Union Calendar No. 263
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3073
[Report No. 106–424, Part I]
A BILL
To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security
Act to provide for grants for projects designed to
promote responsible fatherhood, and for other
purposes.
NOVEMBER 5, 1999
The Committee on Education and the Workforce dis-
charged; committed to the Committee of the Whole
House on the State of the Union and ordered to be
printed
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Union Calendar No. 263
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3073
[Report No. 106–424, Part I]
To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide for
grants for projects designed to promote responsible fatherhood, and for
other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
OCTOBER 14, 1999
Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut (for herself, Mr. CARDIN, Mr. ENGLISH, Mr.
LEWIS of Kentucky, Mr. MATSUI, Mr. FOLEY, Mr. MCCRERY, Mr.
STARK, Mr. CAMP, Mr. JEFFERSON, Mr. COYNE, and Mr. THOMAS) in-
troduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways
and Means, and in addition to the Committee on 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 juris-
diction of the committee concerned
OCTOBER 28, 1999
Reported from the Committee on Ways and Means with an amendment
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic]
OCTOBER 28, 1999
Referral to the Committee on Education and the Workforce extended for a
period ending not later than November 5, 1999
NOVEMBER 5, 1999
Additional sponsors: Ms. CARSON, Mr. SHAW, and Mr. GILLMOR
NOVEMBER 5, 1999
The Committee on Education and the Workforce discharged; committed to the
Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union and ordered
to be printed
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on October 14, 1999]
A BILL
To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act
to provide for grants for projects designed to promote
responsible fatherhood, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Fa-
thers Count Act of 1999’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of this
Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I—FATHERHOOD GRANT PROGRAM
Sec. 101. Fatherhood grants.
TITLE II—FATHERHOOD PROJECTS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE
Sec. 201. Fatherhood projects of national significance.
TITLE III—WELFARE-TO-WORK PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY
Sec. 301. Flexibility in eligibility for participation in welfare-to-work program.
Sec. 302. Limited vocational educational training included as allowable activity.
Sec. 303. Certain grantees authorized to provide employment services directly.
Sec. 304. Simplification and coordination of reporting requirements.
Sec. 305. Use of State information to aid administration of welfare-to-work for-
mula grant funds.
TITLE IV—ALTERNATIVE PENALTY PROCEDURE RELATING TO
STATE DISBURSEMENT UNITS
Sec. 401. Alternative penalty procedure relating to State disbursement units.
TITLE V—FINANCING PROVISIONS
Sec. 501. Use of new hire information to assist in collection of defaulted student
loans and grants.
Sec. 502. Elimination of set-aside of portion of welfare-to-work funds for success-
ful performance bonus.
TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS
Sec. 601. Change dates for evaluation.
Sec. 602. Report on undistributed child support payments.
Sec. 603. Sense of the Congress.
Sec. 604. Additional funding for welfare evaluation study.
Sec. 605. Training in child abuse and neglect proceedings.
Sec. 606. Use of new hire information to assist in administration of unemploy-
ment compensation programs.
Sec. 607. Immigration provisions.
TITLE I—FATHERHOOD GRANT
PROGRAM
SEC. 101. FATHERHOOD GRANTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part A of title IV of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 601–679b) is amended by inserting
after section 403 the following:
‘‘SEC. 403A. FATHERHOOD PROGRAMS.
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to make
grants available to public and private entities for projects
designed to—
‘‘(1) promote marriage through counseling, men-
toring, disseminating information about the advan-
tages of marriage, enhancing relationship skills,
teaching how to control aggressive behavior, and other
methods;
‘‘(2) promote successful parenting through coun-
seling, mentoring, disseminating information about
good parenting practices including family planning,
training parents in money management, encouraging
child support payments, encouraging regular visita-
tion between fathers and their children, and other
methods; and
‘‘(3) help fathers and their families avoid or
leave cash welfare provided by the program under
part A and improve their economic status by pro-
viding work first services, job search, job training,
subsidized employment, career-advancing education,
job retention, job enhancement, and other methods.
‘‘(b) FATHERHOOD GRANTS.—
‘‘(1) APPLICATIONS.—An entity desiring a grant
to carry out a project described in subsection (a) may
submit to the Secretary an application that contains
the following:
‘‘(A) A description of the project and how
the project will be carried out.
‘‘(B) A description of how the project will
address all 3 of the purposes of this section.
‘‘(C) A written commitment by the entity
that the project will allow an individual to par-
ticipate in the project only if the individual is—
‘‘(i) a father of a child who is, or with-
in the past 24 months has been, a recipient
of assistance or services under a State pro-
gram funded under this part;
‘‘(ii) a father, including an expectant
or married father, whose income (net of
court-ordered child support) is less than 150
percent of the poverty line (as defined in
section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget Rec-
onciliation Act of 1981, including any revi-
sion required by such section, applicable to
a family of the size involved); or
‘‘(iii) a parent referred to in para-
graph (3)(A)(iii).
‘‘(D) A written commitment by the entity
that the entity will provide for the project, from
funds 
obtained 
from 
non-Federal 
sources,
amounts (including in-kind contributions) equal
in value to—
‘‘(i) 20 percent of the amount of any
grant made to the entity under this sub-
section; or
‘‘(ii) such lesser percentage as the Sec-
retary deems appropriate (which shall be
not less than 10 percent) of such amount, if
the application demonstrates that there are
circumstances that limit the ability of the
entity to raise funds or obtain resources.
‘‘(2) CONSIDERATION
OF
APPLICATIONS
BY
INTERAGENCY PANELS.—
‘‘(A) FIRST PANEL.—
‘‘(i) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is estab-
lished a panel to be known as the ‘Father-
hood Grants Recommendations Panel’ (in
this subparagraph referred to as the
‘Panel’).
‘‘(ii) MEMBERSHIP.—
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—The Panel
shall be composed of 10 members, as
follows:
‘‘(aa) 2 members of the Panel
shall be appointed by the Sec-
retary.
‘‘(bb) 2 members of the Panel
shall be appointed by the Sec-
retary of Labor.
‘‘(cc) 2 members of the Panel
shall be appointed by the Chair-
man of the Committee on Ways
and Means of the House of Rep-
resentatives.
‘‘(dd) 1 member of the Panel
shall be appointed by the ranking