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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 4861

To provide for the consolidation of Federal employment assistance programs,

to provide increased notice of the availability of the earned income

tax credit, and to repeal the temporary FUTA surtax.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

JULY 29, 1994

Mr. ZELIFF (for himself, Mr. KASICH, Mr. MICA, Mr. ALLARD, Mr. ARMEY,

Mr. BLUTE, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. BURTON of Indiana, Mr. COX, Mr. HANCOCK, Mr. HERGER, Mr. KOLBE, Mr. LINDER, Mr. LIVINGSTON, Mr.

MCCOLLUM, Mr. MILLER of Florida, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. SMITH of Michigan,

Mr. SOLOMON, Mr. ZIMMER, and Mr. GEKAS) introduced the following

bill; which was referred jointly to the Committees on Education and

Labor, Veterans’ Affairs, Ways and Means, and Agriculture

A BILL

To provide for the consolidation of Federal employment assistance programs, to provide increased notice of the

availability of the earned income tax credit, and to repeal

the temporary FUTA surtax.

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 ‘‘Employment Enhancement Reform Act’’.
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1 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents is

2 as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.

TITLE I—CONSOLIDATION OF FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT

ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS

Subtitle A—Block Grants to States

Sec. 101. Statement of purpose.

Sec. 102. Authorization.

Sec. 103. Allocation.

Sec. 104. Application.

Sec. 105. Use of amounts

Sec. 106. Reports.

Sec. 107. Reduction or termination of payments under grant.

Sec. 108. Definitions.

Sec. 109. Transfer of funds.

Sec. 110. Authorization of appropriations.

Subtitle B—Consolidation and Repeal of Certain Federal Employment

Assistance Programs

CHAPTER 1—CONSOLIDATION OF PROGRAMS

Sec. 111. Certain community-based projects regarding health care for the

homeless; conforming amendment regarding Public Law 102–

321.

Sec. 112. Certain employment-related programs under Rehabilitation Act of

1973.

CHAPTER 2—REPEAL OF PROGRAMS

Sec. 121. Higher education for students from migrant and seasonal farmworker

families.

Sec. 122. Certain veterans programs.

Sec. 123. Foster grandparent and senior companion programs, programs under

Food Stamp Act of 1977, and programs under Older Americans Act of 1965.

Sec. 124. Job Training Partnership Act.

Sec. 125. Appalachian vocational and other education facilities and operations

program.

Sec. 126. Targeted jobs credit.

Sec. 127. Jobs program.

Sec. 128. Service Members Occupational Conversion and Training Act of 1992.

Sec. 129. Adult education programs.

Sec. 130. Vocational education programs.

Sec. 131. National literacy programs.

Sec. 132. Indian employment, training and related services demonstration program.

Sec. 133. Special programs relating to adult education for Indians.

Sec. 134. Special provisions relating to Indian tribes.

Sec. 135. Literacy corps.

Sec. 136. Miscellaneous repealers.
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Subtitle C—Effective Dates

Sec. 141. Effective dates.

TITLE II—NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF EARNED INCOME

CREDIT

Sec. 201. Notice of availability required to be provided to applicants and former

recipients of AFDC, food stamps, and medicaid.

Sec. 202. Notice of availability of earned income tax credit and dependent care

tax credit to be included on W–4 form.

TITLE III—REPEAL OF TEMPORARY FUTA SURTAX

Sec. 301. Repeal of temporary FUTA surtax.

1 TITLE I—CONSOLIDATION OF

2 FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT AS3 SISTANCE PROGRAMS

4 Subtitle A—Block Grants to States

5 SEC. 101. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.

6 It is the purpose of this subtitle to establish a block

7 grant program to prepare individuals for employment in

8 the labor force by increasing their occupational and edu9 cational skills, resulting in improved long-term employ10 ability, increased employment and earnings, and reduced

11 welfare dependency.

12 SEC. 102. AUTHORIZATION.

13 (a) GRANTS TO STATES.—The Secretary of Labor

14 may provide grants to States for the purpose of providing

15 employment assistance to eligible individuals in such

16 States in accordance with this subtitle.

17 (b) GRANTS TO INDIAN TRIBES AND MIGRANT AND

18 SEASONAL FARMWORKER ORGANIZATIONS.—Not more

19 than 5 percent of the amount appropriated to carry out
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1 this subtitle for a fiscal year may be used by the Secretary

2 to provide grants to Indian tribes and migrant and sea3 sonal farmworker organizations for the purpose of provid4 ing employment assistance to Native Americans and mi5 grant and seasonal farmworkers in accordance with this

6 subtitle.

7 (c) PERIOD OF GRANTS.—A grant received under

8 subsection (a) or (b), as the case may be, may extend for

9 a period of not more than 5 fiscal years. The payments

10 under such grant shall be subject to annual approval of

11 the Secretary and the availability of appropriations for

12 each fiscal year.

13 SEC. 103. ALLOCATION.

14 In providing grants to States under section 102 for

15 a fiscal year, the Secretary shall, to the extent practicable,

16 allocate the amount appropriated for such fiscal year as

17 follows:

(1) 331 18 ⁄3 percent shall be allocated on the basis

19 of the relative number of unemployed individuals re20 siding in areas of substantial unemployment within

21 each State as compared to the total number of such

22 unemployed individuals in all such areas of substan23 tial unemployment in all States.

(2) 331 24 ⁄3 percent shall be allocated on the basis

25 of the relative excess number of unemployed individ-
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1 uals within each State as compared to the total ex2 cess number of unemployed individuals in all States.

(3) 331 3 ⁄3 percent shall be allocated on the basis

4 of the relative number of economically disadvantaged

5 adults within each State as compared to the total

6 number of economically disadvantaged adults in all

7 States.

8 SEC. 104. APPLICATION.

9 The Secretary may provide a grant to a State under

10 section 102 only if such State submits to the Secretary

11 an application which contains such information as the Sec12 retary may reasonably require, including a description of

13 the program to be established by the State under section

14 105.

15 SEC. 105. USE OF AMOUNTS.

16 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF EMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE

17 PROGRAM.—

18 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may provide a

19 grant to a State under section 102 only if such

20 State agrees that it will use all amounts received

21 from such grant to establish a program to provide

22 employment assistance to eligible individuals de23 scribed in paragraph (2).
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1 (2) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS.—An individual

2 shall be eligible to receive employment assistance

3 under the program if such individual—

4 (A) has attained the age of 14 and is eco5 nomically disadvantaged;

6 (B)(i) has been terminated or laid off or

7 who has received a notice of termination or lay8 off from employment, is eligible for or has ex9 hausted entitlement to unemployment com10 pensation, and is unlikely to return to the indi11 vidual’s previous industry or occupation;

12 (ii) has been terminated or has received a

13 notice of termination of employment, as a result

14 of any permanent closure of or any substantial

15 layoff at a plant, facility, or enterprise; or

16 (iii) was self-employed (including farmers

17 and ranchers) and is unemployed as a result of

18 general economic conditions in the community

19 in which the individual resides or because of

20 natural disasters, subject to regulations pre21 scribed by the Secretary;

22 (C) is an individual with a disability;

23 (D) is a member of the Armed Forces who

24 is being separated under other than adverse

25 conditions;
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1 (E) is a veteran who is unemployed; or

2 (F) is a displaced homemaker.

3 (b) CONDUCT OF PROGRAM.—In carrying out the

4 program described in subsection (a), the State shall meet

5 the following requirements:

6 (1)(A) The State shall ensure the profiling and

7 evaluation of eligible individuals for the purpose of

8 determining the amount of employment assistance

9 services, including, subject to subparagraph (B), the

10 amount of supportive services, if appropriate, to be

11 provided to such individuals. In profiling and evalu12 ating such individuals, the State shall classify indi13 viduals in 1 of the following 3 categories:

14 (i) Job-ready and in need of placement

15 services.

16 (ii) Job-ready and in need of remedial

17 skills enhancement.

18 (iii) Non-job-ready and in need of remedial

19 education.

20 (B) The State shall ensure that eligible individ21 uals receive information relating to the provision of

22 supportive services from sources other than under

23 this Act for the purpose of participating in the pro24 gram under this Act.
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1 (2) The State shall provide appropriate employ2 ment assistance services to eligible individuals based

3 upon the classification of the individual in the cat4 egories described in clauses (i) through (iii) of para5 graph (1)(A). Such assistance may not be used to

6 provide stipends or direct payments to individuals

7 for participation in the program, including payments

8 for supportive services, except that such assistance

9 may include payments for transportation costs,

10 based on need, of such individuals for participation

11 in the program.

12 (3) The State shall monitor the rate at which

13 individuals in the program successfully obtain em14 ployment after separation from the program in ac15 cordance with the following criteria:

16 (A) With respect to individuals classified in

17 the category described in paragraph (1)(A)(i),

18 employment for a period of not less than 6

19 months under which—

20 (i) the individual works an average of

21 at least 35 hours per week; and

22 (ii) the individual receives wages equal

23 to not less than 65 percent of the average

24 wages received for employment during the
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1 2-year period ending on the date of enroll2 ment in the program.

3 (B) With respect to individuals classified

4 in the category described in paragraph

5 (1)(A)(ii)—

6 (i) demonstration of proficiency of

7 those skill areas of the individual assessed

8 as deficient; and

9 (ii) employment for a period of not

10 less than 6 months in accordance with the

11 requirements described in subparagraph

12 (A).

13 (C) With respect to individuals classified in

14 the category described in paragraph

15 (1)(A)(iii)—

16 (i) demonstration of proficiency in

17 education and skills commensurate with a

18 high school degree; and

19 (ii) employment for a period of not

20 less than 6 months in accordance with the

21 requirements described in subparagraph

22 (A).

23 (4) The State shall, to the extent practicable,

24 establish one-stop-shop centers throughout the State

25 at which eligible individuals are provided information
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1 on the various types of employment assistance serv2 ices available under the program and at which such

3 individuals are profiled and evaluated in accordance

4 with paragraph (1)(A).

5 (c) DISCRETIONARY ACTIVITIES.—In carrying out

6 the program described in subsection (a), the State may

7 carry out the following activities:

8 (1) The State may allow eligible individuals to

9 participate in education and job search activities for

10 non-traditional employment.

11 (2) The State may establish a State employ12 ment coordinating council (or designate an similar

13 existing council) which will—

14 (A) study the emerging economic and em15 ployment trends, job creation opportunities, and

16 other employment and job training needs of in17 dividuals in the State;

18 (B) based upon the study conducted under

19 subparagraph (A), propose additional appro20 priate activities to be carried out under the pro21 gram; and

22 (C) report the results of the study con23 ducted under subparagraph (A) and the pro24 posed additional appropriate activities under

25 subparagraph (B) to—
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1 (i) the State agency responsible for

2 carrying out the program;

3 (ii) the Governor; and

4 (iii) the State legislature.

5 SEC. 106. REPORTS.

6 (a) REPORT TO THE SECRETARY.—Not later than 1

7 year after the date on which a State receives amounts

8 from a grant under section 102, and in each subsequent

9 fiscal year in which the State receives amounts from such

10 grant, the State shall submit to the Secretary a report

11 containing—

12 (1) the total number of individuals who applied

13 for participation in the program in the fiscal year;

14 (2) the total number of individuals enrolled in

15 the program in the fiscal year and the total number

16 of individuals who have re-enrolled in the program

17 for such fiscal year;

18 (3) the period of time spent in the program by

19 individuals who have separated from the program

20 and the rate at which such individuals successfully

21 obtained employment after such separation in ac22 cordance with the criteria described in subpara23 graphs (A) through (C) of section 105(b)(3); and

24 (4) any other appropriate information requested

25 by the Secretary.
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1 (b) REPORT TO CONGRESS.—The Secretary shall an2 nually submit to the Congress a report containing—

3 (1) a compilation of the information contained

4 in the reports received by the Secretary under sub5 section (a); and

6 (2) an evaluation of the block grant program

7 under this subtitle.

8 SEC. 107. REDUCTION OR TERMINATION OF PAYMENTS

9 UNDER GRANT.

10 (a) DETERMINATION OF SUCCESS IN PLACING INDI11 VIDUALS IN EMPLOYMENT.—

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall deter13 mine, based upon the information contained in the

14 reports submitted by a State under section 106(a),

15 whether or not the State has been successful in plac16 ing individuals in employment during each 2-year

17 period under the program.

18 (2) CRITERIA.—In making a determination

19 under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall take into

20 consideration appropriate criteria, including the gen21 eral economic conditions of the State during the 2-

22 year period referred to in such paragraph.

23 (b) REDUCTION OR TERMINATION OF PAYMENTS.—

24 If the Secretary determines under subsection (a) that a

25 State has not been successful in placing individuals in em-
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1 ployment during any 2-year period under the program, the

2 Secretary may—

3 (1) reduce the amount of payments under the

4 grant to such State for subsequent fiscal years; or

5 (2) terminate payments under the grant to such

6 State.

7 (c) CONTINUATION OF PAYMENTS.—The Secretary

8 may reinstate payments or increase payments under a

9 grant with respect to a State that the Secretary has deter10 mined under subsection (a) has not been successful in

11 placing individuals in employment in accordance with sub12 section (b), if the Secretary subsequently determines that

13 such State has implemented appropriate modifications to

14 the program.

15 SEC. 108. DEFINITIONS.

16 For the purposes of this subtitle, the following defini17 tions apply:

18 (1) AREA OF SUBSTANTIAL UNEMPLOYMENT.—

19 The term ‘‘area of substantial unemployment’’

20 means any area which has an average rate of unem21 ployment of at least 6.5 percent for the most recent

22 twelve months as determined by the Secretary. De23 terminations of areas of substantial unemployment

24 shall be made once each fiscal year.
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1 (2) ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED.—The

2 term ‘‘economically disadvantaged’’ means an indi3 vidual who (A) receives, or is a member of a family

4 which receives, cash welfare payments under a Fed5 eral, State, or local welfare program; (B) has, or is

6 a member of a family which has, received a total

7 family income for the six-month period prior to ap8 plication for the program involved (exclusive of un9 employment compensation, child support payments,

10 and welfare payments) which, in relation to family

11 size, was not in excess of the higher of (i) the official

12 poverty line (as defined by the Office of Manage13 ment and Budget, and revised annually in accord14 ance with section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget

15 Reconciliation Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)), or

16 (ii) 70 percent of the lower living standard income

17 level; (C) is receiving (or has been determined within

18 the 6-month period prior to the application for the

19 program involved to be eligible to receive) food

20 stamps pursuant to the Food Stamp Act of 1977;

21 (D) qualifies as a homeless individual under sub22 sections (a) and (c) of section 103 of the Stewart B.

23 McKinney Homeless Assistance Act; (E) is a foster

24 child on behalf of whom State or local government

25 payments are made; or (F) in cases permitted by
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1 regulations of the Secretary, is an individual with a

2 disability whose own income meets the requirements

3 of clause (A) or (B), but who is a member of a fam4 ily whose income does not meet such requirements.

5 (3) INDIVIDUAL WITH A DISABILITY.—The term

6 ‘‘individual with a disability’’ means an individual

7 who has a physical or mental disability which for

8 such individual constitutes or results in a substantial

9 handicap to employment.

10 (4) LOW-INCOME LEVEL.—The term ‘‘low-in11 come level’’ means $7,000 with respect to income in

12 1969, and for any later year means that amount

13 which bears the same relationship to $7,000 as the

14 Consumer Price Index for that year bears to the

15 Consumer Price Index for 1969, rounded to the

16 nearest $1,000.

17 (5) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means

18 the Secretary of Labor.

19 (6) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means each of

20 the several States, the District of Columbia, the

21 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Commonwealth

22 of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa,

23 Guam, the Virgin Islands, the Federated States of

24 Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands,

25 and the Republic of Palau.
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1 (7) UNEMPLOYED INDIVIDUALS.—The term

2 ‘‘unemployed individuals’’ means individuals who are

3 without jobs and who want and are available for

4 work. The determination of whether individuals are

5 without jobs shall be made in accordance with the

6 criteria used by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of

7 the Department of Labor in defining individuals as

8 unemployed.

9 (8) VETERAN.—The term ‘‘veteran’’ means an

10 individual who served in the active military, naval, or

11 air service, and who was discharged or released

12 therefrom under conditions other than dishonorable.

13 (9) VOCATIONAL EDUCATION.—The term ‘‘vo14 cational education’’ means organized educational

15 programs offering a sequence of courses which are

16 directly related to the preparation of individuals in

17 paid or unpaid employment in current or emerging

18 occupations requiring other than a baccalaureate or

19 advanced degree. Such programs shall include com20 petency-based applied learning which contributes to

21 an individual’s academic knowledge, higher-order

22 reasoning, and problem-solving skills, work attitudes,

23 general employability skills, and the occupational24 specific skills necessary for economic independence

25 as a productive and contributing member of society.
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1 Such term also includes applied technology edu2 cation.

3 (10) DISPLACED HOMEMAKER.—The term ‘‘dis4 placed homemaker’’ means an individual who has

5 been providing unpaid services to family members in

6 the home and who—

7 (A) has been dependent either—

8 (i) on public assistance and whose

9 youngest child is within 2 years of losing

10 eligibility under part A of title IV of the

11 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et

12 seq.); or

13 (ii) on the income of another family

14 member but is no longer supported by that

15 income; and

16 (B) is unemployed or underemployed and is

17 experiencing difficulty in obtaining or upgrad18 ing employment.

19 (11) NONTRADITIONAL EMPLOYMENT.—The

20 term ‘‘nontraditional employment’’ means occupa21 tions or fields of work where women or men, as the

22 case may be, comprise less than 25 percent of the

23 individuals employed in such occupation or field of

24 work.
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1 SEC. 109. TRANSFER OF FUNDS.

2 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any

3 amounts appropriated to carry out any provision of law

4 specified in chapter 2 of subtitle B which are not obligated

5 or expended on or after the end of the first fiscal year

6 beginning after the date of the enactment of this subtitle

7 shall be made available to carry out this subtitle.

8 SEC. 110. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be appro10 priated to carry out this subtitle—

11 (1) $7,800,000,000 for fiscal year 1996;

12 (2) $8,034,000,000 for fiscal year 1997;

13 (3) $8,268,000,000 for fiscal year 1998;

14 (4) $8,502,000,000 for fiscal year 1999; and

15 (5) $8,736,000,000 for fiscal year 2000.

16 (b) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated pursuant

17 to the authorization of appropriations in subsection (a) are

18 authorized to remain available until expended.
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1 Subtitle B—Consolidation and Re2 peal of Certain Federal Employ3 ment Assistance Programs

4 CHAPTER 1—CONSOLIDATION OF

5 PROGRAMS

6 SEC. 111. CERTAIN COMMUNITY-BASED PROJECTS RE7 GARDING HEALTH CARE FOR THE HOME8 LESS; CONFORMING AMENDMENT REGARD9 ING PUBLIC LAW 102–321.

10 The Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act

11 (Public Law 100–77) is amended by striking section 612

12 (relating to homeless individuals with chronic mental ill13 ness).

14 SEC. 112. CERTAIN EMPLOYMENT-RELATED PROGRAMS

15 UNDER REHABILITATION ACT OF 1973.

16 (a) SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT FOR INDIVIDUALS

17 WITH MOST SEVERE DISABILITIES.—Section 101(a) of

18 the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 721(a)) is

19 amended—

20 (1) in paragraph (5), by amending subpara21 graph (B) to read as follows:

22 ‘‘(B) provide satisfactory assurances to the Commis23 sioner that the State has studied and considered a broad

24 variety of means for providing services to individuals with
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1 the most severe disabilities, including the provision of serv2 ices leading to supported employment; and’’; and

3 (2) by amending paragraph (25) to read as fol4 lows:

5 ‘‘(25) provide assurances satisfactory to the Sec6 retary that the State has an acceptable plan for developing

7 a collaborative program with appropriate entities to pro8 vide supported employment services for individuals with

9 the most severe disabilities who require supported employ10 ment services to enter or retain competitive employment;’’.

11 (b) SPECIAL RECREATION ACTIVITIES AND SERV12 ICES.—

13 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 101(a)(12) of the

14 Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 721(a)(12))

15 is amended—

16 (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking

17 ‘‘and’’ after the semicolon at the end;

18 (B) in subparagraph (B), by adding ‘‘and’’

19 after the semicolon at the end; and

20 (C) by adding at the end the following sub21 paragraph:

22 ‘‘(C) provide for entering into agreements with the

23 operators of community rehabilitation programs or to

24 make awards of grants or contracts to nonprofit private

25 organizations, for the provision of special recreation activi-
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1 ties and services, that are, whenever possible, provided in

2 settings with peers who are not individuals with disabil3 ities;’’.

4 (2) SCOPE OF SERVICES.—Section 103(a) of

5 the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 723(a))

6 is amended—

7 (A) in paragraph (15), by striking ‘‘and’’

8 after the semicolon at the end;

9 (B) in paragraph (16), by striking the pe10 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

11 (C) by adding at the end the following

12 paragraph:

13 ‘‘(17) special recreation activities and serv14 ices.’’.

15 (c) PROJECTS WITH INDUSTRY.—Section 101(a) of

16 the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 721(a)) is

17 amended—

18 (1) in paragraph (35), by striking ‘‘and’’ after

19 the semicolon at the end;

20 (2) in paragraph (36), by striking the period at

21 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

22 (3) by adding at the end the following para23 graph:

24 ‘‘(37) provide satisfactory assurances to the Commis25 sioner that the State has awarded grants to individual em-
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1 ployers, community rehabilitation program providers,

2 labor unions, trade associations, Indian tribes, tribal orga3 nizations, designated States units, and other entities that

4 are jointly financed to create and expand job and career

5 opportunities for individuals with disabilities, which pro6 vide training in realistic work settings, job placements, de7 velopment and modification of jobs and career opportuni8 ties, and distribution of rehabilitation technology, includ9 ing necessary support services.’’.

10 (d) DEFINITIONS.—Section 7 of the Rehabilitation

11 Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 706) is amended by adding at

12 the end the following paragraph:

13 ‘‘(36) The term ‘special recreation activities and serv14 ices’ means activities and services that provide individuals

15 with disabilities with recreational activities and related ex16 periences to aid in the employment, mobility, socialization,

17 independence, and community integration of such individ18 uals. These may include, but are not limited to, vocational

19 skills development, leisure education, leisure networking,

20 leisure resource development, physical education and

21 sports, scouting and camping, 4-H activities, music, danc22 ing, handicrafts, art, and homemaking.’’.

23 (e) CONFORMING PROVISIONS.—
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1 (1) REPEALS.—The Rehabilitation Act of 1973

2 (29 U.S.C. 701 et seq.) is amended by striking the

3 following provisions:

4 (A) Subsection (c) of section 311.

5 (B) Section 316.

6 (C) Parts B and C of title VI.

7 (2) FUNDING.—Section 100(b)(1) of the Reha8 bilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 720(b)(1)) is

9 amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(For

10 fiscal year 1995, in determining the amount to be

11 appropriated under the preceding sentence, the

12 amount appropriated for fiscal year 1994 under this

13 subsection is deemed to be the sum of the aggregate

14 amount appropriated for carrying out section 311(c),

15 section 316, and parts B and C of title VI and the

16 amount actually appropriated under this subsection

17 for fiscal year 1994.)’’.

18 (3) REDESIGNATIONS; CROSS-REFERENCES.—

19 The Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 U.S.C. 701 et

20 seq.) is amended—

21 (A) in section 101(a)(5)(A), by striking

22 ‘‘including individuals served under part C of

23 title VI of this Act’’;
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1 (B) in section 310, by striking ‘‘sections

2 311(d), 311(e), 312, and 316’’ and inserting

3 ‘‘sections 311(c), 311(d), and 312’’;

4 (C) in section 311, by redesignating sub5 sections (d) through (f) as subsections (c)

6 through (e), respectively;

7 (D) in title VI, by redesignating part D as

8 part B; and

9 (E) in section 802(j)—

10 (i) in paragraph (1), by striking

11 ‘‘Consistent with’’ and all that follows

12 through ‘‘the Commissioner may’’ and in13 serting ‘‘The Commissioner may’’; and

14 (ii) in paragraph (3)(B), by striking

15 clause (ii) and redesignating clauses (iii)

16 through (vi) as clauses (ii) through (v), re17 spectively.

18 CHAPTER 2—REPEAL OF PROGRAMS

19 SEC. 121. HIGHER EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS FROM MI20 GRANT AND SEASONAL FARMWORKER FAMI21 LIES.

22 Subpart 5 of part A of title IV of the Higher Edu23 cation Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1070d–2) is repealed.
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1 SEC. 122. CERTAIN VETERANS PROGRAMS.

2 (a) DISABLED VETERANS OUTREACH PROGRAM AND

3 LOCAL VETERANS EMPLOYMENT REPRESENTATIVE PRO4 GRAM.—Sections 4103A, 4104, and 4104A of title 38,

5 United States Code, are repealed.

6 (b) HOMELESS VETERANS REINTEGRATION

7 PROJECT.—Section 738 of Public Law 100–77 (42 U.S.C.

8 11448) is repealed.

9 (c) CONFORMING CHANGES.—(1) Section 3672(d) of

10 title 38, United States Code, is amended by striking ‘‘and

11 shall utilize’’ and all that follows through the end thereof

12 and inserting in lieu thereof a period.

13 (2) Section 4102A of title 38, United States Code,

14 is amended—

15 (A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph

16 (4);

17 (B) by striking paragraphs (5) and (7) of sub18 section (b);

19 (C) by redesignating paragraph (6) as para20 graph (5) and in that paragraph by striking ‘‘; and’’

21 and inserting a period; and

22 (D) by striking subsection (c).

23 (3) Section 4106(a) of title 38, United States Code,

24 is amended—

25 (A) in the fifth sentence—
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1 (i) by striking ‘‘in all of the States for the

2 purposes specified in paragraph (5) of section

3 4102A(b) of this title and’’; and

4 (ii) by striking ‘‘sections.’’ and inserting

5 ‘‘section.’’; and

6 (B) in the sixth sentence, by striking ‘‘and of

7 the proposed numbers, by State, of disabled veter8 ans’ outreach program specialists appointed under

9 section 4103A of this title and local veterans’ em10 ployment representatives assigned under section

11 4104 of this title,’’.

12 (4) Section 4107(c) of title 38, United States Code,

13 is amended—

14 (A) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph

15 (3);

16 (B) by striking paragraph (4);

17 (C) by redesignating paragraph (5) as para18 graph (4) and in that paragraph—

19 (i) by striking ‘‘including an evaluation of

20 the effectiveness of such programs during such

21 program year in meeting the requirements of

22 section 4102A(b) of this title,’’; and

23 (ii) by striking ‘‘(including’’ and all that

24 follows through ‘‘representatives)’’.
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1 (5) Section 739 of Public Law 100–77 (42 U.S.C.

2 11449) is amended—

3 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘, of which

4 $2,200,000 shall be available only to carry out sec5 tion 738’’ each place it appears; and

6 (B) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘other than

7 section 738 and for the program under section 738’’.

8 (6) The table of sections for chapter 41 of title 38,

9 United States Code, is amended by striking the items re10 lating to sections 4103A, 4104, and 4104A.

11 SEC. 123. FOSTER GRANDPARENT AND SENIOR COMPANION

12 PROGRAMS, PROGRAMS UNDER FOOD STAMP

13 ACT OF 1977, AND PROGRAMS UNDER OLDER

14 AMERICANS ACT OF 1965.

15 (a) FOSTER GRANDPARENT AND SENIOR COMPANION

16 PROGRAMS.—The Domestic Volunteer Service Act (42

17 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.) is amended—

18 (1) in section 200—

19 (A) in paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘and’’ at

20 the end,

21 (B) in paragraph (2) by striking the semi22 colon at the end and inserting a period, and

23 (C) by striking paragraphs (3) and (4),

24 (2) in title II—

25 (A) by striking parts B and C, and
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1 (B) in part D—

2 (i) by redesignating such part as part

3 B,

4 (ii) in sections 221 and 225 by strik5 ing ‘‘parts A, B, and C’’ each place it ap6 pears and inserting ‘‘part A’’, and

7 (iii) by redesignating part E as part

8 C,

9 (3) in section 416(f)(2) by striking ‘‘parts (B)

10 and’’ and inserting ‘‘part’’,

11 (4) in section 421—

12 (A) by striking paragraphs (9), (10), (17),

13 and (18), and

14 (B) in paragraph (14) by striking ‘‘(B),

15 (C), and (E)’’ and inserting ‘‘and (C)’’,

16 (5) in section 502—

17 (A) by striking subsections (b) and (c),

18 and

19 (B) in subsection (d)—

20 (i) by striking ‘‘part E’’ and inserting

21 ‘‘part C’’, and

22 (ii) by redesignating such subsection

23 as subsection (c), and

24 (6) in section 503(d) by striking ‘‘part E’’ and

25 inserting ‘‘part C’’.
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1 (b) AMENDMENTS TO THE FOOD STAMP ACT OF

2 1977.—(1) Section 6(d) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977

3 (7 U.S.C. 2015(d)) is amended by striking paragraph (4).

4 (2) The Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011

5 et seq.) is amended—

6 (A) in section 5—

7 (i) in subsection (d)(15) by striking ‘‘(15)’’

8 and all that follows through ‘‘(16)’’, and insert9 ing ‘‘and (15)’’, and

10 (ii) in the 4th sentence of subsection (e)—

11 (I) by striking ‘‘party, amounts’’ and

12 inserting ‘‘party and amounts’’, and

13 (II) by striking ‘‘and expenses that

14 are paid under section 6(d)(4)(I) for de15 pendent care,’’,

16 (B) in section 6—

17 (i) in the 1st sentence of subsection (d)(1)

18 by striking ‘‘(ii)’’ and all that follows through

19 ‘‘(iii)’’, and inserting ‘‘and (ii)’’, and

20 (ii) in subsection (e) by amending para21 graph (5) to read as follows:

22 ‘‘(5) is a parent with responsibility for the care

23 of a dependent child under age 6;’’,

24 (C) in section 11(e)—

25 (i) by striking paragraph (22), and
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1 (ii) by redesignating paragraphs (23)

2 through (25) as paragraphs (22) through (24),

3 respectively,

4 (D) in section 16—

5 (i) by striking subsection (h), and

6 (ii) by redesignating subsections (i)

7 and (j) as subsections (h) and (i), respec8 tively,

9 (E) in section 21(b)(4) by amending sub10 paragraph (B) to read as follows:

11 ‘‘(B) the portion of the administrative

12 costs for which the State would have received

13 reimbursement under subsections (a) and (g) of

14 section 16 (without regard to the first proviso

15 to such subsection (g)) if the individuals who

16 participated in the Project had participated in17 stead in the food stamp program;’’, and

18 (F) in section 22(b)—

19 (i) by striking paragraph (4), and

20 (ii) by redesignating succeeding para21 graphs, and references to such paragraphs,

22 accordingly.

23 (c) AMENDMENT TO THE OLDER AMERICANS ACT OF

24 1965.—Title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42

25 U.S.C. 3056–3056i) is repealed.
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1 SEC. 124. JOB TRAINING PARTNERSHIP ACT.

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Job Training Partnership

3 Act (29 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.), except sections 421 through

4 439 of such Act (29 U.S.C. 1691 et seq.) (relating to the

5 Job Corps), is hereby repealed.

6 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO JOB CORPS.—

7 The Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1501 et

8 seq.) is amended—

9 (1) by redesignating sections 421 through 439

10 as sections 1 through 20, respectively;

11 (2) in section 1 (as redesignated), by striking

12 ‘‘part’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Act’’;

13 (3) in section 3(4) (as redesignated), by strik14 ing ‘‘sections 424 and 425’’ and inserting ‘‘sections

15 4 and 5’’;

16 (4) in section 4 (as redesignated)—

17 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘entities

18 administering programs under title II of this

19 Act,’’; and

20 (B) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘part’’

21 and inserting ‘‘Act’’;

22 (5) in section 6 (as redesignated)—

23 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘section

24 428’’ and inserting ‘‘section 8’’; and

25 (B) by striking subsection (d);

26 (6) in section 7 (as redesignated)—
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1 (A) by striking subsection (b); and

2 (B) by redesignating subsection (c) as sub3 section (b);

4 (7) in section 13 (as redesignated)—

5 (A) in subsection (a)(4), by striking ‘‘part’’

6 and inserting ‘‘Act’’;

7 (B) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ‘‘and

8 activities authorized under sections 452 and

9 453’’; and

10 (C) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘section

11 431’’ and inserting ‘‘section 11’’;

12 (8) in section 14 (as redesignated)—

13 (A) in subsection (a)—

14 (i) in the matter preceding paragraph

15 (1), by striking ‘‘section 427’’ and insert16 ing ‘‘section 7’’; and

17 (ii) in paragraph 4(A), by striking

18 ‘‘section 428’’ and inserting ‘‘section 8’’;

19 (B) in subsection (c)(3), by striking ‘‘sec20 tion 423’’ and inserting ‘‘section 3’’;

21 (C) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘sections

22 424 and 425’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 4 and 5’’;

23 and

24 (D) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘, pursu25 ant to section 452(d),’’;
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1 (9) in section 16 (as redesignated), by striking

2 ‘‘part’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Act’’;

3 (10) in section 19 (as redesignated), by striking

4 ‘‘part’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘Act’’;

5 (11) in section 20 (as redesignated), by striking

6 ‘‘part’’ and inserting ‘‘Act’’; and

7 (12) by adding at the end the following new

8 section:

9 ‘‘SEC. 21. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

10 ‘‘There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out

11 this Act—

12 ‘‘(1) $1,098,000 for fiscal year 1996;

13 ‘‘(2) $1,128,000 for fiscal year 1997;

14 ‘‘(3) $1,158,000 for fiscal year 1998;

15 ‘‘(4) $1,189,000 for fiscal year 1999; and

16 ‘‘(5) $1,221,000 for fiscal year 2000.’’.

17 SEC. 125. APPALACHIAN VOCATIONAL AND OTHER EDU18 CATION FACILITIES AND OPERATIONS PRO19 GRAM.

20 Section 211 of the Appalachian Regional Develop21 ment Act of 1965 (40 U.S.C. App. 211) is repealed.

22 SEC. 126. TARGETED JOBS CREDIT.

23 (a) IN GENERAL.—Part IV of subchapter A of chap24 ter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended
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1 by striking subpart F (relating to rules for computing tar2 geted jobs credit).

3 (b) TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.—

4 (1) Subsection (b) of section 38 of such Code

5 is amended by striking paragraph (2) and by redes6 ignating the succeeding paragraphs accordingly.

7 (2) The table of subparts for part IV of sub8 chapter A of chapter 1 of such Code is amended by

9 striking the item relating to subpart F.

10 SEC. 127. JOBS PROGRAM.

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—

12 (1) Section 402(a) of the Social Security Act

13 (42 U.S.C. 602(a)) is amended by striking para14 graph (19).

15 (2) Section 403 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 603) is

16 amended by striking subsections (k) and (l), except

17 that subparagraph (A) of such section 403(l)(3)

18 shall remain in effect for purposes of applying any

19 reduction in payment rates required by such sub20 paragraph for any of the fiscal years specified in

21 such subparagraph.

22 (3) Part F of title IV of such Act is hereby re23 pealed.

24 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
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1 (1) Section 402(a)(9)(A) of such Act (42

2 U.S.C. 602(a)(9)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘(in3 cluding activities under part F)’’.

4 (2) Section 402(a)(44)(A) of such Act (42

5 U.S.C. 602(a)(44)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘,

6 part D, and part F’’ and inserting ‘‘and part D’’.

7 (3) Section 402(g)(1)(A)(i) of such Act (42

8 U.S.C. 602(g)(1)(A)(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘—

9 ’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘for each family

10 with a dependent child requiring such care, to the

11 extent that such care is determined by the State

12 agency to be necessary for an individual in the fam13 ily to accept employment or remain employed.’’.

14 (4) Section 402(g) of such Act (42 U.S.C.

15 602(g)) is amended by striking paragraph (2).

16 (5) Section 407(b)(1)(B) of such Act (42

17 U.S.C. 607(b)(1)(B)) is amended—

18 (A) by striking clauses (i) and (v) and re19 designating clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv) as clauses

20 (i), (ii), and (iii), respectively;

21 (B) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause

22 (ii) (as so redesignated); and

23 (C) by striking ‘‘; and’’ at the end of

24 clause (iii) (as so redesignated) and inserting a

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1 (6) Section 407(b)(2)(B)(ii)(I) of such Act (42

2 U.S.C. 607(b)(2)(B)(ii)(I)) is amended by striking

3 ‘‘(including any activity authorized under section

4 402(a)(19) or under part F)’’.

5 (7) Section 407(b)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C.

6 607(b)(2)) is amended by striking subparagraph

7 (C).

8 (8) Section 407(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C.

9 607(c)) is amended—

10 (A) by striking ‘‘(A) where’’ and inserting

11 ‘‘where’’; and

12 (B) by striking ‘‘, and (B)’’ and all that

13 follows through ‘‘part F’’.

14 (9) Section 407(d)(1)(A) of such Act (42

15 U.S.C. 607(d)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘, or in

16 which such individual participated in a program

17 under part F’’.

18 (10) Section 407(e) of such Act (42 U.S.C.

19 607(e)) is amended—

20 (A) in paragraph (1)—

21 (i) by striking ‘‘in participating in a

22 program under part F and’’; and

23 (ii) by striking ‘‘participate in or’’;

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1 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘both

2 part F and’’.

3 (11) Section 417 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 617)

4 is amended by striking ‘‘, part D, and part F’’ and

5 inserting ‘‘and part D’’.

6 (12) Section 471(a)(8)(A) of such Act (42

7 U.S.C. 671(a)(8)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘(in8 cluding activities under part F)’’.

9 (13) Section 1115(b)(2)(A) of such Act (42

10 U.S.C. 1315(b)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘, and

11 402(a)(19) (relating to the work incentive pro12 gram)’’.

13 (14) Section 1108 of such Act (42 U.S.C.

14 1308) is amended—

15 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘or, in

16 the case of part A of title IV, section 403(k)’’;

17 and

18 (B) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘(exclu19 sive of any amounts on account of services and

20 items to which, in the case of part A of such

21 title, section 403(k) applies)’’.

22 (15) Section 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(I) of such Act

23 (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(19)(A)(i)(I)) is amended by

24 striking ‘‘, or considered by the State to be receiving

25 such aid as authorized by section 482(e)(6)’’.
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1 (16) Section 1928(a)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C.

2 1396s(a)(1)) is amended by striking subparagraph

3 (D).

4 (17) Section 51(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue

5 Code of 1986 is amended by striking subparagraph

6 (B).

7 SEC. 128. SERVICE MEMBERS OCCUPATIONAL CONVERSION

8 AND TRAINING ACT OF 1992.

9 The Service Members Occupational Conversion and

10 Training Act of 1992 (10 U.S.C. 1143 note) is repealed.

11 SEC. 129. ADULT EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

12 The Adult Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1201 et seq.)

13 is repealed.

14 SEC. 130. VOCATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAMS.

15 The Carl D. Perkins Vocational and Applied Tech16 nology Education Act (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.) is repealed.

17 SEC. 131. NATIONAL LITERACY PROGRAMS.

18 The National Literacy Act of 1991 (20 U.S.C. 1211–

19 2) is repealed.

20 SEC. 132. INDIAN EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING AND RELATED

21 SERVICES DEMONSTRATION PROGRAM.

22 The Indian Employment, Training and Related Serv23 ices Demonstration Act of 1992 (25 U.S.C. 3401 et seq.)

24 is repealed.
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1 SEC. 133. SPECIAL PROGRAMS RELATING TO ADULT EDU2 CATION FOR INDIANS.

3 Section 5330 of the Indian Education Act of 1988

4 (25 U.S.C. 2631) is repealed.

5 SEC. 134. SPECIAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO INDIAN

6 TRIBES.

7 Subsection (i) of section 682 of the Social Security

8 Act (42 U.S.C. 682(i)) is repealed.

9 SEC. 135. LITERACY CORPS.

10 Section 109 of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act

11 of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4959) is repealed.

12 SEC. 136. MISCELLANEOUS REPEALERS.

13 The following provisions of law are hereby repealed:

14 (1) The Act of June 6, 1933 (29 U.S.C. 49 et

15 seq.; commonly referred to as the ‘‘Wagner-Peyser

16 Act’’).

17 (2) Subtitle A of title VII of Stewart B. McKin18 ney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11421 et

19 seq.).

20 (3) Subtitle C of title VII of Stewart B. McKin21 ney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11441 et

22 seq.).

23 (4) Chapter 2 of title II of the Trade Act of

24 1974 (19 U.S.C. 2271 and following) and the items

25 relating to such chapter in the table of contents of

26 such Act.
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1 (5) Section 402 of the Homeownership and Op2 portunity Through HOPE Act (42 U.S.C. 12870).

3 (6) Section 204 of the Immigration Reform and

4 Control Act of 1986 (8 U.S.C. 1255a note).

5 Subtitle C—Effective Dates

6 SEC. 141. EFFECTIVE DATES.

7 (a) SUBTITLE A.—Subtitle A shall take effect on the

8 first day of the first fiscal year beginning after the date

9 of the enactment of this Act.

10 (b) SUBTITLE B.—Subtitle B and the amendments

11 made by subtitle B shall take effect 180 days after the

12 first day of the fiscal year described in subsection (a).

13 TITLE II—NOTICE OF AVAILABIL14 ITY OF EARNED INCOME

15 CREDIT

16 SEC. 201. NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY REQUIRED TO BE PRO17 VIDED TO APPLICANTS AND FORMER RECIPI18 ENTS OF AFDC, FOOD STAMPS, AND MEDIC19 AID.

20 (a) AFDC.—Section 402(a) of the Social Security

21 Act (42 U.S.C. 602(a)), as amended by sections 101 and

22 102(a) of this Act, is amended—

23 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph

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1 (2) by striking the period at the end of para2 graph (47) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

3 (3) by inserting after paragraph (47) the fol4 lowing:

5 ‘‘(48) provide that the State agency must pro6 vide written notice of the existence and availability

7 of the earned income credit under section 32 of the

8 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to—

9 ‘‘(A) any individual who applies for aid

10 under the State plan, upon receipt of the appli11 cation; and

12 ‘‘(B) any individual whose aid under the

13 State plan is terminated, in the notice of termi14 nation of benefits.’’.

15 (b) FOOD STAMPS.—Section 11(e) of the Food

16 Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2020(e)) is amended—

17 (1) in paragraph (24) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the

18 end;

19 (2) in paragraph (25) by striking the period at

20 the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

21 (3) by inserting after paragraph (25) the fol22 lowing:

23 ‘‘(26) that whenever a household applies for

24 food stamp benefits, and whenever such benefits are

25 terminated with respect to a household, the State
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1 agency shall provide to each member of such house2 hold notice of—

3 ‘‘(A) the existence of the earned income

4 tax credit under section 32 of the Internal Rev5 enue Code of 1986; and

6 ‘‘(B) the fact that such credit may be ap7 plicable to such member.’’.

8 (c) MEDICAID.—Section 1902(a) of the Social Secu9 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)) is amended—

10 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph

11 (61);

12 (2) by striking the period at the end of para13 graph (62) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

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

15 paragraph:

16 ‘‘(63) provide that the State shall provide notice

17 of the existence and availability of the earned income

18 tax credit under section 32 of the Internal Revenue

19 Code of 1986 to each individual applying for medical

20 assistance under the State plan and to each individ21 ual whose eligibility for medical assistance under the

22 State plan is terminated.’’.
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1 SEC. 202. NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF EARNED INCOME

2 TAX CREDIT AND DEPENDENT CARE TAX

3 CREDIT TO BE INCLUDED ON W–4 FORM.

4 Section 11114 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation

5 Act of 1990 (relating to program to increase public aware6 ness) is amended by adding at the end the following new

7 sentence: ‘‘Such means shall include printing a notice of

8 the availability of such credits on the forms used by em9 ployees to determine the proper number of withholding ex10 emptions under chapter 24 of the Internal Revenue Code

11 of 1986.’’.

12 TITLE III—REPEAL OF

13 TEMPORARY FUTA SURTAX

14 SEC. 301. REPEAL OF TEMPORARY FUTA SURTAX.

15 (a) GENERAL RULE.—Section 3301 of the Internal

16 Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to rate of tax) is amended

17 to read as follows:

18 ‘‘SEC. 3301. RATE OF TAX.

19 ‘‘There is hereby imposed on every employer (as de20 fined in section 3306(a)) for each calendar year an excise

21 tax, with respect to having individuals in his employ, equal

22 to 6.0 percent of the total wages (as defined in section

23 3306(b)) paid by him during the calendar year with re24 spect to employment (as defined in section 3306(c)).’’
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1 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by

2 subsection (a) shall apply to calendar year 1995 and sub3 sequent calendar years.

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