SECTION 1. RENEWAL OF AUTHORITY TO APPROVE DEM-
ONSTRATION PROJECTS DESIGNED TO TEST 
INNOVATIVE STRATEGIES IN STATE CHILD 
WELFARE PROGRAMS. 
Section 1130 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
1320a–9) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘1998 
through 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘2011 through 
2016’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) in subparagraph (A), by inserting 
‘‘or kinship guardianship’’ after ‘‘place-
ments’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (C), by striking 
‘‘address kinship care’’ and inserting ‘‘pro-
vide early intervention and crisis interven-
tion services that safely reduce out-of-home 
placements and improve child outcomes’’; 
and 
(iii) by redesignating subparagraph 
(C) as subparagraph (D) and inserting 
after subparagraph (B) the following: 
‘‘(C) If an appropriate application therefor 
is submitted, the Secretary shall consider au-
thorizing a demonstration project which is de-
signed to identify and address domestic violence 
that endangers children and results in the 
placement of children in foster care.’’; 
(C) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘or kin-
ship guardianship’’ after ‘‘assistance’’; and 
(D) in paragraph (5), by inserting ‘‘and 
the ability of the State to implement a correc-
tive action approved under section 1123A’’ be-
fore the period; 
(2) in subsection (e)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (6); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
paragraph (7) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) an accounting of any additional Federal, 
State, local, and private investments (other than 
those with respect to which matching funds were 
provided under part B or E of title IV) made, dur-
ing the 2 fiscal years preceding the application to 
provide the services described in paragraph (1), and 
an assurance that the State will provide an account-
ing of that same spending for each year of an ap-
proved demonstration project.’’; 
(3) in subsection (f)(1)—
(A) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘; 
and’’ and inserting ‘‘, including all children and 
families under the project who come to the at-
tention of the State’s child welfare program, ei-
ther through a report of abuse or neglect or 
through the provision of services described in 
subsection (e)(1) to the child or family;’’; and 
(B) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as 
subparagraph (D) and inserting after subpara-
graph (B) the following: 
‘‘(C) a comparison of the amounts of Fed-
eral, State, local and private investments in the 
services described in subsection (e)(1), by serv-
ice type, with the amount of the investments 
during the period of the demonstration project; 
and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(h) INDIAN TRIBES CONSIDERED STATES.—An In-
dian tribe (as defined in section 479B(a)) shall be consid-
ered a State for purposes of this section.’’. 
SEC. 2. BUDGETARY EFFECTS. 
The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of 
complying with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, 
shall be determined by reference to the latest statement 
titled ‘‘Budgetary Effects of PAYGO Legislation’’ for this
Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional Record 
by the Chairman of the House Budget Committee, pro-
vided that such statement has been submitted prior to the 
vote on passage. 
Passed the House of Representatives May 31, 2011. 
Attest: 
Clerk.
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 1194 
AN ACT 
To renew the authority of the Secretary of Health 
and Human Services to approve demonstration 
projects designed to test innovative strategies in 
State child welfare programs.