Title: Julia Carson Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act of 2017
Policy area: Families

Summary:
Julia Carson Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act of 2017
This bill addresses issues related to child support and low-income families, including by reauthorizing the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program and revising the earned income tax credit.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3465 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3465

  To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to ensure funding for 
  grants to promote responsible fatherhood and strengthen low-income 
                   families, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 27, 2017

Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois (for himself and Mr. Carson of Indiana) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
    Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and 
 Commerce, and Agriculture, for a period to be subsequently determined 
 by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as 
        fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to ensure funding for 
  grants to promote responsible fatherhood and strengthen low-income 
                   families, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Julia Carson 
Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Families Act of 2017''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents of this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
TITLE I--PROMOTING RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD AND STRENGTHENING LOW-INCOME 
                                FAMILIES

Sec. 101. Healthy marriage promotion and responsible fatherhood 
                            programs.
Sec. 102. Grants supporting healthy family partnerships for domestic 
                            violence intervention and preventions.
Sec. 103. Procedures to address domestic violence.
Sec. 104. Grants to States for family strengthening commissions.
           TITLE II--TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES

Sec. 201. TANF work participation improvements.
Sec. 202. TANF Employment Fund.
Sec. 203. Sense of Congress.
                        TITLE III--CHILD SUPPORT

Sec. 301. Full family distribution and ban on recovery of Medicaid 
                            costs for births.
Sec. 302. State assessments of barriers to employment and financial 
                            support of children.
Sec. 303. Public reporting on consequences for nonpayment.
Sec. 304. Early intervention to ensure regular payment of support and 
                            prevent overdue support.
Sec. 305. Improved collection and distribution of child support.
Sec. 306. Services and activities to support noncustodial parenting 
                            time.
                      TITLE IV--REVENUE PROVISION

Sec. 401. Increase in credit percentage under earned income tax credit 
                            for eligible individuals with no qualifying 
                            children.
               TITLE V--SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE

Sec. 501. Collection of child support under the supplemental nutrition 
                            assistance program.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Fathers play a significant and underappreciated role in 
        the development of their children, with research demonstrating 
        that a supportive and involved father strengthens a child's 
        emotional, physical, intellectual, and behavioral development. 
        Children with positive relationships with fathers, even if they 
        do not live in the same household, have stronger mental health, 
        economic success, and academic achievement with lower rates of 
        youth delinquency, school dropout, and teen pregnancy.
            (2) Economic stability also leads to positive outcomes for 
        children, including stronger emotional well-being, physical 
        health, and academic success.
            (3) Family patterns in the United States have resulted in 
        fewer children living with their fathers. The October 2016 
        Child Trends report on family structure shows the proportion of 
        all children who have not attained the age of 18 living with 
        both parents has decreased over the past half century, from 85 
        percent in 1960 to 65 percent in 2015, with 23 percent of such 
        children living with their mother only and 4 percent of such 
        children living with their father only in 2015.
            (4) A 2015 United States Census analysis of children's 
        living arrangements and characteristics showed that a child in 
        a father-absent home is more than 5 times more likely to live 
        in poverty than a child in a married-couple family.
            (5) Father engagement does not depend on living in the same 
        house as the child, with many nonresidential fathers being 
        actively involved with their children and supportive of their 
        children's mothers. However, low-income fathers experience 
        multiple challenges to contributing financially and emotionally 
        to their children due to limited education and job skills, 
        unstable employment opportunities, child support enforcement 
        policies, incarceration, and strained relationships with the 
        children's mothers. Multiple approaches are needed to address 
        these barriers to create opportunities for fathers to sustain 
        their engagement and closeness with their children and 
        families.
            (6) Federal programs should encourage responsible 
        fatherhood and healthy families by increasing the upward 
        economic mobility of custodial and noncustodial parents so that 
        they can actively participate in financial support and child-
        rearing as well as maintain positive, healthy, and nonviolent 
        relationships with their children and coparents, including 
        improving compliance with child support obligations and 
        cooperative parenting.

TITLE I--PROMOTING RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD AND STRENGTHENING LOW-INCOME 
                                FAMILIES

SEC. 101. HEALTHY MARRIAGE PROMOTION AND RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD 
              PROGRAMS.

    (a) Voluntary Participation.--
            (1) Assurance.--Section 403(a)(2)(A)(ii)(II) of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(2)(A)(ii)(II)) is amended--
                    (A) in item (aa), by striking ``and'';
                    (B) in item (bb), by striking the period and 
                inserting a semicolon; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                                            ``(cc) if the entity is a 
                                        State or an Indian tribe or 
                                        tribal organization, to not 
                                        condition the receipt of 
                                        assistance under the program 
                                        funded under this part, under a 
                                        program funded with qualified 
                                        State expenditures (as defined 
                                        in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)), or 
                                        under any other program funded 
                                        under this title, on enrollment 
                                        in any such programs or 
                                        activities; and
                                            ``(dd) to permit any 
                                        participant in a program or 
                                        activity funded under this 
                                        paragraph, including an 
                                        individual whose participation 
                                        is specified in the individual 
                                        responsibility plan developed 
                                        for the individual in 
                                        accordance with section 408(b), 
                                        to transfer to another such 
                                        program or activity upon 
                                        notification to the entity and 
                                        the State agency responsible 
                                        for administering the State 
                                        program funded under this 
                                        part.''.
            (2) Prohibition.--Section 408(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
        608(a)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(13) Ban on conditioning receipt of tanf or certain other 
        benefits on participation in a healthy marriage or responsible 
        fatherhood program.--A State to which a grant is made under 
        section 403 shall not condition the receipt of assistance under 
        the State program funded under this part, under a program 
        funded with qualified State expenditures (as defined in section 
        409(a)(7)(B)(i)), or under any other program funded under this 
        title, on participation in a healthy marriage promotion 
        activity (as defined in section 403(a)(2)(A)(iii)) or in an 
        activity promoting responsible fatherhood (as defined in 
        section 403(a)(2)(C)(ii)).''.
            (3) Penalty.--Section 409(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 609(a)) 
        is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(17) Penalty for conditioning receipt of tanf or certain 
        other benefits on participation in a healthy marriage or 
        responsible fatherhood program.--If the Secretary determines 
        that a State has violated section 408(a)(13) during a fiscal 
        year, the Secretary shall reduce the grant payable to the State 
        under section 403(a)(1) for the immediately succeeding fiscal 
        year by an amount equal to 5 percent of the State family 
        assistance grant.''.
    (b) Activities Promoting Responsible Fatherhood.--Section 
403(a)(2)(C)(ii) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(2)(C)(ii)) is amended--
            (1) in subclause (I), by striking ``marriage or sustain 
        marriage'' and inserting ``healthy relationships and marriages 
        or to sustain healthy relationships or marriages'';
            (2) in subclause (II), by inserting ``educating youth who 
        are not yet parents about the economic, social, and family 
        consequences of early parenting, helping participants in 
        fatherhood programs work with their own children to break the 
        cycle of early parenthood,'' after ``child support payments,''; 
        and
            (3) in subclause (III), by striking ``fathers'' and 
        inserting ``low-income fathers and other low-income 
        noncustodial parents who are not eligible for assistance under 
        the State program funded under this part''.
    (c) Reauthorization.--Section 403(a)(2)(D) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
603(a)(2)(D)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``fiscal years 2017 and 2018'' and 
        inserting ``fiscal years 2017 through 2023''; and
            (2) by striking ``fiscal year 2017 or 2018'' and inserting 
        ``any of fiscal years 2017 through 2023''.
    (d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on October 1, 2017.

SEC. 102. GRANTS SUPPORTING HEALTHY FAMILY PARTNERSHIPS FOR DOMESTIC 
              VIOLENCE INTERVENTION AND PREVENTIONS.

    Section 403(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(6) Grants supporting healthy family partnerships for 
        domestic violence intervention and prevention.--
                    ``(A) In general.--The Secretary shall award grants 
                on a competitive basis to healthy family partnerships 
                to develop and implement promising practices for--
                            ``(i) assessing and providing services to 
                        individuals and families affected by domestic 
                        violence, including through caseworker 
                        training, the provision of technical assistance 
                        to community partners, and the implementation 
                        of safe visitation and exchange programs; or
                            ``(ii) preventing domestic violence, 
                        particularly as a barrier to economic security, 
                        and fostering healthy relationships.
                    ``(B) Education services.--In awarding grants under 
                subparagraph (A), the Secretary shall ensure that 10 
                percent of the funds made available under such grants 
                are used for high schools and other secondary 
                educational institutions and institutions of higher 
                education to provide education services on the value of 
                healthy relationships, responsible parenting, and 
                healthy marriages characterized by mutual respect and 
                nonviolence, and the importance of building 
                relationship skills such as communication, conflict 
                resolution, and budgeting.
                    ``(C) Application.--The respective entity and 
                organization of a healthy family partnership entered 
                into for purposes of receiving a grant under this 
                paragraph shall submit a joint application to the 
                Secretary, at such time and in such manner as the 
                Secretary shall specify, containing--
                            ``(i) a description of how the partnership 
                        intends to carry out the activities described 
                        in subparagraph (A);
                            ``(ii) an assurance that funds made 
                        available under the grant shall be used to 
                        supplement, and not supplant, other funds used 
                        by the entity or organization to carry out 
                        programs, activities, or services described in 
                        subparagraph (A) or (B); and
                            ``(iii) such other information as the 
                        Secretary may require.
                    ``(D) General rules governing use of funds.--The 
                rules of section 404, other than subsection (b) of that 
                section, shall not apply to a grant made under this 
                paragraph.
                    ``(E) Definitions.--In this paragraph:
                            ``(i) Domestic violence.--The term 
                        `domestic violence' has the meaning given that 
                        term in section 402(a)(7)(B).
                            ``(ii) Healthy family partnership.--The 
                        term `healthy family partnership' means a 
                        partnership between--
                                    ``(I) an entity receiving funds 
                                under a grant made under paragraph (2) 
                                to promote healthy marriage or 
                                responsible fatherhood; and
                                    ``(II) an organization with 
                                demonstrated expertise working with 
                                survivors of domestic violence.
                    ``(F) Appropriation.--Out of any money in the 
                Treasury of the United States not otherwise 
                appropriated, there are appropriated for each of fiscal 
                years 2017 through 2023, $25,000,000 to carry out this 
                paragraph.''.

SEC. 103. PROCEDURES TO ADDRESS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE.

    (a) In General.--Section 403(a)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 603(a)(2)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraphs (D) and (E) as 
        subparagraphs (F) and (G), respectively; and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (C) the following:
                    ``(D) Requirements for receipt of funds.--An entity 
                may not be awarded a grant under this paragraph unless 
                the entity, as a condition of receiving funds under 
                such a grant--
                            ``(i) identifies in its application for the 
                        grant the domestic violence experts at the 
                        local, State, or national level with whom the 
                        entity will consult in the development and 
                        implementation of the programs and activities 
                        of the entity;
                            ``(ii) on award of the grant, and in 
                        consultation with such domestic violence 
                        experts, develops a written protocol which 
                        describes--
                                    ``(I) how the entity will identify 
                                instances or risks of domestic 
                                violence;
                                    ``(II) the procedures for 
                                responding to such instances or risks, 
                                including making service referrals and 
                                providing protections and appropriate 
                                assistance for identified individuals 
                                and families;
                                    ``(III) how confidentiality issues 
                                will be addressed; and
                                    ``(IV) the domestic violence 
                                training that will be provided to 
                                ensure effective and consistent 
                                implementation of the protocol; and
                            ``(iii) in an annual report to the 
                        Secretary, includes a description of the 
                        domestic violence protocols, and a description 
                        of any implementation issues identified with 
                        respect to domestic violence and how the issues 
                        were addressed.
                    ``(E) Domestic violence defined.--In this 
                paragraph, the term `domestic violence' has the meaning 
                given the term in section 402(a)(7)(B).''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 403(a)(2) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 603(a)(2)), as amended by subsection (a)(1) of this section, is 
amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)(i)--
                    (A) by striking ``and (E)'' and inserting ``(D), 
                and (G)''; and
                    (B) by striking ``(D)'' and inserting ``(F)''; and
            (2) in subparagraphs (B)(i) and (C)(i), by striking ``(D)'' 
        each place it appears and inserting ``(F)''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to fiscal years beginning after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.

SEC. 104. GRANTS TO STATES FOR FAMILY STRENGTHENING COMMISSIONS.

    Part D of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 651 et 
seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:

``SEC. 469C. GRANTS TO STATES FOR FAMILY STRENGTHENING COMMISSIONS.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 
make grants to States under this section to enable States to establish 
and support commissions to identify methods of expanding access to 
family strengthening services.
    ``(b) Eligible Entities.--In this section, the term `State' means 
any State, Indian tribe, or tribal organization (as defined in 
subsections (e) and (l) of section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination 
and Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b)), having in effect a plan 
approved under this part.
    ``(c) Application.--In order to be eligible for a grant under this 
section, a State shall submit an application to the Secretary at such 
time and in such manner as the Secretary may require.
    ``(d) Family Strengthening Services.--The commissions described in 
subsection (a) shall focus on providing family strengthening services 
that include--
            ``(1) family and relationship counseling;
            ``(2) relationship and parenting education; and
            ``(3) assistance with developing and implementing parenting 
        time arrangements.
    ``(e) Families Served.--The commissions described in subsection (a) 
shall focus on serving varying types of families, including--
            ``(1) families seeking to preserve a marriage or other 
        adult relationship;
            ``(2) families seeking a divorce or separation and working 
        to maintain coparenting and parent-child relationships;
            ``(3) families seeking to maintain or rebuild family 
        relationships affected by incarceration;
            ``(4) families seeking to build a support system around a 
        child who has experienced trauma, including--
                    ``(A) witnessing violence;
                    ``(B) experiencing sexual or physical abuse; or
                    ``(C) having a parent who is experiencing 
                challenges with mental health or substance abuse; and
            ``(5) families below 250 percent of poverty guidelines 
        applicable to a family of the size involved.
    ``(f) Membership.--A State seeking a grant under this section shall 
demonstrate that a family strengthening commission funded by such grant 
will consist of relevant government and private actors, including--
            ``(1) State government agency officials from departments of 
        health, human services, child support, education, youth 
        services, or corrections;
            ``(2) local government agency officials from departments of 
        health, human services, child support, education, youth 
        services, or corrections;
            ``(3) access to Justice Commissions, bar associations, 
        judicial associations, courts, or other representatives of the 
        legal system;
            ``(4) associations of social workers, counselors, 
        psychologists, and other mental health professionals;
            ``(5) associations of mediators and others who deliver 
        alternative dispute resolution services;
            ``(6) healthy marriage and responsible fatherhood programs;
            ``(7) youth-serving programs; and
            ``(8) academics and researchers.
    ``(g) Duties.--A commission funded by a grant under this section 
shall--
            ``(1) identify the need for potential policy changes;
            ``(2) determine methods of leveraging existing resources 
        and growing new resources; and
            ``(3) explore methods of improving service delivery, 
        including the training of service providers.
    ``(h) Authorization of Appropriations.--There are authorized to be 
appropriated to the Secretary of Health and Human Services to carry out 
this section $3,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2018 through 2020.''.

           TITLE II--TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES

SEC. 201. TANF WORK PARTICIPATION IMPROVEMENTS.

    (a) Elimination of Separate Work Requirements for 2-Parent 
Families.--
            (1) Work participation rate.--Section 407 of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 607) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a)--
                            (i) beginning in the heading, by striking 
                        ``Participation Rate Requirements'' and all 
                        that follows through ``A State'' in paragraph 
                        (1) and inserting ``Participation Rate 
                        Requirements.--A State''; and
                            (ii) by striking paragraph (2); and
                    (B) in subsection (b)--
                            (i) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking 
                        ``subsection (a)(1)'' and inserting 
                        ``subsection (a)'';
                            (ii) by striking paragraph (2) and 
                        redesignating paragraphs (3), (4), and (5) as 
                        paragraphs (2), (3), and (4), respectively;
                            (iii) in paragraph (3) (as so 
                        redesignated), by striking ``paragraphs (1)(B) 
                        and (2)(B)'' and inserting ``determining 
                        monthly participation rates under paragraph 
                        (1)(B)''; and
                            (iv) in paragraph (4) (as so redesignated), 
                        by striking ``rates'' and inserting ``rate''.
            (2) Minimum weekly hours requirement.--Section 407(c)(1) of 
        the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 607(c)(1)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``General rules'' and all that 
                follows through ``For purposes of'' in subparagraph (A) 
                and inserting ``General rules.--For purposes of''; and
                    (B) by striking subparagraph (B).
            (3) Limitation on penalty imposition.--In applying section 
        409(a)(3) of the Social Security Act for each fiscal year 
        beginning with fiscal year 2007 and ending with the fiscal year 
        in which occurs the date of the enactment of this section, the 
        Secretary of Health and Human Services shall disregard the 
        requirement imposed by section 407(a)(2) of the Social Security 
        Act.
    (b) Elimination of Distinction Between Core and Other Work 
Activities.--Section 407(c)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 607(c)(1)), as 
amended by subsection (a)(2) of this section, is further amended by 
striking ``not fewer than'' and all that follows through ``subsection 
(d),''.
    (c) Elimination of Special Work Participation Rule for Teens 
Attending Secondary School.--Section 407(c)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
607(c)(2)) is amended by striking subparagraph (C).
    (d) Elimination of Cap on Treating Vocational Educational Training 
as Work Participation.--Section 407(c)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
607(c)(2)), as amended by subsection (c) of this section, is further 
amended by striking subparagraph (D).
    (e) Increase in Months of Educational Vocational Training That May 
Be Counted as Work Participation.--Section 407(d)(8) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 607(d)(8)) is amended by striking ``12 months'' and inserting 
``24 months''.
    (f) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on October 1 of the first fiscal year beginning after the date 
of the enactment of this Act and shall apply to the determination of 
minimum participation rates for months beginning on or after that date.

SEC. 202. TANF EMPLOYMENT FUND.

    (a) In General.--Section 403(b) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 603(b)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) Employment Fund.--
            ``(1) Establishment.--There is hereby established in the 
        Treasury of the United States a fund which shall be known as 
        the Employment Fund for Needy Families (in this subsection 
        referred to as the `Fund').
            ``(2) Deposits into fund.--Out of any money in the Treasury 
        of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are 
        appropriated for each of fiscal years 2017 through 2023, 
        $608,000,000 for payment to the Fund, which shall remain 
        available until expended.
            ``(3) Grants.--
                    ``(A) In general.--For each of fiscal years 2017 
                through 2023, the Secretary shall make grants, on a 
                competitive basis, to qualifying entities as provided 
                in this paragraph.
                    ``(B) Qualifying entity.--For purposes of this 
                paragraph, a qualifying entity for a fiscal year is a 
                State, territory, Indian tribe, or tribal organization, 
                operating a State program funded under this part (or 
                any other State program funded with qualified State 
                expenditures (as defined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i))), 
                that submits to the Secretary an application for a 
                grant under this paragraph for the fiscal year, in such 
                manner and at such time as the Secretary may require.
                    ``(C) Allotment of funds.--
                            ``(i) Technical assistance.--The Secretary 
                        shall reserve $10,000,000 out of the amounts 
                        made available under paragraph (2) for each 
                        fiscal year to provide technical assistance to 
                        qualifying entities receiving a grant under 
                        this paragraph for the fiscal year.
                            ``(ii) Territories and indian tribes.--The 
                        Secretary shall reserve, from the amount made 
                        available under paragraph (2) for a fiscal year 
                        that remains after applying clause (i), 3 
                        percent for grants under this paragraph for the 
                        fiscal year to qualifying entities that are 
                        territories and 1 percent for grants under this 
                        paragraph for the fiscal year to qualifying 
                        entities that are Indian tribes or tribal 
                        organizations, to be allotted in a manner the 
                        Secretary determines to be appropriate.
                            ``(iii) States.--
                                    ``(I) In general.--The amount of a 
                                grant under this paragraph payable for 
                                a fiscal year to a qualifying entity 
                                that is a State shall be the amount 
                                that bears the same ratio to the 
                                aggregate amount as the number of 
                                individuals residing in the State who 
                                have attained 18 years of age but have 
                                not attained 67 years of age who are 
                                not employed or underemployed (such as 
                                involuntarily working part-time), as 
                                determined by the Secretary, bears to 
                                the total number of such individuals 
                                residing in all qualifying entities 
                                that are States.
                                    ``(II) Aggregate amount.--For 
                                purposes of this clause, the term 
                                `aggregate amount' means the amount 
                                made available for a fiscal year under 
                                paragraph (2) that remains after 
                                applying clauses (i) and (ii).
                            ``(iv) Unused funds.--
                                    ``(I) Reasonable limits on carrying 
                                over funds.--The Secretary shall set 
                                reasonable limits on the amount of 
                                funds a State receiving a grant under 
                                this paragraph may carry over for 
                                expenditure in fiscal years after the 
                                fiscal year for which the grant is 
                                awarded.
                                    ``(II) Redistribution of unused 
                                funds.--Any portion of the amount of a 
                                grant made to a State under clause 
                                (iii) that the Secretary determines 
                                will not be used by the State shall be 
                                redistributed among the States that the 
                                Secretary determines will not have such 
                                an unused amount, using the rules 
                                specified in clause (iii). Any amount 
                                so redistributed to a State is deemed 
                                part of the grant made to the State 
                                under the preceding provisions of this 
                                paragraph.
                    ``(D) Use of funds.--
                            ``(i) Employment programs.--
                                    ``(I) Subsidized employment.--A 
                                qualifying entity awarded a grant under 
                                this paragraph shall use the grant 
                                funds to conduct a subsidized 
                                employment program to assist recipients 
                                of TANF cash assistance and TANF-
                                eligible individuals who are not 
                                recipients of cash assistance in 
                                obtaining paid employment.
                                    ``(II) Sectoral skills training.--A 
                                qualifying entity may use not more than 
                                15 percent of funds awarded to the 
                                entity under this paragraph for a 
                                fiscal year to conduct a sectoral 
                                skills training program to provide 
                                sectoral skills training to recipients 
                                of TANF cash assistance and TANF-
                                eligible individuals who are not 
                                recipients of cash assistance.
                            ``(ii) Allowable expenses.--A qualifying 
                        entity may use funds awarded under this 
                        paragraph to carry out clause (i), including 
                        the following activities:
                                    ``(I) Administrative expenses.
                                    ``(II) Supportive services, 
                                including transportation and childcare, 
                                to enable individuals to participate in 
                                a program described in clause (i).
                                    ``(III) Wages and associated 
                                payroll costs for individuals 
                                participating in the subsidized 
                                employment program described in clause 
                                (i)(I).
                            ``(iii) Eligibility for assistance.--
                                    ``(I) Requirement to use 75 percent 
                                of funds to assist recipients of tanf 
                                cash assistance.--A qualifying entity 
                                shall use not less than 75 percent of 
                                funds awarded to the entity under this 
                                paragraph to assist under the program 
                                described in clause (i)(I) (and, if the 
                                entity so elects, the program described 
                                in clause (i)(II)) recipients of TANF 
                                cash assistance and may use the 
                                remainder of the funds to assist TANF-
                                eligible individuals who are not 
                                recipients of cash assistance.
                                    ``(II) Recipient of tanf cash 
                                assistance.--In this subparagraph, the 
                                term `recipient of TANF cash 
                                assistance' means an individual who--
                                            ``(aa) has attained 18 
                                        years of age and has not 
                                        attained 67 years of age; and
                                            ``(bb) is not employed and 
                                        is determined by the qualifying 
                                        entity to have been 
                                        unsuccessful at obtaining paid 
                                        employment after participating 
                                        in a job search program; and--

                                                    ``(AA) is a member 
                                                of a family that 
                                                receives cash 
                                                assistance under the 
                                                State program funded 
                                                under this part or any 
                                                other State program 
                                                funded with qualified 
                                                State expenditures (as 
                                                defined in section 
                                                409(a)(7)(B)(i)); or

                                                    ``(BB) is a 
                                                noncustodial parent of 
                                                a minor child residing 
                                                with a family described 
                                                in subitem (AA), in a 
                                                case in which the 
                                                parent is not 
                                                considered by the State 
                                                to be a member of the 
                                                family.

                                    ``(III) TANF-eligible individual 
                                who is not a recipient of cash 
                                assistance.--In this subparagraph, the 
                                term `TANF-eligible individual who is 
                                not a recipient of cash assistance' 
                                means an individual who--
                                            ``(aa) has attained 18 
                                        years of age and has not 
                                        attained 67 years of age;
                                            ``(bb) is not employed and 
                                        is determined by the qualifying 
                                        entity to have been 
                                        unsuccessful at obtaining paid 
                                        employment after participating 
                                        in a job search program;
                                            ``(cc) is not an individual 
                                        described in subitems (AA) or 
                                        (BB) of subclause (II)(bb); and
                                            ``(dd) is a member of a 
                                        family that includes a minor 
                                        child residing with the family 
                                        (including a noncustodial 
                                        parent of the child) if the 
                                        family has an income that is 
                                        less than the poverty line (as 
                                        defined in section 673(2) of 
                                        the Omnibus Budget 
                                        Reconciliation Act of 1981, 
                                        including any revision required 
                                        by such section, applicable to 
                                        a family of the size involved).
                    ``(E) Annual report.--
                            ``(i) Subsidized employment.--For each 
                        fiscal year for which a qualifying entity 
                        receives a grant under this paragraph, the 
                        entity shall submit to the Secretary, within 6 
                        months after the end of the fiscal year, a 
                        report on the subsidized employment program 
                        described in subparagraph (D)(i)(I), which 
                        shall--
                                    ``(I) describe the structure of the 
                                activities of the entity to use the 
                                grant funds to subsidize employment for 
                                individuals participating in the 
                                program (in this clause referred to as 
                                `subsidized employees'), including the 
                                amount and duration of the subsidies 
                                provided;
                                    ``(II) for each month of the fiscal 
                                year, specify the number of individuals 
                                whose employment is subsidized with 
                                these funds and the percentage of such 
                                individuals whose employment is in an 
                                area that matches their previous 
                                training and work experience;
                                    ``(III) describe the qualifying 
                                entity's policies in effect during the 
                                fiscal year--
                                            ``(aa) to ensure 
                                        nondisplacement as required 
                                        under paragraph (4)(A); and
                                            ``(bb) to implement 
                                        grievance procedures as 
                                        required in (4)(B), including 
                                        information on the number of 
                                        grievance claims filed in the 
                                        preceding fiscal year and the 
                                        aggregate results of those 
                                        claims;
                                    ``(IV) describe requirements 
                                imposed on employers by the State as a 
                                condition of participating in the 
                                program;
                                    ``(V) describe the types of jobs in 
                                which subsidized employees are placed;
                                    ``(VI) provide demographic 
                                information for subsidized employees 
                                and for the target population the 
                                entity seeks to assist under the 
                                program;
                                    ``(VII) specify the average number 
                                of hours worked per week by a 
                                subsidized employee;
                                    ``(VIII) specify the average length 
                                of time for which a subsidized employee 
                                participates in the program;
                                    ``(IX) describe the employment 
                                outcomes for subsidized employees after 
                                participating in the program, including 
                                the number of individuals hired by an 
                                employer with which the individual was 
                                placed during the program and the 
                                number of individuals hired by other 
                                employers;
                                    ``(X) specify the percentage of 
                                subsidized employees who are in 
                                unsubsidized employment during the 
                                second quarter after the subsidy ended;
                                    ``(XI) specify the percentage of 
                                subsidized employees who are in 
                                unsubsidized employment during the 
                                fourth quarter after the subsidy ended;
                                    ``(XII) specify the median earnings 
                                of subsidized employees who are in 
                                unsubsidized employment during the 
                                second quarter after the subsidy ended; 
                                and
                                    ``(XIII) specify the number of 
                                subsidized employees who concurrently 
                                received other Federal or State means-
                                tested benefits during their subsidized 
                                employment.
                            ``(ii) Sectoral skills training.--If a 
                        qualifying entity elects to conduct a sectoral 
                        skills training program described in 
                        subparagraph (D)(i)(II), the report required 
                        under clause (i) of this subparagraph shall 
                        also include a description of--
                                    ``(I) the design of the program;
                                    ``(II) the industries in which 
                                individuals receiving assistance under 
                                the program (in this clause referred to 
                                as `trainees') receive training;
                                    ``(III) demographic information for 
                                trainees and for the target population 
                                the entity seeks to assist under the 
                                program;
                                    ``(IV) the total number of trainees 
                                participating in the program during the 
                                fiscal year;
                                    ``(V) the average number of hours 
                                per week for which a trainee receives 
                                training;
                                    ``(VI) the average length of time 
                                for which a trainee participates in the 
                                program; and
                                    ``(VII) the employment outcomes for 
                                trainees after participating in the 
                                program.
                    ``(F) Evaluation.--The Secretary shall establish 
                and implement a rigorous system for evaluating the 
                success of subsidized employment programs and sectoral 
                training programs conducted pursuant to this paragraph.
            ``(4) Limitations.--
                    ``(A) Nondisplacement.--A State to which a grant is 
                made under this subsection shall ensure that no 
                participant in a subsidized job program funded in whole 
                or in part under this subsection is employed or 
                assigned to a job under the program--
                            ``(i) when any other individual is on 
                        layoff from the same or any substantially 
                        equivalent job; or
                            ``(ii) if the employer has terminated the 
                        employment of any regular employee or otherwise 
                        caused an involuntary reduction of its 
                        workforce in order to fill the vacancy so 
                        created with a participant in such subsidized 
                        job program.
                    ``(B) Grievance procedure.--A State with a program 
                funded under this subsection shall establish and 
                maintain a grievance procedure for resolving complaints 
                of alleged violations of subparagraph (A).
                    ``(C) No preemption.--Nothing in this paragraph 
                shall preempt or supersede any provision of State or 
                local law that provides greater protection for 
                employees from displacement.
            ``(5) Definitions.--In this subsection:
                    ``(A) Indian tribe; tribal organization.--The terms 
                `Indian tribe' and `tribal organization' have the 
                meaning given such terms in section 4 of the Indian 
                Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act (25 
                U.S.C. 450b).
                    ``(B) Sectoral skills training.--The term `sectoral 
                skills training' means training that implements a 
                sectoral skills training strategy established by an 
                industry or sector partnership (as defined in section 
                3(26) of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act).
                    ``(C) State.--The term `State' means each of the 50 
                States of the United States and the District of 
                Columbia.
                    ``(D) Territories.--The term `territories' means 
                Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, 
                the Northern Mariana Islands, and American Samoa.''.
    (b) Program Participants Counted Toward Work Participation Rate.--
Section 407(b) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 607(b)), as amended by section 
201(a)(1)(B) of this Act, is further amended by adding at the end the 
following:
            ``(5) State option to include subsidized employment and 
        sectoral skills training participants.--If an individual who is 
        not a recipient of assistance under the State program funded 
        under this part (or any other State program funded with 
        qualified State expenditures (as defined in section 
        409(a)(7)(B)(i))) participates in work activities for not less 
        than the minimum average number of hours per week specified in 
        the table in subsection (c)(1) of this section during a month 
        as part of a State's subsidized employment or sectoral skills 
        training program funded under section 403(b), the State may 
        count the individual as a family that includes an adult or a 
        minor child head of household who is engaged in work for the 
        month for purposes of paragraph (1)(B) of this subsection.''.
    (c) State Plan Required To Include Description of Employment 
Programs.--Section 402(a)(1)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 602(a)(1)(B)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(vi) The document shall indicate whether 
                        the State intends to apply for a grant to 
                        conduct a subsidized employment program and, if 
                        the State so chooses, a sectoral skills 
                        training program, under section 403(b). If so, 
                        the document shall include a description of the 
                        program or programs the State intends to 
                        conduct using the grant funds and a description 
                        of how the program or programs will serve 
                        noncustodial parents of minor children.''.
    (d) Grants Exempted From Territorial Payment Ceiling.--Section 
1108(a)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1308(a)(2)) is amended by inserting 
``403(b),'' after ``403(a)(5),''.
    (e) Conforming Amendments To Retain Definition of a Needy State.--
            (1) Number of weeks for which job search counts as work.--
        Section 407(c)(2)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 607(c)(2)(A)) is 
        amended--
                    (A) in clause (i), by striking ``section 
                409(a)(7)(B)(i))'' and inserting ``clause (iii)''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iii) Needy state.--For purposes of 
                        clause (i), a State is a needy State for a 
                        month if--
                                    ``(I) the average rate of--
                                            ``(aa) total unemployment 
                                        in such State (seasonally 
                                        adjusted) for the period 
                                        consisting of the most recent 3 
                                        months for which data for all 
                                        States are published equals or 
                                        exceeds 6.5 percent; and
                                            ``(bb) total unemployment 
                                        in such State (seasonally 
                                        adjusted) for the 3-month 
                                        period equals or exceeds 110 
                                        percent of such average rate 
                                        for either (or both) of the 
                                        corresponding 3-month periods 
                                        ending in the 2 preceding 
                                        calendar years; or
                                    ``(II) as determined by the 
                                Secretary of Agriculture (in the 
                                discretion of the Secretary of 
                                Agriculture), the monthly average 
                                number of individuals (as of the last 
                                day of each month) participating in the 
                                supplemental nutrition assistance 
                                program in the State in the then most 
                                recently concluded 3-month period for 
                                which data are available exceeds by not 
                                less than 10 percent the lesser of--
                                            ``(aa) the monthly average 
                                        number of individuals (as of 
                                        the last day of each month) in 
                                        the State that would have 
                                        participated in the 
                                        supplemental nutrition 
                                        assistance program in the 
                                        corresponding 3-month period in 
                                        fiscal year 1994 if the 
                                        amendments made by titles IV 
                                        and VIII of the Personal 
                                        Responsibility and Work 
                                        Opportunity Reconciliation Act 
                                        of 1996 had been in effect 
                                        throughout fiscal year 1994; or
                                            ``(bb) the monthly average 
                                        number of individuals (as of 
                                        the last day of each month) in 
                                        the State that would have 
                                        participated in the 
                                        supplemental nutrition 
                                        assistance program in the 
                                        corresponding 3-month period in 
                                        fiscal year 1995 if the 
                                        amendments made by titles IV 
                                        and VIII of the Personal 
                                        Responsibility and Work 
                                        Opportunity Reconciliation Act 
                                        of 1996 had been in effect 
                                        throughout fiscal year 1995.''.
            (2) Authority of secretary to reduce work participation 
        rate penalty due to circumstances that caused state to become 
        needy state.--Section 409(a)(3)(C) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
        609(a)(3)(C)) is amended by striking ``section 403(b)(5)'' and 
        inserting ``section 407(c)(2)(A)(iii)''.
    (f) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to fiscal years beginning after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.

SEC. 203. SENSE OF CONGRESS.

    It is the sense of the Congress that a State to which a grant is 
made under section 403 of the Social Security Act should consider a 
noncustodial parent of a minor child, if the child is a recipient of 
assistance under a State program funded under part A of title IV of 
such Act (or under any other State program funded with qualified State 
expenditures (as defined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i) of such Act)), to 
be a member of the family of the child for purposes of providing 
assistance to the family, the child, and the noncustodial parent under 
the program.

                        TITLE III--CHILD SUPPORT

SEC. 301. FULL FAMILY DISTRIBUTION AND BAN ON RECOVERY OF MEDICAID 
              COSTS FOR BIRTHS.

    (a) Ban on Recovery.--
            (1) In general.--Section 454 of the Social Security Act (42 
        U.S.C. 654) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph 
                (33);
                    (B) by striking the period at the end of paragraph 
                (34) and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (34) the 
                following:
            ``(35) provide that, except as provided in section 
        1902(a)(25)(F)(ii), the State shall not use the State program 
        operated under this part to collect any amount owed to the 
        State by reason of costs incurred under the State plan approved 
        under title XIX for the birth of a child for whom support 
        rights have been assigned pursuant to section 1912.''.
            (2) Rule of construction.--Nothing in section 454(35) of 
        such Act, as added by paragraph (1), shall be construed as 
        affecting the application of section 1902(a)(25) of such Act 
        (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(25)) with respect to a State (relating to 
        the State Medicaid plan requirement for the State to take all 
        reasonable measures to ascertain the legal liability of third 
        parties to pay for care and services available under the plan).
    (b) Clarification That Ban on Recovery Does Not Apply With Respect 
to Insurance of a Parent With an Obligation To Pay Child Support.--
Clause (ii) of section 1902(a)(25)(F) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1396a(a)(25)(F)) is amended by inserting ``only if such third-
party liability is derived through insurance,'' before ``seek''.
    (c) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), the 
        amendments made by this section take effect on October 1, 2017.
            (2) Extension of effective date for state law amendment.--
        In the case of a State plan under title XIX of the Social 
        Security Act which the Secretary of Health and Human Services 
        determines requires State legislation in order for the plan to 
        meet the additional requirements imposed by the amendments made 
        by this section, the State plan shall not be regarded as 
        failing to comply with the requirements of such title solely on 
        the basis of its failure to meet these additional requirements 
        before the first day of the first calendar quarter beginning 
        after the close of the first regular session of the State 
        legislature that begins after the date of enactment of this 
        Act. For purposes of the previous sentence, in the case of a 
        State that has a 2-year legislative session, each year of the 
        session is considered to be a separate regular session of the 
        State legislature.

SEC. 302. STATE ASSESSMENTS OF BARRIERS TO EMPLOYMENT AND FINANCIAL 
              SUPPORT OF CHILDREN.

    (a) State Assessments and Reports.--As a condition of the continued 
approval of a State plan under part D of title IV of the Social 
Security Act, each State with such an approved plan, acting through the 
appropriate State agencies, shall assess the State policies with 
respect to the issues described in subsection (b) that affect the 
ability of parents to pay child support, and shall submit a report to 
the Secretary of Health and Human Services on the results of the 
assessment not later than two years after the date of the enactment of 
this section.
    (b) Issues Described.--The issues described in this subsection are 
the following:
            (1) The effect of State criminal laws and law enforcement 
        practices on the employment acquisition, retention, and 
        advancement prospects of an individual who is a parent of a 
        minor child following arrest, conviction, or imprisonment, 
        including--
                    (A) any efforts, including counseling or employment 
                support, to assist individuals released from custody 
                with reentry to a community and successful 
                reunification with their families; and
                    (B) an assessment of any efforts to seal or expunge 
                arrest and conviction records and any efforts to grant 
                certificates or other acknowledgments of rehabilitation 
                to parents returning from incarceration, and to examine 
                State occupational licensing and certification 
                procedures.
            (2) An assessment of State practices related to the 
        collection of debts owed by individuals to the State, including 
        criminal justice fees and fines and child support debt.
            (3) An assessment of State practices related to providing 
        parents returning from incarceration with valid identification 
        documents upon release from prison.
            (4) Identification of any other barriers to healthy family 
        formation, family reunification, coparenting, or sustainable 
        economic opportunity for custodial and noncustodial parents 
        that are created or exacerbated by Federal or State laws, 
        policies, or procedures, including an examination of the rules 
        of Federal and State means-tested programs, the operation of 
        the State workforce system, the availability of financial 
        education services, and the availability of domestic violence 
        services and child support procedures to help victims of 
        domestic violence stay safe and obtain the child support they 
        are owed.

SEC. 303. PUBLIC REPORTING ON CONSEQUENCES FOR NONPAYMENT.

    (a) Report to Congress.--Section 452(a)(10) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 652(a)(10)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (H), by striking ``and'' at the end; 
        and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(J) the number of cases, by State, in which each 
                of the following consequences for nonpayment of support 
                was incurred by an obligor:
                            ``(i) a loss of liberty due to a criminal 
                        conviction or finding of civil contempt;
                            ``(ii) a suspension of a driver's license;
                            ``(iii) a suspension of a professional, 
                        occupational, or recreational license;
                            ``(iv) withholding of a passport; or
                            ``(v) late payment fees, interest charged 
                        (including the amount and rate of interest), 
                        and other financial sanctions; and''.
    (b) State Plan.--Section 454 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 654), as 
amended by section 301(a)(1) of this Act, is further amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (34);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (35) and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(36) provide that the State will maintain a full record 
        of child support enforcement activities, including the 
        consequences incurred by obligors as described in section 
        452(a)(10)(J).''.
    (c) Collection and Reporting of Child Support Enforcement Data.--
Section 469 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 669) is amended by adding at the end 
the following:
    ``(e) Consequences for Nonpayment.--The Secretary shall collect and 
maintain up-to-date statistics, by State, and on a fiscal year basis, 
on the number of cases in which each consequence for nonpayment of 
support described in section 452(a)(10)(J) was incurred by an 
obligor.''.

SEC. 304. EARLY INTERVENTION TO ENSURE REGULAR PAYMENT OF SUPPORT AND 
              PREVENT OVERDUE SUPPORT.

    (a) Procedures To Provide Job Services for Noncustodial Parents.--
Section 466(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 666(a)) is amended 
by inserting after paragraph (19) the following:
            ``(20) Procedures to intervene early to ensure regular 
        payment of support and prevent overdue support.--
                    ``(A) In general.--If the State elects to provide 
                job services to noncustodial parents (as described in 
                the State plan pursuant to section 454(37)), 
                procedures--
                            ``(i) under which the State shall 
                        prioritize early intervention efforts and make 
                        such services available on a voluntary basis 
                        prior to a determination that the individual 
                        owes overdue support as specified in paragraph 
                        (15);
                            ``(ii) under which the State shall 
                        establish criteria for eligibility to receive 
                        such services, which shall restrict eligibility 
                        to noncustodial parents--
                                    ``(I) with respect to whom there is 
                                an open child support case under the 
                                State program funded under this part;
                                    ``(II) who are unemployed or 
                                underemployed;
                                    ``(III) who are not making regular 
                                child support payments;
                                    ``(IV) who do not receive 
                                assistance under a State program funded 
                                under part A (or under any other State 
                                program funded with qualified State 
                                expenditures (as defined in section 
                                409(a)(7)(B)(i)));
                                    ``(V) who do not participate in an 
                                employment and training program under 
                                section 6(d)(4) of the Food and 
                                Nutrition Act of 2008 (but who may 
                                receive supplemental nutrition 
                                assistance benefits under such Act); 
                                and
                                    ``(VI) who do not receive the same 
                                job services under the Workforce 
                                Innovation and Opportunity Act;
                            ``(iii) under which the State agency 
                        administering a program under a State plan 
                        approved under this part shall provide, 
                        including through contract or cooperative 
                        agreement, job services that may include--
                                    ``(I) job search assistance;
                                    ``(II) job readiness training;
                                    ``(III) job development and job 
                                placement services;
                                    ``(IV) skills assessments to 
                                facilitate job placement;
                                    ``(V) job retention services;
                                    ``(VI) certificate programs and 
                                other skills training directly related 
                                to employment, which may include 
                                activities to improve literacy and 
                                basic skills, such as programs to 
                                complete high school or a General 
                                Education Development (GED) 
                                certificate, as long as such activities 
                                and programs are included in the State 
                                job services plan pursuant to section 
                                454(37);
                                    ``(VII) long-term and short-term 
                                subsidized employment or public-private 
                                career pathway partnerships;
                                    ``(VIII) substance abuse treatment;
                                    ``(IX) mental health services;
                                    ``(X) occupational skills training, 
                                including college credit programs; and
                                    ``(XI) work supports, such as 
                                transportation assistance, uniforms, 
                                and tools; and
                            ``(iv) under which the State shall ensure 
                        that participation in any such services is 
                        voluntary and shall inform potential 
                        participants that such participation is 
                        voluntary.
                    ``(B) Definition.--An Indian tribe or tribal 
                organization (as defined in subsections (e) and (l) of 
                section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and 
                Education Assistance Act (25 U.S.C. 450b)) operating a 
                child support enforcement program funded by a grant 
                under this part may elect, as part of such program, to 
                provide job services to noncustodial parents, 
                consistent with the requirements of this paragraph and 
                section 455(f).''.
    (b) Performance Tracking.--Section 452(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
652(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (11), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(12)(A) consult with States, Indian tribes, and tribal 
        organizations (as defined in subsections (e) and (l) of section 
        4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act 
        (25 U.S.C. 450b)), with a plan approved under this part, to 
        develop data elements to ensure that the child support agency 
        of any State, Indian tribe, or tribal organization 
        administering a voluntary job services program under section 
        466(a)(20) demonstrates a plan for implementing measures to 
        track the performance of such program with respect to meeting 
        the goals of quality job placement, long-term unsubsidized job 
        retention, increasing child support payments, decreasing child 
        support arrearages, and increasing the involvement of low-
        income noncustodial parents with their children; and
            ``(B) in carrying out section 466(a), collaborate with the 
        Secretary of Labor and the Secretary of Agriculture to identify 
        best practices and minimize duplication of services under 
        employment and training programs for noncustodial parents 
        administered by the Departments of Health and Human Services, 
        Labor, and Agriculture.''.
    (c) State Plan.--Section 454 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 654), as 
amended by sections 301(a)(1) and 303(b) of this Act, is further 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (35), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (36), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (36) the following:
            ``(37) include--
                    ``(A) a description of work activities in which the 
                State requires noncustodial parents to participate 
                pursuant to section 466(a)(15);
                    ``(B) a description of any job services the State 
                elects to provide to noncustodial parents, and criteria 
                for eligibility to receive such services, under section 
                466(a)(20), or an explanation of why the State elects 
                not to provide such services;
                    ``(C) an explanation of how the State will 
                coordinate job services and work activities provided 
                under this title with the State workforce development 
                system (as such term is defined in section 3(67) of the 
                Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act), local 
                responsible fatherhood programs (including such 
                programs funded by a grant awarded under section 
                403(a)(2)), local prisoner reentry programs, and other 
                local employment and training programs; and
                    ``(D) if applicable, a description of the State 
                plan for implementing measures for tracking the 
                successful performance of the State voluntary job 
                services program consistent with section 
                452(a)(12)(A).''.
    (d) Payments to States.--Section 455(a)(1)(A) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 655(a)(1)(A)) is amended by adding at the end ``including public 
and private non-Federal funds,''.
    (e) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect on the date that is one year after the date of the enactment of 
this section.

SEC. 305. IMPROVED COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION OF CHILD SUPPORT.

    (a) Distribution of Child Support.--
            (1) Full distribution of child support collected; reform of 
        rules for distribution of child support collected on behalf of 
        children in foster care.--
                    (A) In general.--Section 457 of the Social Security 
                Act (42 U.S.C. 657) is amended--
                            (i) by amending subsection (a) to read as 
                        follows:
    ``(a) Full Distribution of Amounts Collected on Behalf of Any 
Family.--Subject to subsections (b) and (c), the entire amount of 
support collected by a State on behalf of any family receiving services 
pursuant to a plan approved under this part shall be paid to the family 
in accordance with this section.'';
                            (ii) by amending subsection (b) to read as 
                        follows:
    ``(b) Continuation of Assignments.--
            ``(1) In general.--Any rights to support obligations that 
        are assigned to a State under this part on behalf of a family 
        receiving assistance and in effect before the implementation 
        date of this section may remain assigned after such date and 
        distributed under the provisions and limitations of the Deficit 
        Reduction Act of 2005.
            ``(2) Option to terminate assignments.--A State may choose 
        to discontinue any assignment of a support obligation described 
        in paragraph (1) and may treat amounts collected pursuant to 
        the assignment as if the amounts had never been assigned and 
        may distribute the amounts to the family in accordance with 
        subsection (a).'';
                            (iii) by striking subsections (c) and (d) 
                        and redesignating subsection (e) as subsection 
                        (c); and
                            (iv) in subsection (c) (as so 
                        redesignated), by striking paragraph (1) and 
                        all that follows and inserting the following:
            ``(1) shall be used to provide supplemental services that 
        serve the best interests of such child in a manner that best 
        meets the future needs and educational, health, and employment 
        interests of the child, or be deposited in--
                    ``(A) an account of the type described in section 
                1631(a)(2)(F) of this Act;
                    ``(B) an ABLE account established under section 
                529A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986;
                    ``(C) an individual development account established 
                pursuant to Federal or State law; or
                    ``(D) any other account in which benefits for the 
                child may be conserved in a manner that the State 
                determines, consistent with this paragraph, is in the 
                best interests of the child; and
            ``(2) shall supplement and not supplant any other Federal 
        funds or programs that may be available for the benefit of the 
        child.''.
                    (B) Foster care state plan amendment.--Section 
                471(a)(17) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 671(a)(17)) is 
                amended--
                            (i) by inserting ``and consistent with the 
                        child's case plan'' after ``where 
                        appropriate''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``secure an assignment to 
                        the State of any rights to support'' and 
                        inserting ``establish paternity and establish, 
                        modify, and enforce child support 
                        obligations''.
                    (C) Child support state plan amendment.--Section 
                454 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 654), as amended by sections 
                301(a)(1), 303(b), and 304(c) of this Act, is further 
                amended--
                            (i) in paragraph (36), by striking ``and'' 
                        at the end;
                            (ii) in paragraph (37), by striking the 
                        period and inserting ``; and''; and
                            (iii) by inserting after paragraph (37) the 
                        following:
            ``(38) provide that a State shall pay all collected child 
        support to the family in accordance with section 457.''.
                    (D) Support payments collected prior to effective 
                date.--Section 454(5) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 654(5)) is 
                amended by striking ``such payments'' and all that 
                follows through ``support payments collected'' and 
                inserting ``entered into prior to the effective date of 
                section 204 of the Julia Carson Responsible Fatherhood 
                and Healthy Families Act of 2017, the individual will 
                be notified on a monthly basis of the amount of the 
                support payments collected and retained by the State 
                under section 457(a)(1)(B) (as in effect prior to the 
                effective date of such section)''.
            (2) Conforming amendments.--
                    (A) Section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)(I)(aa) of such Act (42 
                U.S.C. 609(a)(7)(B)(i)(I)(aa)) is amended by striking 
                ``457(a)(1)(B)'' and inserting ``457(a)''.
                    (B) Section 454(34) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 654(34)) 
                is amended by striking ``457(a)(2)(B)'' each place it 
                appears and inserting ``457(b)''.
                    (C) Section 456(a)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
                656(a)(1)) is amended by inserting ``and shall be 
                distributed in accordance with section 457'' after 
                ``local processes''.
                    (D) Section 466(a)(3)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
                666(a)(3)(B)) is amended--
                            (i) by striking ``shall be distributed in 
                        accordance with section 457 in the case of 
                        overdue support assigned to a State pursuant to 
                        section 408(a)(3) or 471(a)(17), or, in any 
                        other case,''; and
                            (ii) by inserting ``or to the public agency 
                        responsible for supervising the placement of 
                        the child receiving foster care maintenance 
                        payments under section 472, which may use such 
                        payments in the manner the public agency 
                        determines will serve the best interest of the 
                        child, consistent with section 457(c)'' before 
                        the semicolon.
    (b) Prohibition on Conditioning Receipt of TANF on Assignment of 
Support.--Section 408(a)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
608(a)(3)) is amended--
            (1) in the paragraph heading, by striking ``No assistance 
        for families not'' and inserting ``Prohibition on conditioning 
        assistance for families on'';
            (2) by inserting ``not'' after ``shall'';
            (3) by inserting ``or under a program funded with qualified 
        State expenditures (as defined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i))'' 
        after ``this part''; and
            (4) by striking ``, not exceeding the total amount of 
        assistance so paid to the family,''.
    (c) Requirement To Disregard Percentage of Child Support Collected 
in Determining Amount and Type of TANF Assistance.--Section 408(a) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 608(a)), as amended by section 101(a)(2) of this 
Act and subsection (b) of this section, is amended by adding at the end 
the following new paragraph:
            ``(14) Requirement to disregard percentage of child support 
        collected in determining amount and type of tanf assistance.--A 
        State to which a grant is made under section 403 shall 
        disregard at least the same percentage of amounts collected as 
        support on behalf of a family as the percentage of earned 
        income that the State disregards, in determining the amount or 
        type of assistance provided to the family under the State 
        program funded under this part or under a program funded with 
        qualified State expenditures (as defined in section 
        409(a)(7)(B)(i)).''.
    (d) Restoration of Federal Funding.--Effective on the date of 
enactment of this Act, section 7309 of the Deficit Reduction Act of 
2005 (Public Law 109-171; 120 Stat. 147) is repealed, and part D of 
title IV of the Social Security Act shall be applied as if the 
amendment made by subsection (a) of that section had not been enacted.
    (e) Repeal of Mandatory Fee for Child Support Collection.--
Effective on the date of enactment of this Act, section 7310 of the 
Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (Public Law 109-171; 120 Stat. 147) is 
repealed, and part D of title IV of the Social Security Act shall be 
applied as if the amendments made by that section had not been enacted.
    (f) Study and Report.--Not later than October 1, 2018, the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall study and submit a report 
to Congress regarding the following:
            (1) The effect of age eligibility restrictions for the 
        earned income tax credit established under section 32 of the 
        Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for individuals without 
        qualifying children on--
                    (A) the ability of young parents to pay child 
                support;
                    (B) compliance with child support orders; and
                    (C) the relationship between young noncustodial 
                parents and their children.
            (2) The impact of State earned income tax credit programs, 
        especially such programs with targeted benefits for 
        noncustodial parents, on--
                    (A) the ability of noncustodial parents to pay 
                child support;
                    (B) compliance with child support orders; and
                    (C) the relationship between noncustodial parents 
                and their children.
            (3) The challenges faced by legal immigrants and 
        individuals for whom English is not their primary language in 
        fulfilling child support and other noncustodial parenting 
        obligations.
    (g) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--Except as otherwise provided in this 
        section, the amendments made by this section shall take effect 
        on October 1, 2018, and shall apply to payments under parts A 
        and D of title IV of the Social Security Act for calendar 
        quarters beginning on or after that date, without regard to 
        whether regulations to implement the amendments are promulgated 
        by such date.
            (2) State option to accelerate effective date.--
        Notwithstanding paragraph (1), a State may elect to have the 
        amendments made by the preceding provisions of this section 
        apply to the State and to amounts collected by the State (and 
        to payments under such parts), on and after such date as the 
        State may select that is not later than September 30, 2018.

SEC. 306. SERVICES AND ACTIVITIES TO SUPPORT NONCUSTODIAL PARENTING 
              TIME.

    (a) Report to Congress.--Section 452(a)(10) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 652(a)(10)), as amended by section 303(a), is further 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (J), by striking ``and'' at the end; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(K) a summary of efforts by the State to provide 
                early intervention services and activities that aim to 
                improve the ability and willingness of noncustodial 
                parents to support their children, including by--
                            ``(i) supporting and improving paternity 
                        establishment, child support order 
                        establishment, and collections outcomes; and
                            ``(ii) facilitating and assisting parents 
                        in accessing court processes to establish 
                        parenting time arrangements, assisting obligors 
                        with employment needs, or providing other 
                        allowable services or activities to carry out 
                        the State responsibilities under this part: 
                        and''.
    (b) State Plan.--Section 454 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 654), as 
amended by sections 301(a)(1), 303(b), 304(c), and 305(a)(1)(C) of this 
Act, is further amended--
            (1) in paragraph (37), by striking ``and'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (38), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(39) describe efforts by the State to provide early 
        intervention services and activities that aim to improve the 
        ability and willingness of noncustodial parents to support 
        their children, including by--
                    ``(A) supporting and improving paternity 
                establishment, child support order establishment, and 
                collections outcomes; and
                    ``(B) facilitating and assisting parents in 
                accessing court processes to establish parenting time 
                arrangements, assisting obligors with employment needs, 
                or providing other allowable services or activities to 
                carry out the State responsibilities under this 
                part.''.
    (c) Determinations of Cost-Effectiveness Performance Level.--
Section 458(b)(6)(E) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating clause (ii) as clause (iii); and
            (2) by inserting after clause (i) the following:
                            ``(ii) Exception for amount spent on early 
                        intervention services and activities.--For the 
                        purposes of subsection (i), the total amount 
                        expended during the fiscal year under the State 
                        plan shall be reduced by an amount equal to the 
                        amount expended by the State for the fiscal 
                        year on early intervention services and 
                        activities intended to improve the ability and 
                        willingness of noncustodial parents to support 
                        their children, including by--
                                    ``(I) improving paternity 
                                establishment, child support order 
                                establishment, and collections 
                                outcomes; and
                                    ``(II) offering parenting time 
                                arrangements, assisting obligors with 
                                employment needs, or providing other 
                                allowable services or activities to 
                                carry out the State responsibilities 
                                under this part,
                        except that such reduced amount may not exceed 
                        10 percent of such total amount expended during 
                        the fiscal year under the State plan.''.
    (d) Allotments to States for Access and Visitation Program 
Grants.--Section 469B(c)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 669b(c)(1)) is 
amended by striking ``$10,000,000'' and inserting ``$20,000,000''.

                      TITLE IV--REVENUE PROVISION

SEC. 401. INCREASE IN CREDIT PERCENTAGE UNDER EARNED INCOME TAX CREDIT 
              FOR ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS WITH NO QUALIFYING CHILDREN.

    (a) In General.--The row in the table in section 32(b)(1) of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986 relating to no qualifying children is 
amended to read as follows:


 
 
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``No qualifying children......................           20      7.65''.
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    (b) Income Phaseout for Eligible Individuals With No Qualifying 
Children.--The table in section 32(b)(2)(A) of such Code is amended by 
striking ``$5,280'' and inserting ``$11,500''.
    (c) Reduction of Marriage Penalty Made Permanent.--Section 
32(b)(2)(B) of such Code is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(B) Joint returns.--In the case of a joint return 
                filed by an eligible individual and such individual's 
                spouse, the phaseout amount determined under 
                subparagraph (A) shall be increased by $5,000.''.
    (d) Increase in Age Range for Eligible Individuals With No 
Qualifying Child.--Section 32(c)(1)(A)(ii)(II) of such Code is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``age 25'' and inserting ``age 21''; and
            (2) by striking ``age 65'' and inserting ``age 68''.
    (e) Taxpayer Eligible for Credit for Individuals With No Qualifying 
Children if Qualifying Children Do Not Have Valid Social Security 
Numbers.--Section 32(c)(1)(F) of such Code is amended to read as 
follows:
                    ``(F) Individuals who do not include tin, etc., of 
                any qualifying child.--In the case of any eligible 
                individual who has one or more qualifying children, 
                if--
                            ``(i) no qualifying child of such 
                        individual is taken into account under 
                        subsection (b) by reason of paragraph (3)(D), 
                        and
                            ``(ii) no child of such individual is taken 
                        into account for purposes of any other child 
                        tax benefit under this chapter,
                for purposes of the credit allowed under this section, 
                such individual may be considered an eligible 
                individual without a qualifying child.''.
    (f) Expanding the EITC for Certain Former Foster Youth.--Section 
32(c)(1) of such Code, as amended by subsection (e), is amended by 
adding at the end the following:
                    ``(G) Foster youth.--
                            ``(i) In general.--For purposes of 
                        subparagraph (A), the term `eligible 
                        individual' shall include an individual who is 
                        a qualified foster youth.
                            ``(ii) Qualified foster youth defined.--For 
                        purposes of clause (i), the term `qualified 
                        foster youth' means an individual who--
                                    ``(I) has attained age 18 but not 
                                attained age 21 before the close of the 
                                taxable year, and
                                    ``(II) on or after attaining the 
                                age of 14 was placed in a foster family 
                                home by an agency of a State or a 
                                political subdivision thereof or by a 
                                qualified foster care placement agency 
                                (as defined by section 131(b)(3)).''.
    (g) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017.

               TITLE V--SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE

SEC. 501. COLLECTION OF CHILD SUPPORT UNDER THE SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION 
              ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

    (a) Encouragement of Collection of Child Support.--Section 5 of the 
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (e)--
                    (A) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and (6) as 
                paragraphs (6) and (7), respectively;
                    (B) in paragraph (4)(B), by striking ``paragraph 
                (6)'' and inserting ``paragraph (7)''; and
                    (C) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following:
            ``(5) Deduction for child support received.--
                    ``(A) In general.--A household shall be allowed a 
                deduction of 20 percent of all legally obligated child 
                support payments received from an identified or 
                putative parent of a child in the household if that 
                parent is not a household member.
                    ``(B) Order of determining deductions.--A deduction 
                under this paragraph shall be determined before the 
                computation of the excess shelter deduction under 
                paragraph (7).''; and
            (2) in subsection (k)(4)(B), by striking ``subsection 
        (e)(6)'' and inserting ``subsection (e)(7)''.
    (b) Simplified Verification of Child Support Payments.--Section 
5(n) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014(n)) is 
amended--
            (1) in the subsection heading, by striking ``State Options 
        to Simplify'', and inserting ``Simplified''; and
            (2) by striking ``Regardless of whether'' and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(1) In general.--A household that is paying legally 
        obligated child support through the program under part D of 
        title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 651 et seq.) 
        shall receive--
                    ``(A) a deduction under subsection (e)(4); or
                    ``(B) an exclusion under subsection (d)(6);
        for child support payments made.
            ``(2) State options.--Regardless of whether''.
    (c) Inclusion of Economic Opportunities Programs in Definition of 
Work Program.--Section 6(o)(2) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
U.S.C. 2015(o)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (C), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in subparagraph (D), by striking the period at the end 
        and inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(E) participate in and comply with the 
                requirements of a State program to provide job services 
                to noncustodial parents as provided in section 
                466(a)(20) of the Social Security Act;''.
    (d) Effective Date.--
            (1) In general.--This section and the amendments made by 
        this section take effect on October 1, 2017.
            (2) Implementation.--A State shall implement the amendments 
        made by subsections (a) and (b) for participating households at 
        the 1st certification, or 1st recertification, of the household 
        that occurs on or after October 1, 2017.
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