I
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1726
To establish as an element of the national security of the United States
the importance of providing for the health, safety, and education of
children in the United States.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 22, 1997
Ms. FURSE (for herself, Mrs. CLAYTON, Ms. DEGETTE, Ms. HOOLEY of Or-
egon, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Ms. LOFGREN, Mrs. LOWEY, Ms.
MCKINNEY, Mrs. MALONEY of New York, Ms. MILLENDER-MCDONALD,
Mrs. MINK of Hawaii, Ms. NORTON, Ms. SLAUGHTER, Ms. WATERS, and
Ms. WOOLSEY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Ways
and Means, Education and the Workforce, the Judiciary, Transportation
and Infrastructure, Banking and Financial Services, and the Budget, for
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned
A BILL
To establish as an element of the national security of the
United States the importance of providing for the health,
safety, and education of children in the United States.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE AND TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Children’s National Security Act’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title and table of contents.
TITLE I—HEALTHY FUTURE
Sec. 101. Medicaid presumptive eligibility for low-income children.
Sec. 102. Amendment to Public Health Service Act.
Sec. 103. Diabetes research.
Sec. 104. Extension of Bone Marrow Program; provision regarding bone mar-
row registry and children of mixed ancestry.
Sec. 105. Genetic information nondiscrimination in health insurance.
Sec. 106. Eating disorders information and education.
Sec. 107. Medicare special reimbursement rule for primary care combined resi-
dency programs.
Sec. 108. Grandparent and family caregiver support.
TITLE II—CARING FOR FAMILIES
Sec. 201. Intergenerational foster care housing demonstration.
Sec. 202. Middle class child care affordability.
Sec. 203. Leave for adopted and foster children.
Sec. 204. States required to have standby guardianship law as a condition of
eligibility for Federal funds for foster care and adoption assist-
ance.
Sec. 205. Omnibus foster care improvement.
Sec. 206. Working families child care.
TITLE III—FAMILY SAFETY
Sec. 301. Prevention of date rape.
Sec. 302. Child Abuse Accountability Act.
Sec. 303. Protection from sexual predators.
Sec. 304. Child safety locks for firearms.
Sec. 305. Safe and sober streets.
Sec. 306. Minimum sentence for a person who operates a motor vehicle while
alcohol-impaired.
Sec. 307. Handgun safety.
TITLE IV—ECONOMIC SECURITY
Sec. 401. Family investment package.
Sec. 402. Single Parent Protection Act.
Sec. 403. Work for Real Wages Act.
TITLE V—EDUCATING OUR CHILDREN
PART 1—PROGRAM AUTHORIZED
Sec. 501. Findings and purposes.
Sec. 502. Definitions.
Sec. 503. Funds appropriated.
Sec. 504. Allocation of funds.
PART 2—GRANTS TO STATES
Sec. 511. Allocation of funds.
Sec. 512. Eligible State agency.
Sec. 513. Allowable use of funds.
Sec. 514. Eligible construction projects; period of initiation.
Sec. 515. Selection of localities and projects.
Sec. 516. State applications.
Sec. 517. Amount of Federal subsidy.
Sec. 518. Separate funds or accounts’ prudent investment.
Sec. 519. State reports.
PART 3—DIRECT GRANTS TO LOCAL EDUCATIONAL AGENCIES
Sec. 521. Eligible local educational agencies.
Sec. 522. Grantees.
Sec. 523. Allowable use of funds.
Sec. 524. Eligible construction projects; redistribution.
Sec. 525. Local applications.
Sec. 526. Formula grants.
Sec. 527. Competitive grants.
Sec. 528. Amount of Federal subsidy.
Sec. 529. Separate funds or accounts; prudent investment.
Sec. 530. Local reports.
PART 4—GENERAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 531. Technical employees.
Sec. 532. Wage rates.
Sec. 533. No liability of Federal Government.
Sec. 534. Consultation with Secretary of the Treasury.
TITLE VI—BUDGETING PROVISIONS
Sec. 601. Increase in budget functions for domestic programs.
Sec. 602. Offsetting reductions in defense budget functions.
TITLE I—HEALTHY FUTURE
SEC. 101. MEDICAID PRESUMPTIVE ELIGIBILITY FOR LOW-
INCOME CHILDREN.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title XIX of the Social Security
Act is amended by inserting after section 1920 the follow-
ing new section:
‘‘PRESUMPTIVE ELIGIBILITY FOR CHILDREN
‘‘SEC. 1920A. (a) A State plan approved under sec-
tion 1902 may provide for making medical assistance with
respect to health care items and services covered under
the State plan available to a child during a presumptive
eligibility period.
‘‘(b) For purposes of this section:
‘‘(1) The term ‘child’ means an individual
under 19 years of age.
‘‘(2) The term ‘presumptive eligibility period’
means, with respect to a child, the period that—
‘‘(A) begins with the date on which a
qualified entity determines, on the basis of pre-
liminary information, that the family income of
the child does not exceed the applicable income
level of eligibility under the State plan, and
‘‘(B) ends with (and includes) the earlier
of—
‘‘(i) the day on which a determination
is made with respect to the eligibility of
the child for medical assistance under the
State plan, or
‘‘(ii) in the case of a child on whose
behalf an application is not filed by the
last day of the month following the month
during which the entity makes the deter-
mination referred to in subparagraph (A),
such last day.
‘‘(3)(A) Subject to subparagraph (B), the term
‘qualified entity’ means any entity that—
‘‘(i)(I) is eligible for payments under a
State plan approved under this title and pro-
vides items and services described in subsection
(a) or (II) is authorized to determine eligibility
of a child to participate in a Head Start pro-
gram under the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C.
9821 et seq.), eligibility of a child to receive
child care services for which financial assistance
is provided under the Child Care and Develop-
ment Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858
et seq.), eligibility of an infant or child to re-
ceive assistance under the special supplemental
nutrition program for women, infants, and chil-
dren (WIC) under section 17 of the Child Nu-
trition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786); and
‘‘(ii) is determined by the State agency to
be capable of making determinations of the type
described in paragraph (1)(A).
‘‘(B) The Secretary may issue regulations fur-
ther limiting those entities that may become quali-
fied entities in order to prevent fraud and abuse and
for other reasons.