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‘‘(i) the number and characteristics of
children receiving services under this sec-
tion;
‘‘(ii) the type and quantity of services
being provided; and
‘‘(iii) State performance on the out-
come measures; and
‘‘(C) develop and implement a plan to col-
lect the needed information beginning with the
second fiscal year beginning after the date of
the enactment of this section.
‘‘(2) REPORT TO THE CONGRESS.—Within 12
months after the date of the enactment of this sec-
tion, the Secretary shall submit to the Committee on
Ways and Means of the House of Representatives
and the Committee on Finance of the Senate a re-
port detailing the plans and timetable for collecting
from the States the information described in para-
graph (1) and a proposal to impose penalties con-
sistent with paragraph (e)(2) on States that do not
report data.
‘‘(g) EVALUATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall con-
duct evaluations of such State programs funded
under this section as the Secretary deems to be in-
H. R. 3443
One Hundred Sixth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE FIRST SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Wednesday,
the sixth day of January, one thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine
An Act
To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide States with
more funding and greater flexibility in carrying out programs designed to help
children make the transition from foster care to self-sufficiency, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Foster Care
Independence Act of 1999’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of this Act
is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I—IMPROVED INDEPENDENT LIVING PROGRAM
Subtitle A—Improved Independent Living Program
Sec. 101. Improved independent living program.
Subtitle B—Related Foster Care Provision
Sec. 111. Increase in amount of assets allowable for children in foster care.
Sec. 112. Preparation of foster parents to provide for the needs of children in State
care.
Subtitle C—Medicaid Amendments
Sec. 121. State option of Medicaid coverage for adolescents leaving foster care.
Subtitle D—Adoption Incentive Payments
Sec. 131. Increased funding for adoption incentive payments.
TITLE II—SSI FRAUD PREVENTION
Subtitle A—Fraud Prevention and Related Provisions
Sec. 201. Liability of representative payees for overpayments to deceased recipi-
ents.
Sec. 202. Recovery of overpayments of SSI benefits from lump sum SSI benefit
payments.
Sec. 203. Additional debt collection practices.
Sec. 204. Requirement to provide State prisoner information to Federal and feder-
ally assisted benefit programs.
Sec. 205. Treatment of assets held in trust under the SSI program.
Sec. 206. Disposal of resources for less than fair market value under the SSI
program.
Sec. 207. Administrative procedure for imposing penalties for false or misleading
statements.
Sec. 208. Exclusion of representatives and health care providers convicted of viola-
tions from participation in social security programs.
Sec. 209. State data exchanges.
Sec. 210. Study on possible measures to improve fraud prevention and administra-
tive processing.
Sec. 211. Annual report on amounts necessary to combat fraud.
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training, employment, and financial support for
young adults leaving foster care, with participation
in such program beginning several years before high
school graduation and continuing, as needed, until
the young adults emancipated from foster care es-
tablish independence or reach 21 years of age.
(b) IMPROVED INDEPENDENT LIVING PROGRAM.—
Section 477 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 677)
is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 477. JOHN H. CHAFEE FOSTER CARE INDEPENDENCE
PROGRAM.
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to
provide States with flexible funding that will enable pro-
grams to be designed and conducted—
‘‘(1) to identify children who are likely to re-
main in foster care until 18 years of age and to help
these children make the transition to self-sufficiency
by providing services such as assistance in obtaining
a high school diploma, career exploration, vocational
training, job placement and retention, training in
daily living skills, training in budgeting and financial
management skills, substance abuse prevention, and
preventive health activities (including smoking avoid-
ance, nutrition education, and pregnancy preven-
tion);
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‘‘(2) to help children who are likely to remain
in foster care until 18 years of age receive the edu-
cation, training, and services necessary to obtain em-
ployment;
‘‘(3) to help children who are likely to remain
in foster care until 18 years of age prepare for and
enter postsecondary training and education institu-
tions;
‘‘(4) to provide personal and emotional support
to children aging out of foster care, through mentors
and the promotion of interactions with dedicated
adults; and
‘‘(5) to provide financial, housing, counseling,
employment, education, and other appropriate sup-
port and services to former foster care recipients be-
tween 18 and 21 years of age to complement their
own efforts to achieve self-sufficiency and to assure
that program participants recognize and accept their
personal responsibility for preparing for and then
making the transition from adolescence to adult-
hood.
‘‘(b) APPLICATIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—A State may apply for
funds from its allotment under subsection (c) for a
period of five consecutive fiscal years by submitting
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to the Secretary, in writing, a plan that meets the
requirements of paragraph (2) and the certifications
required by paragraph (3) with respect to the plan.
‘‘(2) STATE PLAN.—A plan meets the require-
ments of this paragraph if the plan specifies which
State agency or agencies will administer, supervise,
or oversee the programs carried out under the plan,
and describes how the State intends to do the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(A) Design and deliver programs to
achieve the purposes of this section.
‘‘(B) Ensure that all political subdivisions
in the State are served by the program, though
not necessarily in a uniform manner.
‘‘(C) Ensure that the programs serve chil-
dren of various ages and at various stages of
achieving independence.
‘‘(D) Involve the public and private sectors
in helping adolescents in foster care achieve
independence.
‘‘(E) Use objective criteria for determining
eligibility for benefits and services under the
programs, and for ensuring fair and equitable
treatment of benefit recipients.
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supplant any other funds which are available for the
same general purposes in the State.
‘‘(3) TWO-YEAR
AVAILABILITY
OF
FUNDS.—
Payments made to a State under this section for a
fiscal year shall be expended by the State in the fis-
cal year or in the succeeding fiscal year.
‘‘(e) PENALTIES.—
‘‘(1) USE OF GRANT IN VIOLATION OF THIS
PART.—If the Secretary is made aware, by an audit
conducted under chapter 75 of title 31, United
States Code, or by any other means, that a program
receiving funds from an allotment made to a State
under subsection (c) has been operated in a manner
that is inconsistent with, or not disclosed in the
State application approved under subsection (b), the
Secretary shall assess a penalty against the State in
an amount equal to not less than 1 percent and not
more than 5 percent of the amount of the allotment.
‘‘(2) FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH DATA REPORT-
ING REQUIREMENT.—The Secretary shall assess a
penalty against a State that fails during a fiscal
year to comply with an information collection plan
implemented under subsection (f) in an amount
equal to not less than 1 percent and not more than
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5 percent of the amount allotted to the State for the
fiscal year.
‘‘(3) PENALTIES BASED ON DEGREE OF NON-
COMPLIANCE.—The Secretary shall assess penalties
under this subsection based on the degree of non-
compliance.
‘‘(f) DATA COLLECTION AND PERFORMANCE MEAS-
UREMENT.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary, in consulta-
tion with State and local public officials responsible
for administering independent living and other child
welfare programs, child welfare advocates, members
of Congress, youth service providers, and research-
ers, shall—
‘‘(A) develop outcome measures (including
measures of educational attainment, high school
diploma, employment, avoidance of dependency,
homelessness, nonmarital childbirth, incarcer-
ation, and high-risk behaviors) that can be used
to assess the performance of States in operating
independent living programs;
‘‘(B) identify data elements needed to
track—
(2) The table of sections at the beginning of such
chapter is amended by adding at the end following new
item:
‘‘9027. Civilian special agents of the Office of Special Investigations: authority
to execute warrants and make arrests.’’.
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(n) Section 466(b)(6)(A) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 666(b)(6)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘state’’
and inserting ‘‘State’’.
(o) Section 471(a)(8) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 671(a)(8)) is amended by striking ‘‘(including ac-
tivities under part F)’’.
(p) Section 1137(a)(3) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 
1320b–7(a)(3)) 
is 
amended 
by 
striking
‘‘453A(a)(2)(B)(iii))’’ 
and 
inserting
‘‘453A(a)(2)(B)(ii)))’’.
(q) Except as provided in subsection (l), the amend-
ments made by this section shall take effect as if included
in the enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–
193; 110 Stat. 2105).
Passed the House of Representatives November 18,
1999.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3446
To authorize appropriations for the Surface Transportation Board, to enhance
railroad competition, to protect collective bargaining agreements, and
for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 18, 1999
Mr. OBERSTAR introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To authorize appropriations for the Surface Transportation
Board, to enhance railroad competition, to protect collec-
tive bargaining agreements, 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 ‘‘Surface Transpor-
tation Board Reform Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
TITLE I—RAILROAD COMPETITION
Sec. 101. Clarification of rail transportation policy.
Sec. 102. Fostering rail to rail competition.
many cases, were committed long before the effective
date of that Act.
(16) Section 658 of the Treasury-Postal portion
of Public Law 104–208 ignores the real problem
surrounding domestic violence in that truly violent
offenders are allowed to plea-bargain down to mis-
demeanors.
(b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this Act to re-
store States’ rights, the tenth amendment, and second
amendment freedoms.
SEC. 3. REPEALER.
Section 658 of the Treasury-Postal portion of Public
Law 104–208 is repealed and is null and void as if it had
not been enacted, and all provisions of law amended by
such section are restored as if section 658 had not been
enacted.
SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.
This Act shall take effect immediately upon enact-
ment.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3447
To amend the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation
Act to provide for sales of electricity by the Bonneville Power Authority
to joint operating entities.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 18, 1999
Mr. HASTINGS of Washington (for himself and Mr. WALDEN of Oregon) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Re-
sources, 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 amend the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning
and Conservation Act to provide for sales of electricity
by the Bonneville Power Authority to joint operating
entities.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SALES OF ELECTRIC POWER TO JOINT OPER-
ATING ENTITIES.
Section 5(b) of the Pacific Northwest Electric Power
Planning and Conservation Act (16 U.S.C. 839c(b)) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(7) REQUIRED SALE.—
‘‘(A) DEFINITION OF A JOINT OPERATING ENTI-
TY.—In this section, the term ‘joint operating entity’
means an entity that is lawfully organized under
State law as a public body or cooperative prior to
the date of enactment of this paragraph, and is
formed by, and whose members or participants are,
two or more public bodies or cooperatives, each of
which was a customer of the Bonneville Power Ad-
ministration on or before January 1, 1999.
‘‘(B) SALE.—Pursuant to paragraph (1), the
Administrator shall sell, at wholesale to a joint oper-
ating entity, electric power solely for the purpose of
meeting the regional firm power consumer loads of
regional public bodies and cooperatives that are
members of or participants in the joint operating en-
tity.
‘‘(C) NO RESALE.—A public body or coopera-
tive to which a joint operating entity sells electric
power under subparagraph (B) shall not resell that
power except to retail customers of the public body
or cooperative or to another regional member or par-
ticipant of the same joint operating entity, or except
as otherwise permitted by law.’’.
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exposed to beryllium in the performance of duty for the
purposes of this Act if, and only if, the covered employee
was employed at the Department of Energy facility or De-
partment of Defense facility, or was present at the facility
or at a facility owned or operated by a beryllium vendor,
because of employment by the United States or a con-
tractor or subcontractor of the Department of Energy or
Department of Defense, for any period during which beryl-
lium dust, particles, or vapor may have been present at
that facility.
(b) In order to be determined to have been exposed
to beryllium in the performance of duty for the purposes
of this Act, a covered employee, as defined by section
3(4)(B), must establish by substantial evidence that the
covered employee may have been exposed to dust, par-
ticles, or vapor of beryllium that was produced or proc-
essed for sale to, or use by, the Department of Energy
or the Department of Defense.
SEC. 6. COMPENSATION FOR DISABILITY OR DEATH, MED-
ICAL SERVICES, AND VOCATIONAL REHABILI-
TATION.
(a) Except to the extent specified in this Act, and
in accordance with the provisions of the following sections,
the United States—
State petition) any oxygen content requirement in
effect under subsection (k) for that State.
‘‘(2) ACTION BY ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY.—Not later than 180 days after the date of
receipt of a petition submitted under paragraph (1),
the Administrator shall grant the petition. If, by the
date that is 180 days after the date of receipt of a
petition submitted under paragraph (1), the Admin-
istrator has not granted the petition, the petition
shall be deemed to be granted.
‘‘(3) 
FEDERAL
CONTROL
OF
FUEL
OXYGENATES.—The regulations under this section
shall be revised by January 1, 2001, to provide a
schedule for the reduction of the use of methyl ter-
tiary butyl ether (MTBE) in reformulated gasoline
(as defined in subsection (k)), introduced into com-
merce in any State for which a waiver or reduction
is in effect and referred to in section 184(a). By
January 1, 2005, the maximum content of MTBE
by volume for all gasoline shall be no more than 5
percent. Reductions below this amount, or on a
schedule different than that set out by regulation,
may only be authorized upon petition to the Admin-
istrator by a State for which a waiver or reduction
is in effect under this subsection, and only upon a
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3449
To amend the Clean Air Act to provide for a State waiver of the requirements
concerning the oxygen content of gasoline.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 18, 1999
Mr. GREENWOOD introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Commerce
A BILL
To amend the Clean Air Act to provide for a State waiver
of the requirements concerning the oxygen content of
gasoline.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. STATE WAIVER OF OXYGEN REQUIREMENTS.
Section 211 of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7545)
is amended by adding the following new subsection at the
end:
‘‘(p) WAIVER OF OXYGEN REQUIREMENTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Upon the petition of any
State referred to in section 184(a), the Adminis-
trator shall waive or reduce (in accordance with the
finding that further reduction of MTBE use is nec-
essary to protect human health or the environment.
‘‘(4) AIR TOXIC EMISSION CONTROL ENHANCE-
MENT
REQUIREMENT.—No manufacturer or proc-
essor of any fuel or fuel additive may sell, or offer
for sale, or introduce into commerce any reformu-
lated gasoline (as defined in subsection (k)) for re-
sale in any State for which a waiver or reduction is
in effect under this subsection unless the reduction
of aggregate emissions of toxic air pollutants from
baseline vehicles when using baseline gasoline shall
annually average at least 27 percent.
‘‘(5) ASSURANCE
OF
ADEQUATE
FUEL
SUP-
PLY.—Any regulation for modification of fuel prop-
erties in this subsection shall be consistent with rea-
sonable schedules for necessary refinery investment
projects and appropriate fuel distribution system
modifications to assure adequate supply for the
States defined in section 184(a).’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 344
To modify the project for flood control, Wood River, Grand Island, Nebraska.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 19, 1999
Mr. BARRETT of Nebraska introduced the following bill; which was referred
to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To modify the project for flood control, Wood River, Grand
Island, Nebraska.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. PROJECT MODIFICATION.
The project for flood control, Wood River, Grand Is-
land, Nebraska, authorized by section 101(a)(19) of the
Water Resources Development Act of 1996 (110 Stat.
3665) is modified to authorize the Secretary of the Army
to carry out the project at an estimated total cost of
$17,353,000, with an estimated Federal cost of
$9,969,000 and an estimated non-Federal cost of
$7,384,000.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3453
To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to require the Secretary of Agri-
culture to purchase additional commodities for distribution under section
214 of the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983 for fiscal years
2001 and 2002.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 18, 1999
Mr. GOODLATTE introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Agriculture
A BILL
To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to require the
Secretary of Agriculture to purchase additional commod-
ities for distribution under section 214 of the Emergency
Food Assistance Act of 1983 for fiscal years 2001 and
2002.
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 ‘‘Emergency Food As-
sistance Enhancement Act of 1999’’.
SEC. 2. USE OF CERTAIN UNEXPENDED FUNDS TO PUR-
CHASE COMMODITIES.
Section 16(h) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7
U.S.C. 2025(h)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)(C)—
(A) by striking ‘‘REALLOCATION.—’’ and
inserting ‘‘REALLOCATION OF FUNDS; USE OF
UNEXPENDED FUNDS.—(i)’’, and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(ii) Funds available under clause (i) that
are not reallocated under such clause, but not
to exceed $25,000,000 for such fiscal year, shall
be used by the Secretary to purchase and dis-
tribute commodities in the manner described in
section 27 and in addition to the dollar amount
specified in such section.’’, and
(2) in paragraph (4) by inserting ‘‘by the State
agency’’ after ‘‘used’’ each place it appears.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE; APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.
(a) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as provided in sub-
section (b), this Act and the amendments made by this
Act shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this
Act.
(b) APPLICATION OF AMENDMENTS.—The amend-
ments made by this Act shall apply only with respect to
funds appropriated after the date of the enactment of this
Act.
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SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The United States post office located at 451 College
Street in Macon, Georgia, shall be known and designated
as the ‘‘Henry McNeal Turner Post Office’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the facility
referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference
to the ‘‘Henry McNeal Turner Post Office’’.
Passed the House of Representatives September 6,
2000.
Attest:
Clerk.
H. R. 3454
One Hundred Sixth Congress
of the
United States of America
AT THE SECOND SESSION
Begun and held at the City of Washington on Monday,
the twenty-fourth day of January, two thousand
An Act
To designate the United States post office located at 451 College Street in Macon,
Georgia, as the ‘‘Henry McNeal Turner Post Office’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of
the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The United States post office located at 451 College Street
in Macon, Georgia, shall be known and designated as the ‘‘Henry
McNeal Turner Post Office’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document, paper,
or other record of the United States to the facility referred to
in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Henry
McNeal Turner Post Office’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
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106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3454
To designate the United States post office located at 451 College Street
in Macon, Georgia, as the ‘‘Henry McNeal Turner Post Office’’.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 18, 1999
Mr. CHAMBLISS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Government Reform
A BILL
To designate the United States post office located at 451
College Street in Macon, Georgia, as the ‘‘Henry McNeal
Turner Post Office’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. DESIGNATION OF POST OFFICE.
(a) DESIGNATION.—The United States post office lo-
cated at 451 College Street in Macon, Georgia, shall be
known and designated as the ‘‘Henry McNeal Turner Post
Office’’.
(b) REFERENCES.—Any reference in a law, map, reg-
ulation, document, paper, or other record of the United
States to the facility referred to in subsection (a) shall
be deemed to be a reference to the ‘‘Henry McNeal Turner
Post Office’’.
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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 3454
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
SEPTEMBER 7, 2000
Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs
AN ACT
To designate the United States post office located at 451
College Street in Macon, Georgia, as the ‘‘Henry McNeal
Turner Post Office’’.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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SECTION 1. DESIGNATION.
The United States post office located at 451 College
Street in Macon, Georgia, shall be known and designated
as the ‘‘Henry McNeal Turner Post Office’’.
SEC. 2. REFERENCES.
Any reference in a law, map, regulation, document,
paper, or other record of the United States to the facility
referred to in section 1 shall be deemed to be a reference
to the ‘‘Henry McNeal Turner Post Office’’.
Passed the House of Representatives September 6,
2000.
Attest:
JEFF TRANDAHL,
Clerk.