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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1650
To establish the Child Care Provider Retention and Development Grant
Program and the Child Care Provider Scholarship Program.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MAY 1, 2001
Mr. GEORGE MILLER of California (for himself, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. SANDERS,
Mr. KILDEE, Mrs. MORELLA, Mr. SCOTT, and Mrs. DAVIS of California)
introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on
Education and the Workforce
A BILL
To establish the Child Care Provider Retention and Develop-
ment Grant Program and the Child Care Provider Schol-
arship Program.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Focus On Committed and Underpaid Staff for Children’s
Sake Act’’ or as the ‘‘FOCUS Act’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings and purpose.
Sec. 3. Definitions.
Sec. 4. Funds for child care provider retention and development grants and for
child care provider scholarships.
Sec. 5. Application and plan.
Sec. 6. Allotments to States.
Sec. 7. Child Care Provider Retention and Development Grant Program.
Sec. 8. Child Care Provider Scholarship Program.
Sec. 9. Annual report.
Sec. 10. Authorization of appropriations.
SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND PURPOSE.
(a) FINDINGS.—Congress makes the following find-
ings:
(1) Research on early brain development and
early childhood demonstrates that the experiences
children have and the attachments they form early
in life have a decisive, long-lasting impact on their
later development and learning.
(2) High-quality, developmentally appropriate
child care beginning in early childhood and con-
tinuing through the years that children are in school
improves the scholastic success and educational at-
tainments of children that persist into adulthood.
(3) According to a growing body of research,
the single most important determinant of child care
quality is the presence of consistent, sensitive, well-
trained, and well-compensated child care providers;
however, child care programs nationwide experience
high turnover in teaching staff, fueled by poor com-
pensation and few opportunities for advancement.
(4) The Department of Labor reports that in
1999 the average wage for a child care provider was
$7.42 per hour, or $15,430 annually. For a full-
time, full-year work, the wages of a child care pro-
vider were not much above the 1999 poverty thresh-
old of $13,423 for a single parent with two children.
Family child care providers earned even less. The
median wage of a family child care provider in 1999
was $264 weekly, or $13,728 annually.
(5) Despite the important role child care pro-
viders may play in early child development and
learning, child care providers earn less than bus
drivers ($26,460), barbers ($20,970), and janitors
($18,220).
(6) Employer-sponsored benefits are minimal
for most child care staff. Even among child care cen-
ters, the availability of health care coverage for staff
remains woefully inadequate.
(7) To offer compensation that would be suffi-
cient to attract and retain qualified child care staff,
child care programs would be required to charge fees
that many parents could not afford. In programs
that serve low-income children who qualify for Fed-
eral and State child care subsidies, the reimburse-
ment rates set by the State strongly influence the
level of compensation that staff receive. Current re-
imbursement rates for center-based child care serv-
ices and family child care services are insufficient to
recruit and retain qualified child care providers and
to ensure high-quality services for children.
(8) Teachers leaving the profession are replaced
by staff with less education and formal training in
early child development.
(9) As a result of low wages and limited bene-
fits, many child care providers do not stay long in
the child care field. Approximately thirty percent of
all teaching staff leave their child care centers each
year.
(10) Child care providers, as well as the chil-
dren, families, and businesses that depend upon
them, suffer the consequences of inadequate com-
pensation. This is true, with few exceptions, for pro-
viders in all types of programs: subsidized, non-
subsidized, for-profit, nonprofit, large, and small
child care settings.
(11) Because of the severe shortage of qualified
staff available for employment by child care pro-
grams nationwide, several States have recently initi-
ated programs to improve the quality of child care
by increasing the training and compensation of child
care providers. Such programs encourage the train-
ing, education and increased retention of qualified
child care providers by offering financial incentives,
including scholarships and compensation increases,
that range from $350 to $6,500 annually.
(b) PURPOSE.—It is the purpose of this Act to estab-
lish the Child Care Provider Retention and Development
Grant Program and the Child Care Provider Scholarship
Program, to help children receive the high quality child
care and early education they need for positive cognitive
and social development, by rewarding and promoting re-
tention of committed, qualified child care providers and
by providing financial assistance to improve the edu-
cational qualifications of child care providers.
SEC. 3. DEFINITIONS.
In this Act:
(1) CHILD CARE PROVIDER.—The term ‘‘child
care provider’’ means an individual who provides a
service directly to a child on a person to person basis
for compensation at—
(A) a center-based child care provider that
is licensed or regulated under State law and
that satisfies the State and local requirements
applicable to the child care services provided,
(B) a licensed or regulated family child
care provider that satisfies the State and local
requirements applicable to the child care serv-
ices provided, or
(C) an out-of-school time program that is
licensed or regulated under State law and that
satisfies the State and local requirements appli-
cable to the child care services provided.
(2) FAMILY CHILD CARE PROVIDER.—The term
‘‘family child care provider’’ has the meaning given
such term in section 658P of the Child Care and
Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.
9858n).
(3) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian tribe’’
has the meaning given such term in section 4(e) of
the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assist-
ance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b(e).
(4) IN-KIND
CONTRIBUTION.—The term ‘‘in-
kind contribution’’ means payment of the cost of
participation of child care providers in health insur-
ance programs or retirement programs.
(5) LEAD AGENCY.—The term ‘‘lead agency’’
means the agency designated under section 658D of
the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of
1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858b).
(6) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
(7) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means any of
the several States, the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American
Samoa, or the Commonwealth of the Northern Mar-
iana Islands.
(8) TRIBAL ORGANIZATION.—The term ‘‘tribal
organization’’ has the meaning given such term in
section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act.
SEC. 4. FUNDS FOR CHILD CARE PROVIDER RETENTION
AND DEVELOPMENT GRANTS AND FOR CHILD
CARE PROVIDER SCHOLARSHIPS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may allot funds ap-
propriated to carry out this Act to eligible States for dis-
tribution to pay the Federal share of the cost of making
grants under this Act to eligible child care providers.
(b) ALLOTMENTS.—Funds allotted under section 6
shall be distributed by the Secretary, and expended by the
States (directly, or at the option of the States, through
units of general purpose local government), and by Indian
tribes and tribal organizations, in accordance with this
Act.
SEC. 5. APPLICATION AND PLAN.
(a) APPLICATION.—To be eligible to receive a dis-
tribution of funds allotted under section 6, a State shall
submit to the Secretary an application at such time, in
such manner, and containing such information as the Sec-
retary may require by rule and shall include in such appli-
cation a State plan that satisfies the requirements of sub-
section (b).
(b) REQUIREMENTS OF PLAN.—
(1) LEAD AGENCY.—The State plan shall iden-
tify the lead agency to make grants under this Act.
(2) RECRUITMENT AND RETENTION OF CHILD
CARE
PROVIDERS.—The State plan shall describe
how the lead agency will encourage both the recruit-
ment of child care providers who are new to the
child care field and the retention of child care pro-
viders who have a demonstrated commitment to the
child care field.
(3) NOTIFICATION OF GRANT AVAILABILITY.—
The State plan shall describe how the lead agency
will identify and notify all eligible child care pro-
viders in the State of the availability of grants under
this Act.
(4) DISTRIBUTION
OF
GRANTS.—The State
plan shall describe how the lead agency will make
grants under sections 7 and 8 to child care providers
in selected geographical areas in the State in compli-
ance with the following requirements:
(A) 
SELECTION
OF
GEOGRAPHICAL
AREAS.—For the purpose of making such
grants for a fiscal year, the State shall select a
variety of geographical areas, determined by the
State, that—
(i) includes urban areas, suburban
areas, and rural areas, and
(ii) contains diversity of income levels,
but shall give special consideration to geo-
graphical areas selected under this subpara-
graph for the preceding fiscal year.
(B) SELECTION
OF
CHILD
CARE
PRO-
VIDERS TO RECEIVE GRANTS.—The State may
make grants under section 7 only to eligible
child care providers in geographical areas se-
lected under subparagraph (A), but—
(i) may give special consideration in
such areas to eligible grant applicants who
have attained a higher relevant educational
credential, who provide a specific kind of
child care services, who provide child care
services to populations who meet specific
economic characteristics, or who meet such
other criteria as the State may establish,
and
(ii) shall give special consideration to
eligible grant applicants who received a
grant under such section in the preceding
fiscal year.
(C) LIMITATION.—The State shall describe
how the State will ensure that grants made
under section 7 to child care providers will not
be used to offset reductions in the compensation
of such providers.
(D) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—With re-
spect to each particular geographical area se-
lected, the State shall agree for each fiscal year
for which such State receives a grant under this
section—
(i) to include in the report required by
section 9, detailed information regarding—
(I) the continuity of employment
of grant recipients as child care pro-
viders with the same employer,
(II) with respect to each em-
ployer that employed a grant recipi-
ent, whether such employer was ac-
credited by a recognized State or na-
tional accrediting body during the pe-
riod of employment, and
(III) to the extent practicable
and available to the State, detailed in-
formation regarding the rate and fre-
quency of employment turnover of
qualified child care providers through-
out such area,
during the 2-year period ending on the
date of applications for grants under sec-
tion 7, and
(ii) to provide a follow-up report, not
later than 90 days after the end of the suc-
ceeding fiscal year that includes informa-
tion regarding—
(I) the continuity of employment
of grant recipients as child care pro-
viders with the same employer,
(II) with respect to each em-
ployer that employed a grant recipi-
ent, whether such employer was ac-
credited by a recognized State or na-
tional accrediting body during the pe-
riod of employment, and
(III) to the extent practicable
and available to the State, detailed in-
formation regarding the rate and fre-
quency of employment turnover of
qualified child care providers through-
out such area,
during the 1-year period beginning on the
date grants are made under section 7 to
applicants.
(5) CHILD
CARE
PROVIDER
RETENTION
AND
DEVELOPMENT GRANT PROGRAM.—The State plan
shall describe how the lead agency will determine the
dollar amounts of grants made with funds available
to carry out section 7 in accordance with the fol-
lowing requirements:
(A) The State shall demonstrate that the
amounts of individual grants to be made under
section 7 will be sufficient—
(i) to encourage child care providers
to improve their qualifications, and
(ii) to retain qualified child care pro-
viders in the child care field.
(B) Such grants made to child care pro-
viders who have a child development associate
credential and who are employed full-time to
provide child care services shall be in an
amount that is not less than $1,000 per year.
(C) The State shall make such grants in
larger dollar amounts to child care providers
who have higher levels of education than a cre-
dential such as a child development associate
credential, according to the following require-
ments:
(i) A child care provider who has a
baccalaureate degree in the area of child
development or early child education shall
receive a grant that is not less than twice
the amount of the grant that is made to a
child care provider who has an associate of
the arts degree in the area of child devel-
opment or early child education.
(ii) A child care provider who has an
associate of the arts degree in the area of
child development or early child education
shall receive a grant that is not less than
150 percent of the amount of the grant
that is made to a child care provider who
has a child development associate creden-
tial.
(iii)(I) Except as provided in sub-
clause (II), a child care provider who has
a baccalaureate degree in a field other
than child development or early child edu-
cation shall receive a grant equal to the
grant made to a child care provider who
has an associate of the arts degree in the
area of child development or early child
education.
(II) If a child care provider who has
such baccalaureate degree obtains addi-
tional educational training in the area of
child development or early child education,
as specified by the State, such provider
shall receive a grant equal to the grant re-
quired under clause (i).
(D) The State shall make such grants in
larger dollar amounts to child care providers
who work full-time relative to the grant amount
made to child care providers who work part-
time, based on the State definitions of full-time
and part-time work.
(E) The State shall provide grants in pro-
gressively larger dollar amounts to child care
providers to reflect the number of years worked
as a child care provider.
(6) DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD CARE PROVIDER
SCHOLARSHIPS.—The State plan shall describe how
the lead agency will make scholarship grants in com-
pliance with section 8 and shall specify the types of
educational and training programs for which schol-
arship grants made under such section may be used,
including only programs that—
(A) are administered by institutions of
higher education that are eligible to participate
in student financial assistance programs under
title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965
(20 U.S.C. 1070 et seq.), and
(B) lead to a State or nationally recog-
nized credential in the area of child develop-
ment or early child education, an associate of
the arts degree in the area of child development
or early child education, or a baccalaureate de-
gree in the area of child development or early
child education.
(7) EMPLOYER
CONTRIBUTION.—The State
plan shall describe how the lead agency will encour-
age employers of child care providers to contribute
to the attainment of education goals by child care
providers who receive grants under section 8.
(8) SUPPLEMENTATION.—The State plan shall
provide assurances that funds received by the State
to carry out sections 7 and 8 will be used only to
supplement, not to supplant, Federal, State, and
local funds otherwise available to support existing
services and activities that encourage child care pro-
viders to improve their qualifications and that pro-
mote the retention of qualified child care providers
in the child care field.
SEC. 6. ALLOTMENTS TO STATES.
(a) AMOUNTS RESERVED.—
(1) TERRITORIES AND POSSESSIONS.—The Sec-
retary shall reserve not more than 1⁄2 of 1 percent
of the funds appropriated to carry out this Act for
any fiscal year for distribution to Guam, American
Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern
Mariana Islands, to be allotted in accordance with
their respective needs.
(2) INDIAN
TRIBES
AND
TRIBAL
ORGANIZA-
TIONS.—The Secretary shall reserve not more than
3 percent of the funds appropriated to carry out this
Act for any fiscal year for distribution to Indian
tribes and tribal organizations with applications ap-
proved under subsection (c).
(b) ALLOTMENTS TO REMAINING STATES.—
(1) GENERAL
AUTHORITY.—From the funds
appropriated to carry out this Act for any fiscal year
remaining after reserving funds under subsection
(a), the Secretary shall allot to each State (excluding
Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands) an amount equal to
the sum of—
(A) an amount that bears the same ratio
to 50 percent of such remainder as the product
of the young child factor of the State and the
allotment percentage of the State bears to the
sum of the corresponding products for all
States, and
(B) an amount that bears the same ratio
to 50 percent of such remainder as the product
of the school lunch factor of the State and the
allotment percentage of the State bears to the
sum of the corresponding products for all
States.
(2) YOUNG CHILD FACTOR.—The term ‘‘young
child factor’’ means the ratio of the number of chil-
dren in the State under 5 years of age to the num-
ber of such children in all States as provided by the
most recent annual estimates of population in the
States by the Bureau of the Census.
(3) 
SCHOOL
LUNCH
FACTOR.—The 
term
‘‘school lunch factor’’ means the ratio of the number
of children in the State who are receiving free or re-
duced price lunches under the school lunch program
established under the National School Lunch Act
(42 U.S.C. 1751 et seq.) to the number of such chil-
dren in all the States as determined annually by the
Department of Agriculture.
(4) ALLOTMENT PERCENTAGE.—
(A) IN GENERAL.—The allotment percent-
age for a State is determined by dividing the
per capita income of all individuals in the
United States, by the per capita income of all
individuals in the State.
(B) LIMITATIONS.—If an allotment per-
centage determined under subparagraph (A)—
(i) is more than 1.2 percent, then the
allotment percentage of that State shall be
considered to be 1.2 percent, and
(ii) is less than 0.8 percent, then the
allotment percentage of the State shall be
considered to be 0.8 percent.
(C) PER CAPITA INCOME.—For purposes
of subparagraph (A), per capita income shall
be—
(i) determined at 2-year intervals,
(ii) applied for the 2-year period be-
ginning on October 1 of the first fiscal
year beginning on the date such deter-
mination is made, and
(iii) equal to the average of the an-
nual per capita incomes for the most re-
cent period of 3 consecutive years for
which satisfactory data are available from
the Department of Commerce at the time
such determination is made.
(c) ALLOTMENTS TO INDIAN TRIBES AND TRIBAL
ORGANIZATIONS.—
(1) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—From amounts
reserved under subsection (a)(2), the Secretary may
make allotments to Indian tribes and tribal organi-
zations that submit applications under this sub-
section, to plan and carry out programs and activi-
ties to encourage child care providers to improve
their qualifications and to retain qualified child care
providers in the child care field.
(2) APPLICATIONS
AND
REQUIREMENTS.—An
application for an allotment to an Indian tribe or
tribal organization under this section shall provide
that—
(A) the applicant will coordinate, to the
maximum extent practicable, with the lead
agency in each State in which the applicant will
carry out such programs and activities, and
(B) will make such reports on, and conduct
such audits of, programs and activities under
this Act as the Secretary may require.
(d) DATA AND INFORMATION.—The Secretary shall
obtain from each appropriate Federal agency, the most re-
cent data and information necessary to determine the al-
lotments provided for in subsection (b).
(e) REALLOTMENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Any portion of the allotment
under subsection (b) to a State for a fiscal year that
the Secretary determines will not be distributed to
the State for such fiscal year shall be reallotted by
the Secretary to other States proportionately based
on allotments made under such subsection to such
States for such fiscal year.
(2) LIMITATIONS.—
(A) REDUCTION.—The amount of any re-
allotment to which a State is entitled to under
paragraph (1) shall be reduced to the extent
that such amount exceeds the amount that the
Secretary estimates will be distributed to the
State to make grants under this Act.
(B) REALLOTMENTS.—The amount of
such reduction shall be reallotted proportion-
ately based on allotments made under sub-
section (b) to States with respect to which no
reduction in an allotment, or in a reallotment,
is required by this subsection.
(3) AMOUNTS REALLOTTED.—For purposes of
this Act (other than this subsection and subsection
(b)), any amount reallotted to a State under this
subsection shall be considered to be part of the allot-
ment made under subsection (b) to the State.
(f) COST SHARING.—
(1) FEDERAL SHARE.—Allotted funds distrib-
uted by the Secretary to a State for a fiscal year to
carry out sections 7 and 8 may be used by the State
to pay—
(A) not more than 90 percent of the cost
of each grant made under such sections, in the
1st fiscal year for which the State receives such
funds,
(B) not more than 85 percent of the cost
of each grant made under such sections, in the
2d fiscal year for which the State receives such
funds,
(C) not more than 80 percent of the cost
of each grant made under such sections, in the
3d fiscal year for which the State receives such
funds, and
(D) not more than 75 percent of the cost
of each grant made under such sections, in any
subsequent fiscal year for which the State re-
ceives such funds.
(2) STATE SHARE.—The non-Federal share of
the cost of making such grants shall be paid by the
State in cash or in the form of an in-kind contribu-
tion, fairly evaluated by the Secretary.
(g) AVAILABILITY OF ALLOTTED FUNDS DISTRIB-
UTED
TO STATES.—Of the allotted funds distributed
under this Act to a State for a fiscal year—
(1) not less than 67.5 percent shall be available
to the State for grants under section 7,
(2) not less than 22.5 percent shall be available
to the State for grants under section 8, and
(3) not more than 10 percent shall be available
to pay administrative costs incurred by the State to
carry out this Act.
SEC. 7. CHILD CARE PROVIDER RETENTION AND DEVELOP-
MENT GRANT PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—A State that receives funds allot-
ted under section 6 and made available to carry out this
section shall expend such funds to make grants to eligible
child care providers in accordance with this section, to im-
prove the qualifications and promote the retention of
qualified child care providers.
(b) ELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE GRANTS.—To be eligi-
ble to receive a grant under this section, a child care pro-
vider shall—
(1) have a child development associate creden-
tial or equivalent, an associate of the arts degree in
the area of child development or early child edu-
cation, a baccalaureate degree in the area of child
development or early child education, or a bacca-
laureate degree in an unrelated field, and
(2) be employed as a child care provider for not
less than 1 calendar year, or the program equivalent
of 1 calendar year if then employed in a child care
program that operates for less than a full calendar
year, ending on the date of the application for such
grant, except that not more than 3 months of edu-
cation related to child development or to early child
education obtained during a calendar year may be
treated as employment that satisfies the require-
ments of this paragraph.
(c) PRESERVATION OF ELIGIBILITY.—The receipt of
a grant under section 8 by a child care provider shall not
be taken into consideration for purposes of selecting eligi-
ble applicants to receive a grant under this section.
SEC. 8. CHILD CARE PROVIDER SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—A State that receives funds allot-
ted under section 6 and made available to carry out this
section shall expend such funds to make scholarship
grants to eligible child care providers in accordance with
this section to improve their educational qualifications to
provide child care services.
(b) ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENT FOR SCHOLARSHIP
GRANTS.—As a condition of eligibility to receive a scholar-
ship grant under this section, a child care provider shall
be employed as a child care provider for not less than 1
calendar year, or the program equivalent of 1 calendar
year if then employed in a child care program that oper-
ates for less than a full calendar year ending on the date
of the application for such grant.
(c) SELECTION OF GRANTEES.—For purposes of se-
lecting child care providers to receive scholarship grants
under this section and determining the dollar amounts of
such grants, a State may not—
(1) take into consideration whether a grant ap-
plicant is receiving, will receive, or has applied to re-
ceive any funds under any other provision of this
Act, or under any other Federal or State law that
provides funds for educational purposes, or
(2) consider as resources of such applicant any
funds such applicant is receiving, may receive, or
may be eligible to receive under any other provision
of this Act, under any other Federal or State law
that provides funds for educational purposes, or
from a private entity.
(d) COST SHARING REQUIRED.—The dollar amount
of a scholarship grant made under this section to a child
care provider shall be less than the cost of the education
for which such grant is made.
(e) 
ANNUAL
MAXIMUM
SCHOLARSHIP
GRANT
AMOUNT.—The maximum aggregate dollar amount of a
scholarship grant made to an eligible child care provider
under this section in a fiscal year may not exceed $1,500.
SEC. 9. ANNUAL REPORT.
A State that receives funds appropriated to carry out
this Act for a fiscal year shall submit to the Secretary,
not later than 90 days after the end of such fiscal year,
a report—
(1) specifying the uses for which the State ex-
pended such funds, and the aggregate amount of
funds (including State funds) expended for each of
such uses,
(2) containing available data relating to grants
made with such funds, including—
(A) the number of child care providers who
received such grants,
(B) the dollar amounts of such grants,
(C) any other information that describes or
evaluates the effectiveness of this Act,
(D) the particular geographical areas se-
lected under section 5 for the purpose of mak-
ing such grants,
(E) with respect to grants made under sec-
tion 7—
(i) the number of years grant recipi-
ents have been employed as a child care
provider,
(ii) the level of training and education
of grant recipients,
(iii) the salaries and other compensa-
tion received by grant recipients to provide
child care services,
(iv) the number of children who re-
ceived child care services provided by grant
recipients,
(v) information on family demo-
graphics of such children,
(vi) the types of settings described in
subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of section
3(a)(1) in which grant recipients are em-
ployed, and
(vii) the ages of the children who re-
ceived child care services provided by grant
recipients,
(F) with respect to grants made under sec-
tion 8—
(i) the number of years grant recipi-
ents have been employed as child care pro-
vider,
(ii) the types of settings described in
subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of section
3(a)(1) in which grant recipients are em-
ployed, and
(iii) the level of training and edu-
cation of grant recipients,
(iv) to the extent practicable and
available to the State, detailed information
regarding the salaries and other compensa-
tion received by grant recipients to provide
child care services before, during, and after
receiving such grant,
(vi) the ages of the children who re-
ceived child care services provided by grant
recipients,
(vi) the number of course credits or
credentials obtained by grant recipients,
and
(vii) the amount of time taken for
completion of the education for which such
grants were made, and
(G) such other information as the Sec-
retary may require by rule.
SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.
There 
is 
authorized 
to 
be 
appropriated
$5,000,000,000 in the aggregate for fiscal years 2002
through 2006 to carry out this Act.
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