[House Report 106-463]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 1st Session                                                    106-463

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PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 3073, THE FATHERS COUNT ACT OF 
                                  1999

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  November 8, 1999.--Referred to the House Calendar and ordered to be 
                                printed

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Ms. Pryce of Ohio, from the Committee on Rules, submitted the following

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 367]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 367, by a non-record vote, report the same to 
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

                  Summary of Provisions of Resolution

    The resolution provides for the consideration of H.R. 3073, 
the Fathers Count Act of 1999, under a structured rule. The 
rule provides 90 minutes of general debate, with 60 minutes 
divided equally between the chairman and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Ways and Means and 30 minutes 
divided equally between the chairman and ranking member of the 
Committee on Education and the Workforce.
    The rule waives all points of order against consideration 
of the bill. The rule makes in order as an original bill for 
the purpose of amendment the amendment in the nature of the 
substitute printed in the Congressional Record and numbered 1, 
modified by the amendment printed in part A of this report. The 
rule further waives all points of order against consideration 
of the amendment in the nature of a substitute, as modified.
    The rule makes in order only those amendments printed in 
part B of this report. The amendments made in order may be 
offered only in the order printed in this report, may be 
offered only by a Member designated in this report, shall be 
considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified 
in this report equally divided and controlled by the proponent 
and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment, and shall 
not be subject to a demand for division of the question in the 
House or in the Committee of the Whole. All points of order 
against the amendments made in order are waived.
    The rule permits the Chairman of the Committee of the Whole 
to postpone votes during consideration of the bill, and to 
reduce voting time to five minutes on a postponed question if 
the vote follows a fifteen minute vote. Finally, the rule 
provides for one motion to recommit, with or without 
instructions.
    The waiver of all points of order against consideration of 
the bill includes a waiver of section 303(a) of the 
Congressional Budget Act (prohibiting consideration of 
legislation providing new budget authority or a change in 
revenues for a fiscal year until the budget resolution for that 
fiscal year has been agreed to) which is necessary because the 
bill appropriates funds in the fiscal year in which it is 
enacted and also reduces revenues by rescinding the FY 99 High 
Performance Bonus Grants. The same waiver for the same reason 
is included in the waiver of all points of order against the 
amendment in the nature of a substitute. The waiver of all 
points of order against the amendment in the nature of a 
substitute also includes a waiver of clause 4 of rule XXI 
(prohibiting appropriations in legislative bills) which is 
necessary because the alternative penalty provisions in the 
amendment in the nature of a substitute allow the funds to be 
spent without being appropriated. The waiver of all points of 
order against the amendment in the nature of a substitute also 
includes a waiver of clause 7 of rule XVI (prohibiting 
nongermane amendments) which is necessary because the amendment 
includes provisions that were not part of the bill as 
introduced, including the provisions in Title III, which were 
reported out of the Committee on Education and the Workforce.

Summary of Amendments Made in Order to H.R. 3073, the Fathers Count Act 
                                of 1999


Part A--Amendment Modifying the Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute

    Clarifies the family planning language by including the 
words ``pre-pregnancy family planning''.

            Part B--Amendments Made in Order Under the Rule

    Mink No. 5: Strikes Title I--Fatherhood Grant Program, and 
replaces with Parents Count Program. The program remains 
essentially the same except for the fact that the word 
``father'' is replaced with the word ``parent'' throughout. In 
addition, the Parents Count Program gives preference to 
applicants that demonstrate the entity will consult with 
domestic violence prevention and intervention organizations in 
the development and implementation of the project; and removes 
the Charitable Choice provisions. (20 minutes)
    English: Requires that individuals nominated for the 
selection Panel have experience in fatherhood programs, 
programs for the poor, programs for children, program 
administration, or program research. Makes an addition to the 
preference language on projects that encourage payment of child 
support, specifically, the preference would be granted to 
projects that encourage payment of child support by helping 
fathers arrange and maintain a consistent schedule of 
visitation with their children. (10 minutes)
    Mink No. 4: Strikes Title II--Fatherhood Projects of 
National Significance. (10 minutes)
    Cardin: Removes the limitation in the amendment in the 
nature of a substitute to the bill on the amount of Welfare to 
Work funds that can be spent on providing employment-related 
services to custodial parents who are below the poverty level 
and who are not receiving assistance on the Temporary 
Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. (10 minutes)
    Traficant: Amends part A of title IV of the Social Security 
Act to provide for grants for projects designed to promote 
responsible fatherhood. The amendment adds to the grant 
application process by requiring any entity hoping to conduct a 
fatherhood project make available alcohol, tobacco and other 
drug education and will make available education to fathers on 
the effects of substance abuse and provide information about 
HIV/AIDS and its transmission. (10 minutes)
    Edwards: Deletes the charitable choice language from the 
bill proposed to be added by section 101(a) of the bill. (20 
minutes)

                                 PART A


Text of the amendment modifying the amendment in the nature of a 
        substitute printed in the Congressional Record and numbered 1

    In the matter proposed to be added to the Social Security 
Act as section 403(a)(2), insert ``prepregnancy'' after 
``disseminating information about good parenting practices 
including''.

                                 PART B


   An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Mink of Hawaii, or a 
                   designee, Debatable for 20 Minutes

    Strike title I and insert the following:

                     TITLE I--PARENTS COUNT PROGRAM

SEC. 101. PARENT GRANTS.

  (a) In General.--Part A of title IV of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 601-619) is amended by inserting after section 
403 the following:

``SEC. 403A. PARENT PROGRAMS.

  ``(a) Purpose.--The purpose of this section is to make grants 
available to public and private entities for projects designed 
to--
          ``(1) promote successful parenting through 
        counseling, mentoring, disseminating information about 
        good parenting practices, including family planning, 
        training parents in money management, encouraging child 
        support payments, encouraging visitation between a 
        custodial parent and their children, and other methods;
          ``(2) help parents and their families to avoid or 
        leave cash welfare provided by the program under this 
        part and improve their economic status by providing 
        work first services, job search, job training, 
        subsidized employment, career-advancing education, job 
        retention, job enhancement, and other methods; and
          ``(3) help parents in their marriages through 
        counseling, mentoring, and teaching how to control 
        aggressive methods, and other methods.
  ``(b) Parent Grants.--
          ``(1) Applications.--An entity desiring a grant to 
        carry out a project described in subsection (a) may 
        submit to the Secretary an application that contains 
        the following:
                  ``(A) A description of the project and how 
                the project will be carried out.
                  ``(B) A description of how the project will 
                address all 3 of the purposes of this section.
                  ``(C) A written commitment by the entity that 
                the project will allow an individual to 
                participate in the project only if the 
                individual is--
                          ``(i) a parent of a child who is, or 
                        within the past 24 months has been, a 
                        recipient of assistance or services 
                        under a State program funded under this 
                        part; or
                          ``(ii) a parent, including an 
                        expectant parent, whose income is less 
                        than 150 percent of the poverty line 
                        (as defined in section 673(2) of the 
                        Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 
                        1981, including any revision required 
                        by such section, applicable to a family 
                        of the size involved).
                  ``(D) A written commitment by the entity that 
                the entity will provide for the project, from 
                funds obtained from non-Federal sources (other 
                than funds which are counted as qualified State 
                expenditures for purposes of section 
                409(a)(7)), amounts (including in-kind 
                contributions) equal in value to--
                          ``(i) 20 percent of the amount of any 
                        grant made to the entity under this 
                        subsection; or
                          ``(ii) such lesser percentage as the 
                        Secretary deems appropriate (which 
                        shall be not less than 10 percent) of 
                        such amount, if the application 
                        demonstrates that there are 
                        circumstances that limit the ability of 
                        the entity to raise funds or obtain 
                        resources.
          ``(2) Consideration of applications by interagency 
        panels.--
                  ``(A) First panel.--
                          ``(i) Establishment.--There is 
                        established a panel to be known as the 
                        `Parent Grants Recommendation Panel' 
                        (in this subparagraph referred to as 
                        the `Panel').
                          ``(ii) Membership.--
                                  ``(I) In general.--The Panel 
                                shall be composed of 10 
                                members, as follows:
                                          ``(aa) 1 member of 
                                        the Panel shall be 
                                        appointed by the 
                                        Secretary.
                                          ``(bb) 1 member of 
                                        the Panel shall be 
                                        appointed by the 
                                        Secretary of Labor.
                                          ``(cc) 2 members of 
                                        the Panel shall be 
                                        appointed by the 
                                        Chairman of the 
                                        Committee on Education 
                                        and the Workforce of 
                                        the House of 
                                        Representatives.
                                          ``(dd) 2 members of 
                                        the Panel shall be 
                                        appointed by the 
                                        ranking minority member 
                                        of the Committee on 
                                        Education and the 
                                        Workforce of the House 
                                        of Representatives.
                                          ``(ee) 2 members of 
                                        the Panel shall be 
                                        appointed by the 
                                        Chairman of the 
                                        Committee on Health, 
                                        Education, Labor, and 
                                        Pensions of the Senate.
                                          ``(ff) 2 members of 
                                        the Panel shall be 
                                        appointed by the 
                                        ranking member of the 
                                        Committee on Health, 
                                        Education, Labor, and 
                                        Pensions of the Senate.
                                  ``(II) Conflicts of 
                                interest.--An individual shall 
                                not be eligible to serve on the 
                                Panel if such service would 
                                pose a conflict of interest for 
                                the individual.
                                  ``(III) Timing of 
                                appointments.--The appointment 
                                of members to the Panel shall 
                                be completed not later than 
                                March 1, 2000.
                          ``(iii) Duties.--
                                  ``(I) Review and make 
                                recommendations on project 
                                applications.--The Panel shall 
                                review all applications 
                                submitted pursuant to paragraph 
                                (1), and make recommendations 
                                to the Secretary regarding 
                                which applicants should be 
                                awarded grants under this 
                                subsection, with due regard for 
                                the provisions of paragraph 
                                (3), but shall not recommend 
                                that a project be awarded such 
                                a grant if the application 
                                describing the project does not 
                                attempt to meet the requirement 
                                of paragraph (1)(B).
                                  ``(II) Timing.--The Panel 
                                shall make such recommendations 
                                not later than September 1, 
                                2000.
                          ``(iv) Term of office.--Each member 
                        appointed to the Panel shall serve for 
                        the life of the Panel.
                          ``(v) Prohibition on compensation.--
                        Members of the Panel may not receive 
                        pay, allowances, or benefits by reason 
                        of their service on the Panel.
                          ``(vi) Travel expenses.--Each member 
                        of the Panel shall receive travel 
                        expenses, including per diem in lieu of 
                        subsistence, in accordance with 
                        sections 5702 and 5703 of title 5, 
                        United States Code.
                          ``(vii) Meetings.--The Panel shall 
                        meet as often as is necessary to 
                        complete the business of the Panel.
                          ``(viii) Chairperson.--The 
                        Chairperson of the Panel shall be 
                        designated by the Secretary at the time 
                        of appointment.
                          ``(ix) Staff of federal agencies.--
                        The Secretary may detail any personnel 
                        of the Department of Health and Human 
                        Services and the Secretary of Labor may 
                        detail any personnel of the Department 
                        of Labor to the Panel to assist the 
                        Panel in carrying out its duties under 
                        this subparagraph.
                          ``(x) Obtaining official data.--The 
                        Panel may secure directly from any 
                        department or agency of the United 
                        States information necessary to enable 
                        it to carry out this paragraph. On 
                        request of the Chairperson of the 
                        Panel, the head of the department or 
                        agency shall furnish that information 
                        to the Panel.
                          ``(xi) Mails.--The Panel may use the 
                        United States mails in the same manner 
                        and under the same conditions as other 
                        departments and agencies of the United 
                        States.
                          ``(xii) Termination.--The Panel shall 
                        terminate on September 1, 2000.
                  ``(B) Second panel.--
                          ``(i) Establishment.--Effective 
                        January 1, 2001, there is established a 
                        panel to be known as the `Parent Grants 
                        Recommendation Panel' (in this 
                        subparagraph referred to as the 
                        `Panel').
                          ``(ii) Membership.--
                                  ``(I) In general.--The Panel 
                                shall be composed of 10 
                                members, as follows:
                                          ``(aa) 1 member of 
                                        the Panel shall be 
                                        appointed by the 
                                        Secretary.
                                          ``(bb) 1 member of 
                                        the Panel shall be 
                                        appointed by the 
                                        Secretary of Labor.
                                          ``(cc) 2 members of 
                                        the Panel shall be 
                                        appointed by the 
                                        Chairman of the 
                                        Committee on Education 
                                        and the Workforce of 
                                        the House of 
                                        Representatives.
                                          ``(dd) 2 members of 
                                        the Panel shall be 
                                        appointed by the 
                                        ranking minority member 
                                        of the Committee on 
                                        Education and the 
                                        Workforce of the House 
                                        of Representatives.
                                          ``(ee) 2 members of 
                                        the Panel shall be 
                                        appointed by the 
                                        Chairman of the 
                                        Committee on Health, 
                                        Education, Labor, and 
                                        Pensions of the Senate.
                                          ``(ff) 2 members of 
                                        the Panel shall be 
                                        appointed by the 
                                        ranking member of the 
                                        Committee on Health, 
                                        Education, Labor, and 
                                        Pensions of the Senate.
                                  ``(II) Conflicts of 
                                interest.--An individual shall 
                                not be eligible to serve on the 
                                Panel if such service would 
                                pose a conflict of interest for 
                                the individual.
                                  ``(III) Timing of 
                                appointments.--The appointment 
                                of members to the Panel shall 
                                be completed not later than 
                                March 1, 2001.
                          ``(iii) Duties.--
                                  ``(I) Review and make 
                                recommendations on project 
                                applications.--The Panel shall 
                                review all applications 
                                submitted pursuant to paragraph 
                                (1), and make recommendations 
                                to the Secretary regarding 
                                which applicants should be 
                                awarded grants under this 
                                subsection, with due regard for 
                                the provisions of paragraph 
                                (3), but shall not recommend 
                                that a project be awarded such 
                                a grant if the application 
                                describing the project does not 
                                attempt to meet the requirement 
                                of paragraph (1)(B).
                                  ``(II) Timing.--The Panel 
                                shall make such recommendations 
                                not later than September 1, 
                                2001.
                          ``(iv) Term of office.--Each member 
                        appointed to the Panel shall serve for 
                        the life of the Panel.
                          ``(v) Prohibition on compensation.--
                        Members of the Panel may not receive 
                        pay, allowances, or benefits by reason 
                        of their service on the Panel.
                          ``(vi) Travel expenses.--Each member 
                        of the Panel shall receive travel 
                        expenses, including per diem in lieu of 
                        subsistence, in accordance with 
                        sections 5702 and 5703 of title 5, 
                        United States Code.
                          ``(vii) Meetings.--The Panel shall 
                        meet as often as is necessary to 
                        complete the business of the Panel.
                          ``(viii) Chairperson.--The 
                        Chairperson of the Panel shall be 
                        designated by the Secretary at the time 
                        of appointment.
                          ``(ix) Staff of federal agencies.--
                        The Secretary may detail any personnel 
                        of the Department of Health and Human 
                        Services and the Secretary of Labor may 
                        detail any personnel of the Department 
                        of Labor to the Panel to assist the 
                        Panel in carrying out its duties under 
                        this subparagraph.
                          ``(x) Obtaining official data.--The 
                        Panel may secure directly from any 
                        department of agency of the United 
                        States information necessary to enable 
                        it to carry out this paragraph. On 
                        request of the Chairperson of the 
                        Panel, the head of the department or 
                        agency shall furnish that information 
                        to the Panel.
                          ``(xi) Mails.--The Panel may use the 
                        United States mails in the same manner 
                        and under the same conditions as other 
                        departments and agencies of the United 
                        States.
                          ``(xii) Termination.--The Panel shall 
                        terminate on September 1, 2001.
          ``(3) Matching grants.--
                  ``(A) Grant awards.--
                          ``(i) In general.--The Secretary 
                        shall award matching grants, on a 
                        competitive basis, among entities 
                        submitting applications therefor which 
                        meet the requirements of paragraph (1), 
                        in amounts that take into account the 
                        written commitments referred to in 
                        paragraph (1)(D).
                          ``(ii) Timing.--
                                  ``(I) First round.--On 
                                October 1, 2000, the Secretary 
                                shall award not more than 
                                $70,000,000 in matching grants 
                                after considering the 
                                recommendations submitted 
                                pursuant to paragraph 
                                (2)(A)(iii)(I).
                                  ``(II) Second round.--On 
                                October 1, 2001, the Secretary 
                                shall award not more than 
                                $70,000,000 in matching grants 
                                considering the recommendations 
                                submitted pursuant to paragraph 
                                (2)(B)(iii)(I).
                          ``(iii) Nondiscrimination.--The 
                        provisions of this section shall be 
                        applied and administered so as to 
                        ensure that both mothers and expectant 
                        mothers and fathers and expectant 
                        fathers are eligible for benefits and 
                        services under projects awarded grants 
                        under this subsection.
                  ``(B) Preferences.--In determining which 
                entities to award grants under this subsection, 
                the Secretary shall give preference to an 
                entity--
                          ``(i) to the extent that the 
                        application submitted by the entity 
                        describes actions that the entity will 
                        take that are designed to encourage or 
                        facilitate the payment of child 
                        support, including but not limited to--
                                  ``(I) obtaining agreements 
                                with the State in which the 
                                project will be carried out 
                                under which the State will 
                                exercise its authority under 
                                the last sentence of section 
                                457(a)(2)(B)(iv) in every case 
                                in which such authority may be 
                                exercised;
                                  ``(II) obtaining a written 
                                commitment by the agency 
                                responsible for administering 
                                the State plan approved under 
                                part D for the State in which 
                                the project is to be carried 
                                out that the State will cancel 
                                child support arrearages owed 
                                to the State in proportion to 
                                the length of time that the 
                                parent maintains a regular 
                                child support payment schedule 
                                or lives with his or her 
                                children; and
                                  ``(III) obtaining a written 
                                commitment by the entity that 
                                the entity will help 
                                participating parents who 
                                cooperate with the agency in 
                                improving their credit rating;
                          ``(ii) to the extent that the 
                        application includes written agreements 
                        of cooperation with other private and 
                        governmental agencies, including State 
                        or local programs funded under this 
                        part, the local Workforce Investment 
                        Board, and the State or local program 
                        funded under part D, which should 
                        include a description of the services 
                        each such agency will provide to 
                        parents participating in the project 
                        described in the application;
                          ``(iii) to the extent that the 
                        application describes a project that 
                        will enroll a high percentage of 
                        project participants within 6 months 
                        before or after the birth of the child;
                          ``(iv) to the extent that the 
                        application sets forth clear and 
                        practical methods by which parents will 
                        be recruited to participate in the 
                        project; and
                          ``(v) to the extent that the 
                        application demonstrates that the 
                        entity will consult with domestic 
                        violence prevention and intervention 
                        organizations in the development and 
                        implementation of the project in order 
                        to protect custodial parents and 
                        children who may be at risk of domestic 
                        violence.
                  ``(C) Minimum percentage of grants for 
                nongovernmental (including faith-based) 
                organizations.--Not less than 75 percent of the 
                aggregate amounts paid as grants under this 
                subsection in each fiscal year (other than 
                amounts paid pursuant to the preferences 
                required by subparagraph (B)) shall be awarded 
                to nongovernmental (including faith-based) 
                organizations.
                  ``(D) Diversity of projects.--In determining 
                which entities to award grants under this 
                subsection, the Secretary shall attempt to 
                balance among entities of differing sizes, 
                entities in differing geographic areas, 
                entities in urban versus rural areas, and 
                entities employing differing methods of 
                achieving the purposes of this section.
                  ``(E) Payment of grant in 4 equal annual 
                installments.--During the fiscal year in which 
                a grant is awarded under this subsection and 
                each of the succeeding 3 fiscal years, the 
                Secretary shall provide to the entity awarded 
                the grant an amount equal to 1/4 of the amount 
                of that grant.
          ``(4) Use of funds.--
                  ``(A) In general.--Each entity to which a 
                grant is made under this subsection shall use 
                grant funds provided under this subsection in 
                accordance with the application requesting the 
                grant, the requirements of this subsection, and 
                the regulations prescribed under this 
                subsection, and may use the grant funds to 
                support communitywide initiatives to address 
                the purposes of this section.
                  ``(B) Nondisplacement.--
                          ``(i) In general.--An adult in a work 
                        activity described in section 407(d) 
                        which is funded, in whole or in part, 
                        by funds provided under this section 
                        shall not be employed or assigned--
                                  ``(I) when any other 
                                individual is on layoff from 
                                the same or any substantially 
                                equivalent job; or
                                  ``(II) if the employer has 
                                terminated the employment of 
                                any regular employee or 
                                otherwise caused an involuntary 
                                reduction of its workforce in 
                                order to fill the vacancy so 
                                created with such an adult.
                          ``(ii) Grievance procedure.--
                                  ``(I) State procedure.--A 
                                State to which a grant is made 
                                under this section shall 
                                establish and maintain a 
                                grievance procedure for 
                                resolving complaints of alleged 
                                violations of clause (i) by 
                                State or local governmental 
                                entities.
                                  ``(II) Federal procedure.--
                                The Secretary shall establish 
                                and maintain a grievance 
                                procedure for resolving 
                                complaints of alleged 
                                violations of clause (i) by 
                                private entities.
                          ``(iii) No preemption.--This 
                        subparagraph shall not preempt or 
                        supersede any provision of State or 
                        local law that provides greater 
                        protection for employees from 
                        displacement.
                  ``(C) Rule of construction.--This section 
                shall not be construed to require the 
                participation of a parent in a project funded 
                under this section to be discontinued the 
                project on the basis of changed economic 
                circumstances of the parent.
                  ``(D) Rule of construction on marriage.--This 
                section shall not be construed to authorize the 
                Secretary to define marriage for purposes of 
                this section.
                  ``(E) Penalty for misuse of grant funds.--If 
                the Secretary determines that an entity to 
                which a grant is made under this subsection has 
                used any amount of the grant in violation of 
                subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall require 
                the entity to remit to the Secretary an amount 
                equal to the amount so used, plus all remaining 
                grant funds, and the entity shall thereafter be 
                ineligible for any grant under this subsection.
                  ``(F) Remittance of unused grant funds.--Each 
                entity to which a grant is awarded under this 
                subsection shall remit to the Secretary all 
                funds paid under the grant that remain at the 
                end of the 5th fiscal year ending after the 
                initial grant award.
          ``(5) Authority of state agencies to exchange 
        information.--Each agency administering a State program 
        funded under this part or a State plan approved under 
        part D may share the name, address, and telephone 
        number of parents for purposes of assisting in 
        determining the eligibility of parents to participate 
        in projects receiving grants under this title, and in 
        contacting parents potentially eligible to participate 
        in the projects, subject to all applicable privacy 
        laws.
          ``(6) Evaluation.--The Secretary, in consultation 
        with the Secretary of Labor, shall, directly or by 
        grant, contract, or interagency agreement, conduct an 
        evaluation of projects funded under this section (other 
        than under subsection (c)(1)). The evaluation shall 
        assess, among other outcomes selected by the Secretary, 
        the effects of the projects on parenting, employment, 
        earnings, payment of child support, and marriage. In 
        selecting projects for the evaluation, the Secretary 
        should include projects that, in the Secretary's 
        judgment, are most likely to impact the matters 
        described in the purposes of this section. In 
        conduction the evaluation, random assignment should be 
        used wherever possible.
          ``(7) Regulations.--The Secretary shall prescribe 
        such regulations as may be necessary to carry out this 
        subsection.
          ``(8) Limitation on applicability of other provisions 
        of this part.--Sections 404 through 410 shall not apply 
        to this section or to amounts paid under this section, 
        and shall not be applied to an entity solely by reason 
        of receipt of funds pursuant to this section.
          ``(9) Funding.--
                  ``(A) In general.--
                          ``(i) Interagency panels.--Of the 
                        amounts made available pursuant to 
                        section 403(a)(1)(E) for fiscal years 
                        2000 and 2001, a total of $150,000 
                        shall be made available for the 
                        interagency panels established by 
                        paragraph (2) of this subsection.
                          ``(ii) Grants.--Of the amounts made 
                        available pursuant to section 
                        403(a)(1)(E), there shall be made 
                        available for grants under this 
                        subsection--
                                  ``(I) $17,500,00 for fiscal 
                                year 2001;
                                  ``(II) $35,000,000 for each 
                                of fiscal years 2002 through 
                                2004; and
                                  ``(III) $17,500,000 for 
                                fiscal year 2005.
                          ``(iii) Evaluation.--Of the amounts 
                        made available pursuant to section 
                        403(a)(1)E) for fiscal years 2000 
                        through 2006, a total of $6,000,000 
                        shall be made available for the 
                        evaluation required by paragraph (6) of 
                        this subsection.
                  ``(B) Availability.--
                          ``(i) Grant funds.--The amounts made 
                        pursuant to subparagraph (A)(ii) shall 
                        remain available until the end of 
                        fiscal year 2005.
                          ``(ii) Evaluation funds.--The amounts 
                        made available pursuant to subparagraph 
                        (A)(iii) shall remain available until 
                        the end of fiscal year 2006.''.
  (b) Funding.--Section 403(a)(1)(E) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
603(a)(1)(E)) is amended by inserting ``, and for fiscal years 
2000 through 2006, such sums as are necessary to carry out 
section 403A'' before the period.
  (c) Authority to States To Pass Through Child Support 
Arrearages Collected Through Tax Refund Intercept to Families 
Who Have Ceased To Receive Cash Assistance; Federal 
Reimbursement of State Share of Such Passed Through 
Arrearages.--Section 457(a)(2)(B)(iv) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
657(a)(2)(B)(iv)) is amended--
          (1) by inserting ``(except the last sentence of the 
        clause)'' after ``this section''; and
          (2) by adding at the end the following: 
        ``Notwithstanding the preceding sentences of this 
        clause, if the amount is collected on behalf of a 
        family that includes a child of a participant in a 
        project funded under section 403A and that has ceased 
        to receive cash payments under a State program funded 
        under section 403, and the amount so collected exceeds 
        the amount that would otherwise be required to be paid 
        to the family for the month in which collected, then 
        the State may distribute the amount to the family, and 
        the aggregate of the amounts otherwise required by this 
        section to be paid by the State to the Federal 
        Government shall be reduced by an amount equal to the 
        State share of any amount so distributed.''.
  (d) TANF Maintenance of Effort Determinations To Be Made 
Without Regard to Expenditures for Parent Programs.--Section 
409(a)(7)(B)(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 609(a)(7)(B)(i)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
                                  ``(V) Exclusion of 
                                expenditures for parent 
                                programs.--Such term does not 
                                include expenditures for any 
                                project for which funds are 
                                provided under section 403A.''.
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      2. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative English of 
         Pennsylvania, or a Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  In section 403A(b)(2)(A)(ii) of the Social Security Act, as 
proposed to be added by section 101(a) of the bill, redesignate 
subclauses (II) and (III) as subclauses (III) and (IV), 
respectively, and insert after subclause (I) the following:
                                  ``(II) Qualifications.--An 
                                individual shall not be 
                                eligible to serve on the Panel 
                                unless the individual has 
                                experience in programs for 
                                fathers, programs for the poor, 
                                programs for children, program 
                                administration, or program 
                                research.''.
  In section 403A(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the Social Security Act, as 
proposed to be added by section 101(a) of the bill, redesignate 
subclauses (II) and (III) as subclauses (III) and (IV), 
respectively, and insert after subclause (I) the following:
                                  ``(II) Qualifications.--An 
                                individual shall not be 
                                eligible to serve on the Panel 
                                unless the individual has 
                                experience in programs for 
                                fathers, programs for the poor, 
                                programs for children, program 
                                administration, or program 
                                research.''.
  In section 403A(b)(3)(B)(i) of the Social Security Act, as 
proposed to be added by section 101(a) of the bill--
          (1) strike ``and'' at the end of subclause (II);
          (2) add ``and'' at the end of subclause (III); and
          (3) add at the end the following:
                                  ``(IV) helping fathers 
                                arrange and maintain a 
                                consistent schedule of visits 
                                with their children;''.
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 3. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Mink of Hawaii, or a 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  Strike title II, and redesignate succeeding titles and 
sections (and amend the table of contents) accordingly.
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4. An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Cardin of Maryland, or 
                  a Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  In section 403(a)(5)(C)(iv) of the Social Security Act, as so 
redesignated by section 301(b)(1)(A) of the bill, and as 
proposed to be amended by section 301(c)(1)(B) of the bill--
          (1) insert ``or'' at the end of subclause (II);
          (2) strike ``; or'' at the end of subclause (III) and 
        insert a period; and
          (3) strike subclause (IV).
  In section 301 of the bill, redesignate subsection (d) as 
subsection (e) and insert after subsection (c) the following:
  (d) Custodial Parents With Income Below Poverty Line Who Are 
Not on Welfare.--
          (1) In general.--Section 403(a)(5)(C) of such Act (42 
        U.S.C. 603(a)(5)(C)), as amended by subsection (b)(1) 
        of this section, is amended--
                  (A) by redesignating clauses (vi) through 
                (ix) as clauses (vii) through (x), 
                respectively; and
                  (B) by inserting after clause (v) the 
                following:
                          ``(vi) Custodial parents with income 
                        below poverty line who are not on 
                        welfare.--An entity that operates a 
                        project with funds provided under this 
                        paragraph may use the funds to provide 
                        assistance in a form described in 
                        clause (i) to custodial parents--
                                  ``(I) whose income is less 
                                than 100 percent of the poverty 
                                line (as defined in section 
                                673(2) of the Omnibus Budget 
                                Reconciliation Act of 1981, 
                                including any revision required 
                                by such section, applicable to 
                                a family of the size involved); 
                                and
                                  ``(II) who are not otherwise 
                                recipients of assistance under 
                                a State program funded under 
                                this part.''.
          (2) Conforming amendments.--
                  (A) Section 403(a)(5)(C)(iv) of such Act (42 
                U.S.C. 603(a)(5)(C)(iv)), as so redesignated by 
                subsection (b)(1)(A) of this section, and as 
                amended by subsection (c)(2) of this section, 
                is amended in the last sentence by striking 
                ``clause (v)'' and inserting ``clauses (v) and 
                (vi)''.
                  (B) Section 412(a)(3)(C)(ii) of such Act (42 
                U.S.C. 612(a)(3)(C)(ii)), as amended by 
                subsection (b)(2) of this section, is amended 
                by striking ``(viii)'' and inserting ``(ix)''.
  In section 304(b) of the bill--
          (1) strike ``section 301(b)(1)'' and insert 
        ``subsections (b)(1) and (d)(1) of section 301''; and
          (2) redesignate clause (x) of section 403(a)(5)(C) of 
        the Social Security Act, as proposed to be added by 
        such section 304(b), as clause (xi).
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5. An Amendment To be Offered by Representative Traficant of Ohio, or a 
                   Designee, Debatable for 10 Minutes

  In section 403A(b)(1) of the Social Security Act, as proposed 
to be added by section 101(a) of the bill, add at the end the 
following:
                  ``(E) A written commitment by the entity that 
                the entity will make available to each 
                individual participating in the project 
                education about alcohol, tobacco, and other 
                drugs and the effects of abusing such 
                substances, and information about HIV/AIDS and 
                its transmission.''.
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6. An Amendment To be Offered by Representative Edwards of Texas, or a 
                   Designee, Debatable for 20 Minutes

  At the end of section 403A(b)(3)(C) of the Social Security 
Act, as proposed to be added by section 101(a) of the bill, add 
the following new flush sentence:
        ``Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
        shall not be provided under this section to any faith-
        based institution that is pervasively sectarian.''.

                                  
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