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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2127
To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to establish a new comprehensive
child welfare services program under part E, to make other amendments
to the programs under parts B and E, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 13, 1993
Mr. WELDON (for himself and Mr. ANDREWS of New Jersey) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to establish
a new comprehensive child welfare services program
under part E, to make other amendments to the pro-
grams under parts B and E, 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 ‘‘Comprehensive Child
Welfare Services Reform Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE CHILD WEL-
FARE SERVICES PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title IV of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is amended—
(1) in part F, by redesignating sections 481
through 487 (42 U.S.C. 681–687) as sections 491
through 497, respectively;
(2) by striking the heading for part E and in-
serting the following:
‘‘PART E—FOSTER CARE, ADOPTION ASSISTANCE,
AND 
COMPREHENSIVE 
CHILD 
WELFARE
SERVICES.
‘‘Subpart 1—Foster Care and Adoption Assistance’’;
(3) in section 474(a) (42 U.S.C. 674(a)), by
striking paragraph (3), and redesignating paragraph
(4) as paragraph (3); and
(4) by adding at the end of part E the follow-
ing:
‘‘Subpart 2—Comprehensive Child Welfare Services
‘‘SEC. 480. PURPOSE; APPROPRIATION.
‘‘For the purposes of assisting each State to meet the
needs of children (including children ineligible for assist-
ance under the programs under subpart 1) for comprehen-
sive child welfare services, and enabling each State to ad-
minister its programs under subpart 1, there are author-
ized to be appropriated—
‘‘(1) $1,328,000,000 for fiscal year 1994;
‘‘(2) $1,449,000,000 for fiscal year 1995;
‘‘(3) $1,585,000,000 for fiscal year 1996;
‘‘(4) $1,734,000,000 for fiscal year 1997; and
‘‘(5) $1,892,000,000 for fiscal year 1998.
‘‘SEC. 481. RESERVATION OF FUNDS FOR SECRETARY; AL-
LOTMENTS TO STATES; REALLOTMENTS.
‘‘(a) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—1 percent of the
amount appropriated pursuant to section 480 for each fis-
cal year shall be reserved to the Secretary for expenditure
in accordance with section 484.
‘‘(b) ALLOTMENTS.—The allotment for each State
for each of fiscal years 1994 through 1998 shall be an
amount which bears the same ratio to 99 percent of the
amount authorized to be appropriated under section 480
for the fiscal year as the total payment to which the State
is entitled under section 474(a)(3) for fiscal year 1992
bears to the total amount to which all States are entitled
under such section for the fiscal year (as determined on
the basis of claims submitted by the State and received
by the Secretary on or before March 31, 1993, and found
by the Secretary to be allowable on or before July 31,
1993).
‘‘(c) REALLOTMENT.—The amount of any allotment
to a State under subsection (b) for any fiscal year which
the State certifies to the Secretary will not be used by
the State to carry out the State plan under section 482
shall be available for reallotment from time to time, on
such dates as the Secretary may fix, to other States which
the Secretary determines will be able to use such excess
amounts during such fiscal year, in addition to amounts
already allotted or reallotted to such other States, under
the State plans under such section. The amount reallotted
to each State eligible for reallotted funds shall bear the
same ratio to the amount available for reallotment as the
State’s allotment under subsection (b) bears to the total
amount allotted to all States so eligible.
‘‘SEC. 482. STATE PLAN FOR COMPREHENSIVE CHILD WEL-
FARE SERVICES.
‘‘In order to be eligible for payments under this sub-
part for a fiscal year, a State shall publish in the State
and furnish to the Secretary a plan of the State for ex-
penditure of funds under this subpart. The plan shall pro-
vide that—
‘‘(1) expenditures will be made under the plan
only for—
‘‘(A) provision of child welfare services (as
defined in section 425) in accordance with sec-
tion 422(b), other than foster care maintenance
payments and adoption assistance payments,
but including nonrecurring adoption expenses
(as defined in section 473(a)(6)); and
‘‘(B) administration of the programs of the
State under subpart 1 (including training of
current or prospective State or local agency per-
sonnel, and of foster care and adoptive parents,
related to administration of such program); and
‘‘(2) the State share of expenditures under this
subpart shall be an amount not less than the
amount of the State share of expenditures for which
payment was made under section 474(a)(3) for fiscal
year 1993.
‘‘SEC. 483. PAYMENTS TO STATES.
‘‘Each State shall be entitled to a payment for each
fiscal year in an amount equal to the lesser of—
‘‘(1) the allotment of the State under this sub-
part for the fiscal year; or
‘‘(2) 75 percent of amounts (other than
amounts for which the State receives payment under
part B) expended in the fiscal year in accordance
with the State plan under section 482.
‘‘SEC. 484. SECRETARY’S DISCRETIONARY ACTIVITIES.
‘‘The Secretary shall use the amounts reserved under
section 481(a) to provide, through grants to or contracts
with public or private entities, for—
‘‘(1) technical assistance and training for State
and local public and private agencies to enable them
to improve their administration of the program
under subpart 1, including—
‘‘(A) States or cities with large numbers of
children at risk of foster care placement, or
with substantial deficiencies in program oper-
ation; and
‘‘(B) State agencies in greatest need of as-
sistance in meeting the requirements of section
479 or other Federal data collection require-
ments;
‘‘(2) evaluation of State programs under this
part and part B; and
‘‘(3) demonstrations designed to—
‘‘(A) develop or identify more effective pro-
grams to support and strengthen families;
‘‘(B) improve child protective, foster care,
and adoption assistance services; and
‘‘(C) reduce burdens on caseworkers.’’.
(b) COORDINATION WITH OTHER PROGRAMS PRO-
VIDING SERVICES TO CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.—Section
422(b)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 622(b)(2)) is amended
by striking ‘‘under part E’’ and inserting ‘‘under subpart
1, and the State plan published under subpart 2, of part
E’’.
(c) ELIMINATION
OF CONDITIONAL PART E OF
TITLE IV CEILING
AND AUTHORITY
TO TRANSFER
FUNDS TO PART B OF TITLE IV.—Section 474 of such
Act (42 U.S.C. 674) is amended—
(1) by striking subsections (b) and (c), and re-
designating subsection (d) as subsection (b); and
(2) in subsection (b), as so redesignated—
(A) by striking ‘‘subsections (a), (b), and
(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘such estimates’’ and in-
serting ‘‘such estimate’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘such subsections’’ and in-
serting ‘‘such subsection’’.
(d) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(1) Part E of title
IV of such Act (42 U.S.C. 470–479) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘this part’’ each place such term appears and inserting
‘‘this subpart’’.
(2) Section 403(a)(3)(D) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
603(a)(3)(D)) is amended by striking ‘‘486(a)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘496(a)’’.
(3) Section 403(l)(1)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
603(l)(1)(A)) is amended—
(A) 
by 
striking 
‘‘482(a)’’ 
and 
inserting
‘‘492(a)’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘482(i)(2)’’ and inserting
‘‘492(i)(2)’’.
(4) Section 403(l)(4)(A)(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
603(l)(4)(A)(i)) is amended by striking ‘‘482(d)(1)’’ and
inserting ‘‘492(d)(1)’’.
(5) Section 403(l)(4)(A)(ii) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
603(l)(4)(A)(ii)) by striking ‘‘482’’ and inserting ‘‘492’’.
(6) Section 473(a)(6) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
673(a)(6)) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘(6)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘(6)’’;
and
(B) by striking subparagraph (B).
(7) Section 477(e)(3) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
677(e)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘(a)(1), (a)(2), and
(a)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘(a)(1) and (a)(2)’’.
(8) Section 492(e)(2)(B) of such Act, as so redesig-
nated by subsection (a) of this section, is amended by
striking ‘‘484’’ and inserting ‘‘494’’.
(9) Section 492(f) of such Act, as so redesignated by
subsection (a) of this section, is amended by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 482(a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (a)(1)’’.
(10) Section 493(a)(1) of such Act, as so redesig-
nated by subsection (a) of this section, is amended by
striking ‘‘482(a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘492(a)(1)’’.
(11) Section 494(c) of such Act, as so redesignated
by subsection (a) of this section, is amended by striking
‘‘482(e)’’ and inserting ‘‘492(e)’’.
(12) Section 494(d)(2) of such Act, as so redesig-
nated by subsection (a) of this section, is amended by
striking ‘‘482(f)’’ and inserting ‘‘492(f)’’.
(13) Section 495(c) of such Act, as so redesignated
by subsection (a) of this section, is amended by striking
‘‘482(a)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘492(a)(1)’’.
(14) Section 497(a)(1) of such Act, as so redesig-
nated by subsection (a) of this section, is amended by
striking ‘‘486’’ and inserting ‘‘496’’.
(15) Section 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(I) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(i)(I)) is amended by striking
‘‘482(e)(6)’’ and inserting ‘‘492(e)(6)’’.
(16) Section 1928(a)(1)(D) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
1396s(a)(1)(D)) is amended by striking ‘‘482(e)(6)’’ and
inserting ‘‘492(e)(6)’’.
(17) Any other reference in law or regulation, as of
the effective date of this Act, to section 481, 482, 483,
484, 485, 486, or 487 of the Social Security Act shall be
ed field supported by funds from the State
agency under this part or part B to enter into
a written agreement either—
‘‘(i) to work, after the completion of
such education or training, for the State
agency or another public child welfare
agency, or for a private child welfare agen-
cy operating under a contract with a public
child welfare agency, for a period not less
in duration than the period of such edu-
cation or training; or
‘‘(ii) to repay to the State agency the
full amount expended by it for such edu-
cation or training for the individual;
‘‘(B) will enforce compliance with such
agreements; and
‘‘(C) will repay to the Secretary the Fed-
eral share of amounts recovered in accordance
with this requirement, to the extent that such
amounts exceed amounts necessary to reim-
burse the State agency for costs reasonably in-
curred to obtain recovery.’’.
(b) UNDER SECTION 426.—Section 426 of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 626) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(1)(C), by inserting ‘‘sub-
ject to subsection (d),’’ after ‘‘(c)’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(d) As a condition of eligibility for grants under sub-
section (a)(1)(C), a public or other nonprofit institution
of higher learning shall undertake—
‘‘(1) to require each individual who receives
education or training in child welfare or a related
field supported by a stipend or other financial assist-
ance under this section to enter into a written agree-
ment either—
‘‘(A) to work, after the completion of such
education or training, for a public child welfare
agency, or for a private child welfare agency op-
erating under a contract with a public child
welfare agency, for a period not less in duration
than the period of such education or training,
or
‘‘(B) to repay to the institution the full
amount of such stipend or other assistance;
‘‘(2) to enforce compliance with such agree-
ments; and
‘‘(3) to repay to the Secretary amounts recov-
ered in accordance with this requirement, to the ex-
tent that such amounts exceed amounts necessary to
reimburse the institution for costs reasonably in-
curred to obtain recovery.’’.
SEC. 5. EXTENSION OF THE INDEPENDENT LIVING PRO-
GRAM.
Section 477 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
677) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by striking the last
sentence;
(2) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘In the case
of’’ and all that follows through ‘‘1992, such’’ and
inserting ‘‘Such’’;
(3) in subsection (e)(1)(A), by striking ‘‘of the
fiscal years 1987 through 1992’’ and inserting ‘‘fis-
cal year’’;
(4) in subsection (e)(1)(B), by striking ‘‘fiscal
years 1991 and 1992’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal
year’’;
(5) by amending subsection (e)(1)(C) to read as
follows:
‘‘(C) As used in this section:
‘‘(i) The term ‘basic ceiling’ means
$45,000,000.
‘‘(ii) The term ‘additional ceiling’
means $25,000,000.’’;
(6) in subsection (f), by striking the last sen-
tence; and
(7) in subsection (g)—
(A) by striking ‘‘(g)(1)’’ and inserting
‘‘(g)’’; and
(B) by striking paragraphs (2) and (3).
SEC. 6. ACCUMULATION OF ASSETS BY OLDER CHILDREN
RECEIVING 
FOSTER 
CARE 
MAINTENANCE
PAYMENTS.
Section 472 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
672) is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(i) In determining the eligibility of an individual who
has attained age 16 for foster care maintenance payments
under this subpart, the State agency shall disregard from
the resources of the individual an amount of funds not
exceeding an amount the agency determines to be reason-
able for the purpose of achieving self-sufficiency.’’.
SEC. 7. REPEAL OF ANNUAL REPORT ON VOLUNTARY
PLACEMENT.
Section 102(e) of the Adoption Assistance and Child
Welfare Act of 1980 (Public Law 96–272; 42 U.S.C. 672
note) is repealed.
SEC. 8. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this Act shall become ef-
fective with respect to fiscal years beginning on or after
October 1, 1993.
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