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107TH CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 1300

To amend part D of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide grants

to States to encourage media campaigns to promote responsible fatherhood skills, and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 29, 2001

Ms. CARSON of Indiana (for herself, Ms. NORTON, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr.

HASTINGS of Florida, Mr. HILLIARD, Ms. EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON of

Texas, Mr. WATT of North Carolina, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Mrs. JONES of

Ohio, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Mr. CLYBURN, Mr.

TOWNS, Mr. CLAY, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr. BISHOP, Ms. BROWN of Florida,

Mr. OWENS, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas,

Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mr. WYNN, Mr. FORD, Mr. RUSH, Mr. FATTAH,

and Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD) introduced the following bill; which

was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

A BILL

To amend part D of title IV of the Social Security Act

to provide grants to States to encourage media campaigns to promote responsible fatherhood skills, and for

other purposes.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Responsible Father5 hood Act of 2001’’.
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1 SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

2 Congress makes the following findings:

3 (1) Nearly 25,000,000 children in the United

4 States, or 36 percent of all such children, live apart

5 from their biological father.

6 (2) Sixty percent of couples who divorce have at

7 least 1 child.

8 (3) The number of children living with only a

9 mother increased from just over 5,000,000 in 1960,

10 to 17,000,000 in 1999, and between 1981 and 1991

11 the percentage of children living with only 1 parent

12 increased from 19 percent to 25 percent.

13 (4) Forty percent of children who live in house14 holds without a father have not seen their father in

15 at least 1 year and 50 percent of such children have

16 never visited their father’s home.

17 (5) The most important factor in a child’s up18 bringing is whether the child is brought up in a lov19 ing, healthy, supportive environment.

20 (6) Children who live without contact with their

21 biological father are, in comparison to children who

22 have such contact—

23 (A) 5 times more likely to live in poverty;

24 (B) more likely to bring weapons and

25 drugs into the classroom;

26 (C) twice as likely to commit crime;
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1 (D) twice as likely to drop out of school;

2 (E) twice as likely to be abused;

3 (F) more likely to commit suicide;

4 (G) more than twice as likely to abuse al5 cohol or drugs; and

6 (H) more likely to become pregnant as

7 teenagers.

8 (7) Violent criminals are overwhelmingly males

9 who grew up without fathers.

10 (8) Between 20 and 30 percent of families in

11 poverty are headed by women who have suffered do12 mestic violence during the past year and between 40

13 and 60 percent of women with children receiving

14 welfare were abused sometime during their life.

15 (9) Responsible fatherhood includes active par16 ticipation in financial support and child care, as well

17 as the formation and maintenance of a positive,

18 healthy, and nonviolent relationship between father

19 and child and a cooperative relationship between

20 parents.

21 (10) States should be encouraged to implement

22 programs that provide support for responsible fa23 therhood, promote marriage, and increase the inci24 dence of marriage, and should not be restricted from

25 implementing such programs.
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1 (11) Fatherhood programs should promote and

2 provide support services for—

3 (A) loving and healthy relationships be4 tween parents and children; and

5 (B) cooperative parenting.

6 (12) There is a social need to reconnect chil7 dren and fathers.

8 (13) The promotion of responsible fatherhood

9 and encouragement of married 2-parent families

10 should not—

11 (A) denigrate the standing or parenting ef12 forts of single mothers or other caregivers;

13 (B) lessen the protection of children from

14 abusive parents; or

15 (C) compromise the safety or health of the

16 custodial parent;

17 but should increase the chance that children will

18 have two caring parents to help them grow up

19 healthy and secure.

20 (14) The promotion of responsible fatherhood

21 must always recognize and promote the values of

22 nonviolence.

23 (15) For the future of the United States and

24 the future of our children, Congress, States, and
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1 local communities should assist parents to become

2 more actively involved in their children’s lives.

3 (16) Child support is an important means by

4 which a parent can take financial responsibility for

5 a child and emotional support is an important

6 means by which a parent can take social responsi7 bility for a child.

8 SEC. 3. BLOCK GRANTS TO STATES TO ENCOURAGE MEDIA

9 CAMPAIGNS.

10 (a) IN GENERAL.—Part D of title IV of the Social

11 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) is amended by adding

12 at the end the following:

13 ‘‘SEC. 469C. BLOCK GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDIA CAM14 PAIGNS PROMOTING RESPONSIBLE FATHER15 HOOD.

16 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:

17 ‘‘(1) BROADCAST ADVERTISEMENT.—The term

18 ‘broadcast advertisement’ means a communication

19 intended to be aired by a television or radio broad20 cast station, including a communication intended to

21 be transmitted through a cable channel.

22 ‘‘(2) CHILD AT RISK.—The term ‘child at risk’

23 means each young child whose family income does

24 not exceed the poverty line.
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1 ‘‘(3) POVERTY LINE.—The term ‘poverty line’

2 has the meaning given such term in section 673(2)

3 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981

4 (including any revision required by such section)

5 that is applicable to a family of the size involved.

6 ‘‘(4) PRINTED OR OTHER ADVERTISEMENT.—

7 The term ‘printed or other advertisement’ includes

8 any communication intended to be distributed

9 through a newspaper, magazine, outdoor advertising

10 facility, mailing, or any other type of general public

11 advertising, but does not include any broadcast ad12 vertisement.

13 ‘‘(5) STATE.—The term ‘State’ means each of

14 the 50 States, the District of Columbia, the Com15 monwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin

16 Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Common17 wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

18 ‘‘(6) YOUNG CHILD.—The term ‘young child’

19 means an individual under age 5.

20 ‘‘(b) STATE CERTIFICATIONS.—Not later than Octo21 ber 1 of each of fiscal year for which a State desires to

22 receive an allotment under this section, the chief executive

23 officer of the State shall submit to the Secretary a certifi24 cation that the State will—
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1 ‘‘(1) use such funds to promote the formation

2 and maintenance of married 2-parent families,

3 strengthen fragile families, and promote responsible

4 fatherhood through media campaigns conducted in

5 accordance with the requirements of subsection (d);

6 ‘‘(2) return any unused funds to the Secretary

7 in accordance with the reconciliation process under

8 subsection (e); and

9 ‘‘(3) comply with the reporting requirements

10 under subsection (f).

11 ‘‘(c) PAYMENTS TO STATES.—For each of fiscal years

12 2002 through 2006, the Secretary shall pay to each State

13 that submits a certification under subsection (b), from any

14 funds appropriated under subsection (h), for the fiscal

15 year an amount equal to the amount of the allotment de16 termined for the fiscal year under subsection (g).

17 ‘‘(d) ESTABLISHMENT OF MEDIA CAMPAIGNS.—Each

18 State receiving an allotment under this section for a fiscal

19 year shall use the allotment to conduct media campaigns

20 as follows:

21 ‘‘(1) CONDUCT OF MEDIA CAMPAIGNS.—

22 ‘‘(A) RADIO AND TELEVISION MEDIA CAM23 PAIGNS.—

24 ‘‘(i) PRODUCTION OF BROADCAST AD25 VERTISEMENTS.—At the option of the
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1 State, to produce broadcast advertisements

2 that promote the formation and mainte3 nance of married 2-parent families,

4 strengthen fragile families, and promote

5 responsible fatherhood.

6 ‘‘(ii) AIR-TIME CHALLENGE PRO7 GRAM.—At the option of the State, to es8 tablish an air-time challenge program

9 under which the State may spend amounts

10 allotted under this section to purchase time

11 from a broadcast station to air a broadcast

12 advertisement produced under subpara13 graph (A), but only if the State obtains an

14 amount of time of the same class and dur15 ing a comparable period to air the adver16 tisement using non-Federal contributions.

17 ‘‘(B) OTHER MEDIA CAMPAIGNS.—At the

18 option of the state, to conduct a media cam19 paign that consists of the production and dis20 tribution of printed or other advertisements

21 that promote the formation and maintenance of

22 married 2-parent families, strengthen fragile

23 families, and promote responsible fatherhood.

24 ‘‘(2) ADMINISTRATION OF MEDIA CAMPAIGNS.—

25 A State may administer media campaigns funded
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1 under this section directly or through grants, con2 tracts, or cooperative agreements with public agen3 cies, local governments, or private entities, including

4 charitable and religious organizations.

5 ‘‘(3) CONSULTATION WITH DOMESTIC VIO6 LENCE ASSISTANCE CENTERS.—In developing broad7 cast and printed advertisements to be used in the

8 media campaigns conducted under paragraph (1),

9 the State or other entity administering the campaign

10 shall consult with representatives of State and local

11 domestic violence centers.

12 ‘‘(4) NON-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTIONS.—In this

13 subsection, the term ‘non-Federal contributions’ in14 cludes contributions by the State and by public and

15 private entities. Such contributions may be in cash

16 or in kind. Such term does not include any amounts

17 provided by the Federal Government, or services as18 sisted or subsidized to any significant extent by the

19 Federal Government, or any amount expended by a

20 State before October 1, 2002.

21 ‘‘(e) RECONCILIATION PROCESS.—

22 ‘‘(1) 3-YEAR AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS AL23 LOTTED.—Each State that receives an allotment

24 under this section shall return to the Secretary any

25 unused portion of the amount allotted to a State
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1 under this section for a fiscal year not later than

2 the last day of the second succeeding fiscal year to3 gether with any earnings on such unused portion.

4 ‘‘(2) PROCEDURE FOR REDISTRIBUTION OF UN5 USED ALLOTMENTS.—The Secretary shall establish

6 an appropriate procedure for redistributing to States

7 that have expended the entire amount allotted under

8 this section any amount that is—

9 ‘‘(A) returned to the Secretary by States

10 under paragraph (1); or

11 ‘‘(B) not allotted to a State under this sec12 tion because the State did not submit a certifi13 cation under subsection (b) by October 1 of a

14 fiscal year.

15 ‘‘(f) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—

16 ‘‘(1) MONITORING AND EVALUATION.—Each

17 State receiving an allotment under this section for a

18 fiscal year shall monitor and evaluate the media

19 campaigns conducted using funds made available

20 under this section in such manner as the Secretary,

21 in consultation with the States, determines appro22 priate.

23 ‘‘(2) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not less frequently

24 than annually, each State receiving an allotment

25 under this section for a fiscal year shall submit to
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1 the Secretary reports on the media campaigns con2 ducted under this section at such time, in such man3 ner, and containing such information as the Sec4 retary may require.

5 ‘‘(g) AMOUNT OF ALLOTMENTS.—

6 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para7 graph (2), of the amount appropriated for the pur8 pose of making allotments under this section for a

9 fiscal year, the Secretary shall allot to each State

10 that submits a certification under subsection (b) for

11 the fiscal year an amount equal to the sum of—

12 ‘‘(A) the amount that bears the same ratio

13 to 50 percent of such funds as the number of

14 young children in the State (as determined by

15 the Secretary based on the most recent March

16 supplement to the Current Population Survey

17 of the Bureau of the Census before the begin18 ning of the calendar year in which such fiscal

19 year begins) as bears to the number of such

20 children in all States; and

21 ‘‘(B) the amount that bears the same ratio

22 to 50 percent of such funds as the number of

23 children at risk in the State (as determined by

24 the Secretary based on the most recent March

25 supplement to the Current Population Survey
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1 of the Bureau of the Census before the begin2 ning of the calendar year in which such fiscal

3 year begins) bears to the number of such chil4 dren in all States.

5 ‘‘(2) MINIMUM ALLOTMENTS.—No allotment

6 for a fiscal year under this section shall be less

7 than—

8 ‘‘(A) in the case of a State other than the

9 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United

10 States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa,

11 and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mar12 iana Islands, 1 percent of the amount appro13 priated for the fiscal year under subsection (h);

14 and

15 ‘‘(B) in the case of the Commonwealth of

16 Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands,

17 Guam, American Samoa, and the Common18 wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 0.5

19 percent of such amount.

20 ‘‘(3) PRO RATA REDUCTIONS.—The Secretary

21 shall make such pro rata reductions to the allot22 ments determined under paragraph (1) as are nec23 essary to comply with the requirements of paragraph

24 (2).
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1 ‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

2 is authorized to be appropriated $25,000,000 for each of

3 fiscal years 2002 through 2006 for purposes of making

4 allotments to States under this section.’’.

5 (b) EVALUATION.—

6 (1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and

7 Human Services shall conduct an evaluation of the

8 impact of the media campaigns funded under section

9 469C of the Social Security Act, as added by sub10 section (a).

11 (2) REPORT.—Not later than December 31,

12 2004, the Secretary of Health and Human Services

13 shall report to Congress the results of the evaluation

14 under paragraph (1).

15 (3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

16 There is authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000

17 for fiscal year 2002 for purposes of conducting the

18 evaluation required under this subsection, to remain

19 available until expended.

20 SEC. 4. RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD BLOCK GRANT.

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Part D of title IV of the Social

22 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 651 et seq.), as amended by sec23 tion 3, is amended by adding at the end the following:

24 ‘‘SEC. 469D. RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD BLOCK GRANT.

25 ‘‘(a) DEFINITIONS.—In this section:
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1 ‘‘(1) CHILD AT RISK.—The term ‘child at risk’

2 has the meaning given such term in section

3 469C(a)(2).

4 ‘‘(2) POVERTY LINE.—The term ‘poverty line’

5 has the meaning given such term in section

6 469C(a)(3).

7 ‘‘(3) STATE.—The term ‘State’ has the mean8 ing given such term in section 469C(a)(5).

9 ‘‘(4) YOUNG CHILD.—The term ‘young child’

10 has the meaning given such term in section

11 469C(a)(6).

12 ‘‘(b) STATE CERTIFICATIONS.—Not later than Octo13 ber 1 of each of fiscal year for which a State desires to

14 receive an allotment under this section, the chief executive

15 officer of the State shall submit to the Secretary a certifi16 cation that the State will—

17 ‘‘(1) comply with the matching requirements

18 under subsection (c)(2);

19 ‘‘(2) use such funds to promote responsible fa20 therhood in accordance with the requirements of

21 subsection (d);

22 ‘‘(3) use such funds to promote or sustain mar23 riage in accordance with subparagraph (A) or (B) of

24 subsection (d)(2);
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1 ‘‘(4) return any unused funds to the Secretary

2 in accordance with the reconciliation process under

3 subsection (e); and

4 ‘‘(5) comply with the reporting requirements

5 under subsection (f).

6 ‘‘(c) PAYMENTS TO STATES.—

7 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2),

8 for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2006, the Sec9 retary shall pay to each State that submits a certifi10 cation described in subsection (b), from any funds

11 appropriated under subsection (h), for the fiscal year

12 an amount equal to the amount of the allotment de13 termined under subsection (g).

14 ‘‘(2) MATCHING REQUIREMENT.—The Sec15 retary may not make a payment to a State under

16 paragraph (1) unless the State agrees that, with re17 spect to the costs to be incurred by the State in sup18 porting the programs described in subsection (d),

19 the State will make available non-Federal contribu20 tions in an amount equal to 25 percent of the

21 amount of Federal funds paid to the State under

22 such clause.

23 ‘‘(3) NON-FEDERAL CONTRIBUTIONS.—In this

24 subsection, the term ‘non-Federal contributions’ in25 cludes contributions by the State and by public and
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1 private entities. Such contributions may be in cash

2 or in kind. Such term does not include any amounts

3 provided by the Federal Government, or services as4 sisted or subsidized to any significant extent by the

5 Federal Government or any amount expended by a

6 State before October 1, 2002.

7 ‘‘(d) RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD PROGRAMS.—

8 ‘‘(1) SUPPORT OF PROGRAMS.—A State shall

9 use the allotments received under this section to

10 support programs described in paragraph (2) di11 rectly or through a grant, contract, or cooperative

12 agreement with any public agency, local government,

13 or private entity (including any charitable or reli14 gious organization) with experience in administering

15 such a program.

16 ‘‘(2) PROGRAMS DESCRIBED.—Responsible Fa17 therhood programs include programs that—

18 ‘‘(A) promote marriage through such ac19 tivities as counseling, mentoring, disseminating

20 information about the benefits of marriage and

21 2-parent involvement for children, enhancing re22 lationship skills, teaching on how to control ag23 gressive behavior, and disseminating informa24 tion on the causes of domestic violence and

25 child abuse;
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1 ‘‘(B) sustain marriages through marriage

2 preparation programs, premarital counseling,

3 marital inventories, skills-based marriage edu4 cation, financial planning seminars, and divorce

5 education and reduction programs, including

6 mediation and counseling;

7 ‘‘(C) promote responsible parenting

8 through such activities as counseling, men9 toring, disseminating information about good

10 parenting practices, skills-based parenting edu11 cation, encouraging child support payments,

12 and other methods; and

13 ‘‘(D) help fathers and their families avoid

14 or leave cash welfare and improve their eco15 nomic status by providing such activities as

16 work first services, job search, job training,

17 subsidized employment, job retention, job en18 hancement, and encouraging education, includ19 ing career-advancing education, dissemination

20 of employment materials, coordination with ex21 isting employment services such as Welfare to

22 Work and referrals to local employment train23 ing initiatives, and other methods.
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1 ‘‘(3) TARGETED LOW-INCOME PARTICIPANTS.—

2 Not less than 50 percent of the participants in each

3 program supported under paragraph (1) shall be—

4 ‘‘(A) parents of a child who is, or within

5 the past 24 months has been, a recipient of as6 sistance or services under a State program

7 funded under this part; or

8 ‘‘(B) parents, including an expectant par9 ent or a married parent, whose income (after

10 adjustment for court-ordered child support paid

11 or received) does not exceed 150 percent of the

12 poverty line.

13 ‘‘(4) CONSULTATION WITH DOMESTIC VIO14 LENCE ASSISTANCE CENTERS.—Each State or entity

15 administering a program supported under paragraph

16 (1) shall consult with representatives of State and

17 local domestic violence centers.

18 ‘‘(5) SUPPLEMENT NOT SUPPLANT.—Amounts

19 allotted to a State under this section shall be used

20 to supplement and not supplant other Federal,

21 State, or local funds provided to the State under this

22 part or any other provision of law that are used to

23 support programs and activities similar to the a re24 sponsible fatherhood program described in para25 graph (2).
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1 ‘‘(6) RESTRICTIONS ON USE.—No amount allot2 ted under this section may be used for court pro3 ceedings on matters of child visitation or child cus4 tody, or for legislative advocacy.

5 ‘‘(e) RECONCILIATION PROCESS.—

6 ‘‘(1) 3-YEAR AVAILABILITY OF AMOUNTS AL7 LOTTED.—Each State that receives an allotment

8 under this section shall return to the Secretary any

9 unused portion of the amount allotted to a State

10 under this section for a fiscal year not later than the

11 last day of the second succeeding fiscal year, to12 gether with any earnings on such unused portion.

13 ‘‘(2) PROCEDURE FOR REDISTRIBUTION OF UN14 USED ALLOTMENTS.—The Secretary shall establish

15 an appropriate procedure for redistributing to States

16 that have expended the entire amount allotted under

17 this section any amount that is—

18 ‘‘(A) returned to the Secretary by States

19 under paragraph (1); or

20 ‘‘(B) not allotted to a State under this sec21 tion because the State did not submit a certifi22 cation under subsection (b) by October 1 of a

23 fiscal year.

24 ‘‘(f) REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.—
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1 ‘‘(1) MONITORING AND EVALUATION.—Each

2 State receiving an allotment under this section shall

3 monitor and evaluate the programs supported using

4 funds made available under this section in such

5 manner as the Secretary, in consultation with the

6 States, determines appropriate.

7 ‘‘(2) ANNUAL REPORTS.—Not less frequently

8 than annually, each State receiving an allotment

9 under this section for a fiscal year shall submit to

10 the Secretary reports on the programs supported

11 under this section at such time, in such manner, and

12 containing such information as the Secretary may

13 reasonably require.

14 ‘‘(g) AMOUNT OF ALLOTMENTS.—

15 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para16 graph (2), of the amount appropriated for the pur17 pose of making allotments under this section for a

18 fiscal year the Secretary shall allot to each State

19 that submits a certification under subsection (b) for

20 that fiscal year an amount equal to the sum of—

21 ‘‘(A) the amount that bears the same ratio

22 to 50 percent of such funds as the number of

23 young children in the State (as determined by

24 the Secretary based on the most recent March

25 supplement to the Current Population Survey
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1 of the Bureau of the Census before the begin2 ning of the calendar year in which such fiscal

3 year begins) as bears to the number of such

4 children in all States; and

5 ‘‘(B) the amount that bears the same ratio

6 to 50 percent of such funds as the number of

7 children at risk in the State (as determined by

8 the Secretary based on the most recent March

9 supplement to the Current Population Survey

10 of the Bureau of the Census before the begin11 ning of the calendar year in which such fiscal

12 year begins) bears to the number of such chil13 dren in all States.

14 ‘‘(2) MINIMUM ALLOTMENTS.—No allotment

15 for a fiscal year under this section shall be less

16 than—

17 ‘‘(A) in the case of a State other than the

18 Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United

19 States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa,

20 and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mar21 iana Islands, 1 percent of the amount appro22 priated for the fiscal year under subsection (h);

23 and

24 ‘‘(B) in the case of the Commonwealth of

25 Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands,
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1 Guam, American Samoa, and the Common2 wealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 0.5

3 percent of such amount.

4 ‘‘(3) PRO RATA REDUCTIONS.—The Secretary

5 shall make such pro rata reductions to the allot6 ments determined under paragraph (1) as are nec7 essary to comply with the requirements of paragraph

8 (2).

9 ‘‘(h) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

10 is authorized to be appropriated $50,000,000 for each of

11 fiscal years 2002 through 2006 for purposes of making

12 allotments to States under this section.’’.

13 (b) EVALUATION AND REPORT.—

14 (1) EVALUATION.—

15 (A) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of

16 Health and Human Services (in this subsection

17 referred to as the ‘‘Secretary’’), in consultation

18 with the Secretary of Labor, shall, directly or

19 through a grant, contract, or interagency agree20 ment, conduct an evaluation of the projects

21 funded under section 469D of the Social Secu22 rity Act (as added by subsection (a)).

23 (B) OUTCOMES ASSESSMENT.—The eval24 uation conducted under subparagraph (A) shall

25 assess, among other outcomes selected by the
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1 Secretary, effects of the projects on marriage,

2 parenting, employment, earnings, payment of

3 child support, and incidence of domestic vio4 lence and child abuse.

5 (C) PROJECT SELECTION.—In selecting

6 projects for the evaluation, the Secretary should

7 include projects that are most likely to further

8 the purposes of this section.

9 (D) RANDOM ASSIGNMENT.—In conducting

10 the evaluation, random assignment should be

11 used wherever possible.

12 (2) REPORT.—Not later than December 31,

13 2004, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a re14 port on the results of the evaluation conducted

15 under paragraph (1).

16 (3) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—

17 There is authorized to be appropriated $1,000,000

18 for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2006 to carry

19 out this subsection.

20 SEC. 5. NATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE FOR RESPONSIBLE FA21 THERHOOD PROGRAMS.

22 (a) IN GENERAL.—Part D of title IV of the Social

23 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 651), as amended by section 4,

24 is amended by adding at the end the following:
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1 ‘‘SEC. 469E. MEDIA CAMPAIGN NATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE

2 FOR RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD.

3 ‘‘(a) MEDIA CAMPAIGN AND NATIONAL CLEARING4 HOUSE.—

5 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—From any funds appro6 priated under subsection (c), the Secretary shall con7 tract with a nationally recognized, nonprofit father8 hood promotion organization described in subsection

9 (b) to—

10 ‘‘(A) develop, promote, and distribute to

11 interested States, local governments, public

12 agencies, and private entities a media campaign

13 that encourages the appropriate involvement of

14 both parents in the life of any child of the par15 ents, with a priority for programs that specifi16 cally address the issue of responsible father17 hood; and

18 ‘‘(B) develop a national clearinghouse to

19 assist States and communities in efforts to pro20 mote and support marriage and responsible fa21 therhood by collecting, evaluating, and making

22 available (through the Internet and by other

23 means) to other States information regarding

24 the media campaigns established under section

25 469C.
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1 ‘‘(2) COORDINATION WITH DOMESTIC VIOLENCE

2 PROGRAMS.—The Secretary shall ensure that the na3 tionally recognized nonprofit fatherhood promotion

4 organization with a contract under paragraph (1)

5 coordinates the media campaign developed under

6 subparagraph (A) of such paragraph and the na7 tional clearinghouse developed under subparagraph

8 (B) of such paragraph with a national, State, or

9 local domestic violence program.

10 ‘‘(b) NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED, NONPROFIT FA11 THERHOOD PROMOTION ORGANIZATION DESCRIBED.—

12 The nationally recognized, nonprofit fatherhood promotion

13 organization described in this subsection is such an orga14 nization that has at least 4 years of experience in—

15 ‘‘(1) designing and disseminating a national

16 public education campaign, including the production

17 and successful placement of television, radio, and

18 print public service announcements that promote the

19 importance of responsible fatherhood; and

20 ‘‘(2) providing consultation and training to

21 community-based organizations interested in imple22 menting fatherhood outreach, support, or skill devel23 opment programs with an emphasis on promoting

24 married fatherhood as the ideal.
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1 ‘‘(c) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There

2 is authorized to be appropriated $2,000,000 for each of

3 fiscal years 2002 through 2006 to carry out this section.’’.

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