[House Report 106-798]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



106th Congress                                                   Report
                        HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
 2d Session                                                     106-798

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      PROVIDING FOR THE CONSIDERATION OF H.R. 4678, CHILD SUPPORT 
                        DISTRIBUTION ACT OF 2000

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                 July 27, 2000.--Ordered to be printed

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

                              R E P O R T

                       [To accompany H. Res. 566]

    The Committee on Rules, having had under consideration 
House Resolution 566, by a nonrecord vote, report the same to 
the House with the recommendation that the resolution be 
adopted.

                  summary of provisions of resolution

    The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 4678, the 
Child Support Distribution Act of 2000, under a modified closed 
rule. The rule provides one hour of debate in the House equally 
divided and controlled by the chairman and ranking minority 
member of the Committee on Ways and Means.
    The rule waives all points of order against consideration 
of the bill. The rule provides that the amendment in the nature 
of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Ways and Means, 
as modified by the amendment printed in Part A of this report, 
shall be an original bill for the purpose of amendment, which 
shall be considered as read.
    The rule also provides for consideration of the amendment 
printed in Part B of this report if offered by Representative 
Scott or his designee, which shall be considered as read and 
shall be debatable for 10 minutes equally divided and 
controlled by the proponent and an opponent. The rule further 
waives all points of order against the amendment printed in 
Part B of this report.
    Finally, the rule provides one motion to recommit with or 
without instructions.

         H.R. 4678, the Child Support Distribution Act of 2000

                                 PART A


Summary of Amendment Considered as Adopted

    Allows states at their option to pay child support 
currently retained by State and Federal government to mothers 
on welfare.
    Allows states at their option to make child support 
payments on obligations that accrued before 1997 to families 
rather than to government.
    Clarifies that recommendations from the Department of 
Health and Human Services about certain public agencies 
participating in child support enforcement activities must be 
submitted to Congress by October 1, 2001.
    Lists several specific activities that fatherhood projects 
could undertake to promote and sustain marriage.
    Allows fatherhood projects to provide services to low-
income young men and women who are at risk of becoming parents 
outside marriage.
    Requires fatherhood projects to provide information about 
sexually transmitted diseases including human papillomavirus 
(HPV).
    Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, in 
selecting fatherhood projects for funding, to grant preference 
to projects that set forth clear and practical methods to 
encourage and sustain marriage.

                                 PART B


Summary of Amendment Made in Order Under the Rule

    Scott (VA): Adds provisions that have been included in two 
previous bills (H.R. 3222, Families Involve Literacy Act and 
H.R. 4141, the Safe and Drug Free Schools). The first provision 
clarifies that any eligible entity cannot subject a participant 
during the grant program to sectarian worship, instruction, or 
proselytization, but does not affect the private activities of 
the religious organization that take place outside of the 
Fatherhood Grant program. The second provision simply clarifies 
that eligible recipients are in receipt of federal financial 
assistance. The third provision closes the loophole contained 
within welfare reform that allows discrimination against 
beneficiaries when another standing law (federal, state or 
local) permits it.

                                 PART A

    Text of amendment considered as adopted:
  Page 7, line 16, strike the close quotation marks and the 
following period.
  Page 7, after line 16, insert the following:
          ``(7) State option to pass through additional support 
        with federal financial participation.--
                  ``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding paragraphs 
                (1) and (2), a State shall not be required to 
                pay to the Federal Government the Federal share 
                of an amount collected on behalf of a family 
                that is not a recipient of assistance under the 
                State program funded under part A, to the 
                extent that the State pays the amount to the 
                family.
                  ``(B) Recipients of tanf for less than 5 
                years.--
                          ``(i) In general.--Notwithstanding 
                        paragraphs (1) and (2), a State shall 
                        not be required to pay to the Federal 
                        Government the Federal share of an 
                        amount collected on behalf of a family 
                        that is a recipient of assistance under 
                        the State program funded under part A 
                        and that has received the assistance 
                        for not more than 5 years after the 
                        date of the enactment of this 
                        paragraph, to the extent that--
                                  ``(I) the State pays the 
                                amount to the family; and
                                  ``(II) subject to clause 
                                (ii), the amount is disregarded 
                                in determining the amount and 
                                type of the assistance provided 
                                to the family.
                          ``(ii) Limitation.--Of the amount 
                        disregarded as described in clause 
                        (i)(II), the maximum amount that may be 
                        taken into account for purposes of 
                        clause (i) shall not exceed $400 per 
                        month, except that, in the case of a 
                        family that includes 2 or more 
                        children, the State may elect to 
                        increase the maximum amount to not more 
                        than $600 per month.''.
  Page 8, after line 25, insert the following:
  (d) State Option to Discontinue Certain Support 
Assignments.--Section 457(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 657(b)) is 
amended by striking ``shall'' and inserting ``may''.
  Page 9, line 1, strike ``(d)'' and insert ``(e)''.
  Page 10, line 5, strike ``(e)'' and insert ``(f)''.
  Page 13, line 11, strike ``The'' and insert ``Not later than 
October 1, 2001, the''.
  Page 25, strike lines 13 through 18 and insert the following:
          ``(1) promote marriage through such activities as--
                  ``(A) counseling, mentoring, disseminating 
                information about the advantages of marriage, 
                enhancing relationship skills, teaching how to 
                control aggressive behavior, disseminating 
                information on the causes and treatment of 
                domestic violence and child abuse, and other 
                methods; and
                  ``(B) sustaining marriages through marriage 
                preparation programs, premarital counseling, 
                and marital inventories, and through divorce 
                education and reduction programs, including 
                mediation and counseling;
  Page 25, line 19, insert ``such activities as'' after 
``through''.
  Page 25, line 21, strike the comma.
  Page 26, line 4, insert ``such activities as'' after 
``viding''.
  Page 26, strike line 16 and all that follows through line 7 
on page 27 and insert the following:
                  ``(C) A written commitment by the entity that 
                the project--
                          ``(i) will not allow an individual to 
                        participate in the project unless the 
                        income of the individual (net of court-
                        ordered child support) 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);
                          ``(ii) will allow a individual who is 
                        a father to participate in the project 
                        only if the individual is--
                                  ``(I) a father 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 referred to 
                                in paragraph (3)(A)(iii); and
                          ``(iii) will allow an individual who 
                        is at risk of parenthood outside 
                        marriage to participate in the project, 
                        but will not allow more than 25 percent 
                        of the participants in the project to 
                        be such individuals.
  Page 28, strike lines 4 and 5 and insert the following:
        stances, and information about sexually transmitted 
        diseases and their transmission, including HIV/AIDS and 
        human papillomavirus (HPV).
  Page 33, after line 6, insert the following:
                          ``(i) to the extent that the 
                        application submitted by the entity 
                        sets forth clear and practical methods 
                        to encourage and sustain marriage;
  Page 33, line 7, strike ``(i)'' and insert ``(ii)''.
  Page 33, line 23, strike ``schedule or'' and insert 
``schedule,''.
  Page 33, line 24, strike ``(unless'' and insert ``, or 
marrying the mother of his children, unless''.
  Page 34, line 2, strike the close parenthesis.
  Page 34, line 12, strike ``(ii)'' and insert ``(iii)''.
  Page 35, line 1, strike ``(iii)'' and insert ``(iv)''.
  Page 35, line 6, strike ``(iv)'' and insert ``(v)''.

                                 PART B

    Text of amendment made in order under the rule:

 An Amendment To Be Offered by Representative Scott of Virginia, or a 
                                Designee

  Page 39, after line 19, insert the following:
                  ``(E) Protection for beneficiaries.--An 
                entity to which a grant is made under this 
                section shall not subject a participant in a 
                program assisted with the grant to sectarian 
                worship, instruction, or proselytization.
                  ``(F) Rule of construction on receipt of 
                financial assistance under this section.--For 
                purposes of any Federal, State, or local law, 
                receipt of financial assistance from a grant 
                made under this section shall constitute 
                receipt of Federal financial assistance or aid.
  Page 39, line 20, strike ``(E)'' and insert ``(G)''.
  Page 40, line 5, strike ``(F)'' and insert ``(H)''.
  Page 43, line 15, insert ``(except the except clause of 
subsection (g))'' after ``this section''.

                                  
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