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under a State program funded under this part
by reason of having reached a time limit on the
provision of such assistance.
‘‘(B) Families that include a child who is
ineligible for assistance under a State program
funded under this part by reason of section
408(a)(2).
‘‘(C) Children born after such date of en-
actment to parents who, at the time of such
birth, had not attained 20 years of age.
‘‘(D) Individuals who, after such date of
enactment, became parents before attaining 20
years of age.
‘‘(2) MATTERS DESCRIBED.—The matters de-
scribed in this paragraph are the following:
‘‘(A) The percentage of each group that
has dropped out of secondary school (or the
equivalent), and the percentage of each group
at each level of educational attainment.
‘‘(B) The percentage of each group that is
employed.
‘‘(C) The percentage of each group that
has been convicted of a crime or has been adju-
dicated as a delinquent.
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‘‘(D) The rate at which the members of
each group are born, or have children, out-of-
wedlock, and the percentage of each group that
is married.
‘‘(E) The percentage of each group that
continues to participate in State programs
funded under this part.
‘‘(F) The percentage of each group that
has health insurance provided by a private en-
tity (broken down by whether the insurance is
provided through an employer or otherwise), the
percentage that has health insurance provided
by an agency of government, and the percent-
age that does not have health insurance.
‘‘(G) The average income of the families of
the members of each group.
‘‘(H) Such other matters as the Secretary
deems appropriate.
‘‘(h) FUNDING
OF
STUDIES
AND
DEMONSTRA-
TIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Out of any money in the
Treasury of the United States not otherwise appro-
priated, there are appropriated $15,000,000 for each
fiscal year specified in section 403(a)(1) for the pur-
pose of paying—
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‘‘(A) the cost of conducting the research
described in subsection (a);
‘‘(B) the cost of developing and evaluating
innovative approaches for reducing welfare de-
pendency and increasing the well-being of minor
children under subsection (b);
‘‘(C) the Federal share of any State-initi-
ated study approved under subsection (f); and
‘‘(D) an amount determined by the Sec-
retary to be necessary to operate and evaluate
demonstration projects, relating to this part,
that are in effect or approved under section
1115 as of September 30, 1995, and are contin-
ued after such date.
‘‘(2) ALLOCATION.—Of the amount appro-
priated under paragraph (1) for a fiscal year—
‘‘(A) 50 percent shall be allocated for the
purposes described in subparagraphs (A) and
(B) of paragraph (1), and
‘‘(B) 50 percent shall be allocated for the
purposes described in subparagraphs (C) and
(D) of paragraph (1).
‘‘(3) DEMONSTRATIONS OF INNOVATIVE STRAT-
EGIES.—The Secretary may implement and evaluate
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demonstrations of innovative and promising strate-
gies which—
‘‘(A) provide one-time capital funds to es-
tablish, expand, or replicate programs;
‘‘(B) test performance-based grant-to-loan
financing in which programs meeting perform-
ance targets receive grants while programs not
meeting such targets repay funding on a pro-
rated basis; and
‘‘(C) test strategies in multiple States and
types of communities.
‘‘SEC. 414. STUDY BY THE CENSUS BUREAU.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Bureau of the Census shall
expand the Survey of Income and Program Participation
as necessary to obtain such information as will enable in-
terested persons to evaluate the impact of the amendments
made by subtitle A of the Personal Responsibility and
Work Opportunity Act of 1996 on a random national sam-
ple of recipients of assistance under State programs fund-
ed under this part and (as appropriate) other low income
families, and in doing so, shall pay particular attention
to the issues of out-of-wedlock birth, welfare dependency,
the beginning and end of welfare spells, and the causes
of repeat welfare spells.
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‘‘(b) APPROPRIATION.—Out of any money in the
Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated,
there are appropriated $10,000,000 for each of fiscal
years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002 for
payment to the Bureau of the Census to carry out sub-
section (a).
‘‘SEC. 415. WAIVERS.
‘‘(a) CONTINUATION OF WAIVERS.—
‘‘(1) WAIVERS IN EFFECT ON DATE OF ENACT-
MENT OF WELFARE REFORM.—Except as provided
in paragraph (3), if any waiver granted to a State
under section 1115 or otherwise which relates to the
provision of assistance under a State plan under this
part (as in effect on September 30, 1995) is in ef-
fect as of the date of the enactment of the Personal
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996,
the amendments made by such Act (other than by
section 4103(d) of such Act) shall not apply with re-
spect to the State before the expiration (determined
without regard to any extensions) of the waiver to
the extent such amendments are inconsistent with
the waiver.
‘‘(2) WAIVERS GRANTED SUBSEQUENTLY.—Ex-
cept as provided in paragraph (3), if any waiver
granted to a State under section 1115 or otherwise
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which relates to the provision of assistance under a
State plan under this part (as in effect on Septem-
ber 30, 1995) is submitted to the Secretary before
the date of the enactment of the Personal Respon-
sibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996 and ap-
proved by the Secretary on or before July 1, 1997,
and the State demonstrates to the satisfaction of the
Secretary that the waiver will not result in Federal
expenditures under title IV of this Act (as in effect
without regard to the amendments made by the Per-
sonal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of
1996) that are greater than would occur in the ab-
sence of the waiver, the amendments made by the
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act
of 1996 (other than by section 4103(d) of such Act)
shall not apply with respect to the State before the
expiration (determined without regard to any exten-
sions) of the waiver to the extent the amendments
made by the Personal Responsibility and Work Op-
portunity Act of 1996 are inconsistent with the
waiver.
‘‘(3) FINANCING
LIMITATION.—Notwithstand-
ing any other provision of law, beginning with fiscal
year 1996, a State operating under a waiver de-
scribed in paragraph (1) shall be entitled to payment