‘‘(II) Unsubsidized employment. 
‘‘(III) Public sector employment, 
supervised work experience, or super-
vised community service. 
‘‘(IV) On-the-job training. 
‘‘(V) Job search and placement. 
‘‘(VI) Training. 
‘‘(VII) Education. 
‘‘(VIII) Other activities directed 
at the purposes of this part, as speci-
fied in the State plan submitted pur-
suant to section 402.’’; 
(7) in clause (xii), by inserting ‘‘and progress 
toward universal engagement’’ after ‘‘participation 
rates’’; 
(8) in clause (xiii), by striking ‘‘type and’’ be-
fore ‘‘amount of assistance’’; 
(9) in clause (xvi), by striking subclause (II) 
and redesignating subclauses (III) through (V) as 
subclauses (II) through (IV), respectively; and 
(10) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(xviii) The date the family first re-
ceived assistance from the State program 
on the basis of the most recent application 
for such assistance.
‘‘(xix) Whether a self-sufficiency plan 
is established for the family in accordance 
with section 408(b). 
‘‘(xx) With respect to any child in the 
family, the marital status of the parents at 
the birth of the child, and if the parents 
were not then married, whether the pater-
nity of the child has been established.’’. 
(b) USE OF SAMPLES.—Section 411(a)(1)(B) (42 
U.S.C. 611(a)(1)(B)) is amended—
(1) in clause (i)—
(A) by striking ‘‘a sample’’ and inserting 
‘‘samples’’; and 
(B) by inserting before the period ‘‘, except 
that the Secretary may designate core data ele-
ments that must be reported on all families’’; 
and 
(2) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘funded under this 
part’’ and inserting ‘‘described in subparagraph 
(A)’’. 
(c) REPORT ON FAMILIES THAT BECOME INELI-
GIBLE
TO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE.—Section 411(a) (42 
U.S.C. 611(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking paragraph (5);
(2) by redesignating paragraph (6) as para-
graph (5); and 
(3) by inserting after paragraph (5) (as so re-
designated) the following: 
‘‘(6) REPORT ON FAMILIES THAT BECOME IN-
ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE ASSISTANCE.—The report re-
quired by paragraph (1) for a fiscal quarter shall in-
clude for each month in the quarter the number of 
families and total number of individuals that, during 
the month, became ineligible to receive assistance 
under the State program funded under this part 
(broken down by the number of families that become 
so ineligible due to earnings, changes in family com-
position that result in increased earnings, sanctions, 
time limits, or other specified reasons).’’. 
(d) REGULATIONS.—Section 411(a)(7) (42 U.S.C. 
611(a)(7)) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘and to collect the necessary 
data’’ before ‘‘with respect to which reports’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘subsection’’ and inserting ‘‘sec-
tion’’; and 
(3) by striking ‘‘in defining the data elements’’ 
and all that follows and inserting ‘‘, the National 
Governors’ Association, the American Public Human 
Services Association, the National Conference of
State Legislatures, and others in defining the data 
elements.’’. 
(e) ADDITIONAL REPORTS BY STATES.—Section 411 
(42 U.S.C. 611) is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as sub-
section (e); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(b) ANNUAL REPORTS ON PROGRAM CHARACTERIS-
TICS.—Not later than 90 days after the end of fiscal year 
2006 and each succeeding fiscal year, each eligible State 
shall submit to the Secretary a report on the characteris-
tics of the State program funded under this part and other 
State programs funded with qualified State expenditures 
(as defined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)). The report shall 
include, with respect to each such program, the program 
name, a description of program activities, the program 
purpose, the program eligibility criteria, the sources of 
program funding, the number of program beneficiaries, 
sanction policies, and any program work requirements. 
‘‘(c) MONTHLY REPORTS ON CASELOAD.—Not later 
than 3 months after the end of a calendar month that 
begins 1 year or more after the enactment of this sub-
section, each eligible State shall submit to the Secretary 
a report on the number of families and total number of
individuals receiving assistance in the calendar month 
under the State program funded under this part. 
‘‘(d) ANNUAL REPORT ON PERFORMANCE IMPROVE-
MENT.—Beginning with fiscal year 2007, not later than 
January 1 of each fiscal year, each eligible State shall sub-
mit to the Secretary a report on achievement and improve-
ment during the preceding fiscal year under the numerical 
performance goals and measures under the State program 
funded under this part with respect to each of the matters 
described in section 402(a)(1)(A)(v).’’. 
(f) ANNUAL REPORTS TO CONGRESS BY THE SEC-
RETARY.—Section 411(e), as so redesignated by sub-
section (e) of this section, is amended—
(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by 
striking ‘‘and each fiscal year thereafter’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘and by July 1 of each fiscal year thereafter’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘families ap-
plying for assistance,’’ and by striking the last 
comma; and 
(3) in paragraph (3), by inserting ‘‘and other 
programs funded with qualified State expenditures 
(as defined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i))’’ before the 
semicolon.
(g) INCREASED ANALYSIS OF STATE SINGLE AUDIT 
REPORTS.—Section 411 (42 U.S.C. 611) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) INCREASED ANALYSIS OF STATE SINGLE AUDIT 
REPORTS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Within 3 months after a 
State submits to the Secretary a report pursuant to 
section 7502(a)(1)(A) of title 31, United States 
Code, the Secretary shall analyze the report for the 
purpose of identifying the extent and nature of prob-
lems related to the oversight by the State of non-
governmental entities with respect to contracts en-
tered into by such entities with the State program 
funded under this part, and determining what addi-
tional actions may be appropriate to help prevent 
and correct the problems. 
‘‘(2) INCLUSION OF PROGRAM OVERSIGHT SEC-
TION IN ANNUAL REPORT TO THE CONGRESS.—The 
Secretary shall include in each report under sub-
section (e) a section on oversight of State programs 
funded under this part, including findings on the ex-
tent and nature of the problems referred to in para-
graph (1), actions taken to resolve the problems, and 
to the extent the Secretary deems appropriate make
recommendations on changes needed to resolve the 
problems.’’. 
SEC. 114. DIRECT FUNDING AND ADMINISTRATION BY IN-
DIAN TRIBES. 
(a) TRIBAL FAMILY ASSISTANCE GRANT.—Section 
412(a)(1)(A) (42 U.S.C. 612(a)(1)(A)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2006 through 2010’’. 
(b) GRANTS FOR INDIAN TRIBES THAT RECEIVED 
JOBS 
FUNDS.—Section 
412(a)(2)(A) 
(42 
U.S.C. 
612(a)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘1997, 1998, 1999, 
2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘2006 
through 2010’’. 
SEC. 115. RESEARCH, EVALUATIONS, AND NATIONAL STUD-
IES. 
(a) SECRETARY’S
FUND
FOR
RESEARCH, DEM-
ONSTRATIONS, AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 413 (42 U.S.C. 
613), as amended by section 112(c) of this Act, is 
further amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(l) FUNDING FOR RESEARCH, DEMONSTRATIONS, 
AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—
‘‘(1) APPROPRIATION.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Out of any money in 
the Treasury of the United States not otherwise
appropriated, 
there 
are 
appropriated 
$102,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 
through 2010, which shall be available to the 
Secretary for the purpose of conducting and 
supporting research and demonstration projects 
by public or private entities, and providing tech-
nical assistance to States, Indian tribal organi-
zations, and such other entities as the Secretary 
may specify that are receiving a grant under 
this part, which shall be expended primarily on 
activities described in section 403(a)(2)(B), and 
which shall be in addition to any other funds 
made available under this part. 
‘‘(B) EXTENDED AVAILABILITY OF FY 2005 
FUNDS.—Funds appropriated under this para-
graph for fiscal year 2005 shall remain avail-
able to the Secretary through fiscal year 2006, 
for use in accordance with this paragraph for 
fiscal year 2005. 
‘‘(2) 
SET
ASIDE
FOR
DEMONSTRATION 
PROJECTS
FOR
COORDINATION
OF
PROVISION
OF 
CHILD WELFARE AND TANF SERVICES TO TRIBAL 
FAMILIES AT RISK OF CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made 
available under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year,
$2,000,000 shall be awarded on a competitive 
basis to fund demonstration projects designed 
to test the effectiveness of tribal governments 
or tribal consortia in coordinating the provision 
to tribal families at risk of child abuse or ne-
glect of child welfare services and services 
under tribal programs funded under this part. 
‘‘(B) USE OF FUNDS.—A grant made to 
such a project shall be used—
‘‘(i) to improve case management for 
families eligible for assistance from such a 
tribal program; 
‘‘(ii) for supportive services and as-
sistance to tribal children in out-of-home 
placements and the tribal families caring 
for such children, including families who 
adopt such children; and 
‘‘(iii) for prevention services and as-
sistance to tribal families at risk of child 
abuse and neglect. 
‘‘(C) REPORTS.—The Secretary may re-
quire a recipient of funds awarded under this 
paragraph to provide the Secretary with such 
information as the Secretary deems relevant to 
enable the Secretary to facilitate and oversee
the administration of any project for which 
funds are provided under this paragraph.’’. 
(2) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made 
by paragraph (1) shall take effect on the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
(b) FUNDING OF STUDIES AND DEMONSTRATIONS.—
Section 413(h)(1) (42 U.S.C. 613(h)(1)) is amended in 
the matter preceding subparagraph (A) by striking ‘‘1997 
through 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘2006 through 2010’’. 
(c) REPORT ON ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN AFFIDA-
VITS OF SUPPORT AND SPONSOR DEEMING.—Not later 
than March 31, 2006, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services, in consultation with the Attorney General, shall 
submit to the Congress a report on the enforcement of 
affidavits of support and sponsor deeming as required by 
section 421, 422, and 432 of the Personal Responsibility 
and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. 
(d) REPORT ON COORDINATION.—Not later than 6 
months after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services and the Sec-
retary of Labor shall jointly submit a report to the Con-
gress describing common or conflicting data elements, 
definitions, performance measures, and reporting require-
ments in the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 and part 
A of title IV of the Social Security Act, and, to the degree
each Secretary deems appropriate, at the discretion of ei-
ther Secretary, any other program administered by the re-
spective Secretary, to allow greater coordination between 
the welfare and workforce development systems. 
SEC. 116. STUDIES BY THE CENSUS BUREAU AND THE GOV-
ERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE. 
(a) CENSUS BUREAU STUDY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 414(a) (42 U.S.C. 
614(a)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Bureau of the Census shall 
implement or enhance a longitudinal survey of program 
participation, developed in consultation with the Secretary 
and made available to interested parties, to allow for the 
assessment of the outcomes of continued welfare reform 
on the economic and child well-being of low-income fami-
lies with children, including those who received assistance 
or services from a State program funded under this part, 
and, to the extent possible, shall provide State representa-
tive samples. The content of the survey should include 
such information as may be necessary to examine the 
issues of out-of-wedlock childbearing, marriage, welfare 
dependency and compliance with work requirements, the 
beginning and ending of spells of assistance, work, earn-
ings and employment stability, and the well-being of chil-
dren.’’.
(2) 
APPROPRIATION.—Section 
414(b) 
(42 
U.S.C. 614(b)) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘1996,’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘2003’’ and inserting ‘‘2006 
through 2010’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘Funds appropriated under this subsection 
shall remain available through fiscal year 2010 
to carry out subsection (a).’’. 
(b) GAO STUDY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The Comptroller General of 
the United States shall conduct a study to determine 
the combined effect of the phase-out rates for Fed-
eral programs and policies which provide support to 
low-income families and individuals as they move 
from welfare to work, at all earning levels up to 
$35,000 per year, for at least 5 States including 
Wisconsin and California, and any potential dis-
incentives the combined phase-out rates create for 
families to achieve independence or to marry. 
(2) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the 
date of the enactment of this subsection, the Comp-
troller General shall submit a report to Congress 
containing the results of the study conducted under
this section and, as appropriate, any recommenda-
tions consistent with the results. 
SEC. 117. DEFINITION OF ASSISTANCE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 419 (42 U.S.C. 619) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(6) ASSISTANCE.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘assistance’ 
means payment, by cash, voucher, or other 
means, to or for an individual or family for the 
purpose of meeting a subsistence need of the in-
dividual or family (including food, clothing, 
shelter, and related items, but not including 
costs of transportation or child care). 
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—The term ‘assistance’ 
does not include a payment described in sub-
paragraph (A) to or for an individual or family 
on a short-term, nonrecurring basis (as defined 
by the State in accordance with regulations pre-
scribed by the Secretary).’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(1) Section 404(a)(1) (42 U.S.C. 604(a)(1)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘assistance’’ and inserting 
‘‘aid’’.
(2) Section 404(f) (42 U.S.C. 604(f)) is amend-
ed by striking ‘‘assistance’’ and inserting ‘‘benefits 
or services’’. 
(3) 
Section 
408(a)(5)(B)(i) 
(42 
U.S.C. 
608(a)(5)(B)(i)) is amended in the heading by strik-
ing ‘‘ASSISTANCE’’ and inserting ‘‘AID’’. 
(4) Section 413(d)(2) (42 U.S.C. 613(d)(2)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘assistance’’ and inserting 
‘‘aid’’. 
SEC. 118. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS. 
(a) Section 409(c)(2) (42 U.S.C. 609(c)(2)) is 
amended by inserting a comma after ‘‘appropriate’’. 
(b) 
Section 
411(a)(1)(A)(ii)(III) 
(42 
U.S.C. 
611(a)(1)(A)(ii)(III)) is amended by striking the last close 
parenthesis. 
(c) Section 413(j)(2)(A) (42 U.S.C. 613(j)(2)(A)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘section’’ and inserting ‘‘sections’’. 
(d)(1) Section 413 (42 U.S.C. 613) is amended by 
striking subsection (g) and redesignating subsections (h) 
through (j) and subsections (k) and (l) (as added by sec-
tions 112(c) and 115(a) of this Act, respectively) as sub-
sections (g) through (k), respectively. 
(2) Each of the following provisions is amended by 
striking ‘‘413(j)’’ and inserting ‘‘413(i)’’:
(A) Section 403(a)(5)(A)(ii)(III) (42 U.S.C. 
603(a)(5)(A)(ii)(III)). 
(B) 
Section 
403(a)(5)(F) 
(42 
U.S.C. 
603(a)(5)(F)). 
(C) 
Section 
403(a)(5)(G)(ii) 
(42 
U.S.C. 
603(a)(5)(G)(ii)). 
(D) 
Section 
412(a)(3)(B)(iv) 
(42 
U.S.C. 
612(a)(3)(B)(iv)). 
SEC. 119. FATHERHOOD PROGRAM. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This section may be cited as the 
‘‘Promotion and Support of Responsible Fatherhood and 
Healthy Marriage Act of 2005’’. 
(b) FATHERHOOD PROGRAM.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Title I of the Personal Re-
sponsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation 
Act of 1996 (Public Law 104–193) is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘SEC. 117. FATHERHOOD PROGRAM. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Title IV (42 U.S.C. 601–679b) 
is amended by inserting after part B the following: 
‘PART C—FATHERHOOD PROGRAM 
‘SEC. 441. FINDINGS AND PURPOSES. 
‘(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds that there is 
substantial evidence strongly indicating the urgent need 
to promote and support involved, committed, and respon-
sible fatherhood, and to encourage and support healthy 
marriages between parents raising children, including data 
demonstrating the following: 
‘(1) In approximately 84 percent of cases where 
a parent is absent, that parent is the father. 
‘(2) If current trends continue, half of all chil-
dren born today will live apart from one of their par-
ents, usually their father, at some point before they 
turn 18. 
‘(3) Where families (whether intact or with a 
parent absent) are living in poverty, a significant 
factor is the father’s lack of job skills. 
‘(4) Committed and responsible fathering dur-
ing infancy and early childhood contributes to the 
development of emotional security, curiosity, and 
math and verbal skills. 
‘(5) An estimated 19,400,000 children (27 per-
cent) live apart from their biological father. 
‘(6) Forty percent of children under age 18 not 
living with their biological father had not seen their 
father even once in the last 12 months, according to 
national survey data. 
‘(b) PURPOSES.—The purposes of this part are: 
‘(1) To provide for projects and activities by 
public entities and by nonprofit community entities,
including religious organizations, designed to test 
promising approaches to accomplishing the following 
objectives: 
‘(A) Promoting responsible, caring, and ef-
fective parenting through counseling, men-
toring, and parenting education, dissemination 
of educational materials and information on 
parenting skills, encouragement of positive fa-
ther involvement, including the positive involve-
ment of nonresident fathers, and other meth-
ods. 
‘(B) Enhancing the abilities and commit-
ment of unemployed or low-income fathers to 
provide material support for their families and 
to avoid or leave welfare programs by assisting 
them to take full advantage of education, job 
training, and job search programs, to improve 
work habits and work skills, to secure career 
advancement by activities such as outreach and 
information dissemination, coordination, as ap-
propriate, with employment services and job 
training programs, including the One-Stop de-
livery system established under title I of the 
Workforce Investment Act of 1998, encourage-
ment and support of timely payment of current
child support and regular payment toward past 
due child support obligations in appropriate 
cases, and other methods. 
‘(C) Improving fathers’ ability to effec-
tively manage family business affairs by means 
such as education, counseling, and mentoring in 
matters 
including 
household 
management, 
budgeting, banking, and handling of financial 
transactions, time management, and home 
maintenance. 
‘(D) Encouraging and supporting healthy 
marriages and married fatherhood through such 
activities as premarital education, including the 
use of premarital inventories, marriage prepara-
tion programs, skills-based marriage education 
programs, marital therapy, couples counseling, 
divorce education and reduction programs, di-
vorce mediation and counseling, relationship 
skills enhancement programs, including those 
designed to reduce child abuse and domestic vi-
olence, and dissemination of information about 
the benefits of marriage for both parents and 
children. 
‘(2) Through the projects and activities de-
scribed in paragraph (1), to improve outcomes for