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the Boards of Trustees of such Trust Funds
deem such action advisable, they may modify
the method prescribed by such Boards’’;
(ii) by striking ‘‘1954’’ and inserting
‘‘1986’’; and
(iii) by striking the last sentence.
(3) Section 202(v) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
402(v)) is amended—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘1954’’
and inserting ‘‘1986’’; and
(B) in paragraph (3)(A), by inserting ‘‘of
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986’’ after
‘‘3127’’.
(4) Section 205(c)(5)(F)(i) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 405(c)(5)(F)(i)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986’’ after ‘‘1954’’.
(5)(A) Section 208(a)(1) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 408(a)(1)) is amended—
(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A), by striking ‘‘subchapter E’’ and all that
follows through ‘‘1954’’ and inserting ‘‘chapter
2 or 21 or subtitle F of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986’’;
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘of
1986’’ after ‘‘Internal Revenue Code’’; and
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(iii) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘of
1986’’ after ‘‘Internal Revenue Code’’.
(B) The amendments made by subparagraph
(A) shall apply only with respect to violations occur-
ring on or after the date of the enactment of this
Act.
(6)(A) Section 209(a)(4)(A) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 409(a)(4)(A)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or
the Internal Revenue Code of 1986’’ after ‘‘Internal
Revenue Code of 1954’’.
(B) Section 209(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
409(a)) is amended—
(i) in subparagraphs (C) and (E) of para-
graph (4),
(ii) in paragraph (5)(A),
(iii) in subparagraphs (A) and (B) of para-
graph (14),
(iv) in paragraph (15),
(v) in paragraph (16), and
(vi) in paragraph (17),
by striking ‘‘1954’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘1986’’.
(C) Subsections (b), (f), (g), (i)(1), and (j) of
section 209 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 409) are amend-
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ed by striking ‘‘1954’’ each place it appears and
inserting ‘‘1986’’.
(7) Section 211(a)(15) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
411(a)(15)) is amended by inserting ‘‘of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986’’ after ‘‘section 162(m)’’.
(8) Title II of such Act is further amended—
(A) in subsections (f)(5)(B)(ii) and (k) of
section 203 (42 U.S.C. 403),
(B) in section 205(c)(1)(D)(i) (42 U.S.C.
405(c)(1)(D)(i)),
(C) in the matter in section 210(a) (42
U.S.C. 410(a)) preceding paragraph (1) and in
paragraphs (8), (9), and (10) of section 210(a),
(D) in subsections (p)(4) and (q) of section
210 (42 U.S.C. 410),
(E) in the matter in section 211(a) (42
U.S.C. 411(a)) preceding paragraph (1) and in
paragraphs (3), (4), (6), (10), (11), and (12)
and clauses (iii) and (iv) of section 211(a),
(F) in the matter in section 211(c) (42
U.S.C. 411(c)) preceding paragraph (1), in
paragraphs (3) and (6) of section 211(c), and
in the matter following paragraph (6) of section
211(c),
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(G) in subsections (d), (e), and (h)(1)(B)
of section 211 (42 U.S.C. 411),
(H) in section 216(j) (42 U.S.C. 416(j)),
(I) in section 218(e)(3) (42 U.S.C.
418(e)(3)),
(J) in section 229(b) (42 U.S.C. 429(b)),
(K) in section 230(c) (42 U.S.C. 430(c)),
and
(L) in section 232 (42 U.S.C. 432),
by striking ‘‘1954’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘1986’’.
(d) RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.—
(1) The preceding provisions of this section
shall be construed only as technical and clerical cor-
rections and as reflecting the original intent of the
provisions amended thereby.
(2) Any reference in title II of the Social Secu-
rity Act to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 shall
be construed to include a reference to the Internal
Revenue Code of 1954 to the extent necessary to
carry out the provisions of paragraph (1).
(e) UTILIZATION
OF NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
INDEX FOR WAGE-BASED ADJUSTMENTS.—
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(1) DEFINITION OF NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
INDEX.—Section 209(k) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 409(k)) is amended—
(A) by redesignating paragraph (2) as
paragraph (3);
(B) in paragraph (3) (as redesignated), by
striking ‘‘paragraph (1)’’ and inserting ‘‘this
subsection’’; and
(C) by striking paragraph (1) and insert-
ing the following new paragraphs:
‘‘(k)(1) For purposes of sections 203(f)(8)(B)(ii),
213(d)(2)(B), 
215(a)(1)(B)(ii), 
215(a)(1)(C)(ii),
215(a)(1)(D), 
215(b)(3)(A)(ii), 
215(i)(1)(E),
215(i)(2)(C)(ii), 
224(f)(2)(B), 
and 
230(b)(2) 
(and
230(b)(2) as in effect immediately prior to the enactment
of the Social Security Amendments of 1977), the term ‘na-
tional average wage index’ for any particular calendar year
means, subject to regulations of the Secretary under para-
graph (2), the average of the total wages for such particu-
lar calendar year.
‘‘(2) The Secretary shall prescribe regulations under
which the national average wage index for any calendar
year shall be computed—
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‘‘(A) on the basis of amounts reported to the
Secretary of the Treasury or his delegate for such
year,
‘‘(B) by disregarding the limitation on wages
specified in subsection (a)(1),
‘‘(C) with respect to calendar years after 1990,
by incorporating deferred compensation amounts
and factoring in for such years the rate of change
from year to year in such amounts, in a manner
consistent with the requirements of section 10208 of
the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989,
and
‘‘(D) with respect to calendar years before
1978, in a manner consistent with the manner in
which the average of the total wages for each of
such calendar years was determined as provided by
applicable law as in effect for such years.’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(A) Section 203(f)(8)(B)(ii) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 403(f)(8)(B)(ii)) is amended by
striking ‘‘deemed average total wages’’ each
place it appears and inserting ‘‘national average
wage index’’.
(B) Section 213(d)(2)(B) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 413(d)(2)(B)) is amended by striking
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‘‘deemed average total wages’’ and inserting
‘‘national average wage index’’, and by striking
‘‘the average of the total wages’’ and all that
follows and inserting ‘‘the national average
wage index (as so defined) for 1976,’’.
(C) Section 215(a)(1)(B)(ii) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 415(a)(1)(B)(ii)) is amended—
(i) in subclause (I), by striking
‘‘deemed average total wages’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘national average wage index’’; and
(ii) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘the
average of the total wages’’ and all that
follows and inserting ‘‘the national average
wage index (as so defined) for 1977.’’.
(D) Section 215(a)(1)(C)(ii) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 415(a)(1)(C)(ii)) is amended by
striking ‘‘deemed average total wages’’ and
inserting ‘‘national average wage index’’.
(E) Section 215(a)(1)(D) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 415(a)(1)(D)) is amended—
(i) by striking ‘‘after 1978’’;
(ii) by striking ‘‘and the average of
the total wages (as described in subpara-
graph (B)(ii)(I))’’ and inserting ‘‘and the
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national average wage index (as defined in
section 209(k)(1))’’; and
(iii) by striking the last sentence.
(F) Section 215(b)(3)(A)(ii) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 415(b)(3)(A)(ii)) is amended by
striking ‘‘deemed average total wages’’ each
place it appears and inserting ‘‘national average
wage index’’.
(G) Section 215(i)(1) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 415(i)(1)) is amended—
(i) in subparagraph (E), by striking
‘‘SSA average wage index’’ and inserting
‘‘national average wage index (as defined
in section 209(k)(1))’’; and
(ii) by striking subparagraph (G) and
redesignating subparagraph (H) as sub-
paragraph (G).
(H) Section 215(i)(2)(C)(ii) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 415(i)(1)(C)(ii)) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘(ii) The Secretary shall determine and promulgate
the OASDI fund ratio for the current calendar year on
or before November 1 of the current calendar year, based
upon the most recent data then available. The Secretary
shall include a statement of the fund ratio and the na-
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tional average wage index (as defined in section 209(k)(1))
and a statement of the effect such ratio and the level of
such index may have upon benefit increases under this
subsection in any notification made under clause (i) and
any determination published under subparagraph (D).’’.
(I) Section 224(f)(2) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 424a(f)(2)) is amended—
(i) in subparagraph (A), by adding
‘‘and’’ at the end;
(ii) by striking subparagraph (C); and
(iii) by striking subparagraph (B) and
inserting the following:
‘‘(B) the ratio of (i) the national average wage
index (as defined in section 209(k)(1)) for the cal-
endar year before the year in which such redeter-
mination is made to (ii) the national average wage
index (as so defined) for the calendar year before
the year in which the reduction was first computed
(but not counting any reduction made in benefits for
a previous period of disability).’’.
(J) Section 230(b)(2) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 430(b)(2)) is amended by striking
‘‘deemed average total wages’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘national average wage
index’’.
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(K) Section 230(d) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
430(d)) is amended by striking ‘‘deemed aver-
age total wage’’ and inserting ‘‘national average
wage index’’.
SEC. 13018. CROSS-MATCHING OF SOCIAL SECURITY AC-
COUNT NUMBER INFORMATION AND EM-
PLOYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER INFORMA-
TION MAINTAINED BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
AGRICULTURE.
(a) SOCIAL SECURITY ACCOUNT NUMBER INFORMA-
TION.—Clause (iii) of section 205(c)(2)(C) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(c)(2)(C)) (as added by sec-
tion 1735(a)(3) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation,
and Trade Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–624; 104 Stat.
3791)) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(I)’’ after ‘‘(iii)’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘The Secretary of Agriculture
shall restrict’’ and all that follows and inserting the
following:
‘‘(II) The Secretary of Agriculture may share any in-
formation contained in any list referred to in subclause
(I) with any other agency or instrumentality of the United
States which otherwise has access to social security ac-
count numbers in accordance with this subsection or other
applicable Federal law, except that the Secretary of Agri-
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culture may share such information only to the extent that
such Secretary determines such sharing would assist in
verifying and matching such information against informa-
tion maintained by such other agency or instrumentality.
Any such information shared pursuant to this subclause
may be used by such other agency or instrumentality only
for the purpose of effective administration and enforce-
ment of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 or for the purpose
of investigation of violations of other Federal laws or en-
forcement of such laws.
‘‘(III) The Secretary of Agriculture, and the head of
any other agency or instrumentality referred to in this
subclause, shall restrict, to the satisfaction of the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services, access to social se-
curity account numbers obtained pursuant to this clause
only to officers and employees of the United States whose
duties or responsibilities require access for the purposes
described in subclause (II).
‘‘(IV) The Secretary of Agriculture, and the head of
any agency or instrumentality with which information is
shared pursuant to clause (II), shall provide such other
safeguards as the Secretary of Health and Human Serv-
ices determines to be necessary or appropriate to protect
the confidentiality of the social security account num-
bers.’’.
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(b) EMPLOYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER INFORMA-
TION.—Subsection (f) of section 6109 of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 (as added by section 1735(c) of the
Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990
(Public Law 101–624; 104 Stat. 3792)) (relating to access
to employer identification numbers by Secretary of Agri-
culture for purposes of Food Stamp Act of 1977) is
amended—
(1) by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the
following:
‘‘(2) SHARING
OF
INFORMATION
AND
SAFE-
GUARDS.—
‘‘(A) SHARING
OF
INFORMATION.—The
Secretary of Agriculture may share any infor-
mation contained in any list referred to in para-
graph (1) with any other agency or instrumen-
tality of the United States which otherwise has
access to employer identification numbers in ac-
cordance with this section or other applicable
Federal law, except that the Secretary of Agri-
culture may share such information only to the
extent that such Secretary determines such
sharing would assist in verifying and matching
such information against information main-
tained by such other agency or instrumentality.
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Any such information shared pursuant to this
subparagraph may be used by such other agen-
cy or instrumentality only for the purpose of ef-
fective administration and enforcement of the
Food Stamp Act of 1977 or for the purpose of
investigation of violations of other Federal laws
or enforcement of such laws.
‘‘(B) SAFEGUARDS.—The Secretary of Ag-
riculture, and the head of any other agency or
instrumentality referred to in subparagraph
(A), shall restrict, to the satisfaction of the Sec-
retary of the Treasury, access to employer iden-
tification numbers obtained pursuant to this
subsection only to officers and employees of the
United States whose duties or responsibilities
require access for the purposes described in
subparagraph (A). The Secretary of Agri-
culture, and the head of any agency or instru-
mentality with which information is shared pur-
suant to subparagraph (A), shall provide such
other safeguards as the Secretary of the Treas-
ury determines to be necessary or appropriate
to protect the confidentiality of the employer
identification numbers.’’;
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(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture pursuant to this subsection’’
and inserting ‘‘pursuant to this subsection by the
Secretary of Agriculture or the head of any agency
or instrumentality with which information is shared
pursuant to paragraph (2)’’, and by striking ‘‘social
security account numbers’’ and inserting ‘‘employer
identification numbers’’; and
(3) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘by the Sec-
retary of Agriculture pursuant to this subsection’’
and inserting ‘‘pursuant to this subsection by the
Secretary of Agriculture or any agency or instru-
mentality with which information is shared pursuant
to paragraph (2)’’.
SEC. 13019. PROHIBITION OF MISUSE OF DEPARTMENT OF
THE TREASURY NAMES, SYMBOLS, ETC.
(a) GENERAL RULE.—Subchapter II of chapter 3 of
title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the
end thereof the following new section:
‘‘§ 333. Prohibition of misuse of Department of the
Treasury names, symbols, etc.
‘‘(a) GENERAL RULE.—No person may use, in con-
nection with, or as a part of, any advertisement, solicita-
tion, business activity, or product, whether alone or with
other words, letters, symbols, or emblems—
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‘‘(1) the words ‘Department of the Treasury’,
or the name of any service, bureau, office, or other
subdivision of the Department of the Treasury,
‘‘(2) the titles ‘Secretary of the Treasury’ or
‘Treasurer of the United States’ or the title of any
other officer or employee of the Department of the
Treasury,
‘‘(3) the abbreviations or initials of any entity
referred to in paragraph (1),
‘‘(4) the words ‘United States Savings Bond’ or
the name of any other obligation issued by the De-
partment of the Treasury,
‘‘(5) any symbol or emblem of an entity re-
ferred to in paragraph (1) (including the design of
any envelope or stationary used by such an entity),
and
‘‘(6) any colorable imitation of any such words,
titles, abbreviations, initials, symbols, or emblems,
in a manner which could reasonably be interpreted or con-
strued as conveying the false impression that such adver-
tisement, solicitation, business activity, or product is in
any manner approved, endorsed, sponsored, or authorized
by, or associated with, the Department of the Treasury
or any entity referred to in paragraph (1) or any officer
or employee thereof.
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‘‘(b) TREATMENT
OF DISCLAIMERS.—Any deter-
mination of whether a person has violated the provisions
of subsection (a) shall be made without regard to any use
of a disclaimer of affiliation with the United States Gov-
ernment or any particular agency or instrumentality there-
of.
‘‘(c) CIVIL PENALTY.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary of the
Treasury may impose a civil penalty on any person
who violates the provisions of subsection (a).
‘‘(2) AMOUNT OF PENALTY.—The amount of
the civil penalty imposed by paragraph (1) shall not
exceed $5,000 for each use of any material in viola-
tion of subsection (a). If such use is in a broadcast
or telecast, the preceding sentence shall be applied
by substituting ‘$25,000’ for ‘$5,000’.
‘‘(3) TIME LIMITATIONS.—
‘‘(A) ASSESSMENTS.—The Secretary of the
Treasury may assess any civil penalty under
paragraph (1) at any time before the end of the
3-year period beginning on the date of the vio-
lation with respect to which such penalty is im-
posed.
‘‘(B) CIVIL ACTION.—The Secretary of the
Treasury may commence a civil action to re-
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cover any penalty imposed under this subsection
at any time before the end of the 2-year period
beginning on the date on which such penalty
was assessed.
‘‘(4) COORDINATION WITH SUBSECTION (d).—
No penalty may be assessed under this subsection
with respect to any violation after a criminal pro-
ceeding with respect to such violation has been com-
menced under subsection (d).
‘‘(d) CRIMINAL PENALTY.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—If any person knowingly
violates subsection (a), such person shall, upon con-
viction thereof, be fined not more than $10,000 for
each such use or imprisoned not more than 1 year,
or both. If such use is in a broadcast or telecast, the
preceding sentence shall be applied by substituting
‘$50,000’ for ‘$10,000’.
‘‘(2) TIME LIMITATIONS.—No person may be
prosecuted, tried, or punished under paragraph (1)
for any violation of subsection (a) unless the indict-
ment is found or the information instituted during
the 3-year period beginning on the date of the viola-
tion.
‘‘(3) COORDINATION WITH SUBSECTION (c).—
No criminal proceeding may be commenced under
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this subsection with respect to any violation if a civil
penalty has previously been assessed under sub-
section (c) with respect to such violation.’’
(b) CLERICAL AMENDMENT.—The analysis for chap-
ter 3 of title 31, United States Code, is amended by add-
ing after the item relating to section 332 the following
new item:
‘‘333. Prohibition of misuse of Department of the Treasury names, symbols,
etc.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall take effect on the date of the enactment
of this Act.
(d) REPORT.—Not later than May 1, 1995, the Sec-
retary of the Treasury shall submit a report to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means of the House of Representa-
tives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate on the
implementation of the amendments made by this section.
Such report shall include the number of cases in which
the Secretary has notified persons of violations of section
333 of title 31, United States Code (as added by sub-
section (a)), the number of prosecutions commenced under
such section, and the total amount of the penalties col-
lected in such prosecutions.
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SEC. 13020. AVAILABILITY AND USE OF DEATH INFORMA-
TION UNDER THE OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS, AND
DISABILITY INSURANCE PROGRAM.
(a) IMPROVEMENTS
IN PROGRAM
FOR USE
OF
DEATH CERTIFICATES TO CORRECT PROGRAM INFORMA-
TION.—
(1) ELIMINATION OF STATE RESTRICTIONS ON
USE OF INFORMATION.—Section 205(r)(1) of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 405(r)(1)) is amended
by adding at the end, after and below subparagraph
(B), the following new sentence:
‘‘Any contract entered into pursuant to subparagraph (A)
shall not include any restriction on the use of information
obtained by the Secretary pursuant to such contract, ex-
cept to the extent that such use may be restricted under
paragraph (6).’’.
(2) INFORMATION PROVIDED TO STATE AGEN-
CIES FREE OF CHARGE.—
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Section 205(r)(4) of
such Act (42 U.S.C. 405(r)(4)) is amended to
read as follows:
‘‘(4)(A) In the case of individuals with respect to
whom federally funded benefits are provided by (or
through) a State agency other than under this Act, the
Secretary shall to the extent feasible provide such informa-
tion free of charge through a cooperative arrangement
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with such agency, for ensuring proper payment of those
benefits with respect to such individuals, if such arrange-
ment does not conflict with the duties of the Secretary
under paragraph (1).
‘‘(B) The Secretary may enter into similar agree-
ments with States to provide information free of charge
for their use in programs wholly funded by the States if
such arrangement does not conflict with the duties of the
Secretary under paragraph (1).’’.
(B) CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
205(r)(3) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 405(r)(3)) is
amended by striking ‘‘or State’’.
(3) USE BY STATES OF SOCIAL SECURITY AC-
COUNT NUMBERS CONTINGENT UPON PARTICIPATION
IN PROGRAM.—Section 205(r)(2) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 405(r)(2)) is amended—
(A) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(2)’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
‘‘(B) Notwithstanding section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Pri-
vacy Act of 1974 and clauses (i) and (v) of subsection
(c)(2)(C) of this section, any State which is not a party
to a contract with the Secretary meeting the requirements
of paragraph (1) (and any political subdivision thereof)
may not utilize an individual’s social security account
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number in the administration of any driver’s license or
motor vehicle registration law.’’.
(b) STUDY REGARDING IMPROVEMENTS IN GATHER-
ING AND REPORTING OF DEATH INFORMATION.
(1) IN GENERAL.—As soon as practicable after
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary
of Health and Human Services shall conduct a study
of possible improvements in the current methods of
gathering and reporting death information by the
Federal, State, and local governments which would
result in more efficient and expeditious handling of
such information.
(2) SPECIFIC MATTERS TO BE STUDIED.—In
carrying out the study required under this sub-
section, the Secretary shall—
(A) ascertain the delays in the receipt of
death information which are currently encoun-
tered by the Social Security Administration and
other agencies in need of such information on
a regular basis,
(B) analyze the causes of such delays,
(C) develop alternative options for improv-
ing Federal, State, and local agency cooperation
in reducing such delays, and
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(D) evaluate the costs and benefits associ-
ated with the options referred to in subpara-
graph (C).
(3) REPORT.—Not later than June 1, 1994, the
Secretary shall submit a written report to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means of the House of Rep-
resentatives and the Committee on Finance of the
Senate setting forth the results of the study con-
ducted pursuant to this subsection, together with
such administrative and legislative recommendations
as the Secretary may consider appropriate.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall take effect 1 year after the date
of the enactment of this Act.
(2) PROMOTION
OF
ENTRY
INTO
NEW
CON-
TRACTS.—As soon as practicable after the date of
the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health
and Human Services shall take such actions as are
necessary and appropriate to promote entry into
contracts under section 205(r) of the Social Security
Act which are in compliance with the requirements
of the amendments made by subsection (a).
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Subtitle B—Human Resources
Amendments
SEC. 13201. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents of this subtitle is as follows:
Subtitle B—Human Resources Amendments
Sec. 13201. Table of contents.
Sec. 13202. References.
CHAPTER 1—CHILD WELFARE SERVICES, FOSTER CARE, AND ADOPTION
ASSISTANCE
Sec. 13211. Entitlement funding for services designed to strengthen and pre-
serve families.
Sec. 13212. Grants for State courts to assess and improve handling of proceed-
ings relating to foster care and adoption.
Sec. 13213. Required protections for foster children.
Sec. 13214. States required to report on measures taken to comply with the In-
dian Child Welfare Act.
Sec. 13215. Child welfare traineeships.
Sec. 13216. Dissolved adoptions.
Sec. 13217. Time frame for judicial determinations on voluntary placements.
Sec. 13218. Study of reasonable efforts.
Sec. 13219. Enhanced match for automated data systems.
Sec. 13220. Periodic reevaluation of foster care maintenance payments.
Sec. 13221. Dispositional hearing.
Sec. 13222. Health care plans for foster children.
Sec. 13223. Independent living.
Sec. 13224. Elimination of foster care ceilings and of authority to transfer un-
used foster care funds to child welfare services programs.
Sec. 13225. Training of agency staff and foster and adoptive parents.
Sec. 13226. On-site reviews and audits of State claims for foster care and
adoption assistance.
Sec. 13227. Conformity reviews.
Sec. 13228. Repeal of annual report on voluntary placement.
Sec. 13229. Demonstration projects.
Sec. 13230. Placement accountability.
Sec. 13231. Payments of State claims for foster care and adoption assistance.
Sec. 13232. Moratorium on collection of disallowances.
Sec. 13233. Border region child welfare worker training demonstration.
Sec. 13234. Effect of failure to carry out State plan.
CHAPTER 2—CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT
Sec. 13241. State paternity establishment programs.
Sec. 13242. Enforcement of health insurance support.
Sec. 13243. Reports to credit bureaus on persons delinquent in child support
payments.
CHAPTER 3—SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME
Sec. 13251. Fees for Federal administration of State supplementary payments.
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Sec. 13252. Exclusion from income of State relocation assistance.
Sec. 13253. Prevention of adverse effects on eligibility for, and amount of, ben-
efits when spouse or parent of beneficiary is absent from the
household due to active military service.
Sec. 13254. Eligibility for children of Armed Forces personnel residing outside
the United States other than in foreign countries.
Sec. 13255. Definition of disability for children under age 18 applied to all in-
dividuals under age 18.
Sec. 13256. Valuation of certain in-kind support and maintenance when there
is a cost of living adjustment in benefits.
Sec. 13257. Exclusion from income of certain amounts received by Indians
from interests held in trust.
CHAPTER 4—AID TO FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN
Sec. 13261. 50 percent Federal match of State administrative costs.
Sec. 13262. Delay in effective date of penalty for failure to meet required par-
ticipation rate for unemployed parents in the JOBS program.
Sec. 13263. Report to the Congress with respect to performance standards in
the JOBS program.
Sec. 13264. Measurement and reporting of welfare participation.
Sec. 13265. New Hope demonstration project.
Sec. 13266. Delay in requirement that outlying areas operate an AFDC-UP
program.
Sec. 13267. Adult in family or household allowed to attest to citizenship status
of family or household members.
Sec. 13268. Increase in stepparent income disregard.
Sec. 13269. Extension of New York State child support demonstration pro-
gram.
Sec. 13270. Early childhood development projects.
CHAPTER 5—UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE
Sec. 13271. Treatment of short-time compensation programs.
Sec. 13272. Technical amendment to Unemployment Trust Fund.
Sec. 13273. Extension of reporting date for advisory council.
Sec. 13274. Clarification of emergency unemployment benefits provisions.
Sec. 13275. Modifications to extended unemployment program.
Sec. 13276. Extension of current Federal unemployment rate.
Sec. 13277. Disclosure of information to Railroad Retirement Board.
CHAPTER 6—TECHNICAL PROVISIONS
Sec. 13281. Corrections related to the income security and human resources
provisions of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990.
Sec. 13282. Technical corrections related to the human resource and income se-
curity provisions of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of
1989.
Sec. 13283. Elimination of obsolete provisions relating to treatment of the
earned income tax credit.
Sec. 13284. Redesignation of certain provisions.
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SEC. 13202. REFERENCES.
Except as otherwise expressly provided, wherever in
this subtitle an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms
of an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provi-
sion, the reference shall be considered to be made to a
section or other provision of the Social Security Act.
CHAPTER 1—CHILD WELFARE SERVICES,
FOSTER CARE, AND ADOPTION ASSIST-
ANCE
SEC. 13211. ENTITLEMENT FUNDING FOR SERVICES DE-
SIGNED TO STRENGTHEN AND PRESERVE
FAMILIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part B of title IV (42 U.S.C.
620–628) is amended—
(1) by striking the heading and inserting the
following:
‘‘PART B—CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES
‘‘Subpart 1—Child Welfare Services’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘Subpart 2—Family Preservation and Support
Services
‘‘SEC. 430. PURPOSES; LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATIONS
OF APPROPRIATIONS; RESERVATION OF CER-
TAIN AMOUNTS.
‘‘(a) PURPOSES; LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATION
OF APPROPRIATIONS.—For the purpose of encouraging
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and enabling each State to develop and establish, or ex-
pand, and to operate a program of family preservation
services and community-based family support services,
there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary—
‘‘(1) $60,000,000 for fiscal year 1994;
‘‘(2) $135,000,000 for fiscal year 1995;
‘‘(3) $240,000,000 for fiscal year 1996;
‘‘(4) $360,000,000 for fiscal year 1997; and
‘‘(5) $600,000,000 for fiscal year 1998.
‘‘(b) RESERVATION OF CERTAIN AMOUNTS.—
‘‘(1) EVALUATION, RESEARCH, TRAINING, AND
TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall re-
serve 1 percent of the amount appropriated pursu-
ant to subsection (a) for each fiscal year, for expend-
iture by the Secretary for evaluation, research, train-
ing, and technical assistance related to the program
under this subpart.
‘‘(2) STATE COURT ASSESSMENTS.—The Sec-
retary shall reserve $5,000,000 of the amount ap-
propriated pursuant to subsection (a) for fiscal year
1995, and $10,000,000 of the amount so appro-
priated for each of fiscal years 1996, 1997, and
1998, for grants under section 13212 of the Omni-
bus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993.
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‘‘(3) INDIAN TRIBES.—The Secretary shall re-
serve 1 percent of the amount appropriated pursu-
ant to subsection (a) for each fiscal year, for allot-
ment to Indian tribes in accordance with section
433(a).
‘‘SEC. 431. DEFINITIONS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—As used in this subpart:
‘‘(1) FAMILY
PRESERVATION
SERVICES.—The
term ‘family preservation services’ means services
for children and families designed to help families
(including adoptive and extended families) at risk or
in crisis, including—
‘‘(A) service programs designed to help
children—
‘‘(i) where appropriate, return to fam-
ilies from which they have been removed;
or
‘‘(ii) be placed for adoption, with a
legal guardian, or, if adoption or legal
guardianship is determined not to be ap-
propriate for a child, in some other
planned, permanent living arrangement;
‘‘(B) preplacement preventive services pro-
grams, such as intensive family preservation
programs, designed to help children at risk of
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foster care placement remain with their fami-
lies;
‘‘(C) service programs designed to provide
followup care to families to whom a child has
been returned after a foster care placement;
‘‘(D) respite care of children to provide
temporary 
relief 
for 
parents 
and 
other
caregivers (including foster parents); and
‘‘(E) 
services 
designed 
to 
improve
parenting skills (by reinforcing parents’ con-
fidence in their strengths, and helping them to
identify where improvement is needed and to
obtain assistance in improving those skills) with
respect to matters such as child development,
family budgeting, coping with stress, health,
and nutrition.
‘‘(2) FAMILY
SUPPORT
SERVICES.—The term
‘family support services’ means community-based
services to promote the well-being of children and
families designed to increase the strength and stabil-
ity of families (including adoptive, foster, and ex-
tended families), to increase parents’ confidence and
competence in their parenting abilities, to afford
children a stable and supportive family environment,
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and otherwise to enhance child development, includ-
ing—
‘‘(A) services described in paragraph
(1)(E);
‘‘(B) respite care of children to provide
temporary 
relief 
for 
parents 
and 
other
caregivers;
‘‘(C) structured activities involving parents
and children to strengthen the parent-child re-
lationship;
‘‘(D) drop-in centers to afford families op-
portunities for informal interaction with other
families and with program staff;
‘‘(E) information and referral services to
afford families access to other community serv-
ices, including child care, health care, nutrition
programs, adult education and literacy pro-
grams, and counseling and mentoring services;
and
‘‘(F) early developmental screening of chil-
dren to assess the needs of such children, and
assistance to families in securing specific serv-
ices to meet these needs.
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‘‘(3) STATE AGENCY.—The term ‘State agency’
means the State agency responsible for administer-
ing the program under subpart 1.
‘‘(4) STATE.—The term ‘State’ includes an In-
dian tribe or tribal organization, in addition to the
meaning given such term for purposes of subpart 1.
‘‘(5) TRIBAL ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘tribal
organization’ means the recognized governing body
of any Indian tribe.
‘‘(6) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘Indian tribe’
means any Indian tribe (as defined in section
482(i)(5)) and any Alaska Native organization (as
defined in section 482(i)(7)(A)).
‘‘(b) OTHER TERMS.—For other definitions of other
terms used in this subpart, see section 475.
‘‘SEC. 432. STATE PLANS.
‘‘(a) PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—A State plan meets the
requirements of this subsection if the plan—
‘‘(1) provides that the State agency shall ad-
minister, or supervise the administration of, the
State program under this subpart;
‘‘(2)(A)(i) sets forth the goals intended to be
accomplished under the plan by the end of the 5th
fiscal year in which the plan is in operation in the
State, and (ii) is updated periodically to set forth
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section 16(c) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977,
expressed as a percentage of the average
monthly number of children receiving food
stamp benefits in the States described in such
paragraph (1) for months in such 3 fiscal years,
as so determined.
‘‘(B) FISCAL
YEARS
USED
IN
CALCULA-
TION.—For purposes of the calculation pursu-
ant to subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall
use data for the 3 most recent fiscal years, pre-
ceding the fiscal year for which the State’s al-
lotment is calculated under this subsection, for
which such data are available to the Secretary.
‘‘SEC. 434. PAYMENTS TO STATES.
‘‘(a) ENTITLEMENT.—
‘‘(1) GENERAL RULE.—Except as provided in
paragraph (2) of this subsection, each State which
has a plan approved under this subpart shall be enti-
tled to payment of the lesser of—
‘‘(A) 75 percent of the total cost of activi-
ties under the plan during the fiscal year or the
immediately succeeding fiscal year; or
‘‘(B) the allotment of the State under sec-
tion 433 for the fiscal year.