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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3108 

To amend title 31 of the United States Code to require that Federal children’s 

programs be separately displayed and analyzed in the President’s budget. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MARCH 11, 2010 

Mr. MENENDEZ (for himself, Mr. LAUTENBERG, Mr. JOHNSON, Mr. BINGAMAN, Mr. CASEY, and Mr. BROWN of Ohio) introduced the following bill; 

which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Budget 

A BILL 

To amend title 31 of the United States Code to require 

that Federal children’s programs be separately displayed 

and analyzed in the President’s budget. 

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 ‘‘Children’s Budget 

5 Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. AMENDMENT TO TITLE 31. 

7 Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is 

8 amended by— 


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1 (1) redesignating paragraph (33), as added by 

2 Public Law 107–296, as paragraph (36); and 

3 (2) adding at the end the following: 

4 ‘‘(37)(A) A detailed, separate analysis for the 

5 prior fiscal year, the current fiscal year, the fiscal 

6 year for which the budget is submitted, and the en7 suing fiscal year identifying the amounts of gross 

8 and net appropriations or obligational authority and 

9 outlays that are directed to children within the 

10 United States and territories including— 

11 ‘‘(i) summaries of the total amount of such 

12 appropriations or new obligational authority 

13 and outlays requested for children and chil14 dren’s programs; 

15 ‘‘(ii) an estimate of current levels of spend16 ing on children and children’s programs; and 

17 ‘‘(iii) a detailed breakdown of spending on 

18 children and children’s programs by agency, de19 partment, and initiative. 

20 ‘‘(B) In this paragraph, the term ‘children’ 

21 means individuals under the age of 19. 

22 ‘‘(C) In this paragraph, spending on children 

23 includes— 

24 ‘‘(i) Federal entitlement spending that 

25 goes directly to children; 


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1 ‘‘(ii) outlays for programs and initiatives 

2 that, consistent with their mission, deliver serv3 ices exclusively to children; 

4 ‘‘(iii) outlays for programs and initiatives 

5 that, while not serving children directly, have as 

6 a core mission goal, the improvement of chil7 dren’s health, education, welfare, and general 

8 well-being; and 

9 ‘‘(iv) a share of funding for Federal pro10 grams and initiatives that deliver services to 

11 both children and adults that is consistent with 

12 the share of program benefits for children based 

13 on the best available data. 

14 ‘‘(D) In implementing this paragraph, including 

15 determining what Federal activities or accounts con16 stitutes spending on children or children’s programs, 

17 the Office of Management and Budget shall consult 

18 periodically with the Committees on the Budget of 

19 the Senate and the House, the Committees on Ap20 propriations of the Senate and the House, and the 

21 Congressional Budget Office.’’. 

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