`[Journal of the House of Representatives, 1995]
[Wednesday, March 22, 1995 (48), Para 48.16 Recorded Vote]
[Pages 426-427]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

para.48.16  recorded vote

  A recorded vote by electronic device was ordered in the Committee of 
the Whole on the following amendments en bloc submitted by Mr. ARCHER:

       Amendment No. 2, offered by Mr. Talent:
       Page 6, after line 3, insert the following:

     SEC. 100. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.

       It is the sense of the Congress that--
       (1) marriage is the foundation of a successful society;
       (2) marriage is an essential social institution which 
     promotes the interests of children and society at large;
       (3) the negative consequences of an out-of-wedlock birth on 
     the child, the mother, and society are well documented as 
     follows:
       (A) the illegitimacy rate among black Americans was 26 
     percent in 1965, but today the rate is 68 percent and 
     climbing;
       (B) the illegitimacy rate among white Americans has risen 
     tenfold, from 2.29 percent in 1960 to 22 percent today;
       (C) the total of all out-of-wedlock births between 1970 and 
     1991 has risen from 10 percent to 30 percent and if the 
     current trend continues 50 percent of all births by the year 
     2015 will be out-of-wedlock;
       (D) \3/4\ of illegitimate births among whites are to women 
     with a high school education or less;
       (E) the 1-parent family is 6 times more likely to be poor 
     than the 2-parent family;
       (F) children born into families receiving welfare 
     assistance are 3 times more likely than children not born 
     into families receiving welfare to be on welfare when they 
     reach adulthood;
       (G) teenage single parent mothering is the single biggest 
     contributor to low birth weight babies;
       (D) children born out-of-wedlock are more likely to 
     experience low verbal cognitive attainment, child abuse, and 
     neglect;
       (I) young people from single parent or stepparent families 
     are 2 to 3 times more likely to have emotional or behavioral 
     problems than those from intact families;
       (J) young white women who were raised in a single parent 
     family are more than twice as likely to have children out-of-
     wedlock and to become parents as teenagers, and almost twice 
     as likely to have their marriages end in divorce, as are 
     children from 2-parent families;
       (K) the younger the single parent mother, the less likely 
     she is to finish high school;
       (L) young women who have children before finishing high 
     school are more likely to receive welfare assistance for a 
     longer period of time;
       (M) between 1985 and 1990, the public cost of births to 
     teenage mothers under the aid to families with dependent 
     children program, the food stamp program, and the medicaid 
     program has been estimated at $120,000,000,000;
       (N) the absence of a father in the life of a child has a 
     negative effect on school performance and peer adjustment;
       (O) the likelihood that a young black man will engage in 
     criminal activities doubles if he is raised without a father 
     and triples if he lives in a neighborhood with a high 
     concentration of single parent families; and
       (P) the greater the incidence of single parent families in 
     a neighborhood, the higher the incidence of violent crime and 
     burglary; and
       (4) in light of this demonstration of the crisis in our 
     Nation, the reduction of out-of-wedlock births is an 
     important government interest and the policy contained in 
     provisions of this title address the crisis.
       Amend the table of contents accordingly.
       Amendment No. 4, offered by Mr. Hyde:
       Page 8, line 15, strike ``births'', and insert 
     ``pregnancies.''
       Page 8, strike lines 22-25.
       Page 14, line 18, strike ``costs.'' and insert ``costs. Not 
     withstanding any other provisions of this act, a state to 
     which a grant is made under section 403 may not use any part 
     of the grant to provide medical services.''
       Amendment No. 6, offered by Mr. Talent:
       Page 22, strike the table that begins after line 2 and 
     insert the following:

                                                            The minimum
``If the fiscal year is:                         participation rate is:
    1996............................................................ 10
    1997............................................................ 15
    1998............................................................ 20
    1999............................................................ 25
    2000............................................................ 27
    2001............................................................ 29
    2002............................................................ 40
    2003 or thereafter..............................................50.

       Amendment No. 10, offered by Mr. Smith of Texas:
       Page 65, line 2, insert after the period: The Secretary may 
     not require a state to alter its child protection law 
     regarding determination of the adequacy, type and timing of 
     health care (whether medical, non-medical or spiritual).
       Amendment No. 12, offered by Mr. Burton of Indiana:
       Page 85, after line 15, insert the following:

     SEC. 205. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING TIMELY ADOPTION OF 
                   CHILDREN.

       It is the sense of the Congress that--
       (1) too many children who wish to be adopted are spending 
     inordinate amounts of time in foster care;
       (2) there is an urgent need for States to increase the 
     number of waiting children being adopted in a timely and 
     lawful manner;
       (3) States should allocate sufficient funds under this 
     title for adoption assistance and medical assistance to 
     encourage more families to adopt children who otherwise would 
     languish in the foster care system for a period that many 
     experts consider detrimental to their development;
       (4) when it is necessary for a State to remove a child from 
     the home of the child's biological parents, the State should 
     strive--
       (A) to provide the child with a single foster care 
     placement and a single coordinated case team; and
       (B) to conclude an adoption of the child, when adoption is 
     the goal of the child and the State, within one year of the 
     child's placement in foster care; and
       (5) States should participate in local, regional, or 
     national programs to enable maximum visibility of waiting 
     children to potential parents.
       Amendment No. 14. Offered by Mr. Cunningham:
       Page 114, strike line 4, and insert the following:
       ``(b) Additional Requirements With Respect to Assistance 
     for Pregnant, Postpartum, and Breastfeeding Women, Infants, 
     and Children.--
       ``(1) Minimum amount of assistance.--The State shall
       Page 114, after line 11, insert the following (and make 
     appropriate conforming amendments):
       ``(2) Assistance for members of the armed forces and their 
     dependents.--The State shall ensure that assistance described 
     in subsection (a)(1) is provided to members of the Armed 
     Forces and dependents of such members (regardless of the 
     State of residence of such members or dependents) who meet 
     the requirements of such subsection on an equitable basis 
     with assistance provided to all other individuals under such 
     subsection in such State.
       ``(c) Additional Requirement With Respect to Child Care 
     Assistance on Military Installations.--
       ``(1) In general.--To the extent consistent with the number 
     of children who are receiving assistance under child care 
     programs established and carried out on military 
     installations in such State by the Department of Defense, the 
     State, after timely and appropriate consultation with 
     representatives of such programs, shall provide assistance to 
     such programs for such children (regardless of the State of 
     residence of such children) in accordance with subsection 
     (a)(3) on an equitable basis with assistance provided in 
     accordance with such subsection to all other child care 
     programs carried out in such State.
       ``(2) Limitation.--In providing assistance to a child care 
     program established and carried out on a military 
     installation under paragraph (1), a State shall not require 
     that such program be licensed under State law if such program 
     is licensed by the Department of Defense.
       Amendment No. 16, offered by Mr. Gunderson:
       Page 116, beginning on line 19, strike ``the Secretary 
     determines to be appropriate'' and insert ``which can be 
     reasonably required by the Secretary''.
       Page 135, beginning on line 4, strike ``the Secretary 
     determines to be appropriate'' and insert ``which can be 
     reasonably required by the Secretary''.
       Amendment No. 23, offered by Mr. Roberts:
       Page 232, strike lines 23 and 24 and insert the following:
       ``Section 15 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2024) 
     is amended by adding at the end the following new 
     subsection:''.
       Page 232, line 25, strike ``(g)(1)'' and insert ``(h)(1)''.

[[Page 427]]

       Amendment No. 27, offered by Mr. Zimmer:
       Page 37, line 11, strike ``CONVICTED OF'' and insert 
     ``FOUND TO HAVE''
       Page 37, line 12, strike ``REPRESENTING'' and insert 
     ``REPRESENTED''.
       Page 37, line 12, strike ``TO A WELFARE PROGRAM'' and 
     insert ``IN ORDER TO OBTAIN BENEFITS IN 2 OR MORE STATES'' 
     after ``RESIDENCE''.
       Page 37, line 13, 14 and 15, strike ``A State to which a 
     grant is made under section 403 may not use any part of the 
     grant to provide assistance to an individual'' and insert 
     ``An individual shall not be considered an eligible 
     individual for the purposes of this title'' before ``during'' 
     on line 15.
       Page 37, line 16, insert ``found by a State to have made, 
     or is'' after ``is''.
       Page 37, line 17, strike ``of making'' and insert ``of 
     having made,''.
       Page 37, line 20, strike ``under 2 or more'' and insert 
     ``simultaneously from 2 or more States under''.
       Page 37, line 21, insert ``, title XIX, or the Food Stamp 
     Act of 1977, or benefits in 2 or more States under the 
     supplemental security income program under title XIV'' before 
     the period.
       Page 266, after line 15, insert the following:

     SEC. 606. DENIAL OF SSI BENEFITS FOR 10 YEARS TO INDIVIDUALS 
                   FOUND TO HAVE FRAUDULENTLY MISREPRESENTED 
                   RESIDENCE IN ORDER TO OBTAIN BENEFITS 
                   SIMULTANEOUSLY IN 2 OR MORE STATES.

       Sec. 1614(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
     1382c(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(5) An individual shall not be considered an eligible 
     individual for purposes of this title during the 10-year 
     period beginning on the date the individual is found by a 
     State to have made, or is convicted in Federal or State court 
     of having made, a fraudulent statement or representation with 
     respect to the place of residence of the individual in order 
     to receive benefits simultaneously from 2 or more States 
     under programs that are funded under part A of title IV, 
     title XIX, or the Food Stamp Act of 1977, or benefits in 2 or 
     more States under the supplemental security income program 
     under title XVI.''
       At the end of subtitle B of title V, insert the following 
     (and make such technical and conforming changes as may be 
     appropriate):

     SEC. 581. DENIAL OF FOOD STAMP BENEFITS FOR 10 YEARS TO 
                   INDIVIDUALS FOUND TO HAVE FRAUDULENTLY 
                   MISREPRESENTED RESIDENCE IN ORDER TO OBTAIN 
                   BENEFITS SIMULTANEOUSLY IN 2 OR MORE STATES.

       Section 6 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2015) is 
     amended by adding at the end the following:
       ``(I) An individual shall be ineligible to participate in 
     the food stamp program as a member of any household during 
     the 10-year period beginning on the date the individual is 
     found by a State to have made, or is convicted in Federal or 
     State court of having made, a fraudulent statement or 
     representation with respect to the place of residence of the 
     individual in order to receive benefits simultaneously from 2 
     or more States under the food stamp program or under programs 
     that are funded under part A of title IV, title XIX, or 
     benefits in 2 or more States under the supplemental security 
     income program under title XVI.''
       Amendment No. 28, offered by Mr. Shaw:
       Page 282, line 13, after the period insert the following: 
     ``The Secretary must agree that the system will not cost more 
     nor take more time to establish than a centralized system. In 
     addition, employers shall be given 1 location to which income 
     withholding is sent.''.
       Page 322, strike line 23 and all that follows through line 
     23 on page 323.
       Page 323, line 24, strike ``(c)'' and insert ``(b)''.
       Amendment offered by Ms. Dunn of Washington:
       Page 307, line 4, strike ``and''.
       Page 307, line 8, strike ``matter.'.'' and insert ``matter; 
     and''.
       Page 307, after line 8, insert the following:
       ``(C) any individual who has died be placed in the records 
     relating to the death and be recorded on the death 
     certificate.''.


       modifications to amendments en bloc offered by mr. archer

  The CHAIRMAN. The Clerk will report the modifications to the 
amendments en bloc.
  The Clerk read as follows:

       Modifications to the amendments en bloc offered by Mr. 
     Archer:
       Amendment No. 4, as modified, offered by Mr. Hyde: (1) Page 
     8, line 15, strike ``births'', and insert ``pregnancies.''
       (2) Page 8, lines 24 and 25, strike ``and health services''
       (3) Page 14, line 18, strike ``costs,'' and insert ``costs. 
     Not withstanding any other provision of this act, a state to 
     which a grant is made under section 403 may not use any part 
     of the grant to provide medical services.''
       Amendment No. 12, as modified, offered by Mr. Burton of 
     Indiana: Page 85, after line 15, insert the following:

     SEC. 205. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING TIMELY ADOPTION OF 
                   CHILDREN.

       It is the sense of the Congress that--
       (1) too many children who wish to be adopted are spending 
     inordinate amounts of time in foster care;
       (2) there is an urgent need for States to increase the 
     number of waiting children being adopted in a timely and 
     lawful manner.
       (3) Studies have shown that States spend an excess of 
     $15,000 each year on each special needs child in foster care, 
     and would save significant amounts of money if they offered 
     incentives to families to adopt special needs children;
       (4) States should allocate sufficient funds under this 
     title for adoption assistance and medical assistance to 
     encourage more families to adopt children who otherwise would 
     languish in the foster care system for a period that many 
     experts consider detrimental to their development;
       (5) State should offer incentives for families that adopt 
     special needs children to make adoption more affordable for 
     middle-class families;
       (6) when it is necessary for a State to remove a child from 
     the home of the child's biological parents, the State should 
     strive--
       (A) to provide the child with a single foster care 
     placement and a single coordinated case team; and
       (B) to conclude an adoption of the child, when adoption is 
     the goal of the child and the State, within one year of the 
     child's placement in foster care; and
       (7) States should participate in local, regional, or 
     national programs to enable maximum visibility of waiting 
     children to potential parents. Such programs should include a 
     nationwide, interactive computer network to disseminate 
     information on children eligible for adoption to help match 
     them with families around the country.

It was decided in the

Yeas

249

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affirmative

Nays

177`