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the birth of the child, and if the parents 
were not then married, whether the pater-
nity of the child has been established.’’. 
(b) USE
OF SAMPLES.—Section 411(a)(1)(B) (42 
U.S.C. 611(a)(1)(B)) is amended—
(1) in clause (i)—
(A) by striking ‘‘a sample’’ and inserting 
‘‘samples’’; and 
(B) by inserting before the period ‘‘, except 
that the Secretary may designate core data ele-
ments that must be reported on all families’’; 
and 
(2) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘funded under this 
part’’ and inserting ‘‘described in subparagraph (A)’’. 
(c) REPORT ON FAMILIES THAT BECOME INELIGIBLE 
TO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE.—Section 411(a) (42 U.S.C. 
611(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking paragraph (5); 
(2) by redesignating paragraph (6) as para-
graph (5); and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (5) (as so redes-
ignated) the following: 
‘‘(6) REPORT ON FAMILIES THAT BECOME INELI-
GIBLE TO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE.—The report required 
by paragraph (1) for a fiscal quarter shall include for
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each month in the quarter the number of families and 
total number of individuals that, during the month, 
became ineligible to receive assistance under the State 
program funded under this part (broken down by the 
number of families that become so ineligible due to 
earnings, changes in family composition that result 
in increased earnings, sanctions, time limits, or other 
specified reasons).’’. 
(d) REGULATIONS.—Section 411(a)(7) (42 U.S.C. 
611(a)(7)) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘and to collect the necessary 
data’’ before ‘‘with respect to which reports’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tion’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘in defining the data elements’’ 
and all that follows and inserting ‘‘, the National 
Governors’ Association, the American Public Human 
Services Association, the National Conference of State 
Legislatures, and others in defining the data ele-
ments.’’. 
(e) ADDITIONAL REPORTS BY STATES.—Section 411 
(42 U.S.C. 611) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection 
(e); and
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(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(b) ANNUAL REPORTS ON PROGRAM CHARACTERIS-
TICS.—Not later than 90 days after the end of fiscal year 
2004 and each succeeding fiscal year, each eligible State 
shall submit to the Secretary a report on the characteristics 
of the State program funded under this part and other State 
programs funded with qualified State expenditures (as de-
fined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)). The report shall include, 
with respect to each such program, the program name, a 
description of program activities, the program purpose, the 
program eligibility criteria, the sources of program funding, 
the number of program beneficiaries, sanction policies, and 
any program work requirements. 
‘‘(c) MONTHLY REPORTS ON CASELOAD.—Not later 
than 3 months after the end of each calendar month that 
begins 1 year or more after the date of enactment of this 
subsection, each eligible State shall submit to the Secretary 
a report on the number of families and total number of in-
dividuals receiving assistance in the calendar month under 
the State program funded under this part and under other 
State programs funded with qualified State expenditures 
(as defined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)). 
‘‘(d) ANNUAL REPORT ON PERFORMANCE IMPROVE-
MENT.—Beginning with fiscal year 2005, not later than
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January 1 of each fiscal year, each eligible State shall sub-
mit to the Secretary a report on achievement and improve-
ment during the preceding fiscal year under the perform-
ance goals and measures under the State program funded 
under this part with respect to each of the matters described 
in section 402(a)(1)(A)(v).’’. 
(f) ANNUAL REPORTS TO CONGRESS BY THE SEC-
RETARY.—Section 411(e) (42 U.S.C. 611(e)), as so redesig-
nated by subsection (e) of this section, is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘and each fiscal year thereafter’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘and not later than July 1 of each fiscal year 
thereafter’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘families ap-
plying for assistance,’’ and by striking the last 
comma; and 
(3) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘and other 
programs funded with qualified State expenditures 
(as defined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i))’’ before the 
semicolon. 
SEC. 113. DIRECT FUNDING AND ADMINISTRATION BY IN-
DIAN TRIBES. 
(a) FUNDING FOR TRIBAL TANF PROGRAMS.—
(1) REAUTHORIZATION OF TRIBAL FAMILY AS-
SISTANCE GRANTS.—Section 412(a)(1)(A) (42 U.S.C.
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612(a)(1)(A)), as amended by section 3(h) of the Wel-
fare Reform Extension Act of 2003, is amended by 
striking ‘‘1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 
2003’’ and inserting ‘‘2004 through 2008’’. 
(2) GRANTS FOR INDIAN TRIBES THAT RECEIVED 
JOBS
FUNDS.—Section 412(a)(2)(A) (42 U.S.C. 
612(a)(2)(A)), as so amended, is amended by striking 
‘‘1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003’’ and 
inserting ‘‘2004 through 2008’’. 
(b) TRIBAL TANF IMPROVEMENT FUND.—Section 
412(a) (42 U.S.C. 612(a)) is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(4) TRIBAL TANF IMPROVEMENT FUND.—
‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Secretary shall 
establish a fund for purposes of carrying out any 
of the following activities: 
‘‘(i) Providing technical assistance to 
Indian tribes considering applying to carry 
out, or that are carrying out, a tribal fam-
ily assistance plan under this section in 
order to help such tribes establish and oper-
ate strong and effective tribal family assist-
ance plans under this section that will 
allow families receiving assistance under