109TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3525

AMENDMENTS

In the House of Representatives, U. S.,

July 25, 2006.

Resolved, That the bill from the Senate (S. 3525) entitled ‘‘An Act 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’’, do pass with the following

AMENDMENTS:

Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert:

1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Child and Family Serv3 ices Improvement Act of 2006’’. 

4 SEC. 2. FINDINGS. 

5 The Congress finds as follows: 

6 (1) For Federal fiscal year 2004, child protective 

7 services (CPS) staff nationwide reported investigating 

8 or assessing an estimated 3,000,000 allegations of 

9 child maltreatment, and determined that 872,000 

10 children had been abused or neglected by their parents 

11 or other caregivers. 
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1 (2) Combined, the Child Welfare Services (CWS) 

2 and Promoting Safe and Stable Families (PSSF) 

3 programs provide States about $700,000,000 per year 

4 for services intended to ensure the safety, permanency, 

5 and well-being of children. These programs are con6 sidered the largest source of targeted Federal funding 

7 in the child protection system for prevention—that is, 

8 for services to ensure that children are not abused or 

9 neglected and, whenever possible, help children re10 main safely with their families. 

11 (3) States have broad flexibility in directing 

12 CWS dollars to protect children from abuse and ne13 glect. Under the PSSF program, States must invest 

14 significant portions of program funds in family pres15 ervation services, family support services, time-lim16 ited reunification services, and post-adoption support 

17 services. 

18 (4) However, a 2003 report by the Government 

19 Accountability Office (GAO) reported that little re20 search is available on the effectiveness of activities 

21 supported by CWS funds—evaluations of services sup22 ported by PSSF funds have generally shown little or 

23 no effect. 

24 (5) Further, the Department of Health and 

25 Human Services recently completed initial Child and 
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1 Family Service Reviews (CFSRs) in each State. No 

2 State was in full compliance with all measures of the 

3 CFSRs. The CFSRs also revealed that States need to 

4 work to prevent repeat abuse and neglect of children, 

5 improve services provided to families to reduce the 

6 risk of future harm (including by better monitoring 

7 the participation of families in services), and 

8 strengthen upfront services provided to families to 

9 prevent unnecessary family break-up and protect chil10 dren who remain at home. 

11 (6) Federal policy should ensure that States are 

12 appropriately targeting CWS and PSSF funds to as13 sist at-risk families and protect abused and neglected 

14 children to address issues found in the CFSRs. En15 couraging States to invest their CWS and PSSF 

16 funds in services that promote and protect the welfare 

17 of children, support strong, healthy families, and re18 duce the reliance on out-of-home care, will help ensure 

19 all children are raised in safe, loving families. 

20 (7) CFSRs also found a strong correlation be21 tween frequent caseworker visits with children and 

22 positive outcomes for these children, such as timely 

23 achievement of permanency and other indicators of 

24 child well-being. 
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1 (8) However, a December 2005 report by the De2 partment of Health and Human Services Office of In3 spector General found that only 20 States were able 

4 to produce reports to show whether caseworkers actu5 ally visited children in foster care on at least a 

6 monthly basis, despite the fact that nearly all States 

7 had written standards suggesting monthly visits were 

8 State policy. In fact, 7 of these 20 States indicated 

9 that fewer than half of the children in foster care were 

10 visited on a monthly basis. 

11 (9) The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 provided 

12 $40,000,000 in fiscal year 2006 for the PSSF pro13 gram which this Act ensures will be available and 

14 which the Congressional Budget Office estimates will 

15 increase mandatory budget authority by $40,000,000 

16 each year from 2006 through 2015, for a total of 

17 $400,000,000. 

18 (10) A 2003 GAO report found that the average 

19 tenure for a child welfare caseworker is less than 2 

20 years and this level of turnover negatively affects safe21 ty and permanency for children. 

22 (11) Targeting additional PSSF funds to ensure 

23 children in foster care are visited on at least a month24 ly basis will promote better outcomes for vulnerable 
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1 children, including by preventing further abuse and 

2 neglect. 

3 SEC. 3. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE SAFE AND STABLE FAM4 ILIES PROGRAM. 

5 (a) ELIMINATION OF FINDINGS.—Section 430 of the 

6 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 629) is amended by striking 

7 all through ‘‘(b) PURPOSE.—The purpose’’ and inserting 

8 the following: 

9 ‘‘SEC. 430. PURPOSE. 

10 ‘‘The purpose’’. 

11 (b) LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE COST REIM12 BURSEMENT.—Section 434 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 629d) is 

13 amended—

14 (1) in subsection (a), by inserting ‘‘, subject to 

15 subsection (d),’’ after ‘‘shall’’; and 

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

17 ‘‘(d) LIMITATION ON REIMBURSEMENT FOR ADMINIS18 TRATIVE COSTS.—The Secretary shall not make a payment 

19 to a State under this section with respect to expenditures 

20 for administrative costs during a fiscal year, to the extent 

21 that the total amount of the expenditures exceeds 10 percent 

22 of the total expenditures of the State during the fiscal year 

23 under the State plan approved under section 432.’’. 

24 (c) FUNDING OF MANDATORY GRANTS AT $345 MIL25 LION PER FISCAL YEAR.—Section 436(a) of such Act (42 
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1 U.S.C. 629f(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘for fiscal year 

2 2006.’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘for each of fiscal 

3 years 2007 through 2011.’’. 

4 (d) FUNDING OF DISCRETIONARY GRANTS.—Section 

5 437(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 629g(a)) is amended by strik6 ing ‘‘2002 through 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘2007 through 

7 2011’’. 

8 (e) INCREASE IN SET-ASIDES FOR INDIAN TRIBES.—

9 (1) MANDATORY GRANTS.—Section 436(b)(3) of 

10 such Act (42 U.S.C. 629f(b)(3)) is amended by strik11 ing ‘‘1’’ and inserting ‘‘3’’. 

12 (2) DISCRETIONARY GRANTS.—Section 437(b)(3) 

13 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 629g(b)(3)) is amended by 

14 striking ‘‘2’’ and inserting ‘‘3’’. 

15 (f) COLLECTION OF DATA ON TRIBAL PROMOTING

16 SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES PLANS.—Section 432(b)(2) of 

17 such Act (42 U.S.C. 629b(b)(2)) is amended—

18 (1) by striking subparagraph (A); and 

19 (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘Notwith20 standing subparagraph (A) of this paragraph, the’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘The’’. 

22 (g) AUTHORITY OF INTERTRIBAL CONSORTIA TO

23 APPLY FOR GRANTS.—Section 432(b)(2) of such Act (42 

24 U.S.C. 629b(b)(2)), as amended by subsection (f) of this sec25 tion, is amended—
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1 (1) by inserting before subparagraph (B) the fol2 lowing: 

3 ‘‘(A) INTERTRIBAL CONSORTIA.—This sub4 part shall not be interpreted to preclude the de5 velopment and submission of a single tribal plan 

6 under this subpart by the participating tribes of 

7 an intertribal consortium.’’; and 

8 (2) in subparagraph (B)—

9 (A) by inserting ‘‘or tribal consortium’’ 

10 after ‘‘Indian tribe’’; and 

11 (B) by inserting ‘‘and tribal consortia’’ 

12 after ‘‘Indian tribes’’. 

13 (h) TECHNICAL CORRECTION.—Section 431(a)(6) of 

14 such Act (42 U.S.C. 629a(a)(6)) is amended by striking 

15 ‘‘1986’’ and inserting ‘‘1996’’. 

16 SEC. 4. TARGETING OF INCREASED SAFE AND STABLE FAMI17 LIES PROGRAM RESOURCES TO SUPPORT 

18 MONTHLY CASEWORKER VISITS. 

19 (a) RESERVATION AND USE OF FUNDS.—

20 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 436(b) of the Social 

21 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 629f(b)) is amended by add22 ing at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(4) SUPPORT FOR MONTHLY CASEWORKER VIS24 ITS.—
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1 ‘‘(A) RESERVATION.—In the case of each of 

2 fiscal years 2006 through 2011, the Secretary 

3 shall reserve $40,000,000 for allotment in accord4 ance with section 433(e). 

5 ‘‘(B) USE OF FUNDS.—

6 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—A State to which 

7 an amount is paid from amounts reserved 

8 under subparagraph (A) shall use the 

9 amount to support monthly caseworker vis10 its with children who are in foster care 

11 under the responsibility of the State, with a 

12 primary emphasis on activities designed to 

13 improve caseworker retention, recruitment, 

14 training, and ability to access the benefits 

15 of technology. 

16 ‘‘(ii) NONSUPPLANTATION.—A State to 

17 which an amount is paid from amounts re18 served pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall 

19 not use the amount to supplant any Federal 

20 funds paid to the State under part E that 

21 could be used as described in clause (i).’’. 

22 (2) EFFECT ON AMOUNTS RESERVED FOR INDIAN

23 TRIBES.—Section 436(b)(3) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

24 629b(b)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘The’’ and insert-
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1 ing ‘‘After applying paragraph (4) (but before apply2 ing paragraphs (1) or (2)), the’’. 

3 (b) ALLOTMENT OF FUNDS.—Section 433 of such Act 

4 (42 U.S.C. 629c) is amended—

5 (1) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘subsection 

6 (a), (b), or (c) of’’ before ‘‘this section’’ the 1st and 

7 2nd places it appears; and 

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

9 ‘‘(e) SPECIAL RULES APPLICABLE TO FUNDS RE10 SERVED TO SUPPORT MONTHLY CASEWORKER VISITS.—

11 ‘‘(1) ALLOTMENTS.—

12 ‘‘(A) TERRITORIES.—From the amount re13 served pursuant to section 436(b)(4)(A) for fiscal 

14 year 2006 or any succeeding fiscal year, the Sec15 retary shall allot to each jurisdiction specified in 

16 subsection (b) of this section that meets the re17 quirements of paragraph (2) of this subsection 

18 for the fiscal year an amount determined in the 

19 same manner as the allotment to each of such ju20 risdictions is determined under section 423 

21 (without regard to the initial allotment of 

22 $70,000 to each State). 

23 ‘‘(B) OTHER STATES.—From the amount 

24 reserved pursuant to section 436(b)(4)(A) for fis25 cal year 2006 or any succeeding fiscal year that 
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1 remains after applying subparagraph (A) of this 

2 paragraph for the fiscal year, the Secretary shall 

3 allot to each State (other than an Indian tribe) 

4 not specified in subsection (b) of this section that 

5 meets the requirements of paragraph (2) of this 

6 subsection for the fiscal year an amount equal to 

7 such remaining amount multiplied by the food 

8 stamp percentage of the State (as defined in sub9 section (c)(2) of this section) for the fiscal year, 

10 except that in applying subsection (c)(2)(A) of 

11 this section, ‘subsection (e)(1)(B)’ shall be sub12 stituted for ‘such paragraph (1)’. 

13 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The requirements of this 

14 paragraph are the following: 

15 ‘‘(A) AMOUNTS ALLOTTED FOR FISCAL YEAR

16 2007.—In the case of amounts reserved pursuant 

17 to section 436(b)(4)(A) for fiscal year 2007, the 

18 State has provided to the Secretary data which 

19 shows, for the most recent fiscal year for which 

20 such information is available—

21 ‘‘(i) the percentage of children in foster 

22 care under the responsibility of the State 

23 who were visited by the caseworker handling 

24 the case of the child at least once each 

25 month while the child was in such care; and 
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1 ‘‘(ii) the percentage of the visits that 

2 occurred in the residence of the child. 

3 ‘‘(B) AMOUNTS ALLOTTED FOR SUCCEEDING

4 FISCAL YEARS.—In the case of amounts reserved 

5 pursuant to section 436(b)(4)(A) for fiscal year 

6 2008 or any succeeding fiscal year: 

7 ‘‘(i) DATA SHOWING FREQUENCY AND

8 LOCATION OF CASEWORKER VISITS.—The 

9 State has provided to the Secretary data 

10 which shows, for the preceding fiscal year, 

11 that—

12 ‘‘(I) for at least 90 percent of the 

13 children in foster care under the re14 sponsibility of the State—

15 ‘‘(aa) the caseworker han16 dling the case of the child visited 

17 the child at least once each month 

18 while the child was in such care; 

19 and 

20 ‘‘(bb) the majority of the vis21 its occurred in the residence of the 

22 child; or 

23 ‘‘(II) the State made the requisite 

24 annual progress, as determined by the 
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1 Secretary, to comply with subclause (I) 

2 by October 1, 2011. 

3 ‘‘(ii) STATE ABILITY TO VERIFY FRE4 QUENCY OF CASEWORKER VISITS.—The Sec5 retary has verified that the State has in ef6 fect such policies and standards as may be 

7 necessary to enable the State to determine 

8 whether, for at least 90 percent of the chil9 dren in foster care under the responsibility 

10 of the State, a caseworker visited the child 

11 at least once each month during the fiscal 

12 year. 

13 ‘‘(iii) VERIFICATION OF NONSUPPLAN14 TATION COMPLIANCE.—The State has pro15 vided to the Secretary such documentation 

16 as may be necessary to verify that the State 

17 has complied with section 436(b)(4)(B)(ii) 

18 during the fiscal year.’’. 

19 (c) PAYMENTS TO STATES.—Section 434(a) of such Act 

20 (42 U.S.C. 629d(a)), as amended by section 3(b)(1) of this 

21 Act, is amended by striking ‘‘the lesser of—’’ and all that 

22 follows and inserting the following: ‘‘the sum of—

23 ‘‘(1) the lesser of—

24 ‘‘(A) 75 percent of the total expenditures by 

25 the State for activities under the plan during the 
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1 fiscal year or the immediately succeeding fiscal 

2 year; or 

3 ‘‘(B) the allotment of the State under sub4 section (a), (b), or (c) of section 433, whichever 

5 is applicable, for the fiscal year; and 

6 ‘‘(2) the lesser of—

7 ‘‘(A) 75 percent of the total expenditures by 

8 the State in accordance with section 

9 436(b)(4)(B) during the fiscal year or the imme10 diately succeeding fiscal year; or 

11 ‘‘(B) the allotment of the State under sec12 tion 433(e) for the fiscal year.’’. 

13 SEC. 5. IMPROVEMENTS TO THE CHILD WELFARE SERVICES 

14 PROGRAM. 

15 (a) FUNDING.—Subpart 1 of part B of title IV of the 

16 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 620–628b) is amended by 

17 striking sections 420 and 425 and inserting after section 

18 424 the following: 

19 ‘‘LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

20 ‘‘SEC. 425. To carry out this subpart, there are author21 ized to be appropriated to the Secretary not more than 

22 $325,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2007 through 2011.’’. 

23 (b) PURPOSE OF PROGRAM.—Such subpart is further 

24 amended—

25 (1) by striking section 424; 
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1 (2) by redesignating sections 421 and 423 as sec2 tions 423 and 424, respectively, and by transferring 

3 section 423 (as so redesignated) so that it appears 

4 after section 422; and 

5 (3) by inserting after the subpart heading the 

6 following: 

7 ‘‘PURPOSE

8 ‘‘SEC. 421. The purpose of this subpart is to promote 

9 State flexibility in the development and expansion of a co10 ordinated child and family services program that utilizes 

11 community-based agencies and ensures all children are 

12 raised in safe, loving families, by—

13 ‘‘(1) protecting and promoting the welfare of all 

14 children; 

15 ‘‘(2) preventing the neglect, abuse, or exploi16 tation of children; 

17 ‘‘(3) supporting at-risk families through services 

18 which allow children, where appropriate, to remain 

19 safely with their families or return to their families 

20 in a timely manner; 

21 ‘‘(4) promoting the safety, permanence, and well22 being of children in foster care; and 

23 ‘‘(5) providing training, professional develop24 ment and support to ensure a well-qualified child wel25 fare workforce.’’. 
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1 (c) MODIFICATION OF STATE PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—

2 Section 422 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 622) is amended—

3 (1) in subsection (b)—

4 (A) by striking paragraphs (3) through (5) 

5 and inserting the following: 

6 ‘‘(3) include a description of the services and ac7 tivities which the State will fund under the State pro8 gram carried out pursuant to this subpart, and how 

9 the services and activities will achieve the purpose of 

10 this subpart;’’; 

11 (B) by striking paragraph (6) and inserting 

12 after paragraph (3) (as added by subparagraph 

13 (A) of this paragraph) the following: 

14 ‘‘(4) contain a description of—

15 ‘‘(A) the steps the State will take to provide 

16 child welfare services statewide and to expand 

17 and strengthen the range of existing services and 

18 develop and implement services to improve child 

19 outcomes; and 

20 ‘‘(B) the child welfare services staff develop21 ment and training plans of the State;’’; 

22 (C) by redesignating paragraphs (7) 

23 through (9) as paragraphs (5) through (7), re24 spectively; 

25 (D) in paragraph (10)—
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1 (i) by striking subparagraph (A); 

2 (ii) in subparagraph (B)(iii)(II), by 

3 inserting ‘‘, which may include a residen4 tial educational program’’ after ‘‘in some 

5 other planned, permanent living arrange6 ment’’; 

7 (iii) by redesignating subparagraph 

8 (B) as subparagraph (A); and 

9 (iv) by striking subparagraph (C) and 

10 inserting after subparagraph (A) the fol11 lowing: 

12 ‘‘(B) has in effect policies and administra13 tive and judicial procedures for children aban14 doned at or shortly after birth which enable per15 manent decisions to be made expeditiously with 

16 respect to the placement of the children;’’; 

17 (E) in paragraph (14), by striking ‘‘and’’ 

18 at the end; 

19 (F) in paragraph (15), by striking the pe20 riod and inserting a semicolon; 

21 (G) by redesignating paragraphs (10) 

22 through (15) as paragraphs (8) through (13), re23 spectively; and 

24 (H) by adding at the end the following: 
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1 ‘‘(14) include assurances that not more than 10 

2 percent of the expenditures of the State with respect 

3 to activities funded from amounts provided under this 

4 subpart will be for administrative costs; and 

5 ‘‘(15) outlines how the State will ensure that 

6 physicians or other appropriate medical professionals 

7 are actively consulted and involved in—

8 ‘‘(A) assessing the health and well-being of 

9 children in foster care under the responsibility of 

10 the State; and 

11 ‘‘(B) determining appropriate medical 

12 treatment for the children.’’; and 

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

14 ‘‘(c) DEFINITIONS.—In this subpart: 

15 ‘‘(1) ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—The term ‘admin16 istrative costs’ means costs for the following, but only 

17 to the extent incurred in administering the State plan 

18 developed pursuant to this subpart: procurement, pay19 roll management, personnel functions (other than the 

20 portion of the salaries of supervisors attributable to 

21 time spent directly supervising the provision of serv22 ices by caseworkers), management, maintenance and 

23 operation of space and property, data processing and 

24 computer services, accounting, budgeting, auditing, 

25 and travel expenses (except those related to the provi-
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1 sion of services by caseworkers or the oversight of pro2 grams funded under this subpart). 

3 ‘‘(2) OTHER TERMS.—For definitions of other 

4 terms used in this part, see section 475.’’. 

5 (d) PROVISIONS RELATING TO STATE ALLOTMENTS.—

6 Section 423 of such Act, as so redesignated by subsection 

7 (b)(2) of this section, is amended—

8 (1) in subsection (a)—

9 (A) by inserting ‘‘IN GENERAL.—’’ after 

10 ‘‘(a)’’; 

11 (B) by striking ‘‘420’’ and inserting ‘‘425’’; 

12 and 

13 (C) by striking ‘‘He’’ and inserting ‘‘The 

14 Secretary’’; 

15 (2) in subsection (b)—

16 (A) by inserting ‘‘DETERMINATION OF

17 STATE ALLOTMENT PERCENTAGES.—’’ after 

18 ‘‘(b)’’; and 

19 (B) by striking ‘‘per centum’’ each place it 

20 appears and inserting ‘‘percent’’; 

21 (3) in subsection (c), by inserting ‘‘PROMULGA22 TION OF STATE ALLOTMENT PERCENTAGES.—’’ after 

23 ‘‘(c)’’; 

24 (4) in subsection (d)—
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1 (A) by inserting ‘‘UNITED STATES DE2 FINED.—’’ after ‘‘(d)’’; and 

3 (B) by striking ‘‘fifty’’ and inserting ‘‘50’’; 

4 and 

5 (5) by adding at the end the following: 

6 ‘‘(e) REALLOTMENT OF FUNDS.—

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The amount of any allot8 ment to a State for a fiscal year under the preceding 

9 provisions of this section which the State certifies to 

10 the Secretary will not be required for carrying out the 

11 State plan developed as provided in section 422 shall 

12 be available for reallotment from time to time, on 

13 such dates as the Secretary may fix, to other States 

14 which the Secretary determines—

15 ‘‘(A) need sums in excess of the amounts al16 lotted to such other States under the preceding 

17 provisions of this section, in carrying out their 

18 State plans so developed; and 

19 ‘‘(B) will be able to so use such excess sums 

20 during the fiscal year. 

21 ‘‘(2) CONSIDERATIONS.—The Secretary shall 

22 make the reallotments on the basis of the State plans 

23 so developed, after taking into consideration—

24 ‘‘(A) the population under 21 years of age; 
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1 ‘‘(B) the per capita income of each of such 

2 other States as compared with the population 

3 under 21 years of age; and 

4 ‘‘(C) the per capita income of all such other 

5 States with respect to which such a determina6 tion by the Secretary has been made. 

7 ‘‘(3) AMOUNTS REALLOTTED TO A STATE

8 AMOUNTS DEEMED PART OF STATE ALLOTMENT.—

9 Any amount so reallotted to a State is deemed part 

10 of the allotment of the State under this section.’’. 

11 (e) PAYMENTS TO STATES.—

12 (1) EXCLUSION OF EXPENDITURES FOR CHILD

13 DAY CARE, FOSTER CARE MAINTENANCE PAYMENTS, 

14 AND ADOPTION ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS FROM ALLOW15 ABLE EXPENDITURES.—Section 424 of such Act, as so 

16 redesignated by subsection (b)(2) of this section, is 

17 amended—

18 (A) in subsection (c)—

19 (i) in paragraph (1)—

20 (I) by striking ‘‘No’’ and inserting 

21 ‘‘Except as provided in paragraph (2), 

22 no’’; 

23 (II) by striking ‘‘, for any fiscal 

24 year beginning after September 30, 

25 1979,’’; 
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1 (III) in subparagraph (A), by 

2 striking ‘‘necessary’’ and all that fol3 lows through ‘‘living’’; and 

4 (IV) in subparagraph (C), by 

5 striking ‘‘, to the extent’’ and all that 

6 follows through ‘‘1979’’; and 

7 (ii) by striking paragraph (2) and in8 serting the following: 

9 ‘‘(2) In the case of a State which demonstrates to the 

10 Secretary that the State made an expenditure described in 

11 paragraph (1) in fiscal year 2005, the Secretary shall not 

12 make a payment to the State under this part for any fiscal 

13 year beginning after September 30, 2006, with respect to 

14 the State expenditures so described, to the extent that the 

15 Federal payment with respect to the expenditures so de16 scribed for the fiscal year exceeds the lesser of—

17 ‘‘(A) the total amount of the Federal payment 

18 under this part for fiscal year 1979; or 

19 ‘‘(B) the total amount of the Federal payment 

20 with respect to the expenditures so described for fiscal 

21 year 2005.’’; and 

22 (B) in subsection (d)—

23 (i) by striking ‘‘(excluding expendi24 tures for activities specified in subsection 

25 (c)(1))’’; and 
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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘such activities’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘activities specified in subsection 

3 (c)(1)’’. 

4 (2) LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE COST REIM5 BURSEMENT.—Section 424 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

6 623), as so redesignated by subsection (b)(2) of this 

7 section, is amended by adding at the end the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(e) LIMITATION ON REIMBURSEMENT FOR ADMINIS10 TRATIVE COSTS.—The Secretary shall not make a payment 

11 to a State under this section with respect to expenditures 

12 during a fiscal year for administrative costs, to the extent 

13 that the total amount of the expenditures exceeds 10 percent 

14 of the total expenditures of the State during the fiscal year 

15 for activities funded from amounts provided under this sub16 part.’’. 

17 (3) TECHNICAL AMENDMENT.—Section 424(a) of 

18 such Act, as so redesignated by subsection (b)(2) of 

19 this section, is amended by striking ‘‘per centum’’ 

20 and inserting ‘‘percent’’. 

21 (f) ELIMINATION OF OBSOLETE PROVISION.—Section 

22 426 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 626) is amended by striking 

23 subsection (b) and redesignating subsection (c) as subsection 

24 (b). 

25 (g) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
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1 (1) Section 428(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 628(b)) 

2 is amended by striking ‘‘421’’ and inserting ‘‘423’’. 

3 (2) Section 429 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 628a) is 

4 amended—

5 (A)(i) by striking the following: 

6 ‘‘CHILD WELFARE TRAINEESHIPS

7 ‘‘SEC. 429. The Secretary’’; and 

8 (ii) inserting the following: 

9 ‘‘(c) CHILD WELFARE TRAINEESHIPS.—The Sec10 retary’’; and 

11 (B) by transferring the provision to the end 

12 of section 426 (as amended by subsection (f) of 

13 this section). 

14 (3) Section 429A of such Act (42 U.S.C. 628b) 

15 is redesignated as section 429. 

16 (4) Section 433(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

17 629c(b)) is amended by striking ‘‘421’’ and inserting 

18 ‘‘423’’. 

19 (5) Section 437(c)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

20 629g(c)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘421’’ and insert21 ing ‘‘423’’. 

22 (6) Section 472(d) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

23 672(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘422(b)(10)’’ and in24 serting ‘‘422(b)(8)’’. 
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1 (7) Section 473A(f) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

2 673b(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘423’’ and inserting 

3 ‘‘424’’. 

4 (8) Section 1130(b)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

5 1320a–9(b)(1)) is amended to read as follows:. 

6 ‘‘(1) any provision of section 422(b)(8), or sec7 tion 479; or’’. 

8 (9) Section 104(b)(3) of the Intercountry Adop9 tion Act of 2000 (42 U.S.C. 14914(b)(3)) is amended 

10 by striking ‘‘422(b)(14) of the Social Security Act, as 

11 amended by section 205 of this Act’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘422(b)(12) of the Social Security Act’’. 

13 SEC. 6. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE COURT IMPROVEMENT 

14 PROGRAM. 

15 Section 438 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

16 629h) is amended in each of subsections (c)(1)(A) and (d) 

17 by striking ‘‘2006’’ and inserting ‘‘2011’’. 

18 SEC. 7. REAUTHORIZATION OF PROGRAM FOR MENTORING 

19 CHILDREN OF PRISONERS. 

20 Section 439 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 629i) 

21 is amended—

22 (1) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘2002 through 

23 2006’’ and inserting ‘‘2007 through 2011’’; and 

24 (2) in subsection (h), by striking paragraph (1) 

25 and inserting the following: 
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1 ‘‘(1) LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATION OF AP2 PROPRIATIONS; RESERVATION OF CERTAIN

3 AMOUNTS.—To carry out this section, there are au4 thorized to be appropriated to the Secretary such 

5 sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2007 

6 through 2011.’’. 

7 SEC. 8. AVAILABILITY OF ADDITIONAL PROMOTING SAFE 

8 AND STABLE FAMILIES RESOURCES FOR FIS9 CAL YEAR 2006. 

10 (a) APPROPRIATION.—Out of any money in the Treas11 ury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there 

12 are appropriated to the Secretary of Health and Human 

13 Services $40,000,000 for fiscal year 2006 to carry out sec14 tion 436 of the Social Security Act, in addition to any 

15 amount otherwise made available for fiscal year 2006 to 

16 carry out such section. 

17 (b) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.— Notwithstanding sec18 tion 434(b)(2) of such Act, the amounts paid to States from 

19 the amount appropriated under subsection (a) of this sec20 tion shall remain available for expenditure by the States 

21 through fiscal year 2008. 

22 SEC. 9. REPORTS. 

23 Section 435 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

24 629e) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

25 ‘‘(e) REPORTS.—
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1 ‘‘(1) CONTENT.—The Secretary shall submit to 

2 the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 

3 Representatives and the Committee on Finance of the 

4 Senate biennial reports on—

5 ‘‘(A) the level of expenditures, and the pro6 grams and activities funded, under subpart 1 

7 and this subpart by each State, territory, and 

8 Indian tribe to which funds are paid under this 

9 part; 

10 ‘‘(B) the number of children and families 

11 served by each such State, territory, and Indian 

12 tribe under the programs; and 

13 ‘‘(C) how spending under the programs has 

14 helped achieve the goals identified by each such 

15 State, territory, and Indian tribe as part of the 

16 annual planning process undertaken in devel17 oping plans pursuant to this part. 

18 ‘‘(2) TIMING.—The Secretary shall submit the bi19 ennial reports required by paragraph (1) not later 

20 than July 1, 2008, and not later than July 1 of every 

21 other calendar year thereafter.’’. 

22 SEC. 10. EFFECTIVE DATES. 

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

24 this section, the amendments made by this Act shall take 

25 effect on October 1, 2006, and shall apply to payments 
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1 under part B of title IV of the Social Security Act for cal2 endar quarters beginning on or after such date, without re3 gard to whether regulations to implement the amendments 

4 are promulgated by such date. 

5 (b) DELAY PERMITTED IF STATE LEGISLATION RE6 QUIRED.—If the Secretary of Health and Human Services 

7 determines that State legislation (other than legislation ap8 propriating funds) is required in order for a State plan 

9 developed pursuant to subpart 1 of part B, or a State plan 

10 approved under subpart 2 of part B, of title IV of the Social 

11 Security Act to meet the additional requirements imposed 

12 by the amendments made by this Act, the plan shall not 

13 be regarded as failing to meet any of the additional require14 ments before the 1st day of the 1st calendar quarter begin15 ning after the first regular session of the State legislature 

16 that begins after the date of the enactment of this Act. If 

17 the State has a 2-year legislative session, each year of the 

18 session is deemed to be a separate regular session of the 

19 State legislature. 

20 (c) AVAILABILITY OF ADDITIONAL PROMOTING SAFE

21 AND STABLE FAMILIES RESOURCES FOR FISCAL YEAR

22 2006.—Section 8 shall take effect on the date of the enact23 ment of this Act.
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Amend the title so as to read ‘‘An Act to amend 

part B of title IV of the Social Security Act to reauthorize the safe and stable families program, and for other 

purposes.’’.

Attest:

Clerk.