I
105TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1048
To make technical amendments relating to the Personal Responsibility and
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 12, 1997
Mr. SHAW (for himself and Mr. LEVIN) introduced the following bill; which
was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to
the Committees on the Judiciary and Education and the Workforce, for
a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned
A BILL
To make technical amendments relating to the Personal Re-
sponsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of
1996.
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 ‘‘Welfare Reform Tech-
nical Corrections Act of 1997’’.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
TITLE I—BLOCK GRANTS FOR TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE TO
NEEDY FAMILIES
Sec. 101. Amendment of the Social Security Act.
Sec. 102. Eligible States; State plan.
Sec. 103. Grants to States.
Sec. 104. Use of grants.
Sec. 105. Mandatory work requirements.
Sec. 106. Prohibitions; requirements.
Sec. 107. Penalties.
Sec. 108. Data collection and reporting.
Sec. 109. Direct funding and administration by Indian Tribes.
Sec. 110. Research, evaluations, and national studies.
Sec. 111. Report on data processing.
Sec. 112. Study on alternative outcomes measures.
Sec. 113. Limitation on payments to the territories.
Sec. 114. Conforming amendments to the Social Security Act.
Sec. 115. Other conforming amendments.
Sec. 116. Denial of assistance and benefits for drug-related convictions.
Sec. 117. Transition rule.
Sec. 118. Effective dates.
TITLE II—SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME
Subtitle A—Conforming and Technical Amendments
Sec. 201. Conforming and technical amendments relating to eligibility restric-
tions
Sec. 202. Conforming and technical amendments relating to benefits for dis-
abled children.
Sec. 203. Additional technical amendments to title II.
Sec. 204. Additional technical amendments to title XVI.
Sec. 205. Additional technical amendments relating to titles II and XVI.
Sec. 206. Effective dates.
Subtitle B—Additional Amendments
Sec. 221. Technical amendments relating to drug addicts and alcoholics.
Sec. 222. Extension of disability insurance program demonstration project au-
thority.
Sec. 223. Perfecting amendments related to withholding from social security
benefits.
Sec. 224. Treatment of prisoners.
Sec. 225. Social Security Advisory Board personnel.
TITLE III—CHILD SUPPORT
Sec. 301. State obligation to provide child support enforcement services.
Sec. 302. Distribution of collected support.
Sec. 303. Civil penalties relating to State directory of new hires.
Sec. 304. Federal Parent Locator Service.
Sec. 305. Access to registry data for research purposes.
Sec. 306. Collection and use of social security numbers for use in child support
enforcement.
Sec. 307. Adoption of uniform State laws.
Sec. 308. State laws providing expedited procedures.
Sec. 309. Voluntary paternity acknowledgement.
Sec. 310. Calculation of paternity establishment percentage.
Sec. 311. Means available for provision of technical assistance and operation of
Federal Parent Locator Service.
Sec. 312. Authority to collect support from Federal employees.
Sec. 313. Definition of support order.
Sec. 314. State law authorizing suspension of licenses.
Sec. 315. International support enforcement.
Sec. 316. Child support enforcement for Indian Tribes.
Sec. 317. Continuation of rules for distribution of support in the case of a title
IV–E child.
Sec. 318. Good cause in foster care and food stamp cases.
Sec. 319. Date of collection of support.
Sec. 320. Administrative enforcement in interstate cases.
Sec. 321. Work orders for arrearages.
Sec. 322. Additional technical State plan amendments.
Sec. 323. Federal Case Registry of Child Support Orders.
Sec. 324. Full faith and credit for child support orders.
Sec. 325. Additional technical amendments.
Sec. 326. Effective date.
TITLE IV—RESTRICTING WELFARE AND PUBLIC BENEFITS FOR
ALIENS
Subtitle A—Eligibility for Federal Benefits
Sec. 401. Alien eligibility for Federal benefits: limited application to medicare
and benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act.
Sec. 402. Exceptions to benefit limitations: corrections to reference concerning
aliens whose deportation is withheld.
Sec. 403. Veteran exception: application of minimum active duty service re-
quirement; extension to unremarried surviving spouse.
Sec. 404. Correction of reference concerning Cuban and Haitian entrants.
Sec. 405. Notification concerning aliens not lawfully present: correction of ter-
minology.
Subtitle B—Eligibility for State and Local Public Benefits Programs;
Attribution of Income and Affidavits of Support
Sec. 421. Alien eligibility for State and local benefits: inclusion of aliens other-
wise lawfully present in the United States.
Subtitle C—General Provisions
Sec. 431. Definition of qualified alien: inclusion of alien child of battered parent
as qualified alien.
Sec. 432. Verification of eligibility for Federal public benefits.
Sec. 433. Qualifying quarters: disclosure of quarters of coverage information;
correction to assure that crediting applies to all quarters
earned by parents before child is 18.
Subtitle D—Miscellaneous Clerical and Technical Amendments; Effective Date
Sec. 451. Correcting miscellaneous clerical and technical errors.
Sec. 452. Effective date.
TITLE V—CHILD PROTECTION
Sec. 501. Conforming and technical amendments relating to child protection.
Sec. 502. Additional technical amendments relating to child protection.
Sec. 503. Effective date.
TITLE VI—CHILD CARE
Sec. 601. Conforming and technical amendments relating to child care.
Sec. 602. Additional conforming and technical amendments.
Sec. 603. Repeals.
Sec. 604. Effective dates.
TITLE I—BLOCK GRANTS FOR
TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE TO
NEEDY FAMILIES
SEC. 101. AMENDMENT OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.
Except as otherwise expressly provided, wherever in
this title 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, and
if the section or other provision is of part A of title IV
of such Act, the reference shall be considered to be made
to the section or other provision as amended by section
103, and as in effect pursuant to section 116, of the Per-
sonal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation
Act of 1996.
SEC. 102. ELIGIBLE STATES; STATE PLAN.
(a) LATER DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF STATE
PLANS.—Section 402(a) (42 U.S.C. 602(a)) is amended
by striking ‘‘2-year period immediately preceding’’ and in-
serting ‘‘27-month period ending with the close of the 1st
quarter of’’.
(b) CLARIFICATION
OF SCOPE
OF WORK PROVI-
SIONS.—Section 
402(a)(1)(A)(ii) 
(42 
U.S.C.
602(a)(1)(A)(ii)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, consistent
with section 407(e)(2)’’ before the period.
(c) CORRECTION
OF CROSS-REFERENCE.—Section
402(a)(1)(A)(v) (42 U.S.C. 602(a)(1)(A)(v)) is amended
by 
striking 
‘‘403(a)(2)(B)’’ 
and 
inserting
‘‘403(a)(2)(C)(iii)’’.
(d) NOTIFICATION OF PLAN AMENDMENTS.—Section
402 (42 U.S.C. 602) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub-
section (c) and inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(b) PLAN AMENDMENTS.—Within 30 days after a
State amends a plan submitted pursuant to subsection (a),
the State shall notify the Secretary of the amendment.’’;
and
(2) in subsection (c) (as so redesignated), by in-
serting ‘‘or plan amendment’’ after ‘‘plan’’.
SEC. 103. GRANTS TO STATES.
(a) BONUS FOR DECREASE IN ILLEGITIMACY MODI-
FIED TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF CERTAIN TERRITORIES.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 403(a)(2)(B) (42
U.S.C. 603(a)(2)(B)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(B) AMOUNT OF GRANT.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—If, for a bonus
year, none of the eligible States is Guam,
the Virgin Islands, or American Samoa,
then the amount of the grant shall be—
‘‘(I) $20,000,000 if there are 5
eligible States; or
‘‘(II) $25,000,000 if there are
fewer than 5 eligible States.
‘‘(ii) AMOUNT
IF
CERTAIN
TERRI-
TORIES
ARE
ELIGIBLE.—If, for a bonus
year, Guam, the Virgin Islands, or Amer-
ican Samoa is an eligible State, then the
amount of the grant shall be—
‘‘(I) in the case of such a terri-
tory, 25 percent of the mandatory
ceiling amount (as defined in section
1108(c)(4)) with respect to the terri-
tory; and
‘‘(II) in the case of a State that
is not such a territory—
‘‘(aa) if there are 5 eligible
States other than such terri-
tories, $20,000,000, minus 1⁄5 of
the total amount of the grants
payable under this paragraph to
such territories for the bonus
year; or
‘‘(bb) if there are fewer than
such 
eligible 
States,
$25,000,000, 
or 
such 
lesser
amount as may be necessary to
ensure that the total amount of
grants payable under this para-
graph for the bonus year does
not exceed $100,000,000.
(2) CERTAIN TERRITORIES TO BE IGNORED IN
RANKING
OTHER
STATES.—Section
403(a)(2)(C)(i)(I)(aa) 
(42 
U.S.C.
603(a)(2)(C)(i)(I)(aa)) is amended by adding at the
end the following: ‘‘In the case of a State that is not
a territory specified in subparagraph (B), the com-
parative magnitude of the decrease for the State
shall be determined without regard to the magnitude
of the corresponding decrease for any such terri-
tory.’’.
(b) COMPUTATION OF BONUS BASED ON RATIOS OF
OUT-OF-WEDLOCK BIRTHS TO ALL BIRTHS INSTEAD OF
NUMBERS
OF
OUT-OF-WEDLOCK
BIRTHS.—Section
403(a)(2) (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(2)) is amended—
(1) in the paragraph heading, by inserting
‘‘RATIO’’ before the period;
(2) in subparagraph (A), by striking all that
follows ‘‘bonus year’’ and inserting a period; and
(3) in subparagraph (C)—
(A) in clause (i)—
(i) in subclause (I)(aa)—
(I) by striking ‘‘number of out-
of-wedlock births that occurred in the
State during’’ and inserting ‘‘illegit-
imacy ratio of the State for’’; and
(II) by striking ‘‘number of such
births that occurred during’’ and in-
serting ‘‘illegitimacy ratio of the State
for’’; and
(ii) in subclause (II)(aa)—
(I) by striking ‘‘number of out-
of-wedlock births that occurred in’’
each place such term appears and in-
serting ‘‘illegitimacy ratio of’’; and
(II) by striking ‘‘calculate the
number of out-of-wedlock births’’ and
inserting ‘‘calculate the illegitimacy
ratio’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(iii) 
ILLEGITIMACY
RATIO.—The
term ‘illegitimacy ratio’ means, with re-
spect to a State and a period—
‘‘(I) the number of out-of-wed-
lock births to mothers residing in the
State that occurred during the period;
divided by
‘‘(II) the number of births to
mothers residing in the State that oc-
curred during the period.’’.
(c) USE OF CALENDAR YEAR DATA INSTEAD OF FIS-
CAL YEAR DATA IN CALCULATING BONUS FOR DECREASE
IN
ILLEGITIMACY
RATIO.—Section 403(a)(2)(C) (42
U.S.C. 603(a)(2)(C)) is amended—
(1) in clause (i)—
(A) in subclause (I)(bb)—
(i) by striking ‘‘the fiscal year’’ and
inserting ‘‘the calendar year in which the
bonus year begins’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘fiscal year 1995’’ and
inserting ‘‘calendar year 1995’’;
(B) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘fiscal’’
each place such term appears and inserting
‘‘calendar’’; and
(2) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘fiscal years’’ and
inserting ‘‘calendar years’’.
(d) 
CORRECTION
OF
HEADING.—Section
403(a)(3)(C)(ii) (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(3)(C)(ii)) is amended
in the heading by striking ‘‘1997’’ and inserting ‘‘1998’’.
(e) CLARIFICATION OF MEANING OF REFERENCE TO
MEDICAID
MATCH
RATE.—Section 403(b)(4)(A) (42
U.S.C. 603(b)(4)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘as in effect
on’’ and inserting ‘‘as such section was in effect on’’.
(f) ADMINISTRATION
OF
CONTINGENCY
FUND
TRANSFERRED TO THE SECRETARY OF HHS.—Section
403(b)(7) (42 U.S.C. 603(b)(7)) is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘(7) STATE DEFINED.—As used in this sub-
section, the term ‘State’ means each of the 50
States and the District of Columbia.’’.
SEC. 104. USE OF GRANTS.
Section 404(a)(2) (42 U.S.C. 604(a)(2)) is amended
by inserting ‘‘, or (at the option of the State) August 21,
1996’’ before the period.
SEC. 105. MANDATORY WORK REQUIREMENTS.
(a) FAMILY WITH A DISABLED PARENT NOT TREAT-
ED
AS
A 2-PARENT FAMILY.—Section 407(b)(2) (42
U.S.C. 607(b)(2)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
‘‘(C) FAMILY WITH A DISABLED PARENT
NOT TREATED AS A 2-PARENT FAMILY.—A fam-
ily that includes a disabled parent shall not be
considered a 2-parent family for purposes of
subsections (a) and (b) of this section.
(b) CORRECTION OF HEADING.—Section 407(b)(3)
(42 U.S.C. 607(b)(3)) is amended in the heading by in-
serting ‘‘AND NOT RESULTING FROM CHANGES IN STATE
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA’’ before the period.
(c) STATE OPTION TO INCLUDE INDIVIDUALS RE-
CEIVING ASSISTANCE UNDER A TRIBAL WORK PROGRAM
IN
PARTICIPATION
RATE
CALCULATION.—Section
407(b)(4) (42 U.S.C. 607(b)(4)) is amended—
(1) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘OR TRIBAL
WORK PROGRAM’’; and
(2) by inserting ‘‘or under a tribal work pro-
gram to which funds are provided under this part’’
before the period.
(d) SHARING OF 35-HOUR WORK REQUIREMENT BE-
TWEEN
PARENTS
IN
2-PARENT
FAMILIES.—Section
407(c)(1)(B)(i) (42 U.S.C. 607(c)(1)(B)(i)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘is’’ and inserting ‘‘and the
other parent in the family are’’; and
(2) by inserting ‘‘a total of’’ before ‘‘at least’’.
(e) CLARIFICATION OF EFFORT REQUIRED IN WORK
ACTIVITIES.—Section 
407(c)(1)(B) 
(42 
U.S.C.
607(c)(1)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘making progress’’
each place such term appears and inserting ‘‘participat-
ing’’.
(f) ADDITIONAL CONDITION UNDER WHICH 12
WEEKS OF JOB SEARCH MAY COUNT AS WORK.—Section
407(c)(2)(A)(i) (42 U.S.C. 607(c)(2)(A)(i)) is amended by
inserting ‘‘or the State is a needy State (within the mean-
ing of section 403(b)(6))’’ after ‘‘United States’’.
(g) CARETAKER RELATIVE OF CHILD UNDER AGE
6 DEEMED TO BE MEETING WORK REQUIREMENTS IF
ENGAGED IN WORK FOR 20 HOURS PER WEEK.—Section
407(c)(2)(B) (42 U.S.C. 607(c)(2)(B)) is amended—
(1) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘OR RELATIVE’’
after ‘‘PARENT’’ each place such term appears; and
(2) by striking ‘‘in a 1-parent family who is the
parent’’ and inserting ‘‘who is the only parent or
caretaker relative in the family’’.
(h) EXTENSION TO MARRIED TEENS OF RULE THAT
RECEIPT OF SUFFICIENT EDUCATION IS ENOUGH TO
MEET WORK PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS.—Section
407(c)(2)(C) (42 U.S.C. 607(c)(2)(C)) is amended—
(1) in the heading, by striking ‘‘TEEN HEAD OF
HOUSEHOLD’’ and inserting ‘‘SINGLE TEEN HEAD
OF HOUSEHOLD OR MARRIED TEEN’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘a single’’ and inserting ‘‘mar-
ried or a’’.
(i) CLARIFICATION OF NUMBER OF HOURS OF PAR-
TICIPATION IN EDUCATION DIRECTLY RELATED TO EM-
PLOYMENT THAT ARE REQUIRED IN ORDER FOR SINGLE
TEEN HEAD OF HOUSEHOLD OR MARRIED TEEN TO BE
DEEMED
TO
BE
ENGAGED
IN
WORK.—Section
407(c)(2)(C)(ii) (42 U.S.C. 607(c)(2)(C)(ii)) is amended
by striking ‘‘at least’’ and all that follows through ‘‘sub-
section’’ and inserting ‘‘an average of at least 20 hours
per week during the month’’.
(j) CLARIFICATION OF REFUSAL TO WORK FOR PUR-
POSES OF WORK PENALTIES FOR INDIVIDUALS.—Section
407(e)(2) (42 U.S.C. 607(e)(2)) is amended by striking
‘‘work’’ and inserting ‘‘engage in work required in accord-
ance with this section’’.
SEC. 106. PROHIBITIONS; REQUIREMENTS.
(a) ELIMINATION OF REDUNDANT LANGUAGE; CLAR-
IFICATION OF HOME RESIDENCE REQUIREMENT.—Sec-
tion 408(a)(1) (42 U.S.C. 608(a)(1)) is amended to read
as follows:
‘‘(1) NO ASSISTANCE FOR FAMILIES WITHOUT A
MINOR CHILD.—A State to which a grant is made
under section 403 shall not use any part of the
grant to provide assistance to a family, unless the
family includes a minor child who resides with the
family (consistent with paragraph (10)) or a preg-
nant individual.’’.
(b) CLARIFICATION
OF
TERMINOLOGY.—Section
408(a)(3) (42 U.S.C. 608(a)(3)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘leaves’’ the 1st, 3rd, and 4th
places such term appears and inserting ‘‘ceases to
receive assistance under’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘the date the family leaves the
program’’ the 2nd place such term appears and in-
serting ‘‘such date’’.
(c) 
ELIMINATION
OF
SPACE.—Section
408(a)(5)(A)(ii) (42 U.S.C. 608(a)(5)(A)(ii)) is amended
by striking ‘‘DESCRIBED.—For’’ and inserting ‘‘DE-
SCRIBED.—For’’.
(d) CORRECTIONS
TO 5-YEAR LIMIT
ON ASSIST-
ANCE.—
(1) CLARIFICATION OF LIMITATION ON HARD-
SHIP
EXEMPTION.—Section 408(a)(7)(C)(ii) (42
U.S.C. 608(a)(7)(C)(ii)) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘The number’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘The average monthly number’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘during the fiscal year or
the immediately preceding fiscal year (but not
both), as the State may elect’’ before the pe-
riod.
(2) RESIDENCE EXCEPTION MADE MORE UNI-
FORM
AND
EASIER
TO
ADMINISTER.—Section
408(a)(7)(D) (42 U.S.C. 608(a)(7)(D)) is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(D) DISREGARD OF MONTHS OF ASSIST-
ANCE RECEIVED BY ADULT WHILE LIVING IN
INDIAN COUNTRY OR AN ALASKAN NATIVE VIL-
LAGE WITH 50 PERCENT UNEMPLOYMENT.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—In determining
the number of months for which an adult
has received assistance under a State or
tribal program funded under this part, the
State or tribe shall disregard any month
during which the adult lived in Indian
country or an Alaskan Native village if the
most reliable Federal data available with
respect to the month (or a period including
the month) indicate that at least 50 per-
cent of the adults living in Indian country
or in the village were not employed.
‘‘(ii) INDIAN COUNTRY DEFINED.—As
used in clause (i), the term ‘Indian coun-
try’ has the meaning given such term in
section 1151 of title 18, United States
Code.’’.
(e) REINSTATEMENT
OF DEEMING
AND OTHER
RULES APPLICABLE
TO ALIENS WHO ENTERED
THE
UNITED STATES UNDER AFFIDAVITS OF SUPPORT FOR-
MERLY USED.—Section 408 (42 U.S.C. 608) is amended
by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following:
‘‘(d) SPECIAL RULES RELATING TO TREATMENT OF
CERTAIN ALIENS.—For special rules relating to the treat-
ment of certain aliens, see title IV of the Personal Respon-
sibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.
‘‘(e) SPECIAL RULES RELATING TO THE TREATMENT
OF NON-213A ALIENS.—
‘‘(1) DEEMING OF SPONSOR’S INCOME AND RE-
SOURCES.—
‘‘(A) GENERAL RULE.—In determining the
eligibility of a non-213A alien for assistance,
and the amount of assistance to be provided to
a non-213A alien, under a State program fund-
ed under this part, the State shall deem the in-
come, and the resources (to the extent their ag-
gregate value exceeds $1,500), of each sponsor
of the alien and of any sponsor’s spouse to be
income and resources of the alien for a period
of 3 years after the alien’s entry into the Unit-
ed States.
‘‘(B) SPONSORS
OF
MULTIPLE
NON-213A
ALIENS.—If a person is a sponsor of 2 or more
non-213A aliens who are living in the same
home, the income and resources of the sponsor
(and the sponsor’s spouse) that would be
deemed income and resources of any such alien
under subparagraph (A) shall be divided into a
number of equal shares equal to the number of
such aliens, and the State shall deem the in-
come and resources of each such alien to in-
clude 1 such share.
‘‘(2) INELIGIBILITY OF NON-213A ALIENS SPON-
SORED
BY
AGENCIES; EXCEPTION.—A non-213A
alien whose sponsor is or was a public or private
agency shall be ineligible for assistance under a
State program funded under this part, during the
period of 3 years after the alien’s entry into the
United States, unless the State agency administering
the program determines that the sponsor either no
longer exists or has become unable to meet the
alien’s needs.
‘‘(3) INFORMATION PROVISIONS.—
‘‘(A) DUTIES
OF
NON-213A
ALIENS.—A
non-213A alien, as a condition of eligibility for
assistance under a State program funded under
this part during the period of 3 years after the
alien’s entry into the United States, shall be re-
quired to provide to the State agency admin-
istering the program—
‘‘(i) such information and documenta-
tion with respect to the alien’s sponsor as
may be necessary in order for the State
agency to make any determination required
under this section, and to obtain any co-
operation from the sponsor necessary for
any such determination; and
‘‘(ii) such information and documenta-
tion as the State agency may request and
which the alien or the alien’s sponsor pro-
vided in support of the alien’s immigration
application.
‘‘(B) DUTIES
OF
FEDERAL
AGENCIES.—
The Secretary shall enter into agreements with
the Secretary of State and the Attorney Gen-
eral under which any information available to
them and required in order to make any deter-
mination under this section will be provided by
them to the Secretary (who may, in turn, make
the information available, upon request, to a
concerned State agency).
‘‘(4) NON-213A ALIEN DEFINED.—An alien is a
non-213A alien for purposes of this section if the af-
fidavit of support or similar agreement with respect
to the alien that was executed by the sponsor of the
alien’s entry into the United States was executed
other than pursuant to section 213A of the Immi-
gration and Nationality Act.
‘‘(5) INAPPLICABILITY TO ALIEN MINOR SPON-
SORED
BY
A
PARENT.—This subsection shall not
apply to an alien who is a minor child if the sponsor
of the alien (or the sponsor’s spouse) is a parent of
the alien.
‘‘(6) 
INAPPLICABILITY
TO
CERTAIN
CAT-
EGORIES
OF
ALIENS.—This subsection shall not
apply to an alien who is—
‘‘(A) admitted to the United States as a
refugee under section 207 of the Immigration
and Nationality Act;
‘‘(B) paroled into the United States under
section 212(d)(5) of such Act for a period of at
least 1 year; or
‘‘(C) granted political asylum by the Attor-
ney General under section 208 of such Act.’’.
SEC. 107. PENALTIES.
(a) STATES GIVEN MORE TIME TO FILE QUARTERLY
REPORTS.—Section 
409(a)(2)(A) 
(42 
U.S.C.
609(a)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘1 month’’ and in-
serting ‘‘45 days’’.
(b) TREATMENT OF SUPPORT PAYMENTS PASSED
THROUGH TO FAMILIES AS QUALIFIED STATE EXPENDI-
TURES.—Section 
409(a)(7)(B)(i)(I)(aa) 
(42 
U.S.C.
609(a)(7)(B)(i)(I)(aa)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, includ-
ing any amount collected by the State as support pursuant
to a plan approved under part D, on behalf of a family
receiving assistance under the State program funded
under this part, that is distributed to the family and dis-
regarded in determining the eligibility of the family for
such assistance’’ before the period.
(c) DISREGARD OF EXPENDITURES MADE TO RE-
PLACE
PENALTY
GRANT
REDUCTIONS.—Section
409(a)(7)(B)(i) (42 U.S.C. 609(a)(7)(B)(i)) is amended
by redesignating subclause (III) as subclause (IV) and by
inserting after subclause (II) the following:
‘‘(III) EXCLUSION OF AMOUNTS
EXPENDED
TO
REPLACE
PENALTY
GRANT
REDUCTIONS.—Such 
term
does not include any amount expended
in order to comply with paragraph
(12).’’.
(d) TREATMENT OF FAMILIES OF CERTAIN ALIENS
AS ELIGIBLE FAMILIES.—Section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)(IV) (42
U.S.C. 609(a)(7)(B)(i)(IV)), as so redesignated by sub-
section (d) of this section, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and families’’ and inserting
‘‘families’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘Act or section 402’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Act, and families of aliens lawfully present in
the United States that would be eligible for such as-
sistance but for the application of title IV’’.
(e) ELIMINATION OF MEANINGLESS LANGUAGE.—
Section 409(a)(7)(B)(ii) (42 U.S.C. 609(a)(7)(B)(ii)) is
amended by striking ‘‘, reduced (if appropriate) in accord-
ance with subparagraph (C)(ii)’’.
(f) CLARIFICATION OF SOURCE OF DATA TO BE
USED
IN DETERMINING HISTORIC STATE EXPENDI-
TURES.—Section 409(a)(7)(B) (42 U.S.C. 609(a)(7)(B))
is amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(v) SOURCE
OF
DATA.— In deter-
mining expenditures by a State for fiscal
years 1994 and 1995, the Secretary shall
use information which was reported by the
State on ACF Form 231 or (in the case of
expenditures under part F) ACF Form
331, available as of the dates specified in
clauses 
(ii) 
and 
(iii) 
of 
section
403(a)(1)(D).’’.
(g) CLARIFICATION OF EXPENDITURES TO BE EX-
CLUDED IN DETERMINING HISTORIC STATE EXPENDI-
TURES.—Section 
409(a)(7)(B)(iv) 
(42 
U.S.C.
609(a)(7)(B)(iv)) is amended—
(1) in subclause (IV), by striking ‘‘under Fed-
eral programs’’;
(2) by striking subclause (III) and redesignat-
ing subclause (IV) as subclause (III); and
(3) in the 2nd sentence—
(A) by striking ‘‘(IV)’’ and inserting
‘‘(III)’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘an amount equal to’’; and
(C) by striking ‘‘that equal’’ and inserting
‘‘that equals’’.
(h) CONFORMING TITLE IV–A PENALTIES TO TITLE
IV–D 
PERFORMANCE-BASED
STANDARDS.—Section
409(a)(8) (42 U.S.C. 609(a)(8)) is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘(8) NONCOMPLIANCE OF STATE CHILD SUP-
PORT
ENFORCEMENT
PROGRAM
WITH
REQUIRE-
MENTS OF PART D.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary finds,
with respect to a State’s program under part D,
in a fiscal year beginning on or after October
1, 1997—
‘‘(i)(I) on the basis of data submitted
by a State pursuant to section 454(15)(B),
or on the basis of the results of a review
conducted under section 452(a)(4), that
the State program failed to achieve the pa-
ternity establishment percentages (as de-
fined in section 452(g)(2)), or to meet
other performance measures that may be
established by the Secretary;
‘‘(II) on the basis of the results of an
audit or audits conducted under section
452(a)(4)(C)(i) that the State data sub-
mitted pursuant to section 454(15)(B) is
incomplete or unreliable; or
‘‘(III) on the basis of the results of an
audit or audits conducted under section
452(a)(4)(C) that a State failed to sub-
stantially comply with 1 or more of the re-
quirements of part D; and
‘‘(ii) that, with respect to the succeed-
ing fiscal year—
‘‘(I) the State failed to take suffi-
cient corrective action to achieve the
appropriate performance levels or
compliance as described in subpara-
graph (A)(i); or
‘‘(II) the data submitted by the
State pursuant to section 454(15)(B)
is incomplete or unreliable;
the amounts otherwise payable to the State
under this part for quarters following the end
of such succeeding fiscal year, prior to quarters
following the end of the first quarter through-
out which the State program has achieved the
paternity establishment percentages or other
performance measures as described in subpara-
graph (A)(i)(I), or is in substantial compliance
with 1 or more of the requirements of part D
as described in subparagraph (A)(i)(III), as ap-
propriate, shall be reduced by the percentage
specified in subparagraph (B).
‘‘(B) AMOUNT OF REDUCTIONS.—The re-
ductions required under subparagraph (A) shall
be—
‘‘(i) not less than 1 nor more than 2
percent;
‘‘(ii) not less than 2 nor more than 3
percent, if the finding is the 2nd consecu-
tive finding made pursuant to subpara-
graph (A); or
‘‘(iii) not less than 3 nor more than 5
percent, if the finding is the 3rd or a sub-
sequent consecutive such finding.
‘‘(C) DISREGARD
OF
NONCOMPLIANCE
WHICH IS OF A TECHNICAL NATURE.—For pur-
poses of this section and section 452(a)(4), a
State determined as a result of an audit—
‘‘(i) to have failed to have substan-
tially complied with 1 or more of the re-
quirements of part D shall be determined
to have achieved substantial compliance
only if the Secretary determines that the
extent of the noncompliance is of a tech-
nical nature which does not adversely af-
fect the performance of the State’s pro-
gram under part D; or
‘‘(ii) to have submitted incomplete or
unreliable 
data 
pursuant 
to 
section
454(15)(B) shall be determined to have
submitted adequate data only if the Sec-
retary determines that the extent of the in-
completeness or unreliability of the data is
of a technical nature which does not ad-
versely affect the determination of the level
of the State’s paternity establishment per-
centages 
(as 
defined 
under 
section
452(g)(2)) or other performance measures
that may be established by the Secretary.’’.
(i) CORRECTION OF REFERENCE TO 5-YEAR LIMIT
ON
ASSISTANCE.—Section 
409(a)(9) 
(42 
U.S.C.
609(a)(9)) is amended by striking ‘‘408(a)(1)(B)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘408(a)(7)’’.
(j) CORRECTION OF ERRORS IN PENALTY FOR FAIL-
URE TO MEET MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT REQUIREMENT
APPLICABLE
TO
THE
CONTINGENCY
FUND.—Section
409(a)(10) (42 U.S.C. 609(a)(10)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘the expenditures under the
State program funded under this part for the fiscal
year (excluding any amounts made available by the
Federal Government)’’ and inserting ‘‘the sum of the
expenditures under the State program funded under
this part (excluding any amounts made available by
the Federal Government) and any additional quali-
fied State expenditures (as defined in paragraph
(7)(B)(i)) made under the Child Care and Develop-
ment Block Grant Act of 1990 for the fiscal year’’;
and
(2) by inserting ‘‘that the State has not remit-
ted under section 403(b)(4)’’ before the period.
(k) ELIMINATION OF CERTAIN REASONABLE CAUSE
EXCEPTIONS.—Section 409(b)(2) (42 U.S.C. 609(b)(2))
is amended by striking ‘‘(7) or (8)’’ and inserting ‘‘(6),
(7), (8), (10), or (12)’’.
(l) CLARIFICATION OF WHAT IT MEANS TO CORRECT
A VIOLATION.—Section 409(c) (42 U.S.C. 609(c)) is
amended—
(1) in each of subparagraphs (A) and (B) of
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘correct’’ and inserting
‘‘discontinue’’;
(2) in paragraph (2)—
(A) in the heading by striking ‘‘CORRECT-
ING’’ and inserting ‘‘DISCONTINUING’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘corrects’’ and inserting
‘‘discontinues’’; and
(3) in paragraph (3)—
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘FAILING
TO
CORRECT’’ and inserting ‘‘CONTINUING’’;
and
(B) by striking ‘‘correct the’’ and inserting
‘‘discontinue the’’.
(m) 
CERTAIN
PENALTIES
NOT
AVOIDABLE
THROUGH CORRECTIVE COMPLIANCE PLANS.—Section
409(c)(4) (42 U.S.C. 609(c)(4)) is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘(4) 
INAPPLICABILITY
TO
CERTAIN
PEN-
ALTIES.—This subsection shall not apply to the im-
position of a penalty against a State under para-
graph (6), (7), (8), (10), or (12) of subsection (a).’’.
SEC. 108. DATA COLLECTION AND REPORTING.
Section 411(a) (42 U.S.C. 611(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) in subparagraph (A)—
(i) by striking clause (ii) and inserting
the following:
‘‘(ii) Whether a child receiving such
assistance or an adult in the family is re-
ceiving—
‘‘(I) disability insurance benefits
under section 223;
‘‘(II) benefits based on disability
under section 202;
‘‘(III) aid under a State plan ap-
proved under title XIV (as in effect
without regard to the amendment
made by section 301 of the Social Se-
curity Amendments of 1972));
‘‘(IV) aid or assistance under a
State plan approved under title XVI
(as in effect without regard to such
amendment) by reason of being per-
manently and totally disabled; or
‘‘(V) supplemental security in-
come benefits under title XVI (as in
effect pursuant to such amendment)
by reason of disability.’’;
(ii) in clause (iv), by striking ‘‘young-
est child in’’ and inserting ‘‘head of’’;
(iii) in each of clauses (vii) and (viii),
by striking ‘‘status’’ and inserting ‘‘level’’;
and
(iv) by adding at the end the follow-
ing:
‘‘(xvii) With respect to each individual
in the family who has not attained 20
years of age, whether the individual is a
parent of a child in the family.’’; and
(B) in subparagraph (B)—
(i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘ESTI-
MATES’’ and inserting ‘‘SAMPLES’’; and
(ii) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘an esti-
mate which is obtained’’ and inserting
‘‘disaggregated case record information on
a sample of families selected’’; and
(2) by redesignating paragraph (6) as para-
graph (7) and inserting after paragraph (5) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(6) REPORT ON FAMILIES RECEIVING ASSIST-
ANCE.—The report required by paragraph (1) for a
fiscal quarter shall include for each month in the
quarter the number of families and individuals re-
ceiving assistance under the State program funded
under this part (including the number of 2-parent
and 1-parent families), and the total dollar value of
such assistance received by all families.’’.
SEC. 109. DIRECT FUNDING AND ADMINISTRATION BY IN-
DIAN TRIBES.
(a) PRORATING
OF TRIBAL FAMILY ASSISTANCE
GRANTS.—Section 412(a)(1)(A) (42 U.S.C. 612(a)(1)(A))
is amended by inserting ‘‘, which shall be reduced for a
fiscal year, on a pro rata basis for each quarter, in the
case of a tribal family assistance plan approved during a
fiscal year for which the plan is to be in effect,’’ before
‘‘and shall’’.
(b) TRIBAL OPTION TO OPERATE WORK ACTIVITIES
PROGRAM.—Section 
412(a)(2)(A) 
(42 
U.S.C.
612(a)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’
and all that follows through ‘‘2002’’ and inserting ‘‘For
each of fiscal years 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and
2002, the Secretary shall pay to each eligible Indian tribe
that proposes to operate a program described in subpara-
graph (C)’’.
(c) DISCRETION OF TRIBES TO SELECT POPULATION
TO BE SERVED
BY TRIBAL WORK ACTIVITIES PRO-
GRAM.—Section 412(a)(2)(C) (42 U.S.C. 612(a)(2)(C)) is
amended by striking ‘‘members of the Indian tribe’’ and
inserting ‘‘such population and such service area or areas
as the tribe specifies’’.
(d) REDUCTION
OF APPROPRIATION
FOR TRIBAL
WORK ACTIVITIES PROGRAMS.—Section 412(a)(2)(D) (42
U.S.C. 
612(a)(2)(D)) 
is 
amended 
by 
striking
‘‘$7,638,474’’ and inserting ‘‘$7,633,287’’.
(e) ELIGIBILITY OF TRIBES FOR FEDERAL LOANS
FOR WELFARE PROGRAMS.—Section 412 (42 U.S.C. 612)
is amended by redesignating subsections (f), (g), and (h)
as subsections (g), (h), and (i), respectively, and by insert-
ing after subsection (e) the following:
‘‘(f) ELIGIBILITY
FOR FEDERAL LOANS.—Section
406 shall apply to an Indian tribe with an approved tribal
assistance plan in the same manner as such section applies
to a State, except that section 406(c) shall be applied by
substituting ‘section 412(a)’ for ‘section 403(a)’.’’.
SEC. 110. RESEARCH, EVALUATIONS, AND NATIONAL STUD-
IES.
(a) RESEARCH.—
(1) METHODS.—Section 413(a) (42 U.S.C.
613(a)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, directly or
through grants, contracts, or interagency agree-
ments,’’ before ‘‘shall conduct’’.
(2) CORRECTION OF CROSS REFERENCE.—Sec-
tion 413(a) (42 U.S.C. 613(a)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘409’’ and inserting ‘‘407’’.
(b) CORRECTION
OF
ERRONEOUSLY
INDENTED
PARAGRAPH.—Section 413(e)(1) (42 U.S.C. 613(e)(1)) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall annu-
ally rank States to which grants are made under
section 403 based on the following ranking factors:
‘‘(A) ABSOLUTE
OUT-OF-WEDLOCK
RA-
TIOS.—The ratio represented by—
‘‘(i) the total number of out-of-wed-
lock births in families receiving assistance
under the State program under this part
in the State for the most recent year for
which information is available; over
‘‘(ii) the total number of births in
families receiving assistance under the
State program under this part in the State
for the year.
‘‘(B) NET CHANGES IN THE OUT-OF-WED-
LOCK RATIO.—The difference between the ratio
described in subparagraph (A) with respect to
a State for the most recent year for which such
information is available and the ratio with re-
spect to the State for the immediately preceding
year.’’.
(c) FUNDING OF PRIOR AUTHORIZED DEMONSTRA-
TIONS.—Section 413(h)(1)(D) (42 U.S.C. 613(h)(1)(D))
is amended by striking ‘‘September 30, 1995’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘August 22, 1996’’.
(d) CHILD POVERTY REPORTS.—
(1) DELAYED
DUE
DATE
FOR
INITIAL
RE-
PORT.—Section 413(i)(1) (42 U.S.C. 613(i)(1)) is
amended by striking ‘‘90 days after the date of the
enactment of this part’’ and inserting ‘‘November
30, 1997’’.
(2) MODIFICATION OF FACTORS TO BE USED IN
ESTABLISHING METHODOLOGY FOR USE IN DETER-
MINING CHILD POVERTY RATES.—Section 413(i)(5)
(42 U.S.C. 613(i)(5)) is amended by striking ‘‘the
county-by-county’’ and inserting ‘‘, to the extent
available, county-by-county’’.
SEC. 111. REPORT ON DATA PROCESSING.
Section 106(a)(1) of the Personal Responsibility and
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law
104–193; 110 Stat. 2164) is amended by striking
‘‘(whether in effect before or after October 1, 1995)’’.
SEC. 112. STUDY ON ALTERNATIVE OUTCOMES MEASURES.
Section 107(a) of the Personal Responsibility and
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law
104–193; 110 Stat. 2164) is amended by striking
‘‘409(a)(7)(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘408(a)(7)(C)’’.
SEC. 113. LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS TO THE TERRITORIES.
(a) CERTAIN PAYMENTS TO BE DISREGARDED IN
DETERMINING LIMITATION.—Section 1108(a) (42 U.S.C.
1308) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(a) LIMITATION ON TOTAL PAYMENTS TO EACH
TERRITORY.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any other
provision of this Act (except for paragraph (2) of
this subsection), the total amount certified by the
Secretary of Health and Human Services under ti-
tles I, X, XIV, and XVI, under parts A and E of
title IV, and under subsection (b) of this section, for
payment to any territory for a fiscal year shall not
exceed the ceiling amount for the territory for the
fiscal year.
‘‘(2) CERTAIN
PAYMENTS
DISREGARDED.—
Paragraph (1) of this subsection shall be applied
without regard to any payment made under section
403(a)(2), 403(a)(4), 406, or 413(f).’’.
(b) CERTAIN CHILD CARE AND SOCIAL SERVICES
EXPENDITURES BY TERRITORIES TREATED AS IV–A EX-
PENDITURES FOR PURPOSES OF MATCHING GRANT.—
Section 1108(b)(1)(A) (42 U.S.C. 1308(b)(1)(A)) is
amended by inserting ‘‘, including any amount paid to the
State under part A of title IV that is transferred in ac-
cordance with section 404(d) and expended under the pro-
gram to which transferred’’ before the semicolon.
(c) ELIMINATION OF DUPLICATIVE MAINTENANCE
OF EFFORT REQUIREMENT.—Section 1108 (42 U.S.C.
1308) is amended by striking subsection (e).
SEC. 114. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO THE SOCIAL SE-
CURITY ACT.
(a) AMENDMENTS TO PART D OF TITLE IV.—
(1) CORRECTIONS TO DETERMINATION OF PA-
TERNITY
ESTABLISHMENT
PERCENTAGES.—Section
452 (42 U.S.C. 652) is amended—
(A) in subsection (d)(3)(A), by striking all
that follows ‘‘for purposes of’’ and inserting
‘‘section 409(a)(8), to achieve the paternity es-
tablishment percentages (as defined under sec-
tion 452(g)(2)) and other performance meas-
ures that may be established by the Secretary,
and to submit data under section 454(15)(B)
that is complete and reliable, and to substan-
tially comply with the requirements of this part;
and’’; and
(B) in subsection (g)(1), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 403(h) of this title’’ and inserting ‘‘section
409(a)(8)’’.
(2) ELIMINATION OF OBSOLETE LANGUAGE.—
Section 108(c)(8)(C) of the Personal Responsibility
and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
(Public Law 104–193; 110 Stat. 2165) is amended
by inserting ‘‘and all that follows through ‘the best
interests of such child to do so’ ’’.
(3) INSERTION OF LANGUAGE INADVERTENTLY
OMITTED.—Section 108(c)(13) of the Personal Re-
sponsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation
Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–193; 110 Stat. 2166)
is amended by inserting ‘‘and inserting ‘pursuant to
section 408(a)(3)’ ’’ before the period.
(4) ELIMINATION
OF
OBSOLETE
CROSS
REF-
ERENCE.—Section 464(a)(1) (42 U.S.C. 664(a)(1))
is amended by striking ‘‘under section 402(a)(26)’’
and inserting ‘‘pursuant to section 408(a)(3)’’.
(b) AMENDMENTS TO PART E OF TITLE IV.—
(1) CORRECTION OF DATE.—Each of the follow-
ing is amended by striking ‘‘June 1, 1995’’ each
place such term appears and inserting ‘‘July 16,
1996’’:
(A) Section 472(a) (42 U.S.C. 672(a)).
(B) Section 472(h) (42 U.S.C. 672(h)).
(C) 
Section 
473(a)(2) 
(42 
U.S.C.
673(a)(2)).
(D) Section 473(b) (42 U.S.C. 673(b)).
(2) ELIGIBILITY
FOR
AFDC
DUE
TO
WAIVER
SUFFICIENT TO ESTABLISH ELIGIBILITY FOR FOS-
TER
CARE
MAINTENANCE
PAYMENTS.—Section
472(a) (42 U.S.C. 672(a)) is amended by inserting
‘‘(including, at the option of the State, by reason of
a waiver of a provision of part A which is in effect
with respect to the State as of July 16, 1996, or
which is submitted to the Secretary before August
21, 1996, and approved by the Secretary on or be-
fore July 1, 1997, if the waiver results in broaden-
ing the eligibility of individuals for foster care main-
tenance payments under this section)’’ before ‘‘but
for’’.
SEC. 115. OTHER CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) ELIMINATION OF AMENDMENTS INCLUDED INAD-
VERTENTLY.—Section 110(l) of the Personal Responsibil-
ity and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
(Public Law 104–193; 110 Stat. 2173) is amended—
(1) by adding ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(6); and
(2) by striking paragraph (7) and redesignating
paragraph (8) as paragraph (7).
(b) CORRECTION
OF
INTERNAL
CROSS
REF-
ERENCE.—Section 103(a)(1) of the Personal Responsibil-
ity and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
(Public Law 104–193; 110 Stat. 2112) is amended by
striking ‘‘603(b)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘603(b)’’.
SEC. 116. DENIAL OF ASSISTANCE AND BENEFITS FOR
DRUG-RELATED CONVICTIONS.
Section 115(d)(2) of the Personal Responsibility and
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law
104–193; 110 Stat. 2181) is amended by striking ‘‘convic-
tions’’ and inserting ‘‘a conviction if the conviction is for
conduct’’.
SEC. 117. TRANSITION RULE.
Section 116 of the Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–
193; 110 Stat. 2164) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by inserting ‘‘(but sub-
ject to subsection (b)(1)(A)(ii))’’ after ‘‘this sec-
tion’’; and
(2) in subsection (b)(1)(A)(ii), by striking
‘‘June 30, 1997’’ and inserting ‘‘the later of June
30, 1997, or the day before the date described in
subsection (a)(2)(B) of this section’’.
SEC. 118. EFFECTIVE DATES.
(a) AMENDMENTS TO PART A OF TITLE IV OF THE
SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.—The amendments made by this
title to a provision of part A of title IV of the Social Secu-
rity Act shall take effect as if the amendments had been
included in section 103(a) of the Personal Responsibility
and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 at the
time such section became law.
(b) AMENDMENTS TO PARTS D AND E OF TITLE IV
OF THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.—The amendments made
by section 114 of this Act shall take effect as if the amend-
ments had been included in section 108 of the Personal
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
of 1996 at the time such section 108 became law.
(c) AMENDMENTS TO OTHER AMENDATORY PROVI-
SIONS.—The amendments made by section 115(a) of this
Act shall take effect as if the amendments had been in-
cluded in section 110 of the Personal Responsibility and
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 at the time
such section 110 became law.
(d) AMENDMENTS TO FREESTANDING PROVISIONS
OF THE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND WORK OPPOR-
TUNITY RECONCILIATION ACT
OF 1996.—The amend-
ments made by this title to a provision of the Personal
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
of 1996 that, as of July 1, 1997, will not have become
part of another statute shall take effect as if the amend-
ments had been included in the provision at the time the
provision became law.
TITLE II—SUPPLEMENTAL
SECURITY INCOME
Subtitle A—Conforming and
Technical Amendments
SEC. 201. CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RE-
LATING TO ELIGIBILITY RESTRICTIONS
(a) DENIAL OF SSI BENEFITS FOR FUGITIVE FEL-
ONS AND PROBATION AND PAROLE VIOLATORS.—Section
1611(e)(6) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1382(e)(6)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and section 1106(c)
of this Act,’’ after ‘‘of 1986’’.
(b) 
TREATMENT
OF
PRISONERS.—Section
1611(e)(1)(I)(i)(II) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1382(e)(1)(I)(i)(II)) is amended by striking ‘‘inmate of
the institution’’ and all that follows through ‘‘this sub-
paragraph’’ and inserting ‘‘individual who receives in the
month preceding the first month throughout which such
individual is an inmate of the jail, prison, penal institu-
tion, or correctional facility that furnishes information re-
specting such individual pursuant to subclause (I), or is
confined in the institution (that so furnishes such informa-
tion) as described in section 202(x)(1)(A)(ii), a benefit
under this title for such preceding month, and who is de-
termined by the Commissioner to be ineligible for benefits
under this title by reason of confinement based on the in-
formation provided by such institution’’.
(c) 
CORRECTION
OF
REFERENCE.—Section
1611(e)(1)(I)(i)(I) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1382(e)(1)(I)(i)(I)) is amended by striking ‘‘paragraph
(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘this paragraph’’.
SEC. 202. CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RE-
LATING TO BENEFITS FOR DISABLED CHIL-
DREN.
(a) ELIGIBILITY REDETERMINATIONS FOR CURRENT
RECIPIENTS.—Section 211(d)(2) of the Personal Respon-
sibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
(Public Law 104–193, 110 Stat. 2191) is amended by
adding at the end the following:
‘‘(D) 
ELIGIBILITY
REDETERMINATIONS
NOT
MADE
WITHIN
THE
TIME
PERIOD
DE-
SCRIBED
IN
SUBPARAGRAPH
(A).—Notwith-
standing the provisions of this paragraph, with
respect to any child for whom the Commissioner
does not perform a redetermination of eligibility
within the time period described in subpara-
graph (A), the Commissioner shall perform
such eligibility redetermination in lieu of a con-
tinuing disability review whenever the Commis-
sioner determines that a child’s case is subject
to redetermination based on the provisions of
subparagraph (A), and the provisions of clauses
(i) through (iv) of subparagraph (A) shall apply
to such redeterminations.’’.
(b) ELIGIBILITY REDETERMINATIONS AND CONTINU-
ING DISABILITY REVIEWS.—
(1) DISABILITY
ELIGIBILITY
REDETERMINA-
TIONS REQUIRED FOR SSI RECIPIENTS WHO ATTAIN
YEARS
OF
AGE.—Section 1614(a)(3)(H)(iii) of
the 
Social 
Security 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C.
1382c(a)(3)(H)(iii)) is amended by striking sub-
clauses (I) and (II) and all that follows and insert-
ing the following:
‘‘(I) by applying the criteria used in determin-
ing initial eligibility for individuals who are age 18
or older; and
‘‘(II) either during the 1-year period beginning
on the individual’s 18th birthday or, in lieu of a con-
tinuing disability review, whenever the Commissioner
determines that an individual’s case is subject to a
redetermination under this clause.
With respect to any redetermination under this clause,
paragraph (4) shall not apply.’’.
(2) CONTINUING DISABILITY REVIEW REQUIRED
FOR
LOW
BIRTH
WEIGHT
BABIES.—Section
1614(a)(3)(H)(iv) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1382c(a)(3)(H)(iv)) is amended—
(A) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘Not’’ and
inserting ‘‘Except as provided in subclause (VI),
not’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(VI) Subclause (I) shall not apply in the case of an
individual described in that subclause who, at the time of
the individual’s initial disability determination, the Com-
missioner determines has an impairment that is not ex-
pected to improve within 12 months after the birth of that
individual, and who the Commissioner schedules for a con-
tinuing disability review at a date that is after the individ-
ual attains 1 year of age.’’.
(c) 
ADDITIONAL
ACCOUNTABILITY
REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Section 1631(a)(2)(F) of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 1383(a)(2)(F)) is amended—
(1) in clause (ii)(III)(bb), by striking ‘‘the total
amount’’ and all that follows through ‘‘1613(c)’’ and
inserting ‘‘in any case in which the individual know-
ingly misapplies benefits from such an account, the
Commissioner shall reduce future benefits payable to
such individual (or to such individual and his
spouse) by an amount equal to the total amount of
such benefits so misapplied’’; and
(2) by striking clause (iii) and inserting the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(iii) The representative payee may deposit into the
account established under clause (i) any other funds rep-
resenting past due benefits under this title to the eligible
individual, provided that the amount of such past due ben-
efits is equal to or exceeds the maximum monthly benefit
payable under this title to an eligible individual (including
State supplementary payments made by the Commissioner
pursuant to an agreement under section 1616 or section
212(b) of Public Law 93–66).’’.
(d) REDUCTION IN CASH BENEFITS PAYABLE TO IN-
STITUTIONALIZED INDIVIDUALS WHOSE MEDICAL COSTS
ARE
COVERED
BY
PRIVATE
INSURANCE.—Section
1611(e) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382(e))
is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)(B)—
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by
striking ‘‘hospital, extended care facility, nurs-
ing home, or intermediate care facility’’ and in-
serting ‘‘medical treatment facility’’;
(B) in clause (ii)—
(i) in the matter preceding subclause
(I), by striking ‘‘hospital, home or’’; and
(ii) in subclause (I), by striking ‘‘hos-
pital, home, or’’;
(C) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘hospital,
home, or’’; and
(D) in the matter following clause (iii), by
striking ‘‘hospital, extended care facility, nurs-
ing home, or intermediate care facility which is
a ‘medical institution or nursing facility’ within
the meaning of section 1917(c)’’ and inserting
‘‘medical treatment facility that provides serv-
ices described in section 1917(c)(1)(C)’’;
(2) in paragraph (1)(E)—
(A) in clause (i)(II), by striking ‘‘hospital,
extended care facility, nursing home, or inter-
mediate care facility’’ and inserting ‘‘medical
treatment facility’’; and
(B) in clause (iii), by striking ‘‘hospital,
extended care facility, nursing home, or inter-
mediate care facility’’ and inserting ‘‘medical
treatment facility’’;
(3) in paragraph (1)(G), in the matter preced-
ing clause (i)—
(A) by striking ‘‘or which is a hospital, ex-
tended care facility, nursing home, or inter-
(2) in section 215(i)(2)(D), by striking ‘‘He’’
and inserting ‘‘The Commissioner of Social Secu-
rity’’.
SEC. 204. ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS TO TITLE
XVI.
Section 1615(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1382d(d)) is amended—
(1) in the first sentence, by inserting a comma
after ‘‘subsection (a)’’; and
(2) in the last sentence, by striking ‘‘him’’ and
inserting ‘‘the Commissioner’’.
SEC. 205. ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELAT-
ING TO TITLES II AND XVI.
(1) Section 201(c)(3) of the Social Security
Independence and Program Improvements Act of
1994 (42 U.S.C. 425 note) is amended by striking
‘‘section’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection’’.
(2) Section 1110(a)(3) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 1310(a)(3)) is amended—
(A) by inserting ‘‘(or the Commissioner,
with respect to any jointly financed cooperative
agreement or grant concerning titles II or
XVI)’’ after ‘‘Secretary’’ the first place it ap-
pears; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘(or the Commissioner, as
applicable)’’ after ‘‘Secretary’’ the second place
it appears.
SEC. 206. EFFECTIVE DATES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection
(b), the amendments made by this subtitle shall take effect
as if included in the enactment of title II of the Personal
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
of 1996 (Public Law 104–193; 110 Stat. 2185).
(b) EXCEPTION.—The amendments made by section
205 shall take effect as if included in the enactment of
the Social Security Independence and Program Improve-
ments Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–296; 108 Stat.
1464).
Subtitle B—Additional
Amendments
SEC. 221. TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO DRUG
ADDICTS AND ALCOHOLICS.
(a) CLARIFICATIONS RELATING TO THE EFFECTIVE
DATE OF THE DENIAL OF DISABILITY BENEFITS TO
DRUG ADDICTS AND ALCOHOLICS.—
(1) AMENDMENTS
RELATING
TO
DISABILITY
BENEFITS UNDER TITLE II.—Section 105(a)(5) of
the Contract with America Advancement Act of
1996 (Public Law 104–121; 110 Stat. 853) is
amended—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘by
the Commissioner of Social Security’’ and ‘‘by
the Commissioner’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
subparagraphs:
‘‘(D) For purposes of this paragraph, an
individual’s claim, with respect to benefits
under title II of theSocial Security Act based on
disability, which has been denied in whole be-
fore the date of the enactment of this Act, may
not be considered to be finally adjudicated be-
fore such date if, on or after such date—
‘‘(i) there is pending a request for ei-
ther administrative or judicial review with
respect to such claim, or
‘‘(ii) there is pending, with respect to
such claim, a readjudication by the Com-
missioner of Social Security pursuant to
relief in a class action or implementation
by the Commissioner of a court remand
order.
‘‘(E) Notwithstanding the provisions of
this paragraph, with respect to any individual
for whom the Commissioner of Social Security
does not perform the entitlement redetermina-
tion before the date prescribed in subparagraph
(C), the Commissioner shall perform such enti-
tlement redetermination in lieu of a continuing
disability review whenever the Commissioner de-
termines that the individual’s entitlement is
subject to redetermination based on the preced-
ing provisions of this paragraph, and the provi-
sions of section 223(f) of the Social Security
Act shall not apply to such redetermination.’’.
(2) AMENDMENTS
RELATING
TO
SUPPLE-
MENTAL
SECURITY
INCOME
DISABILITY
BENEFITS
UNDER TITLE XVI.—Section 105(b)(5) of such Act
(Public Law 104–121; 110 Stat. 853) is amended—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘by
the Commissioner of Social Security’’ and ‘‘by
the Commissioner’’; and
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (D) as
subparagraph (F) and by inserting after sub-
paragraph (C) the following new subpara-
graphs:
‘‘(D) For purposes of this paragraph, an
individual’s claim, with respect to supplemental
security income benefits under title XVI of the
Social Security Act based on disability, which
has been denied in whole before the date of the
enactment of this Act, may not be considered
to be finally adjudicated before such date if, on
or after such date—
‘‘(i) there is pending a request for ei-
ther administrative or judicial review with
respect to such claim, or
‘‘(ii) there is pending, with respect to
such claim, a readjudication by the Com-
missioner of Social Security pursuant to
relief in a class action or implementation
by the Commissioner of a court remand
order.
‘‘(E) Notwithstanding the provisions of
this paragraph, with respect to any individual
for whom the Commissioner does not perform
the eligibility redetermination before the date
prescribed in subparagraph (C), the Commis-
sioner shall perform such eligibility redeter-
mination in lieu of a continuing disability re-
view whenever the Commissioner determines
that the individual’s eligibility is subject to re-
determination based on the preceding provisions
of this paragraph, and the provisions of section
1614(a)(4) of the Social Security Act shall not
apply to such redetermination.’’.
(b) CORRECTIONS TO EFFECTIVE DATE OF PROVI-
SIONS
CONCERNING
REPRESENTATIVE
PAYEES
AND
TREATMENT REFERRALS OF DRUG ADDICTS AND ALCO-
HOLICS.—
(1) AMENDMENTS RELATING TO TITLE II DIS-
ABILITY
BENEFICIARIES.—Section 105(a)(5)(B) of
such Act (Public Law 104–121; 110 Stat. 853) is
amended to read as follows:
‘‘(B) The amendments made by para-
graphs (2) and (3) shall take effect on July 1,
1996, with respect to any individual—
‘‘(i) whose claim for benefits is finally
adjudicated on or after the date of the en-
actment of this Act, or
‘‘(ii) whose entitlement to benefits is
based upon an entitlement redetermination
made pursuant to subparagraph (C).’’.
(2) AMENDMENTS
RELATING
TO
SUPPLE-
MENTAL
SECURITY
INCOME
RECIPIENTS.—Section
105(b)(5)(B) of such Act (Public Law 104–121; 110
Stat. 853) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(B) The amendments made by para-
graphs (2) and (3) shall take effect on July 1,
1996, with respect to any individual—
‘‘(i) whose claim for benefits is finally
adjudicated on or after the date of the en-
actment of this Act, or
‘‘(ii) whose eligibility for benefits is
based upon an eligibility redetermination
made pursuant to subparagraph (C).’’.
(c) REPEAL OF OBSOLETE REPORTING REQUIRE-
MENTS.—Subsections (a)(3)(B) and (b)(3)(B)(ii) of sec-
tion 201 of the Social Security Independence and Program
Improvements Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–296; 108
Stat. 1497, 1504) are repealed.
(d) EFFECTIVE DATES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by
subsections (a) and (b) shall take effect as if in-
cluded in the enactment of section 105 of the Con-
tract with America Advancement Act of 1996 (Pub-
lic Law 104–121; 110 Stat. 852 et seq.).
(2) REPEALS.—The repeals made by subsection
(c) shall take effect on the date of the enactment of
this Act.
SEC. 222. EXTENSION OF DISABILITY INSURANCE PRO-
GRAM DEMONSTRATION PROJECT AUTHOR-
ITY.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 505 of the Social Security
Disability Amendments of 1980 (Public Law 96–265; 94
Stat. 473), as amended by section 12101 of the Consoli-
dated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (Public
Law 99–272; 100 Stat. 282), section 10103 of the Omni-
bus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1989 (Public Law 101–
239; 103 Stat. 2472), section 5120(f) of the Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 (Public Law 101–508;
104 Stat. 1388–282), and section 315 of the Social Secu-
rity Independence and Program Improvements Act of
1994 (Public Law 103–296; 108 Stat. 1531), is further
amended—
(1) in paragraph (1) of subsection (a), by add-
ing at the end the following new sentence: ‘‘The
Commissioner may expand the scope of any such ex-
periment or demonstration project to include any
group of applicants for benefits under such program
with impairments which may reasonably be pre-
sumed to be disabling for purposes of such experi-
ment or demonstration project, and may limit any
such experiment or demonstration project to any
such group of applicants, subject to the terms of
such experiment or demonstration project which
shall define the extent of any such presumption.’’;
(2) in paragraph (3) of subsection (a), by strik-
ing ‘‘June 10, 1996’’ and inserting ‘‘June 10,
1999’’;
(3) in paragraph (4) of subsection (a), by in-
serting ‘‘and on or before October 1, 1998,’’ after
‘‘1995,’’; and
(4) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘October 1,
1996’’ and inserting ‘‘October 1, 1999’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall take effect on the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
SEC. 223. PERFECTING AMENDMENTS RELATED TO WITH-
HOLDING FROM SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS.
(a) INAPPLICABILITY
OF
ASSIGNMENT
PROHIBI-
TION.—Section 207 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
407) is amended by adding at the end the following new
subsection:
‘‘(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to pro-
hibit withholding taxes from any benefit under this title,
if such withholding is done pursuant to a request made
in accordance with section 3402(p)(1) of the Internal Rev-
enue Code of 1986 by the person entitled to such benefit
or such persons’ representative payee.’’.
(b) PROPER ALLOCATION OF COSTS OF WITHHOLD-
ING BETWEEN THE TRUST FUNDS AND THE GENERAL
FUND.—Section 201(g) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 401(g))
is amended—
(1) by inserting before the period in paragraph
(1)(A)(ii) the following: ‘‘and the functions of the
Social Security Administration in connection with
the withholding of taxes from benefits, as described
in section 207(c), pursuant to requests by persons
entitled to such benefits or such persons’ representa-
tive payee’’;
(2) by inserting before the period at the end of
paragraph (1)(A) the following: ‘‘and the functions
of the Social Security Administration in connection
with the withholding of taxes from benefits, as de-
scribed in section 207(c), pursuant to requests by
persons entitled to such benefits or such persons’
representative payee’’;
(3) in paragraph (1)(B)(i)(I), by striking ‘‘sub-
paragraph (A)),’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph (A))
and the functions of the Social Security Administra-
tion in connection with the withholding of taxes from
benefits, as described in section 207(c), pursuant to
requests by persons entitled to such benefits or such
persons’ representative payee,’’;
(4) in paragraph (1)(C)(iii), by inserting before
the period the following: ‘‘and the functions of the
Social Security Administration in connection with
the withholding of taxes from benefits, as described
in section 207(c), pursuant to requests by persons
entitled to such benefits or such persons’ representa-
tive payee’’;
(5) in paragraph (1)(D), by inserting after
‘‘section 232’’ the following: ‘‘and the functions of
the Social Security Administration in connection
with the withholding of taxes from benefits as de-
scribed in section 207(c)’’; and
(6) in paragraph (4), by inserting after the first
sentence the following: ‘‘The Board of Trustees of
such Trust Funds shall prescribe before January 1,
1998, the method of determining the costs which
should be borne by the general fund in the Treasury
of carrying out the functions of the Social Security
Administration in connection with the withholding of
taxes from benefits, as described in section 207(c),
pursuant to requests by persons entitled to such
benefits or such persons’ representative payee.’’.
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (b) shall apply to benefits paid on or after the
first day of the second month beginning after the month
in which this Act is enacted.
SEC. 224. TREATMENT OF PRISONERS.
(a) IMPLEMENTATION
OF PROHIBITION AGAINST
PAYMENT OF TITLE II BENEFITS TO PRISONERS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 202(x)(3) of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(x)(3)) is amend-
ed—
(A) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(3)’’; and
(B) by adding at the end the following new
subparagraph:
‘‘(B)(i) The Commissioner shall enter into an agree-
ment, with any interested State or local institution com-
prising a jail, prison, penal institution, correctional facil-
ity, or other institution a purpose of which is to confine
individuals as described in paragraph (1)(A), under
which—
‘‘(I) the institution shall provide to the Com-
missioner, on a monthly basis and in a manner spec-
ified by the Commissioner, the names, social security
account numbers, dates of birth, confinement com-
mencement dates, and, to the extent available to the
institution, such other identifying information con-
cerning the individuals confined in the institution as
the Commissioner may require for the purpose of
carrying out paragraph (1); and
‘‘(II) the Commissioner shall pay to the institu-
tion, with respect to information described in sub-
clause (I) concerning each individual who is confined
therein as described in paragraph (1)(A), to whom
a benefit under this title is payable for the month
preceding the first month of such confinement, and
whose benefit under this title is determined by the
Commissioner to be not payable by reason of con-
finement based on the information provided by the
institution, $400 (subject to reduction under clause
(ii)) if the institution furnishes the information to
the Commissioner within 30 days after the date such
individual’s confinement in such institution begins,
or $200 (subject to reduction under clause (ii)) if
the institution furnishes the information after 30
days after such date but within 90 days after such
date.
‘‘(ii) The dollar amounts specified in clause (i)(II)
shall be reduced by 50 percent if the Commissioner is also
required to make a payment to the institution with respect
to the same individual under an agreement entered into
under section 1611(e)(1)(I).
‘‘(iii) There shall be transferred from the Federal
Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the
Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, as appropriate,
such sums as may be necessary to enable the Commis-
sioner to make payments to institutions required by clause
(i)(II). Sums so transferred shall be treated as direct
spending for purposes of the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and excluded from
budget totals in accordance with section 13301 of the
Budget Enforcement Act of 1990.
‘‘(iv) The Commissioner is authorized to provide, on
a reimbursable basis, information obtained pursuant to
agreements entered into under clause (i) to any agency
administering a Federal or federally-assisted cash, food,
or medical assistance program for eligibility purposes.’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by this subsection shall apply to individuals whose
period of confinement in an institution commences
on or after the first day of the fourth month begin-
ning after the month in which this Act is enacted.
(b) ELIMINATION OF TITLE II REQUIREMENT THAT
CONFINEMENT STEM FROM CRIME PUNISHABLE BY IM-
PRISONMENT FOR MORE THAN 1 YEAR.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 202(x)(1)(A) of such
Act (42 U.S.C. 402(x)(1)(A)) is amended—
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by
striking ‘‘during’’ and inserting ‘‘throughout’’;
(B) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘an offense
punishable by imprisonment for more than 1
year (regardless of the actual sentence im-
posed)’’ and inserting ‘‘a criminal offense’’; and
(C) in clause (ii)(I), by striking ‘‘an of-
fense punishable by imprisonment for more
than 1 year’’ and inserting ‘‘a criminal of-
fense’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by this subsection shall apply to individuals whose
period of confinement in an institution commences
on or after the first day of the fourth month begin-
ning after the month in which this Act is enacted.
(c) INCLUSION OF TITLE II ISSUES IN STUDY AND
REPORT REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO PRISONERS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 203(b)(1) of the
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Rec-
onciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–193) is
amended—
(A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 1611(e)(1)’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 202(x)
and 1611(e)(1)’’; and
(B) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘sec-
tion 1611(e)(1)(I)’’ and inserting ‘‘section
202(x)(3)(B) or 1611(e)(1)(I)’’.
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
203(c) of such Act is amended by striking ‘‘section
1611(e)(1)(I)’’ and all that follows and inserting the
following: ‘‘sections 202(x)(3)(B) and 1611(e)(1)(I)
of the Social Security Act.’’.
(3) APPLICATION.—The amendments made by
paragraph (1) shall apply as if included in the enact-
ment of section 203(b) of the Personal Responsibil-
ity and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of
1996 (Public Law 104–193). The amendment made
by paragraph (2) shall apply as if included in the
enactment of section 203(c) of such Act.
(d) CONFORMING TITLE XVI AMENDMENTS.—
(1) FIFTY PERCENT REDUCTION IN TITLE XVI
PAYMENT IN CASE INVOLVING COMPARABLE TITLE II
PAYMENT.—Section 1611(e)(1)(I) of the Social Se-
curity Act (as amended by section 201(b) of this
Act) is amended further—
(A) in clause (i)(II), by inserting ‘‘(subject
to reduction under clause (ii))’’ after ‘‘$400’’
and after ‘‘$200’’;
(B) by redesignating clauses (ii) and (iii)
as clauses (iii) and (iv) respectively; and
(C) by inserting after clause (i) the follow-
ing new clause:
‘‘(ii) The dollar amounts specified in clause (i)(II)
shall be reduced by 50 percent if the Commissioner is also
required to make a payment to the institution with respect
to the same individual under an agreement entered into
under section 202(x)(3)(B).’’.
(2) EXPANSION OF CATEGORIES OF INSTITU-
TIONS ELIGIBLE TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH
THE
COMMISSIONER.—Section 1611(e)(1)(I)(i) of
such Act (as added by section 203(a)(1) of the Per-
sonal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Rec-
onciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–193)) is
amended in the matter preceding subclause (I) by
striking ‘‘institution’’ and all that follows through
‘‘section 202(x)(1)(A),’’ and inserting ‘‘institution
comprising a jail, prison, penal institution, or correc-
tional facility, or with any other interested State or
local institution a purpose of which is to confine in-
dividuals as described in section 202(x)(1)(A)(ii),’’.
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by this subsection shall take effect as if included in
the enactment of section 203(a) of the Personal Re-
sponsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation
Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–193; 110 Stat. 2186).
The reference to section 202(x)(1)(A)(ii) of the So-
cial Security Act in section 1611(e)(1)(I)(i) of such
Act as amended by paragraph (2) shall be deemed
a reference to such section 202(x)(1)(A)(ii) as
amended by subsection (b)(1)(C).
(e) EXEMPTION FROM COMPUTER MATCHING RE-
QUIREMENTS.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 552a(a)(8)(B) of
title 5, United States Code, is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause
(vi);
(B) by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end of clause
(vii); and
(C) by inserting after clause (vii) the fol-
lowing new clause:
‘‘(viii) matches performed pursuant to
section 202(x), 205(j), 1611(e)(1), or
1631(a)(2) of the Social Security Act;’’.
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
1611(e)(1)(I)(ii) of the Social Security Act (as
added by section 203(a)(1) of the Personal Respon-
sibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of
1996 (Public Law 104–193) is amended further—
(A) by striking ‘‘(I) The provisions’’ and
all that follows through ‘‘(II) The Commis-
sioner’’ and inserting ‘‘The Commissioner’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘agency administering a’’
before ‘‘Federal or federally–assisted’’.
(3) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by this subsection shall take effect on the date of the
enactment of this Act.
(f) CONTINUED DENIAL OF BENEFITS TO SEX OF-
FENDERS REMAINING CONFINED TO PUBLIC INSTITU-
TIONS UPON COMPLETION OF PRISON TERM.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 202(x)(1)(A) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(x)(1)(A)) is
amended—
(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the
end;
(B) in clause (ii)(IV), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting ‘‘, or’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following new
clause:
‘‘(iii) immediately upon completion of confine-
ment as described in clause (i) pursuant to convic-
tion of a criminal offense an element of which is sex-
ual activity, is confined by court order in an institu-
tion at public expense pursuant to a finding that the
individual is a sexually dangerous person or a sexual
predator or a similar finding.’’.
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made
by this subsection shall apply with respect to bene-
fits for months ending after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act.
SEC. 225. SOCIAL SECURITY ADVISORY BOARD PERSONNEL.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 703(i) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 903(i)) is amended—
(1) in the first sentence, by striking ‘‘, and
three’’ and all that follows through ‘‘Board,’’; and
(2) in the last sentence, by striking ‘‘clerical’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enact-
ment of section 108 of the Contract with America Ad-
vancement Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–121; 110 Stat.
857).
TITLE III—CHILD SUPPORT
SEC. 301. STATE OBLIGATION TO PROVIDE CHILD SUPPORT
ENFORCEMENT SERVICES.
(a) INDIVIDUALS SUBJECT TO FEE FOR CHILD SUP-
PORT ENFORCEMENT SERVICES.—Section 454(6)(B) of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 654(6)(B)) is amended
by striking ‘‘individuals not receiving assistance under any
State program funded under part A, which’’ and inserting
‘‘an individual, other than an individual receiving assist-
ance under a State program funded under part A or E,
or under a State plan approved under title XIX, or who
is required by the State to cooperate with the State agency
administering the program under this part pursuant to
subsection (l) or (m) of section 6 of the Food Stamp Act
of 1977, and’’.
(b) 
CORRECTION
OF
REFERENCE.—Section
464(a)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
654(a)(2)(A)) is amended in the first sentence by striking
‘‘section 454(6)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 454(4)(A)(ii)’’.
SEC. 302. DISTRIBUTION OF COLLECTED SUPPORT.
(a) 
CONTINUATION
OF
ASSIGNMENTS.—Section
457(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 657(b)) is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘which were assigned’’ and in-
serting ‘‘assigned’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘and which were in effect’’ and
all that follows and inserting ‘‘and in effect on Sep-
tember 30, 1997 (or such earlier date, on or after
August 22, 1996, as the State may choose), shall re-
main assigned after such date.’’.
(b) STATE OPTION FOR APPLICABILITY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 457(a) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 657(a)) is amended by add-
ing at the end the following:
‘‘(6) STATE OPTION FOR APPLICABILITY.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of this subsection,
a State may elect—
‘‘(A) to apply the rules described in clauses
(i)(II), (ii)(II), and (v) of paragraph (2)(B) to
support arrearages collected on and after Octo-
ber 1, 1998; and
‘‘(B) to apply the provisions of this section,
as in effect and applied on the day before the
date of enactment of section 302 of the Per-
sonal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act
of 1996 (Public Law 104–193, 110 Stat.
2200), other than subsection (b)(1) (as so in ef-
fect), to amounts collected before October 1,
1998.’’.
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section
408(a)(3)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
608(a)(3)(A)) is amended—
(A) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘(I)’’ after
‘‘(i)’’;
(B) in clause (ii)—
(i) by striking ‘‘(ii)’’ and inserting
‘‘(II)’’; and
(ii) by striking the period and insert-
ing ‘‘; or’’; and
(C) by adding at the end, the following:
‘‘(ii) if the State elects to distribute
collections under section 457(a)(6), the
date the family ceases to receive assistance
under the program, if the assignment is
executed on or after October 1, 1998.’’.
(c) DISTRIBUTION OF COLLECTIONS WITH RESPECT
TO
FAMILIES
RECEIVING
ASSISTANCE.—Section
457(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 657(a)(1))
is amended by adding at the end the following flush lan-
guage:
‘‘In no event shall the total of the amounts paid to
the Federal Government and retained by the State
exceed the total of the amounts that have been paid
to the family as assistance by the State.’’.
(d) FAMILIES UNDER CERTAIN AGREEMENTS.—Sec-
tion 457(a)(4) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
657(a)(4)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(4) 
FAMILIES
UNDER
CERTAIN
AGREE-
MENTS.—In the case of an amount collected for a
family in accordance with a cooperative agreement
under section 454(33), distribute the amount so col-
lected pursuant to the terms of the agreement.’’.
(e) STUDY AND REPORT.—Section 457(a)(5) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 657(a)(5)) is amended by
striking ‘‘1998’’ and inserting ‘‘1999’’.
(f) 
CORRECTIONS
OF
REFERENCES.—Section
457(a)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
657(a)(2)(B)) is amended—
(1) in clauses (i)(I) and (ii)(I), by striking
‘‘(other than subsection (b)(1))’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘(other than subsection (b)(1)
(as so in effect))’’ after ‘‘1996’’ each place it ap-
pears; and
(2) in clause (ii)(II), by striking ‘‘paragraph
(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (5)’’.
(g) CORRECTION OF TERRITORIAL MATCH.—Section
457(c)(3)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
657(c)(3)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘the Federal medi-
cal assistance percentage (as defined in section 1118)’’
and inserting ‘‘75 percent’’.
(h) DEFINITIONS.—
(1) FEDERAL SHARE.—Section 457(c)(2) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 657(c)(2)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘collected’’ the second place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘distributed’’.
(2) FEDERAL MEDICAL ASSISTANCE PERCENT-
AGE.—Section 457(c)(3)(B) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 657(c)(3)(B)) is amended by striking
‘‘as in effect on September 30, 1996’’ and inserting
‘‘as such section was in effect on September 30,
1995’’.
(i) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 464(a)(2)(A) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 664(a)(2)(A)) is amended, in the pe-
nultimate sentence, by inserting ‘‘in accordance with
section 457’’ after ‘‘owed’’.
(2) Section 466(a)(3)(B) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 666(a)(3)(B)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘457(b)(4) or (d)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘457’’.
SEC. 303. CIVIL PENALTIES RELATING TO STATE DIREC-
TORY OF NEW HIRES.
Section 453A of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
653a) is amended—
(1) in subsection (d)—
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1),
by striking ‘‘shall be less than’’ and inserting
‘‘shall not exceed’’; and
(B) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘$25’’
and inserting ‘‘$25 per failure to meet the re-
quirements of this section with respect to a
newly hired employee’’; and
(2) in subsection (g)(2)(B), by striking ‘‘ex-
tracts’’ and all that follows through ‘‘Labor’’ and in-
serting ‘‘information’’.
SEC. 304. FEDERAL PARENT LOCATOR SERVICE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 453 of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 653) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1),
by striking ‘‘obligations, or enforcing child cus-
tody or visitation orders—’’ and inserting ‘‘obli-
gations—’’;
(B) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking ‘‘or
provide child custody or visitation rights’’;
(C) in paragraph (3), by striking the pe-
riod and inserting a comma; and
(D) by inserting after paragraph (3), the
following flush language:
‘‘and which shall be used to obtain and transmit informa-
tion pursuant to section 463 for the purposes of enforcing
any State or Federal law with respect to the unlawful tak-
ing or restraint of a child, or making or enforcing a child
custody determination.’’; and
(2) in subsection (c)—
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘or to
seek to enforce orders providing child custody
or visitation rights’’; and
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘or to
issue an order against a resident parent for
child custody or visitation rights’’.
(b) USE OF THE FEDERAL PARENT LOCATOR SERV-
ICE.—Section 463 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
663) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by striking ‘‘any State which is able
and willing to do so,’’ and inserting ‘‘every
State’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘such State’’ and inserting
‘‘each State’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘noncustodial’’ each place it ap-
pears.
SEC. 305. ACCESS TO REGISTRY DATA FOR RESEARCH PUR-
POSES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 453(j)(5) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 653(j)(5)) is amended by inserting
‘‘data in each component of the Federal Parent Locator
Service maintained under this section and to’’ before ‘‘in-
formation’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 453 of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 653) is amended—
(1) in subsection (j)(3)(B), by striking ‘‘reg-
istries’’ and inserting ‘‘components’’; and
(2) in subsection (k)(2), by striking ‘‘subsection
(j)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 453A(g)(2)’’.
SEC. 306. COLLECTION AND USE OF SOCIAL SECURITY
NUMBERS FOR USE IN CHILD SUPPORT EN-
FORCEMENT.
(a) RECORDING OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS.—
Section 466(a)(13) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
666(a)(13)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘commer-
cial’’; and
(2) in the matter following subparagraph (C),
by inserting ‘‘to be used on the face of the document
while the social security number is kept on file at
the agency’’ after ‘‘other than the social security
number’’.
(b) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section
205(c)(2)(C) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
405(c)(2)(C)), as amended by section 321(a)(9) of the So-
cial Security Independence and Program Improvements
Act of 1994, is amended—
(1) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘may require’’ and
inserting ‘‘shall require’’;
(2) in clause (ii), by inserting after the 1st sen-
tence the following: ‘‘In the administration of any
law involving the issuance of a marriage certificate
or license, each State shall require each party named
in the certificate or license to furnish to the State
(or political subdivision thereof), or any State agen-
cy having administrative responsibility for the law
involved, the social security number of the party.’’;
(3) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘or marriage cer-
tificate’’ after ‘‘Such numbers shall not be recorded
on the birth certificate’’.
(4) in clause (vi), by striking ‘‘may’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘shall’’; and
(5) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(x) An agency of a State (or a political subdivision
thereof) charged with the administration of any law con-
cerning the issuance or renewal of a driver’s license or a
license, certificate, permit, or other authorization to en-
gage in a profession, an occupation, or a commercial activ-
ity shall require all applicants for issuance or renewal of
the license, certificate, permit, or other authorization to
provide the applicant’s social security number to the agen-
cy for the purpose of administering such laws, and for the
purpose of responding to requests for information from
an agency operating pursuant to part D of title IV.
‘‘(xi) All divorce decrees, support orders, and pater-
nity determinations issued, and all paternity acknowledg-
ments made, in each State shall include the social security
number of each party to the decree, order, determination,
or acknowledgment in the records relating to the matter,
for the purpose of responding to requests for information
from an agency operating pursuant to part D of title IV.’’.
SEC. 307. ADOPTION OF UNIFORM STATE LAWS.
Section 466(f) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
666(f)) is amended by striking ‘‘together’’ and all that fol-
lows and inserting ‘‘and as in effect on August 22, 1996,
including any amendments officially adopted as of such
date by the National Conference of Commissioners on
Uniform State Laws.’’.
SEC. 308. STATE LAWS PROVIDING EXPEDITED PROCE-
DURES.
Section 466(c) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
666(c)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)(E), by inserting ‘‘, part
E,’’ after ‘‘part A’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2)(A)—
(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘the tribunal
and’’; and
shall be available for use by the Secretary, either directly
or through grants, contracts, or interagency agreements,’’.
(b) OPERATION
OF FEDERAL PARENT LOCATOR
SERVICE.—
(1) MEANS AVAILABLE.—Section 453(o) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 653(o)) is amend-
ed—
(A) in the heading, by striking ‘‘RECOVERY
OF COSTS’’ and inserting ‘‘USE OF SET-ASIDE
FUNDS’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘to cover costs incurred by
the Secretary’’ and inserting ‘‘which shall be
available for use by the Secretary, either di-
rectly or through grants, contracts, or inter-
agency agreements,’’.
(2) AVAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Section 453(o)
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 653(o)) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘Amounts appropriated under this subsection for
each of fiscal years 1997 through 2001 shall remain
available until expended.’’.
SEC. 312. AUTHORITY TO COLLECT SUPPORT FROM FED-
ERAL EMPLOYEES.
(a) RESPONSE TO NOTICE OR PROCESS.—Section
459(c)(2)(C) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
659(c)(2)(C)) is amended by striking ‘‘respond to the
order, process, or interrogatory’’ and inserting ‘‘withhold
available sums in response to the order or process, or an-
swer the interrogatory’’.
(b) 
MONEYS
SUBJECT
TO
PROCESS.—Section
459(h)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
659(h)(1)) is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A)
and in subparagraph (A)(i), by striking ‘‘paid or’’
each place it appears;
(2) in subparagraph (A)—
(A) in clause (ii)(V), by striking ‘‘and’’ at
the end;
(B) in clause (iii)—
(i) by inserting ‘‘or payable’’ after
‘‘paid’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘but’’ and inserting ‘‘;
and’’; and
(C) by inserting after clause (iii), the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(iv) benefits paid or payable under
the Railroad Retirement System, but’’; and
(3) in subparagraph (B)—
(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the
end;
(B) in clause (ii), by striking the period
and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(C) by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(iii) of periodic benefits under title
38, United States Code, except as provided
in subparagraph (A)(ii)(V).’’.
(c) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section
454(19)(B)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
654(19)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 462(e)’’
and inserting ‘‘section 459(i)(5)’’.
SEC. 313. DEFINITION OF SUPPORT ORDER.
Section 453(p) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
653(p)), is amended by striking ‘‘a child and’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘of’’.
SEC. 314. STATE LAW AUTHORIZING SUSPENSION OF LI-
CENSES.
Section 466(a)(16) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 666(a)(16)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and sport-
ing’’ after ‘‘recreational’’.
SEC. 315. INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT.
Section 454(32)(A) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 654(32)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘section
459A(d)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 459A(d)’’.
SEC. 316. CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT FOR INDIAN
TRIBES.
(a) COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS BY INDIAN TRIBES
AND STATES FOR CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT.—Sec-
tion 454(33) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
654(33)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and enforce support orders,
and’’ and inserting ‘‘or enforce support orders, or’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘guidelines established by such
tribe or organization’’ and inserting ‘‘guidelines es-
tablished or adopted by such tribe or organization’’;
(3) by striking ‘‘funding collected’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘collections’’; and
(4) by striking ‘‘such funding’’ and inserting
‘‘such collections’’.
(b) CORRECTION OF SUBSECTION DESIGNATION.—
Section 455 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 655),
is amended by redesignating subsection (b), as added by
section 375(b) of the Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–
193, 110 Stat. 2256), as subsection (f).
(c) DIRECT GRANTS TO TRIBES.—Section 455(f) of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 655(f)), as redesig-
nated by subsection (b), is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(f) The Secretary may make direct payments under
this part to an Indian tribe or tribal organization that
demonstrates to the satisfaction of the Secretary that it
has the capacity to operate a child support enforcement
program meeting the objectives of this part, including es-
tablishment of paternity, establishment, modification, and
enforcement of support orders, and location of absent par-
ents. The Secretary shall promulgate regulations estab-
lishing the requirements which must be met by an Indian
tribe or tribal organization to be eligible for a grant under
this subsection.’’.
SEC. 317. CONTINUATION OF RULES FOR DISTRIBUTION OF
SUPPORT IN THE CASE OF A TITLE IV–E
CHILD.
Section 457 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
657) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a), in the matter preceding
paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘subsection (e)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘subsections (e) and (f)’’; and
(2) by adding at the end, the following:
‘‘(f) Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this
section, amounts collected by a State as child support for
months in any period on behalf of a child for whom a pub-
lic agency is making foster care maintenance payments
under part E—
‘‘(1) shall be retained by the State to the extent
necessary to reimburse it for the foster care mainte-
nance payments made with respect to the child dur-
ing such period (with appropriate reimbursement of
the Federal Government to the extent of its partici-
pation in the financing);
‘‘(2) shall be paid to the public agency respon-
sible for supervising the placement of the child to
the extent that the amounts collected exceed the fos-
ter care maintenance payments made with respect to
the child during such period but not the amounts re-
quired by a court or administrative order to be paid
as support on behalf of the child during such period;
and the responsible agency may use the payments in
the manner it determines will serve the best inter-
ests of the child, including setting such payments
aside for the child’s future needs or making all or
a part thereof available to the person responsible for
meeting the child’s day-to-day needs; and
‘‘(3) shall be retained by the State, if any por-
tion of the amounts collected remains after making
the payments required under paragraphs (1) and
(2), to the extent that such portion is necessary to
reimburse the State (with appropriate reimburse-
ment to the Federal Government to the extent of its
participation in the financing) for any past foster
care maintenance payments (or payments of assist-
ance under the State program funded under part A)
which were made with respect to the child (and with
respect to which past collections have not previously
been retained);
and any balance shall be paid to the State agency respon-
sible for supervising the placement of the child, for use
by such agency in accordance with paragraph (2).’’.
SEC. 318. GOOD CAUSE IN FOSTER CARE AND FOOD STAMP
CASES.
(a) STATE PLAN.—Section 454(4)(A)(i) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 654(4)(A)(i)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ before ‘‘(III)’’; and
(2) by inserting ‘‘or (IV) cooperation is required
pursuant to section 6(l)(1) of the Food Stamp Act
of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2015(l)(1)),’’ after ‘‘title XIX,’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 454(29)
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 654(29)) is amend-
ed—
(1) in subparagraph (A)—
(A) in the matter preceding clause (i), by
striking ‘‘part A of this title or the State pro-
gram under title XIX’’ and inserting ‘‘part A,
the State program under part E, the State pro-
gram under title XIX, or the food stamp pro-
gram, as defined under section 3(h) of the Food
Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2012(h)),’’; and
(B) in the matter following clause (ii)—
(i) by inserting ‘‘part E,’’ after ‘‘this
part,’’; and
(ii) by inserting ‘‘, or the food stamp
program, as defined under section 3(h) of
the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C.
2012(h))’’ after ‘‘title XIX’’;
(2) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘or the
State program under title XIX’’ and inserting ‘‘the
State program under part E, the State program
under title XIX, or the food stamp program, as de-
fined under section 3(h) of the Food Stamp Act of
1977 (7 U.S.C. 2012(h))’’; and
(3) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘individ-
ual,’’ and all that follows through ‘‘XIX,’’ and in-
serting ‘‘individual and the State agency administer-
ing the State program funded under part A, the
State agency administering the State program under
part E, the State agency administering the State
program under title XIX, or the State agency ad-
ministering the food stamp program, as defined
under section 3(h) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977
(7 U.S.C. 2012(h)),’’.
SEC. 319. DATE OF COLLECTION OF SUPPORT.
Section 454B(c)(1) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 654B(c)(1)) is amended by adding at the end the
following: ‘‘The date of collection for amounts collected
and distributed under this part is the date of receipt by
the State disbursement unit.’’.
SEC. 320. ADMINISTRATIVE ENFORCEMENT IN INTERSTATE
CASES.
(a) PROCEDURES.—Section 466(a)(14)(A) of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 666(a)(14)(A)) is amended—
(1) in clause (i)—
(A) by striking ‘‘respond within 5 business
days to’’ and inserting ‘‘take enforcement ac-
tion not less than 90 days after’’;
(B) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; and
(C) by striking ‘‘(A)(i)’’ and inserting
‘‘(A)’’; and
(2) by striking clause (ii).
(b) INCENTIVE PAYMENTS.—Section 458(d) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 658(d)) is amended by in-
serting ‘‘, including amounts collected under section
466(a)(14),’’ after ‘‘another State’’.
SEC. 321. WORK ORDERS FOR ARREARAGES.
Section 466(a)(15) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 666(a)(15)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(15) PROCEDURES TO ENSURE THAT PERSONS
OWING OVERDUE SUPPORT WORK OR HAVE A PLAN
FOR
PAYMENT
OF
SUCH
SUPPORT.—Procedures
under which the State has the authority, in any case
in which an individual owes overdue support with re-
spect to a child receiving assistance under a State
program funded under part A, to issue an order or
to request that a court or an administrative process
established pursuant to State law issue an order
that requires the individual to—
‘‘(A) pay such support in accordance with
a plan approved by the court, or, at the option
of the State, a plan approved by the State
agency administering the State program under
this part; or
‘‘(B) if the individual is subject to such a
plan and is not incapacitated, participate in
such work activities (as defined in section
407(d)) as the court, or, at the option of the
State, the State agency administering the State
program under this part, deems appropriate.’’.
SEC. 322. ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL STATE PLAN AMEND-
MENTS.
Section 454 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
654) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (8)—
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A)—
(i) by striking ‘‘noncustodial’’; and
(ii) by inserting ‘‘, for the purpose of
establishing parentage, establishing, set-
ting the amount of, modifying, or enforcing
child support obligations,’’ after ‘‘provide
that’’;
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking the
comma and inserting a semicolon;
(C) in subparagraph (B), by striking the
semicolon and inserting a comma; and
(D) by inserting after subparagraph (B),
the following flush language:
‘‘and shall, subject to the privacy safeguards re-
quired under paragraph (26), disclose only the infor-
mation described in sections 453 and 463 to the au-
thorized persons specified in such sections for the
purposes specified in such sections;’’;
(2) in paragraph (17)—
(A) by striking ‘‘in the case of a State
which has’’ and inserting ‘‘provide that the
State will have’’; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘and’’ after ‘‘section
453,’’; and
(3) in paragraph (26)—
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A), by striking ‘‘will’’;
(B) in subparagraph (A)—
(i) by inserting ‘‘, modify,’’ after ‘‘es-
tablish’’, the second place it appears; and
(ii) by inserting ‘‘, or to make or en-
force a child custody determination’’ after
‘‘support’’;
(C) in subparagraph (B)—
(i) by inserting ‘‘or the child’’ after ‘‘1
party’’; and
(ii) by inserting ‘‘or the child’’ after
‘‘former party’’; and
(D) in subparagraph (C)—
(i) by inserting ‘‘or the child’’ after ‘‘1
party’’;
(ii) by striking ‘‘another party’’ and
inserting ‘‘another person’’;
(iii) by inserting ‘‘to that person’’
after ‘‘release of the information’’; and
(iv) by striking ‘‘former party’’ and
inserting ‘‘party or the child’’.
SEC. 323. FEDERAL CASE REGISTRY OF CHILD SUPPORT
ORDERS.
Section 453(h) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
653(h)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1), by inserting ‘‘and order’’
after ‘‘with respect to each case’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2)—
(A) in the heading, by inserting ‘‘AND
ORDER’’ after ‘‘CASE’’;
(B) by inserting ‘‘or an order’’ after ‘‘with
respect to a case’’ and
(C) by inserting ‘‘or order’’ after ‘‘and the
State or States which have the case’’.
SEC. 324. FULL FAITH AND CREDIT FOR CHILD SUPPORT
ORDERS.
Section 1738B(f) of title 28, United States Code, is
amended—
(1) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘a court may’’
and all that follows and inserting ‘‘a court having
jurisdiction over the parties shall issue a child sup-
port order, which must be recognized.’’; and
(2) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘under sub-
section (d)’’ after ‘‘jurisdiction’’.
SEC. 325. ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS.
(a) 
ELIMINATION
OF
SURPLUSAGE.—Section
466(c)(1)(F) (42 U.S.C. 666(c)(1)(F)) is amended by
striking ‘‘of section 466’’.
(b) CORRECTION
OF AMBIGUOUS AMENDMENT.—
Section 344(a)(1)(F) of the Personal Responsibility and
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law
104–193; 110 Stat. 2234) is amended by inserting ‘‘the
first place such term appears’’ before ‘‘and all that fol-
lows’’.
(c) CORRECTION OF ERRONEOUSLY DRAFTED PRO-
VISION.—Section 215 of the Departments of Labor,
Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related
Agencies Appropriations Act, 1997 (as contained in sec-
tion 101(e) of the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations
Act, 1997), is amended to read as follows:
‘‘SEC. 215. Sections 452(j) and 453(o) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 652(j) and 653(o)), as amended
by section 345 of the Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–
193; 110 Stat. 2237) are each amended by striking ‘sec-
tion 457(a)’ and inserting ‘a plan approved under this
part’. Amounts available under such sections 452(j) and
453(o) shall be calculated as though the amendments
made by this section were effective October 1, 1995.’’.
(d) 
ELIMINATION
OF
SURPLUSAGE.—Section
456(a)(2)(B) (42 U.S.C. 656(a)(2)(B)) is amended by
striking ‘‘, and’’ and inserting a period.
SEC. 326. EFFECTIVE DATE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection
(b), the amendments made by this title shall take effect
as if included in the enactment of title III of the Personal
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
of 1996 (Public Law 104–193; 110 Stat. 2105).
(b) EXCEPTION.—The amendments made by section
302(b)(2) shall take effect as if the amendments had been
included in the enactment of section 103(a) of the Per-
sonal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation
Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–193; 110 Stat. 2112).
TITLE 
IV—RESTRICTING 
WEL-
FARE AND PUBLIC BENEFITS
FOR ALIENS
Subtitle A—Eligibility for Federal
Benefits
SEC. 401. ALIEN ELIGIBILITY FOR FEDERAL BENEFITS: LIM-
ITED APPLICATION TO MEDICARE AND BENE-
FITS UNDER THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT
ACT.
(a) LIMITED APPLICATION TO MEDICARE.—Section
401(b) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Oppor-
tunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 6111(b)) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
‘‘(3) Subsection (a) shall not apply to any bene-
fit payable under title XVIII of the Social Security
Act (relating to the medicare program) to an alien
who is lawfully present in the United States as de-
termined by the Attorney General and, with respect
to benefits payable under part A of such title, who
was authorized to be employed with respect to any
wages attributable to employment which are counted
for purposes of eligibility for such benefits.’’.
(b) LIMITED APPLICATION
TO BENEFITS UNDER
THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT.—Section 401(b) of
the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Recon-
ciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 6111(b)) (as amended by
subsection (a)) is amended by inserting at the end the
following:
‘‘(4) Subsection (a) shall not apply to any bene-
fit payable under the Railroad Retirement Act of
1974 or the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act
to an alien who is lawfully present in the United
States as determined by the Attorney General or to
an alien residing outside the United States.’’.
SEC. 402. EXCEPTIONS TO BENEFIT LIMITATIONS: CORREC-
TIONS TO REFERENCE CONCERNING ALIENS
WHOSE DEPORTATION IS WITHHELD.
Sections 
402(a)(2)(A)(iii), 
402(b)(2)(A)(iii),
403(b)(1)(C), 412(b)(1)(C), and 431(b)(5) of the Per-
sonal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation
Act 
of 
1996 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1612(a)(2)(A)(iii),
1612(b)(2)(A)(iii), 1602(b)(1)(C), 1622(b)(1)(C), and
1641(b)(5)) are each amended by striking ‘‘section 243(h)
of such Act’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘section
243(h) of such Act (as in effect immediately before enact-
ment of section 307 of division C of Public Law 104–208)
or section 241(b)(3) of such Act (as amended by section
305(a) of division C of Public Law 104–208)’’.
SEC. 403. VETERAN EXCEPTION: APPLICATION OF MINI-
MUM ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE REQUIREMENT;
EXTENSION TO UNREMARRIED SURVIVING
SPOUSE.
(a) APPLICATION OF MINIMUM ACTIVE DUTY SERV-
ICE
REQUIREMENT.—Sections 
402(a)(2)(C)(i),
402(b)(2)(C)(i), 403(b)(2)(A), and 412(b)(3)(A) of the
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconcili-
ation 
Act 
of 
1996 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1612(a)(2)(C)(i),
1612(b)(2)(C)(i), 1601(b)(2)(A), and 1622(b)(3)(A)) are
each amended by inserting ‘‘and who fulfills the minimum
active-duty service requirements of section 5303A(d) of
title 38, United States Code’’ after ‘‘alienage’’.
(b) EXCEPTION APPLICABLE TO UNREMARRIED SUR-
VIVING
SPOUSE.—Section 
402(a)(2)(C)(iii),
402(b)(2)(C)(iii), 403(b)(2)(C), and 412(b)(3)(C) of the
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconcili-
ation 
Act 
of 
1996 
(8 
U.S.C. 
1612(a)(2)(C)(iii),
1612(b)(2)(C)(iii), 1601(b)(2)(C), and 1622(b)(3)(C)) are
each amended by inserting before the period ‘‘or the
unremarried surviving spouse of an individual described
in clause (i) or (ii) who is deceased if the marriage fulfills
the requirements of section 1304 of title 38, United States
Code’’.
SEC. 404. CORRECTION OF REFERENCE CONCERNING
CUBAN AND HAITIAN ENTRANTS.
Section 403(d) of the Personal Responsibility and
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1997 (8 U.S.C.
1601(d)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘section 501 of the Refugee’’
and insert ‘‘section 501(a) of the Refugee’’; and
(2) by striking ‘‘section 501(e)(2)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘section 501(e)’’.
SEC. 405. NOTIFICATION CONCERNING ALIENS NOT LAW-
FULLY PRESENT: CORRECTION OF TERMI-
NOLOGY.
Section 1631(e)(9) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1383(e)) and section 27 of the United States
Housing Act of 1937, as added by section 404 of the Per-
sonal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation
Act of 1996, are each amended by striking ‘‘unlawfully
in the United States’’ each place it appears and inserting
‘‘not lawfully present in the United States’’.
Subtitle 
B—Eligibility 
for 
State
and Local Public Benefits Pro-
grams; Attribution of Income
and Affidavits of Support
SEC. 421. ALIEN ELIGIBILITY FOR STATE AND LOCAL BENE-
FITS: INCLUSION OF ALIENS OTHERWISE
LAWFULLY PRESENT IN THE UNITED STATES.
Section 411(a) of the Personal Responsibility and
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1997 (8 U.S.C.
1621(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph
(2);
(2) by inserting ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph
(3); and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the follow-
ing paragraph:
‘‘(4) otherwise lawfully present in the United
States.’’.
Subtitle C—General Provisions
SEC. 431. DEFINITION OF QUALIFIED ALIEN: INCLUSION OF
ALIEN CHILD OF BATTERED PARENT AS
QUALIFIED ALIEN.
(a) DETERMINATION OF STATUS BY AGENCY PRO-
VIDING BENEFITS.—Section 431 of the Personal Respon-
sibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
(8 U.S.C. 1641) is amended in subsections (c)(1)(A) and
(c)(2)(A) by striking ‘‘Attorney General, which opinion is
not subject to review by any court)’’ each place it appears
and inserting ‘‘agency providing such benefits)’’.
(b) INCLUSION OF ALIEN CHILD OF BATTERED PAR-
ENT AS QUALIFIED ALIEN.—Section 431(c) of the Per-
sonal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation
Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1641(c)) is amended—
(1) at the end of paragraph (1)(B)(iv) by strik-
ing ‘‘or’’;
(2) at the end of paragraph (2)(B) by striking
the period and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (2)(B) and be-
fore the last sentence of such subsection the follow-
ing new paragraph:
‘‘(3) an alien child who—
‘‘(A) resides in the same household as a
parent who has been battered or subjected to
extreme cruelty in the United States by that
parent’s spouse or by a member of the spouse’s
family residing in the same household as the
parent and the spouse consented or acquiesced
to such battery or cruelty, but only if (in the
opinion of the agency providing such benefits)
there is a substantial connection between such
battery or cruelty and the need for the benefits
to be provided; and
‘‘(B) who meets the requirement of sub-
paragraph (B) of paragraph (1).’’.
(c) INCLUSION OF ALIEN CHILD OF BATTERED PAR-
ENT UNDER SPECIAL RULE FOR ATTRIBUTION OF IN-
COME.—Section 421(f)(1)(A) of the Personal Responsibil-
ity and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8
U.S.C. 1631(f)(1)(A)) is amended—
(1) at the end of clause (i) by striking ‘‘or’’;
(2) by striking ‘‘and the battery or cruelty de-
scribed in clause (i) or (ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘or (iii)
the alien is a child whose parent (who resides in the
same household as the alien child) has been battered
or subjected to extreme cruelty in the United States
by that parent’s spouse, or by a member of the
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spouse’s family residing in the same household as
the parent and the spouse consented to, or acqui-
esced in, such battery or cruelty, and the battery or
cruelty described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii)’’.
SEC. 432. VERIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR FEDERAL
PUBLIC BENEFITS.
Section 432(a) of the Personal Responsibility and
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Ac of 1996 ( 8 U.S.C.
1642(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘18 months
after the date of the enactment of this Act’’ and in-
serting ‘‘90 days after the date of the enactment of
the Welfare Reform Technical Corrections Act of
1997’’; and
(2) in paragraph (1) by striking ‘‘requiring’’
and inserting ‘‘setting forth procedures for verify-
ing’’; and
(3) by adding after paragraph (2) the following
new paragraph:
‘‘(3) Not later than 90 days after the date of the en-
actment of the Welfare Reform Technical Corrections Act
of 1997, the Attorney General shall promulgate regula-
tions which set forth the procedures by which a State or
local government can verify whether an alien applying for
a State or local public benefit is a qualified alien, a non-
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immigrant under the Immigration and Nationality Act, or
an alien paroled into the United States under section
212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act for less
than 1 year, for purposes of determining whether the alien
is ineligible for benefits under section 411 of this Act.’’.
SEC. 433. QUALIFYING QUARTERS: DISCLOSURE OF QUAR-
TERS OF COVERAGE INFORMATION; CORREC-
TION TO ASSURE THAT CREDITING APPLIES
TO ALL QUARTERS EARNED BY PARENTS BE-
FORE CHILD IS 18.
(a) DISCLOSURE OF QUARTERS OF COVERAGE IN-
FORMATION.—Section 435 of the Personal Responsibility
and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8
U.S.C. 1645) is amended by adding at the end the follow-
ing: ‘‘Notwithstanding section 6103 of the Internal Reve-
nue Code of 1986, the Commissioner of Social Security
is authorized to disclose quarters of coverage information
concerning an alien and an alien’s spouse or parents to
a government agency for the purposes of this title.’’.
(b) CORRECTION TO ASSURE THAT CREDITING AP-
PLIES TO ALL QUARTERS EARNED BY PARENTS BEFORE
CHILD IS 18.—Section 435(1) of the Personal Responsibil-
ity and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8
U.S.C. 1645(1)) is amended by striking ‘‘while the alien
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was under age 18,’’ and inserting ‘‘before the date on
which the alien attains age 18,’’.
Subtitle D—Miscellaneous Clerical
and Technical Amendments; Ef-
fective Date
SEC. 451. CORRECTING MISCELLANEOUS CLERICAL AND
TECHNICAL ERRORS.
(a) INFORMATION REPORTING UNDER TITLE IV OF
THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.—Effective July 1, 1997, sec-
tion 408 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 608), as
amended by section 103, and as in effect pursuant to sec-
tion 116, of the Personal Responsibility and Work Oppor-
tunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, is amended by adding
at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(f) STATE REQUIRED TO PROVIDE CERTAIN INFOR-
MATION.—Each State to which a grant is made under sec-
tion 403 shall, at least 4 times annually and upon request
of the Immigration and Naturalization Service, furnish the
Immigration and Naturalization Service with the name
and address of, and other identifying information on, any
individual who the State knows is not lawfully present in
the United States.’’.
(b) MISCELLANEOUS CLERICAL
AND TECHNICAL
CORRECTIONS—
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(1) Section 411(c)(3) of the Personal Respon-
sibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (8
U.S.C. 
1621(c)(3)) 
is 
amended 
by 
striking
‘‘4001(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘401(c)’’.
(2) Section 422(a) of the Personal Responsibil-
ity and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (8
U.S.C. 1632(a)) is amended by striking ‘‘benefits
(as defined in section 412(c)),’’ and inserting ‘‘bene-
fits,’’.
(3) Section 412(b)(1)(C) of the Personal Re-
sponsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation
Act (8 U.S.C. 1622(b)(1)(C)) is amended by striking
‘‘with-holding’’ and inserting ‘‘withholding’’.
(4) The subtitle heading for subtitle D of title
IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work Oppor-
tunity Reconciliation Act is amended to read as fol-
lows:
‘‘Subtitle D—General Provisions’’.
(5) The subtitle heading for subtitle F of title
IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work Oppor-
tunity Reconciliation Act is amended to read as fol-
lows:
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‘‘Subtitle F—Earned Income Credit
Denied to Unauthorized Em-
ployees’’.
SEC. 452. EFFECTIVE DATE.
Except as otherwise provided, the amendments made
by this title shall be effective as if included in the enact-
ment of title IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.
TITLE V—CHILD PROTECTION
SEC. 501. CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RE-
LATING TO CHILD PROTECTION.
(a) METHODS PERMITTED FOR CONDUCT OF STUDY
OF CHILD WELFARE.—Section 429A(a) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 628b(a)) is amended by inserting
‘‘(directly, or by grant, contract, or interagency agree-
ment)’’ after ‘‘conduct’’.
(b) 
REDESIGNATION
OF
PARAGRAPH.—Section
471(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 671(a)) is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(17);
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (18) (as added by section 1808(a) of the
Small Business Job Protection Act of 1996 (Public
105
Law 104–188; 110 Stat. 1903)) and inserting ‘‘;
and’’; and
(3) by redesignating paragraph (18) (as added
by section 505(3) of the Personal Responsibility and
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Pub-
lic Law 104–193; 110 Stat. 2278)) as paragraph
(19).
SEC. 502. ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELAT-
ING TO CHILD PROTECTION.
(a) PART B AMENDMENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Part B of title IV of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 620-635) is amended—
(A) in section 422(b)—
(i) by striking the period at the end of
the paragraph (9) (as added by section
554(3) of the Improving America’s Schools
Act of 1994 (Public Law 103–382; 108
Stat. 4057)) and inserting a semicolon;
(ii) by redesignating paragraph (10)
as paragraph (11); and
(iii) by redesignating paragraph (9),
as added by section 202(a)(3) of the Social
Security Act Amendments of 1994 (Public
Law 103–432, 108 Stat. 4453), as para-
graph (10);
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(B) in sections 424(b) and 425(a), by
striking ‘‘422(b)(9)’’ each place it appears and
inserting ‘‘422(b)(10)’’; and
(C) by transferring section 429A (as added
by section 503 of the Personal Responsibility
and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of
1996 (Public Law 104–193; 110 Stat. 2277))
to the end of subpart 1.
(2) CLARIFICATION OF CONFLICTING AMEND-
MENTS.—Section 204(a)(2) of the Social Security
Act Amendments of 1994 (Public Law 103–432;
108 Stat. 4456) is amended by inserting ‘‘(as added
by such section 202(a))’’ before ‘‘and inserting’’.
(b) PART E AMENDMENTS.—Section 472(d) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 672(d)) is amended by
striking ‘‘422(b)(9)’’ and inserting ‘‘422(b)(10)’’.
SEC. 503. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this title shall take effect
as if included in the enactment of title V of the Personal
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act
of 1996 (Public Law 104-193; 110 Stat. 2277).
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TITLE VI—CHILD CARE
SEC. 601. CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RE-
LATING TO CHILD CARE.
(a) FUNDING.—Section 418(a) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 618(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A), by inserting ‘‘the greater of’’ after ‘‘equal
to’’;
(B) in subparagraph (A)—
(i) by striking ‘‘the sum of’’;
(ii) by striking ‘‘amounts expended’’
and inserting ‘‘expenditures’’; and
(iii) by striking ‘‘section—’’ and all
that follows and inserting ‘‘subsections (g)
and (i) of section 402 (as in effect before
October 1, 1995); or’’;
(C) in subparagraph (B)—
(i) by striking ‘‘sections’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘subsections’’; and
(ii) by striking the semicolon at the
end and inserting a period; and
(D) in the matter following subparagraph
(B), by striking ‘‘whichever is greater.’’; and
(2) in paragraph (2)—
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(A) by striking subparagraph (B) and in-
serting the following:
‘‘(B) ALLOTMENTS TO STATES.—The total
amount available for payments to States under
this paragraph, as determined under subpara-
graph (A), shall be allotted among the States
based on the formula used for determining the
amount of Federal payments to each State
under section 403(n) (as in effect before Octo-
ber 1, 1995).’’;
(B) by striking subparagraph (C) and in-
serting the following:
‘‘(C) FEDERAL MATCHING OF STATE EX-
PENDITURES EXCEEDING HISTORICAL EXPEND-
ITURES.—The Secretary shall pay to each eligi-
ble State for a fiscal year an amount equal to
the lesser of the State’s allotment under sub-
paragraph (B) or the Federal medical assist-
ance percentage for the State for the fiscal year
(as defined in section 1905(b), as such section
was in effect on September 30, 1995) of so
much of the State’s expenditures for child care
in that fiscal year as exceed the total amount
of expenditures by the State (including expendi-
tures from amounts made available from Fed-
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eral funds) in fiscal year 1994 or 1995 (which-
ever is greater) for the programs described in
paragraph (1)(A).’’; and
(C) in subparagraph (D)(i)—
(i) by striking ‘‘amounts under any
grant 
awarded’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘any
amounts allotted’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘the grant is made’’
and inserting ‘‘such amounts are allotted’’.
(b) DATA USED TO DETERMINE HISTORIC STATE
EXPENDITURES.—Section 418(a) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 618(a)), is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘(5) DATA USED TO DETERMINE STATE AND
FEDERAL SHARES OF EXPENDITURES.—In making
the determinations concerning expenditures required
under paragraphs (1) and (2)(C), the Secretary shall
use information that was reported by the State on
ACF Form 231 and available as of the applicable
dates specified in clauses (i)(I), (ii), and (iii)(III) of
section 403(a)(1)(D).’’.
(c) DEFINITION OF STATE.—Section 418(d) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 618(d)) is amended by
striking ‘‘or’’ and inserting ‘‘and’’.
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SEC. 602. ADDITIONAL CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL
AMENDMENTS.
The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act
of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.) is amended—
(1) in section 658E(c)(2)(E)(ii), by striking
‘‘tribal organization’’ and inserting ‘‘tribal organiza-
tions’’;
(2) in section 658K(a)—
(A) in paragraph (1)—
(i) in subparagraph (B)—
(I) by striking clause (iv) and in-
serting the following:
‘‘(iv) whether the head of the family
unit is a single parent;’’;
(II) in clause (v)—
(aa) in the matter preceding
subclause (I), by striking ‘‘in-
cluding the amount obtained
from 
(and 
separately 
identi-
fied)—’’ and inserting ‘‘includ-
ing—’’; and
(bb) by striking subclause
(II) and inserting the following:
‘‘(II) cash or other assistance
under—
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‘‘(aa) the temporary assist-
ance for needy families program
under part A of title IV of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
601 et seq.); and
‘‘(bb) a State program for
which State spending is counted
toward the maintenance of effort
requirement 
under 
section
409(a)(7) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 609(a)(7));’’; and
(III) in clause (x), by striking
‘‘week’’ and inserting ‘‘month’’; and
(ii) by striking subparagraph (D) and
inserting the following:
‘‘(D) USE OF ESTIMATES.—
‘‘(i) AUTHORITY.—A State may com-
ply with the requirement to collect the in-
formation described in subparagraph (B)
through the use of estimates which are ob-
tained through the use of scientifically ac-
ceptable sampling methods approved by the
Secretary.
‘‘(ii) SAMPLING
AND
OTHER
METH-
ODS.—The Secretary shall provide the
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States with such case sampling plans and
data collection procedures as the Secretary
deems necessary to produce statistically
valid estimates of the information de-
scribed in subparagraph (B). The Sec-
retary may develop and implement proce-
dures for verifying the quality of data sub-
mitted by the States.’’; and
(B) in paragraph (2)—
(i) in the heading, by striking ‘‘BIAN-
NUAL’’ and inserting ‘‘ANNUAL’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘6’’ and inserting
‘‘12’’;
(3) in section 658L, by striking ‘‘1997’’ and in-
serting ‘‘1998’’;
(4) in section 658O(c)(6)(C), by striking ‘‘(A)’’
and inserting ‘‘(B)’’; and
(5) in section 658P(13), by striking ‘‘or’’ and
inserting ‘‘and’’.
SEC. 603. REPEALS.
(a) CHILD DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE SCHOLARSHIP
ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1985.—Title VI of the Human Serv-
ices Reauthorization Act of 1986 (42 U.S.C. 10901–
10905) is repealed.
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(b) STATE
DEPENDENT
CARE
DEVELOPMENT
GRANTS ACT.—Subchapter E of chapter 8 of subtitle A
of title VI of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of
1981 (42 U.S.C. 9871–9877) is repealed.
(c) PROGRAMS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.—Title
X of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
1965 (20 U.S.C. 8001 et seq.) is amended—
(1) in section 10413(a), by striking paragraph
(4);
(2) in section 10963(b)(2), by striking subpara-
graph (G); and
(3) in section 10974(a)(6), by striking subpara-
graph (G).
(d) NATIVE HAWAIIAN FAMILY-BASED EDUCATION
CENTERS.—Section 9205 of the Native Hawaiian Edu-
cation Act (20 U.S.C. 7905) is repealed.
SEC. 604. EFFECTIVE DATES.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in subsection
(b), this title and the amendments made by this title shall
take effect as if included in the enactment of title VI of
the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Rec-
onciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–193; 110 Stat.
2278).
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(b) EXCEPTIONS.—The amendment made by section
601(a)(2)(B) and the repeal made by section 603(d) shall
each take effect on October 1, 1997.
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