I
105TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3880
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002
to carry out the Head Start Act, the Low-Income Home Energy Assist-
ance Act of 1981, and the Community Services Block Grant Act, and
for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 14, 1998
Mr. MARTINEZ (for himself, Mr. CLAY, Mrs. MINK of Hawaii, Mr. ANDREWS,
Mr. SCOTT, Ms. WOOLSEY, Mr. ROMERO-BARCELO´, Mr. FATTAH, Mr.
HINOJOSA, Ms. SANCHEZ, Mr. FORD, and Mr. KUCINICH) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Education and the
Workforce, and in addition to the Committee on Commerce, for a period
to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider-
ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee
concerned
A BILL
To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1999, 2000,
2001, and 2002 to carry out the Head Start Act, the
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981, and
the Community Services Block Grant Act, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Human Services
Amendments of 1998’’.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents for this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
TITLE I—HEAD START PROGRAMS
Sec. 101. Definitions.
Sec. 102. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 103. Allotment of funds; limitations on assistance.
Sec. 104. Designation of Head Start agencies.
Sec. 105. Amendments to quality standards; monitoring of Head Start agencies
and programs.
Sec. 106. Powers and functions of Head Start agencies.
Sec. 107. Participation in Head Start programs.
Sec. 108. Programs for families with infants and toddlers.
Sec. 109. Head Start Fellowships.
Sec. 110. Quality improvement study.
TITLE II—LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
Sec. 201. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 202. Technical definitions changes.
Sec. 203. Technical changes to State allotments.
Sec. 204. Applications and requirements.
TITLE III—COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT
Sec. 301. Authorization of appropriations.
Sec. 302. Definitions.
Sec. 303. Applications and requirements.
Sec. 304. Withholding.
Sec. 305. Discretionary authority of the Secretary.
Sec. 306. Community food and nutrition.
Sec. 307. National or regional programs designed to provide instructional ac-
tivities for low-income youth.
Sec. 308. Annual report.
TITLE IV—EFFECTIVE DATES; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS
Sec. 401. Effective dates; application of amendments.
TITLE I—HEAD START
PROGRAMS
SEC. 101. DEFINITIONS.
Section 637(4) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C.
9832(4)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(4) The term ‘family literacy services’ means
services that are of sufficient intensity in terms of
hours, and of sufficient duration, to make sustain-
able changes in a family (such as eliminating or re-
ducing welfare dependency) and that integrate all of
the following activities:
‘‘(A) Interactive literacy activities between
parents and their children.
‘‘(B) Equipping parents to become part-
ners with their children in learning.
‘‘(C) Parent literacy training, including
training that contributes to economic self-suffi-
ciency and English as a second language.
‘‘(D) Instruction for children of parents re-
ceiving parent literacy services, particularly in-
cluding early childhood education.’’.
SEC. 102. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 639 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9834)
is amended—
(ii) by striking ‘‘1994’’ and inserting
‘‘1998’’, and
(B) in paragraph (3)—
(i) in subparagraph (B)—
(I) amending clause (ii) to read
as follows:
‘‘(ii) Ensuring that such programs have ade-
quate qualified staff and that such staff are fur-
nished adequate high quality training, including de-
veloping skills working with children with disabilities
and children with non-English background, when ap-
propriate.’’,
(II) in clause (vi) by inserting ‘‘,
and are physically accessible to chil-
dren with disabilities and parents with
disabilities’’ before the period at the
end, and
(III) by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(viii) Ensuring that such programs have highly
qualified staff that can promote language and lit-
eracy growth and that provide children a variety of
skills that have been identified through research as
predictors of later reading achievement.’’,
(ii) in subparagraph (C)—
(I) in clause (v) by inserting
‘‘(including changes that make Head
Start programs physically accessible
to children and adults with disabil-
ities)’’ after ‘‘structural changes’’, and
(II) in clause (vi) by inserting
‘‘children 
with 
disabilities,’’ 
after
‘‘communities,’’,
(C) in paragraph (5)—
(i) in subparagraph (C)—
(I) in clause (ii) by adding after
‘‘Association,’’ ‘‘(as well as migrant
and Native American Head Start As-
sociations)’’,
(II) in clause (iii) by striking
‘‘and’’ at the end,
(III) in clause (iv) by striking
‘‘and activities relating to children
with disabilities’’ and inserting the
following:
‘‘services for homeless children, and activities relating to
children with disabilities, including coordination with
those State officials responsible for administering part C
and section 619 of the Individuals with Disabilities Edu-
cation Act (20 U.S.C 1431–1445, 1419); and’’, and
(IV) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(v) submit a report to the Secretary, in such
manner and containing such information as the Sec-
retary may require (including an assessment of the
involvement of the Head Start community in plan-
ning, establishment and implementation of the
project), describing the effectiveness of the collabora-
tion grant.’’, and
(D) in paragraph (6)—
(i) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(6)’’,
(ii) by striking ‘‘From’’ and inserting
‘‘Subject to subparagraph (B), from’’, and
(iii) by striking ‘‘3 percent’’ and all
that follows through the period at the end,
and inserting the following:
‘‘8 percent for fiscal year 1999, 9 percent for fiscal year
2000, and 10 percent for each of the fiscal years 2001
and 2002, of the amount appropriated pursuant to section
639(a).
‘‘(B) The Secretary may carry out subpara-
graph (A) for a fiscal year only after meeting the re-
quirements of section 640(g)(1) relating to cost-of-
living adjustments.’’,
(2) in subsection (d)—
(A) by striking ‘‘section 602(a)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘section 602(3)’’,
(B) by inserting ‘‘and infants or toddlers
with disabilities (as defined in section 632(5) of
that Act),’’ after ‘‘Act)’’, and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘Such policies and procedures shall require Head Start
programs to coordinate programmatic efforts with efforts
to implement part C and section 619 of the Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C 1431–1445,
1419).’’,
(3) in subsection (g)—
(A) in paragraph (2)—
(i) in subparagraph (C) by inserting
‘‘and those organizations and public enti-
ties that serve children with disabilities’’
after ‘‘spoken’’,
(ii) in subparagraph (E) by striking
‘‘and’’ at the end,
(iii) in subsection (F) by striking the
period at the end and inserting a semi-
colon, and
(iv) by adding at the end the follow-
ing:
‘‘(G) the extent to which the applicant, in pro-
viding services, will plan to coordinate with the local
education agency serving the community involved
and with schools in which children participating in
a Head Start program operated by such agency will
enroll following such program, regarding the edu-
cational services provided by such local education
agency; and
‘‘(H) the extent to which the applicant proposes
to foster partnerships with other service providers in
a manner that will enhance the resource capacity of
the applicant.’’, and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(4)(A) The Secretary may expand Head Start pro-
grams in accordance with this subsection by making
grants to serve pregnant women, children less than 3 years
of age, and the families of such children.
‘‘(B)(i) Head Start agencies that apply for such
grants shall demonstrate a community need to serve preg-
nant women, children less than 3 years of age, and the
families of such children.
‘‘(ii) Head Start agencies that receive grants made
under subparagraph (A) shall use such grants to operate
programs that meet the requirements of section 645A and
shall agree to comply with the regulations issued by the
Secretary that pertain to such section.’’.
SEC. 104. DESIGNATION OF HEAD START AGENCIES.
Section 641 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9836)
is amended—
(1) in subsection (c)(1) by striking ‘‘this Act’’
and insert ‘‘the Human Services Amendments of
1998’’, and
(2) in subsection (d)—
(A) in paragraph (3)—
(i) by inserting ‘‘and programs under
part C and section 619 of the Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C
1431–1445, 1419)’’ after ‘‘(20 U.S.C.
2741 et seq.)’’, and
(ii) by striking ‘‘attendance;’’ and in-
serting the following:
‘‘attendance, including services provided by the local
education agency serving the community in which
the proposed Head Start program will operate.’’,
(B) in paragraph (7)—
(i) by inserting ‘‘, and children with
disabilities and their families,’’ after ‘‘fam-
ilies’’, and
(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end,
(C) in paragraph (8) by striking the period
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’.
SEC. 105. AMENDMENTS TO QUALITY STANDARDS; MON-
ITORING OF HEAD START AGENCIES AND
PROGRAMS.
Section 641A of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C.
9836a) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(3)(C)—
(A) by amending clause (i) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(i) review and revise as necessary the per-
formance standards in effect under this section;
and’’, and
(B) in clause (ii) by striking ‘‘November 2,
1978’’ and inserting ‘‘the date of the enactment
of the Human Services Amendments of 1998’’,
(2) in subsection (b)(1) by striking ‘‘Not later
than 1 year after the date of enactment of this sec-
tion, the’’ and inserting ‘‘The’’,
(3) in subsection (c)(2)(C) by inserting ‘‘serv-
ices for children with disabilities and’’ after ‘‘prac-
ticable,’’, and
(4) in subsection (e) by adding at the end the
following: ‘‘Such report shall be widely disseminated
and available for public review in both written and
electronic formats.’’.
SEC. 106. POWERS AND FUNCTIONS OF HEAD START
AGENCIES.
Section 642 of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9837)
is amended—
(1) in subsection (c) by inserting ‘‘and part C
and section 619 of the Individuals with Disabilities
Education Act (20 U.S.C 1431–1445, 1419)’’ after
‘‘(20 U.S.C. 2741 et seq.)’’, and
(2) in subsection (d)(2)—
(A) in subparagraph (C) by striking ‘‘and’’
at the end,
(B) in subparagraph (D) by striking the
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’,
(3) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(E) linking the services provided in such program
with the educational services provided by such local edu-
cation agency.’’, and
(4) by amending subsection (d)(5) to read as
follows:
‘‘(5) The Secretary, in cooperation with the Secretary
of Education, shall—
‘‘(A) disseminate to Head Start agencies infor-
mation on effective policies and activities relating to
the transition of children from Head Start programs
to public schools; and
‘‘(B) provide technical assistance to such agen-
cies to promote and to assist such agencies to adopt
and implement such effective policies and activi-
ties.’’.
SEC. 107. PARTICIPATION IN HEAD START PROGRAMS.
Section 645(a)(1) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C.
9840(a)(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘(but not to more
than 25 percent of total program enrollment)’’ after ‘‘rea-
sonable extent’’.
SEC. 108. PROGRAMS FOR FAMILIES WITH INFANTS AND
TODDLERS.
Section 645A of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C.
9840a) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) in paragraph (1) by inserting ‘‘(includ-
ing very young children with disabilities and
their families)’’ after ‘‘young children’’, and
(B) in paragraph (2) by striking ‘‘and
evaluations’’ and all that follows through ‘‘sec-
tion’’, and inserting ‘‘under this section and
evaluation of such programs’’,
(2) in subsection (b)—
(A) in paragraph (7) by striking ‘‘and’’ at
the end,
(B) by redesignating paragraph (8) as
paragraph (9), and
(C) by inserting after paragraph (7) the
following:
‘‘(8) ensure formal linkages with the agencies
described in section 644(b) of the Individuals With
Disabilities Education Act Amendments of 1997 and
providers of early intervention services for very
young children with disabilities under the Individuals
with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. 1400 et
seq.); and’’,
(4) in subsection (c)(2) by striking ‘‘(or’’ and
all that follows through ‘‘subsection (e)(3))’’,
(5) in subsection (d)—
(A) in paragraph (1) by adding ‘‘and’’ at
the end,
(B) by striking paragraph (2), and
(C) by redesignating paragraph (3) as
paragraph (2),
(6) by striking subsection (e),
(7) in subsection (f) by striking ‘‘From’’ and all
that follows through ‘‘subsection (e)’’, and inserting
‘‘From the amounts specified in section 640(a)(6),’’,
and
(8) in subsection (h)—
(A) by striking ‘‘(h)’’ and all that follows
through paragraph (2), and
(B) in paragraph (3)—
(i) by striking ‘‘(3) MONITORING.—’’
and inserting the following:
‘‘(h) SECRETARIAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR MONITOR-
ING.—’’, and
(ii) by striking ‘‘subsection (f)’’ and
inserting ‘‘subsection (e)’’, and
(9) by redesignating subsections (f), (g), and
(h) as subsections (e), (f), and (g), respectively.
SEC. 109. HEAD START FELLOWSHIPS.
Section 648A(d)(6) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C.
9843) is amended by striking ‘‘1,000,000’’ and inserting
‘‘2,000,000’’.
SEC. 110. QUALITY IMPROVEMENT STUDY.
(a) STUDY.—The Secretary of Health and Human
Services shall conduct a study regarding the use and ef-
fects of the quality improvement funds under section
640(a)(3) of the Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9835(a)(3))
since fiscal year 1991.
(b) REPORT.—The Secretary shall submit a report to
the Congress not later than September 2000 containing
the results of the study, including—
(1) the types of activities funded with quality
improvement funds under section 640(a)(3) of the
Head Start Act (42 U.S.C. 9835(a)(3)),
(2) the extent to which such quality improve-
ment funds accomplish the goals of section
640(a)(3)(B) of such Act, and
(3) the effect of such quality improvement
funds on teacher training, salaries, benefits, recruit-
ment, and retention.
TITLE 
II—LOW-INCOME 
HOME
ENERGY 
ASSISTANCE 
PRO-
GRAMS
SEC. 201. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 2602 of the Low Income Home Energy As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 8621) is amended—
(1) in subsection (b) by striking ‘‘1995 through
1999’’ and inserting ‘‘2000 through 2003’’,
(2) in subsection (c)(1) by striking the last sen-
tence and inserting the following: ‘‘The program
year shall begin on October 1 of the fiscal year fol-
lowing the year for which the appropriation is
made.’’, and
(3) in subsection (d) by striking ‘‘1996’’ and all
that follows through ‘‘1999.’’ and inserting ‘‘2000
through 2003.’’.
SEC. 202. TECHNICAL DEFINITIONS CHANGES.
Paragraph (4) of section 2603 of the Low Income
Home Energy Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 8622(4)) is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘the’’ before ‘‘term’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘The’’, and
(2) by striking the semicolon at the end and in-
serting a period.
SEC. 203. TECHNICAL CHANGES TO STATE ALLOTMENTS.
Section 2604 of the Low Income Home Energy As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 8623) is amended—
(1) by inserting the following:
‘‘(e) Beginning in fiscal year 1994, no funds payable
to a State under this section shall be transferred to any
programs.’’,
(2) by striking subsection (f),
(3) in subsection (g) by striking ‘‘through (f)’’
and inserting ‘‘through (e)’’, and
(4) by redesignating subsection (g) as (f).
SEC. 204. APPLICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS.
Section 2605 of the Low Income Home Energy As-
sistance Act (42 U.S.C. 8624) is amended in subsections
(k)(1) and (k)(2)(A) by inserting before the period ‘‘, par-
ticularly those low-income households with the lowest in-
comes that pay a high proportion of household income for
home energy.’’.
TITLE III—COMMUNITY
SERVICES BLOCK GRANT
SEC. 301. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
Section 672(b) of the Community Services Block
Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9901(b)) is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(b) There are authorized to be appropriated
$650,000,000 for fiscal year 1999 and such sums as may
be necessary for fiscal years 2000, 2001, and 2002 to
carry out this subtitle.’’.
SEC. 302. DEFINITIONS.
Section 673(1) of the Community Services Block
Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(1)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A) by inserting before the
semicolon at the end the following:
‘‘and, in making the request, giving preference to an
existing eligible entity of the kind described in the
1st sentence of this paragraph’’,
(2) in subparagraph (B) by inserting after
‘‘new area’’ the last place it appears the following:
‘‘and, in making the request, giving preference to an
existing eligible entity of the kind described in the
1st sentence of this paragraph ’’, and
(3) in subparagraph (C)—
(A) by striking ‘‘entity, any’’ and inserting
‘‘entity or nonprofit private’’,
(B) by striking ‘‘or any political subdivi-
sion of the State’’,
(C) by striking ‘‘or a political subdivision
of the State’’, and
(D) by striking ‘‘such organization’’ the
1st place it appears and inserting ‘‘an existing
eligible entity of the kind described in the 1st
sentence of this paragraph’’.
SEC. 303. APPLICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS.
Section 675 of the Community Services Block Grant
Act (42 U.S.C. 9904) is amended—
(1) by amending subsection (b) to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘(b) No funds shall be allotted to such State for any
fiscal year under this subtitle unless the chief executive
officer of the State conducts public or legislative hearings
on the proposal for the use and the distribution of funds
to be provided under this subtitle for such fiscal year and
provides an opportunity for public comment on such pro-
posal.’’,
(2) in subsection (c)—
(A) in paragraph (1)(B)(ii) by inserting ‘‘,
with particular attention towards improving lit-
eracy skills of the low-income families in the
community’’ before the semicolon at the end,
(B) in paragraph (2)(B)(v) by inserting ‘‘,
including considering the locality for which any
carryover funds were originally designated and
giving preference to reprogramming such funds
to that locality’’ before the period at the end,
(C) in paragraph (5)—
(i) by striking ‘‘or’’ the last place it
appears, and
(ii) by inserting before the semicolon
at the end the following:
‘‘, welfare reform efforts under the amendments
made by the Personal Responsibility and Work Op-
portunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law
104–193; 110 Stat. 2105), community services, em-
ployment or entrepreneurship opportunities, or serv-
ices designed to assist low-income or at-risk youth to
secure meaningful employment and to perform com-
munity service’’, and
(3) by redesignating subsections (f), (g), and
(h) as (e), (f), and (g), respectively.
SEC. 304. WITHHOLDING.
Section 679(b)(1) of the Community Services Block
Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9908(b)(1)) is amended by striking
‘‘and Labor’’ and inserting ‘‘and the Workforce’’.
SEC. 305. DISCRETIONARY AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY.
Section 681(c)(1) of the Community Services Block
Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9910(c)(1)) is amended by striking
‘‘and Labor’’ and inserting ‘‘and the Workforce’’.
SEC. 306. COMMUNITY FOOD AND NUTRITION.
Section 681A(c) of the Community Services Block
Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9910a(c)) is amended by striking
‘‘and Labor’’ and inserting ‘‘and the Workforce’’.
SEC. 307. NATIONAL OR REGIONAL PROGRAMS DESIGNED
TO 
PROVIDE 
INSTRUCTIONAL 
ACTIVITIES
FOR LOW-INCOME YOUTH.
Section 682(f) of the Community Services Block
Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9910c(f)) is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘(f) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—There
is authorized to be appropriated $20,000,000 for each of
the fiscal years 1999 through 2002 for grants to carry
out this section.’’.
SEC. 308. ANNUAL REPORT.
Section 683(b) of the Community Services Block
Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9911(b)) is amended by striking
‘‘and Labor’’ and inserting ‘‘and the Workforce’’.
TITLE IV—EFFECTIVE DATES;
APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS
SEC. 401. EFFECTIVE DATES; APPLICATION OF AMEND-
MENTS.
(a) EFFECTIVE DATES.—(1) Except as provided in
paragraph (2) and subsection (b), this Act and the amend-
ments made by this Act shall take effect on the date of
the enactment of this Act.
(2) The amendments made by title II of this Act shall
take effect on October 1, 1999.
(b) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.—The amend-
ments made by titles I and III of this Act shall not apply
with respect to fiscal years beginning before October 1,
1998.
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