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Calendar No. 470 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3525 

To amend subpart 2 of part B of title IV of the Social Security Act to 

improve outcomes for children in families affected by methamphetamine 

abuse and addiction, to reauthorize the promoting safe and stable families 

program, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JUNE 15, 2006 

Mr. GRASSLEY, from the Committee on Finance, reported the following 

original bill; which was read twice and placed on the calendar 

A BILL 

To amend subpart 2 of part B of title IV of the Social 

Security Act to improve outcomes for children in families 

affected by methamphetamine abuse and addiction, to 

reauthorize the promoting safe and stable families program, 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, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

4 (a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 

5 ‘‘Improving Outcomes for Children Affected by Meth Act 

6 of 2006’’. 


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1 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 

2 this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 

Sec. 2. Grants for regional partnerships to increase the well-being of, and improve the permanency outcomes for, children affected by methamphetamine abuse and addiction. 

Sec. 3. Reauthorization of the promoting safe and stable families program. 

Sec. 4. Reauthorization and expansion of mentoring children of prisoners program. 

Sec. 5. Allotments and grants to Indian tribes. 

Sec. 6. Additional State plan amendments. 

Sec. 7. Effective date. 

3 SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS TO IN4 CREASE THE WELL-BEING OF, AND IMPROVE 

5 THE PERMANENCY OUTCOMES FOR, CHIL6 DREN AFFECTED BY METHAMPHETAMINE 

7 ABUSE AND ADDICTION. 

8 (a) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—Section 436(b) of the 

9 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 629f(b)) is amended by 

10 adding at the end the following new paragraph: 

11 ‘‘(4) IMPROVED OUTCOMES FOR CHILDREN AF12 FECTED BY METHAMPHETAMINE ABUSE AND ADDIC13 TION.—With respect to each of fiscal years 2007 

14 through 2011, if the amount appropriated to carry 

15 out this subpart for any such fiscal year is at least 

16 $345,000,000, the Secretary shall reserve 

17 $40,000,000 of the amount appropriated for that 

18 fiscal year for grants under section 440.’’. 

19 (b) REGIONAL PARTNERSHIP GRANTS.—Subpart 2 

20 of part B of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 


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1 629 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following 

2 new section: 

3 ‘‘SEC. 440. GRANTS FOR REGIONAL PARTNERSHIPS TO IN4 CREASE THE WELL-BEING OF, AND IMPROVE 

5 THE PERMANENCY OUTCOMES FOR, CHIL6 DREN AFFECTED BY METHAMPHETAMINE 

7 ABUSE AND ADDICTION. 

8 ‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to au9 thorize the Secretary to make competitive grants to eligi10 ble applicants to provide, through interagency collabora11 tion and integration of programs and services, services and 

12 activities that are designed to increase the well-being of, 

13 and improve permanency outcomes for, children who are 

14 in an out-of-home placement or are at risk of being placed 

15 in an out-of-home placement as a result of a parent’s or 

16 caretaker’s abuse of methamphetamines. 

17 ‘‘(b) ELIGIBLE APPLICANTS DEFINED.—In this sec18 tion, the term ‘eligible applicant’ means a regional part19 nership (which may be established on an interstate or 

20 intrastate basis) and that shall include any one or more 

21 of the following: 

22 ‘‘(1) Nonprofit child welfare service providers. 

23 ‘‘(2) For-profit child welfare service providers. 

24 ‘‘(3) Community health service providers. 

25 ‘‘(4) Community mental health providers. 


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1 ‘‘(5) Local law enforcement agencies. 

2 ‘‘(6) Judges and court personnel. 

3 ‘‘(7) Juvenile justice officials. 

4 ‘‘(8) School personnel. 

5 ‘‘(9) The State child welfare agency that is re6 sponsible for the administration of the State plan 

7 under this part and part E. 

8 ‘‘(10) The State agency responsible for admin9 istering the substance abuse prevention and treat10 ment block grant provided under subpart II of part 

11 B of title XIX of the Public Health Service Act. 

12 ‘‘(11) Tribal child welfare agencies (or a con13 sortium of such agencies). 

14 ‘‘(12) Any other providers, agencies, personnel, 

15 officials, or entities that are related to the provision 

16 of child and family services under this subpart. 

17 ‘‘(c) PROGRAM AUTHORIZED.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From the amounts (if any) 

19 reserved for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011 

20 under section 436(b)(4), the Secretary shall award 

21 grants under this section for each such fiscal year 

22 to eligible applicants that satisfy the requirements of 

23 this section, in amounts that are not less than 

24 $500,000 and not more than $1,000,000 per grant 

25 per fiscal year. 


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1 ‘‘(2) REQUIRED MINIMUM PERIOD OF AP2 PROVAL.—An eligible applicant shall be approved to 

3 receive a grant under this section for a period of not 

4 less than 2, and not more than 5, fiscal years. 

5 ‘‘(d) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—To be eligible 

6 for a grant under this section, an eligible applicant shall 

7 submit to the Secretary a written application containing 

8 the following: 

9 ‘‘(1) Recent evidence that methamphetamine 

10 abuse has increased the number of out-of-home 

11 placements for children, or the number of children 

12 who are at risk of being placed in an out-of-home 

13 placement, in the partnership region. 

14 ‘‘(2) A description of the goals and outcomes to 

15 be achieved during the funding period for the grant 

16 that will enhance the well-being of children receiving 

17 services or taking part in activities conducted with 

18 funds provided under the grant and lead to safety 

19 and permanence for such children. 

20 ‘‘(3) A description of the joint activities to be 

21 funded in whole or in part with the funds provided 

22 under the grant, including the sequencing of the ac23 tivities proposed to be conducted under the funding 

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1 ‘‘(4) A description of the strategies for inte2 grating programs and services determined to be ap3 propriate for the child and where appropriate, the 

4 child’s family. 

5 ‘‘(5) A description of the strategies for— 

6 ‘‘(A) collaborating with the State agency 

7 responsible for the administration of this part 

8 and part E (unless the lead agency for the re9 gional partnership of the eligible applicant is 

10 such agency); and 

11 ‘‘(B) consulting, as appropriate, with the 

12 State agency responsible for administering sub13 stance abuse treatment and prevention services, 

14 and the State law enforcement and judicial 

15 agencies. 

16 To the extent the Secretary determines that a re17 quirement of this paragraph would be inappropriate 

18 to apply to an eligible applicant that includes a trib19 al child welfare agency or a consortium of such 

20 agencies, the Secretary may exempt the eligible ap21 plicant from satisfying such requirement. 

22 ‘‘(6) Such other information as the Secretary 

23 may require. 

24 ‘‘(e) USE OF FUNDS.—Funds made available under 

25 a grant made under this section shall only be used for 


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1 services or activities that are consistent with the purpose 

2 of this section and may include the following: 

3 ‘‘(1) Family-based comprehensive long-term 

4 drug treatment services. 

5 ‘‘(2) Early intervention and preventative serv6 ices. 

7 ‘‘(3) Children and family counseling. 

8 ‘‘(4) Mental health services. 

9 ‘‘(5) Parenting skills training. 

10 ‘‘(f) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.— 

11 ‘‘(1) FEDERAL SHARE.—A grant awarded 

12 under this section shall be available to pay a per13 centage share of the costs of services provided or ac14 tivities conducted under such grant, not to exceed— 

15 ‘‘(A) 85 percent for the first and second 

16 fiscal years for which the grant is awarded to 

17 an eligible applicant; 

18 ‘‘(B) 80 percent for the third and fourth 

19 such fiscal years; and 

20 ‘‘(C) 75 percent for the fifth such fiscal 

21 year. 

22 ‘‘(2) NON-FEDERAL SHARE.—The non-Federal 

23 share of the cost of services provided or activities 

24 conducted under a grant awarded under this section 

25 may be in cash or in kind. In determining the 


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1 amount of the non-Federal share, the Secretary may 

2 attribute fair market value to goods, services, and 

3 facilities contributed from non-Federal sources. 

4 ‘‘(g) CONSIDERATIONS IN AWARDING AND AMOUNT

5 OF GRANTS.—In awarding grants under this section and 

6 determining the amount of such grants, the Secretary 

7 shall— 

8 ‘‘(1) consider the demonstrated need of an eligi9 ble applicant for assistance; 

10 ‘‘(2) ensure that grants are awarded to a di11 verse number of the eligible applicants described in 

12 subsection (b); and 

13 ‘‘(3) give priority to awarding grants to eligible 

14 applicants located in rural areas that— 

15 ‘‘(A) have been significantly affected by 

16 methamphetamine abuse and addiction by par17 ents or caretakers; 

18 ‘‘(B) have limited resources for addressing 

19 the needs of children affected by such abuse 

20 and addiction; and 

21 ‘‘(C) have a lack of capacity for access to 

22 comprehensive family treatment services. 

23 ‘‘(h) PERFORMANCE INDICATORS.—Not later than 18 

24 months after the date of enactment of this section, the 

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1 sess periodically the performance of the eligible applicants 

2 awarded grants under this section in using funds made 

3 available under such grants to achieve the purpose of this 

4 section. In establishing such indicators, the Secretary shall 

5 consult with the Assistant Secretary for the Administra6 tion for Children and Families, the Administrator of the 

7 Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administra8 tion, the chief executive officers of the States or territories 

9 in which eligible applicants awarded a grant under this 

10 section are located, legislators of such States and terri11 tories, State and local public officials responsible for ad12 ministering child welfare and alcohol and drug abuse pre13 vention and treatment programs in such States and terri14 tories, court staff in such States and territories, con15 sumers of the services or activities in such States and ter16 ritories, advocates for children, parents, and caretakers 

17 who come to the attention of the child welfare system, and 

18 tribal officials of tribal child welfare agencies (or a consor19 tium of such agencies) awarded a grant under this section. 

20 ‘‘(i) REPORTS.— 

21 ‘‘(1) GRANTEE REPORTS.— 

22 ‘‘(A) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 

23 September 30 of the first fiscal year in which 

24 an eligible applicant receives funds under a 

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1 thereafter until September 30 of the last fiscal 

2 year in which an eligible applicant receives 

3 funds under a grant awarded under this sec4 tion, the eligible applicant shall submit to the 

5 Secretary a report on the activities carried out 

6 during that fiscal year with such funds. The re7 port shall contain such information as the Sec8 retary determines is necessary to provide an ac9 curate description of the activities conducted 

10 with such funds and of any changes in the use 

11 of such funds that are planned for the suc12 ceeding fiscal year. 

13 ‘‘(B) INCORPORATION OF INFORMATION

14 RELATED TO PERFORMANCE INDICATORS.—Not 

15 later than 12 months after the establishment of 

16 performance indicators under subsection (h), 

17 each eligible applicant awarded a grant under 

18 this section shall incorporate into the annual re19 port required under subparagraph (A) informa20 tion required in relation to such indicators. 

21 ‘‘(2) REPORTS TO CONGRESS.—On the basis of 

22 the reports submitted under paragraph (1), the Sec23 retary annually shall submit to the Committee on 

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1 and the Committee on Finance of the Senate a re2 port on— 

3 ‘‘(A) the services provided and activities 

4 conducted with funds provided under grants 

5 awarded under this section; 

6 ‘‘(B) the performance indicators estab7 lished under subsection (h); and 

8 ‘‘(C) the progress that has been made in 

9 addressing the needs of families with meth10 amphetamine abuse problems who come to the 

11 attention of the child welfare system and in 

12 achieving the goals of child safety, permanence, 

13 and family stability.’’. 

14 SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE PROMOTING SAFE AND 

15 STABLE FAMILIES PROGRAM. 

16 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 436(a) of the Social Secu17 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 629f(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘for 

18 fiscal year 2006.’’ and all that follows through the end 

19 of the second sentence and inserting ‘‘for each of fiscal 

20 years 2007 through 2011.’’. 

21 (b) DISCRETIONARY GRANTS.—Section 437(a) of the 

22 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 629g(a)) is amended by 

23 striking ‘‘2002 through 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘2007 

24 through 2011’’. 


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1 (c) STATE COURTS ASSESSMENT AND IMPROVEMENT

2 GRANTS.—Subsections (c)(1)(A) and (d) of section 438 

3 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 629h) are each 

4 amended by striking ‘‘2002 through 2006’’ and inserting 

5 ‘‘2007 through 2011’’. 

6 (d) TECHNICAL CORRECTION OF FUNDING FOR FIS7 CAL YEAR 2006.—Effective February 8, 2006, title II of 

8 the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, 

9 and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 

10 2006 (Public Law 109–149, 119 Stat. 2833) is amended 

11 under the heading relating to ‘‘PROMOTING SAFE AND STA12 BLE FAMILIES’’ under the heading ‘‘ADMINISTRATION FOR

13 CHILDREN AND FAMILIES’’, by striking ‘‘$305,000,000’’ 

14 and inserting ‘‘$345,000,000’’. 

15 SEC. 4. REAUTHORIZATION AND EXPANSION OF MEN16 TORING CHILDREN OF PRISONERS PRO17 GRAM. 

18 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 439 of the Social Security 

19 Act (42 U.S.C. 629i) is amended— 

20 (1) in the section heading, by striking 

21 ‘‘GRANTS’’ and inserting ‘‘FUNDING’’; 

22 (2) in subsection (a)— 

23 (A) in the subsection heading, by striking 

24 ‘‘PURPOSE’’ and inserting ‘‘PURPOSES’’; and 

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1 (i) in the paragraph heading, by strik2 ing ‘‘PURPOSE’’ and inserting ‘‘PUR3 POSES’’; 

4 (ii) by striking ‘‘The purpose of this 

5 section is to authorize the Secretary to 

6 make competitive’’ and inserting ‘‘The pur7 poses of this section are to authorize the 

8 Secretary— 

9 ‘‘(A) to make competitive’’; 

10 (iii) by striking the period at the end 

11 and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

12 (iv) by adding at the end the following 

13 new subparagraph: 

14 ‘‘(B) to enter into a cooperative agreement 

15 with a national mentoring support organization 

16 to provide greater flexibility nationwide to in17 crease the number of children of prisoners re18 ceiving mentoring services.’’; 

19 (3) in subsection (c)— 

20 (A) by striking ‘‘2002 through 2006’’ and 

21 inserting ‘‘2007 through 2011’’; 

22 (B) by striking ‘‘(h)’’ and inserting ‘‘(i)’’; 

23 and 

24 (C) by striking ‘‘(h)(2)’’ and inserting 

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1 (4) by redesignating subsections (g) and (h) as 

2 subsections (h) and (i), respectively; 

3 (5) by inserting after subsection (f), the fol4 lowing new subsection: 

5 ‘‘(g) INCREASED ACCESS TO MENTORING SERV6 ICES.— 

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall award, 

8 on a competitive basis, a cooperative agreement with 

9 an eligible entity (as specified in paragraph (2)) for 

10 the purposes of— 

11 ‘‘(A) identifying and approving mentoring 

12 programs in all 50 States and the District of 

13 Columbia that meet certain quality program 

14 standards; 

15 ‘‘(B) organizing outreach activities, includ16 ing making publicly available a list of such ap17 proved programs, to appropriate public and pri18 vate entities described in subsection (d)(2) to 

19 increase awareness of the availability of vouch20 ers for mentoring services among families of 

21 children of prisoners; and 

22 ‘‘(C) distributing vouchers directly to such 

23 approved programs that have been selected by 

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1 ‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—For purposes of para2 graph (1), an entity eligible for a cooperative agree3 ment under this subsection shall be a national men4 toring support organization that has substantial ex5 perience— 

6 ‘‘(A) in mentoring and mentoring services 

7 for children; and 

8 ‘‘(B) in developing quality program stand9 ards for the planning and assessment of men10 toring programs for children. 

11 ‘‘(3) APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.—To be eli12 gible for a cooperative agreement under this sub13 section, an entity shall submit to the Secretary an 

14 application that includes the following: 

15 ‘‘(A) QUALIFICATIONS.—A demonstration 

16 that the entity meets the experience require17 ments of paragraph (2). 

18 ‘‘(B) PLAN DESCRIPTION.—A detailed de19 scription of the proposed voucher distribution 

20 program, which shall— 

21 ‘‘(i) include the quality program 

22 standards for mentoring developed by the 

23 entity; 

24 ‘‘(ii) describe how the entity will orga25 nize and implement such quality program 


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1 standards and distribution program, in2 cluding how the entity plans to ensure 

3 that— 

4 ‘‘(I) children in urban and rural 

5 communities and children with other 

6 geographic, linguistic, or cultural bar7 riers to receipt of mentoring services 

8 will have access to such services; and 

9 ‘‘(II) if the entity usually pro10 vides gender-specific programs or 

11 services, both girls and boys will be 

12 appropriately served by the program; 

13 ‘‘(iii) identify those organizations 

14 known by the entity to comply with such 

15 quality program standards; 

16 ‘‘(iv) describe the strategic plan of the 

17 entity to work with families of prisoners to 

18 develop the list of mentoring programs 

19 that accept vouchers distributed under the 

20 program for mentoring services; and 

21 ‘‘(v) describe the methods to be used 

22 by the entity to evaluate the program and 

23 the extent to which the program is achiev24 ing the purposes described in paragraph 

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1 ‘‘(C) CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS.— 

2 An agreement to include in any quality program 

3 standards for approved mentoring programs the 

4 requirement for criminal background checks for 

5 mentors. 

6 ‘‘(D) RECORDS, REPORTS, AND AUDITS.— 

7 An agreement to maintain such records, make 

8 such reports, and cooperate with such reviews 

9 and audits as the Secretary may find necessary 

10 for purposes of oversight of the cooperative 

11 agreement and expenditures. 

12 ‘‘(E) EVALUATION.—A commitment to co13 operate fully with the Secretary’s ongoing and 

14 final evaluation of the voucher distribution pro15 gram, including providing the Secretary with 

16 access to the program and program-related 

17 records and documents, staff, and the men18 toring programs to which vouchers were distrib19 uted. 

20 ‘‘(F) OTHER.—Such other information as 

21 the Secretary may find necessary to dem22 onstrate the entity’s capacity to carry out the 

23 cooperative agreement under this subsection. 

24 ‘‘(4) FEDERAL ASSISTANCE ELIGIBILITY.—The 

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1 disregarded for purposes of determining the eligi2 bility for, or the amount of, any other Federal or 

3 Federally supported assistance for the recipient fam4 ily.’’; 

5 (6) by amending subsection (h) (as redesignated 

6 by paragraph (4)) to read as follows: 

7 ‘‘(h) EVALUATION; REPORTS.— 

8 ‘‘(1) EVALUATION.—The Secretary shall con9 duct an evaluation of the programs authorized under 

10 this section, including the program for increasing ac11 cess to mentoring services authorized under sub12 section (g). 

13 ‘‘(2) REPORTS.—Not later than 12 months 

14 after the date of enactment of the Improving Out15 comes for Children Affected by Meth Act of 2006, 

16 the Secretary shall submit a report to Congress that 

17 includes the following: 

18 ‘‘(A) The characteristics of the mentoring 

19 programs funded under this section. 

20 ‘‘(B) The plans for implementation of the 

21 cooperative agreement for the program author22 ized under subsection (g). 

23 ‘‘(C) A description of the outcome-based 

24 evaluation of the programs authorized under 

25 this section that the Secretary is conducting as 


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1 of such date of enactment and how such evalua2 tion has been expanded to include an evaluation 

3 of the program authorized under subsection (g). 

4 ‘‘(D) The date on which the Secretary 

5 shall submit a final report on such evaluation to 

6 Congress.’’; and 

7 (7) in subsection (i) (as so redesignated)— 

8 (A) by striking ‘‘2002 and 2003,’’ and all 

9 that follows through the period and inserting 

10 ‘‘2007 through 2011.’’; and 

11 (B) in paragraph (2)— 

12 (i) by amending the paragraph head13 ing to read as follows: ‘‘RESERVATIONS’’; 

14 (ii) by striking ‘‘The’’ and inserting 

15 the following: 

16 ‘‘(A) RESEARCH, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, 

17 AND EVALUATION.—The’’; and 

18 (iii) by adding at the end the fol19 lowing new subparagraph: 

20 ‘‘(B) INCREASED ACCESS TO MENTORING

21 SERVICES.— 

22 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clauses 

23 (ii) and (iii), the Secretary shall reserve 

24 not more than 50 percent of the amount 

25 appropriated for each fiscal year under 


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1 paragraph (1) for purposes of carrying out 

2 the program for increasing access to men3 toring services authorized under subsection 

4 (g). 

5 ‘‘(ii) ASSURANCE OF FUNDING FOR

6 GENERAL PROGRAM GRANTS.—With re7 spect to each fiscal year for which amounts 

8 are appropriated to carry out this section, 

9 not less than $25,000,000 of such amounts 

10 (or, if the amount appropriated for a fiscal 

11 year is less than that amount, the amount 

12 appropriated for that fiscal year that re13 mains after applying subparagraph (A)) 

14 shall be used by the Secretary for purposes 

15 of making grants under subsection (c). 

16 ‘‘(iii) CONTINGENT PERCENTAGE RE17 DUCTION.—If the amount appropriated for 

18 a fiscal year is not sufficient for the Sec19 retary to satisfy the requirements of 

20 clauses (i) and (ii), the Secretary shall re21 duce the percentage described in clause (i) 

22 by such number of percentage points as is 

23 necessary for the Secretary to satisfy the 

24 requirement of clause (ii).’’. 


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1 (b) GAO EVALUATION AND REPORT.—Not later than 

2 3 years after the date of enactment of this Act, the Comp3 troller General of the United States shall submit to Con4 gress a report evaluating the implementation and effec5 tiveness of the program for increasing access to mentoring 

6 services authorized under subsection (g) of section 439 of 

7 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 629i) (as added by the 

8 amendments made by subsection (a)). 

9 SEC. 5. ALLOTMENTS AND GRANTS TO INDIAN TRIBES. 

10 (a) INCREASED RESERVED FUNDING.— 

11 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 436(b)(3) of the So12 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 629f(b)(3)) is amended 

13 by striking ‘‘1’’ and inserting ‘‘3’’. 

14 (2) DISCRETIONARY GRANTS.—Section 

15 437(b)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

16 629g(b)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘2’’ and insert17 ing ‘‘3’’. 

18 (b) AUTHORITY FOR TRIBAL CONSORTIA TO RE19 CEIVE ALLOTMENTS.— 

20 (1) ALLOTMENT OF MANDATORY FUNDS.— 

21 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 433(a) of the 

22 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 629c(a)) is 

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1 (i) in the subsection heading, by in2 serting ‘‘OR TRIBAL CONSORTIA’’ after 

3 ‘‘TRIBES’’; and 

4 (ii) by adding at the end the following 

5 new sentence: ‘‘If a consortium of Indian 

6 tribes submits a plan approved under this 

7 subpart, the Secretary shall allot to the 

8 consortium an amount equal to the sum of 

9 the allotments determined for each Indian 

10 tribe that is part of the consortium.’’. 

11 (B) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

12 436(b)(3) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 629f(b)(3)), 

13 as amended by subsection (a)(1), is amended— 

14 (i) in the paragraph heading, by in15 serting ‘‘OR TRIBAL CONSORTIA’’ after 

16 ‘‘TRIBES’’; and 

17 (ii) by inserting ‘‘or tribal consortia’’ 

18 after ‘‘Indian tribes’’. 

19 (2) ALLOTMENT OF ANY DISCRETIONARY

20 FUNDS.—Section 437 of the Social Security Act (42 

21 U.S.C. 629g) is amended— 

22 (A) in subsection (b)(3)— 

23 (i) in the paragraph heading, by in24 serting ‘‘OR TRIBAL CONSORTIA’’ after 

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1 (ii) by inserting ‘‘or tribal consortia’’ 

2 after ‘‘Indian tribes’’; and 

3 (B) in subsection (c)(1)— 

4 (i) in the paragraph heading, by in5 serting ‘‘OR TRIBAL CONSORTIA’’ after 

6 ‘‘TRIBES’’; and 

7 (ii) by adding at the end the following 

8 new sentence: ‘‘If a consortium of Indian 

9 tribes applies and is approved for a grant 

10 under this section, the Secretary shall allot 

11 to the consortium an amount equal to the 

12 sum of the allotments determined for each 

13 Indian tribe that is part of the consor14 tium.’’. 

15 (3) ADDITIONAL CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

16 (A) PLANS OF INDIAN TRIBES.—Section 

17 432(b)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

18 629b(b)(2)) is amended— 

19 (i) in the paragraph heading, by in20 serting ‘‘OR TRIBAL CONSORTIA’’ after 

21 ‘‘TRIBES’’; and 

22 (ii) in subparagraphs (A) and (B), by 

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1 (B) DIRECT PAYMENTS TO TRIBAL ORGA2 NIZATIONS.—Section 434(c) of such Act (42 

3 U.S.C. 629d(c)) is amended— 

4 (i) in the subsection heading, by in5 serting ‘‘OR TRIBAL CONSORTIA’’ after 

6 ‘‘TRIBES’’; and 

7 (ii) by inserting ‘‘or tribal consor8 tium’’ after ‘‘Indian tribe’’; and 

9 (iii) by inserting ‘‘(or in the case of a 

10 payment to a tribal consortium, such tribal 

11 organizations of the Indian tribes that are 

12 part of the consortium as the consortium 

13 shall designate)’’ before the period. 

14 (C) EVALUATIONS; RESEARCH; TECHNICAL

15 ASSISTANCE.—Section 435(d) of such Act (42 

16 U.S.C. 629e(d)) is amended in the matter pre17 ceding paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘or tribal 

18 consortia’’ after ‘‘Indian tribes’’. 

19 SEC. 6. ADDITIONAL STATE PLAN AMENDMENTS. 

20 (a) ADDITIONAL MONITORING AND EVALUATION OF

21 FAMILIES ADOPTING OR FOSTERING SIGNIFICANT NUM22 BERS OF CHILDREN.— 

23 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 432(a)(5) of the So24 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 629b(a)(5)) is amend25 ed— 


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1 (A) in subparagraph (A)(iii), by striking 

2 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; and 

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

4 subparagraphs: 

5 ‘‘(C) establish procedures to provide for 

6 the additional evaluation of any family that pro7 poses to provide foster care for more than 4 

8 children or more than 1 group of siblings (or 

9 more than such number of children and groups 

10 of siblings as the State, upon demonstration of 

11 good cause and approval by the Secretary, may 

12 establish), prior to permitting the family to pro13 vide foster care to such children or siblings, and 

14 to provide for ongoing monitoring of the family 

15 (prior to and during the provision of such foster 

16 care), to fully assess whether the family has the 

17 ability to care for such children or siblings; and 

18 ‘‘(D) establish procedures to provide for 

19 the additional evaluation of any family that pro20 poses to adopt more than 4 children or more 

21 than 1 group of siblings (or more than such 

22 number of children and groups of siblings as 

23 the State, upon demonstration of good cause 

24 and approval by the Secretary, may establish), 

25 prior to permitting the family to adopt such 


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1 children or siblings, and to provide pre-adoption 

2 monitoring of the family, to fully assess wheth3 er the family has the ability to care for such 

4 children or siblings before permitting such 

5 adoption;’’. 

6 (2) DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION AND APPROVAL

7 OR MODIFICATION OF IMPLEMENTATION PLAN.— 

8 (A) STATE SUBMISSIONS.—Not later than 

9 18 months after the date of enactment of this 

10 Act, each State with a plan approved under 

11 subpart 2 of part B of title IV of the Social Se12 curity Act, as a condition of continued approval 

13 of such plan, shall submit to the Secretary of 

14 Health and Human Services a plan for the im15 plementation of the procedures required under 

16 subparagraphs (C) and (D) of section 432(a)(5) 

17 of the Social Security Act, as added by para18 graph (1). 

19 (B) APPROVAL OR MODIFICATION.—Not 

20 later than 60 days after the date on which a 

21 State submits the implementation plan required 

22 under subparagraph (A) to the Secretary of 

23 Health and Human Services, the Secretary 

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1 additions or modifications to such plan that are 

2 required before it can be approved. 

3 (b) ANNUAL BUDGET REQUESTS, SUMMARIES, AND

4 EXPENDITURE REPORTS.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 432(a)(8) of the So6 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 629b(a)(8)) is amend7 ed— 

8 (A) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(8)’’; 

9 (B) by striking ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon; 

10 and 

11 (C) by adding at the end the following new 

12 subparagraph: 

13 ‘‘(B) provides that, not later than June 30 of 

14 each year, the State agency will submit to the Sec15 retary— 

16 ‘‘(i) copies of forms CFS 101-Part I and 

17 CFS 101-Part II (or any successor forms) that 

18 report on planned child and family services ex19 penditures by the agency for the immediately 

20 succeeding fiscal year; and 

21 ‘‘(ii) copies of forms CFS 101-Part I and 

22 CFS-101, Part II (or any successor forms) that 

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1 tual expenditures by the State agency for the 

2 immediately preceding fiscal year; and’’. 

3 (2) ANNUAL SUBMISSION OF STATE REPORTS

4 TO CONGRESS.—Section 432 of the Social Security 

5 Act (42 U.S.C. 629b) is amended by adding at the 

6 end the following new subsection: 

7 ‘‘(c) ANNUAL SUBMISSION OF STATE REPORTS TO

8 CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall compile the reports re9 quired under subsection (a)(8)(B) and, not later than Sep10 tember 30 of each year, submit such compilation to the 

11 Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Rep12 resentatives and the Committee on Finance of the Sen13 ate.’’. 

14 (3) EFFECTIVE DATE; INITIAL DEADLINES FOR

15 SUBMISSIONS.—The amendments made by this sub16 section take effect on the date of enactment of this 

17 Act. Each State with an approved plan under sub18 part 1 or 2 of part B of title IV of the Social Secu19 rity Act shall make its initial submission of the 

20 forms required under section 432(a)(8)(B) of the 

21 Social Security Act to the Secretary of Health and 

22 Human Services by June 30, 2007, and the Sec23 retary of Health and Human Services shall submit 

24 the first compilation required under section 432(c) 

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1 SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in 

3 this Act, the amendments made by this Act shall take ef4 fect on October 1, 2006, and shall apply to payments 

5 under subpart 2 of part B of title IV of the Social Security 

6 Act for calendar quarters beginning on or after such date, 

7 without regard to whether regulations to implement the 

8 amendments are promulgated by such date. 

9 (b) DELAY PERMITTED IF STATE LEGISLATION RE10 QUIRED.—If the Secretary of Health and Human Services 

11 determines that State legislation (other than legislation 

12 appropriating funds) is required in order for a State plan 

13 under subpart 2 of part B of title IV of the Social Security 

14 Act to meet the additional requirements imposed by the 

15 amendments made by a provision of this Act, the plan 

16 shall not be regarded as failing to meet any of the addi17 tional requirements before the 1st day of the 1st calendar 

18 quarter beginning after the first regular session of the 

19 State legislature that begins after the date of the enact20 ment of this Act. If the State has a 2-year legislative ses21 sion, each year of the session is deemed to be a separate 

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Calendar No. 470 

109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3525 

A BILL 

To amend subpart 2 of part B of title IV of the 

other purposes. moting safe and stable families program, and for abuse and addiction, to reauthorize the prodren in families affected by methamphetamine Social Security Act to improve outcomes for chilJUNE 15, 2006 

Read twice and placed on the calendar 


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