II

103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2134

To restore the American family, reduce illegitimacy, and reduce welfare

dependence.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

MAY 19 (legislative day, MAY 16), 1994

Mr. FAIRCLOTH (for himself, Mr. GRASSLEY, Mr. BROWN, Mr. DOLE, Mr.

LOTT, Mr. WALLOP, Mr. SMITH, Mr. KEMPTHORNE, Mr. BURNS, Mr.

NICKLES, Mr. THURMOND, Mr. HELMS, Mr. CRAIG, Mr. HATCH, Mr.

MCCONNELL, and Mr. D’AMATO) introduced the following bill; which was

read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

A BILL

To restore the American family, reduce illegitimacy, and

reduce welfare dependence.

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 ‘‘Welfare Reform Act

5 of 1994’’.

6 SEC. 2. REFERENCES IN ACT; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

7 (a) AMENDMENTS TO SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.—Ex8 cept as otherwise specifically provided, whenever in this

9 Act an amendment is expressed in terms of an amendment
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1 to or repeal of a section or other provision, the reference

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

3 provision of the Social Security Act.

4 (b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents is

5 as follows:

Sec. 1. Short title.

Sec. 2. References in Act; table of contents.

TITLE I—WORK REQUIREMENTS FOR WELFARE RECIPIENTS

Sec. 101. Reform of the job opportunities and basic skills training program.

Sec. 102. Work requirement for able-bodied non-parents in food stamp program.

Sec. 103. Requirement that certain AFDC applicants conduct job search activities.

Sec. 104. Effective date.

TITLE II—PROMOTION OF MARRIAGE AND SOCIAL

RESPONSIBILITY

Subtitle A—Welfare Benefits

Sec. 201. Promotion of families.

Sec. 202. Benefit provisions regarding additional children.

Sec. 203. Provisions relating to paternity establishment.

Subtitle B—Grants for Assistance to Children Born Out-Of-Wedlock

Sec. 211. Grants to States.

Subtitle C—Tax Credit for Certain Low-Income Families

Sec. 221. Additional earned income credit for married individuals.

Subtitle D—Expansion of Abstinence Education

Sec. 231. Abstinence education grants.

TITLE III—CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT

Sec. 301. National reporting of information relating to child support with respect to certain employees.

Sec. 302. State information systems.

Sec. 303. National information systems.

Sec. 304. Income withholding.

Sec. 305. Uniform terms in orders.

Sec. 306. Improvements in paternity establishment.

Sec. 307. Waiver of fee for certain individuals receiving child support collection

or paternity determination services.

TITLE IV—SPECIFIC REFORMS IN WELFARE SPENDING

Sec. 401. Income eligibility guidelines for school lunch and breakfast programs.
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Sec. 402. Repeal of expansions to food stamp program.

Sec. 403. Repeal of empowerment zones and enterprise communities.

Sec. 404. Reduction of benefits to AFDC families who also receive public housing benefits.

Sec. 405. Repeal of the Davis-Bacon Act.

Sec. 406. Reduction of social services block grants.

Sec. 407. Restrictions on welfare benefits provided to aliens.

Sec. 408. Replacement of cash benefit with medical vouchers.

Sec. 409. Disability review required for SSI recipients who are 18 years of age.

Sec. 410. Amount of funds available for low-income home energy assistance.

TITLE V—STATE OPTIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

Sec. 501. Option to time limit welfare.

Sec. 502. Option to treat interstate immigrants under rules of former State

with respect to AFDC benefits.

Sec. 503. Evaluation of training programs.

Sec. 504. Elimination of welfare benefits with respect to fugitive felons and

probation and parole violators.

TITLE VI—CAPPING THE AGGREGATE GROWTH OF WELFARE

SPENDING

Sec. 601. Cap on growth of Federal spending on certain welfare programs.

Sec. 602. Establishment of welfare block grant program.

Sec. 603. Conversion of funding under certain welfare programs.

Sec. 604. Savings from welfare spending limits to be used for deficit reduction.

Sec. 605. Special rules with respect to grants for assistance to children born

out-of-wedlock.

Sec. 606. Eligibility under the medicaid program.

1 TITLE I—WORK REQUIREMENTS

2 FOR WELFARE RECIPIENTS

3 SEC. 101. REFORM OF THE JOB OPPORTUNITIES AND BASIC

4 SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAM.

5 (a) AMENDMENT TO STATE PLAN REQUIREMENT.—

6 Section 402(a)(19) (42 U.S.C. 602(a)(19)) is amended to

7 read as follows:

8 ‘‘(19) provide that the State has in effect and

9 operation a welfare and dependency reduction pro10 gram which meets the requirements of part F;’’.

11 (b) REPLACEMENT OF EXISTING PROGRAM WITH A

12 NEW PROGRAM.—
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1 (1) IN GENERAL.—Part F of title IV (42

2 U.S.C. 481 et seq.) is amended to read as follows:

3 ‘‘PART F—WORKFARE AND DEPENDENCY REDUCTION

4 PROGRAM

5 ‘‘PURPOSE OF PROGRAM

6 ‘‘SEC. 481. It is the purpose of this part to ensure

7 that individuals receiving welfare assistance contribute

8 services to their communities in exchange for such assist9 ance.

10 ‘‘ESTABLISHMENT OF STATE PROGRAMS

11 ‘‘SEC. 482. As a condition of its participation in the

12 program of aid to families with dependent children under

13 part A, each State shall establish and operate a workfare

14 and dependency reduction program (in this part referred

15 to as the ‘‘program’’) which meets the requirements of this

16 part.

17 ‘‘PROGRAM PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS

18 ‘‘SEC. 483. (a) PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS FOR

19 PARENTS IN THE AFDC UNEMPLOYED PARENT PRO20 GRAM.—

21 ‘‘(1) PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENT FOR INDI22 VIDUALS.—In the case of any family eligible for aid

23 to families with dependent children by reason of the

24 unemployment of the parent who is the principal

25 earner, the State shall require one parent to partici26 pate in—
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1 ‘‘(A) the community work service program

2 described in section 484 for not less than 32

3 hours per week and to conduct job search ac4 tivities for not less than 8 hours per week; or

5 ‘‘(B) the benefits to wages program de6 scribed in section 485 for not less than 40

7 hours per week.

8 ‘‘(2) PARTICIPATION RATE REQUIREMENT FOR

9 STATES.—With respect to individuals described in

10 paragraph (1), each State shall maintain a partici11 pation rate (as determined under subsection (d)(1))

12 of 95 percent for quarters during fiscal year 1995

13 and succeeding fiscal years.

14 ‘‘(b) PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN

15 NONCUSTODIAL PARENTS.—

16 ‘‘(1) PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENT FOR INDI17 VIDUALS.—

18 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—A State shall require

19 any individual described in subparagraph (B) to

20 participate in a State community work service

21 program described in section 484 in accordance

22 with subparagraph (C).

23 ‘‘(B) INDIVIDUALS DESCRIBED.—An indi24 vidual described in this subparagraph is an in25 dividual—
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1 ‘‘(i) who resides in the State;

2 ‘‘(ii) whose place of residence or em3 ployment is known by the State;

4 ‘‘(iii) who is the noncustodial parent

5 of a dependent child receiving aid to fami6 lies with dependent children under part A;

7 and

8 ‘‘(iv) who is known by the State to

9 have failed to pay required child support

10 on behalf of such a child.

11 ‘‘(C) PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS.—If

12 an individual described in subparagraph (B)—

13 ‘‘(i) is employed, such individual shall

14 be required to work under the State com15 munity work service program for not less

16 than 16 hours per week; or

17 ‘‘(ii) is unemployed, such individual

18 shall be required to—

19 ‘‘(I) work under the State com20 munity work service program for not

21 less than 24 hours per week; and

22 ‘‘(II) conduct job search activities

23 for not less than 16 hours per week.

24 ‘‘(2) PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENT FOR

25 STATES.—With respect to individuals described in
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1 paragraph (1), each State shall maintain a partici2 pation rate (as determined under subsection (d)(2))

3 of—

4 ‘‘(A) 50 percent for quarters during fiscal

5 year 1995; and

6 ‘‘(B) 90 percent for quarters during fiscal

7 year 1996 and succeeding fiscal years.

8 ‘‘(c) PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENT FOR ADULT RE9 CIPIENTS OF AFDC IN SINGLE-ADULT FAMILIES.—

10 ‘‘(1) PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENT FOR INDI11 VIDUALS.—Except as provided in subsection (a), the

12 State shall require each adult recipient of aid to

13 families with dependent children in a single-adult

14 family to participate in—

15 ‘‘(A) the State community work service

16 program described in section 484 for not less

17 than 30 hours per week; or

18 ‘‘(B) the benefits to wages program de19 scribed in section 485 for not less than 30

20 hours per week.

21 ‘‘(2) PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENT ON

22 STATES.—With respect to individuals described in

23 paragraph (1), each State shall maintain a partici24 pation rate (as determined under subsection (d)(3))

25 of—
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1 ‘‘(A) 25 percent for calendar quarters dur2 ing fiscal year 1995; and

3 ‘‘(B) 50 percent for calendar quarters dur4 ing fiscal year 1996 and succeeding fiscal years.

5 ‘‘(3) WORK PRIORITY FOR FAMILIES WITH

6 OLDER CHILDREN.—

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in

8 section 402(a)(47)(A), if a single-adult family

9 includes at least one dependent child under age

10 5, the adult recipient in such family shall not

11 be required to participate in the program under

12 paragraph (1) unless at least 80 percent of all

13 adult recipients in single-adult families which

14 include only children age 5 or older are partici15 pating in the program.

16 ‘‘(B) FAMILY STATUS.—Beginning on the

17 date which is 10 months after the date of the

18 enactment of the Welfare Reform Act of 1994,

19 a family that is classified by a State as a single20 adult family including only children age 5 or

21 older shall continue to be so classified regard22 less of whether an additional child under age 5

23 becomes a member of the family.

24 ‘‘(4) STATE OPTION REGARDING PLACEMENT

25 OF INDIVIDUALS IN BENEFITS TO WAGES PRO-
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1 GRAM.—The State may conduct a job placement

2 program under which the State contracts with pri3 vate entities to place individuals described in para4 graph (1) with qualified employers under the bene5 fits to wages program under section 485.

6 ‘‘(5) STATE OPTION TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL

7 ACTIVITIES OR JOB SKILLS TRAINING PROGRAM.—

8 Subject to the approval of the Secretary, a State

9 may require not more than 20 percent of the adult

10 recipients required to participate in the program

11 under paragraph (2), on average during any quarter,

12 to conduct educational or job skills training.

13 ‘‘(6) NONSUBSIDIZED EMPLOYMENT COUNT14 ABLE AS PARTICIPATION.—

15 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—An adult recipient

16 may satisfy the 30-hour per week work require17 ment under paragraph (1)(A) by working solely

18 in nonsubsidized employment or by combining

19 hours worked under a community work service

20 program and hours worked in nonsubsidized

21 employment.

22 ‘‘(B) NONSUBSIDIZED EMPLOYMENT.—For

23 purposes of subparagraph (A), the term

24 ‘nonsubsidized employment’ means employment

25 with a private employer for wages.
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1 ‘‘(7) ADULT RECIPIENT.—For purposes of this

2 subsection—

3 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in

4 subparagraph (B), the term ‘adult recipient’

5 means an individual whose needs are met in

6 whole or part with payments of aid to families

7 with dependent children.

8 ‘‘(B) INDIVIDUALS EXCLUDED.—The term

9 ‘adult recipient’ shall not include—

10 ‘‘(i) a dependent child (unless such

11 child is the custodial parent of another de12 pendent child); or

13 ‘‘(ii) any parent who is a member of

14 a family eligible for aid to families with de15 pendent children by reason of the unem16 ployment of the parent who is the principal

17 earner.

18 ‘‘(8) SINGLE-ADULT FAMILY.—For purposes of

19 this subsection, the term ‘single-adult family’ means

20 a family receiving aid to families with dependent

21 children which includes one adult recipient and at

22 least one dependent child.

23 ‘‘(d) INDIVIDUAL OPTION TO USE VOUCHERS.—

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—
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1 ‘‘(A) OPTION PERMITTED.—If an unem2 ployed parent described in subsection (a) or an

3 adult parent in a single adult family described

4 in subsection (c) is required by a State to par5 ticipate in the State benefits to wages program

6 in order to ensure that the State meets the par7 ticipation requirements under subsection (a)(2)

8 or (c)(2), such individual shall have an option

9 to participate in such program using a voucher

10 (in the amount determined under subparagraph

11 (B)) that is payable to the employer which em12 ploys the individual.

13 ‘‘(B) AMOUNT OF VOUCHER.—For pur14 poses of subparagraph (A), the amount of a

15 voucher shall be an amount equivalent to the

16 amount of the wage subsidy described in section

17 485(c).

18 ‘‘(2) VOUCHERS SUBJECT TO REQUIREMENTS

19 OF BENEFITS TO WAGES PROGRAM.—The require20 ments of the benefits to wages program under sec21 tion 485 shall apply to individuals or employers par22 ticipating in such program using the vouchers de23 scribed in paragraph (1)(A) in the same manner as

24 such requirements would apply to any other individ25 uals or employers participating in such program.
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1 ‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULE RELATING TO INDIVIDUALS

2 PARTICIPATING IN A COMMUNITY WORK SERVICE

3 PROGRAM.—If an unemployed parent described in

4 subsection (a) or an adult parent in a single adult

5 family described in subsection (c) is participating in

6 a State community work service program, such indi7 vidual shall have the option to change such individ8 ual’s participation to participation in the State bene9 fits to wages program using the vouchers described

10 in paragraph (1).

11 ‘‘(e) DETERMINATION OF PARTICIPATION RATES.—

12 ‘‘(1) UNEMPLOYED PARENTS.—A State’s par13 ticipation rate for purposes of subsection (a)(2) shall

14 be the number, expressed as a percentage, equal

15 to—

16 ‘‘(A) the average weekly number of individ17 uals described in subsection (a)(1) who partici18 pated in the program under this part during

19 such quarter, divided by

20 ‘‘(B) the average weekly number of such

21 individuals who were required under subsection

22 (a)(1) to participate in the program under the

23 part during such quarter.

24 ‘‘(2) NONCUSTODIAL PARENTS.—A State’s par25 ticipation rate for purposes of subsection (b)(2) shall
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1 be the number, expressed as a percentage, equal

2 to—

3 ‘‘(A) the average weekly number of individ4 uals described in subsection (b)(1) who partici5 pated in the program under this part during

6 such quarter, divided by

7 ‘‘(B) the average weekly number of such

8 individuals who were required under subsection

9 (b)(1) to participate in the program under the

10 part during such quarter.

11 ‘‘(3) ADULT RECIPIENTS IN SINGLE-ADULT

12 FAMILIES.—A State’s participation rate for purposes

13 of subsection (c)(2) shall be the number, expressed

14 as a percentage, equal to—

15 ‘‘(A) the average weekly number of individ16 uals described in subsection (c)(1) who partici17 pated in the program under this part during

18 such quarter, divided by

19 ‘‘(B) the average weekly number of such

20 individuals who were required under subsection

21 (c)(1) to participate in the program under this

22 part.

23 ‘‘COMMUNITY WORK SERVICE PROGRAM

24 ‘‘SEC. 484. (a) IN GENERAL.—Each State with a

25 plan approved under part A shall establish a community

26 work service program.
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1 ‘‘(b) PROGRAM DESCRIBED.—An individual partici2 pating in a State community work service program shall

3 work for a public or nonprofit private sector organization

4 performing such tasks as determined appropriate by such

5 organization.

6 ‘‘(c) ENCOURAGEMENT TO PROVIDE CHILD CARE

7 SERVICES.—An individual participating in a State com8 munity work service program may satisfy the applicable

9 participation requirement under subsection (c)(1)(A) of

10 section 483 if such individual provides child care services

11 to other individuals participating in the program in the

12 manner, and for the period of time each week, determined

13 appropriate by the State.

14 ‘‘(d) MODIFICATION TO PAYMENT SCHEDULE FOR

15 PARTICIPANTS.—Any payments of aid under part A or the

16 Food Stamp Act of 1977 to the family of an individual

17 participating in a State community work service program

18 shall be made on a biweekly basis.

19 ‘‘(e) BENEFITS BASED ON PERFORMANCE.—If an in20 dividual fails to meet the participation requirements im21 posed on such individual under section 483 with respect

22 to a State community work service program due to an un23 excused absence, the amount of aid under part A and the

24 Food Stamp Act of 1977 to be received by the family of

25 the individual participating in such program shall be re-
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1 duced in proportion to the number of hours of

2 uncompleted work or job search under such program.

3 ‘‘BENEFITS TO WAGES PROGRAM

4 ‘‘SEC. 485. (a) IN GENERAL.—Each State with a

5 plan approved under part A shall establish a benefits to

6 wages program.

7 ‘‘(b) PROGRAM DESCRIBED.—Under a State benefits

8 to wages program, an individual shall work for a qualified

9 employer (as defined in subsection (d)) and the Secretary

10 shall pay a wage subsidy in the amount determined under

11 subsection (c) to such employer on behalf of such individ12 ual. Such wage subsidy shall be in lieu of all or part of

13 any benefits described in subsection (c) which the individ14 ual would otherwise be eligible to receive. The State bene15 fits to wages program shall be designed to place individ16 uals participating in the program in long-term

17 nonsubsidized employment.

18 ‘‘(c) AMOUNT OF WAGE SUBSIDY.—The amount of

19 the wage subsidy for an individual for a month is an

20 amount determined appropriate by the State which does

21 not exceed the sum of—

22 ‘‘(1) the monthly amount that would otherwise

23 be payable as aid to families with dependent children

24 to the family of such individual, and
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1 ‘‘(2) the monthly cash value of the food stamp

2 benefits that would otherwise be available to such in3 dividual’s household,

4 determined as of the first day of the first full month of

5 the employment of such individual by a qualified employer.

6 ‘‘(d) QUALIFIED EMPLOYER.—

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of this sub8 section, an employer is qualified to receive a wage

9 subsidy under this subsection if—

10 ‘‘(A) the employer is a private entity;

11 ‘‘(B) the employer is approved by the State

12 to participate in its benefits to wages program;

13 and

14 ‘‘(C) gross wages (as defined in section

15 209 but without regard to any dollar limitation

16 contained is such section) received by an indi17 vidual participating in the benefits to wages

18 program for any month are not less than the

19 amount determined under paragraph (2).

20 ‘‘(2) WAGES BASED ON PERFORMANCE.—

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in

22 subparagraph (B), an employer shall pay to an

23 individual participating in the benefits to wages

24 program for any month an amount equal to the

25 product of—
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1 ‘‘(i) the greater of—

2 ‘‘(I) the hourly wage subsidy

3 amount determined under subpara4 graph (C); or

5 ‘‘(II) the greater of the Federal

6 minimum wage or the applicable State

7 minimum wage; and

8 ‘‘(ii) the number of hours worked by

9 such individual during such month.

10 ‘‘(B) STATE OPTION.—Notwithstanding

11 clause (i) of subparagraph (A), a State may re12 quire an employer to pay an individual partici13 pating in the benefits to wages program up to

14 $5 for each hour worked by such individual if

15 the dollar amount of the hourly wage required

16 to be paid by an employer under such clause is

17 less than $5.

18 ‘‘(C) HOURLY WAGE SUBSIDY AMOUNT.—

19 The hourly wage subsidy amount determined

20 under this subparagraph with respect to an in21 dividual for any month is an amount equal to—

22 ‘‘(i) the amount of the wage subsidy

23 under subsection (c); divided by
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1 ‘‘(ii) the number of hours the individ2 ual is required to work in the benefits to

3 wages program for the month.

4 ‘‘(3) SELECTION OF EMPLOYERS.—In selecting

5 employers under subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1),

6 the State shall give priority to those employers dem7 onstrating an ability to place individuals in long8 term nonsubsidized employment.

9 ‘‘(e) TREATMENT OF WAGES.—Under the State ben10 efits to wages program, wages paid to an individual by

11 a qualified employer shall be considered earned income for

12 purposes of any provision of law, except that such wages

13 shall not be taken into account in determining the eligi14 bility of such individual for the programs described in sub15 section (c) during such individual’s participation in the

16 program.

17 ‘‘(f) USE OF FEDERAL FUNDS.—Notwithstanding

18 any other provision of law, for purposes of computing the

19 amount of the Federal payment to a State with respect

20 to any amount determined under subsection (c) with re21 spect to an individual, such amount shall be treated as

22 if paid to the individual under the applicable program.

23 ‘‘(g) LIMIT ON PARTICIPATION.—

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para25 graph (2), an individual’s participation in a State
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1 benefits to wages program shall be limited to 18

2 months.

3 ‘‘(2) STATE OPTION.—A State may reduce the

4 number of months referred to in paragraph (1) as

5 determined appropriate by the State.

6 ‘‘PENALTIES ON INDIVIDUALS WHO FAIL TO MEET

7 PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENT

8 ‘‘SEC. 486. (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in

9 subsection (b) and section 484(e), the State shall have the

10 option to impose a penalty on any individual who fails to

11 adequately participate in the program consisting of—

12 ‘‘(1) a reduction in the amount of aid to fami13 lies with dependent children received by the individ14 ual’s family, as determined appropriate by the State;

15 or

16 ‘‘(2) a denial of eligibility for such aid to the

17 individual’s family on a temporary or permanent

18 basis, as determined appropriate by the State.

19 ‘‘(b) PENALTIES RELATING TO NONCUSTODIAL PAR20 ENTS.—

21 ‘‘(1) NO PENALTIES AGAINST FAMILY FOR NON22 COMPLIANCE OF NONCUSTODIAL PARENT.—No pen23 alty shall be imposed under this section or section

24 484(e) against a family receiving aid to families with

25 dependent children in the case of a noncustodial par26 ent’s failure to comply with section 483(a).
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1 ‘‘(2) PENALTY FOR CERTAIN NONCUSTODIAL

2 PARENTS.—If an individual described in paragraph

3 (1) of section 483(a) knowingly and willfully fails to

4 participate in a State community work service pro5 gram in accordance with such section, such individ6 ual shall be subject to imprisonment in accordance

7 with State law.

8 ‘‘NONDISPLACEMENT OF WORKERS

9 ‘‘SEC. 487. No organization or entity participating in

10 a State community work service program or a State bene11 fits to wages program shall replace any employed worker

12 with an individual participating in the program under this

13 part. Such an individual may be placed in any position

14 offered by such organization or entity—

15 ‘‘(1) that is a new position;

16 ‘‘(2) that is a position that became available in

17 the normal course of conducting the business of the

18 organization or entity; or

19 ‘‘(3) that involves performing work that would

20 otherwise be performed on an overtime basis by a

21 worker who is not an individual participating in the

22 program under this part.

23 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(A) Section

24 402(a) (42 U.S.C. 602(a)) is amended—

25 (i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para26 graph (44);
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1 (ii) by striking the period at the end of

2 paragraph (45) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

3 (iii) by inserting after paragraph (45) the

4 following new paragraph:

5 ‘‘(46) provide that the State agency shall pro6 vide assurances satisfactory to the Secretary that

7 the State has in effect laws providing for the impris8 onment of any individual who fails to comply with

9 section 483(b)(1) for a term determined appropriate

10 by the State.’’.

11 (B) Section 16 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977

12 (7 U.S.C. 2025) is amended by adding at the end

13 the following new subsection:

14 ‘‘(l) If a State agency of a State informs the Sec15 retary that an individual who is participating in a benefits

16 to wages program under the welfare and dependency re17 duction program carried out under part F of title IV of

18 the Social Security Act is a member of a household that

19 participates in the food stamp program—

20 ‘‘(1) the Secretary shall pay to the State an

21 amount equal to the value of the food stamp benefits

22 the household is otherwise eligible to receive under

23 this Act; and

24 ‘‘(2) the State shall expend the amount in ac25 cordance with such part rather than for food stamp
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1 benefits the household would receive but for the op2 eration of this subsection.’’.

3 (c) PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR WELFARE AND DE4 PENDENCY REDUCTION PROGRAMS.—

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (k) of section

6 403 (42 U.S.C. 603) is amended to read as follows:

7 ‘‘(k)(1) For purposes of conducting its workfare and

8 dependency reduction program under part F, a State shall

9 receive payments for a calendar quarter in an amount

10 equal to the sum of—

11 ‘‘(A) the product of—

12 ‘‘(i) the applicable dollar amount under

13 paragraph (2)(A), and

14 ‘‘(ii) the average weekly number of individ15 uals who are unemployed parents described in

16 section 483(a)(1) who participated in the pro17 gram under part F during such quarter;

18 ‘‘(B) the product of—

19 ‘‘(i) the applicable dollar amount under

20 paragraph (2)(A), and

21 ‘‘(ii) the average weekly number of individ22 uals who are noncustodial parents described in

23 section 483(b)(1) who participated in the pro24 gram under part F during such quarter; and

25 ‘‘(C) the product of—
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1 ‘‘(i) the applicable dollar amount under

2 paragraph (2)(B), and

3 ‘‘(ii) the average weekly number of individ4 uals who are adult recipients of aid to families

5 with dependent children in single-adult families

6 described in section 483(c)(1) who participated

7 in the program under part F during such quar8 ter.

9 ‘‘(2)(A) For purposes of subparagraphs (A) and (B)

10 of paragraph (1), the applicable dollar amount is—

11 ‘‘(i) for fiscal year 1995, $250; and

12 ‘‘(ii) for fiscal year 1996 and succeeding fiscal

13 years, the amount determined under this subpara14 graph for the preceding fiscal year updated by the

15 percentage change in the consumer price index for

16 all urban consumers (United States city average)

17 during such preceding fiscal year.

18 ‘‘(B)(i) Except as provided in clause (ii), for purposes

19 of subparagraph (C) of paragraph (1), the applicable dol20 lar amount is—

21 ‘‘(I) for fiscal year 1995, $625; and

22 ‘‘(II) for fiscal year 1996 and succeeding fiscal

23 years, the amount determined under this clause for

24 the preceding fiscal year updated by the percentage

25 change in the consumer price index for all urban
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1 consumers (United States city average) during such

2 preceding fiscal year.

3 ‘‘(ii) If an individual described in subparagraph (C)

4 of paragraph (1) used a voucher under section 483(d) in

5 connection with the individual’s participation in a benefits

6 to wages program or was placed in a benefits to wages

7 program under section 485 through a job placement pro8 gram under section 483(c)(4), for purposes of such sub9 paragraph, the applicable dollar amount is—

10 ‘‘(I) for fiscal year 1995, $675; and

11 ‘‘(II) for fiscal year 1996 and succeeding fiscal

12 years, the amount determined under this clause for

13 the preceding fiscal year updated by the percentage

14 change in the consumer price index for all urban

15 consumers (United States city average) during such

16 preceding fiscal year.

17 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 403

18 (42 U.S.C. 603) is amended by striking subsection

19 (l).

20 (d) ADJUSTMENTS TO MATCHING PERCENTAGE FOR

21 AFDC ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—

22 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 403(a)(3) (42

23 U.S.C. 603(a)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘50 per24 cent’’ and inserting ‘‘the applicable percentage for

25 such quarter (as determined under subsection (o))’’.
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1 (2) APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE.—Section 403

2 (42 U.S.C. 603) is amended by adding at the end

3 the following new subsection:

4 ‘‘(o)(1) The applicable percentage determined under

5 this subsection for a quarter is a percentage equal to the

6 average of the percentages determined under paragraph

7 (2) for each category of individuals described in paragraph

8 (3).

9 ‘‘(2) The percentage determined under this para10 graph for a category of individuals described in paragraph

11 (3) for a quarter is—

12 ‘‘(A) 50 percent if the average weekly number

13 of individuals in the category who actually partici14 pate in the State’s workfare and dependency reduc15 tion program under part F during the quarter ex16 ceeds 99 percent of the average weekly number of

17 individuals in the category required to participate in

18 such program in accordance with the applicable

19 State participation rate requirement for such cat20 egory under section 483;

21 ‘‘(B) 40 percent, if the average weekly number

22 of individuals in the category who actually partici23 pate in such program for a quarter is at least 90

24 percent but less than 100 percent of the average

25 weekly number of individuals in the category re-
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1 quired to participate in such program in accordance

2 with the applicable State participation rate require3 ment for such category under section 483;

4 ‘‘(C) 25 percent, if the average weekly number

5 of individuals in the category who actually partici6 pate in such program for a quarter is at least 70

7 percent but less than 90 percent of the average

8 weekly number of individuals in the category re9 quired to participate in such program in accordance

10 with the applicable State participation rate require11 ment for such category under section 483; and

12 ‘‘(D) 0 percent, if the average weekly number

13 of individuals in the category who actually partici14 pate in such program for a quarter is less than 70

15 percent of the average weekly number of individuals

16 in the category required to participate in such pro17 gram in accordance with the applicable State partici18 pation rate requirement for such category under sec19 tion 483.

20 ‘‘(3) The categories of individuals described in this

21 paragraph are the following:

22 ‘‘(A) Individuals who are unemployed parents

23 described in section 483(a)(1).

24 ‘‘(B) Individuals who are noncustodial parents

25 described in section 483(b)(1).
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1 ‘‘(C) Individuals who are adult recipients of aid

2 to families with dependent children described in sec3 tion 483(c)(1).’’.

4 (e) EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES FOR CUSTODIAL PAR5 ENTS UNDER 19.—Section 402(a) (42 U.S.C. 602(a)), as

6 amended by subsection (b)(2), is amended—

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

8 (45);

9 (2) by striking the period at the end of para10 graph (46) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

11 (3) by inserting after paragraph (46) the fol12 lowing new paragraph:

13 ‘‘(47) provide that—

14 ‘‘(A) each custodial parent receiving aid

15 under the plan who has not attained 19 years

16 of age and has not successfully completed a

17 high-school education (or its equivalent) shall

18 participate in an educational activity; and

19 ‘‘(B) the State agency may—

20 ‘‘(i) require a parent described in sub21 paragraph (A) to participate in educational

22 activities directed toward the attainment of

23 a high-school diploma or its equivalent on

24 a full-time (as defined by the educational

25 provider) basis; or
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1 ‘‘(ii) require a parent described in

2 subparagraph (A) to participate in training

3 or work activities (in lieu of the edu4 cational activities under such subpara5 graph) if such parent fails to make good

6 progress in successfully completing such

7 educational activities or if it is determined

8 (prior to any assignment of the individual

9 to such educational activities) pursuant to

10 an educational assessment that participa11 tion in such educational activities is inap12 propriate for such parent.’’.

13 (f) AMENDMENTS REGARDING EARNED INCOME TAX

14 CREDIT.—

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (e) of section

16 3507 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating

17 to earned income eligibility certificates) is amended

18 by adding at the end the following new paragraph:

19 ‘‘(6) SPECIAL RULE WITH RESPECT TO CER20 TAIN EMPLOYEES.—An employer shall obtain an

21 earned income eligibility certificate from each em22 ployee who is employed by such employer under the

23 benefits to wages program under section 485 of the

24 Social Security Act.’’.
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1 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made

2 by paragraph (1) shall apply to taxable years begin3 ning after December 31, 1994.

4 SEC. 102. WORK REQUIREMENT FOR ABLE-BODIED NON5 PARENTS IN FOOD STAMP PROGRAM.

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 6 of the Food Stamp Act

7 of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2015) is amended by adding at the end

8 the following new subsection:

9 ‘‘(i)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this sub10 section, no individual who is a member of a household that

11 is otherwise eligible to receive food stamps shall be eligible

12 to receive food stamps as a member of that or any other

13 household if the individual has not performed at least 32

14 hours of work on behalf of a State or a political subdivi15 sion of a State, through a program established by the

16 State or political subdivision, during the month preceding

17 the month of an allotment.

18 ‘‘(2) A household member shall be exempt from the

19 requirements of paragraph (1) if the member is—

20 ‘‘(A) a parent residing with a dependent child

21 under 18 years of age;

22 ‘‘(B) a member of a household with responsibil23 ity for the care of an incapacitated person;

24 ‘‘(C) mentally or physically unfit;

25 ‘‘(D) under 18 years of age; or
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1 ‘‘(E) 63 years of age or older.

2 ‘‘(3) No State or political subdivision of a State par3 ticipating in a program established under this subsection

4 shall replace any employed worker with an individual par5 ticipating in the program. Such an individual may be

6 placed in any position offered by the State or political sub7 division that—

8 ‘‘(A) is a new position;

9 ‘‘(B) is a position that became available in the

10 normal course of conducting the business of the

11 State or political subdivision; or

12 ‘‘(C) involves performing work that would oth13 erwise be performed on an overtime basis by a work14 er who is not an individual participating in the pro15 gram established under this subsection.

16 ‘‘(4)(A) The Secretary shall make a monthly payment

17 to each State and political subdivision of a State that oper18 ates a program established under this subsection for the

19 month preceding the month of an allotment.

20 ‘‘(B) The amount of a payment that is made to a

21 State or political subdivision under subparagraph (A) shall

22 equal the product obtained by multiplying—

23 ‘‘(i) $20 (as adjusted under subparagraph (C));

24 times
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1 ‘‘(ii) the number of individuals who performed

2 at least 32 hours of work on behalf of the State or

3 political subdivision, through a program established

4 by the State or political subdivision under this sub5 section, during the month preceding the month of

6 the allotment.

7 ‘‘(C) The Secretary shall adjust the amount referred

8 to in subparagraph (B)(i) on October 1, 1995, and each

9 October 1 thereafter, to reflect changes in the Consumer

10 Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the

11 Bureau of Labor Statistics, as appropriately adjusted by

12 the Bureau of Labor Statistics after consultation with the

13 Secretary concerning the application of the Index to this

14 paragraph, for the 12 months ending the preceding June

15 30.’’.

16 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

17 (1) Section 6(d)(4)(M)(ii) of the Food Stamp

18 Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2015(d)(4)(M)(ii)) is amend19 ed by striking ‘‘section 16 (a), (c), and (h)’’ and in20 serting ‘‘subsections (a) and (c) of section 16’’.

21 (2) Section 16 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 2025) is

22 amended—

23 (A) by striking subsection (h); and

24 (B) by redesignating subsections (i) and (j)

25 as subsections (h) and (i), respectively.
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1 (3) Section 20 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 2029) is

2 amended by striking subsection (g).

3 (4) Section 21 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 2030) is

4 amended—

5 (A) in subsection (b)(4)(B)—

6 (i) by striking ‘‘under—’’ and all that

7 follows through ‘‘subsections (a)’’ in clause

8 (i) and inserting ‘‘under subsections (a)’’;

9 and

10 (ii) by striking ‘‘program; and’’ and

11 all that follows through ‘‘except that’’ and

12 inserting ‘‘program, except that’’; and

13 (B) in subsection (c)(2)(B), by striking

14 ‘‘subsections (a), (g), and (h) of section 16’’

15 and inserting ‘‘subsections (a) and (g) of sec16 tion 16’’.

17 (5) Section 22(d)(1)(B)(ii) of such Act (7

18 U.S.C. 2031(d)(1)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking

19 ‘‘subsections (a), (g), (h)(2), and (h)(3) of section

20 16’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (a) and (g) of section

21 16’’.

22 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

23 this section shall become effective 180 days after the date

24 of enactment of this Act.
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1 SEC. 103. REQUIREMENT THAT CERTAIN AFDC APPLICANTS

2 CONDUCT JOB SEARCH ACTIVITIES.

3 (a) DELAY IN BENEFIT FOR CERTAIN FAMILIES.—

4 Section 402(a) (42 U.S.C. 602(a)), as amended by section

5 101 (b)(2)(A) and (e), is amended—

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

7 (46);

8 (2) by striking the period at the end of para9 graph (47) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

10 (3) by inserting after paragraph (47) the fol11 lowing new paragraph:

12 ‘‘(48) provide that if a family is applying for

13 aid under the plan and such family—

14 ‘‘(A) has sufficient liquid assets to meet

15 the basic needs of the family for a 1-month pe16 riod (as determined by the State); and

17 ‘‘(B) does not include any children under

18 age 5;

19 such family shall not receive such aid until a mem20 ber of the family who has attained age 18 has con21 ducted job search activities determined appropriate

22 by the State for a 1-month period.’’.

23 (b) JOB SEARCH REQUIREMENT FOR CERTAIN INDI24 VIDUALS.—Section 402(a) (42 U.S.C. 602(a)), as amend25 ed by section 101 (b)(2)(A) and (e) and subsection (a),

26 is amended—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph

2 (47);

3 (2) by striking the period at the end of para4 graph (48) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

5 (3) by inserting after paragraph (48) the fol6 lowing new paragraph:

7 ‘‘(49) provide that if a family applying for aid

8 under the plan—

9 ‘‘(A) is not described in paragraph (48),

10 and

11 ‘‘(B) does not include any children under

12 age 5,

13 a member of the family who has attained age 18

14 shall conduct job search activities determined appro15 priate by the State during the first 1-month period

16 for which the family receives such aid.’’.

17 SEC. 104. EFFECTIVE DATE.

18 Except as otherwise specifically provided, the amend19 ments made by this title shall take effect on October 1,

20 1994.
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1 TITLE II—PROMOTION OF MAR2 RIAGE AND SOCIAL RESPON3 SIBILITY

4 Subtitle A—Welfare Benefits

5 SEC. 201. PROMOTION OF FAMILIES.

6 (a) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of the

7 Congress that—

8 (1) marriage is the foundation of a successful

9 society;

10 (2) marriage is an essential social institution

11 which promotes the interests of children and society

12 at large;

13 (3) the negative consequences of an out-of-wed14 lock birth on the child, the mother, and society are

15 well documented as follows:

16 (A) the illegitimacy rate among black

17 Americans was 26 percent in 1965, but today

18 the rate is 68 percent and climbing;

19 (B) the illegitimacy rate among white

20 Americans has risen tenfold, from 2.29 percent

21 in 1960 to 22 percent today;

22 (C) the total of all out-of-wedlock births

23 between 1970 and 1991 has risen from 10 per24 cent to 30 percent and if the current trend con-
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1 tinues, 50 percent of all births by the year 2015

2 will be out-of-wedlock;

3 (D) 82 percent of illegitimate births among

4 whites are to women with a high school edu5 cation or less;

6 (E) the one-parent family is six times more

7 likely to be poor than the two-parent family;

8 (F) children born into families receiving

9 welfare assistance are three times more likely to

10 be on welfare when they reach adulthood;

11 (G) teenage single parent mothering is the

12 single biggest contributor to low birth weight

13 babies;

14 (H) children born out-of-wedlock are more

15 likely to experience low verbal cognitive attain16 ment, child abuse, and neglect;

17 (I) young people from single parent or

18 stepparent families are two to three times more

19 likely to have emotional or behavioral problems

20 than those from intact families;

21 (J) young white women who were raised in

22 a single parent family are 164 percent more

23 likely to have children out-of-wedlock, 111 per24 cent more likely to become parents as teen-
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1 agers, and 92 percent more likely to have their

2 marriages end in divorce;

3 (K) the younger the single parent mother,

4 the less likely she is to finish high school;

5 (L) young women who have children before

6 finishing high school are more likely to receive

7 welfare assistance for a longer period of time;

8 (M) between 1985 and 1990, the public

9 cost of births to teenage mothers under the aid

10 to families with dependent children program,

11 the food stamp program, and the medicaid pro12 gram has been estimated at $120 billion;

13 (N) the absence of a father in the life of

14 a child has a negative effect on school perform15 ance and peer adjustment;

16 (O) the likelihood that a young black man

17 will engage in criminal activities doubles if he

18 is raised without a father and triples if he lives

19 in a neighborhood with a high concentration of

20 single parent families; and

21 (P) the greater the incidence of single par22 ent families in a neighborhood, the higher the

23 incidence of violent crime and burglary; and

24 (4) in light of this demonstration of the crisis

25 in our Nation, the reduction of out-of-wedlock births
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1 is an important government interest and the policy

2 contained in provisions of this title address the cri3 sis.

4 (b) ELIMINATION OF AFDC BENEFITS TO YOUNG

5 UNWED PARENTS.—

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—

7 (A) STATE PLAN AMENDMENT.—Section

8 402(a) (42 U.S.C. 602(a)), as amended by sec9 tions 101 (b)(2)(A) and (e) and 103 (a) and

10 (b), is amended—

11 (i) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of

12 paragraph (48);

13 (ii) by striking the period at the end

14 of paragraph (49) and inserting ‘‘; and’’;

15 and

16 (iii) by inserting after paragraph (49)

17 the following new paragraph:

18 ‘‘(50)(A) except as provided in subparagraph

19 (B), if a child is born to an individual who is unmar20 ried and who has not attained age 21 (or another

21 age that exceeds 21, as determined appropriate by

22 the State), aid to families with dependent children

23 under the State plan shall not be payable with re24 spect to the child and the parents of the child; and
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1 ‘‘(B) provide that subparagraph (A) shall not

2 apply—

3 ‘‘(i) if, after the birth of the child—

4 ‘‘(I) the custodian of the child marries

5 an individual who assumes lawful paternity

6 or permanent legal guardianship and fi7 nancial responsibility for the child; or

8 ‘‘(II) the child is legally adopted;

9 ‘‘(ii) if the parents of the dependent child

10 were married during the 10-month period pre11 ceding the birth of the child and 1 parent died

12 prior to the birth of the child; or

13 ‘‘(iii) with respect to the child after the

14 child has attained age 18.’’.

15 (B) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments

16 made by subparagraph (A) shall apply to chil17 dren born on or after the date that is 1 year

18 after the date of the enactment of this Act.

19 (2) INCREASE IN APPLICABLE AGE.—

20 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 402(a)(50)(A)

21 (42 U.S.C. 602(a)(50)(A)), as added by para22 graph (1), is amended by striking ‘‘21’’ each

23 place it appears and inserting ‘‘26’’.

24 (B) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments

25 made by subparagraph (A) shall apply to chil-
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1 dren born on or after the date that is 4 years

2 after the date of the enactment of this Act.

3 (c) FOOD STAMPS.—

4 (1) IN GENERAL.—

5 (A) ELIMINATION OF BENEFIT.—Section 6

6 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.

7 2015), as amended by section 102(a), is amend8 ed by adding at the end the following new sub9 section:

10 ‘‘(j)(1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), if a child

11 is born to an individual who is unmarried and who has

12 not attained age 21 (or another age that exceeds 21, as

13 determined appropriate by the State), the child and the

14 parents of the child shall be ineligible to receive food

15 stamps.

16 ‘‘(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply—

17 ‘‘(A) if after the birth of the child—

18 ‘‘(i) the custodian of the child marries an

19 individual who assumes lawful paternity or per20 manent legal guardianship and financial respon21 sibility for the child; or

22 ‘‘(ii) the child is legally adopted;

23 ‘‘(B) if the parents of the child were married

24 during the 10-month period preceding the birth of
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1 the child and 1 parent died prior to the birth of the

2 child; or

3 ‘‘(C) with respect to the child after the child

4 has attained age 18.’’.

5 (B) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Para6 graph (1) of the second sentence of section 3(o)

7 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 2012(o)) is amended by

8 inserting after the comma at the end the follow9 ing: ‘‘except as provided in subsection (j) of sec10 tion 6,’’.

11 (C) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments

12 made by this paragraph shall apply to children

13 born on or after the date that is 1 year after

14 the date of enactment of this Act.

15 (2) INCREASE IN APPLICABLE AGE.—

16 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 6(j)(1) of the

17 Food Stamp Act of 1977 (as added by para18 graph (1)) is amended by striking ‘‘21’’ each

19 place it appears and inserting ‘‘26’’.

20 (B) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment

21 made by this paragraph shall apply to children

22 born on or after the date that is 4 years after

23 the date of enactment of this Act.

24 (d) HOUSING PROGRAMS.—

25 (1) IN GENERAL.—
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1 (A) PROMOTION OF FAMILIES.—The Unit2 ed States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.

3 1437 et seq.) is amended—

4 (i) in section 6, by adding at the end

5 the following new subsection:

6 ‘‘(q) PROMOTION OF FAMILIES.—

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each contract described in

8 subsection (a) shall provide that, if a child is born

9 to an individual who is unmarried and who has not

10 attained age 21, neither the child nor the parents of

11 the child shall be eligible to receive assistance under

12 this Act.

13 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) shall not

14 apply—

15 ‘‘(A) if after the birth of the child—

16 ‘‘(i) the custodian of the child marries

17 an individual who assumes lawful paternity

18 or permanent legal guardianship and fi19 nancial responsibility for the child; or

20 ‘‘(ii) the child is legally adopted;

21 ‘‘(B) if the parents of the child were mar22 ried during the 10-month period preceding the

23 birth of the child and 1 parent died prior to the

24 birth of the child; or
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1 ‘‘(C) with respect to the child after the

2 child has attained age 18.’’; and

3 (ii) in section 8, by adding at the end

4 the following new subsection:

5 ‘‘(z) PROMOTION OF FAMILIES.—

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each contract to make as7 sistance payments described in subsection (a) shall

8 provide that, if a child is born to an individual who

9 is unmarried and who has not attained age 21, nei10 ther the child nor the parents of the child shall be

11 eligible to receive assistance under this section.

12 ‘‘(2) EXCEPTION.—Paragraph (1) shall not

13 apply—

14 ‘‘(A) if after the birth of the child—

15 ‘‘(i) the custodian of the child marries

16 an individual who assumes lawful paternity

17 or permanent legal guardianship and fi18 nancial responsibility for the child; or

19 ‘‘(ii) the child is legally adopted;

20 ‘‘(B) if the parents of the child were mar21 ried during the 10-month period preceding the

22 birth of the child and 1 parent died prior to the

23 birth of the child; or

24 ‘‘(C) with respect to the child after the

25 child has attained age 18.’’.
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1 (B) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments

2 made by subparagraph (A) shall apply to chil3 dren born on or after the date that is 1 year

4 after the date of the enactment of this Act.

5 (2) AUTOMATIC INCREASE IN APPLICABLE

6 AGE.—

7 (A) IN GENERAL.—Section 6(q) of the

8 United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.

9 1437d(q)), as added by paragraph (1)(A)(i), is

10 amended by striking ‘‘21’’ and inserting ‘‘26’’.

11 (B) IN GENERAL.—Section 8(z) of the

12 United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.

13 1437f(z)), as added by paragraph (1)(A)(ii), is

14 amended by striking ‘‘21’’ and inserting ‘‘26’’.

15 (C) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments

16 made by this paragraph shall apply to children

17 born on or after the date that is 4 years after

18 the date of the enactment of this Act.

19 (3) DISCRETIONARY INCREASE IN APPLICABLE

20 AGE.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law,

21 beginning on the effective date of the amendments

22 made by paragraph (1)(A), the Governor of each

23 State shall have the option to increase the minimum

24 age for assistance set forth in section 6(q) or 8(z)

25 of United States Housing Act of 1937, as added by
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1 paragraph (1)(A), for individuals residing in the

2 State.

3 SEC. 202. BENEFIT PROVISIONS REGARDING ADDITIONAL

4 CHILDREN.

5 (a) AFDC.—

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 402(a) (42 U.S.C.

7 602(a)), as amended by sections 101 (b)(2)(A) and

8 (e), 103 (a) and (b), and 201(b), is amended—

9 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para10 graph (49);

11 (B) by striking the period at the end of

12 paragraph (50) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

13 (C) by inserting after paragraph (50) the

14 following new paragraph:

15 ‘‘(51)(A) provide that aid to families with de16 pendent children under the State plan shall not be

17 payable with respect to a child if the custodial par18 ent of such child was, at the time of the child’s

19 birth—

20 ‘‘(i) a recipient of aid under the State

21 plan; or

22 ‘‘(ii) an individual who received such aid

23 anytime during the 10-month period ending

24 with the birth of the child; and
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1 ‘‘(B) provide that subparagraph (A) shall not

2 apply with respect to the child after the child has at3 tained age 18.’’.

4 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made

5 by paragraph (1) shall apply to children born on or

6 after the date that is 1 year after the date of the

7 enactment of this Act.

8 (b) FOOD STAMPS.—

9 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 6 of the Food

10 Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2015), as amended by

11 section 102(a) and 201(c), is amended by adding at

12 the end the following new subsection:

13 ‘‘(k) If a child is born to a parent that is a recipient

14 of aid to families with dependent children under a State

15 plan under section 402 of the Social Security Act, or a

16 parent who received such aid anytime during the 10-

17 month period ending with the birth of the child, the child

18 shall be ineligible to participate in the food stamp program

19 until the child attains age 18.’’.

20 (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Paragraph (1)

21 of the second sentence of section 3(o) of such Act

22 (7 U.S.C. 2012(o)), as amended by section

23 201(c)(1)(B), is amended by striking ‘‘subsection

24 (j)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsections (j) and (k)’’.
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1 (3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made

2 by paragraph (1) shall apply to children born on or

3 after the date that is 1 year after the date of enact4 ment of this Act.

5 SEC. 203. PROVISIONS RELATING TO PATERNITY ESTAB6 LISHMENT.

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

8 602(a)), as amended by sections 101(b)(2)(A) and (e),

9 103 (a) and (b), 201(b), and 202(a), is amended—

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

11 (50);

12 (2) by striking the period at the end of para13 graph (51) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

14 (3) by inserting after paragraph (51) the fol15 lowing new paragraph:

16 ‘‘(52) provide that—

17 ‘‘(A) except as provided in subparagraphs

18 (B) and (C), if a family applying for aid under

19 this part includes a child who has not attained

20 age 18 and who was born on or after January

21 1, 1993, with respect to whom paternity has

22 not been established, aid to families with de23 pendent children paid to such family under the

24 State plan for any month shall be reduced—
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1 ‘‘(i) by the amount of aid allocable to

2 such child (until the child attains age 18);

3 and

4 ‘‘(ii) if the parent or caretaker relative

5 of such child is not the parent or caretaker

6 relative of another child for whom aid is

7 available, by the amount of aid allocable to

8 such parent or caretaker relative;

9 ‘‘(B) notwithstanding subparagraph (A),

10 aid under the State plan shall be available with

11 respect to a dependent child who is up to 4

12 months of age for whom paternity has not been

13 established if the parent or caretaker relative of

14 the child provides the name, address, and such

15 other identifying information as the State may

16 require of an individual who may be the father

17 of the child; and

18 ‘‘(C) the State may exempt up to 10 per19 cent of all families applying for aid under this

20 part which include a child who was born on or

21 after January 1, 1993, and with respect to

22 whom paternity has not been established, from

23 the reduction imposed under subparagraph

24 (A).’’.
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1 (b) PROVISION OF AID IN VIOLATION OF PATERNITY

2 ESTABLISHMENT REQUIREMENTS.—Section 404 (42

3 U.S.C. 604) is amended by adding at the end the following

4 new subsection:

5 ‘‘(e) If a State expends funds for aid to families with

6 dependent children in violation of the requirements of

7 paragraph (51) in any fiscal year but such expenditures

8 do not constitute a failure to substantially to comply with

9 such requirements, the Secretary shall reduce the amount

10 to be paid to such State under this part for the succeeding

11 fiscal year by an amount equal to the amount of funds

12 misused by such State.’’.

13 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

14 this section shall apply with respect to individuals applying

15 for aid to families with dependent children under part A

16 of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et

17 seq.) in calendar quarters beginning on or after the date

18 that is 60 days after the date of the enactment of this

19 Act.

20 Subtitle B—Grants for Assistance

21 to Children Born Out-Of-Wedlock

22 SEC. 211. GRANTS TO STATES.

23 Title IV (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is amended by insert24 ing after part B the following:
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1 ‘‘PART C—GRANTS FOR ASSISTANCE TO CHILDREN

2 BORN OUT-OF-WEDLOCK

3 ‘‘PURPOSE

4 ‘‘SEC. 440. (a) IN GENERAL.—The purpose of this

5 part is to grant a qualified State the flexibility and re6 sources necessary to provide such services and activities

7 as the State deems appropriate to discourage out-of-wed8 lock births and care for children born out-of-wedlock.

9 ‘‘(b) QUALIFIED STATE DEFINED.—For purposes of

10 this part, the term ‘qualified State’ means a State which—

11 ‘‘(1) has a plan approved under section 402,

12 and

13 ‘‘(2) has certified to the Secretary that—

14 ‘‘(A) the payments made to the State

15 under this part will be used by the State in ac16 cordance with this part, and

17 ‘‘(B) not less frequently than every 2

18 years, the State will audit the expenditures of

19 the amounts paid to the State under this part.

20 ‘‘USE OF GRANT FUNDS

21 ‘‘SEC. 441. (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in

22 subsection (b), each qualified State that receives grant

23 funds under this part may use such funds—

24 ‘‘(1) to establish or expand programs to reduce

25 out-of-wedlock pregnancies,

26 ‘‘(2) to promote adoption,
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1 ‘‘(3) to establish and operate orphanages,

2 ‘‘(4) to establish and operate closely supervised

3 residential group homes for unwed mothers, or

4 ‘‘(5) in any manner that the State deems ap5 propriate to accomplish the purpose of this part.

6 ‘‘(b) PROHIBITIONS ON USE OF FUNDS.—

7 ‘‘(1) NO INDIVIDUAL PAYMENTS.—A qualified

8 State that receives grant funds under this part shall

9 not, directly or indirectly, use such funds for provid10 ing payments to an individual who is the parent of

11 a child born out-of-wedlock and such child if the

12 parent and the child live—

13 ‘‘(A) in a household headed by such par14 ent,

15 ‘‘(B) in the household of a relative, or

16 ‘‘(C) in any other conventional residential

17 or community setting.

18 ‘‘(2) NO FUNDS USED FOR ABORTION.—No

19 grant funds received by a qualified State under this

20 part shall be used for making abortion available as

21 a method of family planning or for any counseling

22 or advising with respect to abortion.

23 ‘‘(c) PENALTY FOR MISUSE OF FUNDS.—If a quali24 fied State fails to comply with subsection (b) in any fiscal

25 year, the Secretary shall reduce the amount to be paid
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1 to such State under this part for the succeeding fiscal year

2 by an amount equal to the amount of funds misused by

3 such State.

4 ‘‘AMOUNT OF GRANT

5 ‘‘SEC. 442. (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall

6 make a payment to each qualified State for fiscal years

7 1995 through 1999 in an amount equal to the Federal

8 savings amount for the State determined under subsection

9 (b)(1) for the applicable fiscal year.

10 ‘‘(b) DETERMINATION OF GRANT AMOUNT.—

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal savings

12 amount for a State for a fiscal year is an amount

13 that is equal to the product of—

14 ‘‘(A) the State per capita amount for the

15 fiscal year (as determined under paragraph

16 (2)); and

17 ‘‘(B) the State’s excluded population (as

18 determined under paragraph (3)).

19 ‘‘(2) PER CAPITA AMOUNT.—The State per cap20 ita amount for a fiscal year determined under this

21 paragraph is the sum of—

22 ‘‘(A) the average per capita amount that

23 the Secretary estimates the State will receive

24 under section 403 of the Social Security Act

25 during the fiscal year for providing aid to fami-
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1 lies with dependent children to individuals eligi2 ble to receive such aid; and

3 ‘‘(B) the average per capita amount that

4 the Secretary estimates individuals who are re5 ceiving aid to families with dependent children

6 in the State will receive under the food stamp

7 program under the Food Stamp Act of 1977

8 during the fiscal year.

9 ‘‘(3) STATE EXCLUDED POPULATION.—

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Congressional

11 Budget Office shall determine an excluded pop12 ulation for each qualified State for each fiscal

13 year in accordance with this paragraph.

14 ‘‘(B) DETERMINATION.—A State’s ex15 cluded population for a fiscal year shall equal

16 the sum of—

17 ‘‘(i) the number of excluded children

18 for the State for the fiscal year as deter19 mined under subparagraph (C);

20 ‘‘(ii) the number of excluded parents

21 for the State for the fiscal year as deter22 mined under subparagraph (D); and

23 ‘‘(iii) the number of individuals in the

24 phase-in population for the State for the
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1 fiscal year as determined under subpara2 graph (E).

3 ‘‘(C) EXCLUDED CHILDREN.—

4 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The number of ex5 cluded children for a State for a fiscal year

6 shall be—

7 ‘‘(I) for fiscal year 1995, zero;

8 ‘‘(II) for fiscal year 1996, 50

9 percent of the monthly average num10 ber of base year excluded children (as

11 defined in clause (ii)) who were under

12 age 1 during the base year (as defined

13 in clause (iii));

14 ‘‘(III) for fiscal year 1997, the

15 sum of—

16 ‘‘(aa) the monthly average

17 number of base year excluded

18 children who were under age 1

19 during the base year; and

20 ‘‘(bb) 50 percent of the

21 monthly average number of base

22 year excluded children who were

23 over age 1 and under age 2 dur24 ing the base year;
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1 ‘‘(IV) for fiscal year 1998, the

2 sum of—

3 ‘‘(aa) the monthly average

4 number of base year excluded

5 children who were under age 2

6 during the base year; and

7 ‘‘(bb) 50 percent of the

8 monthly average number of base

9 year excluded children who were

10 over age 2 and under age 3 dur11 ing the base year; and

12 ‘‘(V) for fiscal year 1999, the

13 sum of—

14 ‘‘(aa) the monthly average

15 number of base year excluded

16 children who were under age 3

17 during the base year; and

18 ‘‘(bb) 50 percent of the

19 monthly average number of base

20 year excluded children who were

21 over age 3 and under age 4 dur22 ing the base year.

23 ‘‘(ii) BASE YEAR EXCLUDED CHIL24 DREN.—The term ‘base year excluded chil25 dren’ means children who received aid
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1 under the State’s plan during the base

2 year who would not have been eligible for

3 such aid if section 402(a)(50) (as in effect

4 during the applicable fiscal year) had been

5 in effect at the time such children were

6 born.

7 ‘‘(iii) BASE YEAR.—For purposes of

8 this part, the term ‘base year’ means—

9 ‘‘(I) 1993, if the Congressional

10 Budget Office is able to determine an

11 excluded population for each State for

12 each fiscal year that such a deter13 mination is required using data pro14 vided by the National Integrated

15 Quality Control System operated by

16 the Department of Health and

17 Human Services and other relevant

18 data sources, or

19 ‘‘(II) 1993, or another period de20 termined appropriate by the Sec21 retary, based on a survey conducted

22 or approved by the Secretary.

23 ‘‘(D) EXCLUDED PARENTS.—The number

24 of excluded parents for a State for a fiscal year

25 shall be the number of parents excluded in con-
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1 nection with the exclusion of their children

2 under subparagraph (C).

3 ‘‘(E) PHASE-IN POPULATION ADJUSTED

4 FOR DATE OF ENACTMENT.—

5 ‘‘(i) FISCAL YEAR 1995.—For fiscal

6 year 1995, the phase-in population for a

7 State shall be the product of subclauses

8 (I), (II), and (III).

9 ‘‘(I) 4.17 percent.

10 ‘‘(II) The average monthly num11 ber of base year excluded children (as

12 defined in clause (ii) of subparagraph

13 (C)) in the State who were under age

14 1 during the base year (as defined in

15 clause (iii) of subparagraph (C)) and

16 the number of parents excluded in

17 connection with such children.

18 ‘‘(III) The number of months (in

19 whole or in part) by which the date of

20 the enactment of the Welfare Reform

21 Act of 1994 precedes October 1,

22 1994.

23 ‘‘(ii) SUCCEEDING FISCAL YEARS.—

24 For fiscal year 1996 and succeeding fiscal

25 years, the phase-in population for a State
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1 shall be the product of subclauses (I), (II),

2 (III), and (IV).

3 ‘‘(I) 4.17 percent.

4 ‘‘(II) The average monthly num5 ber of base year excluded children (as

6 defined in clause (ii) of subparagraph

7 (C)) in the State who were under age

8 1 during the base year (as defined in

9 clause (iii) of subparagraph (C)) and

10 the number of parents excluded in

11 connection with such children.

12 ‘‘(III) The number of months (in

13 whole or in part) by which the date of

14 the enactment of the Welfare Reform

15 Act of 1994 precedes or succeeds Oc16 tober 1, 1994.

17 ‘‘(IV)(aa) If the date of the en18 actment of the Welfare Reform Act of

19 1994 precedes October 1, 1994, 1; or

20 ‘‘(bb) If the date of the enact21 ment of the Welfare Reform Act of

22 1994 succeeds October 1, 1994,

23 ¥1.’’.
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1 Subtitle C—Tax Credit for Certain

2 Low-Income Families

3 SEC. 221. ADDITIONAL EARNED INCOME CREDIT FOR MAR4 RIED INDIVIDUALS.

5 (a) IN GENERAL.—Paragraph (1) of section 32(a) of

6 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to earned in7 come credit) is amended to read as follows:

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—There shall be allowed as a

9 credit against the tax imposed by this subtitle for

10 the taxable year an amount equal to the sum of—

11 ‘‘(A) in the case of an eligible individual,

12 an amount equal to the credit percentage of so

13 much of the taxpayer’s earned income for the

14 taxable year as does not exceed the earned in15 come amount, and

16 ‘‘(B) in the case of an eligible married in17 dividual, the applicable percentage of $1,000.’’

18 (b) APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE.—Section 32(b) of the

19 Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to percentages

20 and amounts) is amended by adding at the end the follow21 ing new paragraph:

22 ‘‘(3) APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE.—The applica23 ble percentage for any taxable year is equal to 100

24 percent reduced (but not below 0 percent) by 10 per25 centage points for each $1,000 (or fraction thereof)
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1 by which the taxpayer’s earned income for such tax2 able year exceeds $16,000.’’

3 (c) ELIGIBLE MARRIED INDIVIDUALS.—Section

4 32(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to

5 definitions and special rules) is amended by adding at the

6 end the following new paragraph:

7 ‘‘(4) ELIGIBLE MARRIED INDIVIDUALS.—The

8 term ‘eligible married individual’ means an eligible

9 individual (determined without regard to paragraph

10 (1)(A)(ii))—

11 ‘‘(A) who is married (as defined in section

12 7703) and who has lived together with the indi13 vidual’s spouse at all times during such mar14 riage during the taxable year, and

15 ‘‘(B) has earned income for the taxable

16 year of at least $8,500.’’

17 (d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—

18 (1) Section 32(a)(2) of the Internal Revenue

19 Code of 1986 is amended by striking ‘‘paragraph

20 (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)(A)’’.

21 (2) Section 32(i) of such Code is amended to

22 read as follows:

23 ‘‘(i) INFLATION ADJUSTMENTS.—

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the case of any taxable

25 year beginning after the applicable calendar year,
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1 each dollar amount referred to in paragraph (2)(B)

2 shall be increased by 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, by sub7 stituting for ‘calendar year 1992’ in subpara8 graph (B) thereof—

9 ‘‘(i) ‘calendar year 1993’ in the case

10 of the dollar amounts referred to in para11 graph (2)(B)(i), and

12 ‘‘(ii) ‘calendar year 1994’ in the case

13 of the dollar amounts referred to in para14 graph (2)(B)(ii).

15 ‘‘(2) DEFINITIONS, ETC.—For purposes of

16 paragraph (1)—

17 ‘‘(A) APPLICABLE CALENDAR YEAR.—The

18 term ‘applicable calendar year’ means—

19 ‘‘(i) 1994 in the case of the dollar

20 amounts referred to in paragraph

21 (2)(B)(i), and

22 ‘‘(ii) 1995 in the case of the dollar

23 amounts referred to in paragraph

24 (2)(B)(ii).
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1 ‘‘(B) DOLLAR AMOUNTS.—The dollar

2 amounts referred to in this subparagraph are—

3 ‘‘(i) each dollar amount contained in

4 subsection (b)(2)(A), and

5 ‘‘(ii) the $16,000 amount contained in

6 subsection (b)(3) and the dollar amount

7 contained in subsection (c)(4)(B).

8 ‘‘(3) ROUNDING.—If any dollar amount after

9 being increased under paragraph (1) is not a mul10 tiple of $10, such dollar amount shall be rounded to

11 the nearest multiple of $10 (or, if such dollar

12 amount is a multiple of $5, such dollar amount shall

13 be increased to the next higher multiple of $10).’’

14 (e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

15 this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after

16 December 31, 1994.

17 Subtitle D—Expansion of

18 Abstinence Education

19 SEC. 231. ABSTINENCE EDUCATION GRANTS.

20 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and

21 Human Services shall make grants to States and public

22 and private entities for the purpose of establishing edu23 cational programs beginning in the sixth grade or later

24 that emphasize the social, psychological, and health gains
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1 to be derived by abstaining from sexual activity while un2 married.

3 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

4 are authorized to be appropriated $100,000,000 in fiscal

5 year 1995, and $100,000,000 in each succeeding fiscal

6 year to carry out the provisions of this section.

7 TITLE III—CHILD SUPPORT

8 ENFORCEMENT

9 SEC. 301. NATIONAL REPORTING OF INFORMATION RELAT10 ING TO CHILD SUPPORT WITH RESPECT TO

11 CERTAIN EMPLOYEES.

12 (a) MODIFIED W–4 REPORTING.—

13 (1) ESTABLISHMENT OF REPORTING SYSTEM.—

14 The Secretary of the Treasury, in consultation with

15 the Secretary of Labor, shall establish a system for

16 the reporting of information relating to child support

17 obligations of employees, that meets the require18 ments of this subsection.

19 (2) EMPLOYEE OBLIGATIONS.—

20 (A) EMPLOYEES SUBJECT TO CHILD SUP21 PORT WAGE WITHHOLDING.—The system shall

22 require each employee who owes a qualified

23 child support obligation to indicate, at the time

24 such obligation first arises or is modified, on a
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1 W–4 form that the employee is otherwise re2 quired to file with the employer—

3 (i) the existence of the obligation;

4 (ii) the amount of the obligation;

5 (iii) the name and address of the per6 son to whom the obligation is owed; and

7 (iv) whether health care insurance is

8 available through the employer to the fam9 ily of the employee.

10 (B) EMPLOYEES IN DESIGNATED INDUS11 TRIES.—The system shall require each em12 ployee, who is employed in a State in an indus13 try that the State has designated pursuant to

14 section 466(a)(12)(A) of the Social Security Act

15 as one with respect to which universal employ16 ment reporting would improve child support en17 forcement in a cost-effective manner, to annu18 ally file with the employer a W–4 form indicat19 ing—

20 (i) whether the employee owes a quali21 fied child support obligation; and

22 (ii) if so—

23 (I) the amount of the obligation;
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1 (II) the name and address of the

2 person to whom the obligation is

3 owed; and

4 (III) whether health care insur5 ance is available through the employer

6 to the family of the employee.

7 (C) ONE-TIME UPDATING OF W–4 INFOR8 MATION OF ALL EMPLOYEES.—The system shall

9 require each employee to file with the employer,

10 during a period that the State in which the em11 ployee is employed has prescribed pursuant to

12 section 466(a)(12)(B) of the Social Security

13 Act, a W–4 form indicating—

14 (i) whether the employee owes a quali15 fied child support obligation; and

16 (ii) if so—

17 (I) the amount of each such obli18 gation;

19 (II) the name and address of

20 each person to whom the obligation is

21 owed; and

22 (III) whether health care insur23 ance is available through the employer

24 to the family of the employee.
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1 (D) QUALIFIED CHILD SUPPORT OBLIGA2 TION.—As used in this subsection, the term

3 ‘‘qualified child support obligation’’ means a

4 legal obligation to provide child support (as de5 fined in section 462(b) of the Social Security

6 Act) which is to be collected, in whole or in

7 part, through wage withholding pursuant to an

8 order issued by a court of any State or an order

9 of an administrative process established under

10 the law of any State.

11 (3) EMPLOYER OBLIGATIONS.—Each employer

12 who receives information from an employee pursuant

13 to paragraph (2) of this subsection shall—

14 (A) within 10 days after such receipt, for15 ward the information to the agency, designated

16 pursuant to section 466(a)(11)(A) of the Social

17 Security Act, of the State in which the em18 ployee is employed by the employer; and

19 (B) withhold from the income of the em20 ployee the amount indicated on the W–4 form

21 (or, if the employer has received from the State

22 a notice that the amount is incorrect, such

23 other amount as the State indicates is to be so

24 withheld), in the manner described in section

25 466(b)(6)(A)(i) of such Act.
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1 (4) NEW HIRES IN CERTAIN STATES EX2 CEPTED.—This subsection shall not apply with re3 spect to the employment in a State of any employee

4 not described in paragraph (2)(B) if the Secretary

5 of Health and Human Services determines that the

6 State—

7 (A) requires all employers in the State to

8 report to the State all basic employment infor9 mation on new hires;

10 (B) requires such information to be com11 pared with information in the State registry of

12 child support orders established pursuant to

13 section 466(a)(13) of the Social Security Act

14 and with requests from other States for infor15 mation on the location of noncustodial parents;

16 (C) maintains updated employment infor17 mation on all individuals employed in the State

18 in a manner that enables the State to effec19 tively respond to such requests; and

20 (D) requires all employers in the State, on

21 receipt of a notice from the State that an em22 ployee owes a qualified child support obligation,

23 to begin withholding from the income of the

24 employee the amount of the obligation, in the
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1 manner described in section 466(b)(6)(A)(i) of

2 the Social Security Act.

3 (b) STATE ROLE.—Section 466(a) (42 U.S.C.

4 666(a)) is amended by inserting after paragraph (10) the

5 following:

6 ‘‘(11) Procedures under which the State shall

7 designate a public agency to—

8 ‘‘(A) maintain the information provided by

9 employers pursuant to section 301(a)(3) of the

10 Welfare Reform Act of 1994 in accordance with

11 regulations prescribed by the Secretary which

12 allow other States easy access to the informa13 tion through the Interstate Locate Network es14 tablished under section 453(g) of this Act; and

15 ‘‘(B) determine whether or not the infor16 mation described in subparagraph (A) of this

17 paragraph provided by an employer with respect

18 to an employee is accurate by comparing the in19 formation with the information on file in the

20 State registry of child support orders estab21 lished pursuant to section 466(a)(13) of this

22 Act, and—

23 ‘‘(i) if the information is confirmed by

24 the information on file in the registry, no25 tify any individual (or such individual’s
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1 designee) who resides in the State and to

2 whom the employee has a legal obligation

3 to provide child support, of such informa4 tion;

5 ‘‘(ii) if the information is not so con6 firmed due to a discrepancy between the

7 information and a copy of a child support

8 order in the registry, notify the employer

9 of the discrepancy and the correct informa10 tion using the order developed under sec11 tion 452(a)(12) of this Act; or

12 ‘‘(iii) if the information is not so con13 firmed because the registry does not con14 tain a copy of an order that imposes a

15 child support obligation on the employee,

16 search the child support order registries

17 established pursuant to section 466(a)(13)

18 of this Act of the States in which the obli19 gation is most likely to have been imposed.

20 ‘‘(12) Procedures under which the State shall—

21 ‘‘(A) designate at least 1 industry, for pur22 poses of section 301(a)(2)(B) of the Welfare

23 Reform Act of 1994, as an industry with re24 spect to which universal employment reporting
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1 would improve child support enforcement in a

2 cost-effective manner;

3 ‘‘(B) prescribe the period during which

4 individuals employed in the State are to be

5 required to file with their employers updated

6 W–4 forms as required by section 301(a)(2)(C)

7 of such Act; and

8 ‘‘(C) impose a fine—

9 ‘‘(i) against any individual employed

10 in the State who is required by section

11 301(a)(2) of such Act to file a W–4 form

12 with any employer of the individual and

13 fails to do so; and

14 ‘‘(ii) in an amount equal to the aver15 age cost of noncompliance (as determined

16 by the State) or $25, whichever is the less17 er, on any employer who fails to comply

18 with section 301(a)(3) of such Act for any

19 month.’’.

20 SEC. 302. STATE INFORMATION SYSTEMS.

21 (a) STATE REGISTRIES OF CHILD SUPPORT OR22 DERS.—Section 466(a) (42 U.S.C. 666(a)), as amended

23 by section 301(b), is amended by inserting after para24 graph (12) the following:
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1 ‘‘(13) Procedures requiring the State agency

2 designated pursuant to paragraph (16) to maintain

3 a child support order registry, which must include—

4 ‘‘(A) a copy of each child support order

5 being enforced under the State plan; and

6 ‘‘(B) at the request of an individual who

7 has or is owed a legal obligation to provide child

8 support (within the meaning of section 462(b)),

9 a copy of the order that imposes the obliga10 tion.’’.

11 (b) ACCESSIBILITY OF STATE INFORMATION RELAT12 ED TO CHILD SUPPORT.—

13 (1) TO OTHER STATES.—Section 466(a) (42

14 U.S.C. 666(a)), as amended by section 301(b)(1)

15 and subsection (a) of this section, is amended by in16 serting after paragraph (13) the following:

17 ‘‘(14)(A) Procedures requiring all records of the

18 State to which the agency administering the plan

19 has access and determines may be useful in locating

20 noncustodial parents or collecting child support to be

21 made accessible to any agency of any State for such

22 purpose, through the Interstate Locate Network es23 tablished under section 453(g), in accordance with

24 safeguards established to prevent release of informa-
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1 tion if the release might jeopardize the safety of any

2 individual.

3 ‘‘(B) The State may impose reasonable fees for

4 access to State records provided pursuant to sub5 paragraph (A).’’.

6 (2) TO PRIVATE PARTIES.—Section 466(a) (42

7 U.S.C. 666(a)), as amended by section 301(b)(1),

8 subsection (a) of this section, and paragraph (1) of

9 this subsection, is amended by inserting after para10 graph (14) the following:

11 ‘‘(15) Procedures under which—

12 ‘‘(A) noncustodial parents (and their des13 ignees) must be given access to State parent lo14 cator services to aid in the establishment or en15 forcement of visitation rights, in accordance

16 with safeguards established to prevent release

17 of information if the release might jeopardize

18 the safety of any individual; and

19 ‘‘(B) custodial parents (and their des20 ignees) must be given access to State parent lo21 cator services to aid in the establishment and

22 enforcement of child support obligations against

23 noncustodial parents.’’.
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1 SEC. 303. NATIONAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS.

2 (a) EXPANSION OF PARENT LOCATOR SERVICE.—

3 Section 453 (42 U.S.C. 653) is amended—

4 (1) in subsection (a)—

5 (A) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘transmit’’;

6 and

7 (B) by striking ‘‘enforcing support obliga8 tions against such parent’’ and inserting ‘‘es9 tablishing parentage, establishing, modifying,

10 and enforcing child support obligations, and (2)

11 to any noncustodial parent (or the designee of

12 the noncustodial parent) information as to the

13 whereabouts of the custodial parent when such

14 information is to be used to locate such parent

15 for the purpose of enforcing child visitation

16 rights and obligations’’;

17 (2) in subsection (b), by inserting after the 2nd

18 sentence the following: ‘‘Information shall not be

19 disclosed to a custodial parent or a noncustodial par20 ent if the disclosure would jeopardize the safety of

21 the child or either of such parents.’’;

22 (3) in subsection (d), by inserting ‘‘and such

23 reasonable fees’’ after ‘‘such documents’’; and

24 (4) by striking ‘‘absent parent’’ each place such

25 term appears and inserting ‘‘noncustodial parent’’.
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1 (b) ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERSTATE LOCATE NET2 WORK.—Section 453 (42 U.S.C. 653) is amended by add3 ing at the end the following:

4 ‘‘(g) The Secretary shall establish an Interstate Lo5 cate Network linking the Parent Locator Service and all

6 State databases relating to child support enforcement,

7 which—

8 ‘‘(1) any State may use to—

9 ‘‘(A) locate any noncustodial parent who

10 has a legal obligation to provide child support

11 (as defined in section 462(b)), with respect to

12 whom such an obligation is being sought, or

13 against whom visitation rights are being en14 forced, by accessing the records of any Federal,

15 State, or other source of locate or child support

16 information, directly from one computer system

17 to another; or

18 ‘‘(B) direct a locate request to another

19 State or a Federal agency, or, if the source of

20 locate information is unknown, broadcast such

21 a request to selected States or to all States;

22 ‘‘(2) allows on-line and batch processing of lo23 cate requests, with on-line access restricted to cases

24 in which the information is needed immediately

25 (such as for court appearances), and batch process-
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1 ing used to ‘troll’ data bases to locate individuals or

2 update information periodically; and

3 ‘‘(3) enables courts to access information on the

4 Interstate Locate Network through a computer ter5 minal located in the court.’’.

6 (c) INFORMATION SHARING REGULATIONS.—Section

7 452(a) (42 U.S.C. 652(a)) is amended—

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

9 (9);

10 (2) by striking the period at the end of the 2nd

11 sentence of paragraph (10) and inserting ‘‘; and’’;

12 and

13 (3) by inserting after paragraph (10) the fol14 lowing:

15 ‘‘(11) prescribe regulations governing informa16 tion sharing among States, within States, and be17 tween the States and the Parent Locator Service—

18 ‘‘(A) to ensure that a State may broadcast

19 a request for information for the purpose of lo20 cating a noncustodial parent or collecting child

21 support, and receive a response to the request

22 in not more than 48 hours; and

23 ‘‘(B) to require a State that is attempting

24 to locate a noncustodial parent—
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1 ‘‘(i) to compare all outstanding cases

2 with information in the employment

3 records of the State; and

4 ‘‘(ii) if, after complying with clause

5 (i), the State is unable to locate the

6 noncustodial parent, then—

7 ‘‘(I) if the State has reason to

8 believe that the noncustodial parent is

9 in another particular State or States,

10 to request such State or States for in11 formation on the noncustodial parent;

12 and

13 ‘‘(II) if not, to broadcast to all

14 States a request for such informa15 tion.’’.

16 SEC. 304. INCOME WITHHOLDING.

17 (a) STATE ROLE.—Section 466(a) (42 U.S.C.

18 666(a)), as amended by sections 301(b)(1) and 302, is

19 amended by inserting after paragraph (15) the following:

20 ‘‘(16) Procedures under which the State shall

21 designate a public agency to—

22 ‘‘(A) collect child support pursuant to the

23 State plan; and
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1 ‘‘(B) distribute, in accordance with section

2 457 and with all due deliberate speed, the

3 amounts collected as child support.

4 ‘‘(17) Procedures under which the State shall

5 require any court of the State that establishes or

6 modifies a child support order to transmit a copy of

7 the order to the State agency designated pursuant to

8 paragraph (18), unless the order does not provide

9 for income withholding, and the noncustodial parent

10 and the custodial parent object.

11 ‘‘(18) Procedures under which the State shall

12 designate a State agency to use the uniform income

13 withholding order developed under section

14 452(a)(12) to notify the agency administering the

15 State plan, any employer of an individual required to

16 pay child support through income withholding pursu17 ant to an order issued or modified in the State, and

18 the agency designated pursuant to paragraph (16) of

19 this subsection of each State in which such an em20 ployer is located, of—

21 ‘‘(A) the identity of the individual;

22 ‘‘(B) the amount to be withheld; and

23 ‘‘(C) the State agency to which the with24 held amount is to be paid.’’.
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1 (b) UNIFORM WITHHOLDING ORDER.—Section

2 452(a) (42 U.S.C. 652(a)), as amended by section 303(c),

3 is amended—

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

5 (10);

6 (2) by striking the period at the end of para7 graph (11) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

8 (3) by inserting after paragraph (11) the fol9 lowing:

10 ‘‘(12) develop a uniform order to be used in all

11 cases in which income is to be withheld for the pay12 ment of child support, which shall—

13 ‘‘(A) contain the name of the individual

14 whose income is to be withheld, the number of

15 children covered by the order, and the individ16 ual or State to whom the withheld income is to

17 be paid, and

18 ‘‘(B) be in the form necessary to allow for

19 the service of the order on all sources of in20 come.’’.

21 (c) STATES REQUIRED TO HAVE LAWS REQUIRING

22 EMPLOYERS TO WITHHOLD CHILD SUPPORT PURSUANT

23 TO UNIFORM INCOME WITHHOLDING ORDERS.—Section

24 466(b) (42 U.S.C. 666(b)) is amended—
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1 (1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and in the

2 case of each individual employed in the State,’’ be3 fore ‘‘so much’’;

4 (2) in paragraph (6)(C), by inserting ‘‘of this

5 paragraph and paragraph (9)(B) of this subsection’’

6 after ‘‘(A)’’; and

7 (3) in paragraph (9)—

8 (A) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(9)’’; and

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

10 ‘‘(B)(i) As a condition of doing business in the

11 State, any individual or entity engaged in commerce

12 in the State shall, upon receipt of a valid income

13 withholding order for any of its employees—

14 ‘‘(I) immediately provide a copy of the

15 order to the employee subject to the order; and

16 ‘‘(II) notwithstanding paragraph (4) of

17 this subsection, withhold, within 10 days after

18 receipt of the order, income from the employee

19 in the manner described in paragraph (6)(A)(i)

20 of this subsection.

21 ‘‘(ii) A valid income withholding order may be

22 served on the individual or entity directly or by first23 class mail.

24 ‘‘(iii) Any individual or entity who complies

25 with a valid income withholding order may not be
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1 held liable for wrongful withholding of income from

2 the employee subject to the order.

3 ‘‘(iv) The State shall impose a civil fine in an

4 amount equal to the average cost of noncompliance

5 (as determined by the State) or $25, whichever is

6 the lesser, on any such individual or entity who re7 ceives a valid income withholding order with respect

8 to an employee of the individual or entity, and who,

9 due to negligence, fails to comply with the order

10 within 10 days after receipt.

11 ‘‘(v) Any individual or entity who imposes a fee

12 for the administration of child support income with13 holding and related reporting of information shall

14 not collect more than the average cost of such ad15 ministration, as determined by the State.

16 ‘‘(vi) For purposes of this subparagraph, a valid

17 income withholding order is a withholding order de18 veloped under section 452(a)(12) that has been is19 sued by a court or agency of a State and is regular

20 on its face.’’.

21 SEC. 305. UNIFORM TERMS IN ORDERS.

22 Section 452(a) (42 U.S.C. 652(a)), as amended by

23 sections 303(c) and 304(b), is amended—

24 (1) in paragraph (11), by striking ‘‘and’’ after

25 the semicolon;
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1 (2) in paragraph (12), by striking the period at

2 the end of the 2nd sentence and inserting ‘‘; and’’;

3 and

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

5 ‘‘(13) develop, in conjunction with State execu6 tive and judicial organizations, a uniform abstract of

7 a child support order, for use by all State courts to

8 record, with respect to each child support order in

9 the child support order registry established under

10 section 466(a)(12)—

11 ‘‘(A) the date support payments are to

12 begin under the order;

13 ‘‘(B) the circumstances upon which sup14 port payments are to end under the order;

15 ‘‘(C) the amount of child support payable

16 pursuant to the order expressed as a sum cer17 tain to be paid on a monthly basis, arrearages

18 expressed as a sum certain as of a certain date,

19 and any payback schedule for the arrearages;

20 ‘‘(D) whether the order awards support in

21 a lump sum (nonallocated) or per child;

22 ‘‘(E) if the award is in a lump sum, the

23 event causing a change in the support award

24 and the amount of any change;

25 ‘‘(F) other expenses covered by the order;
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1 ‘‘(G) the names of the parents subject to

2 the order;

3 ‘‘(H) the social security account numbers

4 of the parents;

5 ‘‘(I) the name, date of birth, and social se6 curity account number (if any) of each child

7 covered by the order;

8 ‘‘(J) the identification (FIPS code, name,

9 and address) of the court that issued the order;

10 ‘‘(K) any information on health care sup11 port required by the order; and

12 ‘‘(L) the party to contact if additional in13 formation is obtained.’’.

14 SEC. 306. IMPROVEMENTS IN PATERNITY ESTABLISHMENT.

15 Section 466(a) (42 U.S.C. 666(a)) is amended—

16 (1) by striking ‘‘at the option of the State,’’ in

17 paragraph (2)(B), and

18 (2) by adding at the end of paragraph (5) the

19 following new subparagraph:

20 ‘‘(C) Procedures under which—

21 ‘‘(i) the opportunity to establish paternity

22 voluntarily and by simple affidavit is available

23 to the unmarried parents of a child at the time

24 of the child’s birth by requiring hospitals and

25 birthing facilities to make explanatory materials
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1 and forms available to the parents as part of

2 the birth certificate process;

3 ‘‘(ii) a simple, civil consent procedure is

4 available at any time for individuals who agree

5 to acknowledge parentage of a child;

6 ‘‘(iii) an acknowledgment of parentage may

7 be incorporated in a witnessed, written state8 ment that includes a statement that—

9 ‘‘(I) the individual signing such state10 ment understands the consequences of ac11 knowledging paternity,

12 ‘‘(II) such individual is signing the

13 statement voluntarily,

14 ‘‘(III) such individual does not object

15 to the court entering an order for parent16 age, based on the acknowledgment, without

17 notice prior to the entry of the order and

18 without the requirement of pleadings, serv19 ice, summons, testimony, or a hearing, and

20 ‘‘(IV) such individual understands

21 that signing such statement may create an

22 obligation to provide child support; and

23 ‘‘(iv) if under State law a court order is re24 quired to establish paternity, an acknowledg25 ment of parentage as provided for under clause
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1 (iii) shall be filed with a State court of appro2 priate jurisdiction within 10 days and a pater3 nity order based on such acknowledgment shall

4 be established without the requirement of plead5 ings, service, summons, testimony, or a hear6 ing.’’.

7 SEC. 307. WAIVER OF FEE FOR CERTAIN INDIVIDUALS RE8 CEIVING CHILD SUPPORT COLLECTION OR

9 PATERNITY DETERMINATION SERVICES.

10 Section 454 (42 U.S.C. 654) is amended by striking

11 ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (23), by striking the period

12 at the end of paragraph (24) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and

13 by inserting after paragraph (24) the following new para14 graph:

15 ‘‘(25) notwithstanding subparagraphs (B), (C),

16 and (D) of paragraph (6), provide that no fee shall

17 be imposed for child support collection or paternity

18 determination services provided with respect to an

19 individual who is denied assistance under part A of

20 this title due to the amendments made by title II of

21 the Welfare Reform Act of 1994.’’.
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1 TITLE IV—SPECIFIC REFORMS

2 IN WELFARE SPENDING

3 SEC. 401. INCOME ELIGIBILITY GUIDELINES FOR SCHOOL

4 LUNCH AND BREAKFAST PROGRAMS.

5 The third sentence of section 9(b)(1)(A) of the Na6 tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1758(b)(1)(A)) is

7 amended by striking ‘‘185 percent’’ and inserting ‘‘130

8 percent’’.

9 SEC. 402. REPEAL OF EXPANSIONS TO FOOD STAMP PRO10 GRAM.

11 (a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 3 of title XIII of Public

12 Law 103–66, and the amendments made by such chapter,

13 are repealed as of the enactment of such chapter.

14 (b) ADMINISTRATION.—The Food Stamp Act of 1977

15 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) shall be applied and administered

16 as if chapter 3 of title XIII of Public Law 103–66, and

17 the amendments made by such chapter, had not been en18 acted.

19 SEC. 403. REPEAL OF EMPOWERMENT ZONES AND ENTER20 PRISE COMMUNITIES.

21 (a) REPEAL.—Part I of subchapter C of title XIII

22 of the Revenue Reconciliation Act of 1993 is hereby re23 pealed.

24 (b) APPLICATION OF INTERNAL REVENUE CODE.—

25 The Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall be applied and
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1 administered as if the provision described in subsection (a)

2 had not been enacted.

3 SEC. 404. REDUCTION OF BENEFITS TO AFDC FAMILIES

4 WHO ALSO RECEIVE PUBLIC HOUSING BENE5 FITS.

6 (a) REPEAL OF OPTIONAL CONSIDERATION OF

7 HOUSING SUBSIDIES.—Section 402(a)(7)(C) (42 U.S.C.

8 602(a)(7)(C)) is amended—

9 (1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end;

10 (2) by striking clause (ii); and

11 (3) by striking ‘‘law)—’’ through ‘‘(i) an

12 amount’’ and inserting ‘‘law) an amount’’.

13 (b) REDUCTION OF PAYMENTS TO AFDC FAMILIES

14 WHO RECEIVE PUBLIC HOUSING BENEFITS.—

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 402(a) (42 U.S.C.

16 602(a)), as amended by sections 101(b)(2)(A) and

17 (e), 103(a) and (b), 201(b), 202(a), and 203(a), is

18 amended—

19 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para20 graph (51);

21 (B) by striking the period at the end of

22 paragraph (52) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

23 (C) by inserting after paragraph (52) the

24 following new paragraph:
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1 ‘‘(53) in the case of a family receiving aid

2 under this part for any month and occupying a unit

3 in public housing or housing assisted under section

4 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 or a

5 State housing program, reduce the payment of aid

6 under the plan to such family by 25 percent each

7 month.’’.

8 (2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made

9 by paragraph (1) shall apply with respect to pay10 ments under part A of title IV of the Social Security

11 Act for calendar quarters beginning on or after Oc12 tober 1, 1994.

13 SEC. 405. REPEAL OF THE DAVIS-BACON ACT.

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Act of March 31, 1931 (com15 monly known as the Davis-Bacon Act; 40 U.S.C. 276a et

16 seq.), is repealed.

17 (b) REDUCTION IN BUDGET CAPS.—

18 (1) DISCRETIONARY SPENDING.—Upon the en19 actment of this section, the Director of the Office of

20 Management and Budget shall make downward ad21 justments in the discretionary spending limits (new

22 budget authority and outlays), as adjusted, set forth

23 in 601(a)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of

24 1974 for each of fiscal years 1994 through 1998 by

25 an amount equal to the discretionary savings result-
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1 ing from the enactment of this section attributable

2 to each such fiscal year.

3 (2) SECTION 602 ALLOCATIONS.—

4 (A) HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMIT5 TEE.—The allocations in effect under section

6 602(a)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of

7 1974 for fiscal year 1994 for the Committee on

8 Appropriations of the House of Representatives

9 are reduced by the amount of discretionary sav10 ings in outlays and budget authority determined

11 under paragraph (1).

12 (B) SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMIT13 TEE.—The allocations in effect under section

14 602(a)(2) of the Congressional Budget Act of

15 1974 for fiscal year 1994 for the Committee on

16 Appropriations of the Senate are reduced by the

17 amount of discretionary savings in outlays and

18 budget authority determined under paragraph

19 (1).

20 (C) SUBALLOCATIONS.—Each Committee

21 on Appropriations is authorized and directed to

22 immediately adjust its suballocations among its

23 subcommittees for fiscal year 1994 to reflect

24 the lower allocations provided by this paragraph

25 in a manner that accurately reflects the
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1 changes in law made by this Act and promptly

2 report to its House of Congress suballocations

3 revised under this paragraph.

4 (D) EFFECT.—The allocations and

5 suballocations as adjusted by this paragraph

6 shall be deemed to be allocations made under

7 section 602(a)(1) and suballocations made

8 under section 602(b)(1) of the Congressional

9 Budget Act of 1974.

10 (3) SECTION 601.—Section 601(a)(2) of the

11 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by in12 serting ‘‘or as adjusted pursuant to subsection (a) of

13 section 405 of the Welfare Reform Act of 1994’’ be14 fore the period at the end.

15 SEC. 406. REDUCTION OF SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK

16 GRANTS.

17 Section 2003(c) (42 U.S.C. 1397b(c)) is amended—

18 (1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the

19 end;

20 (2) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘each fiscal

21 year after fiscal year 1989.’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal

22 years 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, and 1994; and’’; and

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

24 paragraph:
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1 ‘‘(6) $1,800,000,000 for each fiscal year after

2 fiscal year 1994.’’.

3 SEC. 407. RESTRICTIONS ON WELFARE BENEFITS PRO4 VIDED TO ALIENS.

5 (a) BENEFITS LIMITED TO CITIZENS.—On and after

6 the date of the enactment of this Act, notwithstanding any

7 other provision of law, no benefits shall be available under

8 the following programs to any individual who is not a

9 United States citizen:

10 (1) The program of medical assistance under

11 title XIX of the Social Security Act, except emer12 gency services (as defined for purposes of section

13 1916(a)(2)(D) of the Social Security Act).

14 (2) The Maternal and Child Health Services

15 Block Grant Program under title V of the Social Se16 curity Act.

17 (3) The program established in section 330 of

18 the Public Health Service Act (relating to commu19 nity health centers).

20 (4) The program established in section 1001 of

21 the Public Health Service Act (relating to family

22 planning methods and services).

23 (5) The program established in section 329 of

24 the Public Health Service Act (relating to migrant

25 health centers).
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1 (6) The program of aid and services to needy

2 families with children under part A of title IV of the

3 Social Security Act.

4 (7) The child welfare services program under

5 part B of title IV of the Social Security Act.

6 (8) The supplemental security income program

7 under title XVI of the Social Security Act.

8 (9) The program of foster care and adoption

9 assistance under part E of title IV of the Social Se10 curity Act.

11 (10) The food stamp program, as defined in

12 section 3(h) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7

13 U.S.C. 2012(h)).

14 (11) The school lunch program carried out

15 under the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C.

16 1751 et seq.).

17 (12) The special supplemental food program for

18 women, infants, and children carried out under sec19 tion 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42

20 U.S.C. 1786).

21 (13) The nutrition programs carried out under

22 part C of title III of the Older Americans Act of

23 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3030e et seq.).
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1 (14) The school breakfast program carried out

2 under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966

3 (42 U.S.C. 1773).

4 (15) The child and adult care food program

5 carried out under section 17 of the National School

6 Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766).

7 (16) The Emergency Food Assistance Act of

8 1983 (7 U.S.C. 612c note).

9 (17) The summer food service program for chil10 dren carried out under section 13 of the National

11 School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761).

12 (18) The commodity supplemental food pro13 gram authorized by section 4(a) of the Agriculture

14 and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C.

15 612c note).

16 (19) The special milk program carried out

17 under section 3 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966

18 (42 U.S.C. 1772).

19 (20) The program of rental assistance on behalf

20 of low-income families provided under section 8 of

21 the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.

22 1437f).

23 (21) The program of assistance to public hous24 ing under title I of the United States Housing Act

25 of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.).
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1 (22) The loan program under section 502 of the

2 Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472).

3 (23) The program of interest reduction pay4 ments pursuant to contracts entered into by the Sec5 retary of Housing and Urban Development under

6 section 236 of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C.

7 1715z–1).

8 (24) The program of loans for rental and coop9 erative housing under section 515 of the Housing

10 Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1485).

11 (25) The program of rental assistance pay12 ments pursuant to contracts entered into under sec13 tion 521(a)(2)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42

14 U.S.C. 1490a(a)(2)(A)).

15 (26) The program of assistance payments on

16 behalf of homeowners under section 235 of the Na17 tional Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z).

18 (27) The program of rent supplement payments

19 on behalf of qualified tenants pursuant to contracts

20 entered into under section 101 of the Housing and

21 Urban Development Act of 1965 (12 U.S.C. 1701s).

22 (28) The loan and grant programs under sec23 tion 504 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C.

24 1474) for repairs and improvements to rural dwell25 ings.
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1 (29) The loan and assistance programs under

2 sections 514 and 516 of the Housing Act of 1949

3 (42 U.S.C. 1484, 1486) for housing for farm labor.

4 (30) The program of grants for preservation

5 and rehabilitation of housing under section 533 of

6 the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490m).

7 (31) The program of grants and loans for mu8 tual and self-help housing and technical assistance

9 under section 523 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42

10 U.S.C. 1490c).

11 (32) The program of site loans under section

12 524 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490d).

13 (33) The program under part B of title IV of

14 the Higher Education Act of 1965.

15 (34) The program under subpart 1 of part A of

16 title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.

17 (35) The program under part C of title IV of

18 the Higher Education Act of 1965.

19 (36) The program under subpart 3 of part A of

20 title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.

21 (37) The program under part E of title IV of

22 the Higher Education Act of 1965.

23 (38) The program under subpart 4 of part A of

24 title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
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1 (39) The program under title IX of the Higher

2 Education Act of 1965.

3 (40) The program under subpart 5 of part A of

4 title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965.

5 (41) The programs established in sections 338A

6 and 338B of the Public Health Service Act and the

7 programs established in part A of title VII of such

8 Act (relating to loans and scholarships for education

9 in the health professions).

10 (42) The program established in part A of title

11 XIX of the Public Health Service Act (relating to

12 block grants for preventive health and health serv13 ices).

14 (43) The programs established in subparts I

15 and II of part B of title XIX of the Public Health

16 Service Act.

17 (44)(A) The program of training for disadvan18 taged adults and youth under part A of title II of

19 the Job Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1601

20 et seq.), as in effect before July 1, 1993.

21 (B)(i) The program of training for disadvan22 taged adults under part A of title II of the Job

23 Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.),

24 as in effect on and after July 1, 1993.
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1 (ii) The program of training for disadvantaged

2 youth under part C of title II of the Job Training

3 Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1641 et seq.), as in ef4 fect on and after July 1, 1993.

5 (45) The Job Corps program under part B of

6 title IV of the Job Training Partnership Act (29

7 U.S.C. 1692 et seq.).

8 (46) The summer youth employment and train9 ing programs under part B of title II of the Job

10 Training Partnership Act (29 U.S.C. 1630 et seq.).

11 (47) The programs carried out under the Older

12 American Community Service Employment Act (42

13 U.S.C. 3001 et seq.).

14 (48) The programs under title III of the Older

15 Americans Act of 1965.

16 (49) The programs carried out under part B of

17 title II of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of

18 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5011–5012).

19 (50) The programs carried out under part C of

20 title II of the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of

21 1973 (42 U.S.C. 5013).

22 (51) The program under the Low-Income En23 ergy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621 et

24 seq.).
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1 (52) The weatherization assistance program

2 under title IV of the Energy Conservation and Pro3 duction Act (42 U.S.C. 6851).

4 (53) The program of block grants to States for

5 social services under title XX of the Social Security

6 Act.

7 (54) The programs carried out under the Com8 munity Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9901

9 et seq.).

10 (55) The program of legal assistance to eligible

11 clients and other programs under the Legal Services

12 Corporation Act (42 U.S.C. 2996 et seq.).

13 (56) The program for emergency food and shel14 ter grants under title III of the Stewart B. McKin15 ney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331 et

16 seq.).

17 (57) The programs carried out under the Child

18 Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42

19 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.).

20 (58) A State program for providing child care

21 under section 402(i) of the Social Security Act.

22 (b) EDUCATION OF CHILDREN OF ILLEGAL

23 ALIENS.—

24 (1) STATEMENT OF POLICY.—It is the policy of

25 the Congress that States and local educational agen-
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1 cies should not be required to provide a free public

2 elementary or secondary education to any individual

3 who is not within one of the following classes of indi4 viduals:

5 (A) Citizens of the United States.

6 (B) Aliens lawfully admitted to the United

7 States for permanent residence.

8 (C) Aliens who are permanently residing in

9 the United States under color of law (including

10 residence as an asylee, refugee, or parolee).

11 (2) NOTIFICATION OF AUTHORITIES.—A State

12 or local educational agency shall notify the Attorney

13 General whenever such State or agency learns that

14 a child who is not within a class of individuals under

15 subparagraph (A), (B), or (C) of paragraph (1) is

16 enrolled in a public elementary or secondary school

17 served by such State or agency, respectively.

18 (3) DEPORTATION.—

19 (A) IN GENERAL.—After receiving notifica20 tion under paragraph (2), the Attorney General

21 shall immediately take action under section 242

22 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to bring

23 deportation proceedings against a child de24 scribed in such paragraph, and any relative liv25 ing with such child who is not within a class of
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1 individuals under subparagraph (A), (B), or (C)

2 of paragraph (1).

3 (B) REQUIREMENT.—Notwithstanding any

4 other provision of law, a State or local edu5 cational agency shall not be required to provide

6 a free public education to any individual de7 scribed in subparagraph (A) during the period

8 such individual is awaiting deportation.

9 (4) DEFINITIONS.—For the purpose of this sec10 tion—

11 (A) the term ‘‘local educational agency’’,

12 ‘‘elementary school’’ and ‘‘secondary school’’

13 have the meanings given such terms in section

14 1471 of the Elementary and Secondary Edu15 cation Act of 1965, and

16 (B) the term ‘‘State’’ means the 50 States,

17 the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Amer18 ican Samoa, Guam, and the Virgin Islands.

19 SEC. 408. REPLACEMENT OF CASH BENEFIT WITH MEDICAL

20 VOUCHERS.

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1611(b) (42 U.S.C.

22 1382(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following

23 new paragraph:

24 ‘‘(3) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2),

25 the benefit under this title for a child who has not
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1 attained 18 years of age shall be vouchers issued

2 pursuant to subsection (j).’’.

3 (b) ISSUANCE OF VOUCHERS FOR TREATMENT OF

4 DISABLING CONDITIONS OF CHILDREN ELIGIBLE FOR

5 SSI BENEFITS.—Section 1611 (42 U.S.C. 1382) is

6 amended by adding at the end the following new sub7 section:

8 ‘‘VOUCHER PROGRAM

9 ‘‘(j)(1) The Secretary of Health and Human Services

10 shall issue to each child eligible for benefits under this

11 title who has not attained 18 years of age vouchers which

12 may be used to cover the cost of any item—

13 ‘‘(A) that is associated with treating the blind14 ness or disability of the child;

15 ‘‘(B) for which a medical expense deduction

16 may be claimed under section 213 of the Internal

17 Revenue Code of 1986 by the child or any taxpayer

18 who may claim the child as a dependent; and

19 ‘‘(C) the cost of which is not covered by the

20 program of medical assistance approved under title

21 XIX of the State in which the child resides.

22 ‘‘(2) The annual dollar amount of the vouchers issued

23 under this subsection with respect to a child shall not ex24 ceed the annual amount of the cash benefit to which the

25 child would (but for this subsection) have been entitled

26 under this title.
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1 ‘‘(3)(A) The Secretary shall pay to each qualified pro2 vider of health care goods or services that submits to the

3 Secretary a voucher issued under this subsection, the face

4 amount of the voucher.

5 ‘‘(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the term

6 ‘qualified provider’ means a provider that is licensed by

7 a State or by a professional health care organization ap8 proved by the Secretary.

9 ‘‘(4) The parents of a child who receives vouchers

10 under this subsection may submit to the Secretary vouch11 ers issued under this subsection for transportation costs

12 incurred in providing medical or therapeutic assistance to

13 such child and the Secretary shall make payments to such

14 parents under such vouchers pursuant to the rules relating

15 to transportation costs under section 213 of the Internal

16 Revenue Code of 1986.’’.

17 SEC. 409. DISABILITY REVIEW REQUIRED FOR SSI RECIPI18 ENTS WHO ARE 18 YEARS OF AGE.

19 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1614(a)(3)(G) (42 U.S.C.

20 1382(a)(3)(G)) is amended—

21 (1) by inserting ‘‘(i)’’ after ‘‘(G)’’; and

22 (2) by adding after and below the end the fol23 lowing:

24 ‘‘(ii)(I) During the 1-year period that begins on the

25 date a recipient of benefits under this title by reason of
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1 disability attains 18 years of age, the applicable State

2 agency or the Secretary (as may be appropriate) shall re3 determine the eligibility of the recipient for such benefits

4 by reason of disability, by applying the criteria used in

5 determining eligibility for such benefits of applicants who

6 have attained 18 years of age.

7 ‘‘(II) A review under subclause (I) shall be considered

8 a substitute for a review required under clause (i).’’.

9 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

10 subsection (a) shall apply to individuals who attain 18

11 years of age in or after the 9th month after the month

12 in which this Act is enacted.

13 SEC. 410. AMOUNT OF FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR LOW-INCOME

14 HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE.

15 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the

16 amount of funds available for obligation in any fiscal year

17 for programs and activities under the Low-Income Home

18 Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (title XXVI of Public Law

19 97–35; 42 U.S.C. 8621 et seq.) shall be the amount of

20 funds appropriated for that fiscal year for such programs

21 and activities pursuant to the authorization of appropria22 tions in section 2602(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 8621(b))

23 reduced by $400,000,000.
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1 TITLE V—STATE OPTIONS AND

2 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

3 SEC. 501. OPTION TO TIME LIMIT WELFARE.

4 (a) AFDC PROGRAM.—

5 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 402(a) (42 U.S.C.

6 602(a)), as amended by sections 101(b)(2)(A) and

7 (e), 103 (a) and (b), 201(b), 202(a), 203(a), and

8 404(b), is amended—

9 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para10 graph (52);

11 (B) by striking the period at the end of

12 paragraph (53) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

13 (C) by inserting after paragraph (53) the

14 following new paragraph:

15 ‘‘(54) at the option of the State—

16 ‘‘(A) provide that aid shall be available to

17 a family otherwise eligible under the plan only

18 for a period of time determined appropriate by

19 the State; and

20 ‘‘(B) provide that in the case of a family

21 applying for aid under the State plan that has

22 moved to the State from another State which

23 has a limit under subparagraph (A) in effect,

24 the State may apply such limit to the family in

25 determining—
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1 ‘‘(i) the eligibility of the family for aid

2 under this part; and

3 ‘‘(ii) the amount of aid available to

4 the family under this part.’’.

5 (2) ELIGIBILITY FOR MEDICAID PROGRAM.—

6 Section 402 (42 U.S.C. 602) is amended by insert7 ing after subsection (c) the following new subsection:

8 ‘‘(d) An individual shall continue to be eligible for

9 medical assistance under the State plan under title XIX

10 if, but for the exercise by the State of the option under

11 subsection (a)(54), the individual would be eligible for aid

12 to families with dependent children under this part.’’.

13 (b) FOOD STAMP PROGRAM.—Section 6 of the Food

14 Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2015), as amended by sec15 tions 102(a), 201(c), and 202(b), is amended by adding

16 at the end the following new subsection:

17 ‘‘(l)(1) A State may provide that food stamps shall

18 be available to households residing in the State that are

19 otherwise eligible under this Act only for a period of time

20 determined appropriate by the State.

21 ‘‘(2) If a household moves to a State from another

22 State which has a limit under paragraph (1) in effect, the

23 State to which the household moves may apply such limit

24 to such household in determining—
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1 ‘‘(A) the eligibility of the household for food

2 stamps; and

3 ‘‘(B) the amount of the allotment of the house4 hold.’’.

5 (c) HOUSING PROGRAMS.—The United States Hous6 ing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.), as amended

7 in section 201(d), is amended—

8 (1) in section 6, by adding at the end the fol9 lowing new subsection:

10 ‘‘(r) OPTION TO TIME LIMIT ASSISTANCE.—Each

11 contract described in subsection (a) shall provide that—

12 ‘‘(1) the Governor of each State shall have the

13 option to limit the period of time during which any

14 individual residing in the State who is otherwise eli15 gible to receive assistance under this Act may receive

16 such assistance; and

17 ‘‘(2) if an individual moves to a State from an18 other State which has a limit under paragraph (1)

19 in effect, the Governor of the State to which the in20 dividual moves may apply such limit to such individ21 ual in determining—

22 ‘‘(A) the eligibility of the individual for as23 sistance under this Act; and

24 ‘‘(B) the amount of assistance available to

25 the individual under this Act.’’; and
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1 (2) in section 8, by adding at the end the fol2 lowing new subsection:

3 ‘‘(aa) OPTION TO TIME LIMIT ASSISTANCE.—Each

4 contract to make assistance payments described in sub5 section (a) shall provide that—

6 ‘‘(1) the Governor of each State shall have the

7 option to limit the period of time during which any

8 individual residing in the State who is otherwise eli9 gible to receive assistance under this section may re10 ceive such assistance; and

11 ‘‘(2) if an individual moves to a State from an12 other State which has a limit under paragraph (1)

13 in effect, the Governor of the State to which the in14 dividual moves may apply such limit to such individ15 ual in determining—

16 ‘‘(A) the eligibility of the individual for as17 sistance under this section; and

18 ‘‘(B) the amount of assistance available to

19 the individual under this section.’’.

20 SEC. 502. OPTION TO TREAT INTERSTATE IMMIGRANTS

21 UNDER RULES OF FORMER STATE WITH RE22 SPECT TO AFDC BENEFITS.

23 Section 402(a) (42 U.S.C. 602(a)), as amended by

24 sections 101(b)(2)(A) and (e), 103 (a) and (b), 201(b),

25 202(a), 203(a), 404(b), and 501, is amended—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph

2 (53);

3 (2) by striking the period at the end of para4 graph (54) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

5 (3) by inserting after paragraph (54) the fol6 lowing new paragraph:

7 ‘‘(55) except as provided in paragraph (54) (re8 garding time limits on receipt of aid), at the option

9 of the State, in the case of a family applying for aid

10 under the State plan that has moved to the State

11 from another jurisdiction of the United States with

12 a State plan approved under this part, and has re13 sided in the State for less than 24 months consecu14 tively (as determined by the State), apply the rules

15 that would have been applied by such jurisdiction if

16 the family had not moved from such other jurisdic17 tion in determining—

18 ‘‘(A) the eligibility of the family for bene19 fits, and

20 ‘‘(B) the amount of benefits payable to the

21 family under the State plan,

22 during the 24-month period beginning on the date

23 the family moved to the State (as determined by the

24 State).’’.
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1 SEC. 503. EVALUATION OF TRAINING PROGRAMS.

2 (a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Labor, in co3 operation with the States, shall conduct ongoing evalua4 tions of Federal and State job training programs. Such

5 evaluations shall—

6 (1) be conducted through experiments using

7 control groups chosen by scientific random assign8 ment; and

9 (2) determine whether job training programs ef10 fectively raise the hourly wage rates of individuals

11 receiving training through such programs.

12 (b) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

13 are authorized to be appropriated $15,000,000 for fiscal

14 years 1995 through 2000 to carry out the purposes of this

15 section.

16 SEC. 504. ELIMINATION OF WELFARE BENEFITS WITH RE17 SPECT TO FUGITIVE FELONS AND PROBA18 TION AND PAROLE VIOLATORS.

19 (a) MEDICAID PROGRAM.—

20 (1) INELIGIBILITY FOR MEDICAL ASSIST21 ANCE.—Section 1902(a) (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)) is

22 amended—

23 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para24 graph (61);

25 (B) by striking the period at the end of

26 paragraph (62) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
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1 (C) by adding at the end the following new

2 paragraph:

3 ‘‘(63) provide that no medical assistance shall

4 be available under the plan to any individual who—

5 ‘‘(A) is taking an action described in sec6 tion 1073(1) of title 18, United States Code, or

7 ‘‘(B) is violating a condition of probation

8 or parole imposed under Federal or State law.’’.

9 (2) EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION WITH LAW

10 ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.—Section 1902(a)(7) (42

11 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(7)) is amended by inserting the fol12 lowing after the semicolon: ‘‘but such safeguards

13 shall not prevent the State agency from furnishing

14 a Federal, State, or local law enforcement officer,

15 upon such officer’s request, with the current address

16 of any recipient if the officer furnishes the agency

17 with such recipient’s name and notifies the agency

18 that—

19 ‘‘(A) such recipient—

20 ‘‘(i) is taking an action described in

21 section 1073(1) of title 18, United States

22 Code or violating a condition of probation

23 or parole imposed under Federal or State

24 law; or
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1 ‘‘(ii) has information that is necessary

2 for the officer to conduct the officer’s offi3 cial duties;

4 ‘‘(B) the location or apprehension of such

5 recipient is within the officer’s official duties;

6 and

7 ‘‘(C) the request is made in the proper ex8 ercise of those duties;’’.

9 (b) AFDC PROGRAM.—

10 (1) INELIGIBILITY FOR AID.—Section 402(a),

11 as amended by sections 101(b)(2)(A) and (e), 103

12 (a) and (b), 201(b), 202(a), 203(a), 404(b), 501,

13 and 502, (42 U.S.C. 602(a)) is amended—

14 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para15 graph (54);

16 (B) by striking the period at the end of

17 paragraph (55) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

18 (C) by inserting after paragraph (55) the

19 following new paragraph:

20 ‘‘(56) provide that no aid shall be available

21 under the plan to any individual who—

22 ‘‘(A) is taking an action described in sec23 tion 1073(1) of title 18, United States Code, or

24 ‘‘(B) is violating a condition of probation

25 or parole imposed under Federal or State law.’’.
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1 (2) EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION WITH LAW

2 ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.—Section 402(a)(9) (42

3 U.S.C. 602(a)(9)) is amended by striking ‘‘State or

4 local’’ through ‘‘official duties’’ and inserting ‘‘Fed5 eral, State, or local law enforcement officer, upon

6 such officer’s request, with the current address of

7 any recipient if the officer furnishes the agency with

8 such recipient’s name and notifies the agency that

9 such recipient is taking an action described in sec10 tion 1073(1) of title 18, United States Code, is vio11 lating a condition of probation or parole imposed

12 under Federal or State law, or has information that

13 is necessary for the officer to conduct the officer’s

14 official duties, that the location or apprehension of

15 such recipient is within the officer’s official duties’’.

16 (c) FOOD STAMP PROGRAM.—

17 (1) INELIGIBILITY FOR FOOD STAMPS.—Section

18 6 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2015),

19 as amended by sections 102(a), 201(c), 202(b), and

20 501(b), is amended by adding at the end the follow21 ing new subsection:

22 ‘‘(m) No member of a household who is otherwise eli23 gible to participate in the food stamp program shall be

24 eligible to participate in the program as a member of that

25 or any other household while the individual is—
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1 ‘‘(1) taking an action described in section

2 1073(1) of title 18, United States Code; or

3 ‘‘(2) violating a condition of probation or parole

4 imposed under Federal or State law.’’.

5 (2) EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION WITH LAW

6 ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS.—Section 11(e)(8) of such

7 Act (7 U.S.C. 2020(e)(8)) is amended—

8 (A) by striking ‘‘and (C)’’ and inserting

9 ‘‘(C)’’; and

10 (B) by inserting before the semicolon at

11 the end the following: ‘‘, and (D) notwithstand12 ing any other provision of law, all information

13 obtained under this Act from a member of a

14 household shall be made available, on request,

15 to a Federal, State, or local law enforcement of16 ficer if the officer furnishes the State agency

17 with the name of the member and notifies the

18 agency that (i) the member (I) is taking an ac19 tion described in section 1073(1) of title 18,

20 United States Code, or violating a condition of

21 probation or parole imposed under Federal or

22 State law, or (II) has information that is nec23 essary for the officer to conduct the officer’s of24 ficial duties, (ii) the location or apprehension of

25 the member is within the official duties of the
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1 officer, and (iii) the request is made in the

2 proper exercise of the duties’’.

3 (d) SSI PROGRAM.—

4 (1) INELIGIBILITY FOR AID.—Section 1611(e)

5 (42 U.S.C. 1382(e)) is amended by inserting after

6 paragraph (3) the following new paragraph:

7 ‘‘(4) No person shall be an eligible individual or eligi8 ble spouse for purposes of this title with respect to any

9 month if throughout such month such individual or

10 spouse—

11 ‘‘(A) is taking an action described in sec12 tion 1073(1) of title 18, United States Code, or

13 ‘‘(B) is violating a condition of probation

14 or parole imposed under Federal or State law.’’.

15 (2) EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION WITH LAW

16 ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.—Section 1631(e) (42

17 U.S.C. 1383(e)) is amended by inserting after para18 graph (3) the following new paragraph:

19 ‘‘(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the

20 Secretary shall furnish any Federal, State, or local law

21 enforcement officer, upon such officer’s request, with the

22 current address of any recipient of benefits under this

23 title, if the officer furnishes the agency with such recipi24 ent’s name and notifies the agency that—

25 ‘‘(A) such recipient—
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1 ‘‘(i) is taking an action described in section

2 1073(1) of title 18, United States Code or vio3 lating a condition of probation or parole im4 posed under Federal or State law; or

5 ‘‘(ii) has information that is necessary for

6 the officer to conduct the officer’s official du7 ties;

8 ‘‘(B) the location or apprehension of such recip9 ient is within the officer’s official duties; and

10 ‘‘(C) the request is made in the proper exercise

11 of those duties.’’.

12 (e) HOUSING PROGRAMS.—

13 (1) ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE.—The United

14 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et

15 seq.) is amended—

16 (A) in section 6(l)—

17 (i) in paragraph (5), by striking

18 ‘‘and’’ at the end;

19 (ii) in paragraph (6), by striking the

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

21 and

22 (iii) by inserting immediately after

23 paragraph (6) the following new para24 graph:
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1 ‘‘(7) provide that it shall be cause for imme2 diate termination of the tenancy of a public housing

3 tenant if such tenant—

4 ‘‘(A) is taking an action described in sec5 tion 1073(1) of title 18, United States Code; or

6 ‘‘(B) is violating a condition of probation

7 or parole imposed under Federal or State law.’’;

8 and

9 (B) in section 8(d)(1)(B)—

10 (i) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at

11 the end;

12 (ii) in clause (iv), by striking the pe13 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and

14 (iii) by adding after clause (iv) the

15 following new clause:

16 ‘‘(v) it shall be cause for termination

17 of the tenancy of a tenant if such tenant—

18 ‘‘(I) is taking an action described

19 in section 1073(1) of title 18, United

20 States Code; or

21 ‘‘(II) is violating a condition of

22 probation or parole imposed under

23 Federal or State law;’’.

24 (2) PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO LAW EN25 FORCEMENT AGENCIES.—Title I of the United
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1 States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et

2 seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following

3 new section:

4 ‘‘SEC. 26. PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO LAW ENFORCE5 MENT AGENCIES.

6 ‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each

7 public housing agency shall furnish to any Federal, State,

8 or local law enforcement agency, upon request, the current

9 address of any recipient of assistance under this Act if

10 the law enforcement agency—

11 ‘‘(1) furnishes the public housing agency with

12 such recipient’s name; and

13 ‘‘(2) notifies such agency that—

14 ‘‘(A) such recipient—

15 ‘‘(i) is taking an action described in

16 section 1073(1) of title 18, United States

17 Code or violating a condition of probation

18 or parole imposed under Federal or State

19 law; or

20 ‘‘(ii) has information that is necessary

21 for the officer to conduct the officer’s offi22 cial duties;

23 ‘‘(B) the location or apprehension of such

24 recipient is within the official duties of the

25 agency; and
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1 ‘‘(C) the request is made in the proper ex2 ercise of such duties.’’.

3 (f) EFFECTIVE DATES.—The amendments made by

4 this section shall be effective on the date of the enactment

5 of this Act.

6 TITLE VI—CAPPING THE AGGRE7 GATE GROWTH OF WELFARE

8 SPENDING

9 SEC. 601. CAP ON GROWTH OF FEDERAL SPENDING ON

10 CERTAIN WELFARE PROGRAMS.

11 (a) RESTRICTIONS ON SPENDING.—The total amount

12 of Federal spending for a fiscal year for the programs list13 ed in subsection (b) shall not exceed—

14 (1) in fiscal year 1995, an amount equal to the

15 sum of—

16 (A) the total Federal spending for fiscal

17 year 1994 on the programs listed in section

18 603;

19 (B) the total Federal spending for fiscal

20 year 1994 on the refundable portion of the

21 earned income credit under section 32 of the

22 Internal Revenue Code of 1986; and

23 (C) the total Federal spending for fiscal

24 year 1994 on the head start programs carried

25 out under the Head Start Act;
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1 (D) the total Federal spending for fiscal

2 year 1994 on cash, medical, and social services

3 assistance furnished to refugees and entrants

4 under title IV of the Immigration and National5 ity Act and section 501 of the Refugee Edu6 cation Assistance Act of 1980; and

7 (E) the total Federal spending for fiscal

8 year 1994 on the special supplemental food pro9 gram for women, infants, and children carried

10 out under section 17 of the Child Nutrition Act

11 of 1966; and

12 (2) in fiscal year 1996 and succeeding fiscal

13 years, an amount equal to the sum of—

14 (A) the total Federal spending permitted

15 under this subsection for the preceding fiscal

16 year; and

17 (B) 3.5 percent of such spending.

18 (b) PROGRAMS SUBJECT TO SPENDING LIMIT.—The

19 programs listed in this subsection are the following:

20 (1) The welfare block grant program estab21 lished under section 602.

22 (2) The refundable portion of the earned in23 come credit under section 32 of the Internal Reve24 nue Code of 1986.
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1 (3) Grants for assistance to children born out2 of-wedlock under part C of title IV of the Social Se3 curity Act.

4 (4) The head start programs carried out under

5 the Head Start Act.

6 (5) The cash, medical, and social services as7 sistance programs for refugees and entrants under

8 title IV of the Immigration and Nationality Act and

9 section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act

10 of 1980.

11 (6) The special supplemental food program for

12 women, infants, and children carried out under sec13 tion 17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966.

14 (c) RECONCILIATION OF GROWTH LIMITS.—

15 (1) ALLOCATIONS.—The joint explanatory

16 statement accompanying a conference report on a

17 concurrent resolution on the budget described in sec18 tion 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974

19 for a fiscal year shall include allocations to each

20 committee based on the spending cap imposed by

21 subsection (a) for such fiscal year.

22 (2) RECONCILIATION DIRECTIVES.—The rec23 onciliation directives described in section 310 of the

24 Congressional Budget Act of 1974 shall specify re25 ductions for each committee necessary to comply
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1 with the spending caps imposed by subsection (a) for

2 such fiscal year.

3 (3) CONSULTATION WITH COMMITTEES.—In

4 conducting any activities required under paragraphs

5 (1) and (2), the Committees on the Budget of the

6 House of Representatives and the Senate shall con7 sult with the following committees of Congress:

8 (A) The Committee on Ways and Means of

9 the House of Representatives.

10 (B) The Committee on Finance of the Sen11 ate.

12 (C) The Committee on Agriculture of the

13 House of Representatives.

14 (D) The Committee on Agriculture, Nutri15 tion, and Forestry of the Senate.

16 (E) The Committee on Education and

17 Labor of the House of Representatives.

18 (F) The Committee on Labor and Human

19 Resources of the Senate.

20 (G) The Committee on Banking, Finance

21 and Urban Affairs of the House of Representa22 tives.

23 (H) The Committee on Banking, Housing,

24 and Urban Affairs of the Senate.
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1 (I) The Committee on Energy and Com2 merce of the House of Representatives.

3 (d) REFUNDABLE PORTION OF EITC.—For purposes

4 of this title, the refundable portion of the earned income

5 credit under section 32 of the Internal Revenue Code of

6 1986 is the amount treated as an overpayment of tax

7 under section 6401(b)(1) of such Code which is allocable

8 to such credit.

9 SEC. 602. ESTABLISHMENT OF WELFARE BLOCK GRANT

10 PROGRAM.

11 (a) GRANTS AUTHORIZED.—

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—For fiscal year 1995 and

13 succeeding fiscal years, the Secretary of Health and

14 Human Services (hereafter referred to in this section

15 as the ‘‘Secretary’’) shall make grants to the States

16 in accordance with this section.

17 (2) LIMIT ON TOTAL AMOUNT OF GRANTS.—

18 (A) IN GENERAL.—The aggregate amount

19 of grants made to States under this section for

20 a fiscal year shall not exceed the total Federal

21 spending permitted under section 601(a) for the

22 fiscal year reduced by the sum of the amount

23 to be expended by the Federal Government for

24 the fiscal year, as estimated by the Congres25 sional Budget Office, for—
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1 (i) the refundable portion of the

2 earned income credit under section 32 of

3 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;

4 (ii) grants for assistance to children

5 born out-of-wedlock under part C of title

6 IV of the Social Security Act;

7 (iii) the head start programs carried

8 out under the Head Start Act;

9 (iv) cash, medical, and social services

10 assistance furnished to refugees and en11 trants under title IV of the Immigration

12 and Nationality Act and section 501 of the

13 Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980;

14 and

15 (v) the special supplemental food pro16 gram for women, infants, and children car17 ried out under section 17 of the Child Nu18 trition Act of 1966.

19 (B) ADJUSTMENTS.—If the programs list20 ed in clauses (i) through (iii) of subparagraph

21 (A) are amended by law after the Congressional

22 Budget Office has completed the estimates re23 quired under such subparagraph, the aggregate

24 amount of grants made to States under this

25 section (as determined under subparagraph
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1 (A)) shall be reduced by the amount by which

2 the total Federal spending on such programs,

3 as amended, will exceed the amount determined

4 under such estimates.

5 (3) ALLOCATION TO THE STATES.—

6 (A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in

7 subparagraph (B), a State shall receive a grant

8 under this section for a fiscal year equal to the

9 amount which bears the same ratio to the total

10 amount appropriated for grants under this sec11 tion for the fiscal year as the total amount of

12 Federal funds received by the State under the

13 programs listed in section 603 for fiscal year

14 1994 bears to the total amount of Federal

15 funds received by all States under the programs

16 listed in section 603 for fiscal year 1994.

17 (B) SPECIAL RULE FOR PUBLIC HOUSING

18 AUTHORITIES.—In the case of a State which is

19 a public housing authority, any grant made

20 under subparagraph (A) with respect to such

21 authority shall be directly allocated to the high22 est governmental unit of general authority

23 (other than the Federal Government) in the ju24 risdiction in which the such authority is located.
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1 (b) PROVISION OF AID TO LOW-INCOME HOUSE2 HOLDS.—

3 (1) IN GENERAL.—A State shall use the

4 amounts received under this section to provide aid to

5 low-income households located in the State. Except

6 as provided in subsection (c), a State shall have the

7 authority to provide such aid in any manner deter8 mined appropriate by the State, including the au9 thority to determine—

10 (A) the type of benefits constituting such

11 aid;

12 (B) the level of benefits constituting such

13 aid;

14 (C) the eligibility criteria for such aid; and

15 (D) the appropriateness of any reports to

16 the Secretary with respect to such aid.

17 (2) DEFINITION OF LOW-INCOME HOUSE18 HOLD.—For purposes of this section, the term ‘‘low19 income household’’ means a household with an an20 nual income that is less than 175 percent of the

21 Federal poverty income guidelines issued by the De22 partment of Health and Human Services.

23 (c) SPECIAL RULES REGARDING USE OF FUNDS.—

24 (1) NO FUNDS USED FOR ABORTION.—A State

25 may not use grant funds received under this section
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1 for making abortion available as a method of family

2 planning or for any counseling or advising with re3 spect to abortion.

4 (2) WORK REQUIREMENTS.—

5 (A) IN GENERAL.—If a State uses grant

6 funds received under this section to provide di7 rect cash assistance during a fiscal year to a

8 population that is equivalent to a population de9 scribed in subparagraph (B), the requirements

10 concerning work, job search, and job training

11 provided under subparagraph (C) shall apply to

12 each equivalent population receiving assistance.

13 (B) POPULATIONS DESCRIBED.—The pop14 ulations described in this subparagraph are the

15 populations that would be required to partici16 pate in—

17 (i) the State’s welfare and dependency

18 reduction program under subsection (a)(1)

19 of section 483 of the Social Security Act

20 (as amended by section 101 of this Act) if

21 such program were in effect during the fis22 cal year; and

23 (ii) the State’s welfare and depend24 ency reduction program under subsection

25 (c)(1) of section 483 of the Social Security
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1 Act (as amended by section 101 of this

2 Act) if such program were in effect during

3 the fiscal year.

4 (C) REQUIREMENTS ON STATES.—With re5 spect to any population which receives direct

6 cash assistance under this section and which is

7 equivalent to a population described in subpara8 graph (B), the State shall meet the following

9 requirements:

10 (i) The State shall meet the cor11 responding State participation rate re12 quirements established under subsections

13 (a)(2) and (c)(2) of section 483 of the So14 cial Security Act (as amended by section

15 101 of this Act) that would be in effect if

16 the State’s welfare and dependency reduc17 tion program were in effect during the fis18 cal year.

19 (ii)(I) Except as provided in subclause

20 (II), the State shall not reduce the number

21 of hours of required participation in work

22 and job search activity specified under sub23 sections (a)(1) and (c)(1) of section 483 of

24 the Social Security Act (as amended by

25 section 101 of this Act) that would be in
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1 effect if the State’s welfare and depend2 ency reduction program were in effect dur3 ing the fiscal year.

4 (II) For purposes of subclause (I), a

5 State may reduce the number of hours of

6 required participation as specified under

7 subsection (c)(1) of section 483 of the So8 cial Security Act in the case of an individ9 ual who provides child care services to

10 other individuals conducting work, job

11 search, and job training activities in ac12 cordance with this subparagraph.

13 (iii) In establishing participation re14 quirements for a population which is re15 ceiving direct cash assistance under this

16 section and which is equivalent to the pop17 ulation described in section 483(c)(1) of

18 the Social Security Act (as amended by

19 section 101 of this Act) the State shall

20 comply with the provisions of section

21 483(c)(3) of such Act (as amended by sec22 tion 101 of this Act) relating to work pri23 orities for families with older children, that

24 would be in effect if the State’s welfare
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1 and dependency reduction program were in

2 effect during the fiscal year.

3 (iv) In meeting its participation re4 quirements under this paragraph with re5 spect to a population which is receiving di6 rect cash assistance under this section, the

7 State shall comply with the provisions of

8 section 483(d) of such Act (as amended by

9 section 101 of this Act) relating to an indi10 vidual option to seek employment using a

11 voucher that would be in effect if the

12 State’s welfare and dependency reduction

13 program were in effect during the fiscal

14 year.

15 (v) In operating any work program in

16 accordance with this paragraph, the State

17 shall follow a system of payment based on

18 performance which directly prorates assist19 ance based on the satisfactory completion

20 of the required hours of specified activity,

21 similar to the system established under

22 section 484(e) of the Social Security Act

23 (as amended by section 101 of this Act).

24 (vi) The State shall require individ25 uals who are noncustodial parents who fail
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1 to pay child support for children who re2 ceive direct cash or food assistance under

3 this section and who are equivalent to chil4 dren who would be eligible for aid to fami5 lies with dependent children if such pro6 gram were in effect during the fiscal year,

7 to comply with the provisions of section

8 483(b) of the Social Security Act (as

9 amended by section 101 of this Act) that

10 would be in effect if the State’s welfare

11 and dependency reduction program were in

12 effect during the fiscal year.

13 (D) OTHER RECIPIENTS.—If a State uses

14 grant funds received under this section to pro15 vide direct food or cash assistance during a fis16 cal year to a population that is equivalent to

17 the population that would be subject to the

18 State work program under section 6(i) of the

19 Food Stamp Act of 1977 (as amended by sec20 tion 102 of this Act) if such program were in

21 effect during the fiscal year, such equivalent

22 population shall be subject to the provisions of

23 section 6(i) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (as

24 amended by section 102 of this Act) as if such

25 program were in effect during the fiscal year.
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1 (E) STATE EXPERIMENTATION.—

2 (i) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided

3 in clause (ii), for purposes of experimen4 tation, a State may waive within a limited

5 locality within the State the requirements

6 under subparagraphs (C) and (D). A State

7 conducting an experiment under this sub8 paragraph shall have the full authority to

9 establish within the locality of the experi10 ment—

11 (I) the categories of recipients of

12 aid who will be required to participate

13 in some form of work, job search, or

14 job training activity; and

15 (II) the types of activity which

16 will be required.

17 (ii) LIMITATION.—Clause (i) shall

18 apply to a State only if the State meets the

19 following requirements:

20 (I) The State shall notify the

21 Secretary of the modifications to the

22 requirements under subparagraphs

23 (C) and (D) that the State proposes

24 to make and shall receive the approval

25 of the Secretary.
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1 (II) The State shall assure the

2 Secretary that the overall average

3 weekly aggregate number of recipients

4 of assistance under this section within

5 the locality of the experiment who will

6 be required to participate in some

7 form of work, job search, or job train8 ing will not be less than the average

9 weekly number required to participate

10 in such activities under subparagraphs

11 (C) and (D).

12 (F) WORK REQUIREMENTS ELIMINATED

13 FOR GROUPS WHICH NO LONGER RECEIVE BEN14 EFITS.—The State shall not be required to im15 pose work, job search, or job training require16 ments on any—

17 (i) subgroup of a population that is

18 equivalent to a subgroup of a population

19 described in subparagraph (B), if the State

20 ceases to provide direct cash assistance to

21 such subgroup; or

22 (ii) subgroup of a population that is

23 equivalent to a subgroup of the population

24 that would be subject to the State work

25 program under section 6(i) of the Food
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1 Stamp Act of 1977 (as amended by section

2 102 of this Act) if such program were in

3 effect, if the State ceases to provide direct

4 food or cash assistance to such subgroup.

5 (3) BENEFITS TO YOUNG UNWED PARENTS.—

6 (A) CASH ASSISTANCE.—Any individual

7 described in section 402(a)(50)(A) of the Social

8 Security Act (as added by section 201(b) of this

9 Act) shall be denied cash assistance paid out of

10 grant funds received by the State under this

11 section in the same manner as such individual

12 would be denied aid to families with dependent

13 children under such section if funding for the

14 aid to families with dependent children program

15 was not terminated under section 603.

16 (B) FOOD ASSISTANCE.—Any individual

17 described in section 6(j)(1) of the Food Stamp

18 Act of 1977 (as added by section 201(c) of this

19 Act) shall be denied direct food assistance paid

20 out of grant funds received by the State under

21 this section in the same manner as such indi22 vidual would be denied food stamps under such

23 section if funding for the food stamp program

24 was not terminated under section 603.
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1 (C) HOUSING ASSISTANCE.—Any individ2 ual described in sections 6(q) and (8)(z) of the

3 United States Housing Act of 1937 (as added

4 by section 201(d) of this Act) shall be denied

5 housing assistance paid out of grant funds re6 ceived by the State under this section in the

7 same manner as such individual would be de8 nied housing assistance under such section if

9 funding for the housing assistance program was

10 not terminated under section 603.

11 (4) BENEFIT PROVISIONS REGARDING ADDI12 TIONAL CHILDREN.—A State may not use grant

13 funds received under this section for providing direct

14 cash, food, or housing aid to a child if the custodial

15 parent of such child is, at the time of the child’s

16 birth—

17 (A) a recipient of direct cash aid paid for

18 out of grant funds received by the State under

19 this section; or

20 (B) an individual who received such aid

21 anytime during the 10-month period ending

22 with the birth of the child.

23 (5) REQUIREMENTS FOR PATERNITY ESTAB24 LISHMENT.—The provisions of section 402(a)(52) of

25 the Social Security Act (as added by section 203(a)
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1 of this Act) shall apply to any family applying for

2 direct cash aid paid out of grant funds received by

3 a State under this section in the same manner as

4 such provisions would apply to a family applying for

5 aid under the aid to families with dependent children

6 program if funding for such program was not termi7 nated under section 603.

8 (6) REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO AID FOR

9 NONCITIZENS.—A State shall not use grant funds

10 received under this section for providing aid to an

11 individual who is not a United States citizen.

12 (7) AID DENIED TO FUGITIVE FELONS AND

13 PROBATION OR PAROLE VIOLATORS.—

14 (A) IN GENERAL.—A State shall not use

15 grant funds received under this section for pro16 viding aid to an individual who—

17 (i) is taking an action described in

18 section 1073(1) of title 18, United States

19 Code, or

20 (ii) is violating a condition of proba21 tion or parole imposed under Federal or

22 State law.

23 (B) EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION WITH

24 LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.—A State re25 ceiving grant funds under this section shall fur-
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1 nish to a Federal, State, or local law enforce2 ment officer, upon such officer’s request, the

3 current address of any individual receiving aid

4 under this section if the officer furnishes the

5 State with such individual’s name and notifies

6 the State that—

7 (i) such individual—

8 (I) is taking an action described

9 in section 1073(1) of title 18, United

10 States Code or violating a condition of

11 probation or parole imposed under

12 Federal or State law; or

13 (II) has information that is nec14 essary for the officer to conduct the

15 officer’s official duties;

16 (ii) the location or apprehension of

17 such recipient is within the officer’s official

18 duties; and

19 (iii) the request is made in the proper

20 exercise of those duties.

21 (8) CIVIL RIGHTS LAWS.—A State shall not vio22 late any requirement established by statute or regu23 lation under the following Acts in providing aid sing

24 grant funds received under this section:
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1 (A) Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of

2 1965.

3 (B) Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act

4 of 1973.

5 (C) Title IX of the Education Amendments

6 of 1972.

7 (D) The Age Discrimination Act of 1975.

8 (E) The Americans With Disabilities Act

9 of 1990.

10 (9) RECOMMENDATION WITH RESPECT TO CER11 TAIN PROVISIONS.—Except as provided in para12 graphs (2), (3), (4), (5), (6), and (7) it is rec13 ommended that a State provide aid out of grant

14 funds received under this section in accordance with

15 the principles of the provisions contained in the

16 amendments made by titles I, II, V, and VI of this

17 Act.

18 (10) CHILD SUPPORT AND PATERNITY ESTAB19 LISHMENT.—A State receiving grant funds under

20 this section shall conduct child support and pater21 nity establishment activities in accordance with part

22 D of title IV of the Social Security Act.

23 (d) NO ENTITLEMENT TO RECEIVE AID.—An indi24 vidual shall not be entitled to receive aid out of grant

25 funds received by a State under this section.
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1 (e) DEFINITION OF STATE.—For purposes of this

2 section, the term ‘‘State’’ means any governmental unit

3 (other than a public housing authority) that received Fed4 eral funds under a program listed in section 603 during

5 fiscal year 1994.

6 SEC. 603. CONVERSION OF FUNDING UNDER CERTAIN WEL7 FARE PROGRAMS.

8 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, effective

9 October 1, 1994, funding under the following programs

10 is terminated and any State obligations under such pro11 grams are terminated:

12 (1) CASH AID.—

13 (A) The program of aid and services to

14 needy families with children under title IV of

15 the Social Security Act (excluding the child

16 support and establishment of paternity program

17 under part D of such title) (Budget account

18 number: 75–1501–0–1–609).

19 (B) The supplemental security income pro20 gram under title XVI of the Social Security Act

21 (Budget account number: 75–0406–0–1–609).

22 (C) The foster care and adoption assist23 ance program under part E of title IV of the

24 Social Security Act (Budget account number:

25 75–1545–1–1–506).
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1 (D) Emergency assistance to needy fami2 lies with children under title I, parts A and D

3 of title IV, and titles X, XI, XIV, and XVI of

4 the Social Security Act (Budget account num5 ber: 75–1501–0–1–609).

6 (E) General assistance to Indians (Budget

7 account number: 14–2100–0–1–452).

8 (2) MEDICAL AID.—

9 (A) Indian health services (Budget account

10 number: 75–0390–0–1–551).

11 (B) The Maternal and Child Health Serv12 ices Block Grant Program under title V of the

13 Social Security Act. (Budget account number:

14 75–0350–0–1–551).

15 (C) The program established in section

16 330 of the Public Health Service Act (relating

17 to community health centers) (Budget account

18 number: 75–0350–0–1–550).

19 (D) The program established in section

20 329 of the Public Health Service Act (relating

21 to migrant health centers) (Budget account

22 number: 75–0350–0–1–550).

23 (3) FOOD AID.—
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1 (A) The food stamp program under the

2 Food Stamp Act of 1977 (Budget account num3 ber: 12–3505–0–1–605).

4 (B) The school lunch program carried out

5 under the National School Lunch Act (Budget

6 account number: 12–3539–0–1–605).

7 (C) The emergency food assistance pro8 gram under the Emergency Food Assistance

9 Act of 1983 (Budget account number: 12–

10 3635–0–1–351).

11 (D) The nutrition programs carried out

12 under part C of title III of the Older Americans

13 Act of 1965 (Budget account number: 12–

14 3503–0–1–351).

15 (E) The school breakfast program carried

16 out under section 4 of the Child Nutrition Act

17 of 1966 (Budget account number: 12–3539–0–

18 1–605).

19 (F) The child and adult care food program

20 carried out under section 17 of the National

21 School Lunch Act (Budget account number:

22 12–3539–0–1–605).

23 (G) The summer food service program for

24 children carried out under section 13 of the Na-
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1 tional School Lunch Act (Budget account num2 ber: 12–3539–0–1–605).

3 (H) The needy families food distribution

4 program under section 4(b) of the Food Stamp

5 Act of 1977 (Budget account number: 12–

6 3503–0–1–605).

7 (I) The commodity supplemental food pro8 gram for children and elderly persons author9 ized by the Agriculture and Consumer Protec10 tion Act of 1973 (Budget account number: 12–

11 3512–0–1–605).

12 (J) The special milk program carried out

13 under section 3 of the Child Nutrition Act of

14 1966 (Budget account number: 12–3502–0–1–

15 605).

16 (4) HOUSING AID.—

17 (A) Lower income housing assistance

18 under section 8 of the United States Housing

19 Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1772) (Budget account

20 number: 86–0139–0–1–604).

21 (B) Low-rent public housing under the

22 United States Housing Act of 1937 (Budget ac23 count number: 86–4098–0–3–604).

24 (C) Rural housing loans for low-income

25 families under section 502 of the Housing Act
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1 of 1949 (Budget account number: 12–2081–0–

2 1–371).

3 (D) Interest reduction payments under sec4 tion 236 of the National Housing Act (Budget

5 account number: 86–0148–0–1–604).

6 (E) Rural rental housing loans under sec7 tion 515 of the Housing Act of 1949 (Budget

8 account number: 12–2081–0–1–371).

9 (F) Rural rental assistance under section

10 521 of the Housing Act of 1949 (Budget ac11 count number: 12–0137–0–1–604).

12 (G) Homeownership assistance for lower

13 income families under section 235 of the Na14 tional Housing Act (Budget account number:

15 86–0148–0–1–604).

16 (H) Rent supplements under section 101

17 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of

18 1965 (Budget account number: 86–0129–0–1–

19 604).

20 (I) Indian housing improvement grants

21 under part 256 of title 25 Code of Federal Reg22 ulations (Budget account number: 14x–2301–

23 0–1–452).

24 (J) Rural housing repair loan grants for

25 very low-income rural home owners under sec-
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1 tion 504 of the Housing Act of 1949 (Budget

2 account number: 12–2081–0–1–371).

3 (K) Farm labor housing loans under sec4 tion 514 of the Housing Act of 1949 (Budget

5 account number: 12–2081–0–1–371).

6 (L) Rural housing self-help technical as7 sistance grants under section 523 of the Hous8 ing Act of 1949 (Budget account number: 12–

9 2006–0–1–604).

10 (M) Rural housing self-help technical as11 sistance loans under section 523 of the Housing

12 Act of 1949 (Budget account number: 12–

13 2080–0–1–371).

14 (N) Farm labor housing grants under sec15 tion 516 of the Housing Act of 1949 (Budget

16 account number: 12–2004–0–1–604).

17 (O) Rural housing preservation grants for

18 low-income rural homeowners under section 533

19 of the Housing Act of 1949 (Budget account

20 number: 12–2070–0–1–604).

21 (5) ENERGY AID.—

22 (A) Programs under the Low-Income En23 ergy Assistance Act of 1981 (Budget account

24 number: 75–1502–0–1–609).
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1 (B) The weatherization assistance program

2 under title IV of the Energy Conservation and

3 Production Act (Budget account number: 89–

4 0215–0–1–999).

5 (6) EDUCATION AID.—

6 (A) The Federal Pell Grant Program

7 under subpart 1 of part A of title IV of the

8 Higher Education Act of 1965 (Budget account

9 number: 91–0200–0–1–502).

10 (B) Grants under subpart 1 of part A of

11 chapter 1 of title I of the Elementary and Sec12 ondary Education Act of 1965 (Budget account

13 number: 91–0900–0–1–501).

14 (C) Federal supplemental educational op15 portunity grants under subpart 3 of part A of

16 title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965

17 (Budget account number: 91–0200–1–502).

18 (D) Programs for Migratory Children

19 under subpart 1 of part D of chapter 1 of title

20 I of the Elementary and Secondary Education

21 Act of 1965 (Budget account number: 91–

22 0900–0–501).

23 (E) Federal TRIO Programs under chap24 ter I of subpart 2 of part A of title IV of the
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1 Higher Education Act of 1965 (Budget account

2 number: 91–0201–0–1–502).

3 (F) Grants to States for State Student In4 centives under subpart 4 of part A of title IV

5 of the Higher Education Act of 1965 (Budget

6 account number: 91–0200–0–1–502).

7 (G) Grants to Institutions and Consortia

8 to Encourage Women and Minority Participa9 tion in Graduate Education under part A of

10 title IX of the Higher Education Act of 1965

11 (Budget account number: 91–0900–0–1–502).

12 (H) Programs under the Follow Through

13 Act (Budget account number: 91–1000–0–1–

14 501).

15 (7) JOBS AND TRAINING AID.—

16 (A) The adult training program carried out

17 under part A of title II of the Job Training

18 Partnership Act (Budget account number: 16–

19 0174–0–1–504–00.01).

20 (B) The summer youth employment and

21 training program carried out under part B of

22 title II of the Job Training Partnership Act

23 (Budget account number: 16–0174–0–1–504–

24 00.02).
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1 (C) The Job Corps carried out under part

2 B of title IV of the Job Training Partnership

3 Act (Budget account number: 16–0174–0–1–

4 504–00.12).

5 (D) The older American community service

6 employment program carried out under title V

7 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (Budget

8 account number: 16–0175–0–1–504).

9 (E) The JOBS program carried out under

10 part F of title IV of the Social Security Act

11 (Budget account number: 75–1509–0–1–504).

12 (F) The Foster Grandparent Program car13 ried out under part B of title II of the Domes14 tic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (Budget ac15 count number: 44–0103–0–506).

16 (G) The Senior Companion Program car17 ried out under part C of title II of the Domestic

18 Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (Budget account

19 number: 44–0103–0–1–506).

20 (H) The employment and training pro21 grams for Native Americans and migrant and

22 seasonal farmworkers supported under sections

23 501 and 502 of the Job Training Partnership

24 Act (Budget account number: 16–0174–0–1–

25 504).
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1 (I) Indian and Native American employ2 ment and training program (Budget account

3 number: 16–0174–0–1–504).

4 (8) SOCIAL SERVICES.—

5 (A) The Social Services Block Grant under

6 title XX of the Social Security Act (Budget ac7 count number: 75–1634–0–1–506).

8 (B) The community service block grant

9 programs carried out under the Community

10 Services Block Grant Act (Budget account

11 number: 75–1504–0–1–506).

12 (C) The activities carried out under the

13 Legal Services Corporation Act (Budget ac14 count number: 20–0501–0–1–752).

15 (D) The emergency food and shelter pro16 gram under title III of the Steward B. McKin17 ney Homeless Assistance Act (Budget account

18 number: 58–0103–1–605).

19 (E) The population research and voluntary

20 family planning programs carried out under

21 title X of the Public Health Service Act (Budg22 et account number: 75–0350–0–1–550).

23 (F) The program under the Domestic Vol24 unteer Service Act of 1973 (Budget account

25 number: (44–0103–0–1–506).
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1 (G) The supportive services carried out

2 under part B of title III of the Older Americans

3 Act of 1965 (Budget account number: (75–

4 0142–1–506).

5 (I) Day care assistance under section

6 402(g) of the Social Security Act (Budget ac7 count number: 75–1515–0–1–609).

8 (9) AID TO LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES.—

9 (A) The community development block

10 grant program carried out under the Housing

11 and Community Development Act of 1974

12 (Budget account number: 86–0162–0–1–451).

13 (B) The urban development block grant

14 program carried out under the Housing and

15 Community Development Act of 1974 (Budget

16 account number: 86–0170–0–1–451).

17 (C) Economic development administration

18 under the Public Works and Economic Develop19 ment Act of 1965 (Budget account number:

20 13–2050–0–1–452).

21 (D) The Appalachian regional development

22 program under the Appalachian Regional De23 velopment Act of 1965 (Budget account num24 ber: 46–0200–0–1–452).
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1 (E) The activities carried out under section

2 204 of the Immigration Reform and Control

3 Act of 1986 (Budget account number: 75–

4 1508–0–1–506).

5 SEC. 604. SAVINGS FROM WELFARE SPENDING LIMITS TO

6 BE USED FOR DEFICIT REDUCTION.

7 (a) DEFICIT REDUCTION.—All savings to the Federal

8 Government resulting from the spending cap imposed

9 under section 601 shall be used for deficit reduction. Such

10 savings shall not be used to fund increased spending under

11 any programs that are not subject to the spending cap.

12 (b) ADJUSTMENT OF DISCRETIONARY CAPS.—For

13 purposes of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of

14 1993, the present discretionary spending caps shall be ad15 justed for the net increase in discretionary spending that

16 results from the creation of the welfare block grant as a

17 replacement for current welfare entitlement programs.

18 SEC. 605. SPECIAL RULES WITH RESPECT TO GRANTS FOR

19 ASSISTANCE TO CHILDREN BORN OUT-OF20 WEDLOCK.

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Effective upon the termination of

22 funding under section 603 for the aid to families with de23 pendent children program under part A of title IV of the

24 Social Security Act—
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1 (1) the requirement of section 440(b)(1) of the

2 Social Security Act shall be satisfied by a State if

3 the State had a plan in effect under section 402 of

4 such Act during the base year (as defined in section

5 442(b)(2)(C)(iii) of such Act); and

6 (2) notwithstanding section 442(a) of the Social

7 Security Act, the Federal savings amount for a

8 State for a fiscal year shall be determined under

9 subsection (b).

10 (b) DETERMINATION OF FEDERAL SAVINGS

11 AMOUNT.—

12 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Federal savings amount

13 for a State for a fiscal year is an amount equal to

14 the product of—

15 (A) the State per capita amount for the

16 fiscal year (as determined under paragraph

17 (2)); and

18 (B) the State’s excluded population for the

19 fiscal year (as determined under section

20 442(b)(3) of the Social Security Act).

21 (2) PER CAPITA AMOUNT.—

22 (A) IN GENERAL.—The State per capita

23 amount for a fiscal year determined under this

24 paragraph is—

25 (i) for fiscal year 1995, the sum of—
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1 (I) the average per capita

2 amount received by the State under

3 section 403 of the Social Security Act

4 during the base year (as defined in

5 section 442(b)(3)(C)(iii) of the Social

6 Security Act); and

7 (II) the average per capita

8 amount received by AFDC recipients

9 (as defined in subparagraph (B)) in

10 the State under the food stamp pro11 gram under the Food Stamp Act of

12 1977 during such base year; and

13 (ii) for fiscal year 1996 and succeed14 ing fiscal years, the amount determined

15 under this paragraph for the preceding fis16 cal year updated, through the midpoint of

17 the fiscal year, by projecting the estimated

18 percentage change in the Consumer Price

19 Index during the 12-month period ending

20 at that midpoint, with appropriate adjust21 ments to reflect previous underestimations

22 or overestimations under this subpara23 graph in the projected percentage change

24 in the Consumer Price Index.
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1 (B) DEFINITION.—For purposes of sub2 paragraph (A), the term ‘‘AFDC recipient’’

3 means an individual who received aid to fami4 lies with dependent children under part A of

5 title IV of the Social Security Act during the

6 base year (as defined in section

7 442(b)(3)(C)(iii) of the Social Security Act).

8 SEC. 606. ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE MEDICAID PROGRAM.

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(I) (42

10 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(i)(I)) is amended to read as fol11 lows:

12 ‘‘(I)(aa) who are receiving aid or

13 assistance under any plan of the State

14 approved under title I, X, or XIV, or

15 ‘‘(bb) who would be eligible to re16 ceive aid or assistance under the

17 State’s plan under title XVI or part A

18 or E of title IV, as approved on the

19 day before the date of the enactment

20 of the Welfare Reform Act of 1994, if

21 such plan were in effect,’’.

22 (b) STATE WAIVER.—A State may request a waiver

23 from the Secretary of Health and Human Services to sim24 plify the medicaid program eligibility criteria set forth in

25 section 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(I)(bb) (42 U.S.C.
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1 1396a(a)(10)(A)(i)(I)(bb)) of the Social Security Act. The

2 Secretary shall review any such waiver request and grant

3 approval only if Federal expenditures under the medicaid

4 program will not be increased as a result of such approval.

5 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by

6 subsection (a) shall be effective on October 1, 1994.

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