II 
113TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4980 
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 
JULY 24, 2014 
Received 
AN ACT 
To prevent and address sex trafficking of children in foster 
care, to extend and improve adoption incentives, and 
to improve international child support recovery. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Preventing Sex Traf-
ficking and Strengthening Families 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—PROTECTING CHILDREN AND YOUTH AT RISK OF SEX 
TRAFFICKING 
Subtitle A—Identifying and Protecting Children and Youth at Risk of Sex 
Trafficking 
Sec. 101. Identifying, documenting, and determining services for children and 
youth at risk of sex trafficking. 
Sec. 102. Reporting instances of sex trafficking. 
Sec. 103. Including sex trafficking data in the Adoption and Foster Care Anal-
ysis and Reporting System. 
Sec. 104. Locating and responding to children who run away from foster care. 
Sec. 105. Increasing information on children in foster care to prevent sex traf-
ficking. 
Subtitle B—Improving Opportunities for Children in Foster Care and 
Supporting Permanency 
Sec. 111. Supporting normalcy for children in foster care. 
Sec. 112. Improving another planned permanent living arrangement as a per-
manency option. 
Sec. 113. Empowering foster children age 14 and older in the development of 
their own case plan and transition planning for a successful 
adulthood. 
Sec. 114. Ensuring foster children have a birth certificate, Social Security card, 
health insurance information, medical records, and a driver’s li-
cense or equivalent State-issued identification card. 
Sec. 115. Information on children in foster care in annual reports using 
AFCARS data; consultation. 
Subtitle C—National Advisory Committee 
Sec. 121. Establishment of a national advisory committee on the sex trafficking 
of children and youth in the United States. 
TITLE II—IMPROVING ADOPTION INCENTIVES AND EXTENDING 
FAMILY CONNECTION GRANTS 
Subtitle A—Improving Adoption Incentive Payments 
Sec. 201. Extension of program through fiscal year 2016. 
Sec. 202. Improvements to award structure. 
Sec. 203. Renaming of program. 
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Sec. 204. Limitation on use of incentive payments. 
Sec. 205. Increase in period for which incentive payments are available for ex-
penditure. 
Sec. 206. State report on calculation and use of savings resulting from the 
phase-out of eligibility requirements for adoption assistance; re-
quirement to spend 30 percent of savings on certain services. 
Sec. 207. Preservation of eligibility for kinship guardianship assistance pay-
ments with a successor guardian. 
Sec. 208. Data collection on adoption and legal guardianship disruption and 
dissolution. 
Sec. 209. Encouraging the placement of children in foster care with siblings. 
Sec. 210. Effective dates. 
Subtitle B—Extending the Family Connection Grant Program 
Sec. 221. Extension of family connection grant program. 
TITLE III—IMPROVING INTERNATIONAL CHILD SUPPORT 
RECOVERY 
Sec. 301. Amendments to ensure access to child support services for inter-
national child support cases. 
Sec. 302. Child support enforcement programs for Indian tribes. 
Sec. 303. Sense of the Congress regarding offering of voluntary parenting time 
arrangements. 
Sec. 304. Data exchange standardization for improved interoperability. 
Sec. 305. Report to Congress. 
Sec. 306. Required electronic processing of income withholding. 
TITLE IV—BUDGETARY EFFECTS 
Sec. 401. Determination of budgetary effects. 
SEC. 3. REFERENCES. 
Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Act, 
wherever in this Act an amendment is expressed in terms 
of an amendment to a section or other provision, the 
amendment shall be considered to be made to a section 
or other provision of the Social Security Act. 
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TITLE 
I—PROTECTING 
CHIL-
DREN AND YOUTH AT RISK OF 
SEX TRAFFICKING 
Subtitle A—Identifying and Pro-
tecting Children and Youth at 
Risk of Sex Trafficking 
SEC. 
101. 
IDENTIFYING, 
DOCUMENTING, 
AND 
DETER-
MINING 
SERVICES 
FOR 
CHILDREN 
AND 
YOUTH AT RISK OF SEX TRAFFICKING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 471(a)(9) (42 U.S.C. 
671(a)(9)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘and’’; 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ‘‘and’’ 
after the semicolon; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) not later than— 
‘‘(i) 1 year after the date of enact-
ment of this subparagraph, demonstrate to 
the Secretary that the State agency has 
developed, in consultation with State and 
local law enforcement, juvenile justice sys-
tems, health care providers, education 
agencies, and organizations with experience 
in dealing with at-risk children and youth, 
policies and procedures (including relevant 
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training for caseworkers) for identifying, 
documenting in agency records, and deter-
mining appropriate services with respect 
to— 
‘‘(I) any child or youth over 
whom the State agency has responsi-
bility for placement, care, or super-
vision and who the State has reason-
able cause to believe is, or is at risk 
of being, a sex trafficking victim (in-
cluding children for whom a State 
child welfare agency has an open case 
file but who have not been removed 
from the home, children who have run 
away from foster care and who have 
not attained 18 years of age or such 
older age as the State has elected 
under section 475(8) of this Act, and 
youth who are not in foster care but 
are receiving services under section 
477 of this Act); and 
‘‘(II) at the option of the State, 
any individual who has not attained 
26 years of age, without regard to 
whether the individual is or was in 
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foster care under the responsibility of 
the State; and 
‘‘(ii) 2 years after such date of enact-
ment, demonstrate to the Secretary that 
the State agency is implementing the poli-
cies and procedures referred to in clause 
(i).’’. 
(b) DEFINITION OF SEX TRAFFICKING VICTIM.— 
Section 475 (42 U.S.C. 675) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(9) The term ‘sex trafficking victim’ means a 
victim of— 
‘‘(A) sex trafficking (as defined in section 
103(10) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Act of 2000); or 
‘‘(B) a severe form of trafficking in per-
sons described in section 103(9)(A) of such 
Act.’’. 
SEC. 102. REPORTING INSTANCES OF SEX TRAFFICKING. 
(a) STATE PLAN REQUIREMENTS.—Section 471(a) 
(42 U.S.C. 671(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(32); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (33) and inserting a semicolon; and 
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(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(34) provides that, for each child or youth de-
scribed in paragraph (9)(C)(i)(I), the State agency 
shall— 
‘‘(A) not later than 2 years after the date 
of the enactment of this paragraph, report im-
mediately, and in no case later than 24 hours 
after receiving information on children or youth 
who have been identified as being a sex traf-
ficking victim, to the law enforcement authori-
ties; and 
‘‘(B) not later than 3 years after such date 
of enactment and annually thereafter, report to 
the Secretary the total number of children and 
youth who are sex trafficking victims.’’. 
(b) DUTIES OF THE SECRETARY.—Section 471 (42 
U.S.C. 671) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(d) ANNUAL REPORTS
BY
THE SECRETARY
ON 
NUMBER
OF CHILDREN
AND YOUTH REPORTED
BY 
STATES TO BE SEX TRAFFICKING VICTIMS.—Not later 
than 4 years after the date of the enactment of this sub-
section and annually thereafter, the Secretary shall report 
to the Congress and make available to the public on the 
Internet website of the Department of Health and Human 
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Services the number of children and youth reported in ac-
cordance with subsection (a)(34)(B) of this section to be 
sex trafficking victims (as defined in section 475(9)(A)).’’. 
SEC. 103. INCLUDING SEX TRAFFICKING DATA IN THE 
ADOPTION AND FOSTER CARE ANALYSIS AND 
REPORTING SYSTEM. 
Section 479(c)(3) (42 U.S.C. 679(c)(3)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) in subparagraph (C)(iii), by striking ‘‘and’’ 
after the comma; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(E) the annual number of children in fos-
ter care who are identified as sex trafficking 
victims— 
‘‘(i) who were such victims before en-
tering foster care; and 
‘‘(ii) who were such victims while in 
foster care; and’’. 
SEC. 104. LOCATING AND RESPONDING TO CHILDREN WHO 
RUN AWAY FROM FOSTER CARE. 
Section 471(a) (42 U.S.C. 671(a)), as amended by 
section 102(a) of this Act, is amended— 
(1) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (34) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(35) provides that— 
‘‘(A) not later than 1 year after the date 
of the enactment of this paragraph, the State 
shall develop and implement specific protocols 
for— 
‘‘(i) expeditiously locating any child 
missing from foster care; 
‘‘(ii) determining the primary factors 
that contributed to the child’s running 
away or otherwise being absent from care, 
and to the extent possible and appropriate, 
responding to those factors in current and 
subsequent placements; 
‘‘(iii) determining the child’s experi-
ences while absent from care, including 
screening the child to determine if the 
child is a possible sex trafficking victim (as 
defined in section 475(9)(A)); and 
‘‘(iv) reporting such related informa-
tion as required by the Secretary; and 
‘‘(B) not later than 2 years after such date 
of enactment, for each child and youth de-
scribed in paragraph (9)(C)(i)(I) of this sub-
section, the State agency shall report imme-
diately, and in no case later than 24 hours after 
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receiving, information on missing or abducted 
children or youth to the law enforcement au-
thorities for entry into the National Crime In-
formation Center (NCIC) database of the Fed-
eral Bureau of Investigation, established pursu-
ant to section 534 of title 28, United States 
Code, and to the National Center for Missing 
and Exploited Children.’’. 
SEC. 105. INCREASING INFORMATION ON CHILDREN IN 
FOSTER 
CARE 
TO 
PREVENT 
SEX 
TRAF-
FICKING. 
Not later than 2 years after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services shall submit to the Congress a written report 
which summarizes the following: 
(1) Information on children who run away from 
foster care and their risk of becoming sex trafficking 
victims, using data reported by States under section 
479 of the Social Security Act and information col-
lected by States related to section 471(a)(35) of 
such Act, including— 
(A) characteristics of children who run 
away from foster care; 
(B) potential factors associated with chil-
dren running away from foster care (such as 
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reason for entry into care, length of stay in 
care, type of placement, and other factors that 
contributed to the child’s running away); 
(C) information on children’s experiences 
while absent from care; and 
(D) trends in the number of children re-
ported as runaways in each fiscal year (includ-
ing factors that may have contributed to 
changes in such trends). 
(2) Information on State efforts to provide spe-
cialized services, foster family homes, child care in-
stitutions, or other forms of placement for children 
who are sex trafficking victims. 
(3) Information on State efforts to ensure chil-
dren in foster care form and maintain long-lasting 
connections to caring adults, even when a child in 
foster care must move to another foster family home 
or when the child is placed under the supervision of 
a new caseworker. 
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Subtitle B—Improving Opportuni-
ties for Children in Foster Care 
and Supporting Permanency 
SEC. 111. SUPPORTING NORMALCY FOR CHILDREN IN FOS-
TER CARE. 
(a) REASONABLE AND PRUDENT PARENT STAND-
ARD.— 
(1) DEFINITIONS
RELATING
TO
THE
STAND-
ARD.—Section 475 (42 U.S.C. 675), as amended by 
section 101(b) of this Act, is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(10)(A) The term ‘reasonable and prudent 
parent standard’ means the standard characterized 
by careful and sensible parental decisions that main-
tain the health, safety, and best interests of a child 
while at the same time encouraging the emotional 
and developmental growth of the child, that a care-
giver shall use when determining whether to allow a 
child in foster care under the responsibility of the 
State to participate in extracurricular, enrichment, 
cultural, and social activities. 
‘‘(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the 
term ‘caregiver’ means a foster parent with whom a 
child in foster care has been placed or a designated 
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official for a child care institution in which a child 
in foster care has been placed. 
‘‘(11)(A) The term ‘age or developmentally-ap-
propriate’ means— 
‘‘(i) activities or items that are generally 
accepted as suitable for children of the same 
chronological age or level of maturity or that 
are determined to be developmentally-appro-
priate for a child, based on the development of 
cognitive, emotional, physical, and behavioral 
capacities that are typical for an age or age 
group; and 
‘‘(ii) in the case of a specific child, activi-
ties or items that are suitable for the child 
based on the developmental stages attained by 
the child with respect to the cognitive, emo-
tional, physical, and behavioral capacities of the 
child. 
‘‘(B) In the event that any age-related activities 
have implications relative to the academic cur-
riculum of a child, nothing in this part or part B 
shall be construed to authorize an officer or em-
ployee of the Federal Government to mandate, di-
rect, or control a State or local educational agency, 
or the specific instructional content, academic 
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achievement standards and assessments, curriculum, 
or program of instruction of a school.’’. 
(2) 
STATE
PLAN
REQUIREMENT.—Section 
471(a)(24) (42 U.S.C. 671(a)(24)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘include’’ and inserting 
‘‘includes’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘and that such prepara-
tion’’ and inserting ‘‘that the preparation’’; and 
(C) by inserting ‘‘, and that the prepara-
tion shall include knowledge and skills relating 
to the reasonable and prudent parent standard 
for the participation of the child in age or de-
velopmentally-appropriate activities, including 
knowledge and skills relating to the develop-
mental stages of the cognitive, emotional, phys-
ical, and behavioral capacities of a child, and 
knowledge and skills relating to applying the 
standard to decisions such as whether to allow 
the child to engage in social, extracurricular, 
enrichment, cultural, and social activities, in-
cluding sports, field trips, and overnight activi-
ties lasting 1 or more days, and to decisions in-
volving the signing of permission slips and ar-
ranging of transportation for the child to and 
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from extracurricular, enrichment, and social ac-
tivities’’ before the semicolon. 
(3) TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.—The Secretary of 
Health and Human Services shall provide assistance 
to the States on best practices for devising strategies 
to assist foster parents in applying a reasonable and 
prudent parent standard in a manner that protects 
child safety, while also allowing children to experi-
ence normal and beneficial activities, including meth-
ods for appropriately considering the concerns of the 
biological parents of a child in decisions related to 
participation of the child in activities (with the un-
derstanding that those concerns should not nec-
essarily determine the participation of the child in 
any activity). 
(b) NORMALCY FOR CHILDREN IN CHILD CARE IN-
STITUTIONS.—Section 471(a)(10) (42 U.S.C. 671(a)(10)) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(10) provides— 
‘‘(A) for the establishment or designation 
of a State authority or authorities that shall be 
responsible for establishing and maintaining 
standards for foster family homes and child 
care institutions which are reasonably in accord 
with recommended standards of national orga-
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nizations concerned with standards for the in-
stitutions or homes, including standards related 
to admission policies, safety, sanitation, and 
protection of civil rights, and which shall permit 
use of the reasonable and prudent parenting 
standard; 
‘‘(B) that the standards established pursu-
ant to subparagraph (A) shall be applied by the 
State to any foster family home or child care 
institution receiving funds under this part or 
part B and shall require, as a condition of each 
contract entered into by a child care institution 
to provide foster care, the presence on-site of at 
least 1 official who, with respect to any child 
placed at the child care institution, is des-
ignated to be the caregiver who is authorized to 
apply the reasonable and prudent parent stand-
ard to decisions involving the participation of 
the child in age or developmentally-appropriate 
activities, and who is provided with training in 
how to use and apply the reasonable and pru-
dent parent standard in the same manner as 
prospective foster parents are provided the 
training pursuant to paragraph (24); 
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‘‘(C) that the standards established pursu-
ant to subparagraph (A) shall include policies 
related to the liability of foster parents and pri-
vate entities under contract by the State involv-
ing the application of the reasonable and pru-
dent parent standard, to ensure appropriate li-
ability for caregivers when a child participates 
in an approved activity and the caregiver ap-
proving the activity acts in accordance with the 
reasonable and prudent parent standard; and 
‘‘(D) that a waiver of any standards estab-
lished pursuant to subparagraph (A) may be 
made only on a case-by-case basis for nonsafety 
standards (as determined by the State) in rel-
ative foster family homes for specific children in 
care;’’. 
(c) SUPPORTING PARTICIPATION
IN AGE-APPRO-
PRIATE ACTIVITIES.— 
(1) Section 477(a) (42 U.S.C. 677(a)) is 
amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of para-
graph (6); 
(B) by striking the period at the end of 
paragraph (7) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘(8) to ensure children who are likely to remain 
in foster care until 18 years of age have regular, on-
going opportunities to engage in age or develop-
mentally-appropriate activities as defined in section 
475(11).’’. 
(2) Section 477(h)(1) (42 U.S.C. 677(h)(1)) is 
amended by inserting ‘‘or, beginning in fiscal year 
2020, $143,000,000’’ after ‘‘$140,000,000’’. 
(d) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the date that is 1 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) DELAY PERMITTED IF STATE LEGISLATION 
REQUIRED.—If the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services determines that State legislation (other 
than legislation appropriating funds) is required in 
order for a State plan developed pursuant to part E 
of title IV of the Social Security Act to meet the ad-
ditional requirements imposed by the amendments 
made by this section, the plan shall not be regarded 
as failing to meet any of the additional requirements 
before the 1st day of the 1st calendar quarter begin-
ning after the 1st regular session of the State legis-
lature that begins after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. If the State has a 2-year legislative session, 
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each year of the session is deemed to be a separate 
regular session of the State legislature. 
SEC. 112. IMPROVING ANOTHER PLANNED PERMANENT 
LIVING ARRANGEMENT AS A PERMANENCY 
OPTION. 
(a) ELIMINATION OF ANOTHER PLANNED PERMA-
NENT LIVING ARRANGEMENT
FOR CHILDREN UNDER 
AGE 16.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 475(5)(C)(i) (42 
U.S.C. 675(5)(C)(i)) is amended by inserting ‘‘only 
in the case of a child who has attained 16 years of 
age’’ before ‘‘(in cases where’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
422(b)(8)(A)(iii)(II) 
(42 
U.S.C. 
622(b)(8)(A)(iii)(II)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, 
subject to the requirements of sections 475(5)(C) 
and 475A(a)’’ after ‘‘arrangement’’. 
(3) DELAYED
APPLICABILITY
WITH
RESPECT 
TO CERTAIN CHILDREN.—In the case of children in 
foster care under the responsibility of an Indian 
tribe, tribal organization, or tribal consortium (ei-
ther directly or under supervision of a State), the 
amendments made by this subsection shall not apply 
until the date that is 3 years after the date of the 
enactment of this Act. 
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(b) ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS.— 
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Part E of title IV (42 
U.S.C. 670 et seq.) is amended by inserting after 
section 475 the following: 
‘‘SEC. 475A. ADDITIONAL CASE PLAN AND CASE REVIEW 
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS. 
‘‘(a) REQUIREMENTS FOR ANOTHER PLANNED PER-
MANENT LIVING ARRANGEMENT.—In the case of any 
child for whom another planned permanent living arrange-
ment is the permanency plan determined for the child 
under section 475(5)(C), the following requirements shall 
apply for purposes of approving the case plan for the child 
and the case system review procedure for the child: 
‘‘(1) DOCUMENTATION
OF
INTENSIVE, ONGO-
ING, UNSUCCESSFUL EFFORTS FOR FAMILY PLACE-
MENT.—At each permanency hearing held with re-
spect to the child, the State agency documents the 
intensive, ongoing, and, as of the date of the hear-
ing, unsuccessful efforts made by the State agency 
to return the child home or secure a placement for 
the child with a fit and willing relative (including 
adult siblings), a legal guardian, or an adoptive par-
ent, including through efforts that utilize search 
technology (including social media) to find biological 
family members for the children. 
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‘‘(2) REDETERMINATION OF APPROPRIATENESS 
OF PLACEMENT AT EACH PERMANENCY HEARING.— 
The State agency shall implement procedures to en-
sure that, at each permanency hearing held with re-
spect to the child, the court or administrative body 
appointed or approved by the court conducting the 
hearing on the permanency plan for the child does 
the following: 
‘‘(A) Ask the child about the desired per-
manency outcome for the child. 
‘‘(B) Make a judicial determination ex-
plaining why, as of the date of the hearing, an-
other planned permanent living arrangement is 
the best permanency plan for the child and pro-
vide compelling reasons why it continues to not 
be in the best interests of the child to— 
‘‘(i) return home; 
‘‘(ii) be placed for adoption; 
‘‘(iii) be placed with a legal guardian; 
or 
‘‘(iv) be placed with a fit and willing 
relative. 
‘‘(3) DEMONSTRATION
OF
SUPPORT
FOR
EN-
GAGING
IN
AGE
OR
DEVELOPMENTALLY-APPRO-
PRIATE ACTIVITIES AND SOCIAL EVENTS.—At each 
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permanency hearing held with respect to the child, 
the State agency shall document the steps the State 
agency is taking to ensure that— 
‘‘(A) the child’s foster family home or child 
care institution is following the reasonable and 
prudent parent standard; and 
‘‘(B) the child has regular, ongoing oppor-
tunities to engage in age or developmentally ap-
propriate activities (including by consulting 
with the child in an age-appropriate manner 
about the opportunities of the child to partici-
pate in the activities).’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(A) STATE PLAN REQUIREMENTS.— 
(i) PART B.—Section 422(b)(8)(A)(ii) 
(42 U.S.C. 622(b)(8)(A)(ii)) is amended by 
inserting ‘‘and in accordance with the re-
quirements of section 475A’’ after ‘‘section 
475(5)’’. 
(ii) PART E.—Section 471(a)(16) (42 
U.S.C. 671(a)(16)) is amended— 
(I) by inserting ‘‘and in accord-
ance with the requirements of section 
475A’’ after ‘‘section 475(1)’’; and 
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(II) 
by 
striking 
‘‘section 
475(5)(B)’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 
475(5) and 475A’’. 
(B) 
DEFINITIONS.—Section 
475 
(42 
U.S.C. 675) is amended— 
(i) in paragraph (1), in the matter 
preceding subparagraph (A), by inserting 
‘‘meets the requirements of section 475A 
and’’ after ‘‘written document which’’; and 
(ii) in paragraph (5)— 
(I) in subparagraph (B), by add-
ing at the end the following ‘‘and, for 
a child for whom another planned per-
manent living arrangement has been 
determined as the permanency plan, 
the steps the State agency is taking to 
ensure the child’s foster family home 
or child care institution is following 
the reasonable and prudent parent 
standard and to ascertain whether the 
child has regular, ongoing opportuni-
ties to engage in age or develop-
mentally appropriate activities (includ-
ing by consulting with the child in an 
age-appropriate manner about the op-
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portunities of the child to participate 
in the activities);’’; and 
(II) in subparagraph (C)— 
(aa) by inserting ‘‘, as of the 
date of the hearing,’’ after ‘‘com-
pelling reason for determining’’; 
and 
(bb) by inserting ‘‘subject to 
section 475A(a),’’ after ‘‘another 
planned permanent living ar-
rangement,’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the date that is 1 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) DELAY PERMITTED IF STATE LEGISLATION 
REQUIRED.—If the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services determines that State legislation (other 
than legislation appropriating funds) is required in 
order for a State plan developed pursuant to part E 
of title IV of the Social Security Act to meet the ad-
ditional requirements imposed by the amendments 
made by this section, the plan shall not be regarded 
as failing to meet any of the additional requirements 
before the 1st day of the 1st calendar quarter begin-
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ning after the 1st regular session of the State legis-
lature that begins after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. If the State has a 2-year legislative session, 
each year of the session is deemed to be a separate 
regular session of the State legislature. 
SEC. 113. EMPOWERING FOSTER CHILDREN AGE 14 AND 
OLDER IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR 
OWN CASE PLAN AND TRANSITION PLANNING 
FOR A SUCCESSFUL ADULTHOOD. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 475(1)(B) (42 U.S.C. 
675(1)(B)) is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘With respect to a child who has attained 14 years of age, 
the plan developed for the child in accordance with this 
paragraph, and any revision or addition to the plan, shall 
be developed in consultation with the child and, at the op-
tion of the child, with up to 2 members of the case plan-
ning team who are chosen by the child and who are not 
a foster parent of, or caseworker for, the child. A State 
may reject an individual selected by a child to be a mem-
ber of the case planning team at any time if the State 
has good cause to believe that the individual would not 
act in the best interests of the child. One individual se-
lected by a child to be a member of the child’s case plan-
ning team may be designated to be the child’s advisor and, 
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as necessary, advocate, with respect to the application of 
the reasonable and prudent parent standard to the child.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO INCLUDE CHIL-
DREN 14 AND OLDER IN TRANSITION PLANNING.—Sec-
tion 475 (42 U.S.C. 675) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1)(D), by striking ‘‘Where 
appropriate, for a child age 16’’ and inserting ‘‘For 
a child who has attained 14 years of age’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (5)— 
(A) in subparagraph (C)— 
(i) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘16’’ and 
inserting ‘‘14’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of 
clause (ii); and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: ‘‘and (iv) if a child has attained 14 
years of age, the permanency plan devel-
oped for the child, and any revision or ad-
dition to the plan, shall be developed in 
consultation with the child and, at the op-
tion of the child, with not more than 2 
members of the permanency planning team 
who are selected by the child and who are 
not a foster parent of, or caseworker for, 
the child, except that the State may reject 
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an individual so selected by the child if the 
State has good cause to believe that the in-
dividual would not act in the best interests 
of the child, and 1 individual so selected by 
the child may be designated to be the 
child’s advisor and, as necessary, advocate, 
with respect to the application of the rea-
sonable and prudent standard to the 
child;’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (I), by striking ‘‘16’’ 
and inserting ‘‘14’’. 
(c) TRANSITION PLANNING
FOR
A SUCCESSFUL 
ADULTHOOD.—Paragraphs 
(1)(D), 
(5)(C)(i), 
and 
(5)(C)(iii) of section 475 (42 U.S.C. 675) are each amend-
ed by striking ‘‘independent living’’ and inserting ‘‘a suc-
cessful adulthood’’. 
(d) LIST OF RIGHTS.—Section 475A, as added by 
section 112(b)(1) of this Act, is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(b) LIST OF RIGHTS.—The case plan for any child 
in foster care under the responsibility of the State who 
has attained 14 years of age shall include— 
‘‘(1) a document that describes the rights of the 
child with respect to education, health, visitation, 
and court participation, the right to be provided with 
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the documents specified in section 475(5)(I) in ac-
cordance with that section, and the right to stay safe 
and avoid exploitation; and 
‘‘(2) a signed acknowledgment by the child that 
the child has been provided with a copy of the docu-
ment and that the rights contained in the document 
have been explained to the child in an age-appro-
priate way.’’. 
(e) REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after the date 
of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall submit a report to Congress regard-
ing the implementation of the amendments made by this 
section. The report shall include— 
(1) an analysis of how States are administering 
the requirements of paragraphs (1)(B) and (5)(C) of 
section 475 of the Social Security Act, as amended 
by subsections (a) and (b) of this section, that a 
child in foster care who has attained 14 years of age 
be permitted to select up to 2 members of the case 
planning team or permanency planning team for the 
child from individuals who are not a foster parent 
of, or caseworker for, the child; and 
(2) a description of best practices of States with 
respect to the administration of the requirements. 
(f) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on the date that is 1 
year after the date of the enactment of this Act. 
(2) DELAY PERMITTED IF STATE LEGISLATION 
REQUIRED.—If the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services determines that State legislation (other 
than legislation appropriating funds) is required in 
order for a State plan developed pursuant to part E 
of title IV of the Social Security Act to meet the ad-
ditional requirements imposed by the amendments 
made by this section, the plan shall not be regarded 
as failing to meet any of the additional requirements 
before the 1st day of the 1st calendar quarter begin-
ning after the 1st regular session of the State legis-
lature that begins after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. If the State has a 2-year legislative session, 
each year of the session is deemed to be a separate 
regular session of the State legislature. 
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SEC. 114. ENSURING FOSTER CHILDREN HAVE A BIRTH 
CERTIFICATE, 
SOCIAL 
SECURITY 
CARD, 
HEALTH INSURANCE INFORMATION, MED-
ICAL RECORDS, AND A DRIVER’S LICENSE OR 
EQUIVALENT STATE-ISSUED IDENTIFICATION 
CARD. 
(a) CASE REVIEW SYSTEM REQUIREMENT.—Section 
475(5)(I) (42 U.S.C. 675(5)(I)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and receives assistance’’ and 
inserting ‘‘receives assistance’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘, and, if the child is leaving 
foster care by reason of having attained 18 years of 
age or such greater age as the State has elected 
under paragraph (8), unless the child has been in 
foster care for less than 6 months, is not discharged 
from care without being provided with (if the child 
is eligible to receive such document) an official or 
certified copy of the United States birth certificate 
of the child, a social security card issued by the 
Commissioner of Social Security, health insurance 
information, a copy of the child’s medical records, 
and a driver’s license or identification card issued by 
a State in accordance with the requirements of sec-
tion 202 of the REAL ID Act of 2005’’ before the 
period. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect 1 year after the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
(2) DELAY PERMITTED IF STATE LEGISLATION 
REQUIRED.—If the Secretary of Health and Human 
Services determines that State legislation (other 
than legislation appropriating funds) is required in 
order for a State plan developed pursuant to part E 
of title IV of the Social Security Act to meet the ad-
ditional requirements imposed by the amendments 
made by this section, the plan shall not be regarded 
as failing to meet any of the additional requirements 
before the 1st day of the 1st calendar quarter begin-
ning after the 1st regular session of the State legis-
lature that begins after the date of the enactment of 
this Act. If the State has a 2-year legislative session, 
each year of the session is deemed to be a separate 
regular session of the State legislature. 
SEC. 115. INFORMATION ON CHILDREN IN FOSTER CARE IN 
ANNUAL REPORTS USING AFCARS DATA; CON-
SULTATION. 
Section 479A (42 U.S.C. 679b) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘The Secretary’’ and inserting 
the following: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary’’; 
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(2) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 
the semicolon; 
(3) in paragraph (6)(C), by striking the period 
at the end and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(4) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(7) include in the report submitted pursuant 
to paragraph (5) for fiscal year 2016 or any suc-
ceeding fiscal year, State-by-State data on— 
‘‘(A) children in foster care who have been 
placed in a child care institution or other set-
ting that is not a foster family home, includ-
ing— 
‘‘(i) the number of children in the 
placements and their ages, including sepa-
rately, the number and ages of children 
who have a permanency plan of another 
planned permanent living arrangement; 
‘‘(ii) the duration of the placement in 
the settings (including for children who 
have a permanency plan of another 
planned permanent living arrangement); 
‘‘(iii) the types of child care institu-
tions used (including group homes, resi-
dential treatment, shelters, or other con-
gregate care settings); 
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‘‘(iv) with respect to each child care 
institution or other setting that is not a 
foster family home, the number of children 
in foster care residing in each such institu-
tion or non-foster family home; 
‘‘(v) any clinically diagnosed special 
need of such children; and 
‘‘(vi) the extent of any specialized 
education, treatment, counseling, or other 
services provided in the settings; and 
‘‘(B) children in foster care who are preg-
nant or parenting. 
‘‘(b) CONSULTATION ON OTHER ISSUES.—The Sec-
retary shall consult with States and organizations with an 
interest in child welfare, including organizations that pro-
vide adoption and foster care services, and shall take into 
account requests from Members of Congress, in selecting 
other issues to be analyzed and reported on under this 
section using data available to the Secretary, including 
data reported by States through the Adoption and Foster 
Care Analysis and Reporting System and to the National 
Youth in Transition Database.’’. 
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Subtitle C—National Advisory 
Committee 
SEC. 121. ESTABLISHMENT OF A NATIONAL ADVISORY COM-
MITTEE ON THE SEX TRAFFICKING OF CHIL-
DREN AND YOUTH IN THE UNITED STATES. 
Title XI (42 U.S.C. 1301 et seq.) is amended by in-
serting after section 1114 the following: 
‘‘NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON THE SEX TRAF-
FICKING OF CHIILDREN AND YOUTH IN THE UNITED 
STATES 
‘‘SEC. 1114A. (a) OFFICIAL DESIGNATION.—This 
section relates to the National Advisory Committee on the 
Sex Trafficking of Children and Youth in the United 
States (in this section referred to as the ‘Committee’). 
‘‘(b) AUTHORITY.—Not later than 2 years after the 
date of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall es-
tablish and appoint all members of the Committee. 
‘‘(c) MEMBERSHIP.— 
‘‘(1) COMPOSITION.—The Committee shall be 
composed of not more than 21 members whose di-
verse experience and background enable them to pro-
vide balanced points of view with regard to carrying 
out the duties of the Committee. 
‘‘(2) SELECTION.—The Secretary, in consulta-
tion with the Attorney General and National Gov-
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ernors Association, shall appoint the members to the 
Committee. At least 1 Committee member shall be 
a former sex trafficking victim. 2 Committee mem-
bers shall be a Governor of a State, 1 of whom shall 
be a member of the Democratic Party and 1 of 
whom shall be a member of the Republican Party. 
‘‘(3) PERIOD OF APPOINTMENT; VACANCIES.— 
Members shall be appointed for the life of the Com-
mittee. A vacancy in the Committee shall be filled in 
the manner in which the original appointment was 
made and shall not affect the powers or duties of the 
Committee. 
‘‘(4) 
COMPENSATION.—Committee 
members 
shall serve without compensation or per diem in lieu 
of subsistence. 
‘‘(d) DUTIES.— 
‘‘(1) NATIONAL
RESPONSE.—The Committee 
shall advise the Secretary and the Attorney General 
on practical and general policies concerning improve-
ments to the Nation’s response to the sex trafficking 
of children and youth in the United States. 
‘‘(2) POLICIES FOR COOPERATION.—The Com-
mittee shall advise the Secretary and the Attorney 
General on practical and general policies concerning 
the cooperation of Federal, State, local, and tribal 
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governments, child welfare agencies, social service 
providers, physical health and mental health pro-
viders, victim service providers, State or local courts 
with responsibility for conducting or supervising pro-
ceedings relating to child welfare or social services 
for children and their families, Federal, State, and 
local police, juvenile detention centers, and runaway 
and homeless youth programs, schools, the gaming 
and entertainment industry, and businesses and or-
ganizations that provide services to youth, on re-
sponding to sex trafficking, including the develop-
ment and implementation of— 
‘‘(A) successful interventions with children 
and youth who are exposed to conditions that 
make them vulnerable to, or victims of, sex 
trafficking; and 
‘‘(B) recommendations for administrative 
or legislative changes necessary to use pro-
grams, properties, or other resources owned, op-
erated, or funded by the Federal Government to 
provide safe housing for children and youth who 
are sex trafficking victims and provide support 
to entities that provide housing or other assist-
ance to the victims. 
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‘‘(3) BEST PRACTICES AND RECOMMENDATIONS 
FOR STATES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Within 2 years after 
the establishment of the Committee, the Com-
mittee shall develop 2 tiers (referred to in this 
subparagraph as ‘Tier I’ and ‘Tier II’) of rec-
ommended best practices for States to follow in 
combating the sex trafficking of children and 
youth. Tier I shall provide States that have not 
yet substantively addressed the sex trafficking 
of children and youth with an idea of where to 
begin and what steps to take. Tier II shall pro-
vide States that are already working to address 
the sex trafficking of children and youth with 
examples of policies that are already being used 
effectively by other States to address sex traf-
ficking. 
‘‘(B) DEVELOPMENT.—The best practices 
shall be based on multidisciplinary research and 
promising, evidence-based models and programs 
as reflected in State efforts to meet the require-
ments of sections 101 and 102 of the Pre-
venting Sex Trafficking and Strengthening 
Families Act. 
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‘‘(C) CONTENT.—The best practices shall 
be user-friendly, incorporate the most up-to- 
date technology, and include the following: 
‘‘(i) Sample training materials, proto-
cols, and screening tools that, to the extent 
possible, accommodate for regional dif-
ferences among the States, to prepare indi-
viduals who administer social services to 
identify and serve children and youth who 
are sex trafficking victims or at-risk of sex 
trafficking. 
‘‘(ii) Multidisciplinary strategies to 
identify victims, manage cases, and im-
prove services for all children and youth 
who are at risk of sex trafficking, or are 
sex trafficking victims, in the United 
States. 
‘‘(iii) 
Sample 
protocols 
and 
rec-
ommendations based on current States’ ef-
forts, accounting for regional differences 
between States that provide for effective, 
cross-system collaboration between Fed-
eral, State, local, and tribal governments, 
child welfare agencies, social service pro-
viders, physical health and mental health 
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providers, victim service providers, State or 
local courts with responsibility for con-
ducting or supervising proceedings relating 
to child welfare or social services for chil-
dren and their families, the gaming and 
entertainment industry, Federal, State, 
and local police, juvenile detention centers 
and runaway and homeless youth pro-
grams, housing resources that are appro-
priate for housing child and youth victims 
of trafficking, schools, and businesses and 
organizations that provide services to chil-
dren and youth. These protocols and rec-
ommendations should include strategies to 
identify victims and collect, document, and 
share data across systems and agencies, 
and should be designed to help agencies 
better understand the type of sex traf-
ficking involved, the scope of the problem, 
the needs of the population to be served, 
ways to address the demand for trafficked 
children and youth and increase prosecu-
tions of traffickers and purchasers of chil-
dren and youth, and the degree of victim 
interaction with multiple systems. 
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‘‘(iv) Developing the criteria and 
guidelines necessary for establishing safe 
residential placements for foster children 
who have been sex trafficked as well as vic-
tims of trafficking identified through inter-
action with law enforcement. 
‘‘(v) Developing training guidelines 
for caregivers that serve children and 
youth being cared for outside the home. 
‘‘(D) INFORMING STATES OF BEST PRAC-
TICES.—The Committee, in coordination with 
the National Governors Association, Secretary 
and Attorney General, shall ensure that State 
Governors and child welfare agencies are noti-
fied and informed on a quarterly basis of the 
best practices and recommendations for States, 
and notified 6 months in advance that the Com-
mittee will be evaluating the extent to which 
States adopt the Committee’s recommendations. 
‘‘(E) REPORT
ON
STATE
IMPLEMENTA-
TION.—Within 3 years after the establishment 
of the Committee, the Committee shall submit 
to the Secretary and the Attorney General, as 
part of its final report as well as for online and 
publicly available publication, a description of 
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what each State has done to implement the rec-
ommendations of the Committee. 
‘‘(e) REPORTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The Committee shall sub-
mit an interim and a final report on the work of the 
Committee to— 
‘‘(A) the Secretary; 
‘‘(B) the Attorney General; 
‘‘(C) the Committee on Finance of the 
Senate; and 
‘‘(D) the Committee on Ways and Means 
of the House of Representatives. 
‘‘(2) REPORTING DATES.—The interim report 
shall be submitted not later than 3 years after the 
establishment of the Committee. The final report 
shall be submitted not later than 4 years after the 
establishment of the Committee. 
‘‘(f) ADMINISTRATION.— 
‘‘(1) AGENCY SUPPORT.—The Secretary shall 
direct the head of the Administration for Children 
and Families of the Department of Health and 
Human Services to provide all necessary support for 
the Committee. 
‘‘(2) MEETINGS.— 
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‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Committee will 
meet at the call of the Secretary at least twice 
each year to carry out this section, and more 
often as otherwise required. 
‘‘(B) ACCOMMODATION
FOR
COMMITTEE 
MEMBERS UNABLE TO ATTEND IN PERSON.— 
The Secretary shall create a process through 
which Committee members who are unable to 
travel to a Committee meeting in person may 
participate remotely through the use of video 
conference, teleconference, online, or other 
means. 
‘‘(3) SUBCOMMITTEES.—The Committee may 
establish subcommittees or working groups, as nec-
essary and consistent with the mission of the Com-
mittee. The subcommittees or working groups shall 
have no authority to make decisions on behalf of the 
Committee, nor shall they report directly to any offi-
cial or entity listed in subsection (d). 
‘‘(4) RECORDKEEPING.—The records of the 
Committee and any subcommittees and working 
groups shall be maintained in accordance with ap-
propriate Department of Health and Human Serv-
ices policies and procedures and shall be available 
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for public inspection and copying, subject to the 
Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 552). 
‘‘(g) TERMINATION.—The Committee shall terminate 
5 years after the date of its establishment, but the Sec-
retary shall continue to operate and update, as necessary, 
an Internet website displaying the State best practices, 
recommendations, and evaluation of State-by-State imple-
mentation of the Secretary’s recommendations. 
‘‘(h) DEFINITION.—For the purpose of this section, 
the term ‘sex trafficking’ includes the definition set forth 
in section 103(10) of the Trafficking Victims Protection 
Act of 2000 (22 U.S.C. 7102(10)) and ‘severe form of 
trafficking in persons’ described in section 103(9)(A) of 
such Act.’’. 
TITLE II—IMPROVING ADOPTION 
INCENTIVES AND EXTENDING 
FAMILY 
CONNECTION 
GRANTS 
Subtitle A—Improving Adoption 
Incentive Payments 
SEC. 201. EXTENSION OF PROGRAM THROUGH FISCAL 
YEAR 2016. 
Section 473A (42 U.S.C. 673b) is amended— 
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(1) in subsection (b)(5), by striking ‘‘2008 
through 2012’’ and inserting ‘‘2013 through 2015’’; 
and 
(2) in each of paragraphs (1)(D) and (2) of 
subsection (h), by striking ‘‘2013’’ and inserting 
‘‘2016’’. 
SEC. 202. IMPROVEMENTS TO AWARD STRUCTURE. 
(a) ELIGIBILITY FOR AWARD.—Section 473A(b) (42 
U.S.C. 673b(b)) is amended by striking paragraph (2) and 
redesignating paragraphs (3) through (5) as paragraphs 
(2) through (4), respectively. 
(b) DATA REQUIREMENTS.—Section 473A(c)(2) (42 
U.S.C. 673b(c)(2)) is amended— 
(1) in the paragraph heading, by striking 
‘‘NUMBERS OF ADOPTIONS’’ and inserting ‘‘RATES 
OF ADOPTIONS AND GUARDIANSHIPS’’; 
(2) by striking ‘‘the numbers’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘section,’’ and inserting ‘‘each of the 
rates required to be determined under this section 
with respect to a State and a fiscal year,’’; and 
(3) by inserting before the period the following: 
‘‘, and, with respect to the determination of the 
rates related to foster child guardianships, on the 
basis of information reported to the Secretary under 
paragraph (12) of subsection (g)’’. 
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(c) AWARD AMOUNT.—Section 473A(d) (42 U.S.C. 
673b(d)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking subparagraphs 
(A) through (C) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(A) $5,000, multiplied by the amount (if 
any) by which— 
‘‘(i) the number of foster child adop-
tions in the State during the fiscal year; 
exceeds 
‘‘(ii) the product (rounded to the 
nearest whole number) of— 
‘‘(I) the base rate of foster child 
adoptions for the State for the fiscal 
year; and 
‘‘(II) the number of children in 
foster care under the supervision of 
the State on the last day of the pre-
ceding fiscal year; 
‘‘(B) $7,500, multiplied by the amount (if 
any) by which— 
‘‘(i) the number of pre-adolescent 
child adoptions and pre-adolescent foster 
child guardianships in the State during the 
fiscal year; exceeds 
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‘‘(ii) the product (rounded to the 
nearest whole number) of— 
‘‘(I) the base rate of pre-adoles-
cent child adoptions and pre-adoles-
cent foster child guardianships for the 
State for the fiscal year; and 
‘‘(II) the number of children in 
foster care under the supervision of 
the State on the last day of the pre-
ceding fiscal year who have attained 9 
years of age but not 14 years of age; 
and 
‘‘(C) $10,000, multiplied by the amount (if 
any) by which— 
‘‘(i) the number of older child adop-
tions and older foster child guardianships 
in the State during the fiscal year; exceeds 
‘‘(ii) the product (rounded to the 
nearest whole number) of— 
‘‘(I) the base rate of older child 
adoptions 
and 
older 
foster 
child 
guardianships for the State for the 
fiscal year; and 
‘‘(II) the number of children in 
foster care under the supervision of 
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the State on the last day of the pre-
ceding fiscal year who have attained 
14 years of age; and 
‘‘(D) $4,000, multiplied by the amount (if 
any) by which— 
‘‘(i) the number of foster child 
guardianships in the State during the fis-
cal year; exceeds 
‘‘(ii) the product (rounded to the 
nearest whole number) of— 
‘‘(I) the base rate of foster child 
guardianships for the State for the 
fiscal year; and 
‘‘(II) the number of children in 
foster care under the supervision of 
the State on the last day of the pre-
ceding fiscal year.’’; and 
(2) by striking paragraph (3) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(3) INCREASED ADOPTION AND LEGAL GUARD-
IANSHIP INCENTIVE PAYMENT FOR TIMELY ADOP-
TIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—If for any of fiscal 
years 2013 through 2015, the total amount of 
adoption and legal guardianship incentive pay-
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ments payable under paragraph (1) of this sub-
section are less than the amount appropriated 
under subsection (h) for the fiscal year, then, 
from the remainder of the amount appropriated 
for the fiscal year that is not required for such 
payments (in this paragraph referred to as the 
‘timely adoption award pool’), the Secretary 
shall increase the adoption incentive payment 
determined under paragraph (1) for each State 
that the Secretary determines is a timely adop-
tion award State for the fiscal year by the 
award amount determined for the fiscal year 
under subparagraph (C). 
‘‘(B) TIMELY ADOPTION AWARD STATE DE-
FINED.—A State is a timely adoption award 
State for a fiscal year if the Secretary deter-
mines that, for children who were in foster care 
under the supervision of the State at the time 
of adoptive placement, the average number of 
months from removal of children from their 
home to the placement of children in finalized 
adoptions is less than 24 months. 
‘‘(C) AWARD AMOUNT.—For purposes of 
subparagraph (A), the award amount deter-
mined under this subparagraph with respect to 
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a fiscal year is the amount equal to the timely 
adoption award pool for the fiscal year divided 
by the number of timely adoption award States 
for the fiscal year.’’. 
(d) DEFINITIONS.—Section 473A(g) (42 U.S.C. 
673b(g)) is amended by striking paragraphs (1) through 
(8) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(1) FOSTER
CHILD
ADOPTION
RATE.—The 
term ‘foster child adoption rate’ means, with respect 
to a State and a fiscal year, the percentage deter-
mined by dividing— 
‘‘(A) the number of foster child adoptions 
finalized in the State during the fiscal year; by 
‘‘(B) the number of children in foster care 
under the supervision of the State on the last 
day of the preceding fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) BASE
RATE
OF
FOSTER
CHILD
ADOP-
TIONS.—The term ‘base rate of foster child adop-
tions’ means, with respect to a State and a fiscal 
year, the lesser of— 
‘‘(A) the foster child adoption rate for the 
State for the then immediately preceding fiscal 
year; or 
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‘‘(B) the foster child adoption rate for the 
State for the average of the then immediately 
preceding 3 fiscal years. 
‘‘(3) FOSTER
CHILD
ADOPTION.—The term 
‘foster child adoption’ means the final adoption of a 
child who, at the time of adoptive placement, was in 
foster care under the supervision of the State. 
‘‘(4) PRE-ADOLESCENT CHILD ADOPTION AND 
PRE-ADOLESCENT
FOSTER
CHILD
GUARDIANSHIP 
RATE.—The term ‘pre-adolescent child adoption and 
pre-adolescent foster child guardianship rate’ means, 
with respect to a State and a fiscal year, the per-
centage determined by dividing— 
‘‘(A) the number of pre-adolescent child 
adoptions 
and 
pre-adolescent 
foster 
child 
guardianships finalized in the State during the 
fiscal year; by 
‘‘(B) the number of children in foster care 
under the supervision of the State on the last 
day of the preceding fiscal year, who have at-
tained 9 years of age but not 14 years of age. 
‘‘(5) BASE RATE OF PRE-ADOLESCENT CHILD 
ADOPTIONS
AND
PRE-ADOLESCENT
FOSTER
CHILD 
GUARDIANSHIPS.—The term ‘base rate of pre-adoles-
cent child adoptions and pre-adolescent foster child 
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‘‘(7) OLDER CHILD ADOPTION AND OLDER FOS-
TER CHILD GUARDIANSHIP RATE.—The term ‘older 
child adoption and older foster child guardianship 
rate’ means, with respect to a State and a fiscal 
year, the percentage determined by dividing— 
‘‘(A) the number of older child adoptions 
and older foster child guardianships finalized in 
the State during the fiscal year; by 
‘‘(B) the number of children in foster care 
under the supervision of the State on the last 
day of the preceding fiscal year, who have at-
tained 14 years of age. 
‘‘(8) BASE RATE OF OLDER CHILD ADOPTIONS 
AND OLDER FOSTER CHILD GUARDIANSHIPS.—The 
term ‘base rate of older child adoptions and older 
foster child guardianships’ means, with respect to a 
State and a fiscal year, the lesser of— 
‘‘(A) the older child adoption and older 
foster child guardianship rate for the State for 
the then immediately preceding fiscal year; or 
‘‘(B) the older child adoption and older 
foster child guardianship rate for the State for 
the average of the then immediately preceding 
3 fiscal years. 
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‘‘(9) OLDER CHILD ADOPTION AND OLDER FOS-
TER CHILD GUARDIANSHIP.—The term ‘older child 
adoption and older foster child guardianship’ means 
the final adoption, or the placement into foster child 
guardianship (as defined in paragraph (12)) of a 
child who has attained 14 years of age if— 
‘‘(A) at the time of the adoptive or foster 
child guardianship placement, the child was in 
foster care under the supervision of the State; 
or 
‘‘(B) an adoption assistance agreement 
was in effect under section 473(a) with respect 
to the child. 
‘‘(10) FOSTER CHILD GUARDIANSHIP RATE.— 
The term ‘foster child guardianship rate’ means, 
with respect to a State and a fiscal year, the per-
centage determined by dividing— 
‘‘(A) 
the 
number 
of 
foster 
child 
guardianships occurring in the State during the 
fiscal year; by 
‘‘(B) the number of children in foster care 
under the supervision of the State on the last 
day of the preceding fiscal year. 
‘‘(11) 
BASE
RATE
OF
FOSTER
CHILD 
GUARDIANSHIPS.—The term ‘base rate of foster 
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child guardianships’ means, with respect to a State 
and a fiscal year, the lesser of— 
‘‘(A) the foster child guardianship rate for 
the State for the then immediately preceding 
fiscal year; or 
‘‘(B) the foster child guardianship rate for 
the State for the average of the then imme-
diately preceding 3 fiscal years. 
‘‘(12) FOSTER
CHILD
GUARDIANSHIP.—The 
term ‘foster child guardianship’ means, with respect 
to a State, the exit of a child from foster care under 
the responsibility of the State to live with a legal 
guardian, if the State has reported to the Sec-
retary— 
‘‘(A) that the State agency has determined 
that— 
‘‘(i) the child has been removed from 
his or her home pursuant to a voluntary 
placement agreement or as a result of a ju-
dicial determination to the effect that con-
tinuation in the home would be contrary to 
the welfare of the child; 
‘‘(ii) being returned home or adopted 
are not appropriate permanency options 
for the child; 
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‘‘(iii) the child demonstrates a strong 
attachment to the prospective legal guard-
ian, and the prospective legal guardian has 
a strong commitment to caring perma-
nently for the child; and 
‘‘(iv) if the child has attained 14 years 
of age, the child has been consulted re-
garding the legal guardianship arrange-
ment; or 
‘‘(B) the alternative procedures used by 
the State to determine that legal guardianship 
is the appropriate option for the child.’’. 
SEC. 203. RENAMING OF PROGRAM. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The section heading of section 
473A (42 U.S.C. 673b) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘SEC. 473A. ADOPTION AND LEGAL GUARDIANSHIP INCEN-
TIVE PAYMENTS.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 473A is amended in each of sub-
sections (a), (d)(1), (d)(2)(A), and (d)(2)(B) (42 
U.S.C. 673b(a), (d)(1), (d)(2)(A), and (d)(2)(B)) by 
inserting ‘‘and legal guardianship’’ after ‘‘adoption’’ 
each place it appears. 
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(2) The heading of section 473A(d) (42 U.S.C. 
673b(d)) is amended by inserting ‘‘AND LEGAL 
GUARDIANSHIP’’ after ‘‘ADOPTION’’. 
SEC. 204. LIMITATION ON USE OF INCENTIVE PAYMENTS. 
Section 473A(f) (42 U.S.C. 673b(f)) is amended in 
the 1st sentence by inserting ‘‘, and shall use the amount 
to supplement, and not supplant, any Federal or non-Fed-
eral funds used to provide any service under part B or 
E’’ before the period. 
SEC. 205. INCREASE IN PERIOD FOR WHICH INCENTIVE 
PAYMENTS ARE AVAILABLE FOR EXPENDI-
TURE. 
Section 473A(e) (42 U.S.C. 673b(e)) is amended— 
(1) in the subsection heading, by striking ‘‘24- 
MONTH’’ and inserting ‘‘36-MONTH’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘24-month’’ and inserting ‘‘36- 
month’’. 
SEC. 206. STATE REPORT ON CALCULATION AND USE OF 
SAVINGS RESULTING FROM THE PHASE-OUT 
OF ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR ADOP-
TION ASSISTANCE; REQUIREMENT TO SPEND 
30 PERCENT OF SAVINGS ON CERTAIN SERV-
ICES. 
Section 473(a)(8) (42 U.S.C. 673(a)(8)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
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‘‘(8)(A) A State shall calculate the savings (if any) 
resulting from the application of paragraph (2)(A)(ii) to 
all applicable children for a fiscal year, using a method-
ology specified by the Secretary or an alternate method-
ology proposed by the State and approved by the Sec-
retary. 
‘‘(B) A State shall annually report to the Secretary— 
‘‘(i) the methodology used to make the calcula-
tion described in subparagraph (A), without regard 
to whether any savings are found; 
‘‘(ii) the amount of any savings referred to in 
subparagraph (A); and 
‘‘(iii) how any such savings are spent, account-
ing for and reporting the spending separately from 
any other spending reported to the Secretary under 
part B or this part. 
‘‘(C) The Secretary shall make all information re-
ported pursuant to subparagraph (B) available on the 
website of the Department of Health and Human Services 
in a location easily accessible to the public. 
‘‘(D)(i) A State shall spend an amount equal to the 
amount of the savings (if any) in State expenditures under 
this part resulting from the application of paragraph 
(2)(A)(ii) to all applicable children for a fiscal year, to 
provide to children of families any service that may be pro-
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vided under part B or this part. A State shall spend not 
less than 30 percent of any such savings on post-adoption 
services, post-guardianship services, and services to sup-
port and sustain positive permanent outcomes for children 
who otherwise might enter into foster care under the re-
sponsibility of the State, with at least 2⁄3 of the spending 
by the State to comply with such 30 percent requirement 
being spent on post-adoption and post-guardianship serv-
ices. 
‘‘(ii) Any State spending required under clause (i) 
shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, any Fed-
eral or non-Federal funds used to provide any service 
under part B or this part.’’. 
SEC. 207. PRESERVATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR KINSHIP 
GUARDIANSHIP 
ASSISTANCE 
PAYMENTS 
WITH A SUCCESSOR GUARDIAN. 
Section 473(d)(3) (42 U.S.C. 673(d)(3)) is amended 
by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) ELIGIBILITY NOT AFFECTED BY RE-
PLACEMENT OF GUARDIAN WITH A SUCCESSOR 
GUARDIAN.—In the event of the death or inca-
pacity of the relative guardian, the eligibility of 
a child for a kinship guardianship assistance 
payment under this subsection shall not be af-
fected by reason of the replacement of the rel-
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ative guardian with a successor legal guardian 
named in the kinship guardianship assistance 
agreement referred to in paragraph (1) (includ-
ing in any amendment to the agreement), not-
withstanding subparagraph (A) of this para-
graph and section 471(a)(28).’’. 
SEC. 208. DATA COLLECTION ON ADOPTION AND LEGAL 
GUARDIANSHIP DISRUPTION AND DISSOLU-
TION. 
Section 479 (42 U.S.C. 679) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) To promote improved knowledge on how best to 
ensure strong, permanent families for children, the Sec-
retary shall promulgate regulations providing for the col-
lection and analysis of information regarding children who 
enter into foster care under the supervision of a State 
after prior finalization of an adoption or legal guardian-
ship. The regulations shall require each State with a State 
plan approved under this part to collect and report as part 
of such data collection system the number of children who 
enter foster care under supervision of the State after final-
ization of an adoption or legal guardianship and may in-
clude information concerning the length of the prior adop-
tion or guardianship, the age of the child at the time of 
the prior adoption or guardianship, the age at which the 
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child subsequently entered foster care under supervision 
of the State, the type of agency involved in making the 
prior adoptive or guardianship placement, and any other 
factors determined necessary to better understand factors 
associated with the child’s post-adoption or post-guardian-
ship entry to foster care.’’. 
SEC. 209. ENCOURAGING THE PLACEMENT OF CHILDREN 
IN FOSTER CARE WITH SIBLINGS. 
(a) STATE PLAN AMENDMENT.— 
(1) NOTIFICATION OF PARENTS OF SIBLINGS.— 
Section 471(a)(29) (42 U.S.C. 671(a)(29)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘all adult grandparents’’ and 
inserting ‘‘the following relatives: all adult grand-
parents, all parents of a sibling of the child, where 
such parent has legal custody of such sibling,’’. 
(2) 
SIBLING
DEFINED.—Section 
475 
(42 
U.S.C. 675), as amended by sections 101(b) and 
111(a)(1) of this Act, is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(12) The term ‘sibling’ means an individual 
who satisfies at least one of the following conditions 
with respect to a child: 
‘‘(A) The individual is considered by State 
law to be a sibling of the child. 
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‘‘(B) The individual would have been con-
sidered a sibling of the child under State law 
but for a termination or other disruption of pa-
rental rights, such as the death of a parent.’’. 
(b) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this sec-
tion shall be construed as subordinating the rights of fos-
ter or adoptive parents of a child to the rights of the par-
ents of a sibling of that child. 
SEC. 210. EFFECTIVE DATES. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Except as otherwise provided in 
this section, the amendments made by this subtitle shall 
take effect as if enacted on October 1, 2013. 
(b) RESTRUCTURING
AND
RENAMING
OF
PRO-
GRAM.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 
sections 202 and 203 shall take effect on October 1, 
2014, subject to paragraph (2). 
(2) TRANSITION RULE.— 
(A) IN
GENERAL.—Notwithstanding any 
other provision of law, the total amount payable 
to a State under section 473A of the Social Se-
curity Act for fiscal year 2014 shall be an 
amount equal to 1⁄2 of the sum of— 
(i) the total amount that would be 
payable to the State under such section for 
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fiscal year 2014 if the amendments made 
by section 202 of this Act had not taken 
effect; and 
(ii) the total amount that would be 
payable to the State under such section for 
fiscal year 2014 in the absence of this 
paragraph. 
(B) PRO RATA ADJUSTMENT IF INSUFFI-
CIENT FUNDS AVAILABLE.—If the total amount 
otherwise payable under subparagraph (A) for 
fiscal year 2014 exceeds the amount appro-
priated pursuant to section 473A(h) of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 673b(h)) for that 
fiscal year, the amount payable to each State 
under subparagraph (A) for fiscal year 2014 
shall be— 
(i) the amount that would otherwise 
be payable to the State under subpara-
graph (A) for fiscal year 2014; multiplied 
by 
(ii) the percentage represented by the 
amount so appropriated for fiscal year 
2014, divided by the total amount other-
wise payable under subparagraph (A) to all 
States for that fiscal year. 
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(c) USE OF INCENTIVE PAYMENTS; ELIGIBILITY FOR 
KINSHIP GUARDIANSHIP ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS WITH A 
SUCCESSOR
GUARDIAN; 
DATA
COLLECTION.—The 
amendments made by sections 204, 207, and 208 shall 
take effect on the date of enactment of this Act. 
(d) CALCULATION AND USE OF SAVINGS RESULTING 
FROM THE PHASE-OUT OF ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS 
FOR ADOPTION ASSISTANCE.—The amendment made by 
section 206 shall take effect on October 1, 2014. 
(e) NOTIFICATION OF PARENTS OF SIBLINGS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by 
section 209 shall take effect on the date of enact-
ment of this Act, subject to paragraph (2). 
(2) DELAY PERMITTED IF STATE LEGISLATION 
REQUIRED.—In the case of a State plan approved 
under part E of title IV of the Social Security Act 
which the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
determines requires State legislation (other than leg-
islation appropriating funds) in order for the plan to 
meet the additional requirements imposed by section 
209, the State plan shall not be regarded as failing 
to comply with the requirements of such part solely 
on the basis of the failure of the plan to meet such 
additional requirements before the 1st day of the 1st 
calendar quarter beginning after the close of the 1st 
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regular session of the State legislature that ends 
after the 1-year period beginning with the date of 
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 is deemed 
to be a separate regular session of the State legisla-
ture. 
Subtitle B—Extending the Family 
Connection Grant Program 
SEC. 221. EXTENSION OF FAMILY CONNECTION GRANT 
PROGRAM. 
(a) IN
GENERAL.—Section 427(h) (42 U.S.C. 
627(h)) is amended by striking ‘‘2013’’ and inserting 
‘‘2014’’. 
(b) ELIGIBILITY OF UNIVERSITIES FOR MATCHING 
GRANTS.—Section 427(a) (42 U.S.C. 627(a)) is amended, 
in the matter preceding paragraph (1)— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ before ‘‘private’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘and institutions of higher edu-
cation (as defined under section 101 of the Higher 
Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1001)),’’ after 
‘‘arrangements,’’. 
(c) FINDING FAMILIES FOR FOSTER CHILDREN WHO 
ARE
PARENTS.—Section 
427(a)(1)(E) 
(42 
U.S.C. 
627(a)(1)(E)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and other individ-
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uals who are willing and able to be foster parents for chil-
dren in foster care under the responsibility of the State 
who are themselves parents’’ after ‘‘kinship care families’’. 
(d) RESERVATION OF FUNDS.—Section 427(g) (42 
U.S.C. 627(g)) is amended— 
(1) by striking paragraph (1); and 
(2) by redesignating paragraphs (2) and (3) as 
paragraphs (1) and (2), respectively. 
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect as if enacted on October 1, 
2013. 
TITLE 
III—IMPROVING 
INTER-
NATIONAL CHILD SUPPORT 
RECOVERY 
SEC. 301. AMENDMENTS TO ENSURE ACCESS TO CHILD 
SUPPORT SERVICES FOR INTERNATIONAL 
CHILD SUPPORT CASES. 
(a) AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF HHS TO 
ENSURE COMPLIANCE WITH MULTILATERAL CHILD SUP-
PORT CONVENTIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 452 (42 U.S.C. 652) 
is amended— 
(A) by redesignating the second subsection 
(l) (as added by section 7306 of the Deficit Re-
duction Act of 2005) as subsection (m); and 
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(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(n) The Secretary shall use the authorities otherwise 
provided by law to ensure the compliance of the United 
States with any multilateral child support convention to 
which the United States is a party.’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENT.—Section 
453(k)(3) (42 U.S.C. 653(k)(3)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘452(l)’’ and inserting ‘‘452(m)’’. 
(b) ACCESS TO THE FEDERAL PARENT LOCATOR 
SERVICE.—Section 453(c) (42 U.S.C. 653(c)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(3); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (4) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(5) an entity designated as a Central Author-
ity for child support enforcement in a foreign recip-
rocating country or a foreign treaty country for pur-
poses specified in section 459A(c)(2).’’. 
(c) STATE OPTION TO REQUIRE INDIVIDUALS IN 
FOREIGN COUNTRIES TO APPLY THROUGH THEIR COUN-
TRY’S APPROPRIATE CENTRAL AUTHORITY.—Section 454 
(42 U.S.C. 654) is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (4)(A)(ii), by inserting before 
the semicolon ‘‘(except that, if the individual apply-
ing for the services resides in a foreign reciprocating 
country or foreign treaty country, the State may opt 
to require the individual to request the services 
through the Central Authority for child support en-
forcement in the foreign reciprocating country or the 
foreign treaty country, and if the individual resides 
in a foreign country that is not a foreign recipro-
cating country or a foreign treaty country, a State 
may accept or reject the application)’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (32)— 
(A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘, a 
foreign treaty country,’’ after ‘‘a foreign recip-
rocating country’’; and 
(B) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘or 
foreign obligee’’ and inserting ‘‘, foreign treaty 
country, or foreign individual’’. 
(d) AMENDMENTS TO INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT EN-
FORCEMENT
PROVISIONS.—Section 459A (42 U.S.C. 
659a) is amended— 
(1) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(e) REFERENCES.—In this part: 
‘‘(1) FOREIGN RECIPROCATING COUNTRY.—The 
term ‘foreign reciprocating country’ means a foreign 
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country (or political subdivision thereof) with respect 
to which the Secretary has made a declaration pur-
suant to subsection (a). 
‘‘(2) FOREIGN
TREATY
COUNTRY.—The term 
‘foreign treaty country’ means a foreign country for 
which the 2007 Family Maintenance Convention is 
in force. 
‘‘(3) 2007 FAMILY
MAINTENANCE
CONVEN-
TION.—The term ‘2007 Family Maintenance Con-
vention’ means the Hague Convention of 23 Novem-
ber 2007 on the International Recovery of Child 
Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance.’’; 
(2) in subsection (c)— 
(A) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), 
by striking ‘‘foreign countries that are the sub-
ject of a declaration under this section’’ and in-
serting ‘‘foreign reciprocating countries or for-
eign treaty countries’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by inserting ‘‘and 
foreign treaty countries’’ after ‘‘foreign recipro-
cating countries’’; and 
(3) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘the subject of 
a declaration pursuant to subsection (a)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘foreign reciprocating countries or foreign treaty 
countries’’. 
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(e) COLLECTION OF PAST-DUE SUPPORT FROM FED-
ERAL TAX REFUNDS.—Section 464(a)(2)(A) (42 U.S.C. 
664(a)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘under section 
454(4)(A)(ii)’’ and inserting ‘‘under paragraph (4)(A)(ii) 
or (32) of section 454’’. 
(f) STATE LAW REQUIREMENT CONCERNING THE 
UNIFORM
INTERSTATE
FAMILY
SUPPORT
ACT 
(UIFSA).— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 466(f) (42 U.S.C. 
666(f)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘on and after January 1, 
1998,’’; 
(B) by striking ‘‘and as in effect on Au-
gust 22, 1996,’’; and 
(C) by striking ‘‘adopted as of such date’’ 
and inserting ‘‘adopted as of September 30, 
2008’’. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO TITLE 28, 
UNITED STATES CODE.—Section 1738B of title 28, 
United States Code, is amended— 
(A) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘indi-
vidual contestant’’ and inserting ‘‘individual 
contestant or the parties have consented in a 
record or open court that the tribunal of the 
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State may continue to exercise jurisdiction to 
modify its order,’’; 
(B) in subsection (e)(2)(A), by striking 
‘‘individual contestant’’ and inserting ‘‘indi-
vidual contestant and the parties have not con-
sented in a record or open court that the tri-
bunal of the other State may continue to exer-
cise jurisdiction to modify its order’’; and 
(C) in subsection (b)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘ ‘child’ means’’ and in-
serting ‘‘(1) The term ‘child’ means’’; 
(ii) 
by 
striking 
‘‘ ‘child’s 
State’ 
means’’ and inserting ‘‘(2) The term 
‘child’s State’ means’’; 
(iii) by striking ‘‘ ‘child’s home State’ 
means’’ and inserting ‘‘(3) The term 
‘child’s home State’ means’’; 
(iv) by striking ‘‘ ‘child support’ 
means’’ and inserting ‘‘(4) The term ‘child 
support’ means’’; 
(v) 
by 
striking 
‘‘ ‘child 
support 
order’ ’’ and inserting ‘‘(5) The term ‘child 
support order’ ’’; 
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(vi) by striking ‘‘ ‘contestant’ means’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(6) The term ‘contestant’ 
means’’; 
(vii) by striking ‘‘ ‘court’ means’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(7) The term ‘court’ means’’; 
(viii) 
by 
striking 
‘‘ ‘modification’ 
means’’ and inserting ‘‘(8) The term 
‘modification’ means’’; and 
(ix) by striking ‘‘ ‘State’ means’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(9) The term ‘State’ means’’. 
(3) EFFECTIVE
DATE; GRACE
PERIOD
FOR 
STATE LAW CHANGES.— 
(A) PARAGRAPH (1).—(i) The amendments 
made by paragraph (1) shall take effect with 
respect to a State no later than the effective 
date of laws enacted by the legislature of the 
State implementing such paragraph, but in no 
event later than the first day of the first cal-
endar quarter beginning after the close of the 
first regular session of the State legislature that 
begins after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. 
(ii) For purposes of clause (i), in the case 
of a State that has a 2-year legislative session, 
each year of the session shall be deemed to be 
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a separate regular session of the State legisla-
ture. 
(B) PARAGRAPH (2).—(i) The amendments 
made by subparagraphs (A) and (B) of para-
graph (2) shall take effect on the date on which 
the Hague Convention of 23 November 2007 on 
the International Recovery of Child Support 
and Other Forms of Family Maintenance enters 
into force for the United States. 
(ii) The amendments made by subpara-
graph (C) of paragraph (2) shall take effect on 
the date of the enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 302. CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMS FOR 
INDIAN TRIBES. 
(a) TRIBAL ACCESS TO THE FEDERAL PARENT LO-
CATOR
SERVICE.—Section 
453(c)(1) 
(42 
U.S.C. 
653(c)(1)) is amended by inserting ‘‘or Indian tribe or 
tribal organization (as defined in subsections (e) and (l) 
of section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-
cation Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b)),’’ after ‘‘any 
State’’. 
(b) WAIVER AUTHORITY FOR INDIAN TRIBES OR 
TRIBAL ORGANIZATIONS OPERATING CHILD SUPPORT 
ENFORCEMENT PROGRAMS.—Section 1115(b) (42 U.S.C. 
1315(b)) is amended— 
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(1) by redesignating paragraphs (1) through 
(3) as subparagraphs (A) through (C), respectively, 
and realigning the left margin of subparagraph (C) 
so as to align with subparagraphs (A) and (B) (as 
so redesignated); 
(2) by inserting ‘‘(1)’’ after ‘‘(b)’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(2) An Indian tribe or tribal organization operating 
a program under section 455(f) shall be considered a State 
for purposes of authority to conduct an experimental, 
pilot, or demonstration project under subsection (a) to as-
sist in promoting the objectives of part D of title IV and 
receiving payments under the second sentence of that sub-
section. The Secretary may waive compliance with any re-
quirements of section 455(f) or regulations promulgated 
under that section to the extent and for the period the 
Secretary finds necessary for an Indian tribe or tribal or-
ganization to carry out such project. Costs of the project 
which would not otherwise be included as expenditures of 
a program operating under section 455(f) and which are 
not included as part of the costs of projects under section 
1110, shall, to the extent and for the period prescribed 
by the Secretary, be regarded as expenditures under a 
tribal plan or plans approved under such section, or for 
the administration of such tribal plan or plans, as may 
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be appropriate. An Indian tribe or tribal organization ap-
plying for or receiving start-up program development 
funding pursuant to section 309.16 of title 45, Code of 
Federal Regulations, shall not be considered to be an In-
dian tribe or tribal organization operating a program 
under section 455(f) for purposes of this paragraph.’’. 
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 453(f) (42 
U.S.C. 653(f)) is amended by inserting ‘‘and tribal’’ after 
‘‘State’’ each place it appears. 
SEC. 303. SENSE OF THE CONGRESS REGARDING OFFERING 
OF VOLUNTARY PARENTING TIME ARRANGE-
MENTS. 
(a) FINDINGS.—The Congress finds as follows: 
(1) The separation of a child from a parent 
does not end the financial or other responsibilities of 
the parent toward the child. 
(2) Increased parental access and visitation not 
only improve parent-child relationships and out-
comes for children, but also have been demonstrated 
to result in improved child support collections, which 
creates a double win for children—a more engaged 
parent and improved financial security. 
(b) SENSE OF THE CONGRESS.—It is the sense of 
the Congress that— 
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