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(b) REPORTS ON THE WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN AND 
FAMILIES.—Section 414 (42 U.S.C. 614), as amended by 
subsection (a), is amended—
(1) by redesignating subsection (b) as subsection 
(c); and 
(2) by inserting after subsection (a) the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(b) REPORTS ON THE WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN 
AND FAMILIES.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 24 months 
after the date of enactment of the Personal Responsi-
bility and Individual Development for Everyone Act, 
the Secretary of Commerce shall prepare and submit 
to the Committee on Ways and Means of the House 
of Representatives and the Committee on Finance of 
the Senate a report on the well-being of children and 
families using data collected under subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) SECOND
REPORT.—Not later than 60 
months after such date of enactment, the Secretary of 
Commerce shall submit a second report to the Com-
mittee on Ways and Means of the House of Represent-
atives and the Committee on Finance of the Senate on 
the well-being of children and families using data col-
lected under subsection (a).
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‘‘(3) INCLUSION OF COMPARABLE MEASURES.—
Where comparable measures for data collected under 
subsection (a) exist in surveys previously adminis-
tered by the Bureau of the Census, appropriate com-
parisons shall be made and included in each report 
required under this subsection on the well-being of 
children and families to assess changes in such meas-
ures.’’. 
(c) APPROPRIATION.—Section 414(c) (42 U.S.C. 
614(c)), as redesignated by subsection (b)(1) and as amend-
ed by section 3(i) of the Welfare Reform Extension Act of 
2003 (Public Law 108–040, 117 Stat. 837), is amended by 
striking ‘‘1996,’’ and all that follows through the period and 
inserting ‘‘2004 through 2008 for payment to the Bureau 
of the Census to carry out this section. Funds appropriated 
under this subsection for a fiscal year shall remain avail-
able through fiscal year 2008 to carry out this section.’’. 
SEC. 116. FUNDING FOR CHILD CARE. 
(a) INCREASE
IN MANDATORY FUNDING.—Section 
418(a)(3) (42 U.S.C. 618(a)(3)), as amended by section 4 
of the Welfare Reform Extension Act of 2003 (Public Law 
108–040, 117 Stat. 837), is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of subpara-
graph (E);
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(2) by striking the period at the end of subpara-
graph (F) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(G) $2,917,000,000 for each of fiscal years 
2004 through 2008.’’. 
(b) INCLUSION OF COMMONWEALTH OF PUERTO RICO 
IN RESERVATION OF CHILD CARE FUNDS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 418(a)(4) (42 U.S.C. 
618(a)(4)) is amended—
(A) in the paragraph heading, by striking 
‘‘INDIAN TRIBES’’ and inserting ‘‘AMOUNTS RE-
SERVED’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(A) INDIAN TRIBES.—The Secretary’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(B) PUERTO
RICO.—The Secretary shall 
reserve $10,000,000 of the amount appropriated 
under paragraph (3) for each fiscal year for pay-
ments to the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico for 
each such fiscal year for the purpose of providing 
child care assistance.’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
1108(a)(2) (42 U.S.C. 1308(a)(2)), as amended by
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section 108(b)(3), is amended by striking ‘‘or 413(f)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘413(f), or 418(a)(4)(B)’’. 
SEC. 117. DEFINITIONS. 
(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’’.
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(2) Section 404(f) (42 U.S.C. 604(f)) is amended 
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’’. 
(5) Section 5(g)(2)(D) of the Food Stamp Act of 
1977 (7 U.S.C. 2014(g)(2)(D)) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘If the vehicle allowance’’ 
and inserting the following: 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If the vehicle allow-
ance’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(ii) DEFINITION OF ASSISTANCE.—In 
clause (i), the term ‘assistance’ shall have 
the meaning given such term in section 
260.31 of title 45 of the Code of Federal 
Regulations, as in effect on June 1, 2002.’’. 
SEC. 118. RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD PROGRAM. 
(a) RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD PROGRAM.—
(1) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following 
findings:
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(A) Nearly 24,000,000 children in the 
United States, or 34 percent of all such children, 
live apart from their biological father. 
(B) Sixty percent of couples who divorce 
have at least 1 child. 
(C) The number of children living with only 
a mother increased from just over 5,000,000 in 
1960 to 17,000,000 in 1999, and between 1981 
and 1991 the percentage of children living with 
only 1 parent increased from 19 percent to 25 
percent. 
(D) Forty percent of children who live in 
households without a father have not seen their 
father in at least 1 year and 50 percent of such 
children have never visited their father’s home. 
(E) The most important factor in a child’s 
upbringing is whether the child is brought up in 
a loving, healthy, supportive environment. 
(F) Children who live without contact with 
their biological father are, in comparison to chil-
dren who have such contact—
(i) 5 times more likely to live in pov-
erty; 
(ii) more likely to bring weapons and 
drugs into the classroom;
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(iii) twice as likely to commit crime; 
(iv) twice as likely to drop out of 
school; 
(v) more likely to commit suicide; 
(vi) more than twice as likely to abuse 
alcohol or drugs; and 
(vii) more likely to become pregnant as 
teenagers. 
(G) Violent criminals are overwhelmingly 
males who grew up without fathers. 
(H) Between 20 and 30 percent of families 
in poverty are headed by women who have suf-
fered domestic violence during the past year, and 
between 40 and 60 percent of women with chil-
dren receiving welfare were abused sometime 
during their life. 
(I) Responsible fatherhood includes active 
participation in financial support and child 
care, as well as the formation and maintenance 
of a positive, healthy, and nonviolent relation-
ship between father and child and a cooperative 
relationship between parents. 
(J) States should be encouraged to imple-
ment programs that provide support for respon-
sible fatherhood, promote marriage, and increase
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the incidence of marriage, and should not be re-
stricted from implementing such programs. 
(K) Fatherhood programs should promote 
and provide support services for—
(i) loving and healthy relationships be-
tween parents and children; and 
(ii) cooperative parenting. 
(L) There is a social need to reconnect chil-
dren and fathers. 
(M) The promotion of responsible fatherhood 
and encouragement of healthy 2-parent married 
families should not—
(i) denigrate the standing or parenting 
efforts of single mothers or other caregivers; 
(ii) lessen the protection of children 
from abusive parents; or 
(iii) compromise the safety or health of 
the custodial parent; 
but should increase the chance that children will 
have 2 caring parents to help them grow up 
healthy and secure. 
(N) The promotion of responsible fatherhood 
must always recognize and promote the values of 
nonviolence.
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(O) For the future of the United States and 
the future of our children, Congress, States, and 
local communities should assist parents to be-
come more actively involved in their children’s 
lives. 
(P) Child support is an important means 
by which a parent can take financial responsi-
bility for a child and emotional support is an 
important means by which a parent can take so-
cial responsibility for a child. 
(2) FATHERHOOD PROGRAM.—Title I of the Per-
sonal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Rec-
onciliation 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—RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD 
PROGRAM 
‘‘ ‘SEC. 441. RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD GRANTS. 
‘‘ ‘(a) GRANTS TO STATES TO CONDUCT DEMONSTRA-
TION PROGRAMS.—
‘‘ ‘(1) AUTHORITY TO AWARD GRANTS.—
‘‘ ‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
award grants to up to 10 eligible States to con-
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duct demonstration programs to carry out the 
purposes described in paragraph (2). 
‘‘ ‘(B) ELIGIBLE STATE.—For purposes of 
this subsection, an eligible State is a State that 
submits to the Secretary the following: 
‘‘ ‘(i) APPLICATION.—An application 
for a grant under this subsection, at such 
time, in such manner, and containing such 
information as the Secretary may require.
‘‘ ‘(ii) STATE PLAN.—A State plan that 
includes the following: 
‘‘ ‘(I) PROJECT DESCRIPTION.—A 
description of the programs or activi-
ties the State will fund under the 
grant, including a good faith estimate 
of the number and characteristics of 
clients to be served under such projects 
and how the State intends to achieve 
at least 2 of the purposes described in 
paragraph (2). 
‘‘ ‘(II) COORDINATION EFFORTS.—
A description of how the State will co-
ordinate and cooperate with State and 
local entities responsible for carrying 
out other programs that relate to the
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purposes intended to be achieved under 
the demonstration program, including 
as appropriate, entities responsible for 
carrying out jobs programs and pro-
grams serving children and families. 
‘‘ ‘(III) RECORDS, REPORTS, AND 
AUDITS.—An agreement to maintain 
such records, submit such reports, and 
cooperate with such reviews and audits 
as the Secretary finds necessary for 
purposes of oversight of the demonstra-
tion program. 
‘‘ ‘(iii) 
CERTIFICATIONS.—The 
fol-
lowing certifications from the chief executive 
officer of the State: 
‘‘ ‘(I) A certification that the State 
will use funds provided under the 
grant to promote at least 2 of the pur-
poses described in paragraph (2). 
‘‘ ‘(II) A certification that the 
State will return any unused funds to 
the Secretary in accordance with the 
reconciliation process under paragraph 
(5).
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‘‘ ‘(III) A certification that the 
funds provided under the grant will be 
used for programs and activities that 
target low-income participants and 
that not less than 50 percent of the 
participants in each program or activ-
ity funded under the grant shall be—
‘‘ ‘(aa) parents of a child who 
is, or within the past 24 months 
has been, a recipient of assistance 
or services under a State program 
funded under part A, D, or E of 
this title, title XIX, or the Food 
Stamp Act of 1977; or 
‘‘ ‘(bb) parents, including an 
expectant parent or a married 
parent, whose income (after ad-
justment for court-ordered child 
support paid or received) does not 
exceed 150 percent of the poverty 
line. 
‘‘ ‘(IV) A certification that the 
State has or will comply with the re-
quirements of paragraph (4).
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‘‘ ‘(V) A certification that funds 
provided to a State under this sub-
section shall not be used to supplement 
or supplant other Federal, State, or 
local funds that are used to support 
programs or activities that are related 
to the purposes described in paragraph 
(2). 
‘‘ ‘(C) PREFERENCES AND FACTORS OF CON-
SIDERATION.—In awarding grants under this 
subsection, the Secretary shall take into consider-
ation the following: 
‘‘ ‘(i) DIVERSITY OF ENTITIES USED TO 
CONDUCT PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES.—The 
Secretary shall, to the extent practicable, 
achieve a balance among the eligible States 
awarded grants under this subsection with 
respect to the size, urban or rural location, 
and employment of differing or unique 
methods of the entities that the eligible 
States intend to use to conduct the pro-
grams and activities funded under the 
grants. 
‘‘ ‘(ii) 
PRIORITY
FOR
CERTAIN 
STATES.—The Secretary shall give priority
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to awarding grants to eligible States that 
have—
‘‘ ‘(I) demonstrated progress in 
achieving at least 1 of the purposes de-
scribed in paragraph (2) through pre-
vious State initiatives; or 
‘‘ ‘(II) demonstrated need with re-
spect to reducing the incidence of out-
of-wedlock births or absent fathers in 
the State. 
‘‘ ‘(2) PURPOSES.—The purposes described in 
this paragraph are the following: 
‘‘ ‘(A) PROMOTING
RESPONSIBLE
FATHER-
HOOD
THROUGH
MARRIAGE
PROMOTION.—To 
promote marriage or sustain marriage through 
activities such as counseling, mentoring, dissemi-
nating information about the benefits of mar-
riage and 2-parent involvement for children, en-
hancing relationship skills, education regarding 
how to control aggressive behavior, disseminating 
information on the causes of domestic violence 
and child abuse, marriage preparation pro-
grams, premarital counseling, marital inven-
tories, skills-based marriage education, financial 
planning seminars, including improving a fam-
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ily’s ability to effectively manage family business 
affairs by means such as education, counseling, 
or mentoring on matters related to family fi-
nances, including household management, budg-
eting, banking, and handling of financial trans-
actions and home maintenance, and divorce edu-
cation and reduction programs, including medi-
ation and counseling. 
‘‘ ‘(B) PROMOTING
RESPONSIBLE
FATHER-
HOOD
THROUGH
PARENTING
PROMOTION.—To 
promote responsible parenting through activities 
such as counseling, mentoring, and mediation, 
disseminating information about good parenting 
practices, skills-based parenting education, en-
couraging child support payments, and other 
methods. 
‘‘ ‘(C) PROMOTING
RESPONSIBLE
FATHER-
HOOD
THROUGH
FOSTERING
ECONOMIC
STA-
BILITY
OF
FATHERS.—To foster economic sta-
bility by helping fathers improve their economic 
status by providing activities such as work first 
services, job search, job training, subsidized em-
ployment, job retention, job enhancement, and 
encouraging education, including career-advanc-
ing education, dissemination of employment ma-
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terials, coordination with existing employment 
services such as welfare-to-work programs, refer-
rals to local employment training initiatives, 
and other methods. 
‘‘ ‘(3) RESTRICTION
ON
USE
OF
FUNDS.—No 
funds provided under this subsection may be used for 
costs attributable to court proceedings regarding mat-
ters of child visitation or custody, or for legislative 
advocacy. 
‘‘ ‘(4) 
REQUIREMENTS
FOR
RECEIPT
OF 
FUNDS.—A State may not be awarded a grant under 
this section unless the State, as a condition of receiv-
ing funds under such a grant—
‘‘ ‘(A) consults with experts in domestic vio-
lence or with relevant community domestic vio-
lence coalitions in developing such programs or 
activities; and 
‘‘ ‘(B) describes in the application for a 
grant under this section—
‘‘ ‘(i) how the programs or activities 
proposed to be conducted will address, as 
appropriate, issues of domestic violence; and 
‘‘ ‘(ii) what the State will do, to the ex-
tent relevant, to ensure that participation 
in such programs or activities is voluntary,
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and to inform potential participants that 
their involvement is voluntary. 
‘‘ ‘(5) RECONCILIATION PROCESS.—
‘‘ ‘(A) 3-YEAR
AVAILABILITY
OF
AMOUNTS 
ALLOTTED.—Each eligible State that receives a 
grant under this subsection for a fiscal year shall 
return to the Secretary any unused portion of 
the grant for such fiscal year not later than the 
last day of the second succeeding fiscal year, to-
gether with any earnings on such unused por-
tion. 
‘‘ ‘(B) PROCEDURE FOR REDISTRIBUTION.—
The Secretary shall establish an appropriate 
procedure for redistributing to eligible States 
that have expended the entire amount of a grant 
made under this subsection for a fiscal year any 
amount that is returned to the Secretary by eli-
gible States under subparagraph (A). 
‘‘ ‘(6) AMOUNT OF GRANTS.—
‘‘ ‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-
graph (B), the amount of each grant awarded 
under this subsection shall be an amount suffi-
cient to implement the State plan submitted 
under paragraph (1)(B)(ii).