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108TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4504

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

OCTOBER 6, 2004

Received 

AN ACT

To improve protections for children and to hold States accountable for the safe and timely placement of children 

across State lines, 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,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Safe and Timely Inter3 state Placement of Foster Children Act of 2004’’. 

4 SEC. 2. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS. 

5 (a) FINDING.—The Congress finds that the Inter6 state Compact on the Placement of Children (ICPC) was 

7 drafted more than 40 years ago, is outdated, and is a bar8 rier to the timely placement of children across State lines. 

9 (b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 

10 the Congress that the States should expeditiously revise 

11 the ICPC to better serve the interests of children and re12 duce unnecessary work, and that the revision should in13 clude—

14 (1) limiting its applicability to children in foster 

15 care under the responsibility of a State, except those 

16 seeking placement in a licensed residential facility 

17 primarily to access clinical mental health services; 

18 and 

19 (2) providing for deadlines for the completion 

20 and approval of home studies as set forth in section 

21 4. 

22 SEC. 3. ORDERLY AND TIMELY PROCESS FOR INTERSTATE 

23 PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN. 

24 Section 471(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

25 671(a)) is amended—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 

2 (23); 

3 (2) by striking the period at the end of para4 graph (24) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

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

6 ‘‘(25) provide that the State shall have in effect 

7 procedures for the orderly and timely interstate 

8 placement of children; and procedures implemented 

9 in accordance with an interstate compact approved 

10 by the Secretary, if incorporating with the proce11 dures prescribed by paragraph (26), shall be consid12 ered to satisfy the requirement of this paragraph.’’. 

13 SEC. 4. HOME STUDIES. 

14 (a) ORDERLY PROCESS.—

15 (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 471(a) of the Social 

16 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 671(a)) is further amend17 ed—

18 (A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para19 graph (24); 

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

21 paragraph (25) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 

22 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

23 ‘‘(26) provides that—

24 ‘‘(A)(i) within 60 days after the State re25 ceives from another State a request to conduct 
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1 a study of a home environment for purposes of 

2 assessing the appropriateness of placing a child 

3 in the home, the State shall, directly or by con4 tract—

5 ‘‘(I) conduct and complete the study; 

6 and 

7 ‘‘(II) return to the other State a re8 port on the results of the study, which 

9 shall address the extent to which place10 ment in the home would meet the needs of 

11 the child; and 

12 ‘‘(ii) in the case of a home study begun on 

13 or before September 30, 2006, if the State fails 

14 to comply with clause (i) within the 60-day pe15 riod as a result of circumstances beyond the 

16 control of the State (such as a failure by a Fed17 eral agency to provide the results of a back18 ground check, or the failure by any entity to 

19 provide completed medical forms, requested by 

20 the State at least 45 days before the end of the 

21 60-day period), the State shall have 75 days to 

22 comply with clause (i) if the State documents 

23 the circumstances involved and certifies that 

24 completing the home study is in the best inter25 ests of the child; except that 
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1 ‘‘(iii) this subparagraph shall not be con2 strued to require the State to have completed, 

3 within the applicable period, the parts of the 

4 home study involving the education and train5 ing of the prospective foster or adoptive par6 ents; 

7 ‘‘(B) the State shall treat any report de8 scribed in subparagraph (A) that is received 

9 from another State or an Indian tribe (or from 

10 a private agency under contract with another 

11 State) as meeting any requirements imposed by 

12 the State for the completion of a home study 

13 before placing a child in the home, unless, with14 in 14 days after receipt of the report, the State 

15 determines, based on grounds that are specific 

16 to the content of the report, that making a de17 cision in reliance on the report would be con18 trary to the welfare of the child; and 

19 ‘‘(C) the State shall not impose any re20 striction on the ability of a State agency admin21 istering, or supervising the administration of, a 

22 State program operated under a State plan ap23 proved under this part to contract with a pri24 vate agency for the conduct of a home study de25 scribed in subparagraph (A).’’. 
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1 (2) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense 

2 of the Congress that each State should—

3 (A) use private agencies to conduct home 

4 studies when doing so is necessary to meet the 

5 requirements of section 471(a)(26) of the Social 

6 Security Act; and 

7 (B) give full faith and credit to any home 

8 study report completed by any other State or 

9 an Indian tribe with respect to the placement of 

10 a child in foster care or for adoption. 

11 (b) TIMELY INTERSTATE HOME STUDY INCENTIVE

12 PAYMENTS.—Part E of title IV of the Social Security Act 

13 (42 U.S.C. 670–679b) is amended by inserting after sec14 tion 473A the following: 

15 ‘‘SEC. 473B. TIMELY INTERSTATE HOME STUDY INCENTIVE 

16 PAYMENTS. 

17 ‘‘(a) GRANT AUTHORITY.—The Secretary shall make 

18 a grant to each State that is a home study incentive-eligi19 ble State for a fiscal year in an amount equal to the timely 

20 interstate home study incentive payment payable to the 

21 State under this section for the fiscal year, which shall 

22 be payable in the immediately succeeding fiscal year. 

23 ‘‘(b) HOME STUDY INCENTIVE-ELIGIBLE STATE.—

24 A State is a home study incentive-eligible State for a fiscal 

25 year if—
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1 ‘‘(1) the State has a plan approved under this 

2 part for the fiscal year; 

3 ‘‘(2) the State is in compliance with subsection 

4 (c) for the fiscal year; and 

5 ‘‘(3) based on data submitted and verified pur6 suant to subsection (c), the State has completed a 

7 timely interstate home study during the fiscal year. 

8 ‘‘(c) DATA REQUIREMENTS.—

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State is in compliance 

10 with this subsection for a fiscal year if the State has 

11 provided to the Secretary a written report, covering 

12 the preceding fiscal year, that specifies—

13 ‘‘(A) the total number of interstate home 

14 studies requested by the State with respect to 

15 children in foster care under the responsibility 

16 of the State, and with respect to each such 

17 study, the identity of the other State involved; 

18 and 

19 ‘‘(B) the total number of timely interstate 

20 home studies completed by the State with re21 spect to children in foster care under the re22 sponsibility of other States, and with respect to 

23 each such study, the identity of the other State 

24 involved. 
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1 ‘‘(2) VERIFICATION OF DATA.—In determining 

2 the number of timely interstate home studies to be 

3 attributed to a State under this section, the Sec4 retary shall check the data provided by the State 

5 under paragraph (1) against complementary data so 

6 provided by other States. 

7 ‘‘(d) TIMELY INTERSTATE HOME STUDY INCENTIVE

8 PAYMENTS.—

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The timely interstate home 

10 study incentive payment payable to a State for a fis11 cal year shall be $1,500, multiplied by the number 

12 of timely interstate home studies attributed to the 

13 State under this section during the fiscal year, sub14 ject to paragraph (2). 

15 ‘‘(2) PRO RATA ADJUSTMENT IF INSUFFICIENT

16 FUNDS AVAILABLE.—If the total amount of timely 

17 interstate home study incentive payments otherwise 

18 payable under this section for a fiscal year exceeds 

19 the total of the amounts made available pursuant to 

20 subsection (h) for the fiscal year (reduced (but not 

21 below zero) by the total of the amounts (if any) pay22 able under paragraph (3) of this subsection with re23 spect to the preceding fiscal year), the amount of 

24 each such otherwise payable incentive payment shall 

25 be reduced by a percentage equal to—
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1 ‘‘(A) the total of the amounts so made 

2 available (as so reduced); divided by 

3 ‘‘(B) the total of such otherwise payable 

4 incentive payments. 

5 ‘‘(3) APPROPRIATIONS AVAILABLE FOR UNPAID

6 INCENTIVE PAYMENTS FOR PRIOR FISCAL YEARS.—

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If payments under 

8 this section are reduced under paragraph (2) or 

9 subparagraph (B) of this paragraph for a fiscal 

10 year, then, before making any other payment 

11 under this section for the next fiscal year, the 

12 Secretary shall pay each State whose payment 

13 was so reduced an amount equal to the total 

14 amount of the reductions which applied to the 

15 State, subject to subparagraph (B) of this para16 graph. 

17 ‘‘(B) PRO RATA ADJUSTMENT IF INSUFFI18 CIENT FUNDS AVAILABLE.—If the total amount 

19 of payments otherwise payable under subpara20 graph (A) of this paragraph for a fiscal year ex21 ceeds the total of the amounts made available 

22 pursuant to subsection (h) for the fiscal year, 

23 the amount of each such payment shall be re24 duced by a percentage equal to—
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1 ‘‘(i) the total of the amounts so made 

2 available; divided by 

3 ‘‘(ii) the total of such otherwise pay4 able payments. 

5 ‘‘(e) TWO-YEAR AVAILABILITY OF INCENTIVE PAY6 MENTS.—Payments to a State under this section in a fis7 cal year shall remain available for use by the State 

8 through the end of the next fiscal year. 

9 ‘‘(f) LIMITATIONS ON USE OF INCENTIVE PAY10 MENTS.—A State shall not expend an amount paid to the 

11 State under this section except to provide to children or 

12 families any service (including post-adoption services) that 

13 may be provided under part B or E. Amounts expended 

14 by a State in accordance with the preceding sentence shall 

15 be disregarded in determining State expenditures for pur16 poses of Federal matching payments under sections 423, 

17 434, and 474. 

18 ‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 

19 ‘‘(1) HOME STUDY.—The term ‘home study’ 

20 means a study of a home environment, conducted in 

21 accordance with applicable requirements of the State 

22 in which the home is located, for the purpose of as23 sessing whether placement of a child in the home 

24 would be appropriate for the child. 
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1 ‘‘(2) INTERSTATE HOME STUDY.—The term 

2 ‘interstate home study’ means a home study con3 ducted by a State at the request of another State, 

4 to facilitate an adoptive or relative placement in the 

5 State. 

6 ‘‘(3) TIMELY INTERSTATE HOME STUDY.—The 

7 term ‘timely interstate home study’ means an inter8 state home study completed by a State if the State 

9 provides to the State that requested the study, with10 in 30 days after receipt of the request, a report on 

11 the results of the study. The preceding sentence 

12 shall not be construed to require the State to have 

13 completed, within the 30-day period, the parts of the 

14 home study involving the education and training of 

15 the prospective foster or adoptive parents. 

16 ‘‘(h) LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO17 PRIATIONS.—

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For payments under this 

19 section, there are authorized to be appropriated to 

20 the Secretary—

21 ‘‘(A) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2005; 

22 ‘‘(B) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2006; 

23 ‘‘(C) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2007; and 

24 ‘‘(D) $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2008. 
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1 ‘‘(2) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts appropriated 

2 under paragraph (1) are authorized to remain avail3 able until expended.’’. 

4 (c) REPEALER.—Effective October 1, 2008, section 

5 473B of the Social Security Act is repealed. 

6 SEC. 5. REQUIREMENT TO COMPLETE BACKGROUND 

7 CHECKS BEFORE APPROVAL OF ANY FOSTER 

8 OR ADOPTIVE PLACEMENT AND TO CHECK 

9 CHILD ABUSE REGISTRIES; SUSPENSION AND 

10 SUBSEQUENT ELIMINATION OF OPT-OUT. 

11 (a) REQUIREMENT TO COMPLETE BACKGROUND

12 CHECKS BEFORE APPROVAL OF ANY FOSTER OR ADOP13 TIVE PLACEMENT AND TO CHECK CHILD ABUSE REG14 ISTRIES; SUSPENSION OF OPT-OUT.—

15 (1) REQUIREMENT TO CHECK CHILD ABUSE

16 REGISTRIES.—Section 471(a)(20) of the Social Se17 curity Act (42 U.S.C. 671(a)(20)) is amended—

18 (A) in subparagraph (A)—

19 (i) in the matter preceding clause (i), 

20 by striking ‘‘on whose behalf foster care 

21 maintenance payments or adoption assist22 ance payments are to be made’’ and insert23 ing ‘‘regardless of whether foster care 

24 maintenance payments or adoption assist-
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1 ance payments are to be made on behalf of 

2 the child’’; 

3 (ii) in each of clauses (i) and (ii), by 

4 inserting ‘‘involving a child on whose be5 half such payments are to be so made’’ 

6 after ‘‘in any case’’; and 

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

8 clause (ii); and 

9 (B) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of sub10 paragraph (B); and 

11 (C) by adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘(C) provides that the State shall—

13 ‘‘(i) check any child abuse and neglect 

14 registry maintained by the State for infor15 mation on any prospective foster or adop16 tive parent and on any other adult living in 

17 the home of such a prospective parent, and 

18 request any other State in which any such 

19 prospective parent or other adult has re20 sided in the preceding 5 years, to enable 

21 the State to check any child abuse and ne22 glect registry maintained by such other 

23 State for such information, before the pro24 spective foster or adoptive parent may be 

25 finally approved for placement of a child, 
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1 regardless of whether foster care mainte2 nance payments or adoption assistance 

3 payments are to be made on behalf of the 

4 child under the State plan under this part; 

5 ‘‘(ii) comply with any request de6 scribed in clause (i) that is received from 

7 another State; and 

8 ‘‘(iii) have in place safeguards to pre9 vent the unauthorized disclosure of infor10 mation in any child abuse and neglect reg11 istry maintained by the State, and to pre12 vent any such information obtained pursu13 ant to this subparagraph from being used 

14 for a purpose other than the conducting of 

15 background checks in foster or adoptive 

16 placement cases;’’. 

17 (2) SUSPENSION OF OPT-OUT.—Section 

18 471(a)(20)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

19 671(a)(20)(B)) is amended—

20 (A) by inserting ‘‘, on or before September 

21 30, 2004,’’ after ‘‘plan if’’; and 

22 (B) by inserting ‘‘, on or before such 

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1 (b) ELIMINATION OF OPT-OUT.—Section 471(a)(20) 

2 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 671(a)(20)), as amended by sub3 section (a) of this section, is amended—

4 (1) in subparagraph (A)—

5 (A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by 

6 striking ‘‘unless an election provided for in sub7 paragraph (B) is made with respect to the 

8 State,’’; and 

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

10 (ii); and 

11 (2) by striking subparagraph (B) and redesig12 nating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B). 

13 SEC. 6. COURTS ALLOWED ACCESS TO THE FEDERAL PAR14 ENT LOCATOR SERVICE TO LOCATE PARENTS 

15 IN FOSTER CARE OR ADOPTIVE PLACEMENT 

16 CASES. 

17 Section 453(c) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

18 653(c)) is amended—

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

20 (3); 

21 (2) by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; 

22 and’’; and 

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

24 ‘‘(5) any court which has authority with respect 

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1 adoption, but only for the purpose of locating a par2 ent of the child.’’. 

3 SEC. 7. CASEWORKER VISITS. 

4 (a) PURCHASE OF SERVICES IN INTERSTATE PLACE5 MENT CASES.—Section 475(5)(A)(ii) of the Social Secu6 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 675(5)(A)(ii)) is amended by striking 

7 ‘‘or of the State in which the child has been placed’’ and 

8 inserting ‘‘of the State in which the child has been placed, 

9 or of a private agency under contract with either such 

10 State’’. 

11 (b) INCREASED VISITS.—Section 475(5)(A)(ii) of 

12 such Act (42 U.S.C. 675(5)(A)(ii)) is amended by striking 

13 ‘‘12’’ and inserting ‘‘6’’. 

14 SEC. 8. HEALTH AND EDUCATION RECORDS. 

15 Section 475 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

16 675) is amended—

17 (1) in paragraph (1)(C)—

18 (A) by striking ‘‘To the extent available 

19 and accessible, the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’; and 

20 (B) by inserting ‘‘the most recent informa21 tion available regarding’’ after ‘‘including’’; and 

22 (2) in paragraph (5)(D)—

23 (A) by inserting ‘‘a copy of the record is’’ 

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1 (B) by inserting ‘‘, and is supplied to the 

2 child at no cost at the time the child leaves fos3 ter care if the child is leaving foster care by 

4 reason of having attained the age of majority 

5 under State law’’ before the semicolon. 

6 SEC. 9. RIGHT TO BE HEARD IN FOSTER CARE PRO7 CEEDINGS. 

8 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 475(5)(G) of the Social 

9 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 675(5)(G)) is amended—

10 (1) by striking ‘‘an opportunity’’ and inserting 

11 ‘‘a right’’; 

12 (2) by striking ‘‘and opportunity’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘and right’’; and 

14 (3) by striking ‘‘review or hearing’’ each place 

15 it appears and inserting ‘‘proceeding’’. 

16 (b) NOTICE OF PROCEEDING.—Section 438(b) of 

17 such Act (42 U.S.C. 638(b)) is amended by inserting 

18 ‘‘shall have in effect a rule requiring State courts to notify 

19 foster parents, pre-adoptive parents, and relative care20 givers of a child in foster care under the responsibility of 

21 the State of any proceeding to be held with respect to the 

22 child, and’’ after ‘‘highest State court’’. 

23 SEC. 10. COURT IMPROVEMENT. 

24 Section 438(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 

25 U.S.C. 629h(a)(1)) is amended—
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1 (1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara2 graph (C); and 

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

4 ‘‘(E) that determine the best strategy to 

5 use to expedite the interstate placement of chil6 dren, including—

7 ‘‘(i) requiring courts in different 

8 States to cooperate in the sharing of infor9 mation; 

10 ‘‘(ii) authorizing courts to obtain in11 formation and testimony from agencies 

12 and parties in other States without requir13 ing interstate travel by the agencies and 

14 parties; and 

15 ‘‘(iii) permitting the participation of 

16 parents, children, other necessary parties, 

17 and attorneys in cases involving interstate 

18 placement without requiring their inter19 state travel; and’’. 

20 SEC. 11. REASONABLE EFFORTS. 

21 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 471(a)(15)(C) of the So22 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 671(a)(15)(C)) is amended 

23 by inserting ‘‘(including, if appropriate, through an inter24 state placement)’’ after ‘‘accordance with the permanency 

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1 (b) PERMANENCY HEARING.—Section 

2 471(a)(15)(E)(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 671(a)(15)(E)(i)) 

3 is amended by inserting ‘‘, which considers in-State and 

4 out-of-State permanent placement options for the child,’’ 

5 before ‘‘shall’’. 

6 (c) CONCURRENT PLANNING.—Section 

7 471(a)(15)(F) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 671(a)(15)(F)) is 

8 amended by inserting ‘‘, including identifying appropriate 

9 out-of-State relatives and placements’’ before ‘‘may’’. 

10 SEC. 12. CASE PLANS. 

11 Section 475(1)(E) of the Social Security Act (42 

12 U.S.C. 675(1)(E)) is amended by inserting ‘‘to facilitate 

13 orderly and timely in-State and interstate placements’’ be14 fore the period. 

15 SEC. 13. CASE REVIEW SYSTEM. 

16 Section 475(5)(C) of the Social Security Act (42 

17 U.S.C. 675(5)(C) is amended—

18 (1) by inserting ‘‘, in the case of a child who 

19 will not be returned to the parent, the hearing shall 

20 consider in-State and out-of-State placement op21 tions,’’ after ‘‘living arrangement’’; and 

22 (2) by inserting ‘‘the hearing shall determine’’ 

23 before ‘‘whether the’’. 
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1 SEC. 14. USE OF INTERJURISDICTIONAL RESOURCES. 

2 Section 422(b)(12) of the Social Security Act (42 

3 U.S.C. 622(b)(12)) is amended—

4 (1) by striking ‘‘develop plans for the’’ and in5 serting ‘‘make’’; 

6 (2) by inserting ‘‘(including through contracts 

7 for the purchase of services)’’ after ‘‘resources’’; and 

8 (3) by inserting ‘‘, and shall eliminate legal bar9 riers,’’ before ‘‘to facilitate’’. 

10 SEC. 15. GAO STUDY ON CHILD WELFARE BACKGROUND 

11 CHECKS. 

12 (a) STUDY.—The Comptroller General of the United 

13 States shall conduct a study of background checks that 

14 are performed for the purpose of determining the appro15 priateness of placing in a foster or adoptive home a child 

16 who is under the custody of a State. The study shall re17 view the policies and practices of States in order to—

18 (1) identify the most common delays in the 

19 background clearance process and where in the proc20 ess the delays occur; 

21 (2) describe when background checks are initi22 ated; 

23 (3) determine which of local, State, or Federal 

24 (such as FBI) background checks are used, how 

25 long it takes, on average, for each kind of check to 

26 be processed, which crimes or other events are in-
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1 cluded in each kind of check, how the States differ 

2 in classifying the crimes and other events checked, 

3 and how the information revealed by the checks is 

4 used in determining eligibility to act as a foster or 

5 adoptive parent; 

6 (4) examine the barriers child welfare agencies 

7 face in accessing criminal background check infor8 mation; 

9 (5) examine the use of the latest information10 sharing technology, including electronic 

11 fingerprinting and participation in the Integrated 

12 Automated Fingerprinting Information System; 

13 (6) identify the varied uses of such technology 

14 for child welfare purposes as opposed to criminal 

15 justice purposes; and 

16 (7) recommend best practices that can increase 

17 the speed, efficiency, and accuracy of child welfare 

18 background checks at all levels of government. 

19 (b) REPORT TO THE CONGRESS.—Within 12 months 

20 after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Comp21 troller General of the United States shall submit to the 

22 Committees on Ways and Means and on Education and 

23 the Workforce of the House of Representatives and the 

24 Committees on Finance and on Health, Education, Labor, 
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1 and Pensions of the Senate a report which contains the 

2 results of the study required by subsection (a). 

3 SEC. 16. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in 

5 this section, the amendments made by this Act shall take 

6 effect on October 1, 2004, and shall apply to payments 

7 under parts B and E of title IV of the Social Security 

8 Act for calendar quarters beginning on or after such date, 

9 without regard to whether regulations to implement the 

10 amendments are promulgated by such date. 

11 (b) ELIMINATION OF OPT-OUT.—The amendments 

12 made by section 5(b) shall take effect on October 1, 2006, 

13 and shall apply to payments under part E of title IV of 

14 the Social Security Act for calendar quarters beginning 

15 on or after such date, without regard to whether regula16 tions to implement the amendments are promulgated by 

17 such date. 

18 (c) DELAY PERMITTED IF STATE LEGISLATION RE19 QUIRED.—If the Secretary of Health and Human Services 

20 determines that State legislation (other than legislation 

21 appropriating funds) is required in order for a State plan 

22 under part B or E of title IV of the Social Security Act 

23 to meet the additional requirements imposed by the 

24 amendments made by a provision of this Act, the plan 

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1 tional requirements before the 1st day of the 1st calendar 

2 quarter beginning after the first regular session of the 

3 State legislature that begins after the date of the enact4 ment of this Act (or, in the case of the amendments made 

5 by section 5(b), the 1st day of the 1st calendar quarter 

6 beginning after the first such regular session that begins 

7 after the effective date of such section). If the State has 

8 a 2-year legislative session, each year of the session is 

9 deemed to be a separate regular session of the State legis10 lature.

Passed the House of Representatives October 5, 

2004. 

Attest: JEFF TRANDAHL, 

Clerk.