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104TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1115

To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to reduce teenage pregnancy,

to encourage parental responsibility, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 2, 1995

Mrs. LOWEY (for herself, Mrs. MORELLA, Mrs. CLAYTON, Ms. MCKINNEY,

Ms. LOFGREN, Mr. FROST, Mr. BEILENSON, Ms. PELOSI, Ms. WATERS,

and Mr. SERRANO) introduced the following bill; which was referred to

the Committee on Ways and Means

A BILL

To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to reduce

teenage pregnancy, to encourage parental responsibility,

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; REFERENCES IN ACT; TABLE OF

4 CONTENTS.

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

6 ‘‘Teen Pregnancy Prevention and Parental Responsibility

7 Act’’.

8 (b) AMENDMENTS TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.—

9 Except as otherwise specifically provided, wherever in this
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1 Act an amendment is expressed in terms of an amendment

2 to or repeal of a section or other provision, the reference

3 shall be considered to be made to that section or other

4 provision of the Social Security Act.

5 (c) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of

6 this Act is as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; references in Act; table of contents.

TITLE I—ENDING THE CYCLE OF INTERGENERATIONAL

DEPENDENCY

Sec. 101. Supervised living arrangements for minors.

Sec. 102. Reinforcing families.

Sec. 103. Required completion of high school or other training for teenage parents.

Sec. 104. Drug treatment and counseling as part of the JOBS program.

TITLE II—COMBATING TEENAGE PREGNANCY

Sec. 201. Targeting youth at risk of teenage pregnancy.

Sec. 202. National Clearinghouse on Teenage Pregnancy.

7 TITLE I—ENDING THE CYCLE OF

8 INTERGENERATIONAL DE9 PENDENCY

10 SEC. 101. SUPERVISED LIVING ARRANGEMENTS FOR MI11 NORS.

12 (a) STATE PLAN REQUIREMENT.—Section

13 402(a)(43) (42 U.S.C. 602(a)(43)) is amended—

14 (1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A),

15 by striking ‘‘at the option of the State,’’;

16 (2) in subparagraph (A), in the matter preced17 ing clause (i), by striking ‘‘subject to subparagraph

18 (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘except as provided in subpara19 graph (B)(i)’’; and
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1 (3) in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking ‘‘, or re2 side in a foster home, maternity home, or other

3 adult-supervised supportive living arrangement’’.

4 (b) APPROPRIATE ADULT-SUPERVISED SUPPORTIVE

5 LIVING ARRANGEMENTS.—Section 402(a)(43)(B) (42

6 U.S.C. 602(a)(43)(B)) is amended to read as follows:

7 ‘‘(B)(i) in the case of an individual de8 scribed in clause (ii)—

9 ‘‘(I) the State agency shall assist such

10 individual in locating an appropriate adult11 supervised supportive living arrangement

12 taking into consideration the needs and

13 concerns of the individual, unless the State

14 agency determines that the individual’s liv15 ing arrangement is appropriate, and there16 after shall require that the individual (and

17 any child or children of the individual) re18 side in such living arrangement as a condi19 tion of the continued receipt of aid under

20 the plan (or in an alternative appropriate

21 arrangement, if circumstances change and

22 the living arrangement ceases to be appro23 priate), or

24 ‘‘(II) if the State agency is unable,

25 after making diligent efforts, to locate any
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1 such appropriate living arrangement, the

2 State agency shall provide for comprehen3 sive case management, monitoring, and

4 other social services consistent with the

5 best interests of the individual (and any

6 such child or children) while living inde7 pendently; and

8 ‘‘(ii) an individual is described in this

9 clause if—

10 ‘‘(I) such individual has no parent or

11 legal guardian of his or her own who is liv12 ing and whose whereabouts are known;

13 ‘‘(II) no living parent or legal guard14 ian of such individual allows the individual

15 to live in the home of such parent or

16 guardian;

17 ‘‘(III) the State agency determines

18 that the physical or emotional health of

19 such individual or any dependent child of

20 the individual would be jeopardized if such

21 individual and such dependent child lived

22 in the same residence with such individ23 ual’s parent or legal guardian; or

24 ‘‘(IV) the State agency otherwise de25 termines (in accordance with regulations
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1 issued by the Secretary) that it is in the

2 best interest of the dependent child to

3 waive the requirement of subparagraph (A)

4 with respect to such individual.’’.

5 (c) EFFECTIVE DATES.—

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para7 graph (2), the amendments made by subsections (a)

8 and (b) shall be effective with respect to calendar

9 quarters beginning on or after October 1, 1995.

10 (2) SPECIAL RULE.—In the case of a State that

11 the Secretary of Health and Human Services deter12 mines requires State legislation (other than legisla13 tion appropriating funds) in order to meet the addi14 tional requirements imposed by the amendments

15 made by this section, the State shall not be regarded

16 as failing to comply with the requirements of such

17 amendments before the first day of the first calendar

18 quarter beginning after the close of the first regular

19 session of the State legislature that begins after the

20 date of enactment of this Act. For purposes of this

21 paragraph, in the case of a State that has a 2-year

22 legislative session, each year of the session shall be

23 treated as a separate regular session of the State

24 legislature.
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1 SEC. 102. REINFORCING FAMILIES.

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—Title XX (42 U.S.C. 1397–

3 1397e) is amended by adding at the end the following:

4 ‘‘SEC. 2008. ADULT-SUPERVISED GROUP HOMES.

5 ‘‘(a) ENTITLEMENT.—

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In addition to any payment

7 under section 2002 or 2007, beginning with fiscal

8 year 1996, each State shall be entitled to funds

9 under this section for each fiscal year for the estab10 lishment, operation, and support of adult-supervised

11 group homes for custodial parents who have not at12 tained 19 years of age and their children.

13 ‘‘(2) PAYMENT TO STATES.—

14 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each State shall be

15 entitled to payment under this section for each

16 fiscal year in an amount equal to its allotment

17 (determined in accordance with subsection (b))

18 for such fiscal year, to be used by such State

19 for the purposes set forth in paragraph (1).

20 ‘‘(B) TRANSFERS OF FUNDS.—The Sec21 retary shall make payments in accordance with

22 section 6503 of title 31, United States Code, to

23 each State from its allotment for use under this

24 section.

25 ‘‘(C) USE.—Payments to a State from its

26 allotment for any fiscal year must be expended
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1 by the State in such fiscal year or in the suc2 ceeding fiscal year.

3 ‘‘(D) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—A State

4 may use a portion of the amounts described in

5 subparagraph (A) for the purpose of purchasing

6 technical assistance from public or private enti7 ties if the State determines that such assistance

8 is required in developing, implementing, or ad9 ministering the program funded under this sec10 tion.

11 ‘‘(3) ADULT-SUPERVISED GROUP HOME.—For

12 purposes of this section, the term ‘adult-supervised

13 group home’ means an entity that provides custodial

14 parents who have not attained 19 years of age and

15 their children with a supportive and supervised liv16 ing arrangement in which such parents would be re17 quired to learn parenting skills, including child de18 velopment, family budgeting, health and nutrition,

19 and other skills to promote their long-term economic

20 independence and the well-being of their children.

21 An adult-supervised group home may also serve as

22 a network center for other supportive services that

23 might be available in the community.

24 ‘‘(b) ALLOTMENT.—
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1 ‘‘(1) CERTAIN JURISDICTIONS.—The allotment

2 for any fiscal year to each of the jurisdictions of

3 Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American

4 Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands shall be

5 an amount which bears the same ratio to the

6 amount specified under paragraph (3) as the allot7 ment that the jurisdiction receives under section

8 2003(a) for the fiscal year bears to the total amount

9 specified for such fiscal year under section 2003(c).

10 ‘‘(2) OTHER STATES.—The allotment for any

11 fiscal year for each State other than the jurisdictions

12 of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, American

13 Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands shall be

14 an amount which bears the same ratio to—

15 ‘‘(A) the amount specified under para16 graph (3), reduced by

17 ‘‘(B) the total amount allotted to those ju18 risdictions for that fiscal year under paragraph

19 (1),

20 as the allotment of the State under section 2003(b)

21 for the fiscal year bears to the total amount speci22 fied for such fiscal year under section 2003(c).

23 ‘‘(3) AMOUNT SPECIFIED.—The amount speci24 fied for purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2) shall be
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1 $95,000,000 for fiscal year 1996 and each subse2 quent fiscal year.

3 ‘‘(c) LOCAL INVOLVEMENT.—Each State shall seek

4 local involvement from the community in any area in

5 which an adult-supervised group home eligible to receive

6 funds pursuant to this section is to be established. In de7 termining criteria for targeting funds received under this

8 section, each State shall evaluate the community’s com9 mitment to the establishment and planning of the home.

10 ‘‘(d) LIMITATIONS ON THE USE OF FUNDS.—

11 ‘‘(1) CONSTRUCTION.—Except as provided in

12 paragraph (2), funds made available under this sec13 tion may not be used by the State, or any other per14 son with which the State makes arrangements to

15 carry out the purposes of this section, for the pur16 chase or improvement of land, or the purchase, con17 struction, or permanent improvement (other than

18 minor remodeling) of any building or other facility.

19 ‘‘(2) WAIVER.—The Secretary may waive the

20 application of paragraph (1) to a State upon the re21 quest of the State if the Secretary finds that the re22 quest describes extraordinary circumstances to jus23 tify the waiver and that permitting the waiver will

24 contribute to the State’s ability to carry out the pur25 poses of this section.
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1 ‘‘(e) TREATMENT OF INDIAN TRIBES.—

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—An Indian tribe may apply

3 to the Secretary to establish, operate, and support

4 adult-supervised group homes for custodial parents

5 who have not attained 19 years of age and their chil6 dren in accordance with an application procedure to

7 be prescribed by the Secretary. Except as otherwise

8 provided in this subsection, this section shall apply

9 to Indian tribes receiving funds under this sub10 section in the same manner and to the same extent

11 as the other provisions of this section apply to

12 States.

13 ‘‘(2) ALLOTMENT.—If the Secretary approves

14 an Indian tribe’s application, the Secretary shall

15 allot to such tribe for a fiscal year an amount which

16 the Secretary determines is the Indian tribe’s fair

17 and equitable share of the amount specified under

18 paragraph (3) for all Indian tribes with applications

19 approved under this subsection (based on allotment

20 factors to be determined by the Secretary). The Sec21 retary shall determine a minimum allotment amount

22 for all Indian tribes with applications approved

23 under this subsection. Each Indian tribe with an ap24 plication approved under this subsection shall be en25 titled to such minimum allotment.
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1 ‘‘(3) AMOUNT SPECIFIED.—The amount speci2 fied under this paragraph for all Indian tribes with

3 applications approved under this subsection is

4 $5,000,000 for fiscal year 1996 and each subsequent

5 fiscal year.

6 ‘‘(4) INDIAN TRIBE DEFINED.—For purposes of

7 this section, the term ‘Indian tribe’ means any tribe,

8 band, nation, pueblo, or other organized group or

9 community, including any Alaska Native entity, rec10 ognized as eligible for the special programs and serv11 ices provided by the United States to groups because

12 of their status as Indians.’’.

13 (b) RECEIPT OF PAYMENTS BY ADULT-SUPERVISED

14 GROUP HOMES.—

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 402(a)(43)(A)(ii)

16 (42 U.S.C. 602(a)(43)(A)(ii)) is amended by strik17 ing ‘‘or other adult relative’’ and inserting ‘‘other

18 adult relative, or adult-supervised group home re19 ceiving funds under section 2008’’.

20 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made

21 by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to cal22 endar quarters beginning on or after October 1,

23 1995.

24 (c) RECOMMENDATIONS ON USAGE OF GOVERNMENT

25 SURPLUS PROPERTY.—Not later than 6 months after the
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1 date of the enactment of this Act, after consultation with

2 the Secretary of Defense, the Secretary of Housing and

3 Urban Development, and the Administrator of the General

4 Services Administration, the Secretary of Health and

5 Human Services shall submit recommendations to the

6 Congress on the extent to which surplus properties of the

7 United States Government may be used for the establish8 ment of adult-supervised group homes eligible to receive

9 funds under section 2008 of the Social Security Act.

10 SEC. 103. REQUIRED COMPLETION OF HIGH SCHOOL OR

11 OTHER TRAINING FOR TEENAGE PARENTS.

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 402(a)(19)(E) (42 U.S.C.

13 602(a)(19)(E)) is amended to read as follows:

14 ‘‘(E)(i) in the case of a custodial parent who

15 has not attained 19 years of age, has not success16 fully completed a high-school education (or its equiv17 alent), and is required to participate in the program

18 (including an individual who would otherwise be ex19 empt from participation in the program solely by

20 reason of clause (iii), (v), or (vii) of subparagraph

21 (C)), the State agency shall—

22 ‘‘(I) require such parent to participate

23 in—

24 ‘‘(aa) educational activities directed

25 toward the attainment of a high school di-
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1 ploma or its equivalent on a full-time (as

2 defined by the educational provider) basis;

3 or

4 ‘‘(bb) an alternative educational or

5 training program (that has been approved

6 by the Secretary) on a full-time (as defined

7 by the provider) basis; and

8 ‘‘(II) provide child care in accordance with

9 section 402(g) with respect to the family; and

10 ‘‘(ii)(I) to the extent that the program is avail11 able in the political subdivision involved and State

12 resources otherwise permit, in the case of a custodial

13 parent who has attained 19 years of age but not 20

14 years of age, has not successfully completed a high15 school education (or its equivalent), and is required

16 to participate in the program (including an individ17 ual who would otherwise be exempt from participa18 tion in the program solely by reason of subpara19 graph (C)(iii)), the State agency (subject to

20 subclause (II)) shall require such parent to partici21 pate in an educational activity; and

22 ‘‘(II) the State agency may—

23 ‘‘(aa) require a parent described in

24 subclause (I) of this clause (notwithstanding

25 the part-time requirement in subparagraph
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1 (C)(iii)(II)) to participate in educational activi2 ties directed toward the attainment of a high

3 school diploma or its equivalent on a full-time

4 (as defined by the educational provider) basis;

5 or

6 ‘‘(bb) require a parent described in

7 subclause (I) to participate in training or work

8 activities in lieu of the educational activities

9 under such subclause if such parent fails to

10 make good progress in successfully completing

11 such educational activities or if it is determined

12 (prior to any assignment of the individual to

13 such educational activities) pursuant to an edu14 cational assessment that participation in such

15 educational activities is inappropriate for such

16 parent;’’.

17 (b) STATE OPTION TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INCEN18 TIVES AND PENALTIES TO ENCOURAGE TEEN PARENTS

19 TO COMPLETE HIGH SCHOOL AND PARTICIPATE IN

20 PARENTING ACTIVITIES.—

21 (1) STATE PLAN.—Section 402(a)(19)(E) (42

22 U.S.C. 602(a)(19)(E)), as amended by subsection

23 (a) of this section, is amended—

24 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause

25 (i);
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1 (B) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause

2 (ii); and

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

4 ‘‘(iii) at the option of the State, some or all cus5 todial parents and pregnant women who have not at6 tained 19 years of age (or, at the State’s option, 21

7 years of age) and who are receiving aid under the

8 State plan approved under this part shall be re9 quired to participate in a program of monetary in10 centives and penalties, consistent with subsection

11 (j);’’.

12 (2) ELEMENTS OF PROGRAM.—Section 402 (42

13 U.S.C. 602) is amended by adding at the end the

14 following:

15 ‘‘(j)(1) If a State opts to conduct a program of mone16 tary incentives and penalties to encourage custodial par17 ents and pregnant women who have not attained 19 years

18 of age (or, at the State’s option, 21 years of age) to com19 plete their high school (or equivalent) education and par20 ticipate in parenting activities, the State shall amend its

21 State plan—

22 ‘‘(A) to specify the one or more political sub23 divisions (or other clearly defined geographic area or

24 areas) in which the State will conduct the program,

25 and
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1 ‘‘(B) to describe its program in detail.

2 ‘‘(2) A program under this subsection—

3 ‘‘(A) may, at the option of the State, require

4 full-time participation by such custodial parents and

5 pregnant women in secondary school or equivalent

6 educational activities, or participation in a course or

7 program leading to a skills certificate found appro8 priate by the State agency or parenting education

9 activities (or any combination of such activities and

10 secondary education);

11 ‘‘(B) shall require that the needs of such custo12 dial parents and pregnant women shall be reviewed

13 and the program will assure that, either in the ini14 tial development or revision of such individual’s em15 ployability plan, there will be included a description

16 of the services that will be provided to the individual

17 and the way in which the program and service pro18 viders will coordinate with the educational or skills

19 training activities in which the individual is partici20 pating;

21 ‘‘(C) shall provide monetary incentives for more

22 than minimally acceptable performance of required

23 educational activities; and

24 ‘‘(D) shall provide penalties (which may be

25 those required by subsection (a)(19)(G) or, with the
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1 approval of the Secretary, other monetary penalties

2 that the State finds will better achieve the objectives

3 of the program) for less than minimally acceptable

4 performance of required activities.

5 ‘‘(3) When a monetary incentive is payable because

6 of the more than minimally acceptable performance of re7 quired educational activities by a custodial parent, the in8 centive shall be paid directly to such parent, regardless

9 of whether the State agency makes payment of aid under

10 the State plan directly to such parent.

11 ‘‘(4)(A) For purposes of this part, monetary incen12 tives paid under this subsection shall be considered aid

13 to families with dependent children.

14 ‘‘(B) For purposes of any other Federal or federally15 assisted program based on need, no monetary incentive

16 paid under this subsection shall be considered income in

17 determining a family’s eligibility for or amount of benefits

18 under such program, and if aid under the State plan ap19 proved under this part is reduced by reason of a penalty

20 imposed under this subsection, such other program shall

21 treat the family involved as if no such penalty has been

22 applied.

23 ‘‘(5) The State agency shall from time to time provide

24 such information with respect to the State operation of

25 the program as the Secretary may request.’’.
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1 (c) EFFECTIVE DATES.—

2 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para3 graph (2), the amendments made by subsections (a)

4 and (b) shall be effective with respect to calendar

5 quarters beginning on or after October 1, 1995.

6 (2) SPECIAL RULE.—In the case of a State that

7 the Secretary of Health and Human Services deter8 mines requires State legislation (other than legisla9 tion appropriating funds) in order to meet the addi10 tional requirements imposed by the amendments

11 made by this section, the State shall not be regarded

12 as failing to comply with the requirements of such

13 amendments before the first day of the first calendar

14 quarter beginning after the close of the first regular

15 session of the State legislature that begins after the

16 date of enactment of this Act. For purposes of this

17 paragraph, in the case of a State that has a 2-year

18 legislative session, each year of the session shall be

19 treated as a separate regular session of the State

20 legislature.

21 SEC. 104. DRUG TREATMENT AND COUNSELING AS PART OF

22 THE JOBS PROGRAM.

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 402(a)(19) (42 U.S.C.

24 602(a)(19)) is amended—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara2 graph (G);

3 (2) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara4 graph (H);

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

6 ‘‘(I) that, in the case of a custodial parent who

7 has not attained 19 years of age (including an indi8 vidual who would otherwise be exempt from partici9 pation in the program solely by reason of clause (iii),

10 (v), or (vii)) of subparagraph (C)), whose employ11 ability plan referred to in section 482(b) reflects the

12 need for treatment for substance abuse, the State

13 agency shall—

14 ‘‘(i) require such individual to participate

15 in substance abuse treatment; and

16 ‘‘(ii) notwithstanding any other provision

17 of law, after providing an individual required to

18 participate in treatment under this subpara19 graph with proper notice, make the provisions

20 of section 402(a)(19)(G) applicable to any indi21 vidual who fails or refuses to accept such treat22 ment;’’.

23 (b) EFFECTIVE DATES.—

24 (1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para25 graph (2), the amendments made by subsection (a)
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1 shall be effective with respect to calendar quarters

2 beginning on or after October 1, 1995.

3 (2) SPECIAL RULE.—In the case of a State that

4 the Secretary of Health and Human Services deter5 mines requires State legislation (other than legisla6 tion appropriating funds) in order to meet the addi7 tional requirements imposed by the amendments

8 made by this section, the State shall not be regarded

9 as failing to comply with the requirements of such

10 amendments before the first day of the first calendar

11 quarter beginning after the close of the first regular

12 session of the State legislature that begins after the

13 date of enactment of this Act. For purposes of this

14 paragraph, in the case of a State that has a 2-year

15 legislative session, each year of the session shall be

16 treated as a separate regular session of the State

17 legislature.

18 TITLE II—COMBATING TEENAGE

19 PREGNANCY

20 SEC. 201. TARGETING YOUTH AT RISK OF TEENAGE PREG21 NANCY.

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 402 (42 U.S.C. 602), as

23 amended by section 103(b)(2) of this Act, is amended by

24 adding at the end the following:
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1 ‘‘(k)(1) Each State agency may, to the extent it de2 termines resources are available, provide for the operation

3 of projects to reduce teenage pregnancy. Such projects

4 shall be operated by eligible entities that have submitted

5 applications described in paragraph (3) that have been ap6 proved in accordance with paragraph (4).

7 ‘‘(2) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘eligi8 ble entity’ includes State agencies, local agencies, publicly

9 supported organizations, private nonprofit organizations,

10 and consortia of such entities.

11 ‘‘(3) An application described in this paragraph

12 shall—

13 ‘‘(A) describe the project;

14 ‘‘(B) include an endorsement of the project by

15 the chief elected official of the jurisdiction in which

16 the project is to be located;

17 ‘‘(C) demonstrate strong local commitment and

18 local involvement in the planning and implementa19 tion of the project; and

20 ‘‘(D) be submitted in such manner and contain21 ing such information as the Secretary may require.

22 ‘‘(4)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the Governor

23 of a State may approve an application under this para24 graph based on selection criteria (to be determined by the

25 Governor).
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1 ‘‘(B) Preference in approving a project shall be ac2 corded to be projects that target—

3 ‘‘(i) both young men and women;

4 ‘‘(ii) areas with high teenage pregnancy rates;

5 or

6 ‘‘(iii) areas with a high incidence of individuals

7 receiving aid to families with dependent children.

8 ‘‘(5)(A) An Indian tribe may apply to the Secretary

9 to provide for the operation of projects to reduce teenage

10 pregnancy in accordance with an application procedure to

11 be determined by the Secretary. Except as otherwise pro12 vided in this subsection, the provisions of this section shall

13 apply to Indian tribes receiving funds under this sub14 section in the same manner and to the same extent as

15 the other provisions of this section apply to States.

16 ‘‘(B) The Secretary shall limit the number of applica17 tions approved under this paragraph to ensure that pay18 ments under section 403(o) to Indian tribes with approved

19 applications would not result in payments of less than a

20 minimum payment amount (to be determined by the Sec21 retary).

22 ‘‘(C) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘In23 dian tribe’ means any tribe, band, nation, pueblo, or other

24 organized group or community, including any Alaska Na25 tive entity, recognized as eligible for the special programs
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1 and services provided by the United States to groups be2 cause of their status as Indians.

3 ‘‘(6) A project conducted under this subsection shall

4 be conducted for not less than 3 years.

5 ‘‘(7)(A) The Secretary shall conduct a study in ac6 cordance with subparagraph (B) to determine the relative

7 effectiveness of the different approaches for preventing

8 teenage pregnancy utilized in the projects conducted under

9 this subsection.

10 ‘‘(B) The study required by subparagraph (A) shall—

11 ‘‘(i) be based on data gathered from projects

12 conducted in 5 States chosen by the Secretary from

13 among the States in which projects under this sub14 section are operated;

15 ‘‘(ii) use specific outcome measures (determined

16 by the Secretary) to test the effectiveness of the

17 projects;

18 ‘‘(iii) use experimental and control groups (to

19 the extent possible) that are composed of a random

20 sample of participants in the projects; and

21 ‘‘(iv) be conducted in accordance with an exper22 imental design determined by the Secretary to result

23 in a comparable design among all projects.

24 ‘‘(C) Each eligible entity conducting a project under

25 this subsection shall provide to the Secretary in such form
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1 and with such frequency as the Secretary requires interim

2 data from the projects conducted under this subsection.

3 The Secretary shall report to the Congress annually on

4 the progress of such projects and shall, not later than Jan5 uary 1, 2003, submit to the Congress the study required

6 by subparagraph (A).

7 ‘‘(D) There are authorized to be appropriated

8 $500,000 for each of fiscal years 1996 through 2002 for

9 the purpose of conducting the study required under sub10 paragraph (A).’’.

11 (b) PAYMENT.—Section 403 (42 U.S.C. 603) is

12 amended by adding at the end the following:

13 ‘‘(o)(1) In addition to any payment under subsection

14 (a) or (l), each State shall be entitled to payment from

15 the Secretary for each of fiscal years 1996 through 2002

16 of an amount equal to the lesser of—

17 ‘‘(A) 75 percent of the expenditures by the

18 State in providing for the operation of projects

19 under section 402(k)(1), and in administering the

20 projects under such section; or

21 ‘‘(B) the limitation determined under paragraph

22 (2) with respect to the State for the fiscal year.

23 ‘‘(2)(A) The limitation determined under this para24 graph with respect to a State for any fiscal year is the

25 amount that bears the same ratio to $71,250,000 as the
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1 population with an income below the poverty line (as such

2 term is defined in section 673(2) of the Community Serv3 ices Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)), including any

4 revision required by such section) in the State in the sec5 ond preceding fiscal year bears to such population residing

6 in the United States in the second preceding fiscal year.

7 ‘‘(B) If the limitation determined under subpara8 graph (A) with respect to a State for a fiscal year exceeds

9 the amount paid to the State under this subsection for

10 the fiscal year, the limitation determined under this para11 graph with respect to the State for the immediately suc12 ceeding fiscal year shall be increased by the amount of

13 such excess.

14 ‘‘(3)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of this

15 title, for purposes of this subsection, an Indian tribe with

16 an application approved under section 402(k)(5) shall be

17 entitled to payment from the Secretary for each of fiscal

18 years 1996 through 2002 of an amount equal to the lesser

19 of—

20 ‘‘(i) 75 percent of the expenditures by the In21 dian tribe in providing for the operation of projects

22 under section 402(k)(5), and in administering the

23 projects under such section; or
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1 ‘‘(ii) the limitation determined under subpara2 graph (B) with respect to the Indian tribe for the

3 fiscal year.

4 ‘‘(B)(i) The limitation determined under this sub5 paragraph with respect to an Indian tribe for any fiscal

6 year is the amount that bears the same ratio to

7 $3,750,000 as the population with an income below the

8 poverty line (as such term is defined in section 673(2) of

9 the Community Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C.

10 9902(2)), including any revision required by such section)

11 in the Indian tribe in the second preceding fiscal year

12 bears to such population of all Indian tribes with applica13 tions approved under section 402(k)(5) in the second pre14 ceding fiscal year.

15 ‘‘(ii) If the limitation determined under clause (i)

16 with respect to an Indian tribe for a fiscal year exceeds

17 the amount paid to the Indian tribe under this paragraph

18 for the fiscal year, the limitation determined under this

19 subparagraph with respect to the Indian tribe for the im20 mediately succeeding fiscal year shall be increased by the

21 amount of such excess.

22 ‘‘(4) Amounts appropriated for a fiscal year to carry

23 out this part shall be made available for payments under

24 this subsection for such fiscal year.’’.
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1 SEC. 202. NATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE ON TEENAGE PREG2 NANCY.

3 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary of Education,

4 the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the

5 Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National

6 and Community Service shall establish a national center

7 for the collection and provision of information that relates

8 to adolescent pregnancy prevention programs, to be known

9 as the ‘‘National Clearinghouse on Teenage Pregnancy

10 Prevention Programs’’.

11 (b) FUNCTIONS.—The national center established

12 under subsection (a) shall serve as a national information

13 and data clearinghouse, and as a material development

14 source for adolescent pregnancy prevention programs.

15 Such center shall—

16 (1) develop and maintain a system for dissemi17 nating information on all types of adolescent preg18 nancy prevention programs and on the state of ado19 lescent pregnancy prevention program development,

20 including information concerning the most effective

21 model programs;

22 (2) identify model programs representing the

23 various types of adolescent pregnancy prevention

24 programs;
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1 (3) develop networks of adolescent pregnancy

2 prevention programs for the purpose of sharing and

3 disseminating information;

4 (4) develop technical assistance materials to as5 sist other entities in establishing and improving ado6 lescent pregnancy prevention programs;

7 (5) participate in activities designed to encour8 age and enhance public media campaigns on the

9 issue of adolescent pregnancy; and

10 (6) conduct such other activities as the respon11 sible Federal officials find will assist in developing

12 and carrying out programs or activities to reduce ad13 olescent pregnancy.

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