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transfers to appropriations under this heading by substituting ‘‘10 
percent’’ for ‘‘3 percent’’. 
PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT 
BLOCK GRANT 
For carrying out the Child Care and Development Block Grant 
Act of 2014 (‘‘CCDBG Act’’), $2,761,000,000 shall be used to supple-
ment, not supplant State general revenue funds for child care 
assistance for low-income families: Provided, That, in addition to 
the amounts required to be reserved by the States under section 
658G of the CCDBG Act, $127,206,000 shall be for activities that 
improve the quality of infant and toddler care: Provided further, 
That technical assistance under section 658I(a)(3) of such Act may 
be provided directly, or through the use of contracts, grants, 
cooperative agreements, or interagency agreements: Provided fur-
ther, That all funds made available to carry out section 418 of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 618), including funds appropriated 
for that purpose in such section 418 or any other provision of 
law, shall be subject to the reservation of funds authority in para-
graphs (4) and (5) of section 658O(a) of the CCDBG Act. 
SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT 
For making grants to States pursuant to section 2002 of the 
Social Security Act, $1,700,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding 
subparagraph (B) of section 404(d)(2) of such Act, the applicable 
percent specified under such subparagraph for a State to carry 
out State programs pursuant to title XX–A of such Act shall be 
10 percent. 
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the Runaway 
and Homeless Youth Act, the Head Start Act, the Child Abuse 
Prevention and Treatment Act, sections 303 and 313 of the Family 
Violence Prevention and Services Act, the Native American Pro-
grams Act of 1974, title II of the Child Abuse Prevention and 
Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (adoption opportuni-
ties), part B–1 of title IV and sections 429, 473A, 477(i), 1110, 
1114A, and 1115 of the Social Security Act; for making payments 
under the Community Services Block Grant Act (‘‘CSBG Act’’), 
and the Assets for Independence Act; for necessary administrative 
expenses to carry out titles I, IV, V, X, XI, XIV, XVI, and XX– 
A of the Social Security Act, the Act of July 5, 1960, the Low 
Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, title IV of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act, and section 501 of the Refugee 
Education Assistance Act of 1980; and for the administration of 
prior year obligations made by the Administration for Children 
and Families under the Developmental Disabilities Assistance and 
Bill of Rights Act and the Help America Vote Act of 2002, 
$10,984,268,000, of which $37,943,000, to remain available through 
September 30, 2017, shall be for grants to States for adoption 
and legal guardianship incentive payments, as defined by section 
473A of the Social Security Act and may be made for adoptions 
completed 
before 
September 
30, 
2016: 
Provided, 
That 
$9,168,095,000 shall be for making payments under the Head Start 
Act: Provided further, That of the amount in the previous proviso,
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$8,214,095,000 shall be available for payments under section 640 
of the Head Start Act, of which $141,000,000 shall be available 
for a cost of living adjustment notwithstanding section 640(a)(3)(A) 
of such Act: Provided further, That notwithstanding such section 
640, of the amount in the second preceding proviso, $294,000,000 
(of which up to one percent may be reserved for research and 
evaluation) shall be available through December 31, 2016 for award 
by the Secretary to grantees that apply for supplemental funding 
to increase their hours of program operations and for training 
and technical assistance for such activities: Provided further, That 
of the amount provided for making payments under the Head 
Start Act, $25,000,000 shall be available for allocation by the Sec-
retary to supplement activities described in paragraphs (7)(B) and 
(9) of section 641(c) of such Act under the Designation Renewal 
System, established under the authority of sections 641(c)(7), 
645A(b)(12) and 645A(d) of such Act: Provided further, That not-
withstanding such section 640, of the amount provided for making 
payments under the Head Start Act, and in addition to funds 
otherwise available under such section 640 for such purposes, 
$635,000,000 shall be available through March 31, 2017 for Early 
Head Start programs as described in section 645A of such Act, 
for conversion of Head Start services to Early Head Start services 
as described in section 645(a)(5)(A) of such Act, for discretionary 
grants for high quality infant and toddler care through Early Head 
Start-Child Care Partnerships, to entities defined as eligible under 
section 645A(d) of such Act, for training and technical assistance 
for such activities, and for up to $14,000,000 in Federal costs 
of administration and evaluation, and, notwithstanding section 
645A(c)(2) of such Act, these funds are available to serve children 
under age 4: Provided further, That funds described in the preceding 
two provisos shall not be included in the calculation of ‘‘base grant’’ 
in subsequent fiscal years, as such term is used in section 
640(a)(7)(A) of such Act: Provided further, That $751,383,000 shall 
be for making payments under the CSBG Act: Provided further, 
That $36,733,000 shall be for sections 680 and 678E(b)(2) of the 
CSBG Act, of which not less than $29,883,000 shall be for section 
680(a)(2) and not less than $6,500,000 shall be for section 
680(a)(3)(B) of such Act: Provided further, That to the extent 
Community Services Block Grant funds are distributed as grant 
funds by a State to an eligible entity as provided under the CSBG 
Act, and have not been expended by such entity, they shall remain 
with such entity for carryover into the next fiscal year for expendi-
ture by such entity consistent with program purposes: Provided 
further, That the Secretary shall establish procedures regarding 
the disposition of intangible assets and program income that permit 
such assets acquired with, and program income derived from, grant 
funds authorized under section 680 of the CSBG Act to become 
the sole property of such grantees after a period of not more 
than 12 years after the end of the grant period for any activity 
consistent with section 680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act: Provided 
further, That intangible assets in the form of loans, equity invest-
ments and other debt instruments, and program income may be 
used by grantees for any eligible purpose consistent with section 
680(a)(2)(A) of the CSBG Act: Provided further, That these proce-
dures shall apply to such grant funds made available after 
November 29, 1999: Provided further, That funds appropriated for 
section 680(a)(2) of the CSBG Act shall be available for financing
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construction and rehabilitation and loans or investments in private 
business enterprises owned by community development corpora-
tions: Provided further, That the Secretary shall issue performance 
standards for nonprofit organizations receiving funds from State 
and territorial grantees under the CSBG Act, and such States 
and territories shall assure the implementation of such standards 
prior to September 30, 2016, and include information on such 
implementation in the report required by section 678E(2) of such 
Act: Provided further, That, to the extent funds for the Assets 
for Independence (AFI) Act provided in this Act are distributed 
as grant funds to a qualified entity and have not been expended 
by such entity within 3 years after the date of the award, such 
funds may be recaptured and, during the fiscal year of such recap-
ture, reallocated among other qualified entities, to remain available 
to such entities for 5 years: Provided further, That $1,864,000 
shall be for a human services case management system for federally 
declared disasters, to include a comprehensive national case 
management contract and Federal costs of administering the 
system: Provided further, That up to $2,000,000 shall be for 
improving the Public Assistance Reporting Information System, 
including grants to States to support data collection for a study 
of the system’s effectiveness. 
PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, section 436 
of the Social Security Act, $345,000,000 and, for carrying out, 
except as otherwise provided, section 437 of such Act, $59,765,000. 
PAYMENTS FOR FOSTER CARE AND PERMANENCY 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title IV–E of 
the Social Security Act, $5,298,000,000. 
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, title IV–E of 
the Social Security Act, for the first quarter of fiscal year 2017, 
$2,300,000,000. 
For carrying out, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, except 
as otherwise provided, section 474 of title IV–E of the Social Secu-
rity Act, for the last 3 months of the current fiscal year for unantici-
pated costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as 
may be necessary. 
ADMINISTRATION FOR COMMUNITY LIVING 
AGING AND DISABILITY SERVICES PROGRAMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the 
Older Americans Act of 1965 (‘‘OAA’’), titles III and XXIX of the 
PHS Act, sections 1252 and 1253 of the PHS Act, section 119 
of the Medicare Improvements for Patients and Providers Act of 
2008, title XX–B of the Social Security Act, the Developmental 
Disabilities Assistance and Bill of Rights Act, parts 2 and 5 of 
subtitle D of title II of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, the 
Assistive Technology Act of 1998, titles II and VII (and section 
14 with respect to such titles) of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973,
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and for Department-wide coordination of policy and program activi-
ties that assist individuals with disabilities, $1,912,735,000, 
together with $52,115,000 to be transferred from the Federal Hos-
pital Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Supplementary Medical 
Insurance Trust Fund to carry out section 4360 of the Omnibus 
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990: Provided, That amounts appro-
priated under this heading may be used for grants to States under 
section 361 of the OAA only for disease prevention and health 
promotion programs and activities which have been demonstrated 
through rigorous evaluation to be evidence-based and effective: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding any other provision of this 
Act, funds made available under this heading to carry out section 
311 of the OAA may be transferred to the Secretary of Agriculture 
in accordance with such section: Provided further, That $2,000,000 
shall be for competitive grants to support alternative financing 
programs that provide for the purchase of assistive technology 
devices, such as a low-interest loan fund; an interest buy-down 
program; a revolving loan fund; a loan guarantee; or an insurance 
program: Provided further, That applicants shall provide an assur-
ance that, and information describing the manner in which, the 
alternative financing program will expand and emphasize consumer 
choice and control: Provided further, That State agencies and 
community-based disability organizations that are directed by and 
operated for individuals with disabilities shall be eligible to compete: 
Provided further, That in addition, the unobligated balance of 
amounts previously made available for the Health Resources and 
Services Administration to carry out functions under sections 1252 
and 1253 of the PHS Act shall be transferred to this account, 
except for such sums as may be necessary to provide for an orderly 
transition of such functions to the Administration for Community 
Living: Provided further, That none of the funds made available 
under this heading may be used by an eligible system (as defined 
in section 102 of the Protection and Advocacy for Individuals with 
Mental Illness Act (42 U.S.C. 10802)) to continue to pursue any 
legal action in a Federal or State court on behalf of an individual 
or group of individuals with a developmental disability (as defined 
in section 102(8)(A) of the Developmental Disabilities and Assist-
ance and Bill of Rights Act of 2000 (20 U.S.C. 15002(8)(A)) that 
is attributable to a mental impairment (or a combination of mental 
and physical impairments), that has as the requested remedy the 
closure of State operated intermediate care facilities for people 
with intellectual or developmental disabilities, unless reasonable 
public notice of the action has been provided to such individuals 
(or, in the case of mental incapacitation, the legal guardians who 
have been specifically awarded authority by the courts to make 
healthcare and residential decisions on behalf of such individuals) 
who are affected by such action, within 90 days of instituting 
such legal action, which informs such individuals (or such legal 
guardians) of their legal rights and how to exercise such rights 
consistent with current Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: Provided 
further, That the limitations in the immediately preceding proviso 
shall not apply in the case of an individual who is neither competent 
to consent nor has a legal guardian, nor shall the proviso apply 
in the case of individuals who are a ward of the State or subject 
to public guardianship.