‘‘(2) VERIFICATION OF DATA.—In determining 
the number of timely interstate home studies to be 
attributed to a State under this section, the Sec-
retary shall check the data provided by the State 
under paragraph (1) against complementary data so 
provided by other States. 
‘‘(d) TIMELY INTERSTATE HOME STUDY INCENTIVE 
PAYMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-
graph (2) of this subsection, the timely interstate 
home study incentive payment payable to a State for 
a fiscal year shall be $1,000, multiplied by the num-
ber of timely interstate home studies attributed to 
the State under this section during the fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) PRO RATA ADJUSTMENT IF INSUFFICIENT 
FUNDS AVAILABLE.—If the total amount of timely 
interstate home study incentive payments otherwise 
payable under this section for a fiscal year exceeds 
the total of the amounts made available pursuant to 
subsection (h) for the fiscal year, the amount of 
each such otherwise payable incentive payment shall 
be reduced by a percentage equal to— 
‘‘(A) the total of the amounts so made 
available; divided by
‘‘(B) the total of such otherwise payable 
incentive payments. 
‘‘(e) 2-YEAR AVAILABILITY
OF INCENTIVE PAY-
MENTS.—Payments to a State under this section in a fis-
cal year shall remain available for use by the State 
through the end of the next fiscal year. 
‘‘(f) LIMITATIONS
ON USE
OF INCENTIVE PAY-
MENTS.—A State shall not expend an amount paid to the 
State under this section except to provide to children or 
families any service (including post-adoption services) that 
may be provided under part B or E. Amounts expended 
by a State in accordance with the preceding sentence shall 
be disregarded in determining State expenditures for pur-
poses of Federal matching payments under sections 423, 
434, and 474. 
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) HOME
STUDY.—The term ‘home study’ 
means a study of a home environment, conducted in 
accordance with applicable requirements of the State 
in which the home is located, for the purpose of as-
sessing whether placement of a child in the home 
would be appropriate for the child. 
‘‘(2) INTERSTATE
HOME
STUDY.—The term 
‘interstate home study’ means a home study con-
ducted by a State at the request of another State,
to facilitate an adoptive or relative placement in the 
State. 
‘‘(3) TIMELY INTERSTATE HOME STUDY.—The 
term ‘timely interstate home study’ means an inter-
state home study completed by a State if the State 
provides to the State that requested the study, with-
in 30 days after receipt of the request, a report on 
the results of the study. 
‘‘(h) LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO-
PRIATIONS.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—For grants under sub-
section (a), there are authorized to be appropriated 
to the Secretary $10,000,000 for fiscal year 2005. 
‘‘(2) 
AVAILABILITY.—Amounts 
appropriated 
under paragraph (1) are authorized to remain avail-
able until expended.’’. 
(c) REPEALER.—Effective October 1, 2008, section 
473B of the Social Security Act is repealed. 
SEC. 5. REQUIREMENT TO CHECK CHILD ABUSE REG-
ISTRIES; OPT-OUT ELIMINATED. 
Section 471(a)(20) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 671(a)(20)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘unless an 
election provided for in subparagraph (B) is made 
with respect to the State,’’; and
(2) by striking subparagraph (B) and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(B) provides that the State shall— 
‘‘(i) check any child abuse and neglect 
registry maintained by the State for infor-
mation on any prospective foster or adop-
tive parent and on any other adult living in 
the home of such a prospective parent, and 
request any other State in which any such 
prospective parent or other adult has re-
sided in the preceding 5 years, to enable 
the State to check any child abuse and ne-
glect registry maintained by such other 
State for such information, before the pro-
spective foster or adoptive parent may be 
finally approved for placement of a child, 
regardless of whether foster care mainte-
nance payments or adoption assistance 
payments are to be made on behalf of the 
child under the State plan under this part; 
‘‘(ii) comply with any request de-
scribed in clause (i) that is received from 
another State; and 
‘‘(iii) have in place safeguards to pre-
vent the unauthorized disclosure of infor-
mation in any child abuse and neglect reg-
istry maintained by the State, and to pre-
vent any such information obtained pursu-
ant to this subparagraph from being used 
for a purpose other than the conducting of 
background checks in foster or adoptive 
placement cases;’’. 
SEC. 6. COURTS ALLOWED ACCESS TO THE FEDERAL PAR-
ENT LOCATOR SERVICE TO LOCATE PARENTS 
IN FOSTER CARE OR ADOPTIVE PLACEMENT 
CASES. 
Section 453(c) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
653(c)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(3); 
(2) by striking the period and inserting ‘‘; 
and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) any court which has authority with respect 
to the placement of a child in foster care or for 
adoption, but only for the purpose of locating a par-
ent of the child.’’. 
SEC. 7. CASEWORKER VISITS. 
(a) PURCHASE OF SERVICES IN INTERSTATE PLACE-
MENT CASES.—Section 475(5)(A)(ii) of the Social Secu-