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106TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION S. 1364

To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to increase public awareness

regarding the benefits of lasting and stable marriages and community

involvement in the promotion of marriage and fatherhood issues, to

provide greater flexibility in the Welfare-to-Work grant program for

long-term welfare recipients and low income custodial and noncustodial

parents, and for other purposes.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

JULY 14, 1999

Mr. BAYH (for himself, Mr. DOMENICI, Mrs. LINCOLN, Mr. LIEBERMAN, Ms.

LANDRIEU, Mr. GRAHAM, Mr. LUGAR, Mr. VOINOVICH, Mr. ROBB, Mr.

BREAUX, Mr. EDWARDS, and Mr. BINGAMAN) introduced the following

bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

A BILL

To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to increase

public awareness regarding the benefits of lasting and

stable marriages and community involvement in the promotion of marriage and fatherhood issues, to provide

greater flexibility in the Welfare-to-Work grant program

for long-term welfare recipients and low income custodial

and noncustodial parents, and for other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Responsible Father3 hood Act of 1999’’.

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

5 Congress finds that—

6 (1) nearly 25 million children in the United

7 States, or 36 percent of all such children, live apart

8 from their biological father;

9 (2) 60 percent of couples who divorce have at

10 least 1 child;

11 (3) the number of children living with only a

12 mother increased from just over 5,000,000 in 1960,

13 to 17,000,000 in 1999, and between 1981 and 1991

14 the percentage of children living with only 1 parent

15 increased from 19 percent to 25 percent;

16 (4) 40 percent of children who live in house17 holds without a father have not seen their father in

18 at least 1 year and 50 percent of such children have

19 never visited their father’s home;

20 (5) children who live without contact with their

21 biological father are, in comparison to children who

22 have such contact—

23 (A) 5 times more likely to live in poverty;

24 (B) more likely to bring weapons and

25 drugs into the classroom;

26 (C) twice as likely to commit crime;
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1 (D) twice as likely to drop out of school;

2 (E) twice as likely to be abused;

3 (F) more likely to commit suicide;

4 (G) more than twice as likely to abuse al5 cohol or drugs; and

6 (H) more likely to become pregnant as

7 teenagers;

8 (6) violent criminals are overwhelmingly males

9 who grew up without fathers and the best predictor

10 of crime in a community is the percentage of absent

11 father households;

12 (7) compared with Great Britain, Canada, Aus13 tralia, Germany, and Italy, the United States has

14 the highest percentage of single parent households

15 with dependent children;

16 (8) 70 percent of United States citizens believe

17 that the most significant family or social problem

18 facing the United States is the physical absence of

19 the father from the home, resulting in a lack of in20 volvement of fathers in the rearing and development

21 of children;

22 (9) States should be encouraged, not restricted,

23 from implementing programs that provide support

24 for responsible fatherhood, promote marriage, and

25 increase the incidence of marriage;
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1 (10) there is a social need to reconnect children

2 and fathers;

3 (11) the promotion of responsible fatherhood

4 and encouragement of two-parent families should

5 not—

6 (A) denigrate the standing or parenting ef7 forts of single mothers; or

8 (B) lessen the protection of children from

9 abusive parents;

10 but should increase the chance that children will

11 have two caring parents to help them grow up

12 healthy and secure;

13 (12) for the future of the United States and the

14 future of our children, Congress, States, and local

15 communities should assist parents to become more

16 actively involved in their children’s lives; and

17 (13) child support is an important means by

18 which a parent can take financial responsibility for

19 a child and emotional support is an important

20 means by which a parent can take social responsi21 bility for a child.
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1 TITLE I—PUBLIC AWARENESS

2 AND COMMUNITY INVOLVE3 MENT IN FATHERHOOD

4 ISSUES

5 SEC. 101. GRANTS TO STATES TO ENCOURAGE MEDIA CAM6 PAIGNS.

7 Part D of title IV of the Social Security Act (42

8 U.S.C. 670 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the

9 following:

10 ‘‘SEC. 469C. GRANTS TO STATES TO ENCOURAGE MEDIA

11 CAMPAIGNS PROMOTING FATHERHOOD

12 SKILLS.

13 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:

14 ‘‘(1) CHILDREN AT RISK.—The term ‘children

15 at risk’ means a young child whose family income

16 does not exceed 200 percent of the poverty line.

17 ‘‘(2) MEDIA CAMPAIGN.—The term ‘media cam18 paign’ includes any communication or series of com19 munications prepared for distribution through a

20 broadcasting station, newspaper, magazine, outdoor

21 advertising facility, mailing, or any other type of

22 general public advertising.

23 ‘‘(3) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means any of

24 the several States, the District of Columbia, the

25 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States
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1 Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the

2 Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

3 ‘‘(4) YOUNG CHILD.—The term ‘young child’

4 means an individual under age 5.

5 ‘‘(b) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award

6 grants in accordance with this section to States for the

7 purpose of encouraging States—

8 ‘‘(1) to develop and carry out media campaigns,

9 in conjunction with local and private organizations

10 within the State, that promote the formation and

11 maintenance of married two-parent families,

12 strengthen fragile families, and promote responsible

13 fatherhood; and

14 ‘‘(2) to obtain donations of media access nec15 essary for such campaigns.

16 ‘‘(c) AMOUNT OF GRANT.—The amount of the grant

17 to be made to a State under this section for a fiscal year

18 shall be an amount equal to the lesser of—

19 ‘‘(1) 100 percent of State expenditures during

20 the fiscal year for activities described in subsection

21 (b); or

22 ‘‘(2) the allotment of the State under sub23 section (d) for the fiscal year.

24 ‘‘(d) ALLOTMENTS TO STATES.—From the funds ap25 propriated under subsection (i) for making grants under
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1 this section for the fiscal year, the allotment of a State

2 for a fiscal year is equal to the sum of—

3 ‘‘(1) an amount that bears the same ratio to 50

4 percent of such funds as the number of young chil5 dren in the State bears to the number of such chil6 dren in all States; and

7 ‘‘(2) an amount that bears the same ratio to 50

8 percent of such funds as the number of children at

9 risk in the State bears to the number of such chil10 dren in all States.

11 ‘‘(e) USE OF FUNDS.—The chief executive officer of

12 a State receiving a grant under this section shall certify

13 that—

14 ‘‘(1) 50 percent of such funds shall be used to

15 strengthen fragile families and promote responsible

16 fatherhood; and

17 ‘‘(2) 50 percent of such funds shall be used to

18 promote the formation and maintenance of married

19 two-parent families.

20 ‘‘(f) STATE EXPENDITURES.—

21 ‘‘(1) CASH OR IN KIND.—State expenditures

22 under subsection (c)(1) may be in cash or in kind,

23 including equipment or services contributed directly

24 or through donations from public entities or private

25 nonprofit organizations, including charitable and re-
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1 ligious organizations. Amounts provided by the Fed2 eral Government, or services assisted or subsidized

3 to any significant extent by the Federal Government,

4 may not be included in determining the amount of

5 such State expenditures.

6 ‘‘(2) NO CREDIT FOR PRE-AWARD EXPENDI7 TURES.—Only State expenditures made after a

8 grant has been awarded under this section may be

9 counted for purposes of determining whether the

10 State has satisfied the expenditure requirement

11 under subsection (c)(1).

12 ‘‘(g) NATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE.—From the funds

13 appropriated under subsection (i) for the fiscal year to

14 carry out programs under this subsection, the Secretary

15 shall contract with a nationally recognized, nonprofit, fa16 therhood promotion organization with at least 4 years of

17 experience in designing and disseminating a national pub18 lic education campaign, including the production and suc19 cessful placement of television, radio, and print public

20 service announcements which promote the importance of

21 responsible fatherhood, and with at least 4 years experi22 ence providing consultation and training to community

23 based organizations interested in implementing fatherhood

24 outreach, support, or skills programs with an emphasis on
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1 promoting married fatherhood as the ideal, such as the

2 National Fatherhood Initiative, to—

3 ‘‘(1) develop, promote, and distribute to inter4 ested States, local governments and public agencies,

5 and private nonprofit organizations, including chari6 table and religious organizations, a media campaign

7 that encourages the appropriate involvement of both

8 parents in the life of any child of the parents, with

9 a priority for programs that specifically address the

10 issue of responsible fatherhood; and

11 ‘‘(2) develop a national clearinghouse to assist

12 States and communities in efforts to promote and

13 support responsible fatherhood by collecting, evalu14 ating, and making available (through the Internet

15 and by other means) to other States, information re16 garding media campaigns and programs instituted

17 by States using the funds available under this sec18 tion.

19 ‘‘(h) STATE ADMINISTRATION.—Each State to which

20 a grant is made under this section—

21 ‘‘(1) may administer State programs funded

22 with the grant directly or through grants to or con23 tracts with local governments and public agencies,

24 and private nonprofit organizations, including chari25 table and religious organizations; and
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1 ‘‘(2) shall monitor, evaluate, and annually re2 port on such programs to the Secretary in such

3 manner as the Secretary determines in consultation

4 with the States.

5 ‘‘(i) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

6 are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this

7 section—

8 ‘‘(1) $25,000,000 for each fiscal year beginning

9 on or after October 1, 1999, for the purpose of mak10 ing grants under this section; and

11 ‘‘(2) $2,000,000 for each such fiscal year for

12 the purposes of carrying out programs under sub13 section (g).’’.

14 SEC. 102. RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD BLOCK GRANT.

15 (a) GRANT.—Section 403(a)(5) of the Social Security

16 Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(5)) is amended by adding at the

17 end the following:

18 ‘‘(K) RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD BLOCK

19 GRANT.—

20 ‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this subpara21 graph:

22 ‘‘(I) CHILDREN AT RISK.—The

23 term ‘children at risk’ means a young

24 child whose family income does not

25 exceed 200 percent of the poverty line.
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1 ‘‘(II) STATE.—The term ‘State’

2 means any of the several States, the

3 District of Columbia, the Common4 wealth of Puerto Rico, the United

5 States Virgin Islands, Guam, Amer6 ican Samoa, and the Commonwealth

7 of the Northern Mariana Islands.

8 ‘‘(III) YOUNG CHILD.—The term

9 ‘young child’ means an individual

10 under age 5.

11 ‘‘(ii) AUTHORITY.—The Secretary

12 shall award grants to States in accordance

13 with this subparagraph to encourage

14 States to provide support for the efforts of

15 local governments and public agencies, and

16 private nonprofit organizations, including

17 charitable and religious organizations, to

18 promote the formation and maintenance of

19 married two-parent families, strengthen

20 fragile families, and promote responsible

21 fatherhood.

22 ‘‘(iii) REQUIREMENT OF MATCHING

23 FUNDS.—

24 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible

25 to receive a grant under this subpara-
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1 graph, the State shall agree to make

2 available (directly or through dona3 tions from public entities or profit or

4 nonprofit organizations, including

5 charitable and religious organizations)

6 non-Federal contributions toward the

7 costs of the activities to be carried out

8 by a State pursuant to clause (v) in

9 an amount that is not less than 25

10 percent of such costs.

11 ‘‘(II) DETERMINATION OF

12 AMOUNT CONTRIBUTED.—Non-Fed13 eral contributions required in sub14 clause (I) may be in cash or in kind,

15 fairly evaluated, including equipment

16 or services. Amounts provided by the

17 Federal Government, or services as18 sisted or subsidized to any significant

19 extent by the Federal Government,

20 may not be included in determining

21 the amount of such non-Federal con22 tributions.

23 ‘‘(iv) ALLOTMENTS TO STATES.—

24 From the funds appropriated under clause

25 (viii) for grants under this subparagraph
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1 for the fiscal year, the allotment of a State

2 for such fiscal year is equal to the sum

3 of—

4 ‘‘(I) an amount that bears the

5 same ratio to 50 percent of such

6 funds as the number of young chil7 dren in the State bears to the number

8 of such children in all States; and

9 ‘‘(II) an amount that bears the

10 same ratio to 50 percent of such

11 funds as the number of children at

12 risk in the State bears to the number

13 of such children in all States.

14 ‘‘(v) USE OF FUNDS.—

15 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—A State that

16 receives a grant under this subpara17 graph shall use the funds received to

18 support programs of local govern19 ments and public agencies, and pri20 vate nonprofit organizations, including

21 charitable and religious organizations,

22 that encourage the appropriate in23 volvement of both parents in the life

24 of any child of the parents, with a pri25 ority for programs that specifically
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1 address the issue of responsible fa2 therhood, promote the formation and

3 maintenance of married two-parent

4 families, and strengthen fragile fami5 lies.

6 ‘‘(II) CERTIFICATION OF SET7 ASIDE.—The chief executive officer of

8 a State receiving funds under this

9 subparagraph shall certify that—

10 ‘‘(aa) 50 percent of such

11 funds shall be used to strengthen

12 fragile families and promote re13 sponsible fatherhood; and

14 (bb) 50 percent of such

15 funds shall be used to promote

16 the formation and maintenance

17 of married two-parent families.

18 ‘‘(III) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUP19 PLANT.—

20 ‘‘(aa) IN GENERAL.—Except

21 as provided in item (bb),

22 amounts paid to a State under

23 this subparagraph shall be used

24 to supplement and not supplant

25 other Federal, State, or local
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1 funds provided to the State

2 under this part or any other pro3 vision of law.

4 (bb) EXCEPTION.—Item

5 (aa) shall not apply to amounts

6 provided to the State under this

7 part.

8 ‘‘(vi) STATE ADMINISTRATION.—Each

9 State to which a grant is made under this

10 subparagraph shall monitor, evaluate, and

11 provide a report on programs funded with

12 this grant to the Secretary in such manner

13 as the Secretary determines in consultation

14 with the States.

15 ‘‘(vii) COORDINATION WITH OTHER

16 PROVISIONS.—

17 ‘‘(I) For purposes of this sub18 paragraph, the limitations contained

19 in subparagraph (C) shall not apply.

20 ‘‘(II) For purposes of sections

21 404, 405, 407, and 408, a grant

22 under this subparagraph shall not be

23 considered to be a grant made under

24 section 403.
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1 ‘‘(viii) AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO2 PRIATIONS.—There are authorized to be

3 appropriated to carry out this subpara4 graph, $50,000,000 for each fiscal year be5 ginning on or after October 1, 1999, for

6 the purpose of making grants under this

7 subparagraph.’’.

8 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section

9 403(a)(5)(I)(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.

10 603(a)(5)(I)(i)) is amended by inserting ‘‘(other than

11 grants under subparagraph (K))’’ before the period.

12 TITLE II—REMOVAL OF BURDEN13 SOME FEDERAL RESTRIC14 TIONS

15 SEC. 201. WELFARE-TO-WORK PROGRAM GRANT MODIFICA16 TIONS.

17 (a) MODIFICATION OF RECIPIENT REQUIRE18 MENTS.—Clause (ii) of section 403(a)(5)(C) of the Social

19 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(5)(C)) is amended—

20 (1) in the matter preceding subclause (I), by in21 serting ‘‘, as applicable’’ after ‘‘subclauses’’; and

22 (2) in subclause (I)—

23 (A) in the matter preceding item (aa)—

24 (i) by striking ‘‘2’’ and inserting ‘‘1’’;
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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘apply’’ and inserting

2 ‘‘applies’’; and

3 (iii) by striking ‘‘or the noncustodial

4 parent’’;

5 (B) in item (aa), by striking ‘‘, and has

6 low skills in reading or mathematics’’;

7 (C) by redesignating items (bb) and (cc) as

8 items (cc) and (dd), respectively; and

9 (D) by inserting after item (aa) the fol10 lowing:

11 ‘‘(bb) The individual has low

12 skills in reading or mathe13 matics.’’.

14 (b) REQUIREMENTS FOR CUSTODIAL AND NON15 CUSTODIAL PARENTS.—Clause (ii) of section

16 403(a)(5)(C) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.

17 603(a)(5)(C)) is amended—

18 (1) by redesignating subclause (II) as subclause

19 (IV); and

20 (2) by inserting after subclause (I), the fol21 lowing:

22 ‘‘(II) At least 1 of the following

23 applies to the recipient or the non24 custodial parent:
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1 ‘‘(aa) The individual is un2 employed.

3 ‘‘(bb) The individual is un4 deremployed.

5 ‘‘(cc) The individual is hav6 ing difficulty in paying child sup7 port obligations.

8 ‘‘(dd) The income of the in9 dividual is not greater than 200

10 percent of the poverty line.

11 ‘‘(III) At least 1 of the following

12 applies to a minor child of the non13 custodial parent or the recipient:

14 ‘‘(aa) The minor child of the

15 recipient or the recipient meets

16 the requirements of subclause

17 (IV).

18 ‘‘(bb) The minor child is eli19 gible for, or is receiving, benefits

20 under the program funded under

21 this part.

22 ‘‘(cc) The minor child re23 ceived benefits under the pro24 gram funded under this part in

25 the 12-month period preceding
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1 the date of the determination but

2 no longer receives such benefits.

3 ‘‘(dd) The minor child is eli4 gible for, or is receiving, assist5 ance under the Food Stamp Act

6 of 1977, benefits under the sup7 plemental security income pro8 gram under title XVI of this Act,

9 medical assistance under title

10 XIX of this Act, or child health

11 assistance under title XXI of this

12 Act.

13 Notwithstanding this subclause, not

14 more than 10 percent of the funds

15 provided for projects under this clause

16 may be used for the benefit of recipi17 ents or noncustodial parents who do

18 not meet the requirements of this sub19 clause.’’.

20 (c) INCREASE IN IN-KIND DONATIONS.—Section

21 403(a)(5)(A)(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.

22 603(a)(5)(A)(i)) is amended by adding at the end the fol23 lowing flush sentence:

24 ‘‘For purposes of determining expenditures by

25 the State under this clause, in kind donations
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1 may be included in an amount not to exceed

2 75 percent of the total amount of expendi3 tures.’’.

4 (d) ADDITIONAL USE OF FUNDS.—Section

5 403(a)(5)(C)(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.

6 603(a)(5)(C)(i)) is amended by inserting after subclause

7 (VI) the following:

8 ‘‘(VII) Programs to increase par9 enting skills of low income parents eli10 gible for assistance under the program

11 funded under this part, to encourage

12 the formation and maintenance of

13 married two-parent families, and to

14 promote responsible fatherhood.’’.

15 (e) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section

16 404(k)(1)(C)(iii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.

17 604(k)(1)(C)(iii)) is amended by striking ‘‘(ii)(II)’’ and in18 serting ‘‘(ii)(III)’’.

19 SEC. 202. DISTRIBUTION AND TREATMENT OF CHILD SUP20 PORT COLLECTED BY THE STATE.

21 (a) STATE OPTION TO PASS PORTION OF CHILD

22 SUPPORT COLLECTED DIRECTLY TO THE FAMILY.—

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 457 of the Social

24 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 657) is amended—
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1 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(e) and

2 (f)’’ and inserting ‘‘(e), (f), and (g)’’; and

3 (B) by adding at the end the following:

4 ‘‘(g) STATE OPTION TO PASS THROUGH PORTION OF

5 SUPPORT COLLECTED TO THE FAMILY.—

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—At State option, subject to

7 paragraph (2), and subsections (a)(4), (b), (d), (e),

8 and (f), this section shall not apply to up to the first

9 $75 of any monthly amount collected on behalf of a

10 family as support by the State and any amount so

11 collected shall be distributed to the family.

12 ‘‘(2) INCOME PROTECTION REQUIREMENT.—A

13 State may not elect the option described in para14 graph (1) unless the State ensures that any amount

15 distributed to a family in accordance with that para16 graph is not included in the income of the family for

17 purposes of determining the eligibility of the family

18 for, or the amount of, assistance under the State

19 program funded under part A until the family has

20 actually received the amount.

21 ‘‘(3) OPTION TO PASS THROUGH AMOUNTS COL22 LECTED PURSUANT TO A CONTINUED ASSIGN23 MENT.—At State option, any amount collected pur24 suant to an assignment continued under subsection
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1 (b) may be distributed to the family in accordance

2 with paragraph (1).

3 ‘‘(4) RELEASE OF OBLIGATION TO PAY FED4 ERAL SHARE.—If a State that elects the option de5 scribed in paragraph (1) also elects to disregard

6 under section 408(a)(12)(B) the total amount annu7 ally collected and distributed to all families in ac8 cordance with paragraph (1) for purposes of deter9 mining the amount of assistance for such families

10 under the State program funded under part A, the

11 State is released from—

12 ‘‘(A) calculating the Federal share of the

13 amounts so distributed and disregarded; and

14 ‘‘(B) paying such share to the Federal

15 Government.’’.

16 (2) AUTHORITY TO CLAIM PASSED THROUGH

17 AMOUNT FOR PURPOSES OF TANF MAINTENANCE

18 OF EFFORT REQUIREMENTS.—Section

19 409(a)(7)(B)(i)(I)(aa) of the Social Security Act (42

20 U.S.C. 609(a)(7)(B)(i)(I)(aa)) is amended by insert21 ing ‘‘, and, in the case of a State that elects under

22 section 457(g) to distribute up to the first $75 of

23 any monthly amount so collected directly to the fam24 ily, a percentage of any amount so distributed (and

25 disregarded under section 408(a)(12) in determining
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1 the eligibility of the family for, or the amount of,

2 such assistance) equal to 100 percent minus the

3 Federal medical assistance percentage (as defined in

4 section 1905(b)) for such State for the fiscal year’’

5 before the period.

6 (b) STATE OPTION TO DISREGARD CHILD SUPPORT

7 COLLECTED FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING ELIGI8 BILITY FOR, OR AMOUNT OF, TANF ASSISTANCE.—Sec9 tion 408(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 608(a))

10 is amended by adding at the end the following:

11 ‘‘(12) STATE OPTION TO DISREGARD CHILD

12 SUPPORT IN DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR, OR

13 AMOUNT OF, ASSISTANCE.—

14 ‘‘(A) OPTION TO DISREGARD CHILD SUP15 PORT FOR PURPOSES OF DETERMINING ELIGI16 BILITY.—A State to which a grant is made

17 under section 403 may disregard any part of

18 any amount received by a family as a result of

19 a child support obligation in determining the

20 family’s income for purposes of determining the

21 family’s eligibility for assistance under the

22 State program funded under this part.

23 ‘‘(B) OPTION TO DISREGARD CHILD SUP24 PORT IN DETERMINING AMOUNT OF ASSIST25 ANCE.—A State to which a grant is made under
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1 section 403 may disregard any part of any

2 amount received by a family as a result of a

3 child support obligation in determining the

4 amount of assistance that the State will provide

5 to the family under the State program funded

6 under this part.’’.

7 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 457(f) of

8 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 657(f)) is amended by

9 striking ‘‘Notwithstanding’’ and inserting ‘‘AMOUNTS

10 COLLECTED ON BEHALF OF CHILDREN IN FOSTER

11 CARE.—Notwithstanding’’.

12 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

13 this section take effect on October 1, 1999.

14 SEC. 203. USE OF CERTAIN FEDERAL SHARE AMOUNTS TO

15 PROVIDE FATHERHOOD PROGRAMS.

16 (a) RELEASE OF OBLIGATION TO PAY FEDERAL

17 SHARE ON AMOUNTS USED FOR FATHERHOOD PRO18 GRAMS.—Section 457 of the Social Security Act (42

19 U.S.C. 657), as amended by section 202(a), is amended—

20 (1) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘(f) and (g)’’

21 and inserting ‘‘(f), (g), and (h)’’; and

22 (2) by adding at the end the following:

23 ‘‘(h) OPTION TO USE AMOUNTS COLLECTED FOR

24 FATHERHOOD PROGRAMS.—
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1 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—At State option, subject to

2 paragraph (2), paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of sub3 section (a), and subsections (b), (d), (e), and (f),

4 this section shall not apply to any amounts collected

5 by a State as child support and retained by the

6 State to provide services described in paragraph (3).

7 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENT TO MAKE ELECTION

8 UNDER SUBSECTION (g).—This subsection shall only

9 apply to a State which has made an election under

10 subsection (g)(1) with respect to the first $75 of any

11 monthly amount collected on behalf of a family as

12 support by the State and elects to disregard under

13 section 408(a)(12)(B) the total amount distributed

14 for purposes of determining the amount of assist15 ance for such families under the State program

16 funded under part A.

17 ‘‘(3) FATHERHOOD SERVICE.—A service is de18 scribed in this paragraph if it is a service that en19 courages the appropriate involvement of both par20 ents in the life of any child of the parents, with a

21 priority for programs that specifically address the

22 issue of responsible fatherhood for low income non23 custodial fathers.

24 ‘‘(4) RELEASE OF OBLIGATION TO PAY FED25 ERAL SHARE.—If a State provides services described
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1 in paragraph (3) using amounts described in para2 graph (1), the State is released from—

3 ‘‘(A) calculating the Federal share of the

4 lesser of—

5 ‘‘(i) the State expenditures for the fis6 cal year for such services; or

7 ‘‘(ii) the amount collected on behalf of

8 each family as support by the State for the

9 fiscal year but only to the extent that such

10 Federal share does not exceed an amount

11 equal to the first $50 of each monthly

12 amount (determined, at the option of the

13 State, in the aggregate or on a case-by14 case basis); and

15 ‘‘(B) paying such share to the Federal

16 Government.’’.

17 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

18 this section take effect on October 1, 1999.

19 SEC. 204. TANF BONUS TO REWARD HIGH PERFORMANCE

20 STATES.

21 Section 403(a)(4)(C) of the Social Security Act (42

22 U.S.C. 603(a)(4)(C)) is amended by adding at the end the

23 following: ‘‘The formula shall provide for the awarding of

24 grants under this paragraph based on a State’s effort to
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1 encourage the formation and maintenance of two-parent

2 families.’’.

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