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A of the Social Security Act before the effective date of the program
of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) with respect
to such State, such sums as may be necessary: Provided, That
the sum of the amounts available to a State with respect to expendi-
tures under such title IV–A in fiscal year 1997 under this appropria-
tion and under such title IV–A as amended by the Personal Respon-
sibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 shall
not exceed the limitations under section 116(b) of such Act.
For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, payments
to States or other non-Federal entities under titles I, IV–D, X,
XI, XIV, and XVI of the Social Security Act and the Act of July
5, 1960 (24 U.S.C. ch. 9), for the last 3 months of the current
fiscal year for unanticipated costs, incurred for the current fiscal
year, such sums as may be necessary.
LOW-INCOME HOME ENERGY ASSISTANCE
For making payments under title XXVI of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1981, $1,800,000,000.
For making payments under title XXVI of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1981, $100,000,000, to remain available until
expended: Provided, That these funds are for the unanticipated
home energy assistance needs of one or more States, as authorized
by section 2604(e) of the Act, and notwithstanding the designation
requirement of section 2602(e).
REFUGEE AND ENTRANT ASSISTANCE
For necessary expenses for refugee and entrant assistance
activities authorized by title IV of the Immigration and Nationality
Act and section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of
1980 (Public Law 96–422), for carrying out section 462 of the
Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Public Law 107–296), and for
carrying out section 5 of the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998
(Public Law 105–320), $450,276,000, of which up to $9,968,000
shall be available to carry out the Trafficking Victims Protection
Act of 2000 (Public Law 106–386; division A): Provided, That funds
appropriated under this heading pursuant to section 414(a) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act for fiscal year 2004 shall be avail-
able for the costs of assistance provided and other activities, to
remain available through September 30, 2006.
PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR THE CHILD CARE AND DEVELOPMENT
BLOCK GRANT
For carrying out sections 658A through 658R of the Omnibus
Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (Child Care and Development
Block Grant Act of 1990), $2,099,729,000 shall be used to supple-
ment, not supplant State general revenue funds for child care
assistance for low-income families: Provided, That $19,120,000 shall
be available for child care resource and referral and school-aged
child care activities, of which $1,000,000 shall be for the Child
Care Aware toll free hotline: Provided further, That, in addition
to the amounts required to be reserved by the States under section
658G, $272,672,000 shall be reserved by the States for activities
authorized under section 658G, of which $100,000,000 shall be
for activities that improve the quality of infant and toddler care:
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Provided further, That $9,864,000 shall be for use by the Secretary
for child care research, demonstration, and evaluation activities.
SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT
For making grants to States pursuant to section 2002 of the
Social Security Act, $1,700,000,000: Provided, That notwithstanding
subparagraph (B) of section 404(d)(2) of such Act, the applicable
percent specified under such subparagraph for a State to carry
out State programs pursuant to title XX of such Act shall be
10 percent.
CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS
For carrying out, except as otherwise provided, the Runaway
and Homeless Youth Act, the Developmental Disabilities Assistance
and Bill of Rights Act, the Head Start Act, the Child Abuse Preven-
tion and Treatment Act, sections 310 and 316 of the Family Violence
Prevention and Services Act, as amended, the Native American
Programs Act of 1974, title II of Public Law 95–266 (adoption
opportunities), the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 (Public
Law 105–89), sections 1201 and 1211 of the Children’s Health
Act of 2000, the Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 1988, sections
261 and 291 of the Help America Vote Act of 2002, the Early
Learning Opportunities Act, part B(1) of title IV and sections 413,
429A, 1110, and 1115 of the Social Security Act, and sections
40155, 40211, and 40241 of Public Law 103–322; for making pay-
ments under the Community Services Block Grant Act, sections
439(h), 473A, and 477(i) of the Social Security Act, and title IV
of Public Law 105–285, and for necessary administrative expenses
to carry out said Acts and titles I, IV, X, XI, XIV, XVI, and
XX of the Social Security Act, the Act of July 5, 1960 (24 U.S.C.
ch. 9), the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, title IV
of the Immigration and Nationality Act, section 501 of the Refugee
Education Assistance Act of 1980, section 5 of the Torture Victims
Relief Act of 1998 (Public Law 105–320), sections 40155, 40211,
and 40241 of Public Law 103–322, and section 126 and titles IV
and V of Public Law 100–485, $8,816,097,000, of which $7,500,000,
to remain available until September 30, 2005, shall be for grants
to States for adoption incentive payments, as authorized by section
473A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 670–679)
and may be made for adoptions completed before September 30,
2004: Provided, That funds appropriated in Public Law 108–7 for
grants to States as authorized by section 473A of title IV of the
Social Security Act shall also be available for adoption incentive
payments for adoptions completed before September 30, 2004: Pro-
vided further, That $6,815,570,000 shall be for making payments
under the Head Start Act, of which $1,400,000,000 shall become
available October 1, 2004 and remain available through September
30, 2005: Provided further, That $735,686,000 shall be for making
payments under the Community Services Block Grant Act: Provided
further, That not less than $7,227,000 shall be for section 680(3)(B)
of the Community Services Block Grant Act, as amended: Provided
further, That in addition to amounts provided herein, $6,000,000
shall be available from amounts available under section 241 of
the Public Health Service Act to carry out the provisions of section
1110 of the Social Security Act: Provided further, That to the
extent Community Services Block Grant funds are distributed as
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grant funds by a State to an eligible entity as provided under
the Act, and have not been expended by such entity, they shall
remain with such entity for carryover into the next fiscal year
for expenditure by such entity consistent with program purposes:
Provided further, That the Secretary shall establish procedures
regarding the disposition of intangible property which permits grant
funds, or intangible assets acquired with funds authorized under
section 680 of the Community Services Block Grant Act, as
amended, to become the sole property of such grantees after a
period of not more than 12 years after the end of the grant for
purposes and uses consistent with the original grant: Provided
further, That funds appropriated for section 680(a)(2) of the Commu-
nity Services Block Grant Act, as amended, shall be available
for financing construction and rehabilitation and loans or invest-
ments in private business enterprises owned by community develop-
ment corporations: Provided further, That $89,978,000 shall be for
activities authorized by the Runaway and Homeless Youth Act,
notwithstanding the allocation requirements of section 388(a) of
such Act, of which $40,505,000 is for the transitional living program:
Provided further, That $48,000,000 is for a compassion capital fund
to provide grants to charitable organizations to emulate model
social service programs and to encourage research on the best
practices of social service organizations: Provided further, That
$15,000,000 shall be for activities authorized by the Help America
Vote Act of 2002, of which $10,000,000 shall be for payments
to States to promote disabled voter access, and of which $5,000,000
shall be for payments to States for disabled voters protection and
advocacy systems.
PROMOTING SAFE AND STABLE FAMILIES
For carrying out section 436 of the Social Security Act,
$305,000,000 and for section 437, $100,000,000.
PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTION ASSISTANCE
For making payments to States or other non-Federal entities
under title IV–E of the Social Security Act, $5,068,300,000.
For making payments to States or other non-Federal entities
under title IV–E of the Act, for the first quarter of fiscal year
2005, $1,767,700,000.
For making, after May 31 of the current fiscal year, payments
to States or other non-Federal entities under section 474 of title
IV–E, for the last 3 months of the current fiscal year for unantici-
pated costs, incurred for the current fiscal year, such sums as
may be necessary.
ADMINISTRATION ON AGING
AGING SERVICES PROGRAMS
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, the
Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, and section 398 of
the Public Health Service Act, $1,381,689,000, of which $5,500,000
shall be available for activities regarding medication management,
screening, and education to prevent incorrect medication and
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adverse drug reactions; and of which $2,842,000 shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2006, for the White House Conference
on Aging.
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
GENERAL DEPARTMENTAL MANAGEMENT
For necessary expenses, not otherwise provided, for general
departmental management, including hire of six sedans, and for
carrying out titles III, XVII, XX, and XXI of the Public Health
Service Act, and the United States-Mexico Border Health Commis-
sion Act, $357,358,000, together with $5,851,000 to be transferred
and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social Secu-
rity Act from the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the Supple-
mental Medical Insurance Trust Fund: Provided, That of the funds
made available under this heading for carrying out title XX of
the Public Health Service Act, $11,885,000 shall be for activities
specified under section 2003(b)(2), of which $10,157,000 shall be
for prevention service demonstration grants under section 510(b)(2)
of title V of the Social Security Act, as amended, without application
of the limitation of section 2010(c) of said title XX: Provided further,
That of this amount, $49,838,000 is for minority AIDS prevention
and treatment activities; and $15,000,000 shall be for an Informa-
tion Technology Security and Innovation Fund for Department-
wide activities involving cybersecurity, information technology secu-
rity, and related innovation projects, and $5,000,000 is to assist
Afghanistan in the development of maternal and child health clinics,
consistent with section 103(a)(4)(H) of the Afghanistan Freedom
Support Act of 2002.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
For expenses necessary for the Office of Inspector General
in carrying out the provisions of the Inspector General Act of
1978, as amended, $39,497,000: Provided, That, of such amount,
necessary sums are available for providing protective services to
the Secretary and investigating non-payment of child support cases
for which non-payment is a Federal offense under 18 U.S.C. 228.
OFFICE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS
For expenses necessary for the Office for Civil Rights,
$30,936,000, together with not to exceed $3,314,000 to be trans-
ferred and expended as authorized by section 201(g)(1) of the Social
Security Act from the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund and the
Supplemental Medical Insurance Trust Fund.
POLICY RESEARCH
For carrying out, to the extent not otherwise provided, research
studies under section 1110 of the Social Security Act and title
III of the Public Health Service Act, $20,750,000, which shall be
available from amounts available under section 241 of the Public
Health Service Act to carry out national health or human services
research and evaluation activities: Provided, That the expenditure
of any funds available under section 241 of the Public Health
Service Act are subject to the requirements of section 205 of this
Act.