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117TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 3088 

To ensure America’s children have the freedom to be healthy, to be 

economically secure, to learn, to not be hungry, and to be safe from harm. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 27, 2021 

Mr. CASEY introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred 

to the Committee on Finance 

A BILL 

To ensure America’s children have the freedom to be healthy, 

to be economically secure, to learn, to not be hungry, 

and to be safe from harm. 

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. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Five Freedoms for 

5 America’s Children Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

7 The table of contents for this Act is as follows: 

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 

TITLE I—FREEDOM TO BE HEALTHY 

Sec. 101. Medicaid for all children from birth to age 19. 


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TITLE II—FREEDOM TO BE ECONOMICALLY SECURE 

Sec. 201. Establishment of child savings account program. 

TITLE III—FREEDOM TO LEARN 

Sec. 301. Increased mandatory funding for child care. 

Sec. 302. Mandatory appropriations for Head Start Act. 

Sec. 303. Enhancement of Child and Dependent Care Tax Credit. 

TITLE IV—FREEDOM FROM HUNGER 

Sec. 401. Mandatory direct certification. 

Sec. 402. Direct certification for children receiving Social Security income. 

Sec. 403. Retroactive reimbursement. 

Sec. 404. Universal Medicaid direct certification. 

Sec. 405. Universal meal service in high poverty areas. 

Sec. 406. Statewide free universal school meals demonstration projects. 

TITLE V—FREEDOM TO BE SAFE FROM HARM 

Subtitle A—Funding for the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act 

Sec. 501. Additional CAPTA funding. 

Subtitle B—Funding for Grants To Protect Children From Institutional and 

Systemic Abuse 

Sec. 511. Purpose. 

Sec. 512. Definitions. 

Sec. 513. Grant program. 

1 TITLE I—FREEDOM TO BE 

2 HEALTHY 

3 SEC. 101. MEDICAID FOR ALL CHILDREN FROM BIRTH TO 

4 AGE 19. 

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1902(a)(10)(A)(i) of the 

6 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(i)) is 

7 amended— 

8 (1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subclause 

9 (VIII); 

10 (2) in subclause (IX)(dd), by inserting ‘‘or’’ at 

11 the end; and 


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1 (3) by adding at the end the following new sub2 clause: 

3 ‘‘(X) beginning on the date that 

4 is 2 years after the date of enactment 

5 of the Five Freedoms for America’s 

6 Children Act, who are individuals who 

7 have not attained 19 years of age;’’. 

8 (b) AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT.—Section 1902(e) of 

9 the Social Security Act is amended by striking paragraph 

10 (4) and inserting the following: 

11 ‘‘(4) AUTOMATIC ENROLLMENT OF CHIL12 DREN.— 

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Any child born in a 

14 State on or after the date that is 2 years after 

15 the date of enactment of the Five Freedoms for 

16 America’s Children Act shall be considered to 

17 have applied for medical assistance under the 

18 State plan and shall be automatically enrolled 

19 for such assistance on the date of their birth. 

20 ‘‘(B) NOTIFICATION REQUIREMENT.—The 

21 State shall inform the parent, guardian, or cus22 todial relative of a child who is automatically 

23 enrolled in the State plan under subparagraph 

24 (A) of the services that will be covered, appro25 priate methods for using such services, medical 


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1 support obligations (under section 1912(a)) cre2 ated by enrollment (if applicable), the actions 

3 the parent, guardian, or relative must take (if 

4 any) to maintain enrollment, and the actions 

5 the parent, guardian, or relative may take to 

6 disenroll the child. 

7 ‘‘(C) OPT-OUT IF OTHER COVERAGE IS

8 AVAILABLE.—The State shall establish a proc9 ess to allow the parent, guardian, or custodial 

10 relative of a child who is automatically enrolled 

11 in the State plan under subparagraph (A) to 

12 disenroll the child from the State plan through 

13 affirmation in writing if the child is enrolled in 

14 other health benefits coverage that— 

15 ‘‘(i) at a minimum, provides the es16 sential health benefits defined by the Sec17 retary under section 1302(b) of the Pa18 tient Protection and Affordable Care Act; 

19 and 

20 ‘‘(ii) meets such other requirements as 

21 the Secretary determines appropriate.’’. 

22 (c) EXCLUSION FROM DEFINITION OF MINIMUM ES23 SENTIAL COVERAGE.—Section 36B(c)(2) of the Internal 

24 Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by adding at the end 

25 the following new subparagraph: 


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1 ‘‘(D) TREATMENT OF CERTAIN COVERAGE

2 UNDER THE MEDICAID PROGRAM.—For pur3 poses of subparagraph (B), an individual shall 

4 not be treated as eligible for minimum essential 

5 coverage if— 

6 ‘‘(i) such coverage consists of eligi7 bility for medical assistance under a State 

8 Medicaid program under section 

9 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(X) of the Social Secu10 rity Act; and 

11 ‘‘(ii) the individual is not enrolled in 

12 such a program for such medical assist13 ance.’’. 

14 (d) COVERAGE OF CHILDREN WITHOUT REGARD TO

15 IMMIGRATION STATUS.—Section 1903(v) of the Social Se16 curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(v)) is amended— 

17 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘and (4)’’ and 

18 inserting ‘‘, (4), and (5)’’; 

19 (2) in paragraph (4)(A)(ii)— 

20 (A) in the clause header, by inserting 

21 ‘‘AGED 19 TO 20’’ after ‘‘CHILDREN’’; and 

22 (B) by inserting ‘‘who have attained 19 

23 years of age but are’’ before ‘‘under 21 years 

24 of age’’; and 


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1 (3) by adding at the end the following para2 graph: 

3 ‘‘(5)(A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, 

4 on and after the date that is 2 years after the date of 

5 enactment of the Five Freedoms for America’s Children 

6 Act, a State shall provide medical assistance under this 

7 title to any individual residing in the United States who 

8 is eligible for medical assistance under section 

9 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(X), without regard to whether the indi10 vidual is lawfully residing in the United States. 

11 ‘‘(B) No debt shall accrue under an affidavit of sup12 port against any sponsor of an individual provided medical 

13 assistance in accordance with subparagraph (A) and the 

14 cost of such assistance shall not be considered as an unre15 imbursed cost.’’. 

16 (e) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

17 (1) Section 1137(f) of the Social Security Act 

18 (42 U.S.C. 1320b–7(f)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or 

19 to individuals who are eligible for medical assistance 

20 under section 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(X) and are provided 

21 such assistance in accordance with section 

22 1903(v)(5)’’ before the period. 

23 (2) Section 2107(e)(1)(N) of the Social Secu24 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1397gg(e)(1)(N)) is amended by 


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1 inserting ‘‘who have attained age 19 or 20’’ after 

2 ‘‘immigrant children’’. 

3 (f) 100 PERCENT FEDERAL MATCHING PAYMENTS

4 FOR MEDICAL ASSISTANCE FOR CHILDREN.— 

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1905 of the Social 

6 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396d) is amended— 

7 (A) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘and 

8 (ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘(ii), and (jj)’’; and 

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

10 subsection: 

11 ‘‘(jj) ENHANCED FMAP FOR CERTAIN CHILDREN.— 

12 Notwithstanding subsection (b), beginning on the date 

13 that is 2 years after the date of enactment of the Five 

14 Freedoms for America’s Children Act, the Federal medical 

15 assistance percentage shall be 100 percent with respect 

16 to amounts expended by a State for medical assistance for 

17 individuals— 

18 ‘‘(1) who are eligible for medical assistance 

19 under section 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(X); and 

20 ‘‘(2) who would not have been eligible for med21 ical assistance for full benefits (as defined in sub22 section (y)(2)(B)) under the State plan under this 

23 title or a waiver of such plan as such plan or waiver 

24 was in effect on January 1, 2021.’’. 


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1 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 

2 9817(a)(1) of the American Rescue Plan Act of 

3 2021 (Public Law 117–2) is amended by striking 

4 ‘‘or (ii) of section 1905’’ and inserting ‘‘(ii), or (jj) 

5 of section 1905’’. 

6 TITLE II—FREEDOM TO BE 

7 ECONOMICALLY SECURE 

8 SEC. 201. ESTABLISHMENT OF CHILD SAVINGS ACCOUNT 

9 PROGRAM. 

10 (a) ESTABLISHMENT OF PROGRAM.—The Secretary 

11 of the Treasury shall, not later than December 31, 2022, 

12 establish a permanent program, to be known as the ‘‘Fed13 eral Child Savings Account Program’’, which meets the 

14 requirements of this section to establish and maintain a 

15 savings account meeting the requirements of subsection 

16 (c) on behalf of eligible individuals. 

17 (b) PROGRAM SPECIFICATIONS.— 

18 (1) IN GENERAL.— 

19 (A) SAVINGS ACCOUNTS.—The Federal 

20 Child Savings Account Program established 

21 under this section shall— 

22 (i) permit the parent or guardian of 

23 an eligible individual to establish a savings 

24 account which meets the requirements of 


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1 this subsection and subsection (c) on be2 half of the individual; 

3 (ii) establish a savings account which 

4 meets the requirements of this subsection 

5 and subsection (c) on behalf of— 

6 (I) eligible individuals who are in 

7 foster care, in coordination with the 

8 Administration for Children and Fam9 ilies; and 

10 (II) other eligible individuals on 

11 whose behalf no account has been es12 tablished by a parent or guardian 

13 under clause (i) as of the time the 

14 first deposit under paragraph (4)(A) 

15 is due to be made on behalf of such 

16 individuals, 

17 and notify such individuals of the estab18 lishment of such accounts; 

19 (iii) require the assets of each savings 

20 account established under the program to 

21 be held by the designated custodian; 

22 (iv) within the limitations of para23 graph (3), permit contributions to be made 

24 periodically to such savings accounts by di25 rect deposit through payroll deduction or 


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1 by electronic means, and by methods that 

2 provide access for the unbanked; 

3 (v) provide for the annual deposit 

4 under paragraph (4) and the matching 

5 contributions under paragraph (5) to be 

6 made to such savings accounts, if applica7 ble; 

8 (vi) as provided in subsection (c), per9 mit distributions and rollovers from such 

10 savings accounts upon request of the par11 ent or guardian of the individual on whose 

12 behalf the account is established before the 

13 individual has attained age 18, or upon re14 quest of such individual after such indi15 vidual has attained age 18; 

16 (vii) include procedures to consolidate 

17 multiple accounts established for the same 

18 individual and return excess contributions 

19 on an annual basis, with notice provided to 

20 the parent or guardian of the individual 

21 (or, if appropriate, to the individual) and a 

22 procedure for resolution of disputes; and 

23 (viii) ensure that such savings ac24 counts are invested solely in United States 

25 Treasury bonds. 


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1 (B) REGULATIONS, ETC.—The Secretary 

2 of the Treasury shall have authority to promul3 gate such regulations, rules, and other guidance 

4 as are necessary to implement the Federal 

5 Child Savings Account Program, and are con6 sistent with this section and section 529B of 

7 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, including— 

8 (i) rules regarding the provision of 

9 periodic notices to individuals and parents 

10 or guardians of individuals, as appropriate, 

11 on whose behalf accounts are established 

12 under the program, including information 

13 on account balances and activity; 

14 (ii) rules regarding beneficiary des15 ignation in the case of the death of the in16 dividual on whose behalf an account was 

17 established; and 

18 (iii) coordination rules permitting sav19 ings accounts to be established under the 

20 Federal Child Savings Account Program in 

21 connection with State and local laws that 

22 provide contributions to savings accounts 

23 for residents. 

24 (C) PILOT PROGRAM FOR DEPOSITS MADE

25 WITH FEDERAL PARTNERS.—The Secretary of 


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1 the Treasury may, in fulfillment of subpara2 graph (A)(iv), establish a pilot program which 

3 would allow grocery stores, pharmacies, banks, 

4 and other similar businesses to partner with the 

5 Federal Government to accept cash deposits 

6 from customers and to remit such deposits to 

7 the Treasury for payment into savings accounts 

8 under the Federal Child Savings Account Pro9 gram. 

10 (2) NO FEES.—No fees shall be assessed on 

11 participants in the Federal Child Savings Account 

12 Program. 

13 (3) LIMITATIONS.— 

14 (A) CONTRIBUTION MINIMUM.—The Sec15 retary of the Treasury may establish minimum 

16 amounts for initial and additional contributions 

17 to a savings account under the Federal Child 

18 Savings Account Program, not to exceed $5. 

19 (B) CONTRIBUTION LIMITATION.— 

20 (i) IN GENERAL.—Contributions to a 

21 savings account under the Federal Child 

22 Savings Account Program during any tax23 able year (other than the contribution 

24 made under paragraph (4)) shall not be 


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1 accepted to the extent such contributions 

2 exceed $2,500. 

3 (ii) PHASEOUT.—The $2,500 amount 

4 under clause (i) shall be reduced (but not 

5 below zero) by $125 for each $2,000 (or 

6 fraction thereof) by which the taxpayer’s 

7 modified adjusted gross income for the tax8 able year exceeds $200,000. 

9 (C) LIMITATION ON PARTICIPATION.— 

10 Within a reasonable amount of time before the 

11 date an eligible individual attains age 17, the 

12 designated custodian shall provide notice to the 

13 eligible individual and the parent or guardian of 

14 the eligible individual that— 

15 (i) no deposits under paragraph (4) or 

16 (5) will be made for calendar years after 

17 the year in which the individual attains age 

18 17; 

19 (ii) no further contributions made by 

20 any person will be accepted after the date 

21 the individual attains age 26; and 

22 (iii) the individual (or, as provided, 

23 the individual’s parent or guardian) may 

24 elect to have the account balance rolled 


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1 over or distributed as provided, and at the 

2 time specified, in subsection (c). 

3 (4) ANNUAL DEPOSIT.— 

4 (A) IN GENERAL.—Within a reasonable 

5 amount of time (not to exceed 60 days) after 

6 the filing of the return of tax for each taxable 

7 year by a taxpayer claiming an eligible indi8 vidual as a dependent, the Secretary of the 

9 Treasury shall deposit $500 into the savings ac10 count established for such individual under the 

11 Federal Child Savings Account Program. 

12 (B) PHASEOUT.—The $500 amount under 

13 subparagraph (A) shall be reduced (but not 

14 below zero) by $25 for each $1,000 (or fraction 

15 thereof) by which the taxpayer’s modified ad16 justed gross income for the taxable year exceeds 

17 $100,000. 

18 (C) DEPOSIT ON BEHALF OF CHILDREN IN

19 FOSTER CARE.—At an appropriate time each 

20 year as determined by the Secretary of the 

21 Treasury in coordination with the Administra22 tion for Children and Families, such Secretary 

23 shall deposit $500 into the savings account es24 tablished under such Program for any eligible 

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1 spect to whom no deposit was made for such 

2 year under subparagraph (A). 

3 (5) MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS.—If a credit is 

4 allowed under section 32 of the Internal Revenue 

5 Code of 1986 to the parent or guardian or an eligi6 ble individual for a taxable year, with respect to con7 tributions made by such parent or guardian to the 

8 savings account of such eligible individual under the 

9 Federal Child Savings Account Program during the 

10 succeeding taxable year, the Secretary of the Treas11 ury shall deposit into such savings account an 

12 amount equal to so much of such contributions as 

13 does not exceed $250. Such deposit shall be made in 

14 addition to the deposit under paragraph (4). 

15 (6) DESIGNATED CUSTODIAN.—For purposes of 

16 this section, the designated custodian is the person 

17 designated by the Secretary of the Treasury to act 

18 as custodian of the savings accounts established on 

19 behalf of participants in the Federal Child Savings 

20 Account Program. 

21 (7) STATE.—For purposes of this section, the 

22 term ‘‘State’’ includes the District of Columbia, any 

23 possession of the United States, and any Indian 

24 tribe (as defined in section 45A(c)(6) of the Internal 

25 Revenue Code of 1986). 


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1 (8) DEPOSIT OF MATCHING CONTRIBUTIONS

2 INTO ROTH IRA.—If a parent or guardian of an eli3 gible individual is eligible to receive any matching 

4 contribution under paragraph (5), such parent or 

5 guardian may elect either to have such matching 

6 contribution paid to the savings account of such eli7 gible individual under the Federal Child Savings Ac8 count Program or to a Roth IRA of such parent or 

9 guardian. The Secretary of the Treasury shall estab10 lish a permanent program that creates and main11 tains a Roth IRA (within the meaning of section 

12 408A of the Internal Revenue Code) on behalf of a 

13 parent or guardian who elects for the matching con14 tribution to be made to his or her Roth IRA and 

15 who either affirmatively chooses to participate in the 

16 program or does not identify a Roth IRA for receipt 

17 of the matching contribution. The permanent pro18 gram shall provide for investment of account bal19 ances solely within United States Treasury bonds 

20 and shall not charge any fees to account owners. 

21 (9) INFLATION ADJUSTMENTS.— 

22 (A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any cal23 endar year after 2023, the $2,500 amount in 

24 paragraph (3)(B), the $500 amount in para25 graphs (4)(A), (4)(B), and (4)(C), and the 


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1 $250 amount in paragraph (5) shall each be in2 creased by an amount equal to— 

3 (i) such dollar amount; multiplied by 

4 (ii) the cost-of-living adjustment de5 termined under section 1(f)(3) of the In6 ternal Revenue Code of 1986 for the cal7 endar year, determined by substituting 

8 ‘‘calendar year 2022’’ for ‘‘calendar year 

9 2016’’ in subparagraph (A)(ii) thereof. 

10 (B) ROUNDING.—If any dollar amount in11 creased under subparagraph (A) is not a mul12 tiple of $5, such dollar amount shall be rounded 

13 to the nearest multiple of $5. 

14 (10) ACCOUNTS MAY NOT BE ASSIGNED.—An 

15 account established on behalf of an individual under 

16 the Federal Child Savings Account Program may 

17 not be pledged or assigned to any other person. 

18 (11) MODIFIED ADJUSTED GROSS INCOME.— 

19 For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘‘modified 

20 adjusted gross income’’ means adjusted gross income 

21 (as defined in section 62 of the Internal Revenue 

22 Code of 1986) increased by— 

23 (A) any amount excluded from gross in24 come under section 911 of such Code; 


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1 (B) any amount of interest received or ac2 crued by the taxpayer during the taxable year 

3 which is exempt from tax; and 

4 (C) an amount equal to the portion of the 

5 taxpayer’s social security benefits (as defined in 

6 section 86(d) of such Code) which is not in7 cluded in gross income under such section 86 

8 for the taxable year. 

9 (c) DISTRIBUTIONS FROM SAVINGS ACCOUNT.— 

10 (1) IN GENERAL.—After the earlier of— 

11 (A) the date the individual on whose behalf 

12 the savings account under the Federal Child 

13 Savings Account Program was established at14 tains age 26; or 

15 (B) the date such individual receives a 

16 bachelor’s degree or associate’s degree, or en17 lists in active duty military service of the 

18 United States, 

19 amounts in such account may be contributed in a di20 rect transfer to a Roth IRA (as defined in section 

21 408A(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986) or 

22 a designated Roth account (within the meaning of 

23 section 402A of such Code) according to the rules of 

24 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or distributed to 

25 the individual in cash. 


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1 (2) DISTRIBUTIONS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION

2 EXPENSES.—Without regard to the date require3 ments of paragraph (1), a portion of the amount in 

4 a savings account established under the Federal 

5 Child Savings Account Program may be distributed 

6 in cash to the individual or to the parent or guard7 ian of the individual for the payment of qualified 

8 higher education expenses of the individual at an eli9 gible educational institution. The aggregate amount 

10 so distributed shall not exceed 50 percent of the 

11 amount in such account as of the due date for the 

12 first payment of tuition for the enrollment of the in13 dividual on whose behalf the account is established 

14 as an eligible student at such eligible educational in15 stitution. 

16 (3) CONTRIBUTION TO ABLE ACCOUNT.—With17 out regard to the date requirements of paragraph 

18 (1), all or a portion of the amount in a savings ac19 count established under the Federal Child Savings 

20 Account Program may be contributed in a direct 

21 transfer to an ABLE account established for the 

22 benefit of the individual under section 529A of the 

23 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (if the individual is 

24 eligible for purposes of section 529A(e)(1) of such 

25 Code). 


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1 (4) DEFINITIONS.—Any term used in this sub2 section which is also used in section 529 of the In3 ternal Revenue Code of 1986 has the same meaning 

4 as when used in such section. 

5 (d) ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.—For purposes of this 

6 section, the term ‘‘eligible individual’’ means a child who 

7 has not attained age 18 and is a resident of the United 

8 States. 

9 (e) TREATMENT OF ACCOUNTS UNDER CERTAIN

10 FEDERAL PROGRAMS.— 

11 (1) ACCOUNT FUNDS DISREGARDED FOR PUR12 POSES OF CERTAIN OTHER MEANS-TESTED FEDERAL

13 PROGRAMS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 

14 Federal law that requires consideration of one or 

15 more financial circumstances of an individual, for 

16 the purpose of determining eligibility to receive, or 

17 the amount of, any assistance or benefit authorized 

18 by such provision to be provided to or for the benefit 

19 of such individual, any amount (including earnings 

20 thereon) in an individual’s account established under 

21 the Federal Child Savings Account Program, any 

22 contributions to such account, and any distribution 

23 (or portion thereof) which is exempt from the tax 

24 under section 529B(d)(3) of the Internal Revenue 

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1 with respect to any period during which such indi2 vidual maintains, makes contributions to, or receives 

3 distributions from such account, except that— 

4 (A) a distribution for qualified acquisition 

5 costs (within the meaning of section 

6 529B(d)(3)(C)(ii) of such Code) shall not be so 

7 disregarded; and 

8 (B) any amount (including such earnings) 

9 in such account shall be considered a resource 

10 of the individual to the extent that such amount 

11 exceeds $100,000. 

12 (2) SUSPENSION OF SSI BENEFITS DURING PE13 RIODS OF EXCESSIVE ACCOUNT FUNDS.— 

14 (A) IN GENERAL.—The benefits of an indi15 vidual under the supplemental security income 

16 program under title XVI of the Social Security 

17 Act shall not be terminated, but shall be sus18 pended, by reason of excess resources of the in19 dividual attributable to an amount in the ac20 count of the individual established under the 

21 Federal Child Savings Account Program not 

22 disregarded under paragraph (1). 

23 (B) NO IMPACT ON MEDICAID ELIGI24 BILITY.—An individual who would be receiving 

25 payment of such supplemental security income 


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1 benefits but for the application of subparagraph 

2 (A) shall be treated for purposes of title XIX 

3 of the Social Security Act as if the individual 

4 continued to be receiving payment of such bene5 fits. 

6 (f) DISCLOSURE OF TAXPAYER INFORMATION.— 

7 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (l) of section 

8 6103 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is 

9 amended by adding at the end the following new 

10 paragraph: 

11 ‘‘(23) DISCLOSURE OF RETURN INFORMATION

12 FOR PURPOSES OF ADMINISTRATION OF THE FED13 ERAL CHILD SAVINGS ACCOUNT PROGRAM.—The 

14 Secretary shall disclose to any officer or employee of 

15 the Department of the Treasury, as necessary for 

16 the administration of the Federal Child Savings Ac17 count Program established under section 201(a) of 

18 the Five Freedoms for America’s Children Act, re19 turn information relating to taxpayer identity, de20 pendents, adjusted gross income, and whether the 

21 taxpayer has claimed the earned income credit under 

22 section 32 for the taxable year.’’. 

23 (2) PROHIBITION OF REDISCLOSURE.—Para24 graph (3) of section 6103(a) of the Internal Revenue 


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1 Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘or (21)’’ and 

2 inserting ‘‘(21), or (23)’’. 

3 (g) CHILD SAVINGS ACCOUNT PROGRAM.—Part VIII 

4 of subchapter F of chapter 1 of the Internal Revenue Code 

5 of 1986 is amended by inserting after section 529A the 

6 following new section: 

7 ‘‘SEC. 529B. CHILD SAVINGS ACCOUNT PROGRAM. 

8 ‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—The Federal Child Savings 

9 Account Program shall be exempt from taxation under 

10 this subtitle. 

11 ‘‘(b) FEDERAL CHILD SAVINGS ACCOUNT PRO12 GRAM.—For purposes of this title, the term ‘Federal Child 

13 Savings Account Program’ means the program established 

14 under section 201(a) of the Five Freedoms for America’s 

15 Children Act. 

16 ‘‘(c) TREATMENT OF CONTRIBUTIONS AND EARN17 INGS.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—No amount shall be includ19 ible in gross income of an individual on whose behalf 

20 an account is established under the Federal Child 

21 Savings Account Program, or of any taxpayer claim22 ing such individual as a dependent, with respect to 

23 any earnings under the program. 

24 ‘‘(2) GOVERNMENTAL AND MATCHING CON25 TRIBUTIONS.—Gross income of an individual on 


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1 whose behalf an account is established under the 

2 Federal Child Savings Account Program, or of any 

3 taxpayer claiming such individual as a dependent, 

4 shall not include the amount of any deposit made to 

5 the individual’s account under the program pursuant 

6 to section 201(b)(4)(A), 201(b)(4)(C), or 201(b)(5) 

7 of the Five Freedoms for America’s Children Act. 

8 ‘‘(d) TREATMENT OF DISTRIBUTIONS.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Gross income shall not in10 clude any cash distribution from an account under 

11 the Federal Child Savings Account Program per12 mitted under section 201(c) of the Five Freedoms 

13 for America’s Children Act. 

14 ‘‘(2) TREATMENT OF ROLLOVERS.— 

15 ‘‘(A) ROTH IRAS.—Any contribution from 

16 the Federal Child Savings Account Program to 

17 a Roth IRA permitted under section 201(c)(1) 

18 of the Five Freedoms for America’s Children 

19 Act shall be treated— 

20 ‘‘(i) as a contribution from another 

21 Roth IRA as described in section 

22 408A(e)(1)(A), and 

23 ‘‘(ii) as having been contributed to 

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1 ee transfer within 60 days of the distribu2 tion for purposes of section 408(d)(3). 

3 ‘‘(B) DESIGNATED ROTH ACCOUNTS.—Any 

4 contribution from the Federal Child Savings 

5 Account Program to a designated Roth account 

6 permitted under section 201(c)(1) of the Five 

7 Freedoms for America’s Children Act shall be 

8 treated— 

9 ‘‘(i) as a contribution from another 

10 designated Roth account for purposes of 

11 section 402A(c)(3), and 

12 ‘‘(ii) as having been contributed to 

13 such designated Roth account in a direct 

14 trustee-to-trustee transfer within 60 days 

15 of the distribution for purposes of section 

16 402(c). 

17 ‘‘(C) ABLE ACCOUNTS.—Any contribution 

18 from the Federal Child Savings Account Pro19 gram to an ABLE account permitted under sec20 tion 201(c)(3) of the Five Freedoms for Amer21 ica’s Children Act shall be treated— 

22 ‘‘(i) as a contribution from another 

23 ABLE account as described in section 

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1 ‘‘(ii) as having been contributed to 

2 such ABLE account within 60 days of the 

3 distribution for purposes of such section. 

4 ‘‘(3) TAX ON NONQUALIFIED USE.— 

5 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The tax imposed by 

6 this title for the taxable year shall be increased 

7 by an amount equal to 20 percent of the 

8 amount of any distribution other than a rollover 

9 described in paragraph (2) from an account 

10 under the Federal Child Savings Account Pro11 gram during the taxable year, unless the quali12 fied expenses of the individual on whose behalf 

13 the account was established paid or incurred 

14 during the taxable year of the distribution are 

15 equal to or exceed the amount of such distribu16 tion. 

17 ‘‘(B) DISTRIBUTIONS FROM ROTH IRA.—If 

18 any amount is contributed to a Roth IRA in a 

19 rollover distribution from an account under the 

20 Federal Child Savings Program as provided in 

21 section 201(c)(1) of the Five Freedoms for 

22 America’s Children Act, the tax imposed by this 

23 title for any taxable year shall be increased by 

24 an amount equal to 20 percent of the amount 

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1 the 5-year period beginning on the date of the 

2 rollover, to the extent that such distribution 

3 from the Roth IRA, when aggregated with all 

4 other distributions from such Roth IRA during 

5 such 5-year period, does not exceed the amount 

6 contributed in such rollover distribution. The 

7 preceding sentence shall not apply to the extent 

8 the qualified expenses of the individual on 

9 whose behalf the account under the Federal 

10 Child Savings Account Program was established 

11 which are paid or incurred during the taxable 

12 year of the distribution from the Roth IRA are 

13 equal to or exceed the amount of such distribu14 tion. 

15 ‘‘(C) QUALIFIED EXPENSES.—For pur16 poses of subparagraphs (A) and (B), the term 

17 ‘qualified expenses’ means amounts paid or in18 curred by an individual— 

19 ‘‘(i) as collateral required for a loan 

20 provided by the Small Business Adminis21 tration, 

22 ‘‘(ii) as qualified acquisition costs (as 

23 defined in section 72(t)(8)(C)) with respect 

24 to a residence intended to be the primary 

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1 ‘‘(iii) for qualified higher education 

2 expenses of the individual at an eligible 

3 educational institution. 

4 ‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—Any term used in this sub5 section which is also used in section 529 of the In6 ternal Revenue Code of 1986 has the same meaning 

7 as when used in such section.’’. 

8 (h) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The table of sections 

9 for part VIII of subchapter F of chapter 1 of the Internal 

10 Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by inserting after the 

11 item relating to section 529A the following new item: 

‘‘Sec. 529B. Child Savings Account Program.’’. 

12 (i) APPROPRIATION.—There is hereby appropriated 

13 to the Secretary of the Treasury, to remain available until 

14 spent without fiscal year limitation— 

15 (1) $100,000,000 for technology and technology 

16 systems necessary for the implementation and ad17 ministration of the Federal Child Savings Account 

18 Program; 

19 (2) $25,000,000 for each fiscal year beginning 

20 with fiscal year 2022 for the administration of the 

21 Federal Child Savings Account Program; and 

22 (3) such sums as are necessary to make con23 tributions to Federal Child Savings Accounts as re24 quired under paragraphs (4)(A), (4)(C), and (5) of 

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1 TITLE III—FREEDOM TO LEARN 

2 SEC. 301. INCREASED MANDATORY FUNDING FOR CHILD 

3 CARE. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 418(a)(3) of the Social 

5 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 618(a)(3)) is amended to read 

6 as follows: 

7 ‘‘(3) APPROPRIATION.— 

8 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For grants under this 

9 section, there are appropriated 

10 $10,000,000,000 for each fiscal year. 

11 ‘‘(B) INDIAN TRIBES AND TRIBAL ORGANI12 ZATIONS.—The Secretary shall reserve not less 

13 than 3 percent, and not more than 5 percent, 

14 of the aggregate amount appropriated to carry 

15 out this section in each fiscal year for grants to 

16 Indian tribes and tribal organizations. 

17 ‘‘(C) TERRITORIES.—The Secretary shall 

18 reserve not less than 2 percent, and not more 

19 than 4 percent, of the aggregate amount appro20 priated to carry out this section in each fiscal 

21 year for grants to territories. 

22 ‘‘(D) STATES.—The Secretary shall use 

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1 year, after the application of subparagraphs (B) 

2 and (C), for grants to States.’’. 

3 (b) USES FOR INCREASED FUNDING.—Section 418 

4 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 618) is amended— 

5 (1) by redesignating subsection (d) as sub6 section (e); and 

7 (2) by inserting after subsection (c), the fol8 lowing: 

9 ‘‘(d) SPECIAL RULES FOR INCREASED FUNDING FOR

10 STATES.—With respect to fiscal year 2022 and each fiscal 

11 year thereafter— 

12 ‘‘(1) a State shall give priority to using the ad13 ditional funds received by the State under this sec14 tion for a fiscal year as a result of the amendment 

15 made by section 301(a) of the Five Freedoms for 

16 America’s Children Act for the provision of financial 

17 assistance for eligible children (which may include 

18 increased payment rates under section 658(e)(4)) of 

19 the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 

20 1990, rather than for activities under section 658G 

21 of that Act or administrative activities; and 

22 ‘‘(2) a State may only use such additional funds 

23 to supplement, and not supplant, funds for child 

24 care assistance or for other child-related initiatives 

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1 eral funds, be made available from other Federal, 

2 State, and local sources for such assistance or initia3 tives.’’. 

4 (c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 418(a) of 

5 such Act (42 U.S.C. 618(a)) is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (2)(A), by striking ‘‘after’’ 

7 and inserting ‘‘after the application of subpara8 graphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (3) and’’; and 

9 (2) in paragraph (4)(E), by striking ‘‘para10 graph’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection’’. 

11 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

12 this section take effect on October 1, 2021. 

13 SEC. 302. MANDATORY APPROPRIATIONS FOR HEAD START 

14 ACT. 

15 Section 639 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9834) 

16 is amended to read as follows: 

17 ‘‘SEC. 639. MANDATORY APPROPRIATIONS. 

18 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be ap19 propriated, and there are appropriated, to carry out this 

20 subchapter (other than section 657B)— 

21 ‘‘(1) for fiscal year 2022, $18,000,000,000; and 

22 ‘‘(2) for each subsequent fiscal year, the 

23 amount that was applicable for the previous fiscal 

24 year, adjusted by the total percentage change that 

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1 Consumers, as published by the Bureau of Labor 

2 Statistics of the Department of Labor, for the 12- 

3 month period ending June 30 preceding the fiscal 

4 year. 

5 ‘‘(b) SUPPLEMENT, NOT SUPPLANT.—Funds avail6 able under subsection (a) to carry out this subchapter 

7 shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, other Fed8 eral, State, and local funds available to carry out the ac9 tivities supported under this subchapter.’’. 

10 SEC. 303. ENHANCEMENT OF CHILD AND DEPENDENT CARE 

11 TAX CREDIT. 

12 (a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (2) of section 21(a) of 

13 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read 

14 as follows: 

15 ‘‘(2) APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE.— 

16 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of para17 graph (1), the term ‘applicable percentage’ 

18 means 50 percent reduced (but not below the 

19 phaseout percentage) by 1 percentage point for 

20 each $2,000 (or fraction thereof) by which the 

21 taxpayer’s adjusted gross income for the taxable 

22 year exceeds $125,000. 

23 ‘‘(B) PHASEOUT PERCENTAGE.—For pur24 poses of subparagraph (A), the term ‘phaseout 

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1 below zero) by 1 percentage point for each 

2 $2,000 (or fraction thereof) by which the tax3 payer’s adjusted gross income for the taxable 

4 year exceeds $400,000.’’. 

5 (b) INCREASE IN DOLLAR LIMIT ON AMOUNT CRED6 ITABLE.—Subsection (c) of section 21 of the Internal Rev7 enue Code of 1986 is amended— 

8 (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘$3,000’’ and 

9 inserting ‘‘$8,000’’; and 

10 (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘$6,000’’ and 

11 inserting ‘‘$16,000’’. 

12 (c) SPECIAL RULE FOR MARRIED COUPLES FILING

13 SEPARATE RETURNS.—Paragraph (2) of section 21(e) of 

14 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read 

15 as follows: 

16 ‘‘(2) MARRIED COUPLES FILING SEPARATE RE17 TURNS.— 

18 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of married 

19 individuals who do not file a joint return for the 

20 taxable year— 

21 ‘‘(i) the applicable percentage under 

22 subsection (a)(2) and the number of quali23 fying individuals and aggregate amount ex24 cludable under section 129 for purposes of 

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1 spect to each such individual as if the indi2 vidual had filed a joint return with the in3 dividual’s spouse, and 

4 ‘‘(ii) the aggregate amount of the 

5 credits allowed under this section for such 

6 taxable year with respect to both spouses 

7 shall not exceed the amount which would 

8 have been allowed under this section if the 

9 individuals had filed a joint return. 

10 ‘‘(B) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall 

11 prescribe such regulations or other guidance as 

12 is necessary to carry out the purposes of this 

13 subsection.’’. 

14 (d) ADJUSTMENT FOR INFLATION.—Section 21 of 

15 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended— 

16 (1) by striking subsections (g) and (h); 

17 (2) by redesignating subsection (f) as sub18 section (g); and 

19 (3) by inserting after subsection (e) the fol20 lowing new subsection: 

21 ‘‘(f) INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a calendar 

23 year beginning after 2022, the $125,000 amount in 

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1 amounts in subsection (c) shall each be increased by 

2 an amount equal to— 

3 ‘‘(A) such dollar amount, multiplied by 

4 ‘‘(B) the cost-of-living adjustment deter5 mined under section 1(f)(3) for the calendar 

6 year in which the taxable year begins, deter7 mined by substituting ‘calendar year 2021’ for 

8 ‘calendar year 2016’ in subparagraph (A)(ii) 

9 thereof. 

10 ‘‘(2) ROUNDING.—If any dollar amount, after 

11 being increased under paragraph (1), is not a mul12 tiple of $100, such dollar amount shall be rounded 

13 to the next lowest multiple of $100.’’. 

14 (e) CREDIT TO BE REFUNDABLE.— 

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Internal Revenue Code 

16 of 1986 is amended— 

17 (A) by redesignating section 21 as section 

18 36C; and 

19 (B) by moving section 36C, as so redesig20 nated, from subpart A of part IV of subchapter 

21 A of chapter 1 to the location immediately be22 fore section 37 in subpart C of part IV of sub23 chapter A of chapter 1. 

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1 (A) Paragraph (1) of section 23(f) of the 

2 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by 

3 striking ‘‘21(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘36C(e)’’. 

4 (B) Paragraph (6) of section 35(g) of such 

5 Code is amended by striking ‘‘21(e)’’ and in6 serting ‘‘36C(e)’’. 

7 (C) Paragraph (1) of section 36C(a) of 

8 such Code (as redesignated by paragraph (1)) 

9 is amended by striking ‘‘this chapter’’ and in10 serting ‘‘this subtitle’’. 

11 (D) Subparagraph (C) of section 129(a)(2) 

12 of such Code is amended by striking ‘‘section 

13 21(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 36C(e)’’. 

14 (E) Paragraph (2) of section 129(b) of 

15 such Code is amended by striking ‘‘section 

16 21(d)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 36C(d)(2)’’. 

17 (F) Paragraph (1) of section 129(e) of 

18 such Code is amended by striking ‘‘section 

19 21(b)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 36C(b)(2)’’. 

20 (G) Subsection (e) of section 213 of such 

21 Code is amended by striking ‘‘section 21’’ and 

22 inserting ‘‘section 36C’’. 

23 (H) Subparagraph (H) of section 

24 6213(g)(2) of such Code is amended by striking 

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1 (I) Subparagraph (L) of section 

2 6213(g)(2) of such Code is amended by striking 

3 ‘‘section 21, 24, or 32,’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

4 24, 32, or 36C,’’. 

5 (J) Paragraph (2) of section 1324(b) of 

6 title 31, United States Code, is amended by in7 serting ‘‘36C,’’ after ‘‘36B,’’. 

8 (K) The table of sections for subpart C of 

9 part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the In10 ternal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by in11 serting after the item relating to section 36B 

12 the following: 

‘‘Sec. 36C. Expenses for household and dependent care services necessary for 

gainful employment.’’. 

13 (L) The table of sections for subpart A of 

14 such part IV is amended by striking the item 

15 relating to section 21. 

16 (f) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 

17 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 

18 December 31, 2021. 

19 TITLE IV—FREEDOM FROM 

20 HUNGER 

21 SEC. 401. MANDATORY DIRECT CERTIFICATION. 

22 Section 9(b)(5) of the Richard B. Russell National 

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1 (1) in the paragraph heading, by striking ‘‘DIS2 CRETIONARY CERTIFICATION’’ and inserting ‘‘DI3 RECT CERTIFICATION OF ADDITIONAL LOW-INCOME

4 CHILDREN’’; and 

5 (2) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), 

6 by striking ‘‘may’’ and inserting ‘‘shall’’. 

7 SEC. 402. DIRECT CERTIFICATION FOR CHILDREN RECEIV8 ING SOCIAL SECURITY INCOME. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 9(b)(5) of the Richard B. 

10 Russell National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 

11 1758(b)(5)) is amended— 

12 (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 

13 the end; 

14 (2) in subparagraph (E)(ii), by striking the pe15 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

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

17 ‘‘(F) a child who receives supplemental se18 curity income payments under title XVI of the 

19 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.).’’. 

20 (b) DATA FROM SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRA21 TION.—Section 9(b) of the Richard B. Russell National 

22 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(b)) is amended by add23 ing at the end the following: 

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1 paragraph (5) or (12)(A) of a child who receives 

2 supplemental security income payments under title 

3 XVI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1381 et 

4 seq.), the Commissioner of Social Security shall pro5 vide a local educational agency with the data nec6 essary to certify the child in accordance with a data7 sharing agreement between the Commissioner and 

8 the State in which the local educational agency is lo9 cated.’’. 

10 SEC. 403. RETROACTIVE REIMBURSEMENT. 

11 Section 9(b)(9) of the Richard B. Russell National 

12 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(b)(9)) is amended by 

13 adding at the end the following: 

14 ‘‘(D) RETROACTIVE REIMBURSEMENT.— 

15 ‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this subpara16 graph: 

17 ‘‘(I) CHANGE IN ELIGIBILITY.— 

18 The term ‘change in eligibility’ means, 

19 with respect to eligibility for the 

20 school lunch program under this 

21 Act— 

22 ‘‘(aa) a change from eligi23 bility for reduced price meals to 

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1 ‘‘(bb) a change from non2 eligibility to eligibility for free or 

3 reduced price meals. 

4 ‘‘(II) MEAL CLAIM.—The term 

5 ‘meal claim’ means any documenta6 tion provided by a school food author7 ity to a State agency in order to re8 ceive reimbursement under this Act 

9 for the cost of a meal served to a 

10 child by the school food authority. 

11 ‘‘(III) PREVIOUSLY SUB12 MITTED.—The term ‘previously sub13 mitted’, with respect to a meal claim, 

14 means a meal claim submitted on or 

15 after the retroactive date. 

16 ‘‘(IV) RETROACTIVE DATE.—The 

17 term ‘retroactive date’ means the first 

18 day of the current school year. 

19 ‘‘(ii) RETROACTIVITY.— 

20 ‘‘(I) SUBMISSION OF MEAL

21 CLAIMS.—A local educational agency 

22 shall— 

23 ‘‘(aa) revise and resubmit a 

24 previously submitted meal claim 

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1 described in subclause (i)(I)(aa) 

2 of a child; and 

3 ‘‘(bb) submit a meal claim 

4 for any meal provided on or after 

5 the retroactive date for a child 

6 that has a change of eligibility 

7 described in subclause (i)(I)(bb). 

8 ‘‘(II) REIMBURSEMENT BY SEC9 RETARY.—The Secretary shall reim10 burse each meal claim submitted by a 

11 local educational agency under sub12 clause (I). 

13 ‘‘(iii) REIMBURSEMENT TO FAMI14 LIES.—A local educational agency that re15 ceives a reimbursement under clause 

16 (ii)(II) shall reimburse the household of a 

17 child for any fees paid by the household on 

18 or after the retroactive date and prior to 

19 the change in eligibility of the child.’’. 

20 SEC. 404. UNIVERSAL MEDICAID DIRECT CERTIFICATION. 

21 Section 9(b)(15) of the Richard B. Russell National 

22 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(b)(15)) is amended— 

23 (1) in subparagraph (A)— 

24 (A) by striking clause (i) and inserting the 

25 following: 


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1 ‘‘(i) ELIGIBLE CHILD.— 

2 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘el3 igible child’ means a child who— 

4 ‘‘(aa)(AA) is eligible for and 

5 receiving medical assistance 

6 under the Medicaid program; and 

7 ‘‘(BB) is a member of a 

8 family with an income as meas9 ured by the Medicaid program 

10 that does not exceed, in the case 

11 of eligibility for free meals, 133 

12 percent of the poverty line (as 

13 defined in section 673(2) of the 

14 Community Services Block Grant 

15 Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)), includ16 ing any revision required by such 

17 section) applicable to a family of 

18 the size used for purposes of de19 termining eligibility for the Med20 icaid program, or, in the case of 

21 eligibility for reduced price meals, 

22 the applicable family size income 

23 level under the income eligibility 

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1 ‘‘(bb) is a member of a 

2 household (as that term is de3 fined in section 245.2 of title 7, 

4 Code of Federal Regulations (or 

5 successor regulations)) with a 

6 child described in item (aa). 

7 ‘‘(II) OTHER CHILDREN.—The 

8 term ‘eligible child’ includes a child 

9 who is eligible for and receiving med10 ical assistance under the Medicaid 

11 program under subclause (I) of sec12 tion 1902(a)(10)(A)(i) of the Social 

13 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

14 1396a(a)(10)(A)(i))— 

15 ‘‘(aa) on the basis of receiv16 ing aid or assistance under the 

17 State plan approved under part 

18 E of title IV of that Act (42 

19 U.S.C. 670 et seq.); 

20 ‘‘(bb) by reason of section 

21 473(b) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 

22 673(b)); or 

23 ‘‘(cc) under subclause (II) of 

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1 Act (42 U.S.C. 

2 1396a(a)(10)(A)(i)).’’; and 

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

4 ‘‘(iii) WITHOUT FURTHER APPLICA5 TION.—The term ‘without further applica6 tion’ has the meaning given the term in 

7 paragraph (4)(G).’’; and 

8 (2) by striking subparagraphs (B) through (H) 

9 and inserting the following: 

10 ‘‘(B) AGREEMENT.—For the school year 

11 beginning on July 1, 2022, and each school 

12 year thereafter, each State shall enter into an 

13 agreement described in subparagraph (C) with 

14 the 1 or more State agencies conducting eligi15 bility determinations for the Medicaid program. 

16 ‘‘(C) PROCEDURES.— 

17 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to sub18 paragraph (D) and paragraph (6), an 

19 agreement entered into under subpara20 graph (B) shall establish procedures under 

21 which an eligible child shall be certified as 

22 eligible, without further application, for— 

23 ‘‘(I) free or reduced price lunch 

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1 ‘‘(II) free or reduced price break2 fast under section 4 of the Child Nu3 trition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773). 

4 ‘‘(ii) FREE MEALS.—Each agreement 

5 entered into under subparagraph (B) shall 

6 ensure that a child who is simultaneously 

7 eligible for reduced price meals under this 

8 paragraph or based on an income eligibility 

9 determination, and for free meals based on 

10 documentation provided under subsection 

11 (d)(2), shall be certified for free meals. 

12 ‘‘(D) CERTIFICATION.—Subject to para13 graph (6), and according to an agreement en14 tered into under subparagraph (B), the local 

15 educational agency conducting eligibility deter16 minations under that agreement shall certify an 

17 eligible child as eligible, without further applica18 tion, for— 

19 ‘‘(i) free or reduced price lunch under 

20 this Act; and 

21 ‘‘(ii) free or reduced price breakfast 

22 under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act 

23 of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773).’’. 


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1 SEC. 405. UNIVERSAL MEAL SERVICE IN HIGH POVERTY 

2 AREAS. 

3 Section 11(a)(1)(F) of the Richard B. Russell Na4 tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1759a(a)(1)(F)) is 

5 amended by striking clause (vii) and inserting the fol6 lowing: 

7 ‘‘(vii) MULTIPLIER.—For each school 

8 year beginning on or before July 1, 2022, 

9 the multiplier shall be 2.5.’’. 

10 SEC. 406. STATEWIDE FREE UNIVERSAL SCHOOL MEALS 

11 DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS. 

12 Section 11(a)(1) of the Richard B. Russell National 

13 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1759a(a)(1)) is amended by 

14 adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(G) STATEWIDE FREE UNIVERSAL

16 SCHOOL MEALS DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS.— 

17 ‘‘(i) DEFINITIONS.—In this subpara18 graph: 

19 ‘‘(I) DEMONSTRATION

20 PROJECT.—The term ‘demonstration 

21 project’ means a demonstration 

22 project carried out under clause (ii). 

23 ‘‘(II) ELIGIBLE SCHOOL.— 

24 ‘‘(aa) IN GENERAL.—The 

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26 school that participates in the 


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1 school lunch program under this 

2 Act and the school breakfast pro3 gram under section 4 of the 

4 Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 

5 U.S.C. 1773). 

6 ‘‘(bb) EXCLUSION.—The 

7 term ‘eligible school’ does not in8 clude a residential child care in9 stitution (as defined in section 

10 210.2 of title 7, Code of Federal 

11 Regulations (or successor regula12 tions)). 

13 ‘‘(III) IDENTIFIED STUDENT.— 

14 The term ‘identified student’ has the 

15 meaning given the term in subpara16 graph (F)(i). 

17 ‘‘(IV) SELECTED STATE.—The 

18 term ‘selected State’ means a State 

19 selected to carry out a demonstration 

20 project under clause (iii)(I). 

21 ‘‘(ii) ESTABLISHMENT.—Not later 

22 than July 1, 2023, the Secretary shall 

23 carry out demonstration projects in se24 lected States under which school meals are 


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1 provided at no charge to every student at 

2 an eligible school in the selected State. 

3 ‘‘(iii) STATE SELECTION.— 

4 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—The Sec5 retary shall select not more than 5 

6 States to each carry out a demonstra7 tion project. 

8 ‘‘(II) APPLICATIONS.—A State 

9 seeking to carry out a demonstration 

10 project shall submit to the Secretary 

11 an application at such time, in such 

12 manner, and containing such informa13 tion as the Secretary may require. 

14 ‘‘(III) PRIORITY.—In carrying 

15 out subclause (I), the Secretary shall 

16 give priority to a State based on— 

17 ‘‘(aa) the level of childhood 

18 poverty in the State; 

19 ‘‘(bb) the extent to which 

20 the State has implemented sub21 paragraph (F); 

22 ‘‘(cc) the extent to which the 

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1 age (as defined in section 

2 9(b)(4)(F)(i)); 

3 ‘‘(dd) the extent to which 

4 the State demonstrates a com5 mitment to providing technical 

6 assistance to local educational 

7 agencies that will implement the 

8 demonstration project in the 

9 State; and 

10 ‘‘(ee) the extent to which the 

11 State demonstrates a commit12 ment to providing non-Federal 

13 funding under clause (vi)(III). 

14 ‘‘(iv) START DATE.—A demonstration 

15 project shall begin in a selected State on 

16 the first day of the school year in that 

17 State. 

18 ‘‘(v) SPECIAL ASSISTANCE PAY19 MENTS.— 

20 ‘‘(I) FIRST YEAR.—For each 

21 month of the first school year during 

22 which a demonstration project is car23 ried out, a selected State shall receive 

24 special assistance payments at the 

25 rate for free meals for a percentage of 


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1 all reimbursable meals served in eligi2 ble schools in the State in an amount 

3 equal to the product obtained by mul4 tiplying— 

5 ‘‘(aa) 1.9; and 

6 ‘‘(bb) the percentage of 

7 identified students in eligible 

8 schools in the State as of the last 

9 day of the prior school year, up 

10 to a maximum of 100 percent. 

11 ‘‘(II) SUBSEQUENT YEARS.—For 

12 each month of the second school year 

13 and each subsequent school year dur14 ing which a demonstration project is 

15 carried out, a selected State shall re16 ceive special assistance payments at 

17 the rate for free meals for a percent18 age of all reimbursable meals served 

19 in eligible schools in the State in an 

20 amount equal to the product obtained 

21 by multiplying— 

22 ‘‘(aa) 1.9; and 

23 ‘‘(bb) the higher of— 

24 ‘‘(AA) the percentage 

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1 gible schools as of the last 

2 day of the prior school year; 

3 and 

4 ‘‘(BB) the percentage 

5 of identified students in eli6 gible schools as of the last 

7 day of the school year prior 

8 to the first school year dur9 ing which a demonstration 

10 project is carried out, up to 

11 a maximum of 100 percent. 

12 ‘‘(III) PAYMENT FOR OTHER

13 MEALS.—With respect to the reim14 bursable meals described in subclauses 

15 (I) and (II) for which a selected State 

16 is not receiving special assistance pay17 ments under this clause, the reim18 bursement rate shall be the rate pro19 vided under section 4. 

20 ‘‘(IV) PAYMENTS IN LIEU OF.—A 

21 special assistance payment made 

22 under this clause shall be in lieu of 

23 any other special assistance payment 

24 made under this paragraph. 

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1 ‘‘(I) PRELIMINARY ACTIVITIES.— 

2 Each selected State shall, in the 

3 school year preceding the first school 

4 year during which the demonstration 

5 project shall be carried out in the 

6 State— 

7 ‘‘(aa) identify each eligible 

8 school in the State; 

9 ‘‘(bb) in consultation with 

10 the Secretary, combine the per11 centage of identified students 

12 across eligible schools for the 

13 purpose of calculating the max14 imum reimbursement rate to en15 sure that the special assistance 

16 payments received under clause 

17 (v) are for the maximum amount; 

18 ‘‘(cc) inform local edu19 cational agencies of the dem20 onstration project; and 

21 ‘‘(dd) coordinate with local 

22 educational agencies to provide 

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1 ians of students attending eligible 

2 schools. 

3 ‘‘(II) MEAL SERVICE.—As part 

4 of a demonstration project, an eligible 

5 school in a selected State— 

6 ‘‘(aa) shall not collect appli7 cations for free and reduced price 

8 lunches under this Act; and 

9 ‘‘(bb) shall make school 

10 meals available to all children at 

11 the school at no charge. 

12 ‘‘(III) NON-FEDERAL FUND13 ING.— 

14 ‘‘(aa) IN GENERAL.—Each 

15 selected State may support the 

16 demonstration project using— 

17 ‘‘(AA) funds from State 

18 and local sources that are 

19 used for the maintenance of 

20 the free lunch program 

21 under this Act and the free 

22 breakfast program under 

23 section 4 of the Child Nutri24 tion Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 

25 1773); and 


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1 ‘‘(BB) State revenues 

2 appropriated or used for 

3 program purposes under sec4 tion 7 of this Act. 

5 ‘‘(bb) NON-FEDERAL CON6 TRIBUTIONS.—In addition to the 

7 funding received under this Act 

8 and the Child Nutrition Act of 

9 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), 

10 each selected State shall provide 

11 funding from non-Federal 

12 sources to ensure that local edu13 cational agencies in the State re14 ceive the free reimbursement rate 

15 for not less than 90 percent of 

16 the meals served at eligible 

17 schools. 

18 ‘‘(cc) CONTINUATION OF

19 FREE RATE.— 

20 ‘‘(AA) DEFINITION OF

21 COVERED SCHOOL YEAR.— 

22 In this item, the term ‘cov23 ered school year’ means the 

24 school year preceding the 

25 first school year during 


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1 which a demonstration 

2 project is carried out. 

3 ‘‘(BB) FREE RATE.—A 

4 selected State that receives 

5 special assistance payments 

6 at the free reimbursement 

7 rate under subparagraph 

8 (F) for more than 90 per9 cent of the meals served at 

10 eligible schools in the cov11 ered school year shall con12 tinue to receive the free re13 imbursement rate for not 

14 less than the same percent15 age of meals in each school 

16 year during which a dem17 onstration project is carried 

18 out. 

19 ‘‘(vii) REPORT.— 

20 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Not later 

21 than September 30, 2027, the Sec22 retary, acting through the Adminis23 trator of the Food and Nutrition 

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1 Forestry of the Senate and the Com2 mittees on Agriculture and Education 

3 and Labor of the House of Represent4 atives a report that evaluates the im5 pact of each demonstration project in 

6 a selected State with respect to— 

7 ‘‘(aa) academic achievement, 

8 absenteeism, tardiness, the school 

9 environment, child food insecu10 rity in the selected State, and 

11 other key factors identified in 

12 consultation with the Secretary 

13 of Education; 

14 ‘‘(bb) the rate of participa15 tion in the free lunch program 

16 under this Act and the free 

17 breakfast program under section 

18 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 

19 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773) among 

20 identified students and other stu21 dents; 

22 ‘‘(cc) school meal services, 

23 finances, and operations in the 

24 selected State; 


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1 ‘‘(dd) administrative costs to 

2 the selected State and the school 

3 food authorities participating in 

4 the demonstration project; and 

5 ‘‘(ee) the integrity of the op6 eration of the free lunch program 

7 under this Act in the selected 

8 State. 

9 ‘‘(II) FUNDING.— 

10 ‘‘(aa) IN GENERAL.—On Oc11 tober 1, 2023, out of any funds 

12 in the Treasury not otherwise ap13 propriated, the Secretary of the 

14 Treasury shall transfer to the 

15 Secretary to carry out this clause 

16 $3,000,000, to remain available 

17 until September 30, 2027. 

18 ‘‘(bb) RECEIPT AND AC19 CEPTANCE.—The Secretary shall 

20 be entitled to receive, shall ac21 cept, and shall use to carry out 

22 this clause the funds transferred 

23 under item (aa), without further 

24 appropriation.’’. 


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1 TITLE V—FREEDOM TO BE SAFE 

2 FROM HARM 

3 Subtitle A—Funding for the Child 

4 Abuse Prevention and Treat5 ment Act 

6 SEC. 501. ADDITIONAL CAPTA FUNDING. 

7 (a) ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS FOR STATE GRANTS TO

8 IMPROVE CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES.—Section 106 of 

9 the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 

10 5106a) is amended by adding at the end the following: 

11 ‘‘(g) ADDITIONAL FUNDING.— 

12 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—To carry out this section, 

13 in addition to amounts made available under section 

14 112 for such purposes, there are authorized to be 

15 appropriated, and there are appropriated, out of 

16 amounts in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 

17 $250,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2022 through 

18 2031, to remain available until expended. 

19 ‘‘(2) ALLOTMENTS.—Except as otherwise pro20 vided in this section, out of the amounts appro21 priated under paragraph (1), the Secretary shall 

22 make allotments to each eligible State and territory 

23 in an amount equal to the sum of— 

24 ‘‘(A) $50,000; and 


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1 ‘‘(B) an amount that bears the same rela2 tionship to any amounts appropriated under 

3 paragraph (1) that remain after all such States 

4 and territories have received $50,000, as the 

5 number of children under the age of 18 in the 

6 State or territory bears to the number of such 

7 children in all States and territories that apply 

8 for such a grant. 

9 ‘‘(3) ELIGIBLE STATE.—To be eligible to re10 ceive an allotment under paragraph (2), a State or 

11 territory shall demonstrate in its application for a 

12 grant under this section that such State or territory, 

13 for purposes of carrying out the programs supported 

14 by such grant, will expend the same amount, or 

15 more, of State or territory funds in the fiscal year 

16 for which the grant is awarded as such State or ter17 ritory expended for such purposes in the previous 

18 fiscal year. 

19 ‘‘(4) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection, the 

20 terms ‘State’ and ‘territory’ have the meanings given 

21 such terms in subsection (f)(1).’’. 

22 (b) ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS FOR COMMUNITY-BASED

23 GRANTS FOR THE PREVENTION OF CHILD ABUSE AND

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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 203 of the Child 

2 Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 

3 5116b) is amended— 

4 (A) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘amount 

5 appropriated under section 210’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘amounts appropriated under section 209 and 

7 subsection (d)(1)’’; and 

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

9 ‘‘(d) ADDITIONAL FUNDING.— 

10 ‘‘(1) ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION.—To carry 

11 out this title, in addition to amounts made available 

12 under section 209 for such purposes, there are au13 thorized to be appropriated, and there are appro14 priated, out of amounts in the Treasury not other15 wise appropriated, $250,000,000 for each of fiscal 

16 years 2022 through 2031, to remain available until 

17 expended. 

18 ‘‘(2) ALLOTMENTS.— 

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 

20 allot the amount appropriated under paragraph 

21 (1) for a fiscal year and remaining after the 

22 reservation under subsection (a) among eligible 

23 States in the same manner the Secretary allots 

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1 paragraph, the allotment formula described in 

2 subsection (b) shall be applied substituting ‘eli3 gible State’ for ‘State’ each place such term ap4 pears in such subsection, and substituting ‘eligi5 ble States’ for ‘States’ each place such term ap6 pears in such subsection. 

7 ‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE STATE.—For purposes of 

8 this paragraph, the term ‘eligible State’ means 

9 a State that demonstrates in its application for 

10 a grant under section 204 that such State, for 

11 purposes of carrying out the programs sup12 ported by a grant under this title, will expend 

13 the same amount, or more, of State funds in 

14 the fiscal year for which the grant is awarded 

15 as such State expended for such purposes in the 

16 previous fiscal year.’’. 

17 (2) CLARIFICATION.—Section 204(4) of the 

18 Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act (42 

19 U.S.C. 5116d(4)) is amended by inserting ‘‘(exclud20 ing any amount received under section 203(d))’’ 

21 after ‘‘received under this title’’. 


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1 Subtitle B—Funding for Grants To 

2 Protect Children From Institu3 tional and Systemic Abuse 

4 SEC. 511. PURPOSE. 

5 The purpose of this subtitle is to support and assist 

6 States in investigating, recognizing, reporting and pre7 venting institutional and systemic child abuse. 

8 SEC. 512. DEFINITIONS. 

9 In this subtitle: 

10 (1) INSTITUTIONAL AND SYSTEMIC CHILD

11 ABUSE.—The term ‘‘institutional and systemic child 

12 abuse’’ means a pattern of any form of abuse or ne13 glect of a child when occurring while the child is in 

14 the care of a public or private facility in the State, 

15 including a correctional facility, detention facility, 

16 treatment facility, childcare center, educational or 

17 religious institution, and hospital. 

18 (2) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means any 

19 State of the United States, the District of Columbia, 

20 the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Is21 lands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Common22 wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. 

23 (3) UNIT OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT.—The term 

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1 (A) any city, county, township, town, bor2 ough, parish, village, or other general purpose 

3 political subdivision of a State; 

4 (B) any law enforcement district or judicial 

5 enforcement district that— 

6 (i) is established under applicable 

7 State law; and 

8 (ii) has the authority to, in a manner 

9 independent of other State entities, estab10 lish a budget and raise revenues; or 

11 (C) an Indian Tribe that performs law en12 forcement functions, as determined by the Sec13 retary of the Interior. 

14 SEC. 513. GRANT PROGRAM. 

15 (a) GRANTS REQUIRED.—The Attorney General shall 

16 make grants to States to assist States in investigating, 

17 recognizing, reporting, and preventing institutional and 

18 systemic child abuse. 

19 (b) ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.—Funds shall be allo20 cated annually among eligible States on the basis of rel21 ative population of individuals under the age of 18, but 

22 the amount allocated to any State in a fiscal year shall 

23 not be less than $500,000. 

24 (c) REQUIREMENTS.— 

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1 (A) IN GENERAL.—To be eligible for a 

2 grant under this subtitle, a State shall submit 

3 to the Attorney General a plan for carrying out 

4 programs, projects, and activities using the 

5 funds made available through the grant during 

6 a 5-year period. 

7 (B) UPDATE.—A State shall annually up8 date a plan submitted under subparagraph (A) 

9 to include new programs, projects, and activi10 ties dedicated to recognizing, reporting, inves11 tigating, and preventing institutional and sys12 temic child abuse. 

13 (C) REGULATIONS.—The Attorney General 

14 shall promulgate regulations that require that 

15 any plan submitted under this paragraph— 

16 (i) provide that not less than 70 per17 cent of funds allocated to the State shall 

18 be distributed to the attorney general of 

19 the State or other chief law enforcement 

20 officer for— 

21 (I) conducting investigations into 

22 institutional and systemic child abuse; 

23 and 

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1 evidence-based and trauma-informed 

2 projects to develop more effective edu3 cation, training, and research into 

4 preventing institutional and systemic 

5 child abuse; 

6 (ii) provide that not less than 20 per7 cent of funds allocated to the State shall 

8 be distributed equitably to units of local 

9 government for planning, establishing, op10 erating, coordinating, and evaluating evi11 dence-based and trauma-informed projects 

12 to develop more effective education, train13 ing, and research into preventing institu14 tional and systemic child abuse; 

15 (iii) designate a senior official report16 ing to the attorney general of the State or 

17 other chief law enforcement officer as re18 sponsible for— 

19 (I) supervising the preparation 

20 and administration of the plan sub21 mitted under subparagraph (A); and 

22 (II) overseeing all investigations, 

23 education, training, and research in 

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1 ment officer related to institutional 

2 and systemic child abuse; and 

3 (iv) contain satisfactory evidence that 

4 the official designated in accordance with 

5 clause (iii) has or will have authority, by 

6 legislation if necessary, to implement the 

7 plan in accordance with this subtitle. 

8 (2) ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORTS.—Each 

9 State awarded a grant under this subtitle shall sub10 mit to the Attorney General an annual performance 

11 report that— 

12 (A) describes the progress of the State in 

13 implementing the original plan submitted under 

14 paragraph (1)(A); and 

15 (B) describes the status of compliance with 

16 the requirements of the plan. 

17 (3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this 

18 subsection may be construed to require the dissemi19 nation of any information that the Attorney General 

20 determines— 

21 (A) is law enforcement sensitive and 

22 should only be disclosed within the law enforce23 ment community; or 

24 (B) poses a threat to a child. 

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1 (1) FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH REQUIRE2 MENTS.—If a State fails to comply with any of the 

3 applicable requirements in subsection (c), in any fis4 cal year beginning after September 30, 2021— 

5 (A) subject to subparagraph (B), the 

6 amount allocated to the State under subsection 

7 (b) for the subsequent fiscal year shall be re8 duced by not less than 20 percent for each such 

9 requirement with respect to which the failure 

10 occurs; and 

11 (B) the State shall be ineligible to receive 

12 any allocation under such section for such fiscal 

13 year unless— 

14 (i) the State agrees to expend 50 per15 cent of the amount allocated to the State 

16 for such fiscal year to achieve compliance 

17 with any requirement with respect to which 

18 the State is in noncompliance; or 

19 (ii) the Attorney General determines 

20 that the State— 

21 (I) has achieved substantial com22 pliance with the requirements with re23 spect to which the State was not in 

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1 (II) has made, through appro2 priate executive or legislative action, 

3 an unequivocal commitment to achiev4 ing full compliance with such require5 ments within a reasonable time. 

6 (2) NONSUBMISSION OR NONQUALIFICATION OF

7 PLAN.— 

8 (A) IN GENERAL.—If a State does not sub9 mit a plan, fails to submit a plan, or submits 

10 a plan or any modification thereof, that the At11 torney General, after reasonable notice and op12 portunity for hearing, determines does not meet 

13 the requirements of this subtitle, the Attorney 

14 General shall endeavor to make the allocation to 

15 the State under subsection (b) available to local 

16 public and private nonprofit agencies within the 

17 State for use in carrying out activities described 

18 in subsection (c)(1)(C)(i)(II). 

19 (B) OTHER FUNDS.—The Attorney Gen20 eral shall make funds that remain available 

21 after disbursements under subparagraph (A), 

22 and any other unobligated funds, available on 

23 an equitable basis to those States that have 

24 achieved full compliance with the requirements 

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1 (e) REGULATIONS.—The Attorney General shall pro2 mulgate regulations to carry out this subtitle. 

3 (f) ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.—The Attorney 

4 General may use not more than 5 percent of the funds 

5 appropriated for a fiscal year to carry out this subtitle 

6 for the Federal administrative costs of carrying out this 

7 subtitle for that fiscal year. 

8 (g) DIRECT APPROPRIATION.—To carry out this sub9 title, there are authorized to be appropriated, and there 

10 are appropriated, out of amounts in the Treasury not oth11 erwise appropriated, $250,000,000 for each of fiscal years 

12 2022 through 2031, to remain available until expended. 

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