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‘‘(e)(1) With respect to allotments under subsection 
(a) for fiscal year 2004 and subsequent fiscal years, the 
amount of any allotment to a State for a fiscal year that 
the Secretary determines will not be required to carry out 
a program under this section during such fiscal year or 
the succeeding fiscal year shall be available for reallotment 
from time to time during such fiscal years on such dates 
as the Secretary may fix, to other States that the Sec-
retary determines—
‘‘(A) require amounts in excess of amounts pre-
viously allotted under subsection (a) to carry out a 
program under this section; and 
‘‘(B) will use such excess amounts during such 
fiscal years. 
‘‘(2) Reallotments under paragraph (1) shall be made 
on the basis of such States’ applications under this sec-
tion, after taking into consideration the population of low-
income children in each such State as compared with the 
population of low-income children in all such States with 
respect to which a determination under paragraph (1) has 
been made by the Secretary. 
‘‘(3) Any amount reallotted under paragraph (1) to 
a State is deemed to be part of its allotment under sub-
section (a).’’.
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(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall be effective with respect to the program 
under section 510 for fiscal years 2004 and succeeding 
fiscal years. 
TITLE VIII—TRANSITIONAL 
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE 
SEC. 801. EXTENSION OF MEDICAID TRANSITIONAL MED-
ICAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM THROUGH FIS-
CAL YEAR 2004. 
(a)
IN
GENERAL.—Section
1925(f )
(42
U.S.C. 
1396r–6(f )) is amended by striking ‘‘2002’’ and inserting 
‘‘2004’’. 
(b)
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
1902(e)(1)(B) (42 U.S.C. 1396a(e)(1)(B)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘September 30, 2002’’ and inserting ‘‘the last 
date (if any) on which section 1925 applies under sub-
section (f) of that section’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect October 1, 2003. 
SEC. 802. ADJUSTMENT TO PAYMENTS FOR MEDICAID AD-
MINISTRATIVE COSTS TO PREVENT DUPLICA-
TIVE PAYMENTS AND TO FUND EXTENSION 
OF TRANSITIONAL MEDICAL ASSISTANCE. 
Section 1903 (42 U.S.C. 1396b) is amended—
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(1) in subsection (a)(7), by striking ‘‘section 
1919(g)(3)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (x) and 
section 1919(g)(3)(C)’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(x) ADJUSTMENTS TO PAYMENTS FOR ADMINISTRA-
TIVE COSTS TO FUND EXTENSION OF TRANSITIONAL 
MEDICAL ASSISTANCE.—
‘‘(1) REDUCTIONS IN PAYMENTS FOR ADMINIS-
TRATIVE COSTS.—Effective for each calendar quar-
ter in fiscal year 2004 and fiscal year 2005, the Sec-
retary shall reduce the amount paid under sub-
section (a)(7) to each State by an amount equal to 
45 percent for fiscal year 2004, and 80 percent for 
fiscal year 2005, of one-quarter of the annualized 
amount determined for the medicaid program under 
section 16(k)(2)(B) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 
(7 U.S.C. 2025(k)(2)(B)). 
‘‘(2)
ALLOCATION
OF
ADMINISTRATIVE 
COSTS.—None of the funds or expenditures de-
scribed in section 16(k)(5)(B) of the Food Stamp 
Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2025(k)(5)(B)) may be used 
to pay for costs—
‘‘(A) eligible for reimbursement under sub-
section (a)(7) (or costs that would have been el-
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igible for reimbursement but for this sub-
section); and 
‘‘(B) allocated for reimbursement to the 
program under this title under a plan submitted 
by a State to the Secretary to allocate adminis-
trative costs for public assistance programs; 
except that, for purposes of subparagraph (A), the 
reference in clause (iii) of that section to ‘subsection 
(a)’ is deemed a reference to subsection (a)(7) and 
clause (iv)(II) of that section shall be applied as if 
‘medicaid program’ were substituted for ‘food stamp 
program’.’’. 
TITLE IX—EFFECTIVE DATE 
SEC. 901. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided, the 
amendments made by this Act shall take effect on the date 
of the enactment of this Act. 
(b) EXCEPTION.—In the case of a State plan under 
part A or D of title IV of the Social Security Act which 
the Secretary determines requires State legislation in 
order for the plan to meet the additional requirements im-
posed by the amendments made by this Act, the effective 
date of the amendments imposing the additional require-
ments shall be 3 months after the first day of the first 
calendar quarter beginning after the close of the first reg-
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ular session of the State legislature that begins after the 
date of the enactment of this Act. For purposes of the 
preceding sentence, in the case of a State that has a 2-
year legislative session, each year of the session shall be 
considered to be a separate regular session of the State 
legislature.
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Personal Responsibility 
and Individual Development for Everyone Act’’ or the 
‘‘PRIDE Act’’. 
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
Sec. 3. References. 
TITLE I—TANF 
Sec. 101. State plan. 
Sec. 102. Family assistance grants. 
Sec. 103. Promotion of family formation and healthy marriage. 
Sec. 104. Supplemental grant for population increases in certain States. 
Sec. 105. Bonus to reward employment achievement. 
Sec. 106. Contingency fund. 
Sec. 107. Use of funds. 
Sec. 108. Repeal of Federal loan for State welfare programs. 
Sec. 109. Work participation requirements. 
Sec. 110. Universal engagement and family self-sufficiency plan requirements; 
other prohibitions and requirements. 
Sec. 111. Penalties. 
Sec. 112. Data collection and reporting. 
Sec. 113. Direct funding and administration by Indian tribes. 
Sec. 114. Research, evaluations, and national studies. 
Sec. 115. Study by the Census Bureau. 
Sec. 116. Funding for child care. 
Sec. 117. Definitions. 
Sec. 118. Responsible fatherhood program. 
Sec. 119. Additional grants. 
Sec. 120. Technical corrections.
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TITLE II—ABSTINENCE EDUCATION 
Sec. 201. Extension of abstinence education program. 
TITLE III—CHILD SUPPORT 
Sec. 301. Distribution of child support collected by States on behalf of children 
receiving certain welfare benefits. 
Sec. 302. Mandatory review and adjustment of child support orders for families 
receiving TANF. 
Sec. 303. Report on undistributed child support payments. 
Sec. 304. Use of new hire information to assist in administration of unemploy-
ment compensation programs. 
Sec. 305. Decrease in amount of child support arrearage triggering passport de-
nial. 
Sec. 306. Use of tax refund intercept program to collect past-due child support 
on behalf of children who are not minors. 
Sec. 307. Garnishment of compensation paid to veterans for service-connected dis-
abilities in order to enforce obligations. 
Sec. 308. Improving Federal debt collection practices. 
Sec. 309. Maintenance of technical assistance funding. 
Sec. 310. Maintenance of Federal parent locator service funding. 
Sec. 311. Identification and seizure of assets held by multistate financial institu-
tions. 
Sec. 312. Information comparisons with insurance data. 
Sec. 313. Tribal access to the Federal parent locator service. 
Sec. 314. Reimbursement of Secretary’s costs of information comparisons and dis-
closure for enforcement of obligations on Higher Education Act 
loans and grants. 
Sec. 315. Technical amendment relating to cooperative agreements between States 
and Indian tribes. 
Sec. 316. Claims upon longshore and harbor workers’ compensation for child sup-
port. 
Sec. 317. State option to use statewide automated data processing and informa-
tion retrieval system for interstate cases. 
Sec. 318. Interception of gambling winnings for child support. 
Sec. 319. State law requirement concerning the Uniform Interstate Family Sup-
port Act (UIFSA). 
Sec. 320. Grants to States for access and visitation programs. 
Sec. 321. Timing of corrective action year for State noncompliance with child 
support enforcement program requirements. 
TITLE IV—CHILD WELFARE 
Sec. 401. Extension of authority to approve demonstration projects. 
Sec. 402. Removal of Commonwealth of Puerto Rico foster care funds from limi-
tation on payments. 
Sec. 403. Technical correction. 
TITLE V—SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME 
Sec. 501. Review of State agency blindness and disability determinations. 
TITLE VI—TRANSITIONAL MEDICAL ASSISTANCE 
Sec. 601. Extension and simplification of the transitional medical assistance pro-
gram (TMA).
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Sec. 602. Prohibition against covering childless adults with SCHIP funds. 
TITLE VII—EFFECTIVE DATE 
Sec. 701. Effective date.
SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 
Except as otherwise expressly provided, wherever in 
this Act an amendment or repeal is expressed in terms of 
an amendment to, or repeal of, a section or other provision, 
the amendment or repeal shall be considered to be made 
to a section or other provision of the Social Security Act. 
TITLE I—TANF 
SEC. 101. STATE PLAN. 
(a) PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT.—Section 402(a) 
(42 U.S.C. 602(a)) is amended—
(1) in paragraph (1)—
(A) in subparagraph (A)—
(i) by redesignating clause (vi) as 
clause (vii); and 
(ii) by striking clause (v) and insert-
ing the following: 
‘‘(v) Establish specific measurable per-
formance objectives for pursuing the pur-
poses of the program under this part as de-
scribed in section 401(a), including by—
‘‘(I) establishing objectives con-
sistent (as determined by the State) 
with the criteria used by the Secretary
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in establishing performance targets 
under section 403(a)(4)(C) (including 
with respect to workplace attachment 
and advancement), and with such ad-
ditional criteria related to other pur-
poses of the program under this part 
as described in section 401(a) as the 
Secretary, in consultation with the Na-
tional Governors’ Association and the 
American Public Human Services As-
sociation, shall establish; and 
‘‘(II) describing the methodology 
that the State will use to measure 
State performance in relation to each 
such objective. 
‘‘(vi) Describe any strategies and pro-
grams the State plans to use to address—
‘‘(I) employment retention and 
advancement for recipients of assist-
ance under the program, including 
placement into high-demand jobs, and 
whether the jobs are identified using 
labor market information; 
‘‘(II) efforts to reduce teen preg-
nancy;
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‘‘(III) services for struggling and 
noncompliant families, and for clients 
with special problems; and 
‘‘(IV) program integration, in-
cluding the extent to which employ-
ment and training services under the 
program are provided through the One-
Stop delivery system created under the 
Workforce Investment Act of 1998, and 
the extent to which former recipients of 
such assistance have access to addi-
tional core, intensive, or training serv-
ices funded through such Act.’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (B)—
(i) by striking clauses (i) and (iv); 
(ii) by redesignating clauses (ii) and 
(iii) as clauses (i) and (ii), respectively; 
and 
(iii) by inserting after clause (ii) (as 
so redesignated by clause (ii)) the following: 
‘‘(iii) If the State is undertaking any 
strategies or programs to engage faith-based 
organizations in the provision of services 
funded under this part, or that otherwise re-
late to section 104 of the Personal Responsi-
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bility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation 
Act of 1996, the document shall describe 
such strategies and programs. 
‘‘(iv) The document shall describe 
strategies to improve program management 
and performance. 
‘‘(v) The document shall include a per-
formance 
report 
which 
details 
State 
progress toward full engagement for all 
adult or minor child head of household re-
cipients of assistance.’’; 
(2) in paragraph (4), by inserting ‘‘and tribal’’ 
after ‘‘that local’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(8) CERTIFICATION OF CONSULTATION ON PRO-
VISION OF TRANSPORTATION AID.—In the case of a 
State that provides transportation aid under the 
State program, a certification by the chief executive 
officer of the State that State and local transportation 
agencies and planning bodies have been consulted in 
the development of the plan.’’. 
(b) PROCEDURES FOR SUBMITTING AND AMENDING 
STATE PLANS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Subsection (b) of section 402 
(42 U.S.C. 602(b)) is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘(b) PROCEDURES FOR SUBMITTING AND AMENDING 
STATE PLANS.—
‘‘(1) STANDARD STATE PLAN FORMAT.—The Sec-
retary shall, after notice and public comment, develop 
a proposed Standard State Plan Form to be used by 
States under subsection (a). Such form shall be final-
ized by the Secretary for use by States not later than 
9 months after the date of enactment of the Personal 
Responsibility and Individual Development for Ev-
eryone Act.
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENT
FOR
COMPLETED
PLAN 
USING
STANDARD
STATE
PLAN
FORMAT
BY
FISCAL 
YEAR 2005.—Notwithstanding any other provision of 
law, each State shall submit a complete State plan, 
using the Standard State Plan Form developed under 
paragraph (1), not later than October 1, 2004. 
‘‘(3) PUBLIC NOTICE AND COMMENT.—Prior to 
submitting a State plan to the Secretary under this 
section, the State shall—
‘‘(A) make the proposed State plan avail-
able to the public through an appropriate State 
maintained Internet website and through other 
means as the State determines appropriate; 
‘‘(B) allow for a reasonable public comment 
period of not less than 45 days; and
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‘‘(C) make comments received concerning 
such plan or, at the discretion of the State, a 
summary of the comments received available to 
the public through such website and through 
other means as the State determines appropriate. 
‘‘(4) PUBLIC AVAILABILITY OF STATE PLAN.—A 
State shall ensure that the State plan that is in effect 
for any fiscal year is available to the public through 
an appropriate State maintained Internet website 
and through other means as the State determines ap-
propriate. 
‘‘(5) AMENDING THE STATE PLAN.—A State shall 
file an amendment to the State plan with the Sec-
retary if the State determines that there has been a 
material change in any information required to be 
included in the State plan or any other information 
that the State has included in the plan, including 
substantial changes in the use of funding. Prior to 
submitting an amendment to the State plan to the 
Secretary, the State shall—
‘‘(A) make the proposed amendment avail-
able to the public as provided for in paragraph 
(3)(A); 
‘‘(B) allow for a reasonable public comment 
period of not less than 45 days; and
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‘‘(C) make the comments available as pro-
vided for in paragraph (3)(C).’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 402 (42 
U.S.C. 602) is amended by striking subsection (c). 
(c) CONSULTATION WITH STATE REGARDING PLAN 
AND DESIGN OF TRIBAL PROGRAMS.—Section 412(b)(1) 
(42 U.S.C. 612(b)(1)) is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 
the end; 
(2) in subparagraph (F), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(G) provides an assurance that the State 
in which the tribe is located has been consulted 
regarding the plan and its design.’’. 
(d) PERFORMANCE
MEASURES.—Section 413 (42 
U.S.C. 613) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(k) PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENT.—The Secretary, 
in consultation with the States, shall develop uniform per-
formance measures designed to assess the degree of effective-
ness, and the degree of improvement, of State programs 
funded under this part in accomplishing the purposes of 
this part.’’. 
(e) ANNUAL RANKING OF STATES.—Section 413(d)(1) 
(42 U.S.C. 613(d)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
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‘‘(1) ANNUAL RANKING OF STATES.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
rank annually the States to which grants are 
paid under section 403 in the order of their suc-
cess in—
‘‘(i) placing recipients of assistance 
under the State program funded under this 
part into private sector jobs; 
‘‘(ii) the success of the recipients in re-
taining employment; 
‘‘(iii) the ability of the recipients to in-
crease their wages; 
‘‘(iv) the degree to which recipients 
have workplace attachment and advance-
ment; 
‘‘(v) reducing the overall welfare case-
load; and 
‘‘(vi) when a practicable method for 
calculating this information becomes avail-
able, diverting individuals from formally 
applying to the State program and receiv-
ing assistance. 
‘‘(B) CONSIDERATION
OF
OTHER
FAC-
TORS.—In ranking States under this paragraph, 
the Secretary shall take into account the average
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number of minor children living at home in fam-
ilies in the State that have incomes below the 
poverty line and the amount of funding provided 
each State under this part for such families.’’. 
SEC. 102. FAMILY ASSISTANCE GRANTS. 
(a) EXTENSION OF AUTHORITY.—Section 403(a)(1) 
(42 U.S.C. 603(a)(1)(A)), as amended by section 3(a) of 
the Welfare Reform Extension Act of 2003 (Public Law 
108–040, 117 Stat. 836), is amended—
(1) in subparagraph (A)—
(A) by striking ‘‘1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 
2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003’’ and inserting 
‘‘2004 through 2008’’; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘payable to the State for 
the fiscal year’’ before the period; and 
(2) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘for fiscal 
year 2003’’ and all that follows through the period, 
and inserting ‘‘for each of fiscal years 2004 through 
2008, $16,566,542,000 for grants under this para-
graph.’’. 
(b) MATCHING GRANTS FOR THE TERRITORIES.—Sec-
tion 1108(b)(2) (42 U.S.C. 1308(b)(2)), as amended by sec-
tion 3(b) of the Welfare Reform Extension Act of 2003 (Pub-
lic Law 108–040, 117 Stat. 836), is amended by striking 
‘‘1997 through 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘2004 through 2008’’.
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SEC. 
103. 
PROMOTION 
OF 
FAMILY 
FORMATION 
AND 
HEALTHY MARRIAGE. 
(a) STATE PLANS.—Section 402(a)(1)(A) (42 U.S.C. 
602(a)(1)(A)), as amended by section 101(a), is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(viii) Encourage equitable treatment 
of healthy 2-parent married families under 
the program referred to in clause (i).’’. 
(b) HEALTHY MARRIAGE PROMOTION GRANTS; RE-
PEAL
OF
BONUS
FOR
REDUCTION
OF
ILLEGITIMACY 
RATIO.—Section 403(a)(2) (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(2)) is amend-
ed to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) 
HEALTHY
MARRIAGE
PROMOTION 
GRANTS.—
‘‘(A) AUTHORITY.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary shall 
award competitive grants to States, terri-
tories, and Indian tribes and tribal organi-
zations for not more than 50 percent of the 
cost of developing and implementing inno-
vative programs to promote and support 
healthy 2-parent married families. 
‘‘(ii) USE OF OTHER TANF FUNDS.—A 
State or Indian tribe with an approved 
tribal family assistance plan may use funds 
provided under other grants made under
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this part for all or part of the expenditures 
incurred for the remainder of the costs de-
scribed in clause (i). In the case of a State, 
any such funds expended shall not be con-
sidered qualified State expenditures for pur-
poses of section 409(a)(7). 
‘‘(B) HEALTHY MARRIAGE PROMOTION AC-
TIVITIES.—Funds provided under subparagraph 
(A) shall be used to support any of the following 
programs or activities: 
‘‘(i) Public advertising campaigns on 
the value of marriage and the skills needed 
to increase marital stability and health. 
‘‘(ii) Education in high schools on the 
value of marriage, relationship skills, and 
budgeting. 
‘‘(iii) Marriage education, marriage 
skills, and relationship skills programs, that 
may include parenting skills, financial 
management, conflict resolution, and job 
and career advancement, for non-married 
pregnant women, non-married expectant fa-
thers, and non-married recent parents. 
‘‘(iv) Pre-marital education and mar-
riage skills training for engaged couples and
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for couples or individuals interested in 
marriage. 
‘‘(v) Marriage enhancement and mar-
riage skills training programs for married 
couples. 
‘‘(vi) Divorce reduction programs that 
teach relationship skills. 
‘‘(vii) Marriage mentoring programs 
which use married couples as role models 
and mentors. 
‘‘(viii) Programs to reduce the dis-
incentives to marriage in means-tested aid 
programs, if offered in conjunction with 
any activity described in this subpara-
graph. 
‘‘(C) VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION.—Partici-
pation in programs or activities described in 
any of clauses (iii) through (vii) shall be vol-
untary. 
‘‘(D) GENERAL RULES GOVERNING USE OF 
FUNDS.—The rules of section 404, other than 
subsection (b) of that section, shall not apply to 
a grant made under this paragraph. 
‘‘(E) REQUIREMENTS
FOR
RECEIPT
OF 
FUNDS.—A State, territory, or Indian tribe or