proved by the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices under part D of title IV or pursuant to an
agreement described in section 454(35)(A)’’.
SEC. 313. EFFECTIVE DATE.
Except as provided in section 701(b), the amend-
ments made by this subtitle shall take effect on October
1, 2002, and shall apply to payments under part D of title
IV of the Social Security Act for calendar quarters begin-
ning on or after such date, and without regard to whether
regulations to implement such amendments are promul-
gated by such date.
Subtitle B—State Option To Pro-
vide Information and Enforce-
ment Mechanisms to Private
Child 
Support 
Enforcement
Agencies
SEC. 321. ESTABLISHMENT AND ENFORCEMENT OF CHILD
SUPPORT OBLIGATIONS BY PRIVATE CHILD
SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES.
(a) STATE PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—Section 454 of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 654), as amended by
sections 101(c), 311(a), and 312(a)(1) of this Act, is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (34), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
end;
(2) in paragraph (35), by striking the period
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (35) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(36) at the option of the State, provide that—
‘‘(A) subject to the privacy safeguards of
paragraph (26), the State agency responsible
for administering the State plan under this part
may provide to a private child support enforce-
ment agency (as defined in section 466(i)) any
information in the State Directory of New
Hires and any information obtained through in-
formation comparisons under section 453(j)(3)
about an individual with respect to whom the
private agency is seeking to establish or enforce
a child support obligation, if the private agency
meets such requirements as the State may es-
tablish and has entered into an agreement with
the State under which the private agency has
made a binding commitment to carry out estab-
lishment and enforcement activities with respect
to the child support obligation subject to the
same data security, privacy protection, and due
process requirements applicable to the State
agency and in accordance with procedures ap-
proved by the head of the State agency;
‘‘(B) the State agency may charge and col-
lect fees from any such private agency to re-
cover costs incurred by the State agency in pro-
viding information and services to the private
agency pursuant to this part.’’.
(b) PRIVATE CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGEN-
CY DEFINED.—Section 466 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 666),
as amended by section 311(b) of this Act, is amended by
adding at the end the following:
‘‘(i) PRIVATE
CHILD
SUPPORT
ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY DEFINED.—In this part, the term ‘private child
support enforcement agency’ means a person or any other
non-public entity which seeks to establish or enforce an
obligation to pay child support (as defined in section
459(i)(2)).’’.
SEC. 322. USE OF CERTAIN ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS.
(a) FEDERAL TAX REFUND INTERCEPT.—
(1) ADDITIONAL STATE PLAN REQUIREMENT.—
Section 454(36) of the Social Security Act, as added
by section 321(a) of this Act, is amended—
(1) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (A) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(C) the State agency may transmit to the
Secretary of the Treasury pursuant to section
464 any notice submitted by a private child
support enforcement agency (in such form and
manner as the State agency may prescribe) that
a named individual owes past-due child support
(as defined in section 464(c)) which the private
agency has agreed to collect, and may collect
from the private agency any fee which the State
is required to pay for the cost of applying the
offset procedure in the case.’’.
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section
464(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 664(a)), as amended
by section 312(a)(2) of this Act, is amended by in-
serting ‘‘(or private)’’ after ‘‘public non-IV–D’’ each
place it appears.
(b) REPORTING
ARREARAGES
TO
CREDIT
BU-
REAUS.—Section 466(a)(7)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
666(a)(7)(A)), as amended by section 312(b) of this Act,
is amended by inserting ‘‘(or private)’’ after ‘‘public non-
IV–D’’.
(c) PASSPORT SANCTIONS.—Section 454(31)(C) of
such Act (42 U.S.C. 654(31)), as amended by section
312(c) of this Act, is amended by inserting ‘‘(or private)’’
after ‘‘public non-IV–D’’.
(d) FINANCIAL INSTITUTION DATA MATCHES.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 466(a)(17)(D) of
such Act, as added by section 311(d) of this Act, is
amended by inserting ‘‘(or private)’’ after ‘‘public
non-IV–D’’.
(2) 
LIABILITY
PROTECTIONS.—Section
469A(d)(3) of such Act, as added by section
312(d)(2) of this Act, is amended—
(A) by inserting ‘‘(or private)’’ after ‘‘pub-
lic non-IV–D’’;
(B) by inserting ‘‘(or private) after ‘‘the
public’’ each place it appears; and
(C) by inserting ‘‘(or 454(36)(A))’’ before
the period.
(e) USE OF INCOME WITHHOLDING FOR UNEMPLOY-
MENT INSURANCE BENEFITS.—Section 303(e)(4) of such
Act (42 U.S.C. 503(e)(4)), as amended by section
312(e)(3) of this Act, is amended by inserting ‘‘, and in-
cludes a private child support enforcement agency (as de-
fined in section 466(i)) with respect to an individual who
is an applicant for, or who is determined to be eligible
for unemployment compensation if the State in which the
private child support enforcement agency is located con-
firms that the private child support enforcement agency
is seeking to establish, modify, or enforce a child support
obligation of the individual pursuant to an agreement de-
scribed in section 454(36)(A)’’ before the period.
SEC. 323. EFFECTIVE DATE.
Except as provided in section 801(b), the amend-
ments made by this subtitle shall take effect on October
1, 2003, and shall apply to payments under part D of title
IV of the Social Security Act for calendar quarters begin-
ning on or after such date, and without regard to whether
regulations to implement such amendments are promul-
gated by such date.
TITLE IV—EXPANDED
ENFORCEMENT
SEC. 401. DECREASE IN AMOUNT OF CHILD SUPPORT AR-
REARAGE TRIGGERING PASSPORT DENIAL.
Section 452(k) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
652(k)) is amended by striking ‘‘$5,000’’ and inserting
‘‘$2,500’’.
SEC. 402. USE OF TAX REFUND INTERCEPT PROGRAM TO
COLLECT PAST-DUE CHILD SUPPORT ON BE-
HALF OF CHILDREN WHO ARE NOT MINORS.
Section 464 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
664) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(2)(A), by striking ‘‘(as
that term is defined for purposes of this paragraph
under subsection (c))’’; and
(2) in subsection (c)—
(A) in paragraph (1)—
(i) by striking ‘‘(1) Except as pro-
vided in paragraph (2), as used in’’ and in-
serting ‘‘In’’; and
(ii) by inserting ‘‘(whether or not a
minor)’’ after ‘‘a child’’ each place it ap-
pears; and
(B) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3).
TITLE V—FATHERHOOD
PROGRAMS
Subtitle A—Fatherhood Grant
Program
SEC. 501. FATHERHOOD GRANTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part A of title IV of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601–619) is amended by inserting
after section 403 the following:
‘‘SEC. 403A. FATHERHOOD PROGRAMS.
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to
make grants available to public and private entities for
projects designed to—
‘‘(1) promote marriage through counseling,
mentoring, disseminating information about the ad-
vantages of marriage, enhancing relationship skills,
teaching how to control aggressive behavior, and
other methods;
‘‘(2) promote successful parenting through
counseling, mentoring, disseminating information
about 
good 
parenting 
practices 
including
prepregnancy, family planning, training parents in
money management, encouraging child support pay-
ments, encouraging regular visitation between fa-
thers and their children, and other methods; and
‘‘(3) help fathers and their families avoid or
leave cash welfare provided by the program under
part A and improve their economic status by pro-
viding work first services, job search, job training,
subsidized employment, career-advancing education,
job retention, job enhancement, and other methods.
‘‘(b) FATHERHOOD GRANTS.—
‘‘(1) APPLICATIONS.—An entity desiring a
grant to carry out a project described in subsection
(a) may submit to the Secretary an application that
contains the following:
‘‘(A) A description of the project and how
the project will be carried out.
‘‘(B) A description of how the project will
address all three of the purposes of this section.
‘‘(C) A written commitment by the entity
that the project will allow an individual to par-
ticipate in the project only if the individual is—
‘‘(i) a father of a child who is, or
within the past 24 months has been, a re-
cipient of assistance or services under a
State program funded under this part;
‘‘(ii) a father, including an expectant
or married father, whose income (net of
court-ordered child support) is less than
150 percent of the poverty line (as defined
in section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1981, including any
revision required by such section, applica-
ble to a family of the size involved); or
‘‘(iii) a parent referred to in para-
graph (3)(A)(iii).
‘‘(D) A written commitment by the entity
that the entity will provide for the project, from
funds obtained from non-Federal sources,
amounts (including in-kind contributions) equal
in value to—
‘‘(i) 20 percent of the amount of any
grant made to the entity under this sub-
section; or
‘‘(ii) such lesser percentage as the
Secretary deems appropriate (which shall
be not less than 10 percent) of such
amount, if the application demonstrates
that there are circumstances that limit the
ability of the entity to raise funds or ob-
tain resources.
‘‘(E) A written commitment by the entity
that the entity will make available to each indi-
vidual participating in the project education
about alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs and the
effects of abusing such substances, and infor-
mation about HIV/AIDS and its transmission.
‘‘(2) CONSIDERATION
OF
APPLICATIONS
BY
INTERAGENCY PANEL.—
‘‘(A) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is estab-
lished a panel to be known as the ‘Fatherhood
Grants Recommendations Panel’ (in this sub-
paragraph referred to as the ‘Panel’).
‘‘(B) MEMBERSHIP.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Panel shall be
composed of 10 members, as follows:
‘‘(I) Two members of the Panel
shall be appointed by the Secretary.
‘‘(II) Two members of the Panel
shall be appointed by the Secretary of
Labor.
‘‘(III) Two members of the Panel
shall be appointed by the Chairman of
the Committee on Ways and Means of
the House of Representatives.
‘‘(IV) One member of the Panel
shall be appointed by the ranking mi-
nority member of the Committee on
Ways and Means of the House of
Representatives.
‘‘(V) Two members of the Panel
shall be appointed by the Chairman of
the Committee on Finance of the Sen-
ate.
‘‘(VI) One member of the Panel
shall be appointed by the ranking mi-
nority member of the Committee on
Finance of the Senate.
‘‘(ii) QUALIFICATIONS.—An individual
shall not be eligible to serve on the Panel
unless the individual has experience in pro-
grams for fathers, programs for the poor,
programs for children, program adminis-
tration, or program research.
‘‘(iii) CONFLICTS OF INTEREST.—An
individual shall not be eligible to serve on
the Panel if such service would pose a con-
flict of interest for the individual.
‘‘(iv) TIMING
OF
APPOINTMENTS.—
The appointment of members to the Panel
shall be completed not later than April 1,
2001.
‘‘(C) DUTIES.—
‘‘(i) 
REVIEW
AND
MAKE
REC-
OMMENDATIONS
ON
PROJECT
APPLICA-
TIONS.—The Panel shall review all applica-
tions submitted pursuant to paragraph (1),
and make recommendations to the Sec-
retary regarding which applicants should
be awarded grants under this subsection,
with due regard for the provisions of para-
graph (3), but shall not recommend that a
project be awarded such a grant if the ap-
plication describing the project does not at-
tempt to meet the requirement of para-
graph (1)(B).
‘‘(ii) TIMING.—The Panel shall make
such recommendations not later than Octo-
ber 1, 2001.
‘‘(D) TERM
OF
OFFICE.—Each member
appointed to the Panel shall serve for the life
of the Panel.
‘‘(E) PROHIBITION ON COMPENSATION.—
Members of the Panel may not receive pay, al-
lowances, or benefits by reason of their service
on the Panel.
‘‘(F) TRAVEL EXPENSES.—Each member
of the Panel shall receive travel expenses, in-
cluding per diem in lieu of subsistence, in ac-
cordance with sections 5702 and 5703 of title
5, United States Code.
‘‘(G) MEETINGS.—The Panel shall meet as
often as is necessary to complete the business
of the Panel.
‘‘(H) CHAIRPERSON.—The Chairperson of
the Panel shall be designated by the Secretary
at the time of appointment.
‘‘(I) STAFF OF FEDERAL AGENCIES.—The
Secretary may detail any personnel of the De-
partment of Health and Human Services and
the Secretary of Labor may detail any per-