TITLE III—ADOPTION
PROVISIONS
SEC. 301. MORE FLEXIBLE PENALTY PROCEDURE TO BE AP-
PLIED FOR FAILING TO PERMIT INTERJURIS-
DICTIONAL ADOPTION.
(a) CONVERSION OF FUNDING BAN INTO STATE PLAN
REQUIREMENT.—Section 471(a) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 671(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(21);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (22) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(23) provides that the State shall not—
‘‘(A) deny or delay the placement of a child
for adoption when an approved family is avail-
able outside of the jurisdiction with responsibil-
ity for handling the case of the child; or
‘‘(B) fail to grant an opportunity for a fair
hearing, as described in paragraph (12), to an
individual whose allegation of a violation of sub-
paragraph (A) of this paragraph is denied by the
State or not acted upon by the State with rea-
sonable promptness.’’.
(b) PENALTY FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.—Section 474(d)
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 674(d)) is amended in each of para-
graphs (1) and (2) by striking ‘‘section 471(a)(18)’’ and
inserting ‘‘paragraph (18) or (23) of section 471(a)’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 474 of such
Act (42 U.S.C. 674) is amended by striking subsection (e).
(d) RETROACTIVITY.—The amendments made by this
section shall take effect as if included in section 202(b) of
the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997.
TITLE IV—TECHNICAL
CORRECTIONS
SEC. 401. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
(a) Section 413(g)(1) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 613(g)(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘Economic and
Educational Opportunities’’ and inserting ‘‘Education and
the Workforce’’.
(b) Section 422(b)(2) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 622(b)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘under under’’
and inserting ‘‘under’’.
(c) Section 432(a)(8) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 632(a)(8)) is amended by adding ‘‘; and’’ at the end.
(d) Section 453(a)(2) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 653(a)(2)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘parentage,’’ and inserting ‘‘par-
entage or’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘or making or enforcing child
custody or visitation orders,’’; and
(3) in subparagraph (A), by decreasing the in-
dentation of clause (iv) by 2 ems.
(e)(1) Section 5557(b) of the Balanced Budget Act of
1997 (42 U.S.C. 608 note) is amended by adding at the
end the following: ‘‘The amendment made by section
5536(1)(A) shall not take effect with respect to a State until
October 1, 2000, or such earlier date as the State may se-
lect.’’.
(2) The amendment made by paragraph (1) shall take
effect as if included in the enactment of section 5557 of the
Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law 105–33; 111
Stat. 637).
(f) Section 473A(c)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 673b(c)(2)(B)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘November 30, 1997’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘April 30, 1998’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘March 1, 1998’’ and inserting
‘‘July 1, 1998’’.
(g) Section 474(a) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 674(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘(subject to the limi-
tations imposed by subsection (b))’’.
(h) Section 232 of the Social Security Act Amendments
of 1994 (42 U.S.C. 1314a) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b)(3)(D), by striking ‘‘Energy
and’’; and
(2) in subsection (d)(4), by striking ‘‘(b)(3)(D)’’
and inserting ‘‘(b)(3)’’.