total amount of payments otherwise re-
quired to be made under this paragraph 
for the fiscal year, then the amount other-
wise payable to any State for the fiscal 
year under this paragraph shall, subject to 
clause (ii)(I), be reduced by such equal 
percentage as may be necessary to ensure 
that the total of the amounts payable for 
the fiscal year under this paragraph equals 
the amount available for the grants. 
‘‘(C) USE OF GRANT.—A State to which a 
grant is made under this paragraph shall use 
the grant for any purpose for which a grant 
made under this part may be used. 
‘‘(D) DEFINITIONS.—In this paragraph: 
‘‘(i) QUALIFIED CHILD POVERTY RE-
DUCTION
STATE.—The term ‘qualified 
child poverty reduction State’ means, with 
respect to a fiscal year, a State if—
‘‘(I) 
the 
child 
poverty 
rate 
achieved by the State for the then 
most recently completed calendar year 
for which such information is avail-
able is less than the lowest child pov-
erty rate achieved by the State during 
the applicable period; and 
‘‘(II) the average depth of child 
poverty in the State for the then most 
recently completed calendar year for 
which such information is available is 
not greater than the average depth of 
child poverty in the State for the cal-
endar year that precedes such then 
most 
recently 
completed 
calendar 
year. 
‘‘(ii) APPLICABLE PERIOD.—In clause 
(i), the term ‘applicable period’ means, 
with respect to a State and the calendar 
year referred to in clause (i)(I), the period 
that—
‘‘(I) begins with the calendar 
year that, as of October 1, 2002, pre-
cedes the then most recently com-
pleted calendar year for which such 
information is available; and 
‘‘(II) ends with the calendar year 
that precedes the calendar year re-
ferred to clause (i)(I).
‘‘(iii) CHILD
POVERTY
RATE.—The 
term ‘child poverty rate’ means, with re-
spect to a State and a calendar year, the 
percentage of children residing in the State 
during the calendar year whose family in-
come for the calendar year is less than the 
poverty line then applicable to the family. 
‘‘(iv) AVERAGE DEPTH OF CHILD POV-
ERTY.—The term ‘average depth of child 
poverty’ means with respect to a State and 
a calendar year, the average dollar amount 
by which family income is exceeded by the 
poverty line, among children in the State 
whose family income for the calendar year 
is less than the applicable poverty line. 
‘‘(v) POVERTY LINE.—The term ‘pov-
erty line’ has the meaning given the term 
in section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget 
Reconciliation Act of 1981, including any 
revision required by such section applicable 
to a family of the size involved. 
‘‘(E) FAMILY INCOME DETERMINATIONS.—
For purposes of this paragraph, family income 
includes cash income, child support payments, 
child care payments, government cash pay-
ments, and benefits under the Food Stamp Act 
of 1977 that are received by any family mem-
ber, and family income shall be determined 
after payment of all taxes and receipt of any 
tax refund or rebate by any family member. 
‘‘(F) APPROPRIATIONS.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Out of any money 
in the Treasury of the United States not 
otherwise appropriated, there are appro-
priated for fiscal year 2003 and each fiscal 
year thereafter $150,000,000 for grants 
under this paragraph. 
‘‘(ii) AVAILABILITY.—Amounts made 
available under clause (i) shall remain 
available until expended.’’.
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