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TITLE XI—MISCELLANEOUS
SEC. 1101. EXPENDITURE OF FEDERAL FUNDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH
LAWS AND PROCEDURES APPLICABLE TO EXPENDITURE
OF STATE FUNDS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other provision of law,
any funds received by a State under the provisions of law specified
in subsection (b) shall be expended only in accordance with the
laws and procedures applicable to expenditures of the State’s own
revenues, including appropriation by the State legislature, consist-
ent with the terms and conditions required under such provisions
of law.
(b) PROVISIONS OF LAW.—The provisions of law specified in
this subsection are the following:
(1) Part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (relating
to block grants for temporary assistance for needy families).
(2) Section 25 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (relating
to the optional State food assistance block grant).
(3) The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of
1990 (relating to block grants for child care).
SEC. 1102. ELIMINATION OF HOUSING ASSISTANCE WITH RESPECT TO
FUGITIVE FELONS AND PROBATION AND PAROLE VIOLA-
TORS.
(a) ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE.—The United States Housing
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) is amended—
(1) in section 6(l)—
(A) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end;
(B) in paragraph (6), by striking the period at the
end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(C) by inserting immediately after paragraph (6) the
following new paragraph:
‘‘(7) provide that it shall be cause for immediate termination
of the tenancy of a public housing tenant if such tenant—
‘‘(A) is fleeing to avoid prosecution, or custody or
confinement after conviction, under the laws of the place
from which the individual flees, for a crime, or attempt
to commit a crime, which is a felony under the laws of
the place from which the individual flees, or which, in
the case of the State of New Jersey, is a high misdemeanor
under the laws of such State; or
‘‘(2) is violating a condition of probation or parole imposed
under Federal or State law.’’; and
(2) in section 8(d)(1)(B)—
(A) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end;
(B) in clause (iv), by striking the period at the end
and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(C) by adding after clause (iv) the following new clause:
‘‘(v) it shall be cause for termination of the tenancy
of a tenant if such tenant—
‘‘(I) is fleeing to avoid prosecution, or custody
or confinement after conviction, under the laws
of the place from which the individual flees, for
a crime, or attempt to commit a crime, which
is a felony under the laws of the place from which
the individual flees, or which, in the case of the
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State of New Jersey, is a high misdemeanor under
the laws of such State; or
‘‘(II) is violating a condition of probation or
parole imposed under Federal or State law;’’.
(b) PROVISION OF INFORMATION TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AGEN-
CIES.—Title I of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C.
1437 et seq.), as amended by section 601 of this Act, is amended
by adding at the end the following:
‘‘SEC. 28. EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCIES.
‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of law, each public hous-
ing agency that enters into a contract for assistance under section
6 or 8 of this Act with the Secretary shall furnish any Federal,
State, or local law enforcement officer, upon the request of the
officer, with the current address, Social Security number, and photo-
graph (if applicable) of any recipient of assistance under this Act,
if the officer—
‘‘(1) furnishes the public housing agency with the name
of the recipient; and
‘‘(2) notifies the agency that—
‘‘(A) such recipient—
‘‘(i) is fleeing to avoid prosecution, or custody or
confinement after conviction, under the laws of the
place from which the individual flees, for a crime,
or attempt to commit a crime, which is a felony under
the laws of the place from which the individual flees,
or which, in the case of the State of New Jersey,
is a high misdemeanor under the laws of such State;
or
‘‘(ii) is violating a condition of probation or parole
imposed under Federal or State law; or
‘‘(iii) has information that is necessary for the offi-
cer to conduct the officer’s official duties;
‘‘(B) the location or apprehension of the recipient is
within such officer’s official duties; and
‘‘(C) the request is made in the proper exercise of
the officer’s official duties.’’.
SEC. 1103. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING ENTERPRISE ZONES.
(a) FINDINGS.—The Senate finds that:
(1) Many of the Nation’s urban centers are places with
high levels of poverty, high rates of welfare dependency, high
crime rates, poor schools, and joblessness;
(2) Federal tax incentives and regulatory reforms can
encourage economic growth, job creation and small business
formation in many urban centers;
(3) Encouraging private sector investment in America’s
economically distressed urban and rural areas is essential to
breaking the cycle of poverty and the related ills of crime,
drug abuse, illiteracy, welfare dependency, and unemployment;
(4) The empowerment zones enacted in 1993 should be
enhanced by providing incentives to increase entrepreneurial
growth, capital formation, job creation, educational opportuni-
ties, and home ownership in the designated communities and
zones.
(b) SENSE OF THE SENATE.—Therefore, it is the Sense of the
Senate that the Congress should adopt enterprise zone legislation
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in the One Hundred Fourth Congress, and that such enterprise
zone legislation provide the following incentives and provisions:
(1) Federal tax incentives that expand access to capital,
increase the formation and expansion of small businesses, and
promote commercial revitalization;
(2) Regulatory reforms that allow localities to petition Fed-
eral agencies, subject to the relevant agencies’ approval, for
waivers or modifications of regulations to improve job creation,
small business formation and expansion, community develop-
ment, or economic revitalization objectives of the enterprise
zones;
(3) Home ownership incentives and grants to encourage
resident management of public housing and home ownership
of public housing;
(4) School reform pilot projects in certain designated enter-
prise zones to provide low-income parents with new and
expanded educational options for their children’s elementary
and secondary schooling.
SEC. 1104. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING THE INABILITY OF THE
NON-CUSTODIAL PARENT TO PAY CHILD SUPPORT.
It is the sense of the Senate that—
(a) States should diligently continue their efforts to enforce
child support payments by the non-custodial parent to the custodial
parent, regardless of the employment status or location of the
non-custodial parent; and
(b) States are encouraged to pursue pilot programs in which
the parents of a non-adult, non-custodial parent who refuses to
or is unable to pay child support must—
(1) pay or contribute to the child support owed by the
non-custodial parent; or
(2) otherwise fulfill all financial obligations and meet all
conditions imposed on the non-custodial parent, such as partici-
pation in a work program or other related activity.
SEC. 1105. FOOD STAMP ELIGIBILITY.
Section 6(f) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2015(f))
is amended by striking the third sentence and inserting the
following:
‘‘The State agency shall, at its option, consider either all income
and financial resources of the individual rendered ineligible to
participate in the food stamp program under this subsection, or
such income, less a pro rata share, and the financial resources
of the ineligible individual, to determine the eligibility and the
value of the allotment of the household of which such individual
is a member.’’.
SEC. 1106. ESTABLISHING NATIONAL GOALS TO PREVENT TEENAGE
PREGNANCIES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Not later than January 1, 1997, the Secretary
of Health and Human Services shall establish and implement a
strategy for—
(1) preventing out-of-wedlock teenage pregnancies, and
(2) assuring that at least 25 percent of the communities
in the United States have teenage pregnancy prevention pro-
grams in place.
(b) REPORT.—Not later than June 30, 1998, and annually there-
after, the Secretary shall report to the Congress with respect to
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the progress that has been made in meeting the goals described
in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a).
SEC. 1107. SENSE OF THE SENATE REGARDING ENFORCEMENT OF
STATUTORY RAPE LAWS.
It is the sense of the Senate that States and local jurisdictions
should aggressively enforce statutory rape laws.
SEC. 1108. SANCTIONING FOR TESTING POSITIVE FOR CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCES.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, States shall not
be prohibited by the Federal Government from sanctioning welfare
recipients who test positive for use of controlled substances.
SEC. 1109. ABSTINENCE EDUCATION.
(a) INCREASES IN FUNDING.—Section 501(a) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 701(a)) is amended in the matter preceding
paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘Fiscal year 1990 and each fiscal year
thereafter’’ and inserting ‘‘Fiscal years 1990 through 1995 and
$761,000,000 for fiscal year 1996 and each fiscal year thereafter’’.
(b) ABSTINENCE EDUCATION.—Section 501(a)(1) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 701(a)(1)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end;
(2) in subparagraph (D), by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end; and
(3) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
‘‘(E) to provide abstinence education, and at the option
of the State, where appropriate, mentoring, counseling,
and adult supervision to promote abstinence from sexual
activity, with a focus on those groups which are most
likely to bear children out-of-wedlock.’’.
(c) ABSTINENCE EDUCATION DEFINED.—Section 501(b) of such
Act (42 U.S.C. 701(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following
new paragraph:
‘‘(5) ABSTINENCE
EDUCATION.—For purposes of this sub-
section, the term ‘abstinence education’ means an educational
or motivational program which—
‘‘(A) has as its exclusive purpose, teaching the social,
psychological, and health gains to be realized by abstaining
from sexual activity;
‘‘(B) teaches abstinence from sexual activity outside
marriage as the expected standard for all school age chil-
dren;
‘‘(C) teaches that abstinence from sexual activity is
the only certain way to avoid out-of-wedlock pregnancy,
sexually transmitted diseases, and other associated health
problems;
‘‘(D) teaches that a mutually faithful monogamous rela-
tionship in context of marriage is the expected standard
of human sexual activity;
‘‘(E) teaches that sexual activity outside of the context
of marriage is likely to have harmful psychological and
physical effects;
‘‘(F) teaches that bearing children out-of-wedlock is
likely to have harmful consequences for the child, the
child’s parents, and society;
‘‘(G) teaches young people how to reject sexual
advances and how alcohol and drug use increases vulner-
ability to sexual advances; and