative and financial management practices of such 
     programs;
       ``(B) to be adaptable for use in self-assessment and peer 
     review of individual Head Start agencies and programs; and
       ``(C) for other program purposes as determined by the 
     Secretary.
       ``(3) Use of measures.--The Secretary shall use the 
     performance measures developed pursuant to this subsection--
       ``(A) to identify strengths and weaknesses in the operation 
     of Head Start programs nationally and by region; and
       ``(B) to identify problem areas that may require additional 
     training and technical assistance resources.
       ``(c) Monitoring of Local Agencies and Programs.--
       ``(1) In general.--In order to determine whether Head Start 
     agencies meet standards established under this subchapter 
     with respect to program, administrative, financial 
     management, and other requirements, the Secretary shall 
     conduct the following reviews of designated Head Start 
     agencies, and of the Head Start programs operated by such 
     agencies:
       ``(A) A full review of each such agency at least once 
     during each 3-year period.
       ``(B) A review of each newly designated agency immediately 
     after the completion of the first year such agency carries 
     out a Head Start program.
       ``(C) Followup reviews including prompt return visits to 
     agencies and programs that fail to meet the standards.
       ``(D) Other reviews as appropriate.
       ``(2) Conduct of reviews.--The Secretary shall ensure that 
     reviews described in subparagraphs (A) through (C) of 
     paragraph (1)--
       ``(A) are performed, to the maximum extent practicable, by 
     employees of the Department of Health and Human Services who 
     are knowledgeable about Head Start programs and the diverse 
     (including linguistic and cultural) needs of eligible 
     children and their families; and
       ``(B) are supervised by such an employee at the site of 
     such Head Start agency.
       ``(d) Corrective Action; Termination.--
       ``(1) Determination.--If the Secretary determines, on the 
     basis of a review pursuant to subsection (c), that a Head 
     Start agency designated pursuant to section 641 fails to meet 
     the standards described in subsection (b), the Secretary 
     shall--
       ``(A) inform the agency of the deficiencies that shall be 
     corrected;
       ``(B) with respect to each identified deficiency, require 
     the agency--
       ``(i) to correct the deficiency immediately; or
       ``(ii) at the discretion of the Secretary (taking into 
     consideration the seriousness of the deficiency and the time 
     reasonably required to correct the deficiency), to comply 
     with the requirements of paragraph (2) concerning a quality 
     improvement plan; and
       ``(C) initiate proceedings to terminate the designation of 
     the agency unless the agency corrects the deficiency.
       ``(2) Quality improvement plan.--
       ``(A) Agency responsibilities.--In order to retain a 
     designation as a Head Start agency under this subchapter, a 
     Head Start agency that is the subject of a determination 
     described in paragraph (1) (other than an agency able to 
     correct a deficiency immediately) shall--
       ``(i) develop in a timely manner, obtain the approval of 
     the Secretary regarding, and implement a quality improvement 
     plan that specifies--
       ``(I) the deficiencies to be corrected;
       ``(II) the actions to be taken to correct such 
     deficiencies; and
       ``(III) the timetable for accomplishment of the corective 
     actions specified; and
       ``(ii) eliminate each deficiency identified, not later than 
     the date for elimination of such deficiency specified in such 
     plan (which shall not be later than 1 year after the date the 
     agency received notice of the determination and of the 
     specific deficiency to be corrected).
       ``(B) Secretarial responsibility.--Not later than 30 days 
     after receiving from a Head Start agency a proposed quality 
     improvement plan pursuant to subparagraph (A), the Secretary 
     shall either approve such proposed plan or specify the 
     reasons why the proposed plan cannot be approved.
       ``(3) Training and technical assistance.--The Secretary 
     shall provide training and technical assistance to Head Start 
     agencies with respect to the development or implementation of 
     such quality improvement plans to the extent the Secretary 
     finds such provision to be feasible and appropriate given 
     available funding and other statutory responsibilities.
       ``(e) Summaries of Monitoring Outcomes.--Not later than 90 
     days after the end of each fiscal year, the Secretary shall 
     publish a summary report on the findings of reviews conducted 
     under subsection (c) and on the outcomes of quality 
     improvement plans implemented under subsection (d), during 
     such fiscal year.''.

     SEC. 109. ENHANCED PARENT INVOLVEMENT AND TRANSITION 
                   COORDINATION WITH SCHOOLS.

       Section 642 (42 U.S.C. 9837) is amended--
       (1) by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:
       ``(b) In order to be so designated, a Head Start agency 
     shall also--
       ``(1) establish effective procedures by which parents and 
     area residents concerned will be enabled to directly 
     participate in decisions that influence the character of 
     programs affecting their interests;
       ``(2) provide for their regular participation in the 
     implementation of such programs;
       ``(3) provide technical and other support needed to enable 
     parents and area residents to secure on their own behalf 
     available assistance from public and private sources;
       ``(4) seek the involvement of parents of participating 
     children in activities designed to help such parents become 
     full partners in the education of their children, and to 
     afford such parents the opportunity to participate in the 
     development, conduct, and overall performance of the program 
     at the local level;
       ``(5) offer (directly or through referral to local 
     entities, such as entities carrying out Even Start programs 
     under part B of chapter 1 of title I of the Elementary and 
     Secondary Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 2741 et seq.)), to 
     parents of participating children, family literacy services 
     and parenting skills training;
       ``(6) at the option of such agency, offer (directly or 
     through referral to local entities), to such parents, 
     parental social self-sufficiency training, substance abuse 
     counseling, training in nonpunitive discipline techniques 
     that are age appropriate, consistent, and positive for the 
     child, training in basic child development, assistance in 
     developing communication skills, opportunities for parents to 
     share experiences with other parents, regular in-home 
     visitation for families at risk of child abuse and neglect, 
     or any other activity designed to help such parents become 
     full partners in the education of their children;
       ``(7) provide, with respect to each participating family, a 
     family needs assessment that includes consultation with such 
     parents about the benefits of parent involvement and about 
     the activities described in paragraphs (4) through (6) in 
     which such parents may choose to be involved (taking into 
     consideration their specific family needs, work schedules, 
     and other responsibilities);
       ``(8) establish procedures to seek reimbursement, to the 
     extent feasible, from other agencies for services for which 
     any such other agency is responsible, which are provided to a 
     Head Start participate by the Head Start agency;
       ``(9) consider providing services to assist younger 
     siblings of children participating in its Head Start program 
     to obtain health services from other sources; and
       ``(10) perform community outreach to encourage individuals 
     previously unaffiliated with Head Start programs to 
     participate in it Head Start program as volunteers.'';
       (2) in subsection (c)--
       (A) by striking ``schools that will subsequently serve 
     children in Head Start programs,''; and
       (B) by inserting ``, including Even Start programs.'' after 
     ``other programs''; and
       (3) by adding after subsection (c) the following:
       ``(d)(1) Each Head Start agency shall carry out the actions 
     specified in this subsection, to the extent feasible and 
     appropriate in the circumstances (including the extent to 
     which such agency is able to secure the cooperation of 
     parents and schools) to enable children to maintain the 
     developmental gains achieved in Head Start programs and to 
     build upon such gains in further schooling.
       ``(2) the Head Start agency shall take steps to coordinate 
     with the local educational agency (as defined in the 
     elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965) serving the 
     community involved and with schools in which children 
     participating in a Head Start program operated by such agency 
     will enroll following such program, including--
       ``(A) developing and implementing a systematic procedure 
     for transferring, with parental consent, Head Start program 
     records for each participating child to the school in which 
     such child will enroll;
       ``(B) establishing channels of communication between Head 
     Start staff and their counterparts in the schools (including 
     teachers, social workers, and health staff) to facilitate 
     coordination of programs;
       ``(C) conducting meetings involving parents, kindergarten 
     or elementary school teachers, and Head Start program 
     teachers to discuss the developmental and other needs of 
     individual children;
       ``(D) organizing and participating in joint transition-
     related training of school staff, Head Start staff, and 
     parents;
       ``(E) providing transportation and using facilities; and
       ``(F) on the request of the local educational agency, 
     providing noneducational services to such children.
       ``(3) In order to promote the continued involvement of 
     parents of children who participate in Head Start programs in 
     the education of their children upon transition to school, 
     the Head Start agency shall--
       ``(A) provide training to such parents--
       ``(i) to inform such parents about their rights and 
     responsibilities concerning the education of their children; 
     and
       ``(ii) to enable such parents to understand and work with 
     schools in order to communicate with teachers and other 
     school personnel, to support the school work of their 
     children, and to participate as appropriate in decisions 
     relating to the education of their children; and
       ``(B) take other actions, as appropriate and feasible, to 
     support the active involvement of such parents with schools, 
     school personnel, and school-related organizations.
       ``(4) The Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary of 
     Education, shall--
       ``(A) evaluate the effectiveness of the projects and 
     activities funded under the Head Start Transition Project Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 9855 et seq.);
       ``(B) disseminate to Head Start agencies information 
     (including information from the evaluation required by 
     subparagraph (A)) on effective policies and activities 
     relating to the transition of children from Head Start 
     programs to public schools; and
       ``(C) provide technical assistance to such agencies to 
     promote and assist such agencies to adopt and implement such 
     effective policies and activities.''.

     SEC. 110. FACILITIES AND ADMINISTRATIVE REQUIREMENTS.

       Section 644 (42 U.S.C. 9839) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (d), by striking ``guidelines, 
     instruction,'';
       (2) in subsection (f)--
       (A) in paragraph (2), by striking ``640(a)(3)(A)(v)'' and 
     inserting ``640(a)(3)(C)(v)''; and
       (B) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(3) Upon a determination by the Secretary that suitable 
     facilities are not otherwise available to Indian tribes to 
     carry out Head Start programs, and that the lack of suitable 
     facilities will inhibit the operation of such programs, the 
     Secretary, in the discretion of the Secretary, may authorize 
     the use of financial assistance, from the amount reserved 
     under section 640(a)(2)(A), to make payments for the purchase 
     of facilities owned by such tribes. The amount of such a 
     payment for such a facility shall not exceed the fair market 
     value of the facility.''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(g) In all personnel actions of the American Indian 
     Programs Branch of the Head Start Bureau of the 
     Administration for Children and Families, the Secretary shall 
     give the same preference to individuals who are members of an 
     Indian tribe as the Secretary gives to a preference eligible, 
     as described in section 2108(3)(C) of title 5 of the United 
     States Code. the Secretary shall take such additional actions 
     as may be necessary to promote recruitment of such 
     individuals for employment in the Administration.''.

     SEC. 111. PARTICIPATION.

       Section 645 (42 U.S.C. 9840) is amended by adding at the 
     end the following:
       ``(d)(1) An Indian tribe that--
       ``(A) operates a Head Start program;
       ``(B) enrolls as participants in the program all children 
     in the community served by the tribe (including a community 
     with a near-reservation designation, as defined by the Bureau 
     of Indian Affairs) from families that meet the low-income 
     criteria prescribed under subsection (a)(1)(A); and
       ``(C) has the resources to enroll additional children in 
     the community who do not meet the low-income criteria;

     may enroll such additional children in a Head Start program, 
     in accordance with this subsection, if the program 
     predominantly serves children who meet the low-income 
     criteria.
       ``(2) The Indian tribe shall enroll the children in the 
     Head Start program in accordance with such requirements as 
     the Secretary may specify by regulation promulgated after 
     consultation with Indian tribes.
       ``(3) In providing services through a Head Start program to 
     such children, the Indian tribe may not use funds that the 
     Secretary has determined, in accordance with section 
     640(g)(3), are to be used for expanding Head Start programs 
     under this subchapter.''.

     SEC. 112. INITIATIVE ON FAMILIES WITH INFANTS AND TODDLERS

       (A) Establishment.--The Act is amended by adding after 
     section 645 (42 U.S.C. 9840) the following:

     ``SEC. 645A. PROGRAMS FOR FAMILIES WITH INFANTS AND TODDLERS.

       ``(a) In General.--The Secretary shall make grants, in 
     accordance with this section for--
       ``(1) programs providing family-centered services for low-
     income families with very young children designed to promote 
     the development of the children, and to enable their parents 
     to fulfill their roles as parents and to move toward self-
     sufficiency; and
       ``(2) provision of training and technical assistance to 
     entities carrying out programs, and evaluation of programs, 
     that were supported under the Comprehensive Child Development 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 9881 et seq.), as in effect on the day before 
     the date of enactment of this section.
       ``(b) Scope and Design of Programs.--In carrying out a 
     program described in subsection (a), an entity receiving 
     assistance under this section shall--
       ``(1) provide, either directly or through referral, early, 
     continuous, intensive, and comprehensive child development 
     and family support services that will enhance the physical, 
     social, emotional, and intellectual development of 
     participating children;
       ``(2) ensure that the level of services provided to 
     families responds to their needs and circumstances;
       ``(3) promote positive parent-child interactions;
       ``(4) provide services to parents to support their role as 
     parents and to help the families move toward self-sufficiency 
     (including educational and employment services as 
     appropriate);
       ``(5) coordinate services with services provided by 
     programs in the State and programs in the community 
     (including transition-to-school programs and linkages with 
     programs of other agencies, including local educational 
     agencies serving families with infants and toddlers) to 
     ensure a comprehensive array of services (such as health and 
     mental health services);
       ``(6) ensure formal linkages with local Head Start programs 
     in order to provide for continuity of services for children 
     and families;
       ``(7) in the case of a Head Start agency that operates a 
     program and that also provides Head Start services through 
     the age of mandatory school attendance, ensure that children 
     and families participating in the program receive such 
     services through such age; and
       ``(8) meet such other requirements concerning design and 
     operation of the program described in subsection (a) as the 
     Secretary may establish.
       ``(c) Pesons Eligible To Participate.--Persons who may 
     participate in programs described in subsection (a)(1) 
     include--
       ``(1) pregnant women; and
       ``(2) families with children under age 3 (or under age 5, 
     in the case of children served by an entity specified in 
     subsection (e)(3));

     who meet the income criteria specified for families in 
     section 645(a)(1).
       ``(d) Eligible Service Providers.--To be eligible to 
     receive assistance under this section, an entity shall submit 
     an application to the Secretary at such time, in such manner, 
     and containing such information as the Secretary may require. 
     Entities that may apply to carry out activities under this 
     section include--
       ``(1) entities operating Head Start programs under this 
     subchapter;
       ``(2) entities that, on the day before the date of 
     enactment of this section, were operating--
       ``(A) Parent-Child Centers receiving financial assistance 
     under section 640(a)(4), as in effect on such date; or
       ``(B) programs receiving financial assistance under the 
     Comprehensive Child Development Act, as in effect on such 
     date; and
       ``(3) other public entities, and nonprofit private 
     entities, capable of providing child and family services that 
     meet the standards for participation in programs under this 
     subchapter and meet such other appropriate requirements 
     relating to the activities under this section as the 
     Secretary may establish.
       ``(e) Time-Limited Priority for Certain Entities.--
       ``(1) In general.--From amounts allotted pursuant to 
     paragraphs (2) and (4) of section 640(a), the Secretary shall 
     provide financial assistance in accordance with paragraphs 
     (2) through (4).
       ``(2) Parent-child centers.--The Secretary shall make 
     financial assistance available under this section for each of 
     fiscal years 1995, 1996, and 1997 to any entity that--
       ``(A) complies with subsection (b); and
       ``(B) received funding as a Parent-Child Center pursuant to 
     section 640(a)(4), as in effect on the day before the date of 
     enactment of this section, for fiscal year 1994.
       ``(3) Comprehensive child development centers.--
       ``(A) In the case of an entity that received a grant for 
     fiscal year 1994 to operate a project under the Comprehensive 
     Child Development Act, the Secretary--
       ``(i) shall make financial assistance available under this 
     section, in a comparable amount and scope to the assistance 
     provided for fiscal year 1994, for the duration of the 
     project period specified in the grant award to such entity 
     under such Act; and
       ``(ii) shall permit such entity, in carrying out activities 
     assisted under this section, to serve children from birth 
     through age 5.
       ``(B) In the case of an entity that received a grant for 
     fiscal year 1989 to operate a project under the Comprehensive 
     Child Development Act, the Secretary shall make assistance 
     available under this section for each of fiscal years 1995, 
     1996, and 1997 to any entity that complies with subsection 
     (b).
       ``(4) Evaluations, training, and technical assistance.--The 
     Secretary shall make financial assistance available under 
     this section as necessary to provide for the evaluation of, 
     and furnishing of training and technical assistance to, 
     programs specified in paragraph (3)(A).
       ``(f) Selection of Other Grant Recipients.--From the 
     balance remaining of the portion specified in section 
     640(a)(6), after making grants to the eligible entities 
     specified in subsection (e), the Secretary shall award grants 
     under this subsection on a competitive basis to applicants 
     meeting the criteria specified in subsection (d) (giving 
     priority to entities with a record of providing early, 
     continuous, and comprehensive childhood development and 
     family services).
       ``(g) Distribution.--In awarding grants to eligible 
     applicants under this section, the Secretary shall--
       ``(1) ensure an equitable national geographic distribution 
     of the grants; and
       ``(2) award grants to applicants proposing to serve 
     communities in rural areas and to applicants proposing to 
     serve communities in urban areas.
       ``(h) Secretarial Responsibilities.--
       ``(1) Guidelines.--Not later than September 30, 1994, the 
     Secretary shall develop program guidelines concerning the 
     content and operation of programs assisted under this 
     section--
       ``(A) in consultation with experts in early childhood 
     development, experts in health, and experts in family 
     services; and
       ``(B) taking into consideration the knowledge and 
     experience gained from other early childhood programs, 
     including programs under the Comprehensive Child Development 
     Act, and from migrant Head Start programs that serve a large 
     number of infants and toddlers.
       ``(2) Standards.--Not later than December 30, 1994, the 
     Secretary shall develop and publish performance standards for 
     programs assisted under this section, and a grant 
     announcement based on the guidelines developed under 
     paragraph (1).
       ``(3) Monitoring, training, technical assistance, and 
     evaluation.--In order to ensure the successful operation of 
     programs assisted under this section, the Secretary shall use 
     funds from the balance described in subsection (f) to monitor 
     the operation of such programs, evaluate their effectiveness, 
     and provide training and technical assistance tailored to the 
     particular needs of such programs.''.
       ``(b) Consolidation.--(1) in recognition that the 
     Comprehensive Child Development Centers Act has demonstrated 
     positive results, and that its purposes and functions have 
     been consolidated into section 645A of the Head Start Act, 
     the Comprehensive Child Development Centers Act of 1988 (42 
     U.S.C. 9801 note) and the Comprehensive Child Development Act 
     (42 U.S.C. 9881-9887) are repealed by paragraph (2).
       (2)(A) Part E of title II of the Augustus F. Hawkins-Robert 
     T. Stafford Elementary and Secondary School Amendments of 
     1988 (Public Law 100-297; 102 Stat. 325) is repealed.
       (B) Subchapter F of chapter 8 of subtitle A of title VI of 
     the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (Public Law 97-
     35; 42 U.S.C. 9801 note, et seq.) is repealed.
       ``(c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 638 of the Head Start 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 9833) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a) by striking ``(a)''; and
       (2) by striking subsection (b).

     SEC. 113. APPEALS, NOTICE, AND HEARING.

       ``(a) Mediation and Hearing for Disputes With Delegate 
     Agencies.--Section 646(a) (42 U.S.C. 9841(a)) is amended--
       (1) at the end of paragraph (2), by striking ``and'';
       (2) at the end of paragraph (3), by striking the period and 
     inserting ``; and''; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(4) the Secretary shall develop and publish procedures 
     (including mediation procedures) to be used in order to--
       ``(A) resolve in a timely manner conflicts potentially 
     leading to adverse action between--
       ``(i) recipients of financial assistance under this 
     subchapter; and
       ``(ii) delegate agencies or Head Start Parent Policy 
     Councils; and
       ``(B) avoid the need for an administrative hearing.''.
       (b) Termination of Designation Not Stayed Pending Appeal.--
     Section 646 (42 U.S.C. 9841) is amended by striking 
     subsection (b) and inserting the following:
       ``(b) In prescribing procedures for the mediation described 
     in subsection (a)(4), the Secretary shall specify--
       ``(1) the date by which a Head Start agency engaged in a 
     conflict described in subsection (a)(4) will notify the 
     appropriate regional office of the Department of the 
     conflict;
       ``(2) a reasonable period for the mediation;
       ``(3) a timeline for an administrative hearing, if 
     necessary, to resolve the conflict; and
       ``(4) a timeline by which the person conducting the 
     administrative hearing shall issue a decision based on the 
     hearing.
       ``(c) In any case in which a termination, reduction, or 
     suspension of financial assistance under this subchapter is 
     upheld in an administrative hearing under this section, such 
     termination, reduction, or suspension shall not be stayed 
     pending any judicial appeal of such administrative decision.
       ``(d)(1) The Secretary shall by regulation specify a 
     process by which an Indian tribe may identify and establish 
     an alternative agency, and request that the alternative 
     agency be designated under section 641 as the Head Start 
     agency providing services to the tribe, if--
       ``(A) the Secretary terminates financial assistance under 
     section 646 to the only agency that was receiving financial 
     assistance to provide Head Start services to the Indian 
     tribe; and
       ``(B) the tribe would otherwise be precluded from providing 
     such services to the members of the tribe.
       ``(2) The regulation required by this subsection shall 
     prohibit such designation of an alternative agency that 
     includes an employee who--
       ``(A) served on the administrative staff or program staff 
     of the agency descried in paragraph (1)(A); and
       ``(B) was responsible for a deficiency that--
       ``(i) relates to the performance standards or financial 
     management standards described in section 641A9a)(1); and
       ``(ii) was the basis for the termination of financial 
     assistance described in paragraph (1)(A);
     as determined by the Secretary after providing the notice and 
     opportunity described in subsection (a)(3).''.

     SEC. 114. GOALS AND PRIORITIES FOR TRAINING AND TECHNICAL 
                   ASSISTANCE.

       Section 648 (42 U.S.C. 9843) is amended--
       (1) in the section heading to read as follows: ``technical 
     assistance and training'';
       (2) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ``Head Start 
     programs, including'' and inserting ``Head Start programs, in 
     accordance with the process, and the provisions for 
     allocating resources, set forth in subsections (b) and (c). 
     The Secretary shall provide, either directly or through 
     grants or other arrangements,'';
       (3)(A) by redesignating the final sentence of subsection 
     (a), as amended by paragraph (2), as subsection (e);
       (B) by transferring such subsection to the end of the 
     section; and
       (C) by indenting such subsection and aligning the margins 
     of such subsection with the margins of subsection (d);
       (4) by striking subsections (b) and (c);
       (5) by inserting after subsection (a) the following:
       ``(b) The process for determining the technical assistance 
     and training activities to be carried out under this section 
     shall--
       ``(1) ensure that the needs of local Head Start agencies 
     and programs relating to improving program quality and to 
     program expansion 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 individuals and agencies carrying out Head 
     Start programs.
       ``(c) In allocating resources for technical assistance and 
     training under this section, the Secretary shall--
       ``(1) give priority consideration to activities to correct 
     program and management deficiencies identified through 
     reviews pursuant to section 641A(c) (including the provision 
     of assistance to local programs in the development of quality 
     improvement plans under section 641A(d)(2));
       ``(2) address the training and career development needs of 
     classroom staff (including instruction for providing services 
     to children with disabilities) and nonclassroom staff, 
     including home visitors and other staff working directly with 
     families, including training relating to increasing parent 
     involvement and services designed to increase family literacy 
     and improve parenting skills;
       ``(3) assist Head Start agencies and programs in conducting 
     and participating in communitywide strategic planning and 
     needs assessment;
       ``(4) assist Head Start agencies and programs in developing 
     full-working-day and full-calendar-year programs and making 
     the transition to such programs, with particular attention to 
     involving parents and programming for children throughout a 
     longer day;
       ``(5) assist Head Start agencies in better serving the 
     needs of families with very young children;
       ``(6) assist Head Start agencies and programs in the 
     development of sound management practices, including 
     financial management procedures; and
       ``(7) assist in efforts to secure and maintain adequate 
     facilities for Head Start programs.''; and
       (6) in subsection (d), by adding at the end the following:

     ``Special consideration shall be given to entities that have 
     demonstrated effectiveness in educational programming for 
     preschool children that includes components for parental 
     involvement, care provider training, and developmentally 
     appropriate related activities.''.

     SEC. 115. STAFF QUALIFICATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT.

       The Head Start Act is amended by inserting after section 
     648 (42 U.S.C. 9843) the following:

     ``SEC. 648A. STAFF QUALIFICATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT.

       ``(a) Classroom Teachers.--
       ``(1) Degree requirements.--The Secretary shall ensure that 
     not later than September 30, 1996, each Head Start classroom 
     in a center-based program is assigned one teacher who has--
       ``(A) a child development associate (CDA) credential that 
     is appropriate to the age of the children being served in 
     center-based programs; -
       ``(B) a State-awarded certificate for pre-school teachers 
     that meets or exceeds the requirements for a child 
     development associate credential;
       ``(C) an associate, a baccalaureate, or an advanced degree 
     in early childhood education; or
       ``(D) a degree in a field related to early childhood 
     education with experience in teaching preschool children and 
     a State-awarded certificate to teach in a preschool program.
       ``(2) Waiver.--On request, the Secretary shall grant a 180-
     day waiver of the requirements of paragraph (1) with respect 
     to an individual who--
       ``(A) is first employed after September 30, 1996, by a Head 
     Start agency as a teacher for a Head Start classroom;
       ``(B) is enrolled in a program that grants any credential, 
     certificate, or degree specified in subparagraph (A), (B), 
     (C), or (D) of paragraph (1); and
       ``(C) will receive such credential under the terms of such 
     program not later than 180 days after beginning employment as 
     a teacher with such agency.
       ``(3) Limitation.--The Secretary may not grant more than 
     one such waiver with respect to such individual.
       ``(b) Mentor Teachers--
       ``(1) Definition; function.--For purposes of this 
     subsection, the term `mentor teacher' means an individual 
     responsible for observing and assessing the classroom 
     activities of a Head Start program and providing on-the-job 
     guidance and training to the Head Start program staff and 
     volunteers, in order to improve the qualifications and 
     training of classroom staff, to maintain high quality 
     education services, and to promote career development, in 
     Head Start programs.
       ``(2) Requirement.--In order to assist Head Start agencies 
     in establishing positions for mentor teachers, the Secretary 
     shall--
       ``(A) provide technical assistance and training to enable 
     Head Start agencies to establish such positions;
       ``(B) give priority consideration, in providing assistance 
     pursuant to subparagraph (A), to Head Start programs that 
     have substantial numbers of new classroom staff, that are 
     experiencing difficulty in meeting applicable education 
     standards, or that lack staff able to communicate in the 
     languages of participating children and their families;
       ``(C) encourage Head Start programs to give priority 
     consideration for such positions to Head Start teachers at 
     the appropriate level of career advancement in such programs; 
     and
       ``(D) promote the development of model curricula, designed 
     to ensure the attainment of appropriate competencies by 
     individuals working, or planning to work, in the field of 
     early childhood development and family services.
       ``(c) Family Service Workers.--In order to improve the 
     quality and effectiveness of staff providing in-home and 
     other services (including needs assessment, development of 
     service plans, family advocacy, and coordination of service 
     delivery) to families of children participating in Head Start 
     programs, the Secretary, in coordination with concerned 
     public and private agencies and organizations examining the 
     issues of standards and training for family service workers, 
     shall--
       ``(1) review and, as necessary, revise or develop new 
     qualification standards for Head Start staff providing such 
     services;
       ``(2) promote the development of model curricula (on 
     subjects including parenting training and family literacy) 
     designed to ensure the attainment of appropriate cometencies 
     by individuals working or planning to work in the field of 
     early childhood and family services; and
       ``(3) promote the establishment of a credential that 
     indicates attainment of the competencies and that is accepted 
     nationwide.
       ``(d) Head Start Fellowships.--
       ``(1) Authority.--The Secretary may establish a program of 
     fellowships, to be known as `Head Start Fellowship', in 
     accordance with this subsection. The Secretary may award the 
     fellowships to individuals, to be known as `Head Start 
     Fellows', who are staff in local Head Start programs or other 
     individuals working in the field of child development and 
     family services.
       ``(2) Purpose.--The fellowship program established under 
     this subsection shall be designed to enhance the ability of 
     Head Start Fellows to make significant contributions to 
     programs authorized under this subchapter, by providing 
     opportunities to expand their knowledge and experience 
     through exposure to activities, issues, resources, and new 
     approaches, in the field of child development and family 
     services.
       ``(3) Assignments of fellows.--
       ``(A) Placement sites.--Fellowship positions under the 
     fellowship program may be located (subject to subparagraphs 
     (B) and (C))--
       ``(i) in agencies of the Department of Health and Human 
     Services administering programs authorized under this 
     subchapter (in national or regional offices of such 
     agencies);
       ``(ii) in local Head Start agencies and programs;
       ``(iii) in institutions of higher education;
       ``(iv) in public or private entities and organizations 
     concerned with services to children and families; and
       ``(v) in other appropriate settings.
       ``(B) Limitation for fellows other than head start 
     employees.--A Head Start Fellow who is not an employee of a 
     local Head Start agency or program may be placed only in a 
     fellowship position located in an agency or program specified 
     in clause (i) or (ii) of subparagraph (A).
       ``(C) No placement in lobbying organizations.--Head Start 
     Fellowship positions may not be located in any agency whose 
     primary purpose, or one of whose major purposes, is to 
     influence Federal, State, or local legislation.
       ``(4) Selection of fellows.--Head Start Fellowships shall 
     be awarded on a competitive basis to individuals (other than 
     Federal employees) selected from among applicants who are 
     working, on the date of application, in local Head Start 
     programs or otherwise working in the field of child 
     development and children and family services.
       ``(5) Duration.--Head Start Fellowships shall be for terms 
     of 1 year, and may be renewed for a term of 1 additional 
     year.
       ``(6) Authorized expenditures.--From amounts appropriated 
     under this subchapter and allotted under section 
     640(a)(2)(D), the Secretary is authorized to make 
     expenditures of not to exceed $1,000,000 for any fiscal year, 
     for stipends and other reasonable expenses of the fellowship 
     program.
       ``(7) Status of fellows.--Except as otherwise provided in 
     this paragraph, Head Start Fellows shall not be considered to 
     be employees or otherwise in the service or employment of the 
     Federal Government. Head Start Fellows shall be considered to 
     be employees for purposes of compensation for injuries under 
     chapter 81 of title 5, United States Code. Head Start Fellows 
     assigned to positions located in agencies specified in 
     paragraph (3)(A)(i) shall be considered employees in the 
     executive branch of the Federal Government for the purposes 
     of chapter 11 of title 18, United States Code, and for 
     purposes of any administrative standards of conduct 
     applicable to the employees of the agency to which they are 
     assigned.
       ``(8) Regulations.--The Secretary shall promulgate 
     regulations to carry out this subsection.
       ``(e) Model Staffing Plans.--Not later than 1 year after 
     the date of enactment of this subsection, the Secretary, in 
     consultation with appropriate public agencies, private 
     agencies, and organizations and with individuals with 
     expertise in the field of children and family services 
     (including services to non-English language background 
     children and their families), shall develop model staffing 
     plans to provide guidance to local Head Start agencies and 
     programs on the numbers, types, responsibilities, and 
     qualifications of staff required to operate a Head Start 
     program.''.

     SEC. 116. RESEARCH, DEMONSTRATIONS, EVALUATION.

       Section 649 (42 U.S.C. 9844) is amended to read as follows:

     ``SEC. 649. RESEARCH, DEMONSTRATIONS, AND EVALUATION.

       ``(a) In General.--
       ``(1) Requirement; general purposes.--The Secretary shall 
     carry out a continuing program of research, demonstration, 
     and evaluation activities, in order to--
       ``(A) foster continuous improvement in the quality of the 
     Head Start programs under this subchapter and in their 
     effectiveness in enabling participating children and their 
     families to succeed in school and otherwise; and
       ``(B) use the Head Start programs to develop, test, and 
     disseminate new ideas and approaches for addressing the needs 
     of low-income preschool children (including children with 
     disabilities) and their families and communities, and 
     otherwise to further the purposes of this subchapter.
       ``(2) Plan.--The Secretary shall develop, and periodically 
     update, a plan governing the research, demonstration, and 
     evaluation activities under this section.
       ``(b) Conduct of Research, Demonstration, and Evaluation 
     Activities.--The Secretary, in order to conduct research, 
     demonstration, and evaluation activities under this section--
       ``(1) may carry out such activities directly, or through 
     grants to, or contracts or cooperative agreements with, 
     public or private entities;
       ``(2) shall, to the extent appropriate, undertake such 
     activities in collaboration with other Federal agencies, and 
     with non-Federal agencies, conducting similar activities;
       ``(3) shall ensure that evaluation of activities in a 
     specific program or project is conducted by persons not 
     directly involved in the operation of such program or 
     project;
       ``(4) may require Head Start agencies to provide for 
     independent evaluations;
       ``(5) may approve, in appropriate cases, community-based 
     cooperative research and evaluation efforts to enable Head 
     Start programs to collaborate with qualified researchers not 
     directly involved in program administration or operation; and
       ``(6) may collaborate with organizations with expertise in 
     inclusive educational strategies for preschoolers with 
     disabilities.
       ``(c) Consultation and Collaboration.--In carrying out 
     activities under this section, the Secretary shall--
       ``(1) consult with--
       ``(A) individuals from relevant academic disciplines;
       ``(B) individuals who are involved in the operation of Head 
     Start programs and individuals who are involved in the 
     operation of other child and family service programs; and
       ``(C) individuals from other Federal agencies, and 
     individuals from organizations, involved with children and 
     families, ensuring that the individuals described in this 
     subparagraph reflect the multicultural nature of the children 
     and families served by the Head Start programs and the 
     multidisciplinary nature of the Head Start programs;
       ``(2) whenever feasible and appropriate, obtain the views 
     of persons participating in and served by programs and 
     projects assisted under this subchapter with respect to 
     activities under this section; and
       ``(3) establish, to the extent appropriate, working 
     relationships with the faculties of institutions of higher 
     education, as defined in section 1201(a) of the Higher 
     Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1141(a)), located in the 
     area in which any evaluation under this section is being 
     conducted, unless there is no such institution of higher 
     education willing and able to participate in such evaluation.
       ``(d) Specific Objectives.--The research, demonstration, 
     and evaluation activities under this subchapter shall include 
     components designed to--
       ``(1) permit ongoing assessment of the quality and 
     effectiveness of the programs under this subchapter;
       ``(2) contribute to developing knowledge concerning factors 
     associated with the quality and effectiveness of Head Start 
     programs and in identifying ways in which services provided 
     under this subchapter may be improved;
       ``(3) assist in developing knowledge concerning the factors 
     that promote or inhibit healthy development and effective 
     functioning of children and their families both during and 
     following participation in a Head Start program;
       ``(4) permit comparisons of children and families 
     participating in Head Start programs with children and 
     families receiving other child care, early childhood 
     education, or child development services and with other 
     appropriate control groups;
       ``(5) contribute to understanding the characteristics and 
     needs of population groups eligible for services provided 
     under this subchapter and the impact of such services on the 
     individuals served and the communities in which such services 
     are provided;
       ``(6) provide for disseminating and promoting the use of 
     the findings from such research, demonstration, and 
     evaluation activities; and
       ``(7) promote exploration of areas in which knowledge is 
     insufficient, and that will otherwise contribute to 
     fulfilling the purposes of this subchapter.
       ``(e) Longitudinal Studies.--In developing priorities for 
     research, demonstration, and evaluation activities under this 
     section, the Secretary shall give special consideration to 
     longitudinal studies that--
       ``(1) examine the developmental progress of children and 
     their families both during and following participation in a 
     Head Start program, including the examination of factors that 
     contribute to or detract from such progress;
       ``(2) examine factors related to improving the quality of 
     the Head Start programs and the preparation the programs 
     provide for children and their families to function 
     effectively in schools and other settings in the years 
     following participation in such a program; and
       ``(3) as appropriate, permit comparison of children and 
     families participating in Head Start programs with children 
     and families receiving other child care, early childhood 
     education, or child development services, and with other 
     appropriate control groups.
       ``(f) Ownership of Results.--The Secretary shall take 
     necessary steps to ensure that all studies, reports, 
     proposals, and data produced or developed with Federal funds 
     under this subchapter shall become the property of the United 
     States.''.

     SEC. 117. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND EVALUATIONS.

  Section 650 (42 U.S.C. 9845) is repealed.

     SEC. 118. REPORTS.

       (a) In general.--Section 651 (42 U.S.C. 9846) is amended--
       (1) by striking the section heading and all that follows 
     through subsection (f) and inserting:

     ``SEC. 651. REPORTS.'';

       (2) by striking ``(g)'';
       (3) in paragraph (10), by striking ``evaluations conducted 
     under section 641(c)(2)'' and inserting ``monitoring 
     conducted under section 641A(c)''; and
       (4)(A) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (11);
       (B) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (12) and 
     inserting a semicolon; and
       (C) by adding after paragraph (12) the following:
       ``(13) a summary of information concerning the research, 
     demonstration, and evaluation activities conducted under 
     section 649, including--
       ``(A) a status report on ongoing activities; and
       ``(B) results, conclusions, and recommendations, not 
     included in any previous report, based on completed 
     activities; and
       ``(14) a study of the availability and delivery of Head 
     Start programs to Indian children living on and near Indian 
     reservations and to children of migrant and seasonal 
     farmworkers, including estimates of the percentages of such 
     children being served by Head Start programs.''.
       (b) Redesignation.--Section 651 is redesignated as section 
     650.

     SEC. 119. REPEALS.

       Sections 651A and 652 (42 U.S.C. 9846a and 9847) are 
     repealed.

     SEC. 120. CONSULTATION WITH THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND 
                   COMMUNITY SERVICE.

       The Act is amended by adding at the end the following:

     ``SEC. 657A. CONSULTATION WITH THE CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL 
                   AND COMMUNITY SERVICE.

       ``The Secretary shall consult with the Chief Executive 
     Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service 
     regarding the dissemination of information about the 
     Corporation's programs, to programs that receive funds under 
     this subchapter.''.

     SEC. 121. STUDY OF BENEFITS FOR HEAD START EMPLOYEES.

       (a) Study.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
     shall conduct a study regarding the benefits available to 
     individuals employed by Head Start agencies under the Head 
     Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9831 et seq.).
       (b) Report.--
       (1) Preparation.--The Secretary shall prepare a report, 
     containing the results of the study, that--
       (A) describes the benefits, including health care benefits, 
     family and medical leave, and retirement pension benefits, 
     available to such individuals; and
       (B) includes recommendations for increasing the access of 
     the individuals to benefits, including access to a retirement 
     pension program.
       (2) Submission.--The Secretary shall submit the report to 
     the appropriate committees of Congress.

     SEC. 122. STUDY OF FULL-DAY AND FULL-YEAR HEAD START 
                   PROGRAMS.

       (a) Study.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
     shall conduct a study of the extent to which Head Start 
     programs are addressing the need for child care services 
     during a full working day or full calendar year among 
     eligible low-income families with preschool children.
       (b) Report.--The Secretary shall prepare and submit a 
     report to the Committee on Education and Labor of the House 
     of Representatives and the Committee on Labor and Human 
     Resources of the Senate not later than January 1996, 
     containing the results of the study that--
       (1) describes the number of full-day, full-year Head Start 
     programs and the number of children served in such program or 
     provided full-day or full-year services through arrangements 
     with other service providers;
       (2) compares the number of children in full-day or full-
     year Head Start programs with the need for full-day or full-
     year care among such families;
       (3) identifies the barriers to meeting the need for full-
     day, full-year care among such families;
       (4) describes promising models currently employed by Head 
     Start programs for meeting such needs both directly and 
     through arrangements with other service providers; and
       (5) makes recommendations on how the child care needs of 
     families with children enrolled in Head Start programs may be 
     addressed.

     SEC. 123. STATE DEPENDENT CARE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS.

       Section 670A of the State Dependent Care Development Grants 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 9871) is amended by striking ``are authorized 
     to be appropriated'' and all that follows and inserting ``is 
     authorized to be appropriated $13,000,000 for fiscal year 
     1995.''.

     SEC. 124. REAUTHORIZATION OF CHILD DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE 
                   SCHOLARSHIP ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1985.

       Section 606 of the Child Development Associate Scholarship 
     Assistance Act of 1985 (42 U.S.C. 10905) is amended by 
     striking ``$1,500,000'' and all that follows and inserting 
     ``to carry out this title such sums as may be necessary for 
     fiscal year 1995.''.

     SEC. 125. TECHNICAL AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

       (a) Head Start Transition Project Act.--Section 133(a) of 
     the Head Start Transition Project Act is amended by striking 
     ``639(c)'' and inserting ``639(b)''.
       (b) Social Security Act.--Section 1924(d)(3)(A)(i) of the 
     Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r-5(d)(3)(A)(i)) is 
     amended by striking ``sections 652 and 673(2)'' and inserting 
     ``section 673(2)''.

     SEC. 126. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.

       (a) Effective Date.--This title, and the amendments made by 
     this title, shall take effect on the date of enactment of 
     this title.
       (b) Application.--The requirements of this title and the 
     amendments made by this title shall not apply to Head Start 
     agencies and other recipients of financial assistance under 
     the Head Start Act with respect to fiscal years ending before 
     October 1, 1994.

          TITLE II--COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT AMENDMENTS

     SEC. 201. SHORT TITLE AND REFERENCES.

       (a) Short Title.--This title may be cited as the 
     ``Community Services Block Grant Amendments of 1994''.
       (b) References.--Except as otherwise expressly provided, 
     whenever in this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in 
     terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other 
     provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a 
     section or other provision of the Community Services Block 
     Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9901 et seq.).

     SEC. 202. AUTHORIZATIONS OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       (a) Authorization of Appropriation.--Subsection (b) of 
     section 672 (42 U.S.C. 9901(b)) is amended to read as 
     follows:
       ``(b) There are authorized to be appropriated $525,000,000 
     for fiscal year 1995, and such sums as may be necessary for 
     each of fiscal years 1996 through 1998, to carry out this 
     subtitle.''.
       (b) State Allocations.--Section 674 (42 U.S.C. 9903) is 
     amended--
       (1) by redesignating subsections (a), (b) and (c) as 
     subsections (b), (c) and (d), respectively; and
       (2) by inserting before subsection (b) (as so 
     redesignated), the following:
       ``(a)(1) Of the amounts appropriated for a fiscal year 
     pursuant to section 672(b), the Secretary may reserve not 
     less than one-half of 1 percent and not more than 1 percent 
     for training, technical assistance, planning, and evaluation 
     activities related to programs or projects carried out under 
     this subtitle. Such activities may be carried out by the 
     Secretary directly or through grants, contracts, or 
     cooperative agreements.
       ``(2) The process for determining the technical assistance 
     and training activities to be carried out under this section 
     shall--
       ``(A) ensure the needs of eligible entities relating to the 
     improving program quality are addressed to the maximum extend 
     feasible; and
       ``(B) incorporate mechanisms to ensure responsiveness to 
     local needs, including an ongoing procedure for obtaining 
     input from the community action State and national network as 
     well as community development corporation national and State 
     organizations.
       ``(3) In allocating resources for technical assistance and 
     training under this section, the Secretary shall--
       ``(A) assist eligible entities in the development of sound 
     management practices, including financial management 
     practices; and
       ``(B) consistent with the availability of funds, respond to 
     the training requests and concerns of community development 
     corporations, community action agencies and programs.''.
       (c) Applications and Requirements.--
       (1) Form and assurances.--Section 675(a) (42 U.S.C. 
     9904(a)) is amended by inserting ``or significant amendments 
     thereof'' before ``shall contain assurances''.
       (2) Use of funds.--Section 675(c)(1) (42 U.S.C. 9904(c)(1)) 
     is amended by striking ``use the funds available under this 
     subtitle'' and inserting ``ensure that, at its discretion and 
     consistent with agreements with the State, each recipient of 
     funds available under this subtitle will use such funds''.
       (3) Assured activities.--Section 675(c)(1)(B) (42 U.S.C. 
     9904(c)(1)(B)) is amended by inserting ``homeless individuals 
     and families, migrants, and'' before ``the elderly poor''.
       (4) State responsibilities.--Section 675(c)(2)(B) (42 
     U.S.C. 9904(c)(2)(B)) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(B) if less than 100 percent of the allotment is expended 
     under subparagraph (A), provide assurances that with respect 
     to the remainder of the allotment a reasonable amount shall 
     be used for--
       ``(i) providing training and technical assistance to those 
     entities in need of such assistance and such activities will 
     not be considered administrative expenses;
       ``(ii) coordinating State-operated programs and services 
     targeted to low-income children and families with services 
     provided by eligible entities funded under this subtitle, 
     including outposting where appropriate State or local public 
     employees into entities funded under this subtitle to ensure 
     increased access to services provided by such State or local 
     agencies;
       ``(iii) supporting statewide coordination and communication 
     among eligible entities;
       ``(iv) administrative expenses at the State level, 
     including monitoring activities, but not more than the 
     greater of $55,000 or 5 percent of allotment under section 
     674; and
       ``(v) considering the distribution of funds under this 
     subtitle within the State to determine if such funds have 
     been targeted to the areas of greatest need.''.
       (5) Tripartite board.--Section 675(c)(3) (42 U.S.C. 
     9904(c)(3)) is amended--
       (A) by redesignating subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) as 
     clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), respectively;
       (B) by striking the comma after ``provide assurances that'' 
     and inserting ``(A)''; and
       (C) by adding at the end the following: ``and
       ``(B) in the case of public organization receiving funds 
     under this subtitle, such organization either establish--
       ``(i) a board of which at least one-third of the members 
     are persons chosen in accordance with democratic selection 
     procedures adequate to assure that they are representative of 
     the poor in the area served; or
       ``(ii) another mechanism specified by the State to assure 
     low-income citizen participation in the planning, 
     administration, and evaluation of projects for which such 
     organization has been funded;''.
       (d) Community Action Agency Plan.--Section 675(c) (42 
     U.S.C. 9904(c)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (11)--
       (A) by redesignating clauses (i) through (iii) of 
     subparagraph (A) as items (i) through (iii), respectively;
       (B) by realigning the margin of the sentence beginning with 
     ``For purposes of'' so as to align with paragraph (A) of 
     paragraph (1);
       (C) by striking ``For purposes of'' and inserting ``(A) For 
     purposes of'';
       (D) by striking ``(A) a statewide'' and inserting ``(i) a 
     statewide'';
       (E) by striking ``(B) the failure'' and inserting ``(ii) 
     the failure'';
       (F) by inserting immediately before paragraph (12) the 
     following:
       ``(B) for purposes of making a determination with respect 
     to a termination, the term `cause' includes the material 
     failure of an eligible entity to comply with the terms of its 
     agreement and community action plan to provide services under 
     this subtitle;''.
       (2) in paragraph (12) by striking the period and inserting 
     a semicolon; and
       (3) by inserting after paragraph (12) the following:
       ``(13) secure from each eligible entity as a condition to 
     its receipt of funding under this subtitle a community action 
     plan (which shall be available to the Secretary for 
     inspection) that includes--
       ``(A) a community needs assessment (including food needs);
       ``(B) a description of the service delivery system targeted 
     to low-income individuals and families in the service area;
       ``(C) a description of how linkages will be developed to 
     fill identified gaps in services through information, 
     referral, case management, and followup consultations;
       ``(D) a description of how funding under this Act will be 
     coordinated with other public and private resources; and
       ``(E) a description of outcome measures to be used to 
     monitor success in promoting self-sufficiency, family 
     stability, and community revitalization; and
       ``(14) provide assurances that cost and accounting 
     standards of the Office of Management and Budget shall apply 
     to a recipient of funds under this subtitle.''.
       (e) Public Inspections of Plans.--Section 675(d)(2) (42 
     U.S.C. 9904(d)(2)) is amended by inserting ``or revision'' 
     after ``Each plan''.
       (f) Audits.--The last sentence of section 675(f) (45 U.S.C. 
     9904(f)) is amended by inserting before ``to the 
     legislature'' the following: ``to the eligible entity at no 
     charge,''.
       (g) Evaluation Involving Waivers.--Section 675(h) (42 
     U.S.C. 9904(h)) is amended by inserting ``(including any 
     State that received a waiver under Public Law 98-139)'' after 
     ``States'' the last place it appears.

     SEC. 203. DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY.

       (a) Training and Activities.--Section 681(a) (42 U.S.C. 
     9910(a)) is amended--
       (1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking ``to 
     provide for--'' and all that follows through ``(2)'' and 
     inserting ``to provide for''; and
       (2) by striking ``special emphasis programs for--'' and all 
     that follows through paragraph (3), and inserting the 
     following:

     ``a Community Initiative Program, awarded on a competitive 
     basis, to fund private, nonprofit community development 
     corporations for purposes of planning and carrying out 
     community and economic development activities in economically 
     distressed areas and in rural areas, as described in 
     subsection (c).''.
       (b) Community Initiative Program.--Subsection (b) of 
     section 681 (42 U.S.C. 9910) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(b) Community Initiative Program.--
       ``(1) In general.--
       ``(A) Economic development activities.--Economic 
     development activities under this section shall be 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) in consultation 
     with other relevant Federal officials.
       ``(C) Governing boards.--Each community development 
     corporation receiving funds under this section 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 community 
     development projects.
       ``(D) Geographic distribution.--In providing assistance or 
     entering into other arrangements under this section, the 
     Secretary shall take into consideration the geographic 
     distribution of funds among States and the relative 
     proportion of funding among rural and urban areas.
       ``(2) Rural community development activities.--Rural 
     community development activities under this section shall 
     include--
       ``(A) grants to private, nonprofit corporations that 
     provide assistance to rural low-income families in home 
     repair and in planning and developing low-income rural rental 
     housing units;
       ``(B) grants to multistate, regional private, nonprofit 
     organizations that provide training and technical assistance 
     to small, rural communities in meeting their community 
     facility needs; and
       ``(C) grants to nonprofit private organizations that 
     provide assistance for migrants and seasonal farmworkers.''.

     SEC. 204. COMMUNITY FOOD AND NUTRITION.

       Subsection (d) of section 681A (42 U.S.C. 9910a(d)) is 
     amended to read as follows:
       ``(d) There are authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 
     for fiscal year 1995, and such sums as may be necessary for 
     each of fiscal years 1996 through 1998, to carry out this 
     section.''.

     SEC. 205. INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR LOW-INCOME YOUTH.

       The Act (42 U.S.C. 9901 et seq.) is amended--
       (1) by redesignating sections 682 and 683 as sections 683 
     and 684, respectively; and
       (2) by inserting after section 681 the following:

     ``SEC. 682. NATIONAL OR REGIONAL PROGRAMS DESIGNED TO PROVIDE 
                   INSTRUCTIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR LOW-INCOME YOUTH.

       ``(a) General Authority.--The Secretary of Health and Human 
     Services is authorized to make a grant to an eligible service 
     provider to administer national or regional programs to 
     provide instructional activities for low-income youth. In 
     making such a grant, the Secretary shall give a priority to 
     eligible service providers that have a demonstrated ability 
     to operate such a program.
       ``(b) Program Requirements.--
       ``(1) Any instructional activity carried out by an eligible 
     service provider receiving a grant under this subsection 
     shall be carried out on the campus of an institution of 
     higher education (as defined in section 1201(a) of the Higher 
     Education Act) and shall include--
       ``(A) access to the facilities and resources of such an 
     institution;
       ``(B) an initial medical examination and follow-up referral 
     or treatment, without charge, for youth during their 
     participation in such activity;
       ``(C) at least one nutritious meal daily, without charge, 
     for participating youth during each day of participation;
       ``(D) high quality instruction in a variety of sports (that 
     shall include swimming and that may include dance and any 
     other high quality recreational activity) provided by coaches 
     and teachers from institutions of higher education and from 
     elementary and secondary schools (as defined in sections 
     1471(8) and 1471(21) of the Elementary and Secondary 
     Education Act of 1965); and
       ``(E) enrichment instruction and information on matters 
     relating to the well-being of youth, to include educational 
     opportunities and study practices, education for the 
     prevention of drugs and alcohol abuse, health and nutrition, 
     career opportunities and family and job responsibilities.
       ``(c) Eligible Providers.--A national private non-profit 
     organization, a coalition of such organizations, or a private 
     nonprofit organization applying jointly with a business 
     concern shall be eligible for a grant under this subsection 
     if--
       ``(1) the applicant has demonstrated experience in 
     operating a program providing instruction to low-income 
     youth;
       ``(2) the applicant shall contribute amounts in cash or 
     fairly evaluated in kind of no less than 25 percent of the 
     amount requested;
       ``(3) the applicant shall use no funds from a grant 
     authorized under this section for administrative expenses; 
     and
       ``(4) the applicant agrees to comply with the regulations 
     or program guidelines promulgated by the Secretary of Health 
     and Human Services for use of funds made available by this 
     grant.
       ``(d) Applications Process.--Eligible service providers may 
     submit to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, for 
     approval, an application in such form at such time as the 
     Secretary deems appropriate.
       ``(e) Promulgation of Regulations or Program Guidelines.--
     The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall promulgate 
     regulations or program guidelines to ensure funds made 
     available under a grant made under this section are used in 
     accordance with the intentions of this Act.
       ``(f) Authorization of Appropriations.--There is authorized 
     to be appropriated $15,000,000 for each fiscal year 1995, 
     1996, 1997, and 1998 for grants to carry out this section.''.

     SEC. 206. AMENDMENT TO STEWART B. McKINNEY HOMELESS 
                   ASSISTANCE ACT.

       The last section of subtitle D of title VII of the Stewart 
     B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11646) is 
     amended--
       (1) by striking ``SEC. 751.'' and by inserting ``SEC. 
     754.'', and
       (2) by striking ``1991'' and all that follows through 
     ``1993'', and inserting ``1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998''.

     SEC. 207. AMENDMENTS TO THE HUMAN SERVICES REAUTHORIZATION 
                   ACT OF 1986.

       Section 408 of the Human Services Reauthorization Act of 
     1986 (42 U.S.C. 9901b) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a) by adding at the end of the 
     following:
       ``(3) Initial and subsequent grant awards may fully fund 
     projects for periods of up to 3 years.'';
       (2) in subsection (b)(1)(B) by striking ``After the first 
     fiscal year'' and inserting ``After the first funding 
     period'';
       (3) by amending subsection (c)--
       (A) by amending paragraph (1) to read as follows:
       ``(1) In addition to the grant programs described in 
     subsection (a), the Secretary may make grants to community 
     action agencies for the purpose of enabling such agencies to 
     demonstrate new approaches to dealing with the problems 
     associated with urban gangs or similar antisocial activities 
     of urban youth. Demonstrations shall include such activities 
     as peer counseling, mentoring, development of job skills, 
     assistance with social skills, antigang education, family 
     literacy, parenting skills, and other services designed to 
     assist at-risk youth to continue their education, to secure 
     meaningful employment, or to pursue other productive 
     alternatives to joining gangs or engaging in any other form 
     of anti-social activity.''; and
       (B) by amending paragraph (4) to read as follows:
       ``(4) Such grants made under this subsection on a 
     competitive basis shall be based on an annual competition 
     determined by the Secretary. Grants made under this 
     subsection shall not exceed $500,000.''; and
       (4) by amending subsection (h) to read as follows:
       ``(h) Authorization of Appropriations.--(1) There are 
     authorized to be appropriated $30,000,000 for fiscal year 
     1995, and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 
     1996, 1997, 1997, and 1998, to carry out this section.
       ``(2) Of the amounts appropriated for this section not less 
     than 30 percent shall be used to carry out the programs 
     authorized under subsection (c).
       ``(3) In addition to sums which are required to carry out 
     the evaluation, reporting, and dissemination of results under 
     subsections (a), (c), (d), and (f), the Secretary is 
     authorized to reserve up to 2 percent of the amounts 
     appropriated pursuant to subparagraphs (1) and (2) for 
     administration of the program as well as for planning and 
     technical assistance.''.

     SEC. 208. EFFECTIVE DATE.

       This title, and the amendments made by this title, shall 
     take effect on October 1, 1994.

        TITLE III--LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE AMENDMENTS

     SECTION 301. SHORT TITLE AND REFERENCES.

       (a) Short Title.--This title may be cited as the ``Low-
     Income Home Energy Assistance Amendments of 1994''.
       (b) References.--Except as otherwise expressly provided, 
     whenever in this title an amendment or repeal is expressed in 
     terms of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other 
     provision, the reference shall be considered to be made to a 
     section or other provision of the Low-Income Home Energy 
     Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.).

     SEC. 302. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.

       Section 2602(a) (42 U.S.C. 8621(a)) is amended to read as 
     follows:
       ``(a) In order to assist low-income households, 
     particularly those with the lowest incomes that pay a high 
     proportion of their income for home energy, both in meeting 
     their immediate home energy needs, and in attaining the 
     capacity to meet such needs independently in the future, the 
     Secretary of Health and Human Services may make grants to 
     States for programs and activities consistent with this 
     title.''.

     SEC. 303. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

       (a) Amounts Authorized.--Section 2602 (42 U.S.C. 8621) is 
     amended--
       (1) in subsection (b), by striking ``this title'' and all 
     that follows through the end of the first sentence and 
     inserting ``this title, $2,000,000,000 for fiscal year 1995, 
     and such sums as may be necessary for each of fiscal years 
     1996 through 1999.''; and
       (2) in subsection (c)--
       (A) in paragraph (1)--
       (i) by striking ``(1)'';
       (ii) by striking ``July 1'' and inserting ``October 1''; 
     and
       (iii) by striking ``for which'' and inserting ``following 
     the year in which''; and
       (B) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3);
       (b) Incentive Program for Leveraging Non-Federal Sources.--
     Subsection (d) of section 2602 (42 U.S.C. 8621(d)) is amended 
     to read as follows:
       ``(d) There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
     section 2607A, $50,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1995 
     and 1996, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the 
     fiscal years 1997 through 1999.''.

     SEC. 304. EMERGENCY FUNDS.

       (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 2602 (42 
     U.S.C. 8621), as amended by section 303, is amended by adding 
     at the end thereof the following:
       ``(e) There is authorized to be appropriated in each fiscal 
     year for payments under this title, in addition to amounts 
     appropriated for distribution to all the States in accordance 
     with section 2604 (other than subsection (g)), $600,000,000 
     to meet the additional home energy assistance needs of one or 
     more States arising from a natural disaster or other 
     emergency. Funds appropriated pursuant to this subsection are 
     hereby designated to be emergency requirements pursuant to 
     section 251(b)(2)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
     Deficit Control Act of 1985, except that such funds shall be 
     made available only after the submission to Congress of a 
     formal budget request by the President (for all or a part of 
     the appropriation pursuant to this subsection) that includes 
     a designation of the amount requested as an emergency 
     requirement as defined in such Act.''.
       (b) Home Energy.--Section 2603 (42 U.S.C. 8622(3)) is 
     amended--
       (1) by redesignating paragraphs (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), 
     (6), and (7) as paragraphs (2), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), and 
     (9), respectively;
       (2) by inserting before paragraph (2), as so redesignated, 
     the following:
       ``(1) The term `energy burden' means the expenditures of 
     the household for home energy divided by the income of the 
     household.''; and
       (3) by inserting before paragraph (4), as so redesignated, 
     the following:
       ``(3) The term `highest home energy needs' means the home 
     energy requirements of a household determined by taking into 
     account both the energy burden of such household and the 
     unique situation of such household that results from having 
     members of vulnerable populations, including very young 
     children, individuals with disabilities, and frail older 
     individuals.''.
       (c) Allotment of Emergency Funds.--Section 2604 (42 U.S.C. 
     8623) is amended by adding at the end thereof the following:
       ``(g) Notwithstanding subsections (a) through (f), the 
     Secretary may allot amounts appropriated pursuant to section 
     2602(e) to one or more than one State. In determining to 
     which State or States additional funds may be allotted, the 
     Secretary shall take into account the extent to which a State 
     was affected by the emergency or disaster, the availability 
     to an affected State of other resources under this or any 
     other program, and such other factors as the Secretary 
     determines relevant. The Secretary shall notify Congress of 
     the proposed allotment pursuant to this subsection before 
     releasing the allotted funds.''.

     SEC. 305. AUTHORIZED USES OF FUNDS.

       (a) In General.--Paragraph (1) of section 2605(b) (42 
     U.S.C. 8624(b)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
       ``(1) use the funds available under this title to--
       ``(A) conduct outreach activities and provide assistance to 
     low income households in meeting their home energy costs, 
     particularly those with the lowest incomes that pay a high 
     proportion of household income for home energy, consistent 
     with paragraph (5);
       ``(B) intervene in energy crisis situations;
       ``(C) provide low-cost residential weatherization and other 
     cost-effective energy-related home repair; and
       (D) plan, develop, and administer the State's program under 
     this title including leveraging programs,

     and the State agrees not to use such funds for any purposes 
     other than those specified in this title;''.
       (b) Encouraged Reduced Home Energy Needs.--Section 2605(b) 
     (42 U.S.C. 8624(b)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (14) by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (2) in paragraph (15), by striking the period and inserting 
     ``; and''; and
       (3) by inserting after paragraph (15) the following:
       ``(16) use such funds, at its option, to provide services 
     that encourage and enable households to reduce their home 
     energy needs and thereby the need for energy assistance, 
     including needs assessments, counseling, and assistance with 
     energy vendors.''.

     SEC. 306. TARGETING OF ASSISTANCE OF HOUSEHOLDS WITH HIGH 
                   HOME ENERGY BURDENS.

       (a) House Income.--Section 2605(b)(2)(B) (42 U.S.C. 
     8624(b)(2)(B)) is amended by striking the matter following 
     clause (ii) and inserting the following:

     ``except that a State may not exclude a household from 
     eligibility in a fiscal year solely on the basis of household 
     income if such income is less than 110 percent of the poverty 
     level for such State, but the State may give priority to 
     those households with the highest home energy costs or needs 
     in relation to household income;''.
       (b) Outreach Activities.--Section 2605(b)(3) (42 U.S.C. 
     8624(b)(3)) is amended by striking ``are made aware'' and 
     inserting ``and households with high home energy burdens, are 
     made aware''.
       (c) Assistance Levels.--Section 2605(b)(5) (42 U.S.C. 
     8624(b)(5)) is amended by inserting ``or needs'' after 
     ``highest energy costs''.
       (d) State Plan.--Section 2605(c)(1) (42 U.S.C. 8624(c)(1)) 
     is amended--
       (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (E) and (F) as 
     subparagraphs (F) and (H), respectively; and
       (2) by inserting after subparagraph (D) the following:
       ``(E) describes any steps that will be taken (in addition 
     to those necessary to carry out the assurance contained in 
     paragraph (5) of subsection (b)) to target assistance to 
     households with high home energy burdens;''.

     SEC. 307. CLARIFICATION OF AUDIT REQUIREMENT.

       Section 2605 (42 U.S.C. 8624) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (b)(10), by striking ``and provide that'' 
     and all that follows and inserting ``and provide that the 
     State will comply with chapter 75 of title 31, United States 
     Code (commonly known as the `Single Audit Act');''; and
       (2) in subsection (e), by striking ``at least every two 
     years'' and all that follows and inserting ``in accordance 
     with chapter 75 of title 31, United States Code.''.

     SEC. 308. USE OF DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY WEATHERIZATION RULES TO 
                   ACHIEVE PROGRAM CONSISTENCY.

       Section 2605(c)(1)(D) (42 U.S.C. 8624(c)(1)(D) is amended 
     by inserting before the semicolon at the end thereof the 
     following: ``, including any steps the State will take to 
     address the weatherization and energy-related home repair 
     needs of households that have high home energy burdens, and 
     describes any rules promulgated by the Department of Energy 
     for administration of its Low Income Weatherization 
     Assistance Program which the State, to the extent permitted 
     by the Secretary to increase consistency between federally 
     assisted programs, will follow regarding the use of funds 
     provided under this title by the State for such 
     weatherization and energy-related home repairs and 
     improvements''.

     SEC. 309. MATTERS TO BE DESCRIBED IN ANNUAL APPLICATION.

       Section 2605(c)(1) (42 U.S.C. 8624(c)(1)) is amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (F) (as so redesignated by section 
     306(d) of this Act)--
       (A) by striking ``and (13)'' and inserting ``(13), and 
     (15)''; and
       (B) by striking ``and'' at the end thereof; and
       (2) by inserting after subparagraph (F) (as so redesignated 
     by section 306(d) of this Act), the following:
       ``(G) states, with respect to the 12-month period specified 
     by the Secretary, the number and income levels of households 
     which apply and the number which are assisted with funds 
     provided under this title, and the number of households so 
     assisted with--
       ``(i) one or more members who has attained 60 years of age;
       ``(ii) one or more members who were disabled; and
       ``(iii) one or more young children; and''.

     SEC. 310. REPORT OF FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR OBLIGATION.

       Section 2607(a) (42 U.S.C. 8628(a)) is amended--
       (1) by inserting ``(1)'' after the subsection designation; 
     and
       (2) by adding at the end thereof the following:
       ``(2) Each State shall notify the Secretary, not later than 
     2 months prior to the close of a fiscal year, of the amount 
     (if any) of its allotment for such year that will not be 
     obligated in such year, and. if such State elects to submit a 
     request described in subsection (b)(2), such State shall 
     submit such request at the same time. The Secretary shall 
     make no payment under paragraph (1) to a State for a fiscal 
     year unless the State has complied with this paragraph with 
     respect to the prior fiscal year.''.

     SEC. 311. MISCELLANEOUS AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.

       (A) In General.--
       (1) Treatment of households.--Section 2605b)(7)(D) (42 
     U.S.C. 8624(b)(7)(D)) us amended to read as follows:
       ``(D) ensure that the provision of vendored payments 
     remains at the option of the State in consultation with local 
     grantees and may be contingent on vendors taking appropriate 
     measures to alleviate the energy burdens of eligible 
     households, including providing for compacts between 
     suppliers and individuals eligible for benefits under this 
     title that seek to reduce home energy costs, minimize the 
     risks of home energy crisis, and encourage regular payments 
     by individuals receiving financial assistance for home energy 
     costs;''.
       (2) Incentive program.--Section 2607A(e) (42 U.S.C. 
     8626a(e)) is amended by striking ``July 31, of each year'' 
     and inserting ``2 months after the close of the fiscal year 
     during which the State provided leveraged resources to 
     eligible households, as described in subsection (b)''.
       (3) Training and technical assistance.--Section 2609A(a) is 
     amended by striking ``$500,000'' and inserting ``$250,000''.
       (b) Technical Amendments.--
       (1) Section 2602 (42 U.S.C. 8621) is amended--
       (A) in subsection (b), as amended by section 303 of this 
     Act--
       (i) by inserting ``(other than section 2607A)'' after ``to 
     carry out the provisions of this title''; and
       (ii) by striking the second period at the end thereof; and
       (B) in subsection (c)(1) by striking ``Act'' and inserting 
     ``title''.
       (2) Section 2603(2) (42 U.S.C. 8622(2)), as amended by 
     section 304 of this Act, is amended--
       (A) by striking ``(4) the'' and inserting ``(4) The''; and
       (B) by striking the semicolon at the end thereof and 
     inserting a period.
       (3) Section 2604 (42 U.S.C. 8223) is amended--
       (A) in subsection (b)(1) by inserting ``of the United 
     States'' after ``Virgin Islands''; and
       (B) in subsection (c)(B)(3)(ii) by striking ``application'' 
     and inserting ``applications''.
       (4) The sentence that immediately precedes paragraph (15) 
     of section 2605(b) (42 U.S.C. 8624(b)) is transferred so as 
     to appear as a flush sentence immediately after paragraph 
     (16).
       (5) Section 2605(b)(3) (42 U.S.C. 8624(b)(3)) is amended by 
     striking ``handicapped'' and inserting ``disabled''.
       (6) Section 2607A(c)(2) (42 U.S.C. 8626a(c)(2)) is amended 
     by striking ``.0008 percent'' and inserting ``0.08 percent''.
       (7) Section 2610(a) (42 U.S.C. 8629(a)) is amended--
       (A) in paragraph (2), by striking the semicolon after 
     ``used'' and inserting a semicolon after ``title''; and
       (B) in paragraph (5)--
       (i) by striking ``handicapped'' and inserting ``disabled''; 
     and
       (ii) by inserting before the semicolon at the end thereof 
     ``or include young children''.
       (c) Criteria and Report.--Section 2605(b) (42 U.S.C. 
     8624(b)), as amended by subsection (b) of this section, is 
     amended by adding at the end the following: ``The Secretary 
     shall develop performance goals and measurements in 
     consultation with State, tribal, and local grantees, that the 
     States may use to assess their success in achieving the 
     purposes of this title and shall, beginning in 1996, makes 
     such goals and measurements available together with the model 
     plan required by paragraph (3). Not later than 18 months 
     after the date of the enactment of this sentence, the 
     Secretary shall report to the committees of the House of 
     Representatives and of the Senate that have jurisdiction of 
     this title, on the manner in which, and the degree to which 
     State and local energy assistance programs carried out under 
     this title are meeting the purposes of this title and on any 
     improvements or changes necessary to accelerate the 
     achievement of these goals. The Secretary may not require 
     additional program or client data to be collected by grantees 
     for such report.''.

     SEC. 312. RESIDENTIAL ENERGY ASSISTANCE CHALLENGE OPTION 
                   (R.E.A.C.H.).

       The Act is amended by inserting after section 2607A the 
     following:

     ``SEC. 2607B. RESIDENTIAL ENERGY ASSISTANCE CHALLENGE OPTION 
                   (R.E.A.C.H.).

       ``(a) For fiscal year 1996, and each subsequent fiscal 
     year, the Secretary shall allocate not less than 5 percent of 
     the amount appropriated under section 2607A for such fiscal 
     year to a Residential Energy Assistance Challenge Fund for 
     the purpose of making challenge grants to States that submit 
     qualifying plans that are approved by the Secretary for a 
     Residential Energy Assistance Challenge (in this section 
     referred to as `R.E.A.Ch.') initiative in such State. States 
     may use such grants--
       ``(1) for the costs of planning, implementing, and 
     evaluating the initiative; and
       ``(2) for the costs of achieving performance goals 
     including the long-term reduction of the energy burden 
     program dependency of households eligible for, or receiving, 
     energy assistance under this title, and those goals set out 
     in subsection (b) of the initiative established by the States 
     and approved by the Secretary.
       ``(b) The Secretary shall establish criteria for approving 
     State plans required by subsection (a). Such criteria shall 
     require such plans to include the following goals:
       ``(1) To minimize health and safety risks that result from 
     high energy burdens on low-income Americans.
       ``(2) To prevent homelessness as a result of inability to 
     pay energy bills.
       ``(3) To increase the efficiency of energy usage by low-
     income families.
       ``(4) To target energy assistance to those most in need.
       ``(5) To encourage eventual energy self-sufficiency for 
     low-income persons.
       ``(c)(1) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the Secretary may 
     not approve a State plan submitted under such subsection 
     unless such plan includes provisions acceptable to the 
     Secretary with respect to each of the required program 
     elements specified in subsection (d).
       ``(2) The Secretary may require a State to provide 
     appropriate documentation that its R.E.A.Ch. activities 
     conforms to the State plan as approved by the Secretary.
       ``(3) Subject to approval by the Secretary, a State plan 
     may include benefits and services in addition to those 
     required program elements specified in subsection (d) that 
     are consistent with the purpose of this title and the 
     R.E.A.Ch. Challenge Option.
       ``(4) A State may designate all or part of the State, or 
     all or part of the client population, as the focus of its 
     R.E.A.Ch. initiative.
       ``(d) Each State plan submitted under subsection (a) shall 
     include the following:
       ``(1)(A) An assurance that such State will provide 
     R.E.A.Ch. services will be delivered through community-based 
     nonprofit entities in such State by--
       ``(i) making grants to or contracts with such entities for 
     the purpose of providing such services and benefits directly 
     to individuals eligible for such services and benefits; or
       ``(ii) if a State makes payments directly to eligible 
     individuals or energy suppliers, making contracts with such 
     local entities to administer such programs, including 
     determining eligibility, providing outreach services, and 
     providing noncash benefits.
       ``(B) An assurance that in making grants or contracts to 
     carry out such R.E.A.Ch. initiative, States shall give 
     priority in selecting organizations described in section 673 
     of the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 
     9902(1)); organizations which the Secretary has determined 
     have a record of successfully providing energy services under 
     this title; and organizations that receive weatherization 
     assistance program funds under this title, except that a 
     State may not require any such entity to operate a R.E.A.Ch. 
     initiative program.
       ``(2) An assurance that all entities that receive grants or 
     contracts under paragraph (1)(A) will provide a program of 
     services and benefits that includes, at a minimum--
       ``(A) payments to or on behalf of individuals eligible for 
     residential energy assistance services and benefits pursuant 
     to section 2605(b) for home energy costs;
       ``(B) home-energy-demand-management services, such as 
     residential weathrization energy education and other energy-
     related home repair which services to be provided jointly 
     with existing Department of Energy weatherization assistance 
     programs;
       ``(C) counseling and needs assessment on energy budget 
     management, payment plans, and related services; and
       ``(D) advocacy on behalf of households eligible for 
     R.E.A.Ch. services and benefits before home energy suppliers 
     and State or local energy regulatory officials.
       ``(3) A description of the methodology the State will use 
     to determine--
       ``(A) which households will receive 1 or more forms of 
     benefits under the State R.E.A.Ch. initiative;
       ``(B) the cases in which nonmonetary benefits are likely to 
     provide more cost-effective long-term outcomes than monetary 
     benefits alone.
       ``(4) A method for targeting nonmonetary benefits that is 
     not inconsistent with the requirements of section 2605.
       ``(5) A description of the crisis and emergency assistance 
     activities the State will carry out to demonstrate that such 
     assistance provided under this section is designed to 
     discourage crises, to encourage responsible vendor and 
     consumer behavior, and to provide no financial incentive that 
     discourages household payment.
       ``(6) A description of the activities the State will carry 
     out to provide incentives for recipients of such assistance 
     to pay home energy costs and for responsible vendor behavior. 
     If such plan contains provisions for direct payments to 
     vendors, such plan shall describe efforts such State will 
     carry out--
       ``(A) to encourage regular payments by individuals or 
     households receiving financial assistance for home energy 
     costs;
       ``(B) to provide for compacts or covenants between 
     suppliers of home energy and individuals eligible for 
     services and benefits under this title that reduce home 
     energy costs and minimize the risk of home energy crisis;
       ``(C) to ensure that local entities providing services and 
     benefits under this title have staff who are charged with 
     ensuring responsible vendor behavior;
       ``(D) to ensure that direct payments to vendors is at the 
     option of the State and local providers and may be contingent 
     on vendors taking appropriate measures to alleviate the 
     energy burdens of eligible households.
       ``(7) Information and assurances demonstrating that 
     R.E.A.Ch. services and benefits will be targeted to--
       ``(A) households with high energy burdens; and
       ``(B) individuals with acute health or safety vulnerability 
     including small children, frail older individuals, and 
     individuals with temporary energy-related emergencies.
       ``(8)(A) A detailed description of the financial standards 
     that will be applied for determining eligibility for 
     R.E.A.Ch. services and benefits. Such standards shall require 
     that the highest level of assistance under this section will 
     be furnished to households that have highest energy burdens.
       ``(B) An assurance that such State will require entities 
     providing R.E.A.Ch. services or benefits to establish 
     priorities for providing services to individuals residing in 
     its service area consistent with the purposes of the State 
     R.E.A.Ch. initiative.
       ``(9)(A) An assurance that such State has conducted public 
     hearings, after giving notice in public media and by mail to 
     all subgrantees, (DOE/WAP) subgrantees, and community action 
     agencies, with respect to the provisions of such plan and 
     before submitting such plan to the Secretary for approval.
       ``(B) A summary of comments received at such public 
     hearing.
       ``(C) An assurance that such plan and any revision thereof 
     submitted to the Secretary will be made available for public 
     inspection in such a manner as will facilitate timely and 
     meaningful review of, and comment.
       ``(10) An assurance that the State will require entities 
     that receive funds under this section to take appropriate 
     measures to solicit the views of individuals who are 
     financially eligible for benefits and services under this 
     section in establishing its local service priorities.
       ``(11) A description of specific performance goals for the 
     State R.E.A.Ch. initiative and a description of the 
     indicators that will be used to measure whether such 
     performance goals have been achieved. Such performance goals 
     shall include 1 or more of the following and such other goals 
     as the Secretary may require:
       ``(A) To increase in the affordability of energy over 1 or 
     more fiscal years.
       ``(B) To increase the regularity of home energy bill 
     payments by eligible households.
       ``(C) To increase energy vendor contributions toward the 
     costs of home energy on behalf of eligible individuals and 
     households.
       ``(D) To decrease the incidence of homelessness and health 
     and safety risks resulting from high household energy 
     burdens.
       ``(e)(1) The Secretary may waive on request administrative 
     cost ceilings and carryover requirements otherwise applicable 
     to the first 3 years of the operation of a R.E.A.Ch. 
     program's operations.
       ``(2) None of the costs of providing services or benefits 
     required under this subsection shall be considered to be an 
     administrative cost or function for purposes of any 
     limitation on such administrative cost or functions contained 
     in this title.
       ``(3) In verifying income eligibility for purposes of 
     subsection this section, the State may apply procedures and 
     policies consistent with procedures and policies used by the 
     State agency administering programs under part A of title IV 
     of the Social Security Act, under title XX of the Social 
     Security Act, under the Community Services Block Grant 
     program, under any other provision of law which carries out 
     programs which were administered under the Economic 
     Opportunity Act of 1964 before the date of the enactment of 
     this section, or under other income assistance or service 
     programs (as determined by the State).
       ``(4) Neither a State nor a local provider of services or 
     benefits shall be required to provide services or benefits to 
     an individual or household if such provision is inconsistent 
     with State or local priorities.
       ``(5) If a State chooses to pay home energy suppliers 
     directly, the State plan shall include procedures identified 
     in section 2605 of this title.''.

     SEC. 313. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING APPROPRIATIONS FOR 
                   LIHEAP.

       (a) Findings.--(1) Seventy-seven percent of the over 25 
     million households that were eligible for the Low-Income Home 
     Energy Assistance Program (hereinafter referred to as 
     ``LIHEAP'') in fiscal year 1992 did not receive assistance 
     due to a lack of funds.
       (2) Recent economic distress has caused significant 
     unemployment, which has resulted in a greater need for energy 
     assistance than ever before.
       (3) More than 66 percent of LIHEAP household recipients 
     have an annual income that is below the poverty level.
       (4) Forty-three percent of all LIHEAP eligible households 
     include children.
       (5) LIHEAP eligible households with children spend 
     approximately 16 percent of their annual incomes on home 
     energy costs, which is more than 4 times greater than that 
     paid by the average household in the United States, and far 
     beyond their means.
       (6) Approximately 40 percent of LIHEAP household recipients 
     are comprised of elderly or disabled persons.
       (7) LIHEAP is an essential, long-term Federal program that 
     is crucial to the well-being of impoverished American 
     families and their children.
       (8) Congress appropriated $1,475,000,000 for LIHEAP for 
     fiscal year 1995.
       (9) The Department of Energy predicts that the costs of 
     residential fuels will increase at a pace greater than 
     inflation.
       (b) Sense of the Congress.--It is the sense of the Congress 
     that--
       (1) the maintenance of LIHEAP should be a high priority in 
     order to enable the working poor, the disabled, and the low-
     income elderly, who all depend on LIHEAP, to meet their 
     energy costs and needs;
       (2) all appropriations made for LIHEAP for fiscal year 1995 
     should be expended; and
       (3) expenditures for LIHEAP for fiscal year 1996 should 
     ensure the provision of services at or above the level 
     provided in fiscal year 1995.

     SEC. 314. EFFECTIVE DATE.

       The amendments and repeals made by this title shall become 
     effective on October 1, 1994.

           TITLE IV--COMMUNITY-BASED FAMILY RESOURCE PROGRAMS

     SEC. 401. SHORT TITLE.

       This title may be cited as the ``Family Resource and 
     Support Act of 1994''.

     SEC. 402. COMMUNITY-BASED FAMILY SUPPORT AND FAMILY RESOURCE 
                   PROGRAMS.

       (a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to support 
     systems change activities designed to assist each State to 
     develop and implement, or expand and enhance, a family-
     centered and family-directed, comprehensive, statewide system 
     of family support and family resource services in 
     collaboration with existing education, vocational 
     rehabilitation, health, mental health, employment and 
     training, child welfare, and other social services agencies 
     within the State.
       (b) Authority.--The Commissioner shall make grants to 
     States for the purpose of--
       (1) establishing and expanding statewide a system of 
     community-based family support and family resource programs, 
     including funds for the initial costs of providing specific 
     family resource services, that ensure family involvement in 
     the design and operation of family support and family 
     resource programs which are responsive to the unique and 
     diverse strengths of children and families;
       (2) ensuring the active involvement of families of children 
     with disabilities in the planning, development, 
     implementation and evaluation of such a statewide system;
       (3) promoting child abuse and neglect prevention 
     activities;
       (4) promoting the establishment and operation of State 
     trust funds or other mechanisms for integrating child and 
     family services funding streams in order to provide flexible 
     funding for the development of community-based family support 
     and family resource programs;
       (5) establishing or expanding community-based collaboration 
     to foster the development of a continuum of preventive 
     services for children and families, which are family-
     centered and culturally competent;
       (6) increasing and promoting interagency coordination among 
     State agencies, and encouraging public and private 
     partnerships in the establishment and expansion of family 
     support and family resource programs; and
       (7) facilitating the changing of laws, regulations, 
     policies, practices, procedures, and organizational 
     structures, which impede the availability or provision of 
     family support and family resource services.
       (c) Eligibility for Grants.--A State is eligible for a 
     grant under this section for any fiscal year if--
       (1) such State has established or maintained in the 
     previous fiscal year--
       (A) a trust fund, including appropriations for such fund; 
     or
       (B) any other mechanism for integrating family resource 
     services funded by Federal, State, or private sources; and
       (2) such trust fund or other funding mechanism includes (in 
     whole or in part) provisions making funding available 
     specifically for a broad range of child abuse and neglect 
     prevention activities and family support and family resource 
     programs.
       (d) Amount of Grant.--
       (1) In General.--Amounts appropriated for a fiscal year to 
     provide grants under this section shall be allotted, among 
     eligible States in each fiscal year so that--
       (A) 50 percent of the total amount appropriated for such 
     fiscal year is allotted among each State based on the number 
     of children under the age of 18 residing in each State, 
     except that each State shall receive not less than 
     $1,000,000, and each territory shall receive not more than 
     $100,000; and
       (B) the remaining 50 percent of the total amount 
     appropriated for such fiscal year is allotted in an amount 
     equal to 25 percent of the total amount allocated by each 
     such State to the State's trust fund or other mechanism for 
     integrating family resource services in the fiscal year prior 
     to the fiscal year for which the allotment is being 
     determined.
       (2) Minimum grant amount.--If the amount appropriated for 
     any fiscal year is less than $50,400,000, grants shall be 
     awarded on a competitive basis with no grantee receiving less 
     than $1,000,000.
       (3) Award period.--Grants made on a competitive basis shall 
     be awarded for a period of 3 years and shall be calculated in 
     the manner described in paragraph (1).
       (4) Grants to territories.--From amounts appropriated to 
     carry out this section for any fiscal year, the Commissioner 
     shall pay to each territory that has an application approved 
     under this section not more than $100,000.
       (e) Existing Grants.--A State that has a grant in effect on 
     the date of enactment of this section under the Family 
     Resource and Support Program shall continue to receive funds 
     under such Program, subject to the original terms under which 
     such funds were granted, through the end of the applicable 
     grant cycle.
       (f) Application.--No grant may be made to any eligible 
     State under this section unless an application is prepared 
     and submitted to the Commissioner at such time, in such 
     manner, and containing or accompanied by such information as 
     the Commissioner determines to be essential to carry out the 
     purposes and provisions of this section, including--
       (1) a description of the agency designated by the Chief 
     Executive Officer of the State to administer the funds 
     provided under this section and assume responsibility for 
     implementation and oversight of the family support and family 
     resource programs and other child abuse and neglect 
     prevention activities, and an assurance that the agency so 
     designated--
       (A) is the trust fund advisory board or an existing quasi-
     public organization with interdisciplinary governance that 
     pools State, Federal, and private funds for family support 
     and family resource programs or integrating child and family 
     service resources; or
       (B) with respect to a State without a trust fund mechanism 
     or quasi-public organization that meets the requirements of 
     subparagraph (A), is an existing State agency, or other 
     public, quasi-public, or nonprofit private agency responsible 
     for the development and implementation of a statewide network 
     of community-based family support and family resource 
     programs;
       (2) assurances that the agency designated under paragraph 
     (1) can demonstrate the capacity to fulfill the purposes 
     described in subsection (a), and shall have--
       (A) a demonstrated ability to work with other State and 
     community-based agencies, to provide training and technical 
     assistance;
       (B) a commitment to parental participation in the design 
     and implementation of family support and family resource 
     programs;
       (C) the capacity to promote a statewide system of family 
     support and family resource programs throughout the State; 
     and
       (D) the capacity to exercise leadership in implementing 
     effective strategies for capacity building, family and 
     professional training, and access to and funding for family 
     support and family resource services across agencies;
       (3) an assurance that the lead entity will coordinate the 
     activities funded through a grant made under this section 
     with the activities carried out by councils within the State, 
     including the following councils:
       (A) the State Interagency Coordinating Council, established 
     under part H of the Individuals with Disabilities Education 
     Act;
       (B) the advisory panel established under section 613(a)(12) 
     of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 
     1413(a)(12));
       (C) the State Rehabilitation Advisory Council, established 
     under the Rehabilitation Act of 1973;
       (D) the State Development Disabilities Planning Council, 
     established under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance 
     and Bill of Rights Act; and
       (E) other local or regional family support councils within 
     the State, to the extent that such councils exist;
       (4) an assurance that the lead agency will actively 
     coordinate with the councils referred to in Paragraph (3) in 
     carrying out the development and implementation, or expansion 
     and enhancement of, a family-centered and family-directed, 
     comprehensive, statewide system of family support and family 
     resource services.
       (5) an assurance that the State has an interagency process 
     coordinated by the agency designated in paragraph (1) for 
     effective program development that--
       (A) does not duplicate existing processes for developing 
     collaborative efforts to better serve children and families;
       (B) provides a written plan for the establishment of a 
     network of family support and family resource programs 
     publicly available; and
       (C) involves appropriate personnel in the process, 
     including--
       (i) parents and prospective participants in family support 
     and family resource programs, including respite care 
     programs;
       (ii) staff of existing programs providing family support 
     and family resource services, including staff of Head Start 
     programs and community action agencies that provide such 
     services;
       (iii) representatives of State and local government such as 
     social service, health, mental health, education, vocational 
     rehabilitation, employment, economic development agencies, 
     and organizations providing community services activities;
       (iv) representatives of the business community;
       (v) representatives of general purpose local governments;
       (vi) representatives of groups with expertise in child 
     abuse prevention, including respite and crisis care;
       (vii) representatives of local communities in which family 
     support and family resource programs are likely to be 
     located;
       (viii) representatives of groups with expertise in 
     providing services to children with disabilities; and
       (ix) other individuals with expertise in the services that 
     the family resource and support programs of the State intend 
     to offer;
       (6) a description of the current family support and family 
     resource programs operating in the State, the current unmet 
     need for the services provided under such programs, including 
     the need for building increased capacity to provide specific 
     family resource and family support services, including 
     respite care, and the intended scope of the State family 
     support and family resource program, the population to be 
     served, the manner in which the program will be operated, and 
     the manner in which such program will relate to other 
     community services and public agencies;
       (7) evidence that Federal assistance received under this 
     section--
       (A) has been supplemented with non-Federal public and 
     private assistance, including a description of the projected 
     level of financial commitment by the State to develop a 
     family support and family resource program; and
       (B) will be used to supplement and not supplant other State 
     and local public funds expended for family support and family 
     resource programs;
       (8) a description of the core service, as required by this 
     section, and other support services to be provided by the 
     program and the manner in which such services will be 
     provided, including the extent to which either family 
     resources, centers, home visiting, or community 
     collaboratives will be used;
       (9) an assurance that the lead agency will ensure that the 
     amount of Federal funds spent on respite care services within 
     the State during the previous fiscal year shall be 
     maintained;
       (10) a description of any public information activities the 
     agency designated in paragraph (1) will undertake for the 
     purpose of promoting family stability and preventing child 
     abuse and neglect, including child sexual abuse;
       (11) an assurance that the State will provide funds for the 
     initial startup costs associated with the development of 1 
     respite program annually in the State, as well as other 
     specific family resource services, and a description of the 
     services to be funded;
       (12) an assurance that the State program will maintain 
     cultural diversity and be culturally competent;
       (13) a description of the outreach and other activities the 
     program will undertake to maximize the participation of 
     racial and ethnic minorities, persons with limited-English 
     proficiency, individuals with disabilities, and members of 
     other underserved or underrepresented groups in all phases of 
     the program;
       (14) a description of the guidelines for requiring parental 
     involvement in State and local program development, policy 
     design, and governance and the process for assessing and 
     demonstrating that parental involvement in program 
     development, operation, and governance occurs;
       (15) a description of the State and community-based 
     interagency planning processes to be utilized to develop and 
     implement family support and family resource programs;
       (16) a description of the criteria that the State will 
     utilize for awarding grants for local programs so that they 
     meet the requirements of subsection (g);
       (17) a plan for providing training, technical assistance, 
     and other assistance to local communities in program 
     development;
       (18) a description of the methods to be utilized to 
     evaluate the implementation and effectiveness of the family 
     support and family resource programs within the State;
       (19) a description of proposed actions by the State will 
     reduce practical and regulatory barriers to the provision of 
     comprehensive services to families, including family support 
     and family resource programs; and
       (20) an assurance that the State will provide the 
     Commissioner with reports, at such time and containing such 
     information as the Commissioner may require.
       (g) Local Program Requirements.--
       (1) In general.--A State that receives a grant under this 
     section shall use amounts received under such grant to 
     establish local family support and family resource programs 
     that--
       (A) undertake a community-based needs assessment and 
     program planning process which involves parents, and local 
     public and nonprofit agencies (including those responsible 
     for providing health, education, vocation rehabilitation, 
     employment training, Head Start and other early childhood, 
     child welfare, and social services);
       (B) develop a strategy to provide comprehensive services to 
     families to meet identified needs through collaboration, 
     including public-private partnerships;
       (C) identify appropriate community-based organizations to 
     administer such programs locally;
       (D) provide core services, and other services directly or 
     through contracts or agreements with other local agencies; 
     and
       (E) involve parents in the development, operation, and 
     governance of the program.
       (2) Priority.--In awarding local grants under this section, 
     a State shall give priority to programs serving low-income 
     communities and programs serving young parents or parents 
     with young children and shall ensure that such grants are 
     equitably distributed among urban and rural areas.
       (h) Definitions.--As used in this section:
       (1) Children with disabilities.--The term ``children with 
     disabilities'' has the meaning given such term in section 
     602(a)(1) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act.
       (2) Commissioner.--The term ``Commissioner'' means the 
     Commissioner of the Administration on Children, Youth, and 
     Families.
       (3) Community referral services.--The term ``community 
     referral services'' means services to assist families in 
     obtaining community resources, including respite care 
     services, health and mental health services, employability 
     development and job training and other social services.
       (4) Culturally competent.--The term ``culturally 
     competent'' means services, supports, or another assistance 
     that is conducted or provided in a manner that--
       (A) is responsive to the beliefs, interpersonal styles, 
     attitudes, language, and behaviors of these individuals 
     receiving services; and
       (B) has the greatest likelihood of ensuring maximum 
     participation of such individuals.
       (5) Family-centered and family-directed.--The term 
     ``family-centered and family-directed'' means, with respect 
     to a service or program, that the service or program--
       (A) facilitates the full participation, choice, and control 
     by families in--
       (i) decisions relating to the supports that will meet the 
     priorities of the family; and
       (ii) the planning, development, implementation, and 
     evaluation of the statewide system of family support and 
     family resource services for families;
       (B) responds to the needs of the entire family in a timely 
     and appropriate manner; and
       (C) is easily accessible to and usable by families.
       (6) Family support.--The term ``Family support''--
       (A) means supports, resources, services, and other 
     assistance provided to families of children with disabilities 
     that are designed to--
       (i) support families in the efforts of such families to 
     raise their children with disabilities in the family home;
       (ii) strengthen the role of the family as primary 
     caregiver;
       (iii) prevent inappropriate out-of-the-home placement and 
     maintain family unity; and
       (iv) reunite families with children with disabilities who 
     have been placed out of the home, whenever appropriate; and
       (B) may include--
       (i) service coordination that includes individualized 
     planning and brokering for services with families in control 
     of decision making;
       (ii) goods and services, which may include specialized 
     diagnosis and evaluation, adaptive equipment, respite care 
     (in and out of the home), personal assistance services, 
     homemaker or chore services, behavioral supports, assistive 
     technology services and devices, permanent or future 
     planning, home and vehicle modifications and repairs, 
     equipment and consumable supplies, transportation, recreation 
     and leisure activities, specialized nutrition, clothing, 
     counseling services and mental health services for family 
     members, family education or training services, communication 
     services, crisis intervention, day care, child care and 
     camps, supports and services for integrated and inclusive 
     community activities, parent or family member support groups, 
     peer support, sitter service or companion service, and 
     education aids and toys; and
       (iii) financial-assistance, which may include discretionary 
     cash subsidies, allowances, voucher or reimbursement systems, 
     low-interest loans, or lines of credit.
       (7) Family support and family resource program.--The term 
     ``family support and family resource program'' means a 
     program that offers community-based services that provide 
     sustained assistance to families at various stages in their 
     development. Such services shall promote parental 
     competencies and behaviors that will lead to the healthy and 
     positive personal development of parents and children 
     through--
       (A) the provision of assistance to build family skills and 
     assist parents in improving their capacities to be supportive 
     and nurturing parents;
       (B) the provision of assistance to families to enable such 
     families to use other formal and informal resources and 
     opportunities for assistance that are available within the 
     communities of such families; and
       (C) the creation of supportive networks to enhance the 
     child-rearing capacity of parents and assist in compensating 
     for the increased social isolation and vulnerability of 
     families.
       (8) Family resource services.--The term ``family resource 
     services'' means--
       (A) core services that must be provided directly, or by 
     referral or contract, by the family support and family 
     resource program under this section, including--
       (i) education and support services provided to assist 
     parents in acquiring parenting skills, learning about child 
     development, and responding appropriately to the behavior of 
     their children;
       (ii) early developmental screening of children to assess 
     the needs of such children and to identify the types of 
     support to be provided;
       (iii) respite care services which are available 24 hours 
     per day and every calendar day of the year;
       (iv) outreach services;
       (v) community referral services; and
       (vi) follow-up services; and
       (B) other services, which may be provided either directly 
     or through referral, including--
       (i) early care and education (such as child care and Head 
     Start);
       (ii) respite care;
       (iii) job readiness and counseling services (including 
     skill training);
       (iv) education and literacy services, including English as 
     a second language and family literacy services;
       (v) nutritional education;
       (vi) life management skills training;
       (vii) peer counseling and crisis intervention, and family 
     violence counseling services;
       (viii) referral for health (including prenatal care) and 
     mental health services; and
       (ix) substance abuse treatment.
       (9) Family-centered and family-directed.--The term 
     ``family-centered and family-directed'' means, with respect 
     to a service or program, that the service or program--
       (A) facilitates the full participation, choice, and control 
     by families in--
       (i) decisions relating to the supports that will meet the 
     priorities of the family; and
       (ii) the planning, development, implementation, and 
     evaluation of the statewide system of family support for 
     families;
       (B) responds to the needs of the entire family in a timely 
     and appropriate manner; and
       (C) is easily accessible to and usable by families.
       (10) Interdisciplinary governance.--The term 
     ``interdisciplinary governance'' includes governance by 
     representatives from communities and representatives from 
     existing health, mental health, education, vocational 
     rehabilitation, employment and training, child welfare, and 
     other agencies within the State.
       (11) Respite care services.--The term ``respite care 
     services'' means short-term care services provided in the 
     temporary absence of the regular caregiver (parent, other 
     relative, foster parent, adoptive parent, guardian) to 
     children who meet one or more of the following categories:
       (A) The children are in danger of abuse or neglect.
       (B) The children have experienced abuse or neglect.
       (C) The children have disabilities, or chronic or terminal 
     illnesses.

     Services provided within or outside the child's home shall be 
     short-term care, ranging from a few hours to a few weeks of 
     time, per year, and be intended to enable the family to stay 
     together and to keep the child living in the child's home and 
     community.
       (i) Strategic Plan.--
       (1) In general--Not later than 1 year after the date on 
     which assistance is received by a State under this section, 
     the lead agency of the State, shall prepare and submit to the 
     Commissioner, a strategic plan designed to achieve the 
     purposes and policy of this section.
       (2) Contents.--The strategic plan shall include--
       (1) a statement of the mission, philosophy, values, and 
     principles of the statewide system of family support and 
     family resources in the State;
       (2) a statement of family-centered outcomes to be achieved 
     by the statewide system of family support and family 
     resources;
       (3) specific goals and objectives for developing and 
     implementing, or expanding and improving, the system for 
     providing family support and family resource services, and 
     for achieving the family-centered outcomes;
       (4) systemic approaches for accomplishing the objectives 
     and achieving the family-centered outcomes, including 
     interagency coordination and cooperation that builds upon 
     state-of-the-art practices and research findings;
       (5) a description of the specific programs, projects, and 
     activities funded under this section and the manner in which 
     the programs, projects, and activities accomplish the 
     objectives and achieve the family-centered outcomes;
       (6) a description of an ongoing quality improvement or 
     quality enhancement system, which utilizes information from 
     ongoing measurements of the extent to which family-centered 
     outcomes are achieved, to improve the system.
       (7) a description of the eligibility criteria to be used to 
     carry out programs, projects, and activities under this 
     section that includes all eligible families;
       (8) an analysis of the extent to which family support and 
     family resource services for an individual family is defined 
     as a benefit and not as income; and
       (9) a description of the plan to conduct an annual 
     evaluation of the statewide system of family support and 
     family resources.
       (j) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized 
     to be appropriated to carry out this section, $30,000,000 for 
     fiscal year 1995 and such sums as may be necessary for fiscal 
     years 1996 and 1997.
       (k) Repeal of Existing Program.--Section 933 of the Claude 
     Pepper Young Americans Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12339) is 
     repealed.

     SEC. 403. FEDERAL COUNCIL ON CHILDREN, YOUTH, AND FAMILIES.

       Section 918 of the Claude Pepper Young Americans Act of 
     1990 (42 U.S.C. 12314) is amended--
       (1) in subsection (k)--
       (A) in paragraph (3), by striking out ``and'' at the end 
     thereof;
       (B) in paragraph (4), by striking out the period and 
     inserting in lieu thereof a semicolon; and
       (C) by adding at the end thereof the following:
       ``(5) identify program regulations, practices, and 
     eligibility requirements that impeded coordination and 
     collaboration and make recommendations for their 
     modifications or elimination; and
       ``(6) develop recommendations for creating jointly funded 
     programs, unified assessments, eligibility, and application 
     procedures and confidentiality protections that facilitate 
     information sharing.'';
       (2) in subsection (o), by striking ``1991 through 1994'' 
     and inserting ``1995 through 1998''; and
       (3) in subsection (p), by striking ``1995'' and inserting 
     ``1998''.

     SEC. 404. FAMILY RESOURCE ACT.

       (a) National Center.--Section 958(b) of the Claude Pepper 
     Young Americans Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12353(b)) is amended--
       (1) in paragraph (3)--
       (A) by striking ``model''; and
       (B) by striking ``and'' at the end;
       (2) in paragraph (4), by striking the period at the end and 
     inserting a semicolon; and
       (3) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(5) develop and maintain a system for disseminating 
     information about all types of respite care options;
       ``(6) develop and provide an array of training and 
     technical assistance activities to establish and maintain 
     quality respite care options;
       ``(7) engage in a variety of evaluation and research 
     activities to identify effective models of respite care 
     services, examine the effects of respite care services on 
     family functioning, and to develop simple evaluation models 
     for use by local respite care service programs.''.
       (b) Authorization and Appropriations.--Section 960 of the 
     Claude Pepper Young Americans Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 12355) 
     is amended--
       (1) in subsection (a), by striking $2,300,000'' and all 
     that follows through the end thereof and inserting $2,000,000 
     for each of the fiscal years 1995 through 1998.''; and
       (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``$700,000'' and all 
     that follows through the end thereof and inserting 
     ``$1,000,000 for fiscal year 1995, and such sums as may be 
     necessary for each of the fiscal years 1996 through 1998.''.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from 
California [Mr. Martinez] will be recognized for 20 minutes, and the 
gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Goodling] will be recognized for 20 
minutes.
  The Chair recognizes the gentleman from California [Mr. Martinez].
  Mr. MARTINEZ. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  (Mr. MARTINEZ asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. MARTINEZ. Mr. Speaker, first let me acknowledge the tremendous 
leadership of Chairman Ford of the Education and Labor Committee in 
bringing this reauthorization bill to the floor today.
  As Members know, the other body has passed a companion version of the 
reauthorization bill, and we believe that the differences between the 
bill proposed here today and the version passed by the other body, 
while important to the House of Representatives, are not so material 
that a final conference agreement will be delayed.
  In addition to reauthorization of Head Start, H.R. 4250 reauthorizes 
two other significant programs and makes changes or extensions to 
several smaller programs.
  I know that my colleagues on both sides of the aisle support those 
programs and that many of them would like to contribute to this debate, 
so I will not take a great deal of time describing all of the changes.
  As I said, title I of the bill addresses the reauthorization of Head 
Start.
  As with the companion bill in the other body this bill addresses 
nearly all of the recommendations made in the report of the Secretary's 
bipartisan advisory committee on Head Start quality and expansion.
  I would like to acknowledge the tremendous work that was done by that 
bipartisan advisory committee, which was composed of Head Start 
professionals, child development and child education specialists, 
academics, administration officials from several agencies, and staff of 
both Houses of Congress from both political parties.
  I believe that this bill will accomplish most, if not all, of the 
desired results spelled out in that bipartisan report and I thank 
Secretary Donna Shalala for her foresight in empaneling the group and 
guiding its work.
  This bill reauthorizes Head Start for 4 years, provides for 
improvement of the program through revised monitoring and assistance 
rules, expands the work that has been done by parent-child centers for 
a quarter century into a new infants and toddler's initiative--one that 
builds on the work of those centers and protects their continued 
existence.
  H.R. 4250 strengthens the Secretary's ability to deal with poorly 
performing grantees.
  The bill also addresses a number of issues raised by Indian Head 
Start grantees, migrant Head Start programs, and rural programs, 
although it does not contain one of the centerpieces that I and many of 
my colleagues believe is essential to the continued expansion and 
improvement of these programs--the ability of Head Start grantees to 
construct their own facilities where there are only more expensive or 
virtually no other means of securing quality facilities.
  Let me assure you here today and my friends throughout the Head Start 
community that I am committed to seeing that construction is addressed 
at the earliest possible time.
  The bill also creates a new Head Start Fellowship program, and mentor 
teacher positions within Head Start, so that these dedicated people who 
are the backbone of Head Start can continue to be recognized and 
achieve greater professional fulfillment.
  Finally, the involvement of parents in the education of their 
children is a central aspect of Head Start, and we have, with the very 
able assistance of Mr. Goodling, ranking member of the committee, and 
Ms. Molinari, ranking member of the subcommittee, added new language 
that will enable Head Start grantees to expand and improve programs, 
including family literacy programs: that will better enable parents to 
understand and fulfill that vital role in the development of their 
children and getting them ready to learn.
  Title II of H.R. 4250 provides for the reauthorization of the 
Community Services Block Grant.
  In developing this title, and consistent with the action of the other 
body, we have tended to deviate from the proposal put forward by the 
administration in its reauthorization bill.
  We understand and accept the view that hard choices must be made in 
times of fiscal difficulty, and we appreciate the efforts of the 
administration, under the Reinventing Government Program, to streamline 
Federal activities and eliminate programs that can successfully be 
integrated into other Federal efforts.
  However, we also recognize that some of the programs currently 
authorized under the Community Services Block Grant Act with separate 
authorizations and separate appropriations do serve unique needs and 
operate outside of the mainstream community services effort.
  Thus, we have retained the separate authorizations for the McKinney 
Emergency Homeless Assistance Program, which is the only Federal 
program that addresses prevention of homelessness, rather than dealing 
with persons who are already homeless.
  We have retained the separate authorization for the Community Food 
and Nutrition Program.
  As we learned in our reauthorization hearings, this program is 
critical to the States' ability to continue to develop nutrition 
programs for poor students in the Nations public schools, and that need 
cannot be met fully as part of the general program.
  Finally, the National Youth Sports Program is again separately 
authorized under this bill so that it can continue to provide unique 
opportunities to young people in campus based recreation, sports and 
learning programs and offer hope instead of despair, and a place to go 
that is safe and nurturing.
  Title III of the bill reauthorizes the Low Income Home Energy 
Assistance Program.
  I would like to thank Chairman Dingell of the Energy and Commerce 
Committee, my fellow Californian, Mr. Moorhead, ranking member of the 
committee, and Chairman Sharp and Mr. Bilirakis of the Energy and Power 
Subcommittee, for their cooperation in moving this reauthorization, 
over which we share jurisdiction.
  I believe that the LIHEAP reauthorization represents the continued 
support that this body has for this critical program, and that the 
changes we have proposed will strengthen the administration of this 
vital program at all levels.
  Finally, title IV of H.R. 4250, reauthorizes and reconstitutes the 
Family Support and Family Resources Program originally enacted as part 
of the Claude Pepper Young Americans Act.
  I wish to acknowledge the support and assistance of Chairman Major 
Owens of the Select Education and Civil Rights Subcommittee for his 
review and recasting of this title during markup at the full committee. 
It has been invaluable to crafting a strong proposal and one that I, of 
course, wholeheartily support.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. GOODLING. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  (Mr. GOODLING asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. GOODLING. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 4250, the 
reauthorization of the Gus Hawkins Human Services Act. This important 
legislation contains separate reauthorizations for Head Start, CSBG, 
LIHEAP, and other programs.
  H.R. 4250 and all its components is a product of lengthy negotiations 
which have resulted in a bipartisan bill. It is not a perfect bill, 
but, of course, no legislation ever is. However, it contains important 
provisions of which I am particularly proud, provisions that I believe 
move these programs in the right direction.
  First, contained in title I, which reauthorizes Head Start, there are 
several mechanisms which will improve the quality of services provided 
to needy children under the Head Start program. I have been a voice in 
the wilderness for years saying that we should get beyond the business 
of just talking about access and more money so we can cover more people 
but talk about what we are covering them with. We should be covering 
them with excellence, and that is what this legislation is about today.
  Many of these ideas came from the bill that the gentlewoman from New 
York [Ms. Molinari] and Senator Kassebaum and I introduced in the Head 
Start Quality Improvement Act.
  During the history of Head Start Congress has spent over $27 billion 
of the taxpayers' money to fund the program, and yet we do not have the 
necessary research at the present time to show what lasting benefits 
there are. Therefore, that was one of the reasons why we wanted to 
concentrate on quality rather than just numbers of children. If we 
cannot be confident that the quality of services we are paying for 
produces real results for these children, then, of course, we should 
not be spending more money.
  Head Start programs in many areas make a positive impact on 
children's lives. The programs must provide the highest quality 
services possible in order to do this. I firmly believe that our first 
priority with Head Start must be to wrap these kids in excellence, and 
I think those improvements are built into H.R. 4250.
  Also contained in the Head Start section of the bill are provisions 
to increase parental involvement in Head Start. What we are trying to 
do is make sure that all parents participate and that all parents 
receive parenting skills when needed and all parents improve their 
literacy skills. If that parent is going to be the first and most 
important teacher that the child has and if the child is going to 
succeed, that parent must be the most important teacher the child will 
ever have, and in order to provide that we must make sure they have the 
parenting skills to do it and they have the literacy skills in order to 
do it. I believe this legislation will go a long way to do that.
  Many people have been talking about family literacy for a long, long 
time, but we have been very slow to really get around to the business 
of insisting on family literacy programs. I believe we are moving in 
that direction in this bill.
  The bill also has some other provisions that I am very much 
interested in, but I will move next to LIHEAP. I think the 
reauthorization of LIHEAP shows that we have strong support in the 
Congress for the LIHEAP program. The last bitter winter for many of us 
indicates just how important that program is. Therefore, it is not one 
of those programs we can look at and say that we will cut 50 percent of 
the funding that has been recommended, because it is one that is very, 
very important when it comes to helping families.

  I believe the purposes of the Community Services Block Grant program 
could be effectively met under a consolidated funding stream, but even 
under the current structure many of the CSBG programs have a very 
positive impact on our local communities. For example, in York County, 
Edith Huntsberger has done an excellent job in leading the Community 
Progress Council. The organization, using CSBG funds, coordinates the 
services of several existing programs and takes the initiative to 
identify service gaps and create the necessary programs to address 
these unmet needs. The Community Progress Council is a wonderful 
example in many areas of the kind of innovative and effective 
organization that CSBG funds support.
  Of course, there are other components of H.R. 4250 that I would 
prefer be eliminated, and I would hope that before it is all finished 
we will be able to do that. But overall we have worked very well 
together to develop a good peace of legislation, and I urge my 
colleague to support it.
  Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. 
Ford], the gentlewoman from New York [Ms. Molinari], and the gentleman 
from California [Mr. Martinez] for working together with me to develop 
this important legislation, and I also want to thank the gentleman from 
New York [Mr. Owens] and the gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. 
Ballenger] for their contributions to title IV of the bill. And, of 
course, I thank the staffs who have worked very well in a bipartisan 
fashion, with the whole idea of helping people.
  Mr. Speaker, I reserve the balance of my time.
  Mr. MARTINEZ. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from 
Maryland [Mr. Hoyer], chairman of the Democratic Caucus.

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  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, I thank the chairman for yielding time to me, 
and I congratulate him for his work, and thank my good friend, the 
gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Goodling], the ranking member, as 
well.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 4250, which 
reauthorizes--and in some key ways reinvents--the Head Start Program.
  I want to touch briefly on several of those key improvements, but I 
also want to say a few words about the challenges that remain if Head 
Start is to live up to its potential.
  I would just like to mention, too, that those of us on the Labor-
Health Appropriations Subcommittee have been working to encourage many 
of these needed changes and clarifications in the Head Start statute, 
and we're gratified to see them in H.R. 4250.
  For example, allocating expansion funds for quality improvement is a 
priority we have been advocating for a number of years now. H.R. 4250 
clarifies that at least 25 percent of any expansion funds must be used 
for quality improvement. It also requires the upgrading of 
qualifications for Head Start staff.
  This bill breaks new ground by authorizing a new component of Head 
Start focused on children from infancy to 3 years old, which are vital 
developmental years.
  I am also pleased to see that H.R. 4250 encourages full day, full 
year Head Start programs; this option is crucial for many working 
parents, and a boon to the children as well.
  And this legislation moves us toward greater collaboration between 
Head Start and other State and Federal services for disadvantaged 
children and their families. I think we need to go much further in this 
area, however, and I look forward to working with the administration 
and others on greater service coordination and consolidation.
  Finally, a word about what it will take to make the good intentions 
embodied in this bill a reality. Oversight and evaluation are 
absolutely necessary if any of the rest of the new Head Start structure 
is to work. The Secretary of HHS still has an enormous task before her. 
She still has to establish the quality standards and set up effective 
monitoring of grantees adherence to these standards. Those things are 
required in this bill, but their success rests on HHS' energetic and 
inventive implementation of what we pass today. Our children deserve 
nothing less, and I am eager to work with Secretary Shalala to see that 
Head Start achieves its estimable potential.
  Mr. GOODLING. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
Nebraska [Mr. Barrett], a member of the committee.
  Mr. BARRETT of Nebraska. Mr. Speaker, I rise in reluctant support of 
H.R. 4250 because while the bill contains many improvements to the Head 
Start, Community Services Block Grant, and the Low-Income Home Energy 
Assistance Programs, it also contains an expansion of the Head Start 
Program that--if gone unchecked--could imperil the past and future 
success of Head Start on the sword of overzealous expansion.
  H.R. 4250 would expand Head Start to children from 0 to 3 years of 
age, commonly referred to as the 0 to 3 initiative, by setting aside, 
in the first year of the expansion, 3 percent of Head Start funds, 
eventually rising to 5 percent of Head Start funds.
  If we just look at current appropriations, $165 million a year could 
be siphoned from current programs to fund this untested and unstudied 0 
to 3 initiative.
  During Education and Labor Committee consideration, I offered a 
common sense amendment to create an Advisory Committee to study this 
initiative for 1 year, so we could have full knowledge of the scope, 
structure, funding, standards, implementation, and other issues that 
will affect this initiative. Unfortunately, my amendment was defeated.
  Mr. Speaker, no one in the administration or in Congress has any idea 
the effect this initiative could have on current Head Start Programs.
  In fact, the report issued by Secretary Shalala's Advisory Committee 
on Head Start stated: ``Some Advisory Committee members believe that 
further study is needed to explore ways of serving additional families 
with children under age 3, prior to launching an initiative.''
  As well, the National Head Start Association and the National Black 
Child Development Institute also expressed concerns with the 0 to 3 
initiative in H.R. 4250 because of the possible detrimental impact on 
current Head Start Programs.
  I've met with Head Start teachers, administrators, parents, and 
children and I've been greatly impressed with the commitment and 
involvement of the community in these programs, and with the progress 
they've made in getting children ready to learn.
  However, I fear that including the 0 to 3 initiative in such a helter 
skelter approach may cause irreparable harm to these efforts.
  But, caution and deliberation have been thrown to the wind on the 0 
to 3 initiative, because many believe we must expand for expansion's 
sake.
  So to address my concerns, I'll be writing to the GAO [General 
Accounting Office] to request a study of the impact of the 0 to 3 
initiative on current Head Start Programs. I urge my colleagues to join 
with me in requesting this study.
  Mr. MARTINEZ. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume.
  Mr. Speaker, 0 to 3 is not a new program. It has been out for a long 
time and has been studied extensively.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from Washington 
[Mrs. Unsoeld].
  (Mrs. UNSOELD asked and was given permission to revise and extend her 
remarks.)
  Mrs. UNSOELD. Mr. Speaker, I rise to support H.R. 4250, the Head 
Start, LIHEAP, and Community Services Block Grant reauthorization.
  In a recent series of forums I held in my home district in Washington 
State, we focused on the importance of early intervention programs to 
the prevention of violence. We must go back to the roots of human 
behavior and support our families.
  After all, by giving parents opportunities to increase their 
knowledge and understanding of basic child development and applying 
that knowledge to how they discipline their children, to improve their 
literacy skills, and to share experiences with other parents, we are 
acknowledging that parents are the first and best teachers of children.
  Therefore, I am particularly delighted, Mr. Speaker, that the 
administration has placed a particular priority to the birth to 3 
years, as has the committee, and I would like to thank my colleagues 
and Chairman Martinez for including my provisions from H.R. 4270 in the 
final version of the legislation. There is nothing more important to 
our national security than how we educate our children. This is a good 
start.
  Mr. GOODLING. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to another member of the 
committee, the gentleman from North Carolina [Mr. Ballenger].
  Mr. BALLENGER. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 4250 and 
address my remarks to title IV of the bill, the Family Resource and 
Support Act, which was developed jointly by Select Education and Civil 
Rights Subcommittee Chairman Major Owens and me.
  The Family Resource and Support Act breaks the tradition in Congress 
of creating separate programs for the disabled and the non-disabled. 
Instead, this program creates a single approach to statewide systems 
change and coordination of existing resources that can help all 
families--including families of children that are disabled.
  Since all families need many of the same basic supports--community 
services information, help with day care, family and parental support, 
and training--it makes sense just to have one system that helps all 
kinds of families. And for those families of children with disabilities 
or other special circumstances, the communitywide planning process will 
help identify and develop approaches to meet their unique needs.
  It is also important to note that we have maintained the competitive 
nature of this program instead of transforming it to a formula grant, 
and that we maintained a more realistic authorization level of $30 
million instead of the Senate's excessive figure of $75 million.
  I should point out that I would support a greater degree of program 
consolidation than we achieved in this bipartisan proposal, and I hope 
that we will consider more consolidations during the conference 
process.
  I urge my colleagues to support this bipartisan approach to helping 
all families. I would like to express my appreciation to Subcommittee 
Chairman Owens for working with me to develop the Family Resource and 
Support Act.
  Mr. MARTINEZ. Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from 
Indiana [Mr. Sharp], chairman of the Subcommittee on Energy and Power 
of the full Committee on Energy and Commerce.
  (Mr. SHARP asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks.)

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  Mr. SHARP. Mr. Speaker, I particularly want to thank the gentleman 
from California [Mr. Martinez] and the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. 
Goodling] for their effective work on this legislation and particularly 
address the LIHEAP or the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program 
which is being reauthorized here, has strong bipartisan support and 
with very good reason.
  There is a critical need out there in the country for us to continue 
this program. And indeed, as we look for welfare reform, there are many 
important changes that have occurred in this program, as it is run in 
many States, from which we can learn and benefit.
  This is ahead of the curve in terms of welfare reform in many of our 
States, because it seeks to bring in additional private and sometimes 
public resources to meet the need. It seeks to help the individual 
recipient better take care of their own energy needs and to pay as much 
of their bill as they can.
  I think it is headed in exactly the right direction. Mr. Speaker, we 
simply cannot at this point further cut back a program that has been 
dramatically cut back, as some have advocated that we do. The need 
continues to be great. In my written statement to be a part of the 
Record I have outlined statistically what has happened to people on the 
energy bills, and we continue to only meet about 23 percent of the need 
in this country.
  So in this time of budgetary restraint, when we all know we have to 
be careful, nonetheless, Mr. Speaker, we should not do further damage 
to this program.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the bill.
  It is a testament to the effectiveness of this program that we are 
able to bring this bill to the floor under suspension of the rules. 
These programs really work and as a consequence there is little 
controversy in the Congress.
  LIHEAP has been an effective program, but I think the committee has 
made some changes that will make it even more so.
  Of equal concern with the issues before us in the reauthorization is 
the level of funding for LIHEAP. The administration budget request for 
fiscal year 1995 suggests cutting this program in half. I would hope 
that the House will not accept this suggestion.
  It is surprising that this program, of all programs, should be 
subject to a proposed budget cut. The Congress and the Administration 
are beginning to address the difficult subject of welfare reform and 
discuss new principles for public assistance programs. It seems to me 
that LIHEAP is a model program for the new way of doing things.
  The program encourages more responsible behavior on the part of 
recipients, encouraging them to pay more, not less, of their energy 
bills. It leverages private and other resources. It helps low-income 
citizens gain control of their energy bills through weatherization, 
energy efficiency and energy education. It seems to be what we should 
be doing more of and not less of. LIHEAP is welfare already reformed.
  If there were fewer among us who were in need--if the cost of home 
energy use were declining--if winters were warmer--if summers were 
cooler--if the old, the disabled, the needy children were less 
vulnerable--if all of those who need this program had been helped and 
now no longer needed it, then perhaps this cut could be justified. None 
of these things is the case.
  From a high of over $2.1 billion in 1985 LIHEAP funding has dwindled 
to less than $1.5 billion last year, and yet:
  More Americans live below the poverty line now than at any time since 
the early sixties.
  LIHEAP recipients are among the poorest Americans. Last year over two 
thirds of recipients had incomes below $8,000.
  The cost of residential energy use has increased steadily and is 
projected by the Department of Energy to continue to increase. In 1973, 
the average price for home energy was $7.88/mmbtu. In 1979, it was 
$11.46. In 1992, it was $12.33.

  Last year this program reached only 23 percent of those who were 
eligible.
  As a result of previous cuts in the program fewer and fewer 
recipients are receiving smaller and smaller benefits. In 1985, 6.8 
million households received an average benefit of $242. In 1993, 5.2 
million households received an average benefit of $215.
  The need for this program is greater now than it has ever been.
  To those who would say that we can decrease the need for the program 
by concentrating resources on such approaches as weatherization, 
efficiency improvements and energy education, I would say, ``I agree.'' 
But those are long-range strategies and may not be of much comfort in 
the face of the pressing need of people who are having to make choices 
between food or heat. In fact, I am afraid that the funding cut in the 
administration budget would have the opposite effect from that 
intended.
  If States are forced to make choices between direct assistance needs 
and more long-range program elements like weatherization, I am afraid 
they will be forced to eliminate the long-range programs.
  The cut envisioned in the budget also has the perverse effect of 
reducing the amount of money available for weatherization. The 
Weatherization Assistance Program is given an increase in the DOE 
budget request of about $30 million. About 10 percent of LIHEAP funding 
goes to weatherization, the cut from $1.475 billion to $730 million 
would result in a cut in weatherization funding that is at least $40 
million greater than the increase in the direct budget for the 
Weatherization Assistance Program.
  Some would say that we can cut this program and make special 
allocations in the event of an emergency. This would fundamentally 
alter the nature of this program. LIHEAP is not a heating assistance 
program but it does more--it is a home energy assistance program.
  Loss of electric service to a rural low-income household often means 
loss of water, since many rural people pump water from wells with 
electricity. This loss of water and the basic sanitation that goes with 
it is just as much an emergency as a cold wave. Loss of refrigeration 
in hot weather is a health emergency.

  A contingency fund for emergencies is a good idea, but it must not 
come at the cost of the basic program. Congress should help people in 
emergencies, but for the people dependent on this program, the 
emergency is current, pressing and daily.
  I support the efforts to redirect the program and make it more 
effective which are contained in H.R. 4250:
  Targeting benefits towards those with higher energy burden;
  Conforming weatherization regulations to DOE weatherization rules;
  Creation of a permanent contingency fund;
  Creating a separate account for leveraging funds;
  I urge you to support this program by voting for this bill and by 
working to assure that sufficient funds are appropriate for LIHEAP.
  I wish to thank the gentleman from California, Mr. Martinez. He, 
along with the chairman of the Education and Labor Committee, Mr. Ford, 
and the ranking minority members of both the full committee, Mr. 
William Goodling and the subcommittee, Ms. Susan Molinari have made the 
development of this bill a pleasure. I would extend the same thanks to 
the chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee, Mr. Dingell, and the 
ranking member, Mr. Moorhead, as well as the ranking member of the 
Energy and Power Subcommittee, Mr. Bilirakis, where we have joint 
jurisdiction over the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, which 
is authorized as title III of this bill.
  Mr. GOODLING. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from 
Wisconsin [Mr. Gunderson], another member of the committee.
  (Mr. GUNDERSON asked and was given permission to revise and extend 
his remarks.)
  Mr. GUNDERSON. Mr. Speaker, I commend the chairman of the House 
Education and Labor Committee and the chairman of the Subcommittee on 
Human Resources, in addition to Mr. Goodling and Ms. Molinari in 
bringing a bill to the floor that greatly enhances the Head Start 
Program and will enable both urban and rural areas to participate in 
various community service programs.
  This Congress, more so than any other Congress in recent history, 
will be remembered for its education agenda. The passage of the Head 
Start bill is another symbol of the commitment that the Education 
Committees in both Chambers and the full Congress have demonstrated 
toward revitalizing our education system. Last year, Mr. Goodling 
sponsored and I cosponsored the Head Start Quality Improvement Act. 
Many of the concepts included in that legislation, such as the general 
performance measures for all Head Start grantees, have been included in 
the bill before us today. The 1994 Head Start legislation also includes 
an important initiative for infants and toddlers and incorporates the 
reauthorization of the Comprehensive Child Development Centers [CCDC] 
Act. Western Wisconsin has been one of the pilot projects established 
under CCDC. The Wisconsin program, known as Full Circle, is run through 
the West Cap Community Action Agency in Glenwood City. The Full Circle 
project has provided child and family support services to many families 
in the northern part of my district. Earlier this year, a young woman, 
a single mother, who participated in Full Circle stopped by my office 
and with tears in her eyes said how she was pursuing a postsecondary 
education at night while her daughter was being cared for through 
services provided by Full Circle.
  A key program authorized through the Community Services Block Grant 
is National Youth Sports [NYSP]. This initiative has been very 
effective in western Wisconsin. Both the University of Wisconsin-La 
Crosse and the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire participate in NYSP. 
Last summer, UW-La Crosse and UW-Eau Claire had over 800 NYSP 
participants. It is especially interesting to note for 1993, UW-Eau 
Claire had originally projected that 320 young people would participate 
in the summer program. However, the actual number was 562.
  The last few summers, I have attended the National Youth Sports 
Programs at UW-La Crosse and UW-Eau Claire. NYSP exposes young people, 
who come from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, to the atmosphere 
of a college campus by not only organizing comprehensive sports 
activities, but also including education programs, preventive health 
initiatives including free medical examinations. Although President 
Clinton's CSBG proposal did not include NYSP, the House has understood 
the importance of this initiative and has included it as part of the 
1994 reauthorization.
  I urge my colleagues to enthusiastically support the reauthorization 
of Head Start and CSBG.
  Mr. MARTINEZ. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from 
Hawaii [Mrs. Mink], a member of the committee.
  (Mrs. MINK of Hawaii asked and was given permission to revise and 
extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MINK of Hawaii. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong support of 
H.R. 4250 which reauthorizes three very important programs to address 
the needs of the disadvantaged and low-income in our communities--the 
Low Income Housing Energy Assistance Program, the Community Services 
Block Grant, and Head Start.
  There are few of us remaining in the Congress who remember the 
origins of these programs. For me, that day almost 30 years ago when we 
first passed Head Start as part of Lyndon Johnson's War on Poverty is 
still one of the most significant of my legislative career. With the 
establishment of Head Start we had finally recognized that a long-term, 
early intervention program was the best way to give children in poverty 
a fighting chance.
  Over 13 million children and their families all across the country 
have benefited from Head Start. For parents it meant their child would 
receive at least one hot meal a day, reassurance that their child was 
being taken care for at least a half-day while they were at work, for 
children it meant a chance to actually graduate from high school, or go 
on to post-secondary education, to stay out of a special education 
class, or advance to the next grade level.
  The legacy of Head Start lives on today as one of the most successful 
early childhood education programs in the country, providing education, 
health, and social services for needy children and their families.
  Both the Congress and the administration have recognized the success 
of Head Start and with strong bipartisan support we have been able to 
significantly increase the program over the last decade.
  The $4 billion proposed in the President's budget signifies a four-
fold increase in the program since 1985. It is estimated that at this 
level 840,000 children will be served, an increase of almost 170,000 
participants over 1993 levels.
  Even with these increases, however, the current program still only 
serves about 30 percent of the eligible 3- and 4-year-old children in 
our Nation, and most programs provide services only for a half-day 
during the school year.
  According to a 1991-92 study only 6.5 percent of Head Start children 
were served for 8 hours a day. Of these children, half were served 
fewer than 36 weeks per year. And fewer than 1 percent of children in 
Head Start programs are served in programs operating both 8 hours or 
more per day and more than 48 weeks per year.
  Mr. Speaker, H.R. 4250 includes an amendment I authored to encourage 
communities to consider the option of full-day, full-year services and 
which requires the Department of Health and Human Services to complete 
a study to assess the need of full-day, year-round Head Start services 
in low-income communities.
  In a survey conducted by the National Head Start Association, parents 
most often listed the need for extended hours and day of operation as 
an area that needed improvement. And research has shown that unemployed 
parents would more readily seek work if they had access to programs 
such as full-day, full-year Head Start.
  Particularly in light of this administration's commitment to helping 
families on welfare move into the work force and toward self-
sufficiency it is particularly important that we move toward the 
expansion of Head Start to a full-day, full-year program.
  As we move forward into the 21st century Head Start must change as 
the needs of children and families in poverty have changed 
dramatically. Just yesterday the headlines in the papers stated that 4 
million children in our Nation live in poverty--that is one out of 
every four children in the United States growing up in areas where 
drugs, violence, and unemployment are more prevalent than safe schools, 
high school diplomas, and good jobs.
  H.R. 4250 seeks to provide the leadership and direction that will 
help Head Start rise to meet the challenges facing families in poverty 
and appropriately deal with the large expansion of the program proposed 
by the Clinton administration.
  In addition to increased emphasis on full-day, full-year programs, 
H.R. 4250 establishes a new program to serve children up to 3 years 
old, creates a new fellowship program to improve employment 
opportunities in Head Start, and continues emphasis on quality 
improvement.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask my colleagues to vote for H.R. 4250 and the future 
of our Nation's children.
  Mr. GOODLING. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from 
Texas [Mr. Armey], another member of the committee.
  Mr. ARMEY. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania for 
yielding time to me.
  I object to this bill being brought out here on the Suspension 
Calendar. I intend to call for a vote.
  The reason I object, Mr. Speaker, is this bill has the language 
``such sums as are necessary.''
  Mr. Speaker, that is the magic language of entitlement spending. That 
is the language that puts the budget of the people of this country and 
their government on automatic pilot. There is no way that we should 
allow the re-authorization or authorization of any program that 
includes that language without a vote by the Members of Congress. I 
intend to have that vote.
  That is not to mention, Mr. Speaker, that even though the goals of 
Head Start are laudable and goals I myself can enthusiastically 
endorse, the frank fact of the matter is, there is scant little 
evidence that Head Start has worked in the lives of children. And that 
little evidence we have we obtained only from people who directly 
benefit by running the program.
  We find ourselves time and time again, Mr. Speaker, leading with our 
heart and leaving our brains out of the matter. The fact of the matter 
is, Congress has an open hostility to science and knowledge and has a 
compassionate acceptance of folklore, especially the folklore of big 
government.
  For these reasons, I need to inform the body that I oppose the bill. 
I oppose the bill. I oppose bringing it out here in this manner, and I 
will have a vote. And, of course, I am fully aware of the fact that the 
vast majority of this body will make themselves feel good and bleed 
their hearts once again with the American people's money, even though 
they have no evidence they do any good.

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  Mr. MARTINEZ. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
Virginia [Mr. Scott].
  Mr. SCOTT. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to rise in support of H.R. 4250. 
The programs included in this bill provide critical support to a broad 
range of Americans. In an era when we are attempting to wage war on 
such pressing problems as substance abuse, poverty, teen pregnancy, and 
violence, these funds are truly the smartest weapons at our disposal.
  The expansion of Head Start, for example, will serve greater numbers 
of infants and toddlers, and will help young mothers who need quality 
day care in order to join the work force.
  Similarly, the Community Service Block Grant will expand the 
capabilities of the Community Action Agencies. Mr. Speaker, there are 
several excellent Community Action Agencies in my district in Virginia, 
all of which enjoy broad-based community support because of their 
effectiveness. These agencies play a vital role addressing emergencies 
and other needs which traditional human service programs do not have 
the jurisdiction or the resources to meet.
  Community Action Agencies have been proven to be effective 
laboratories for the creation of innovative and cost-effective programs 
to meet human needs. Over the years, they have sponsored such programs 
as the Demonstration Partnership Program, from which the Minority Male 
Initiative was developed. This program targets the needs of young men 
to help them steer away from drugs, crime, and hopelessness, and 
therefore, just like Head Start, addresses the crime problem when it 
can best be effectively addressed, and that is, before the crime 
occurs.
  Mr. Speaker, I would like to applaud the leadership of the chairman, 
the gentleman from Michigan [Mr. Ford] and the ranking member, the 
gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Goodling], for their bipartisan 
leadership on this bill, and particularly the gentleman from California 
[Mr. Martinez] for bringing this important measure to us. This bill has 
received broad support in committee, and I hope that the Members of the 
House will continue to support this bill through the appropriations 
process.
  Mr. MARTINEZ. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from 
New York [Mr. Owens].
  (Mr. OWENS asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. OWENS. Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate the chairman of the 
Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Education, the 
gentleman from California [Mr. Martinez] for his rapid movement of this 
very important bill through the process.
  We are reauthorizing a program which is only a tiny part of what it 
was when it first began under Lyndon Johnson. Lyndon Johnson and the 
Great Society programs were on target. The program probably, within the 
Great Society programs, which was most on target was the Community 
Action Program. The Community Action Program does not exist at the same 
magnitude as before, not because it was not effective, but because it 
was killed by racism and killed by mean-spiritedness, people who did 
not understand that empowering poor people was the best answer to most 
of our pressing social problems in the inner cities in particular, but 
also in many rural communities.
  The philosophy of the community action programs was to reach out and 
pull the so-called clients, or the people who were the recipients of 
the funds, into a process by which they would also help to make the 
programs go. They also had attachments and liaisons with all of the big 
programs that did not have community action components, so the regular 
education program was made to function better, the regular housing 
programs were made to function better, and it was a great success.
  However, it empowered poor people, and therefore, it was smothered, 
it was wiped out, it was butchered, and we only have a tiny figment of 
what once existed, but it still continues. Those small community action 
programs that exist out there now take small amounts of money and they 
reproduce, they replicate, they do all kinds of things to garner 
tremendous amounts of additional funds. They bring in far more than we 
invest in them by linking with private sources, with other public 
sources, and they do a job that very few other agencies of government 
have been able to replicate.
  Lyndon Johnson was on target. The kinds of things we are doing now 
with our community banks, our national service program, a number of 
things that have been initiated by the present administration are 
really a reinvention of components of the old Community Action Program. 
I hope that the administration will have a new wisdom and understand 
that it is replicating what once existed, and our next reauthorization 
of this program would have the kind of support we need to recognize and 
expand the Community Action Programs as they should be.
  LIHEAP is continued without a cut. It was kind of disappointing and 
shocking to hear cuts being proposed in a program that provides heat, 
something very concrete, after the kind of winter we have had. In our 
big cities we are not the recipients of $8 billion, similar to what was 
given to California as a result of the earthquake. We are not the 
recipients of $6 billion, similar to what was given to the Midwest 
flood areas, or the $6 billion which went to the hurricane area in 
Florida. Big cities do not get anything.
  To cut LIHEAP at a time when the national disaster of ice and snow 
and prolonged cold existed would have been an outrage. We do not cut 
LIHEAP in this program, and we look for the support of the Senate and 
the administration in this respect.
  Mr. Speaker, I welcome the opportunity to reauthorize the Community 
Services Block Grant [CSBG]. As many of you know, this is a program 
near and dear to my heart. Prior to holding elective office, I was the 
commissioner of the New York City Community Development Agency.
  In 1992, 36.9 million Americans were living below the poverty level, 
the highest number since 1962. It is pitiful that three decades after 
President Johnson declared war on poverty, so many Americans continue 
to suffer in a country of such great wealth.
  The CSBG program is the lifeline for many of these Americans living 
in poverty. While myriad public programs often perform outreach 
activities in the hope of reaching underserved populations in addition 
to their larger client bases, the projects which the CSBG program funds 
focus their attention on udnerserved populations and thus represent 
what outreach is all about. They define the standard for outreach by 
which all other public projects should be measured.
  The Community Action Agencies [CAA's] funded by the CSBG program 
serve the poorest of America's neighborhoods. They stretch their 
fingers into communities, enabling public and private funds to come 
together and actually reach the underserved populations for which they 
were intended.
  Moreover, CAA's are perfect vehicles for the items on President 
Clinton's agenda which are aimed at improving communities and fostering 
grassroots development. A CAA is one of the best places to work for a 
young adult who is part of the new National and Community Service 
Corps. A CAA is most capable of operating a Community Development Bank 
that is truly dedicated to community development. And a CAA can 
implement crime prevention programs and provide drug treatment services 
in a way that only an organization with a deep understanding of its 
community can.
  The Head Start Program serves over 700,000 low-income children 
between the ages of 3 and 4. It helps the most disadvantaged children 
acquire critical developmental skills which are necessary for their 
success in public school. The program also emphasizes enhancing 
parental skills, and strengthening the family unit. By building the 
self-esteem of the children and the nurturing skills of the parents, 
Head Start gives disadvantaged families the opportunity to escape from 
the harsh realities of a world of poverty filled with drugs and 
violence. Today, we are not just reauthorizing a community-based 
program; we are reaffirming our commitment to ensuring that poor 
children have the necessary skills to succeed in school and life.
  CSBG funds are used to prevent homelessness, provide nutrition and 
emergency services, and through the National Youth Sports Program, help 
to reduce the numbers of inner-city youth from joining violent gangs in 
urban communities. As the only Federal program that is specifically 
mandated to provide a range of services and activities that give low-
income people a hand up from poverty instead of a hand out, the CSBG 
program empowers low-income people.
  LIHEAP is another program which serves the most vulnerable of our 
populations--the elderly, working-poor families, and individuals with 
disabilities. Almost 6 million households receive assistance under this 
program. But the numbers of families assisted under this program are 
not important; what's important is that LIHEAP prevents poor families 
from freezing to death, being evicted, or in the winter months choosing 
between heat and food. That's why I was shocked to learn that the 
President intended to cut the program by almost 50 percent. Low-income 
families simply cannot afford to bear the burden of these types of 
budget cuts.
  Mr. GOODLING. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
Rhode Island [Mr. Machtley], sponsor of the House Concurrent Resolution 
202, a sense of Congress that we should continue LIHEAP at the same 
level and not cut it.
  (Mr. MACHTLEY asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. MACHTLEY. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding time to 
me.
  Mr. Speaker, I rise today as a strong supporter of H.R. 4250. I 
applaud this committee for the full funding of the Low Income Home 
Energy Assistance Program, better known as LIHEAP. I know that our 
former colleague, Silvio Conte, is at the Pearly Gates in his green 
blazer, smiling down at us today for this bill, for he was a champion 
of the LIHEAP program.
  I am particularly pleased that this legislation incorporates the 
language from House Concurrent Resolution 202, introduced by myself and 
the gentleman from Massachusetts [Mr. Markey].
  I would like to take this opportunity to thank the committee for 
including this provision, which would, among other things, express the 
sense of Congress that the fiscal year 1995 appropriations made for 
LIHEAP will be expended, and that expenditures in fiscal year 1996 for 
LIHEAP should ensure the same or a better level of services.
  For many of our citizens in this country, this past winter has been 
the worst in living memory for the disabled, the elderly, the poor, and 
all those others who depend on LIHEAP have been a struggle to maintain 
dignity, and for many, a battle to stay alive.
  LIHEAP serves a critical purpose. It helps prevent the poorest of the 
poor in the United States of America from freezing to death. From the 
earliest days of our colony, we gathered together, we pooled our 
resources, to ensure that all had heat. In fiscal year 1992, the 
average payment to the 6.2 million households receiving LIHEAP was only 
$190, not a lot for this country. It is worthy of remembering that the 
majority of LIHEAP recipients have annual family incomes of under 
$7,000, and devote 65 percent of their income to rent and utilities.
  It is true we must deal with an enormous budget deficit that requires 
spending restraint, but we surely can find a better approach than by 
forcing people to choose between feeding their children and keeping 
their homes warm. The recent cold weather conditions have had 
unintended effects of demonstrating how important LIHEAP is to the 
American public.
  I recently received a letter from a constituent, Mr. Everett 
Carlisle, of Providence, RI. He writes,

       The home energy assistance is very important to me and all 
     other senior citizens who are on low fixed incomes of a few 
     hundred dollars a month. We are living below the poverty 
     level. We must have full funding of LIHEAP or we will be 
     unable to maintain our current lifestyle.

  I applaud this committee and urge all to vote for its passage.
  Mr. MARTINEZ. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from 
New Mexico [Mr. Richardson], our chief deputy whip.
  (Mr. RICHARDSON asked and was given permission to revise and extend 
his remarks.)
  Mr. RICHARDSON. Mr. Speaker, first of all I want to congratulate the 
chairman for this outstanding bill. Truly, sometimes we come to this 
floor and mince words about legislation. This is good legislation, and 
everyone agrees it is good. It is bipartisan, and in that connection, 
the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Goodling] and some of the 
Republicans have done equally as well in supporting and making this 
program even better.
  Besides it being strongly bipartisan, I would like to state that in 
this bill there are some very good initiatives that tighten some of the 
procedures, the technical procedures, for Head Start. Oversight in all 
the technical programs is strengthened. In particular, native American 
programs, in my judgment, are dramatically improved.
  If we look at the specifics of this bill, we now have the ability for 
native Americans to purchase facilities for themselves. It serves not 
just native Americans on the reservation, but off the reservation. It 
deals with some of the upper income children.

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  It deals with native American children that perhaps were able to get 
out of the program because of some over-income statistic but in reality 
because of the needs on the reservation, this program covers it.
  Mr. Speaker, local control is very important. Local boards control a 
lot of these programs. This is a Community Service Block Grant Program. 
For instance, there can be assistance to a family to get some of the 
funds for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program; food stamps 
locally determined.
  This program, Mr. Speaker, Head Start, it works. The program over the 
years has proven continually to underscore the values of family, of 
hard work, and education as well as a vision of government which 
creates opportunity for its children and communities. Low income 
children and families today face enormous challenges. They are 
struggling to survive in neighborhoods plagued by violence, drugs, 
alcoholism, and lack of opportunity. Since we have reauthorized this 
bill, the number of children unfortunately living in poverty has 
increased drastically. So should our commitment to help some of these 
Head Start programs.
  Once again, Mr. Speaker, I applaud the committee on their efforts to 
be particularly sensitive to this very outstanding program that works, 
that has broad support, that has now been improved even more. We are 
making an investment in young people, in children, and in our 
communities by immediately reauthorizing this bill, by immediately 
reauthorizing the Head Start, Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program 
and the Community Service Block Grant Program, all three very good 
bipartisan programs.
  Mr. Speaker, again I commend the chairman and I commend the minority 
for their outstanding work.
  Mr. GOODLING. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from 
New York [Mr. Gilman].
  (Mr. GILMAN asked and was given permission to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 4250, Head 
Start, community services block grants, and Low-Income Home Energy 
Assistance Program reauthorizations. I would like to commend the 
gentleman from California [Mr. Martinez] for introducing this important 
measure and the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. Goodling], the 
committee's distinguished ranking member and the gentleman from Rhode 
Island [Mr. Machtley] for their support.
  H.R. 4250 expands parental involvement, extends Head Start services 
to families with infants and toddlers, reserves funds for teachers' 
salaries and facility upgrades, and requires Department of Health and 
Human Services [HHS] to consider a grant recipient's past performance 
when allocating funds.
  This important measure reauthorizes Head Start, the Community Service 
Block Grants Program, and the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program 
for 4 years. More specifically, the bill authorizes $525 million for 
Head Start, $525 million for the Community Services Block Grants 
Program, and $2 million for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance 
Program for fiscal year 1995.
  More specifically, this measure enhances parental involvement and 
directs centers to offer family literacy services, parental skills 
training, and substance abuse counseling, emphasizes coordination with 
other programs and elementary schools, and consolidates and expands two 
small Federal programs for families with infants and toddlers, allowing 
these families to participate in Head Start.
  Moreover, H.R. 4250, authorizes $30 million to supplement the 
Existing Family Resources Centers Program which helps States provide 
funding to local centers that offer a flexible and coordinated array of 
services and information to support families in need of parent 
training, temporary child care, and information about other available 
services.
  Mr. Speaker, our Nation's children are our most precious resource. 
Head Start has enjoyed bipartisan support since its inception.
  Accordingly, I urge my colleagues to continue to support Head Start 
and these other important programs by voting in favor of H.R. 4250.
  Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding me the time.
  Mr. GOODLING. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the remainder of my time.
  Mr. Speaker, I just want to rise to take full blame, or full credit, 
for the words ``such sums.'' Had I come to the floor of the House with 
this legislation with what was proposed, I am sure I would have been 
run out, in fact I would not have even come with it myself, because 
what was proposed was to move from an appropriation of $3.3 billion to 
an authorization of $7.7 billion. I will now allow the Committee on 
Appropriations to make that decision, realizing that they will use very 
good judgment and will not get us near $7.7 billion this particular 
year.
  Mr. Speaker, if we are looking for a good CSBG program and we want to 
see one that operates very, very well in a community, I invite my 
colleagues to come to York, PA.
  Mr. Speaker, in closing, I would merely say to all Head Start 
programs throughout this country, the theme is ``excellence, quality or 
stop.'' And I want to make sure they understand that. It is no longer a 
case of you can keep your grant forever, no matter how well or how 
poorly you do. You will keep your grant if you do well, if you improve 
the quality of the program, because it is children that we are trying 
to help and their parents and in order to do that, we must insist on 
excellence.
  Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  Mr. MARTINEZ. Mr. Speaker, I yield myself the balance of my time.
  Mr. Speaker, in closing, I would just like to make something very 
clear. My substitute language supports the administration's proposal in 
making local agencies more effective, better representative of the 
community to be served and more accountable to the States and the 
Federal Government. The substitute language strongly supports the 
administration's intentions to increase funding for training and 
technical assistance to CSBG recipient agencies and organizations. In 
addition, my language ensures public comment on a State's proposed 
changes to its CSBG plan as well as requiring States to certify that 
funds are being used in accordance with the act at both the State and 
local levels. Finally, the substitute language also reflects my 
opposition to the administration's proposed $100 million reduction in 
authorization by setting an authorization at $525 million, a slight 
increase from the current level of $500 million.
  Mr. Speaker, my substitute language also supports in concept the 
administration's proposal for the consolidation of the current 
discretionary programs into a single program. Rather than create a 
separate authorization for the CIP, I would retain the current set-
aside language. At the request of Mr. Ford, migrant workers, and the 
gentleman from Kentucky, Mr. Baesler, rural communities, the substitute 
language does ensure that some current CSBG discretionary activities 
would be eligible to compete for CIP funds.
  My amendment would also place less restrictions on the community 
development activities with the community initiative program 
recognizing that only local communities can prescribe the type of 
community development each community needs.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge an ``aye'' vote.
  Mr. FORD of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, 29 years ago, within the first few 
months of my first term as a Member of Congress, President Lyndon 
Johnson spoke these words at a Rose Garden ceremony announcing Project 
Head Start:

       Today we are able to announce that we will have open, and 
     we believe operating this summer, coast-to-coast, some 2,000 
     child development centers serving as many as possibly a half 
     million children.
       This means that nearly half the preschool children of 
     poverty will get a head start on their future. These children 
     will receive preschool training to prepare them for regular 
     school in September. They will get medical and dental 
     attention that they badly need, and parents will receive 
     counseling on improving the home environment.
       This is a most remarkable accomplishment and it has been 
     done in a very short time. It would not be possible except 
     for the willing and the enthusiastic cooperation of Americans 
     throughout the country.
       Five and six year old children are inheritors of poverty's 
     curse and not its creators. Unless we act these children will 
     pass it on the next generation, like a family birthmark.

  Project Head Start was a nationwide effort launched in the summer of 
1965 to assist preschool children from poor families to enter 
kindergarten or first grade. The project offered health services, 
social services, and educational services. Local Head Start programs 
were run by colleges, schools, local government, or private nonprofit 
organizations.
  The original Head Start Summer Program enrolled more than five times 
as many children--561,359--than the Office of Economic Opportunity had 
originally anticipated, and the program became one of the most popular 
antipoverty measures with the Congress.
  In the 29 years since its inception, Head Start has provided hope and 
support to more than 13 million low-income families. It has become our 
country's premier child care model, offering health, nutrition, 
education, mental and social services to poor children and their 
families in each and every county in the Nation. It has grown from a 
$350 million summer initiative to a year-round program funded at $3.3 
billion serving approximately 750,000 children and their families. The 
wisdom in which Head Start was conceived enables this program to 
endure. It continues to enjoy broad bipartisan support and is just as 
viable today as it was some 30 years ago.
  Yet, the world of Head Start today is drastically different than it 
was 30 years ago. Children are faced with challenges and influences 
which affect their development at an earlier age. Families suffering 
from homelessness, substance abuse, unemployment, and lack of education 
and training hold little promise for children born into poverty through 
no fault of their own.
  Head Start today, as it was 30 years ago, is a beacon of hope for 
children in poverty and their families. Community-based, community-
governed, community- and family-responsive Head Start programs afford 
comprehensive services to children and their low-income families in the 
place of futility.
  H.R. 4250, the measure before us today, builds upon the successes of 
Head Start, responds to its critics, and extends the Head Start Program 
for another 4 years. The bill incorporates improvements to respond to 
the changing needs of children and their families as recommended by 
Secretary Shalala's Advisory Committee on Head Start Quality and 
Expansion. I would like to highlight several of these improvements.
  For the first time, Head Start programs will be required to 
coordinate with local schools. The provisions complement similar 
language incorporated into H.R. 6, a bill to reauthorize the Elementary 
and Secondary Education Act programs, approved by the House of 
Representatives on March 24. This change is intended to encourage 
greater communication between Head Start programs and schools on behalf 
of the children and families they serve, and to help minimize 
disruptive breaks in the continuity of services which can threaten 
political gains made by children and their families.
  The bill retains the 1990 statutory requirement that 25 percent of 
all Head Start funds be used to improve the quality of existing 
programs, such as ensuring sufficient staffing and ensuring adequate 
compensation of Head Start staff. I would like to note that this set-
aside is a floor, not a ceiling. If the Secretary determines additional 
funds are needed to improve the quality of programs, she may designate 
more than 25 percent for this activity. Child care workers remain one 
of the lowest paid professions in our Nation's workforce. Most child 
care workers, including Head Start workers, must support themselves and 
their families on meager wages, with no health or retirement benefits. 
Head Start should begin to set the tone for the Nation on the pay and 
benefits of child care workers.
  The legislation establishes a new initiative to extend Head Start 
type services to children from birth to three and their families. 
Beginning in fiscal year 1995, 3 percent will be set-aside for this 
initiative, with 5 percent set-aside by 1998. This initiative responds 
to the alarming needs of poor families with very young children. In 
1990, 53 percent of mothers returned to work within 1 year of a child's 
birth, compared with under 20 percent when Head Start was first 
conceived. Of the 12 million children under age 3 today, more than 5 
million are in the care of other adults while their parents work. 
Moreover, 25 percent of children aged zero through three live in 
poverty. For families living in poverty, the lack of prenatal and child 
health care, human services and social support exaggerates the array of 
difficulties faced by many millions of families with inadequate child 
care. We know from numerous studies that the earlier a child is reached 
with comprehensive support the greater prospect that child has of 
flourishing in later life.
  The measure under consideration does more than reauthorize Head 
Start--it also renews our commitment to a number of worthy programs 
addressing the needs of individuals living in poverty.
  H.R. 4250 reauthorizes the Community Services Block Grant Act through 
fiscal year 1998. Since its creation in 1981 as a continuation of work 
begun in the Office of Economic Opportunity, CSBG funds have been used 
to leverage other resources to operate programs addressing the problems 
caused by poverty and providing advocacy services for the poor.
  H.R. 4250 also continues through fiscal year 1999, the Low-Income 
Home Energy Assistance Program [LIHEAP]--an initiative of particular 
importance to low-income individuals who find their lives threatened by 
harsh weather. Recent budget cuts have caused a fall-off in the number 
of households served to the point where today only one-quarter of the 
eligible households are able to participate in the program. The action 
we take today in intended to sustain the program and provide a suitable 
response to critical life-threatening situations which have far too 
often resulted in injury or death.
  H.R. 4250 represents a significant effort to maintain bipartisan 
support for social service programs which answer critical needs of 
American families and communities. We have come a long way from the day 
in 1966 when the House of Representatives first voted to specifically 
set aside funding for Head Start as part of the Economic Opportunity 
Act. On that day, only 15 out of 120 of our Republican colleagues 
joined us in support of the effort.

  I am pleased to see this bipartisan effort today. However, I suggest 
that we will achieve little if we back away from our responsibilities 
just to find the easiest and most politically expedient way out. I 
would have preferred a much stronger bill and I know many of my 
colleagues share that view.
  I pledge to do what I can as we enter into conference with our Senate 
colleagues to see that this effort provides a lasting legacy for 
Congresses and administrations to come. As but one example, I support 
efforts to provide Head Start programs with the ability to construct 
their own facilities while at the same time guaranteeing a decent wage 
to those involved in the construction effort.
  I congratulate Chairman Martinez on his good work and look forward to 
working with him as well as Mr. Goodling and Ms. Molinari in forging 
the strongest possible conference agreement on these important human 
services programs and creating a 21st century Head Start.
  Mr. KILDEE. Mr. Speaker, I rise in strong support of H.R. 4250, a 
bill to reauthorize Head Start, low-income home energy assistance, and 
community services block grants.
  I would like to commend Chairman Ford and Chairman Martinez as well 
as Mr. Goodling and Ms. Molinari for their work on this bill.
  In reauthorizing Head Start, the bill proposes a series of measures 
that will further strengthen Head Start's quality and effectiveness.
  Head Start is a wonderful program, one that has been near my heart 
for years.
  As a former teacher and past chairman of the subcommittee with 
jurisdiction over Head Start, I believe it is especially important to 
help children build on the gains they make in Head Start as they 
proceed through their academic careers.
  Mrs. Unsoeld and I added provisions to the elementary and secondary 
education authorization to ensure that Head Start students experience a 
smooth transition to elementary school.
  H.R. 4250 includes language I proposed to help align the transition 
programs in both schools and Head Start agencies so that we can create 
a seamless system of support for our youngest students.
  Mr. Speaker, the bill also extends activities authorized under the 
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program [LIHEAP] and the Community 
Services Block Grant Program.
  LIHEAP provides critical services to poor individuals to help them 
pay energy bills.
  Assistance provided under this Act often eliminates the need for low-
income individuals to choose between heating and eating.
  The community services block grant provides critical services 
designed to address needs at the local level.
  Once again, the Education and Labor Committee has crafted a strong 
Head Start, LIHEAP, and CSBG reauthorization. H.R. 4250 is an excellent 
bill to provide services where they are needed most--to the child, in 
the home, and in the community.
  I am pleased to be a cosponsor of this bill and I urge Members to 
support the legislation.
  Ms. SNOWE. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 4250 , a bill 
to reauthorize the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program [LIHEAP] 
and the Head Start Program.
  For the poor in the north, heat is no less essential than food, 
clothing, and shelter. Without sufficient funds to pay for heating in 
the winter, poor families will either freeze or divert scarce funds 
from food or other subsistence needs to pay for heat. As a result of 
these terrible dilemmas, less fortunate citizens in cold States like 
Maine view the approaching winter every year with tremendous anxiety.
  LIHEAP was originally established to help alleviate these fears and 
provide a partial measure of security for low-income families in the 
winter. Unfortunately, due to repeated cuts, the funding level for 
LIHEAP since the 1980's has not reflected the real human need for the 
program.
  In fiscal year 1985, LIHEAP received an appropriation of $2.1 
billion, but funding for the program steadily declined to $1.35 billion 
in fiscal year 1993 in unadjusted dollars. If funding for LIHEAP had 
remained constant since fiscal year 1985 in dollars adjusted for 
inflation, today's appropriation would have to be about $2.7 billion--
far higher than the $1.4 billion actually approved for the fiscal year 
1994 heating season.
  Perhaps most disturbing about these cuts is the fact that LIHEAP 
could hardly be called an unnecessary or wasteful program. LIHEAP 
covers less than 25 percent of the average low-income recipient's 
residential energy bill. And millions of low-income families get no 
assistance at all despite meeting the eligibility requirements.
  H.R. 4250 seeks to strengthen LIHEAP at a time when it is still 
wobbling from 8 years of gratuitous cuts. It authorizes $2 billion for 
the program in fiscal year 1995. Permanent authority in the bill for 
the President to spend up to $600 million in emergency situations will 
help the Federal Government respond to severe winters, like the one 
this year, or energy price spikes. and H.R. 4250 wisely expresses the 
sense of the Congress that LIHEAP expenditures for fiscal year 1996 
should at least equal the fiscal year 1995 appropriation.
  H.R. 4250 is also an important bill because of its emphasis on the 
welfare of children, not only through LIHEAP, but through the Head 
Start Program as well. Head Start has enjoyed bipartisan support since 
its inception in 1965. While the challenges facing those living in 
poverty have become more complex, the program has grown and developed 
to meet these pressing needs.
  Head Start has proven to be one of the most successful preschool and 
family support programs. More than 13 million children and their 
families have benefited from the health, education, and social services 
provided through Head Start.
  I support the extension and expansion of Head Start in H.R. 4250. The 
bill has incorporated the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on 
Head Start Quality and Expansion that reviewed the Head Start Program. 
Funds will continue to be set aside for quality improvement activities 
and grantees must maintain minimum levels of quality. The Health and 
Human Services Department will create a process to identify 
underperforming grantees and develop a plan to improve their 
performance.
  Addressing the findings of the recent Carnegie Corp. report on 
meeting the needs of the Nation's youngest children, this bill creates 
a new family centered grant program within Head Start to provide low-
income families with very young children, from birth to 3 years, the 
services and support they need to promote healthy development of their 
children, to help parents fulfill their roles as parents, and to move 
toward self-sufficiency. It will consolidate programs for infants and 
toddlers and authorize 3 percent of the total funds for fiscal 1995 for 
this age group, gradually rising to 5 percent in fiscal 1998.
  The bill also requires Head Start to make efforts to coordinate with 
local education agencies and elementary schools to enable children to 
maintain the developmental gains achieved in Head Start.
  Mr. Speaker, LIHEAP, Head Start, and the people served by these 
programs need H.R. 4250, and I urge my colleagues to join me in 
supporting the bill.
  Mr. BILIRAKIS. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the portion of this 
legislation that would reauthorize the Low Income Home Energy 
Assistance Program. LIHEAP authorizes funding for State-run programs 
that provide vital emergency assistance for low-income persons who need 
help paying their heating and cooling bills.
  Although the Energy and Commerce Committee did not mark up the LIHEAP 
provisions of this bill, the committee retains jurisdiction and will 
represent its interests at a conference, should the bill be approved by 
this body.
  As the ranking minority member of the Energy and Power Subcommittee 
of the Energy and Commerce Committee, I would like to express some 
concerns regarding the LIHEAP reauthorization language in this bill 
that I would like to see addressed in conference.
  First, I have questions about the role of the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services in the administration of LIHEAP Programs at the State 
level. One basic principle behind all block grant programs, such as 
LIHEAP, is that the States should have the maximum amount of discretion 
to administer these programs in ways that make sense in each locality. 
We have seen that many States have used this flexibility to create 
innovative programs that use the limited amount of LIHEAP funds in the 
most efficient and creative manner.
  Although the Education and Labor Committee eliminated a provision 
proposed by the administration that would have given the Federal 
bureaucracy the authority to micromanage the States administration of 
LIHEAP, such a provision is still in the Senate version of the 
legislation. In Conference, we will work to ensure that this provision 
is not in the final bill.
  Second, the version of the bill before us contains a provision that 
requires HHS to set goals for the State programs and issue a report on 
their performance. HHS already has the authority to set goals for 
LIHEAP Programs and evaluate them in relation to those goals if it so 
chooses. However, I strongly object to provisions that would mandate 
the use of limited LIHEAP funds for the expansion of the Federal 
bureaucracy rather than keeping on the heat and air conditioning of 
low-income people.
  In conclusion, we plan to fully participate in the Conference on 
LIHEAP to eliminate all provisions that would only serve to increase 
Federal bureaucratic interference and limit the flexibility of State 
authorities to direct LIHEAP funds to where they are most needed.
  Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
  Mr. CUNNINGHAM. Mr. Speaker, as an original cosponsor of the Head 
Start Quality Improvement Act--H.R. 1528--introduced by Mr. Goodling, I 
am very happy to see many of those recommendations encompassed into 
this Head Start reauthorization.
  I am pleased to see an increase in the recognition of the crucial 
role parents play in the educational development of their children.
  This bill requires programs to actively seek parental participation, 
and while I would like to see even stronger language regarding parental 
involvement in Head Start programs, I think the language addressing 
family literacy and parental skills training takes the right direction. 
It is important to recognize and establish parents as their children's 
primary teacher.
  As you know, raising the quality of all Head Start Programs 
throughout the country has long been a concern, and I am pleased to see 
strengthened program accountability for providing high quality services 
included in this reauthorization.
  The key to a successful Head Start Program is ensuring quality over 
quantity. We should serve as many eligible children as possible with 
the highest quality services possible, instead of just striving to 
serve all eligible children with mediocre or poor services. The quality 
program improvement provisions will help ensure that quality services 
will be consistently provided by all Head Start Programs.
  This Human Services Act reauthorization is the result of bipartisan 
negotiations and although I am not supportive of every single element 
of this bill, I am pleased with the inclusion of many key aspects that 
enhance the programs. I hope that this bipartisan teamwork will 
continue and we will see additional improvements in conference.
  Ms. MOLINARI. Mr. Speaker, I am glad to be here today to consider, 
and to have taken part in the development of legislation to authorize 
the Human Service Act--H.R. 4250--which includes Head Start, LIHEAP, 
the Community Services Block Grant and several other programs.
  As many of you know, Head Start is approaching its 30th anniversary. 
This program clearly has an impressive history, but it also has a new 
set of challenges for the future. One of those challenges is to 
address, in response to recent reports, the disparities in the quality 
of services provided by Head Start programs and to eliminate the fade-
out effect in children once they leave Head Start.
  We have aggressively confronted these problems in this bill by 
including measures to assure greater and more consistent quality, 
putting poor-performing programs on notice that the status-quo is over 
and enhancing services to better help parents become full partners in 
the education of their children. I am pleased to say that these are all 
ideas that were originally presented in Republican legislation, which I 
helped to write with Mr. Goodling and Senator Kassebaum.
  I am also encouraged to see a renewal for the LIHEAP Program in this 
legislation. The LIHEAP Program is important to the whole country, 
especially to the colder States. My State of New York is the largest 
recipient of LIHEAP funds and would be one of the hardest hit areas by 
the proposed budget cuts. This renewal of LIHEAP funds sends a strong 
bipartisan message to the administration about the importance of this 
program for the whole country and the Congressional desire to maintain 
the program at its current levels--instead of cutting it in half, as 
the administration has proposed.
  I am also pleased that the CSBG reauthorization includes the renewal 
of the McKinney Homeless Community Services Program, which the 
administration had proposed to eliminate. Elimination of this program 
would have been devastating to New York City, which alone receives $1 
million from this important program. The truth is, however, that these 
measures benefit all areas of our country.
  Mr. Speaker, it has been my pleasure to work with Mr. Goodling, Mr. 
Ford, and Mr. Martinez to develop this comprehensive bipartisan 
reauthorization package, and I want to thank them for their leadership 
on these issues.
  Mr. MARTINEZ. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Montgomery). The question is on the 
motion offered by the gentleman from California [Mr. Martinez] that the 
House suspend the rules and pass the bill, H.R. 4250, as amended.
  The question was taken.
  Mr. ARMEY. Mr. Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays.
  The yeas and nays were ordered.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 5, rule 
I, and the Chair's prior announcement, further proceedings on this 
motion will be postponed.

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