IIB
106TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3073
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
NOVEMBER 16, 1999
Received
NOVEMBER 19, 1999
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance
AN ACT
To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act
to provide for grants for projects designed to promote
responsible fatherhood, and for other purposes.
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; TABLE OF CONTENTS.
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the
‘‘Fathers Count Act of 1999’’.
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents of
this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
TITLE I—FATHERHOOD GRANT PROGRAM
Sec. 101. Fatherhood grants.
TITLE II—FATHERHOOD PROJECTS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE
Sec. 201. Fatherhood projects of national significance.
TITLE III—WELFARE-TO-WORK PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY
Sec. 301. Flexibility in eligibility for participation in welfare-to-work program.
Sec. 302. Limited vocational educational and job training included as allowable
activity.
Sec. 303. Certain grantees authorized to provide employment services directly.
Sec. 304. Simplification and coordination of reporting requirements.
Sec. 305. Use of State information to aid administration of welfare-to-work for-
mula grant funds.
TITLE IV—ALTERNATIVE PENALTY PROCEDURE RELATING TO
STATE DISBURSEMENT UNITS
Sec. 401. Alternative penalty procedure relating to State disbursement units.
TITLE V—FINANCING PROVISIONS
Sec. 501. Use of new hire information to assist in collection of defaulted stu-
dent loans and grants.
Sec. 502. Elimination of set-aside of portion of welfare-to-work funds for suc-
cessful performance bonus.
TITLE VI—MISCELLANEOUS
Sec. 601. Change dates for evaluation.
Sec. 602. Report on undistributed child support payments.
Sec. 603. Sense of the Congress.
Sec. 604. Additional funding for welfare evaluation study.
Sec. 605. Training in child abuse and neglect proceedings.
Sec. 606. Use of new hire information to assist in administration of unemploy-
ment compensation programs.
Sec. 607. Immigration provisions.
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TITLE I—FATHERHOOD GRANT
PROGRAM
SEC. 101. FATHERHOOD GRANTS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part A of title IV of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601–619) is amended by inserting
after section 403 the following:
‘‘SEC. 403A. FATHERHOOD PROGRAMS.
‘‘(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this section is to
make grants available to public and private entities for
projects designed to—
‘‘(1) promote marriage through counseling,
mentoring, disseminating information about the ad-
vantages of marriage, enhancing relationship skills,
teaching how to control aggressive behavior, and
other methods;
‘‘(2) promote successful parenting through
counseling, mentoring, disseminating information
about 
good 
parenting 
practices 
including
prepregnancy, family planning, training parents in
money management, encouraging child support pay-
ments, encouraging regular visitation between fa-
thers and their children, and other methods; and
‘‘(3) help fathers and their families avoid or
leave cash welfare provided by the program under
part A and improve their economic status by pro-
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viding work first services, job search, job training,
subsidized employment, career-advancing education,
job retention, job enhancement, and other methods.
‘‘(b) FATHERHOOD GRANTS.—
‘‘(1) APPLICATIONS.—An entity desiring a
grant to carry out a project described in subsection
(a) may submit to the Secretary an application that
contains the following:
‘‘(A) A description of the project and how
the project will be carried out.
‘‘(B) A description of how the project will
address all three of the purposes of this section.
‘‘(C) A written commitment by the entity
that the project will allow an individual to par-
ticipate in the project only if the individual is—
‘‘(i) a father of a child who is, or
within the past 24 months has been, a re-
cipient of assistance or services under a
State program funded under this part;
‘‘(ii) a father, including an expectant
or married father, whose income (net of
court-ordered child support) is less than
150 percent of the poverty line (as defined
in section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget
Reconciliation Act of 1981, including any
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revision required by such section, applica-
ble to a family of the size involved); or
‘‘(iii) a parent referred to in para-
graph (3)(A)(iii).
‘‘(D) A written commitment by the entity
that the entity will provide for the project, from
funds obtained from non-Federal sources,
amounts (including in-kind contributions) equal
in value to—
‘‘(i) 20 percent of the amount of any
grant made to the entity under this sub-
section; or
‘‘(ii) such lesser percentage as the
Secretary deems appropriate (which shall
be not less than 10 percent) of such
amount, if the application demonstrates
that there are circumstances that limit the
ability of the entity to raise funds or ob-
tain resources.
‘‘(E) A written commitment by the entity
that the entity will make available to each indi-
vidual participating in the project education
about alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs and the
effects of abusing such substances, and infor-
mation about HIV/AIDS and its transmission.
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ranking minority member of the
Committee on Ways and Means
of the House of Representatives.
‘‘(ee) Two members of the
Panel shall be appointed by the
Chairman of the Committee on
Finance of the Senate.
‘‘(ff) One member of the
Panel shall be appointed by the
ranking minority member of the
Committee on Finance of the
Senate.
‘‘(II) QUALIFICATIONS.—An indi-
vidual shall not be eligible to serve on
the Panel unless the individual has ex-
perience in programs for fathers, pro-
grams for the poor, programs for chil-
dren, program administration, or pro-
gram research.
‘‘(III) CONFLICTS
OF
INTER-
EST.—An individual shall not be eligi-
ble to serve on the Panel if such serv-
ice would pose a conflict of interest
for the individual.
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‘‘(IV) 
TIMING
OF
APPOINT-
MENTS.—The appointment of mem-
bers to the Panel shall be completed
not later than March 1, 2000.
‘‘(iii) DUTIES.—
‘‘(I) REVIEW
AND
MAKE
REC-
OMMENDATIONS ON PROJECT APPLI-
CATIONS.—The Panel shall review all
applications submitted pursuant to
paragraph 
(1), 
and 
make 
rec-
ommendations to the Secretary re-
garding which applicants should be
awarded grants under this subsection,
with due regard for the provisions of
paragraph (3), but shall not rec-
ommend that a project be awarded
such a grant if the application de-
scribing the project does not attempt
to meet the requirement of paragraph
(1)(B).
‘‘(II) TIMING.—The Panel shall
make such recommendations not later
than September 1, 2000.
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‘‘(iv) TERM OF OFFICE.—Each mem-
ber appointed to the Panel shall serve for
the life of the Panel.
‘‘(v) PROHIBITION
ON
COMPENSA-
TION.—Members of the Panel may not re-
ceive pay, allowances, or benefits by reason
of their service on the Panel.
‘‘(vi) 
TRAVEL
EXPENSES.—Each
member of the Panel shall receive travel
expenses, including per diem in lieu of sub-
sistence, in accordance with sections 5702
and 5703 of title 5, United States Code.
‘‘(vii) MEETINGS.—The Panel shall
meet as often as is necessary to complete
the business of the Panel.
‘‘(viii) 
CHAIRPERSON.—The 
Chair-
person of the Panel shall be designated by
the Secretary at the time of appointment.
‘‘(ix) STAFF
OF
FEDERAL
AGEN-
CIES.—The Secretary may detail any per-
sonnel of the Department of Health and
Human Services and the Secretary of
Labor may detail any personnel of the De-
partment of Labor to the Panel to assist
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the Panel in carrying out its duties under
this subparagraph.
‘‘(x) OBTAINING
OFFICIAL
DATA.—
The Panel may secure directly from any
department or agency of the United States
information necessary to enable it to carry
out this subparagraph. On request of the
Chairperson of the Panel, the head of the
department or agency shall furnish that in-
formation to the Panel.
‘‘(xi) MAILS.—The Panel may use the
United States mails in the same manner
and under the same conditions as other de-
partments and agencies of the United
States.
‘‘(xii) 
TERMINATION.—The 
Panel
shall terminate on September 1, 2000.
‘‘(B) SECOND PANEL.—
‘‘(i) ESTABLISHMENT.—Effective Jan-
uary 1, 2001, there is established a panel
to be known as the ‘Fatherhood Grants
Recommendations Panel’ (in this subpara-
graph referred to as the ‘Panel’).
‘‘(ii) MEMBERSHIP.—
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‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—The Panel
shall be composed of 10 members, as
follows:
‘‘(aa) Two members of the
Panel shall be appointed by the
Secretary.
‘‘(bb) Two members of the
Panel shall be appointed by the
Secretary of Labor.
‘‘(cc) Two members of the
Panel shall be appointed by the
Chairman of the Committee on
Ways and Means of the House of
Representatives.
‘‘(dd) One member of the
Panel shall be appointed by the
ranking minority member of the
Committee on Ways and Means
of the House of Representatives.
‘‘(ee) Two members of the
Panel shall be appointed by the
Chairman of the Committee on
Finance of the Senate.
‘‘(ff) One member of the
Panel shall be appointed by the
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ranking minority member of the
Committee on Finance of the
Senate.
‘‘(II) QUALIFICATIONS.—An indi-
vidual shall not be eligible to serve on
the Panel unless the individual has ex-
perience in programs for fathers, pro-
grams for the poor, programs for chil-
dren, program administration, or pro-
gram research.
‘‘(III) CONFLICTS
OF
INTER-
EST.—An individual shall not be eligi-
ble to serve on the Panel if such serv-
ice would pose a conflict of interest
for the individual.
‘‘(IV) 
TIMING
OF
APPOINT-
MENTS.—The appointment of mem-
bers to the Panel shall be completed
not later than March 1, 2001.
‘‘(iii) DUTIES.—
‘‘(I) REVIEW
AND
MAKE
REC-
OMMENDATIONS ON PROJECT APPLI-
CATIONS.—The Panel shall review all
applications submitted pursuant to
paragraph 
(1), 
and 
make 
rec-
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ommendations to the Secretary re-
garding which applicants should be
awarded grants under this subsection,
with due regard for the provisions of
paragraph (3), but shall not rec-
ommend that a project be awarded
such a grant if the application de-
scribing the project does not attempt
to meet the requirement of paragraph
(1)(B).
‘‘(II) TIMING.—The Panel shall
make such recommendations not later
than September 1, 2001.
‘‘(iv) TERM OF OFFICE.—Each mem-
ber appointed to the Panel shall serve for
the life of the Panel.
‘‘(v) PROHIBITION
ON
COMPENSA-
TION.—Members of the Panel may not re-
ceive pay, allowances, or benefits by reason
of their service on the Panel.
‘‘(vi) 
TRAVEL
EXPENSES.—Each
member of the Panel shall receive travel
expenses, including per diem in lieu of sub-
sistence, in accordance with sections 5702
and 5703 of title 5, United States Code.
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‘‘(vii) MEETINGS.—The Panel shall
meet as often as is necessary to complete
the business of the Panel.
‘‘(viii) 
CHAIRPERSON.—The 
Chair-
person of the Panel shall be designated by
the Secretary at the time of appointment.
‘‘(ix) STAFF
OF
FEDERAL
AGEN-
CIES.—The Secretary may detail any per-
sonnel of the Department of Health and
Human Services and the Secretary of
Labor may detail any personnel of the De-
partment of Labor to the Panel to assist
the Panel in carrying out its duties under
this subparagraph.
‘‘(x) OBTAINING
OFFICIAL
DATA.—
The Panel may secure directly from any
department or agency of the United States
information necessary to enable it to carry
out this subparagraph. On request of the
Chairperson of the Panel, the head of the
department or agency shall furnish that in-
formation to the Panel.
‘‘(xi) MAILS.—The Panel may use the
United States mails in the same manner
and under the same conditions as other de-
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partments and agencies of the United
States.
‘‘(xii) 
TERMINATION.—The 
Panel
shall terminate on September 1, 2001.
‘‘(3) MATCHING GRANTS.—
‘‘(A) GRANT AWARDS.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary
shall award matching grants, on a competi-
tive basis, among entities submitting appli-
cations therefor which meet the require-
ments of paragraph (1), in amounts that
take into account the written commitments
referred to in paragraph (1)(D).
‘‘(ii) TIMING.—
‘‘(I) FIRST ROUND.—On October
1, 2000, the Secretary shall award not
more than $70,000,000 in matching
grants after considering the rec-
ommendations submitted pursuant to
paragraph (2)(A)(iii)(I).
‘‘(II) SECOND ROUND.—On Octo-
ber 1, 2001, the Secretary shall award
not more than $70,000,000 in match-
ing grants after considering the rec-
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ommendations submitted pursuant to
paragraph (2)(B)(iii)(I).
‘‘(iii) NONDISCRIMINATION.—The pro-
visions of this section shall be applied and
administered so as to ensure that mothers,
expectant mothers, and married mothers
are eligible for benefits and services under
projects awarded grants under this section
on the same basis as fathers, expectant fa-
thers, and married fathers.
‘‘(B) 
PREFERENCES.—In 
determining
which entities to which to award grants under
this subsection, the Secretary shall give pref-
erence to an entity—
‘‘(i) to the extent that the application
submitted by the entity describes actions
that the entity will take that are designed
to encourage or facilitate the payment of
child support, including but not limited
to—
‘‘(I) obtaining agreements with
the State in which the project will be
carried out under which the State will
exercise its authority under the last
sentence of section 457(a)(2)(B)(iv) in
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every case in which such authority
may be exercised;
‘‘(II) obtaining a written commit-
ment by the agency responsible for
administering the State plan approved
under part D for the State in which
the project is to be carried out that
the State will voluntarily cancel child
support arrearages owed to the State
by the father as a result of the father
providing various supports to the fam-
ily such as maintaining a regular child
support payment schedule or living
with his children;
‘‘(III) obtaining a written com-
mitment by the entity that the entity
will help participating fathers who co-
operate with the agency in improving
their credit rating; and
‘‘(IV) helping fathers arrange
and maintain a consistent schedule of
visits with their children;
‘‘(ii) to the extent that the application
includes written agreements of cooperation
with other private and governmental agen-
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cies, including the State or local program
funded under this part, the local Work-
force Investment Board, the State or local
program funded under part D, and the
State or local program funded under part
E, which should include a description of
the services each such agency will provide
to fathers participating in the project de-
scribed in the application;
‘‘(iii) to the extent that the applica-
tion describes a project that will enroll a
high percentage of project participants
within 6 months before or after the birth
of the child; or
‘‘(iv) to the extent that the application
sets forth clear and practical methods by
which fathers will be recruited to partici-
pate in the project.
‘‘(C) MINIMUM
PERCENTAGE
OF
RECIPI-
ENTS OF GRANT FUNDS TO BE NONGOVERN-
MENTAL (INCLUDING FAITH-BASED) ORGANIZA-
TIONS.—Not less than 75 percent of the enti-
ties awarded grants under this subsection in
each fiscal year (other than entities awarded
such grants pursuant to the preferences re-
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quired by subparagraph (B)) shall be awarded
to—
‘‘(i) nongovernmental (including faith-
based) organizations; or
‘‘(ii) governmental organizations that
pass through to organizations referred to
in clause (i) at least 50 percent of the
amount of the grant.
‘‘(D) DIVERSITY OF PROJECTS.—
‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—In determining
which entities to which to award grants
under this subsection, the Secretary shall
attempt to achieve a balance among enti-
ties of differing sizes, entities in differing
geographic areas, entities in urban versus
rural areas, and entities employing dif-
fering methods of achieving the purposes
of this section.
‘‘(ii) REPORT
TO
THE
CONGRESS.—
Within 90 days after each award of grants
under subclause (I) or (II) of subpara-
graph (A)(ii), the Secretary shall submit to
the Committee on Ways and Means of the
House of Representatives and the Com-
mittee on Finance of the Senate a brief re-
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port on the diversity of projectes selected
to receive funds under the grant program.
The report shall include a comparison of
funding for projects located in urban
areas, projects located in suburban areas,
and projects located in rural areas.
‘‘(E) PAYMENT OF GRANT IN FOUR EQUAL
ANNUAL
INSTALLMENTS.—During the fiscal
year in which a grant is awarded under this
subsection and each of the succeeding three fis-
cal years, the Secretary shall provide to the en-
tity awarded the grant an amount equal to 1⁄4
of the amount of the grant.
‘‘(4) USE OF FUNDS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each entity to which
a grant is made under this subsection shall use
grant funds provided under this subsection in
accordance with the application requesting the
grant, the requirements of this subsection, and
the regulations prescribed under this sub-
section, and may use the grant funds to support
community-wide initiatives to address the pur-
poses of this section.
‘‘(B) NONDISPLACEMENT.—
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‘‘(i) IN
GENERAL.—An adult in a
work activity described in section 407(d)
which is funded, in whole or in part, by
funds provided under this section shall not
be employed or assigned—
‘‘(I) when any other individual is
on layoff from the same or any sub-
stantially equivalent job; or
‘‘(II) if the employer has termi-
nated the employment of any regular
employee or otherwise caused an in-
voluntary reduction of its workforce in
order to fill the vacancy so created
with such an adult.
‘‘(ii) GRIEVANCE PROCEDURE.—
‘‘(I) IN
GENERAL.—Complaints
alleging violations of clause (i) in a
State may be resolved—
‘‘(aa) if the State has estab-
lished 
a 
grievance 
procedure
under section 403(a)(5)(I)(iv),
pursuant to the grievance proce-
dure; or
‘‘(bb) otherwise, pursuant to
the grievance procedure estab-
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lished by the State under section
407(f)(3).
‘‘(II) FORFEITURE OF GRANT IF
GRIEVANCE
PROCEDURE
NOT
AVAIL-
ABLE.—If a complaint referred to in
subclause (I) is made against an enti-
ty to which a grant has been made
under this section with respect to a
project, and the complaint cannot be
brought to, or cannot be resolved
within 90 days after being brought, by
a grievance procedure referred to in
subclause (I), then the entity shall im-
mediately return to the Secretary all
funds provided to the entity under
this section for the project, and the
Secretary shall immediately rescind
the grant.
‘‘(C) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—This sec-
tion shall not be construed to require the par-
ticipation of a father in a project funded under
this section to be discontinued by the project on
the basis of changed economic circumstances of
the father.
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‘‘(D) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION ON MAR-
RIAGE.—This section shall not be construed to
authorize the Secretary to define marriage for
purposes of this section.
‘‘(E) PENALTY
FOR
MISUSE
OF
GRANT
FUNDS.—If the Secretary determines that an
entity to which a grant is made under this sub-
section has used any amount of the grant in
violation of subparagraph (A), the Secretary
shall require the entity to remit to the Sec-
retary an amount equal to the amount so used,
plus all remaining grant funds, and the entity
shall thereafter be ineligible for any grant
under this subsection.
‘‘(F) REMITTANCE
OF
UNUSED
GRANT
FUNDS.—Each entity to which a grant is
awarded under this subsection shall remit to
the Secretary all funds paid under the grant
that remain at the end of the fifth fiscal year
ending after the initial grant award.
‘‘(5) AUTHORITY OF AGENCIES TO EXCHANGE
INFORMATION.—Each agency administering a pro-
gram funded under this part or a State plan ap-
proved under part D may share the name, address,
telephone number, and identifying case number in-
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formation in the State program funded under this
part, of fathers for purposes of assisting in deter-
mining the eligibility of fathers to participate in
projects receiving grants under this section, and in
contacting fathers potentially eligible to participate
in the projects, subject to all applicable privacy laws.
‘‘(6) EVALUATION.—The Secretary, in consulta-
tion with the Secretary of Labor, shall, directly or
by grant, contract, or interagency agreement, con-
duct an evaluation of projects funded under this sec-
tion (other than under subsection (c)(1)). The eval-
uation shall assess, among other outcomes selected
by the Secretary, effects of the projects on marriage,
parenting, employment, earnings, and payment of
child support. In selecting projects for the evalua-
tion, the Secretary should include projects that, in
the Secretary’s judgment, are most likely to impact
the matters described in the purposes of this section.
In conducting the evaluation, random assignment
should be used wherever possible.
‘‘(7) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall pre-
scribe such regulations as may be necessary to carry
out this subsection.
‘‘(8) LIMITATION ON APPLICABILITY OF OTHER
PROVISIONS OF THIS PART.—Sections 404 through
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410 shall not apply to this section or to amounts
paid under this section, and shall not be applied to
an entity solely by reason of receipt of funds pursu-
ant to this section. A project shall not be considered
a State program funded under this part solely by
reason of receipt of funds paid under this section.
‘‘(9) FUNDING.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—
‘‘(i) INTERAGENCY
PANELS.—Of the
amounts made available pursuant to sec-
tion 403(a)(1)(E) to carry out this section
for fiscal years 2000 and 2001, a total of
$150,000 shall be made available for the
interagency panels established by para-
graph (2) of this subsection.
‘‘(ii) GRANTS.—Of the amounts made
available pursuant to section 403(a)(1)(E)
to carry out this section, there shall be
made available for grants under this
subsection—
‘‘(I) $17,500,000 for fiscal year
2001;
‘‘(II) $35,000,000 for each of fis-
cal years 2002 through 2004; and
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‘‘(III) $17,500,000 for fiscal year
2005.
‘‘(iii) EVALUATION.—Of the amounts
made 
available 
pursuant 
to 
section
403(a)(1)(E) to carry out this section for
fiscal years 2000 through 2006, a total of
$6,000,000 shall be made available for the
evaluation required by paragraph (6) of
this subsection.
‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY.—
‘‘(i) GRANT
FUNDS.—The amounts
made available pursuant to subparagraph
(A)(ii) shall remain available until the end
of fiscal year 2005.
‘‘(ii) 
EVALUATION
FUNDS.—The
amounts made available pursuant to sub-
paragraph (A)(iii) shall remain available
until the end of fiscal year 2007.’’.
(b) FUNDING.—Section 403(a)(1)(E) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 603(a)(1)(E)) is amended by inserting ‘‘, and for
fiscal years 2000 through 2006, such sums as are nec-
essary to carry out section 403A’’ before the period.
(c) AUTHORITY
TO STATES
TO PASS THROUGH
CHILD SUPPORT ARREARAGES COLLECTED THROUGH
TAX REFUND INTERCEPT
TO FAMILIES WHO HAVE
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CEASED TO RECEIVE CASH ASSISTANCE; FEDERAL REIM-
BURSEMENT
OF
STATE
SHARE
OF
SUCH
PASSED
THROUGH
ARREARAGES.—Section 457(a)(2)(B)(iv) of
such Act (42 U.S.C. 657(a)(2)(B)(iv)) is amended—
(1) by inserting ‘‘(except the last sentence of
this clause)’’ after ‘‘this section’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Not-
withstanding the preceding sentences of this clause,
if the amount is collected on behalf of a family that
includes a child of a participant in a project funded
under section 403A and that has ceased to receive
cash payments under a State program funded under
section 403, then the State may distribute the
amount collected pursuant to section 464 to the
family, and the aggregate of the amounts otherwise
required by this section to be paid by the State to
the Federal government shall be reduced by an
amount equal to the State share of the amount col-
lected pursuant to section 464 that would otherwise
be retained as reimbursement for assistance paid to
the family.’’.
(d) APPLICABILITY OF CHARITABLE CHOICE PROVI-
SIONS OF WELFARE REFORM.—Section 104 of the Per-
sonal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation
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Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 604a) is amended by adding at
the end the following:
‘‘(l) Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this
section, this section shall apply to any entity to which
funds have been provided under section 403A of the Social
Security Act in the same manner in which this section ap-
plies to States, and, for purposes of this section, any
project for which such funds are so provided shall be con-
sidered a program described in subsection (a)(2).’’.
TITLE 
II—FATHERHOOD 
PRO-
JECTS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFI-
CANCE
SEC. 201. FATHERHOOD PROJECTS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFI-
CANCE.
Section 403A of the Social Security Act, as added
by title I of this Act, is amended by adding at the end
the following:
‘‘(c) FATHERHOOD PROJECTS
OF NATIONAL SIG-
NIFICANCE.—
‘‘(1) NATIONAL
CLEARINGHOUSE.—The Sec-
retary shall award a $5,000,000 grant to a nation-
ally recognized, nonprofit fatherhood promotion or-
ganization with at least 4 years of experience in de-
signing and disseminating a national public edu-
cation campaign, including the production and suc-
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cessful placement of television, radio, and print pub-
lic service announcements which promote the impor-
tance of responsible fatherhood, and with at least 4
years experience providing consultation and training
to community-based organizations interested in im-
plementing fatherhood outreach, support, or skill de-
velopment programs with an emphasis on promoting
married fatherhood as the ideal, to—
‘‘(A) develop, promote, and distribute to
interested States, local governments, public
agencies, and private nonprofit organizations,
including charitable and religious organizations,
a media campaign that encourages the appro-
priate involvement of both parents in the life of
any child of the parents, and encourages such
organizations to develope or sponsor programs
that specifically address the issue of responsible
fatherhood and the advantages conferred on
children by marriage;
‘‘(B) develop a national clearinghouse to
assist States, communities, and private entities
in efforts to promote and support marriage and
responsible fatherhood by collecting, evaluating,
and making available (through the Internet and
by other means) to all interested parties, infor-
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mation regarding media campaigns and father-
hood programs;
‘‘(C) develop and distribute materials that
are for use by entities described in subpara-
graph (A) or (B) and that help young adults
manage their money, develop the knowledge and
skills needed to promote successful marriages,
plan for future expenditures and investments,
and plan for retirement;
‘‘(D) develop and distribute materials that
are for use by entities described in subpara-
graphs (A) and (B) and that list all the sources
of public support for education and training
that are available to young adults, including
government spending programs as well as bene-
fits under Federal and State tax laws.
‘‘(2) MULTICITY FATHERHOOD PROJECTS.—
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The Secretary shall
award a $5,000,000 grant to each of two na-
tionally recognized nonprofit fatherhood pro-
motion organizations which meet the require-
ments of subparagraph (B), at least one of
which organizations meets the requirement of
subparagraph (C).
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‘‘(B) REQUIREMENTS.—The requirements
of this subparagraph are the following:
‘‘(i) The organization must have sev-
eral years of experience in designing and
conducting programs that meet the pur-
poses described in paragraph (1).
‘‘(ii) The organization must have ex-
perience in simultaneously conducting such
programs in more than one major metro-
politan area and in coordinating such pro-
grams with local government agencies and
private, nonprofit agencies, including State
or local agencies responsible for conducting
the program under part D and Workfore
Investment Boards.
‘‘(iii) The organization must submit to
the Secretary an application that meets all
the conditions applicable to the organiza-
tion under this section and that provides
for projects to be conducted in three major
metropolitan areas.
‘‘(C) USE OF MARRIED COUPLES TO DE-
LIVER SERVICES IN THE INNER CITY.—The re-
quirement of this subparagraph is that the or-
ganization has extensive experience in using
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married couples to deliver program services in
the inner city.
‘‘(3) PAYMENT OF GRANTS IN FOUR EQUAL AN-
NUAL INSTALLMENTS.—During each of fiscal years
2002 through 2005, the Secretary shall provide to
each entity awarded a grant under this subsection
an amount equal to 1⁄4 of the amount of the grant.
‘‘(4) FUNDING.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Of the amounts made
available pursuant to section 403(a)(1)(E) to
carry out this section, $3,750,000 shall be
made available for grants under this subsection
for each of fiscal years 2002 through 2005.
‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY.—The amounts made
available pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall
remain available until the end of fiscal year
2005.’’.
TITLE III—WELFARE-TO-WORK
PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY
SEC. 301. FLEXIBILITY IN ELIGIBILITY FOR PARTICIPATION
IN WELFARE-TO-WORK PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 403(a)(5)(C)(ii) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(5)(C)(ii)) is amend-
ed to read as follows:
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‘‘(ii) GENERAL ELIGIBILITY.—An en-
tity that operates a project with funds pro-
vided under this paragraph may expend
funds provided to the project for the ben-
efit of recipients of assistance under the
program funded under this part of the
State in which the entity is located who—
‘‘(I) 
has 
received 
assistance
under the State program funded
under this part (whether in effect be-
fore or after the amendments made by
section 103 of the Personal Responsi-
bility and Work Opportunity Rec-
onciliation Act of 1996 first apply to
the State) for at least 30 months
(whether or not consecutive); or
‘‘(II) within 12 months, will be-
come ineligible for assistance under
the State program funded under this
part by reason of a durational limit on
such assistance, without regard to any
exemption provided pursuant to sec-
tion 408(a)(7)(C) that may apply to
the individual.’’.
(b) NONCUSTODIAL PARENTS.—
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 403(a)(5)(C) of such
Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(5)(C)) is amended—
(A) by redesignating clauses (iii) through
(viii) as clauses (iv) through (ix), respectively;
and
(B) by inserting after clause (ii) the fol-
lowing:
‘‘(iii) NONCUSTODIAL
PARENTS.—An
entity that operates a project with funds
provided under this paragraph may use the
funds to provide services in a form de-
scribed in clause (i) to noncustodial par-
ents with respect to whom the require-
ments of the following subclauses are met:
‘‘(I) The noncustodial parent is
unemployed, underemployed, or hav-
ing difficulty in paying child support
obligations.
‘‘(II) At least one of the following
applies to a minor child of the non-
custodial parent (with preference in
the determination of the noncustodial
parents to be provided services under
this paragraph to be provided by the
entity to those noncustodial parents
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with minor children who meet, or who
have custodial parents who meet, the
requirements of item (aa)):
‘‘(aa) The minor child or the
custodial parent of the minor
child meets the requirements of
subclause (I) or (II) of clause
(ii).
‘‘(bb) The minor child is eli-
gible for, or is receiving, benefits
under the program funded under
this part.
‘‘(cc) The minor child re-
ceived benefits under the pro-
gram funded under this part in
the 12-month period preceding
the date of the determination but
no longer receives such benefits.
‘‘(dd) The minor child is eli-
gible for, or is receiving, assist-
ance under the Food Stamp Act
of 1977, benefits under the sup-
plemental security income pro-
gram under title XVI of this Act,
medical assistance under title
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XIX of this Act, or child health
assistance under title XXI of this
Act.
‘‘(III) In the case of a noncusto-
dial parent who becomes enrolled in
the project on or after the date of the
enactment of this clause, the non-
custodial parent is in compliance with
the terms of an oral or written per-
sonal responsibility contract entered
into among the noncustodial parent,
the entity, and (unless the entity dem-
onstrates to the Secretary that the en-
tity is not capable of coordinating
with such agency) the agency respon-
sible for administering the State plan
under part D, which was developed
taking into account the employment
and child support status of the non-
custodial parent, which was entered
into not later than 30 (or, at the op-
tion of the entity, not later than 90)
days after the noncustodial parent
was enrolled in the project, and which,
at a minimum, includes the following: