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SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Iraq Congressional Oversight 
Enhancement Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) On October 16, 2002, the Authorization for Use of 
        Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Public Law 107-
        243) was enacted into law.
            (2) On March 19, 2003, the President, pursuant to the 
        authorities provided to the President by Public Law 107-243, 
        committed United States Armed Forces to combat operations in 
        Iraq.
            (3) On April 9, 2003, Saddam Hussein's Ba'athist regime 
        fell to Coalition Forces.
            (4) On April 16, 2003, the Emergency Wartime Supplemental 
        Appropriations Act, 2003 (Public Law 108-11) was enacted into 
        law, which included $2,500,000,000 for the relief and 
        reconstruction of Iraq.
            (5) On May 12, 2003, the Coalition Provisional Authority 
        (CPA) subsumed the Organization for Reconstruction and 
        Humanitarian Assistance (ORHA), and citing United Nations 
        Security Council Resolution 1483 (2003) and the laws of war, 
        vested itself with executive, legislative, and judicial 
        authority over the Iraqi government until such time as the 
        Iraqi government gained its sovereignty.
            (6) On November 6, 2003, the Emergency Supplemental 
        Appropriations Act for Defense and for the Reconstruction of 
        Iraq and Afghanistan, 2004 (Public Law 108-106) was enacted 
        into law, which included an additional $18,400,000,000 for the 
        relief and reconstruction of Iraq.
            (7) On June 28, 2004, the new Iraqi government gained its 
        sovereignty.
            (8) On January 30, 2005, the Iraqi people successfully 
        elected their first interim National Assembly.
            (9) On March 16, 2005, the 275-member interim Iraqi 
        National Assembly convened to appoint an interim national 
        government and to begin the drafting of a constitution.
            (10) On September 18, 2005, the interim Iraqi National 
        Assembly completed negotiations on the draft constitution.
            (11) On October 15, 2005, the Iraqi people approved the 
        draft constitution by a national referendum.
            (12) On November 30, 2005, the President, through the 
        National Security Council, issued the National Strategy for 
        Victory in Iraq.
            (13) On December 15, 2005, the people of Iraq voted to 
        elect the first permanent National Assembly in accordance with 
        the Constitution of the Republic of Iraq.
            (14) On March 16, 2006, the newly-elected National Assembly 
        convened for their first session.
            (15) On May 20, 2006, the Iraqi Prime Minister-designee 
        named a cabinet, except for the posts of Minister of Defense 
        and Minister of Interior, and the Prime Minister-designee and 
        the cabinet received a vote of confidence from the National 
        Assembly.
            (16) On June 7, 2006, Iraq's National Assembly approved the 
        individuals that the Iraqi Prime Minister nominated for 
        Minister of Defense, Minister of Interior, and National 
        Security Advisor, completing the formation of Iraq's first 
        permanent democratic government.

SEC. 3. STATEMENTS OF POLICY.

    Congress makes the following statements of policy:
            (1) Congress remains supportive of and inspired by the 
        service and sacrifice made by and dedication and commitment to 
        a democratic, stable, and prosperous Iraq displayed by members 
        of the United States Armed Forces and civilian personnel in 
        Iraq and by personnel serving world-wide in support of 
        Operation Iraqi Freedom.
            (2) Congress remains supportive of and inspired by the 
        service and sacrifice made by and dedication and commitment to 
        a democratic, stable, and prosperous Iraq displayed by the 
        military and civilian personnel of Coalition countries serving 
        in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Iraqi patriots 
        working toward a better future for their country and the 
        children of Iraq.
            (3) Congress recognizes the complex and interdependent 
        nature of the challenges associated with the political, 
        security, infrastructure, and economic development of and 
        governance capacity building at and between the national, 
        national capital city, regional, provincial, provincial capital 
        city, and strategic municipal levels of government within Iraq.
            (4) Congress recognizes the achievements to date made by 
        the United States Armed Forces, Coalition Forces, Iraqi 
        Security Forces, and civilian personnel toward the political, 
        security, infrastructure, and economic development of Iraq.
            (5) Congress recognizes the issuance of the President's 
        National Strategy for Victory in Iraq on November 30, 2005.
            (6) Congress supports the formation of a democratic, 
        pluralistic, federal, and united Government of Iraq.
            (7) Congress urges elected Iraqis to maintain their 
        commitment to and preserve a national unity government.
            (8) Congress remains deeply concerned about insurgent 
        attacks and threats against United States Armed Forces, 
        Coalition Forces, Iraqi Security Forces, and civilians in Iraq.
            (9) Congress is concerned about the increase of ethnic and 
        sectarian violence in Iraq following the February 22, 2006, 
        bombing of the Askariya mosque in Samarra, Iraq, and about 
        continued ethnic and sectarian tensions across Iraq and within 
        its cities.
            (10) Congress is concerned about the increasing power that 
        unauthorized politically-aligned militias wield in Iraq, their 
        destabilizing effect on security in Iraq, and the challenges 
        they present to the development of professional Iraqi Security 
        Forces.
            (11) Congress urges the Government of Iraq to continue to 
        pursue policies to promote the development of--
                    (A) a market-based economy in Iraq that increases 
                private-sector employment opportunities for Iraqi 
                workers;
                    (B) private-sector investment opportunities for 
                domestic and international investors; and
                    (C) a government budget process that reflects an 
                appropriate level of investment in the development of 
                and the continued operations and maintenance for Iraq's 
                national infrastructure.
            (12) Congress notes that the National Strategy for Victory 
        in Iraq is not specific regarding vital measures or other 
        benchmarks in Iraq's political, security, infrastructure, and 
        economic development that need to be met to signal to Congress 
        and the American people that victory in Iraq has been achieved 
        and the majority of United States Armed Forces currently 
        deployed in Operation Iraqi Freedom can be redeployed to their 
        peacetime duty stations.
            (13) Congress notes the findings of the reports pursuant to 
        the section entitled ``Measuring Stability and Security in 
        Iraq'' of House Conference Report 109-72 accompanying H.R. 
        1268, Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, 
        the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005 (Public Law 
        109-13), submitted by the Secretary of Defense (in consultation 
        with other appropriate members of the National Security 
        Council) to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, the 
        Majority Leader of the Senate, and the congressional defense 
        committees that identifies security, economic, and Iraqi 
        Security Force training performance standards and goals, 
        accompanied by a notional timetable for achieving these goals.
            (14) Congress notes the report submitted pursuant to the 
        United States Policy in Iraq Act (section 1227 of the National 
        Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109-
        163); 119 Stat. 3465-3467), and the current military mission 
        and the diplomatic, political, economic, and military measures 
        that are being or have been undertaken to successfully complete 
        or support that mission.
            (15) Congress reaffirms the findings of the section 
        entitled ``Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq'' of House 
        Conference Report 109-72 and of section 1227 of the National 
        Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006, and notes the 
        advantages of consolidating various reports into a single 
        report, from the President, that reflects the requirements of 
        both laws referenced in paragraphs (13) and (14) and that 
        includes the requirements of section 4 of this Act.
            (16) Congress is concerned that the reports submitted to 
        Congress pursuant to the section entitled ``Measuring Stability 
        and Security in Iraq'' of House Conference Report 109-72 and of 
        section 1227 of the National Defense Authorization Act for 
        Fiscal Year 2006, do not provide sufficient content, 
        information, data, and analysis for Congress to comprehensively 
        evaluate the mission in Iraq.
            (17) Congress urges that the reports transmitted pursuant 
        to section 4 of this Act be organized and written to provide 
        content, information, data, and analysis on the mission in Iraq 
        as it pertains to the political, security, infrastructure, and 
        economic development of and governance capacity building at and 
        between the national, national capital city, regional, 
        provincial, provincial capital city, and strategic municipal 
        levels of government within Iraq.
            (18) It is the duty of Congress under Article I, Section 8 
        of the United States Constitution to ``raise and support 
        Armies,'' and that by requiring the President to report to 
        Congress on Operation Iraqi Freedom, Congress is better able to 
        carry out this constitutional duty.

SEC. 4. REPORT.

    (a) Report.--Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the President shall, in accordance with, in support of, 
and to more clearly define the National Strategy for Victory in Iraq, 
transmit to Congress a report that--
            (1) consolidates the requirements of the section entitled 
        ``Measuring Stability and Security in Iraq'' of House 
        Conference Report 109-72 accompanying H.R. 1268, Emergency 
        Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on 
        Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005 (Public Law 109-13) and the 
        United States Policy in Iraq Act (section 1227 of the National 
        Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2006 (Public Law 109-
        163); 119 Stat. 3465-3467) by containing the information 
        required to be submitted to Congress pursuant to the 
        requirements of such provisions of law;
            (2) identifies the specific or vital measures or other 
        benchmarks that define the terms of completion of and 
        conditions for victory for Operation Iraqi Freedom and their 
        correlation with the strategic objectives and lines of action 
        outlined in the appendix of the National Strategy for Victory 
        in Iraq;
            (3) describes the nature and substance of the programs 
        implemented to achieve such strategic objectives and lines of 
        action; and
            (4) analyzes using metrics the effectiveness of such 
        programs toward achieving the specific vital measures or other 
        benchmarks required to be identified by paragraph (2).
    (b) Update.--
            (1) In general.--The President shall transmit to Congress 
        an update of the report required by subsection (a) not less 
        than once every 120 days after the date on which the President 
        transmits the report required by such subsection until such 
        time as Operation Iraqi Freedom has been completed.
            (2) Contents.--Each update of the report--
                    (A) may reflect adjustments to the specific or 
                vital measures or other benchmarks identified pursuant 
                to subsection (a)(2), or to the nature or substance of 
                the programs described in subsection (a)(3), as 
                realties, circumstances, and events in Iraq change or 
                evolve; and
                    (B) shall include detailed justifications as to why 
                adjustments to such specific or vital measures or other 
                benchmarks, or to the nature or substance of such 
                programs, were made.
    (c) Additional Requirements.--The report required by subsection (a) 
and updates of the report required by subsection (b) shall be--
            (1) organized and written to provide content, data, 
        information, and analysis on the complex interdependent nature 
        of the challenges associated with the political, security, 
        infrastructure, and economic development of and governance 
        capacity building at and between the national, national capital 
        city, regional, provincial, provincial capital city, and 
        strategic municipal levels of government within Iraq; and
            (2) accompanied by a comprehensive all-source intelligence 
        analysis of Iraq that includes information by and from the 
        national, national capital city, regional, provincial, 
        provincial capital city, and strategic municipal levels of 
        government within Iraq.
    (d) Form.--The report required by subsection (a) and updates of the 
report required by subsection (b) shall be transmitted in unclassified 
form but may contain a classified annex.
Iraq Congressional Oversight Enhancement Act - Directs the President to transmit periodically to Congress a consolidated, comprehensive report on the implementation of the National Strategy for Victory in Iraq.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Arson Prevention Act of 1994''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds that_
        (1) arson is a serious and costly problem, and is responsible 
    for approximately 25 percent of all fires in the United States;
        (2) arson is a leading cause of fire deaths, accounting for 
    approximately 700 deaths annually in the United States, and is the 
    leading cause of property damage due to fire in the United States;
        (3) estimates of arson property losses are in the range of 
    $2,000,000,000 annually, or approximately 1 of every 4 dollars lost 
    to fire;
        (4) the incidence of arson in the United States is seriously 
    underreported, in part because of the lack of adequate 
    participation by local jurisdictions in the National Fire Incident 
    Reporting System (NFIRS) and the Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) 
    program;
        (5) there is a need for expanded training programs for arson 
    investigators;
        (6) there is a need for improved programs designed to enable 
    volunteer firefighters to detect arson crimes and to preserve 
    evidence vital to the investigation and prosecution of arson cases;
        (7) according to the National Fire Protection Association, of 
    all the suspicious and incendiary fires estimated to occur, only 
    \1/3\ are confirmed as arson; and
        (8) improved training of arson investigators will increase the 
    ability of fire departments to identify suspicious and incendiary 
    fires, and will result in increased and more effective prosecution 
    of arson offenses.

SEC. 3. ARSON PREVENTION GRANTS.

    The Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 is amended by 
inserting after section 24 (15 U.S.C. 2220) the following new section:

``SEC. 25. ARSON PREVENTION GRANTS.

    ``(a) Definitions._As used in this section:
        ``(1) Arson._The term `arson' includes all incendiary and 
    suspicious fires.
        ``(2) Office._The term `Office' means the Office of Fire 
    Prevention and Arson Control of the United States Fire 
    Administration.
    ``(b) Grants._The Administrator, acting through the Office, shall 
carry out a demonstration program under which not more than 10 grant 
awards shall be made to States, or consortia of States, for programs 
relating to arson research, prevention, and control.
    ``(c) Goals._In carrying out this section, the Administrator shall 
award 2-year grants on a competitive, merit basis to States, or 
consortia of States, for projects that promote one or more of the 
following goals:
        ``(1) To improve the training by States leading to professional 
    certification of arson investigators, in accordance with nationally 
    recognized certification standards.
        ``(2) To provide resources for the formation of arson task 
    forces or interagency organizational arrangements involving police 
    and fire departments and other relevant local agencies, such as a 
    State arson bureau and the office of a fire marshal of a State.
        ``(3) To combat fraud as a cause of arson and to advance 
    research at the State and local levels on the significance and 
    prevention of fraud as a motive for setting fires.
        ``(4) To provide for the management of arson squads, including_
            ``(A) training courses for fire departments in arson case 
        management, including standardization of investigative 
        techniques and reporting methodology;
            ``(B) the preparation of arson unit management guides; and
            ``(C) the development and dissemination of new public 
        education materials relating to the arson problem.
        ``(5) To combat civil unrest as a cause of arson and to advance 
    research at the State and local levels on the prevention and 
    control of arson linked to urban disorders.
        ``(6) To combat juvenile arson, such as juvenile fire-setter 
    counseling programs and similar intervention programs, and to 
    advance research at the State and local levels on the prevention of 
    juvenile arson.
        ``(7) To combat drug-related arson and to advance research at 
    the State and local levels on the causes and prevention of drug-
    related arson.
        ``(8) To combat domestic violence as a cause of arson and to 
    advance research at the State and local levels on the prevention of 
    arson arising from domestic violence.
        ``(9) To combat arson in rural areas and to improve the 
    capability of firefighters to identify and prevent arson initiated 
    fires in rural areas and public forests.
        ``(10) To improve the capability of firefighters to identify 
    and combat arson through expanded training programs, including_
            ``(A) training courses at the State fire academies; and
            ``(B) innovative courses developed with the Academy and 
        made available to volunteer firefighters through regional 
        delivery methods, including teleconferencing and satellite 
        delivered television programs.
    ``(d) Structuring of Applications._The Administrator shall assist 
grant applicants in structuring their applications so as to ensure that 
at least one grant is awarded for each goal described in subsection 
(c).
    ``(e) State Qualification Criteria._In order to qualify for a grant 
under this section, a State, or consortium of States, shall provide 
assurances adequate to the Administrator that the State or consortium_
        ``(1) will obtain at least 25 percent of the cost of programs 
    funded by the grant, in cash or in kind, from non-Federal sources;
        ``(2) will not as a result of receiving the grant decrease the 
    prior level of spending of funds of the State or consortium from 
    non-Federal sources for arson research, prevention, and control 
    programs;
        ``(3) will use no more than 10 percent of funds provided under 
    the grant for administrative costs of the programs; and
        ``(4) is making efforts to ensure that all local jurisdictions 
    will provide arson data to the National Fire Incident Reporting 
    System or the Uniform Crime Reporting program.
    ``(f) Extension._A grant awarded under this section may be extended 
for one or more additional periods, at the discretion of the 
Administrator, subject to the availability of appropriations.
    ``(g) Technical Assistance._The Administrator shall provide 
technical assistance to States in carrying out programs funded by 
grants under this section.
    ``(h) Consultation and Cooperation._In carrying out this section, 
the Administrator shall consult and cooperate with other Federal 
agencies to enhance program effectiveness and avoid duplication of 
effort, including the conduct of regular meetings initiated by the 
Administrator with representatives of other Federal agencies concerned 
with arson and concerned with efforts to develop a more comprehensive 
profile of the magnitude of the national arson problem.
    ``(i) Assessment._Not later than 18 months after the date of 
enactment of this subsection, the Administrator shall submit a report 
to Congress that_
        ``(1) identifies grants made under this section;
        ``(2) specifies the identity of grantees;
        ``(3) states the goals of each grant; and
        ``(4) contains a preliminary assessment of the effectiveness of 
    the grant program under this section.
    ``(j) Regulations._Not later than 90 days after the date of 
enactment of this subsection, the Administrator shall issue regulations 
to implement this section, including procedures for grant applications.
    ``(k) Administration._The Administrator shall directly administer 
the grant program required by this section, and shall not enter into 
any contract under which the grant program or any portion of the 
program will be administered by another party.
    ``(l) Purchase of American Made Equipment and Products._
        ``(1) Sense of congress._It is the sense of Congress that any 
    recipient of a grant under this section should purchase, when 
    available and cost-effective, American made equipment and products 
    when expending grant monies.
        ``(2) Notice to recipients of assistance._In allocating grants 
    under this section, the Administrator shall provide to each 
    recipient a notice describing the statement made in paragraph (1) 
    by the Congress.''.

SEC. 4. VOLUNTEER FIREFIGHTER TRAINING.

    Section 24(a)(2) of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 
1974 (15 U.S.C. 2220(a)(2)) is amended by inserting before the 
semicolon the following: ``, with particular emphasis on the needs of 
volunteer firefighters for improved and more widely available arson 
training courses''.

SEC. 5. CPR TRAINING.

    The Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 is amended by 
adding at the end the following new section:

``SEC. 32. CPR TRAINING.

    ``No funds shall be made available to a State or local government 
under section 25 unless such government has a policy to actively 
promote the training of its firefighters in cardiopulmonary 
resuscitation.''.

SEC. 6. FEDERAL EMPLOYEE HOUSING EXCEPTIONS.

    Section 31(c)(1) of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 
1974 (15 U.S.C. 2227(c)(1)) is amended_
        (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``No Federal'' and 
    inserting in lieu thereof ``Except as otherwise provided in this 
    paragraph, no Federal''; and
        (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraphs:
    ``(C) Housing covered by this paragraph that does not have an 
adequate and reliable electrical system shall not be subject to the 
requirement under subparagraph (A) for protection by hard-wired smoke 
detectors, but shall be protected by battery operated smoke detectors.
    ``(D) If funding has been programmed or designated for the 
demolition of housing covered by this paragraph, such housing shall not 
be subject to the fire protection requirements of subparagraph (A), but 
shall be protected by battery operated smoke detectors.''.

SEC. 7. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

    Section 17 of the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 
(15 U.S.C. 2216) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
subsection:
    ``(h) In addition to any other amounts that are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this Act, there are authorized to be 
appropriated to carry out this Act_
        ``(1) $500,000 for fiscal year 1995 for basic research on the 
    development of an advanced course on arson prevention;
        ``(2) $2,000,000 for fiscal year 1996 for the expansion of 
    arson investigator training programs at the Academy under section 
    24 and at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, or through 
    regional delivery sites;
        ``(3) $4,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1995 and 1996 for 
    carrying out section 25, except for salaries and expenses for 
    carrying out section 25; and
        ``(4) $250,000 for each of the fiscal years 1995 and 1996 for 
    salaries and expenses for carrying out section 25.''.

SEC. 8. SUNSET.

    Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, no funds are 
authorized to be appropriated for any fiscal year after fiscal year 
1996 for carrying out the programs for which funds are authorized by 
this Act, or the amendments made by this Act.







                               Speaker of the House of Representatives.







                            Vice President of the United States and    
                                               President of the Senate.
Arson Prevention Act of 1994 - Amends the Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 to direct the Administrator of the United States Fire Administration, acting through the Office of Fire Prevention and Arson Control, to carry out a demonstration program under which not more than ten grant awards shall be made to States or consortia of States (States) for programs relating to arson research, prevention, and control. 
Directs the Administrator, in carrying out such provision, to award two-year grants on a competitive, merit basis to States for projects that promote one or more of specified goals, including:  (1) improving the training by States leading to professional certification of arson investigators; (2) providing resources for the formation of arson task forces or interagency organizational arrangements involving the police and fire departments and other relevant local agencies; (3) combating fraud as a cause of arson and advancing research at the State and local levels on the significance and prevention of fraud as a motive for setting fires; (4) combating juvenile arson, drug-related arson, and domestic violence as a cause of arson; and (5) improving the capability of firefighters to identify and combat arson through expanded training programs. 
Sets forth provisions regarding:  (1) the structuring of applications; (2) State qualification criteria; (3) the extension of grants; (4) technical assistance; (5) consultation and cooperation with other Federal agencies; (6) assessment; and (7) the purchase of American made equipment and products by grant recipients. 
(Sec. 4) Includes within a provision requiring the Administrator to provide training and instructional materials in skills and knowledge necessary to assist Federal, State, and local fire service and law enforcement personnel in arson prevention, detection, and control, a requirement that particular emphasis be placed on the needs of volunteer firefighters for improved and more widely available arson training courses. 
(Sec. 5) Prohibits making certain funds available to a State or local government under the Act unless such government has a policy to actively promote the training of its firefighters in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. 
(Sec. 6) Exempts Federal employee housing that does not have an adequate and reliable electrical system from the requirement for protection by hard-wired (but requires battery operated) smoke detectors. 
(Sec. 7) Authorizes appropriations, including appropriations for basic research on the development of an advanced course on arson prevention and for the expansion of arson investigator training programs at the National Fire Academy and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center or through regional delivery sites. 
(Sec. 8) Prohibits any funds from being authorized to be appropriated for any fiscal year after FY 1996 for carrying out the programs for which funds are authorized by this Act or the amendments made by this Act.

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Working Families 
Child Care Act of 1997''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
Sec. 3. Assistance for low-income working families.
Sec. 4. Grants for child care supply shortages.
Sec. 5. Report on access to child care by low-income working families.
Sec. 6. Effective date.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Availability and affordability of quality child care is 
        a major obstacle for working parents who struggle to remain 
        self-sufficient.
                    (A) Compared to all other income groups, the 
                working poor are the least likely to receive assistance 
                with their child care costs.
                    (B) Low-income families spend 24 percent of their 
                household income on child care, whereas middle-income 
                families spend 6 percent of their household income on 
                child care.
                    (C) 38 States have waiting lists for child care for 
                the working poor. Among those States, Georgia has 
                41,000 individuals on its waiting list, Texas has 
                36,000 individuals on its waiting list, and Illinois 
                and Alabama each have 20,000 individuals on their 
                waiting lists.
                    (D) One survey of low-income families on a waiting 
                list for subsidized child care found that of those 
                families paying for child care out of their own funds, 
                71 percent faced serious debt or bankruptcy.
                    (E) Half of the States and the District of 
                Columbia, even before the enactment of the Personal 
                Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act 
                of 1996 (Public Law 104-193, 110 Stat. 2105) during the 
                104th Congress, increased the proportion of child care 
                slots or dollars going to families on welfare, rather 
                than to working poor families.
            (2) The Congressional Budget Office estimates that there 
        will be $1,400,000,000 less expenditures of child care funds 
        for working poor families as a result of the States 
        implementing the work requirements imposed under the Personal 
        Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 
        (Public Law 104-193, 110 Stat. 2105).
            (3) Important types of child care are not available in 
        certain States including infant care, school-age care, care for 
        children with disabilities and special health care needs, and 
        child care for parents with unconventional or shifting work 
        hours.
                    (A) A 1995 State study by the Comptroller General 
                of the United States found a shortage of child care for 
                infants and children with special needs in inner 
                cities, and a shortage of all types of child care in 
                rural areas.
                    (B) Only one-third of the schools in low-income 
                neighborhoods offer school-age child care, compared 
                with 52 percent of schools in more affluent areas 
                offering such care.
                    (C) Eighth-graders who are left home alone for 11 
                or more hours a week report significantly greater use 
                of cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana than eighth-
                graders who are not left home alone.
                    (D) Existing child care arrangements do not 
                accommodate the work schedules of many working women. 
                According to a 1995 statistic published by the 
                Department of Labor, 14,300,000 workers, nearly 1 in 5 
                full-time workers work nonstandard hours, and more than 
                1 in 3 of those workers are women.
                    (E) Only 10 percent of child care centers and 6 
                percent of family day care providers offer child care 
                on weekends. Yet one-third of working mothers with 
                annual incomes below the poverty level and one-quarter 
                of mothers with annual incomes above the poverty level 
                but below $25,000 work on weekends.
                    (F) Less than 30 percent of Head Start programs 
                operate on a full-time, full-year basis.

SEC. 3. ASSISTANCE FOR LOW-INCOME WORKING FAMILIES.

    Section 658B of the Child Care Development Block Grant Act of 1990 
(42 U.S.C. 9858) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 658B. FUNDING OF GRANTS.

    ``(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Except as provided in 
subsection (b), there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subchapter $2,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1997 through 
2002.
    ``(b) Appropriation.--The Secretary shall pay, from funds in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,400,000,000 for fiscal years 
1997 through 2002, through the awarding of grants to States under this 
subchapter for the purpose of providing child care services for 
families who have left the State program of assistance under part A of 
title IV of the Social Security Act because of employment, families 
that are at risk of becoming dependent on such assistance program, and 
low-income working families described in section 658E(c)(3)(D). Funds 
shall be paid under this subsection to the States in the same manner, 
and subject to the same requirements and limitations, as funds are paid 
to the States under section 418 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
618).''.

SEC. 4. GRANTS FOR CHILD CARE SUPPLY SHORTAGES.

    (a) Grants for Child Care Supply Shortages.--Section 658E(c)(3) of 
the Child Care Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
9858c(c)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(E) Child care supply shortages.--
                            ``(i) In general.--A State shall ensure 
                        that 100 percent of amounts paid to the State 
                        out of funds appropriated under section 
                        658B(a)(2) with respect to each of the fiscal 
                        years 1997 through 2002 shall be used to carry 
                        out child care activities described in clause 
                        (ii) in geographic areas within the State that 
                        have a shortage, as determined by the State, in 
                        consultation with localities, of child care 
                        services.
                            ``(ii) Child care activities described.--
                        The child care activities described in this 
                        clause include the following:
                                    ``(I) Infant care programs.
                                    ``(II) Before- and after-school 
                                child care programs.
                                    ``(III) Resource and referral 
                                programs.
                                    ``(IV) Nontraditional work hours 
                                child care programs.
                                    ``(V) Extending the hours of pre-
                                kindergarten programs to provide full-
                                day services.
                                    ``(VI) Any other child care 
                                programs that the Secretary determines 
                                are appropriate.''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 658B(a) of the Child 
Care Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858(a)), as 
amended by section 2, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Except as provided in'' and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2) 
        and''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Child care supply shortages.--There is authorized to 
        be appropriated to carry out section 658E(c)(3)(E), 
        $500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1997 through 2002.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 658(c)(3)(A) of the Child Care 
Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858c(c)(3)(A)) is 
amended by striking ``(D)'' and inserting ``(E)''.

SEC. 5. REPORT ON ACCESS TO CHILD CARE BY LOW-INCOME WORKING FAMILIES.

    (a) State Reporting Requirement.--Section 658K(a)(2) of the Child 
Care Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858i(a)(2)) is 
amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``and'' at the end; 
        and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (E), the following:
                    ``(F) the total number of families described in 
                section 658B(b) that were eligible for but did not 
                receive assistance under this subchapter or under 
                section 418 of the Social Security Act and a 
                description of the obstacles to providing such 
                assistance; and
                    ``(G) the total number of families described in 
                section 658B(b) that received assistance provided under 
                this subchapter or under section 418 of the Social 
                Security Act and a description of the manner in which 
                that assistance was provided;''.
    (b) Secretarial Reporting Requirement.--Section 658L of the Child 
Care Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858j) is amended 
by inserting ``, with particular emphasis on access of low-income 
working families,'' after ``public''.

SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act take effect as if 
included in the enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work 
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193, 110 Stat. 
2105).

Working Families Child Care Act of 1997 - Amends the Child Care Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to extend its authorization of appropriations through FY 2002. 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, from (additional) Treasury funds not otherwise appropriated, to award grants to States to provide child care services for:  (1) families who have left the State program of assistance under part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) of title IV of the Social Security Act because of employment; (2) families that are at risk of becoming dependent on such assistance program; and (3) low-income working families meeting specified criteria. 
Authorizes appropriations for grants to States for child care activities in areas of the State that have child care supply shortages.  Includes among such child care activities programs for: (1) infant care; (2) before- and after-school; (3) resources and referrals; (4) nontraditional work hours; (5) extending the hours of pre-kindergarten programs to provide full-day services; and (6) any other program the Secretary deems appropriate. 
Requires State reports to include information on access to child care by low-income working families.  Requires reports of the Secretary to place particular emphasis on such access. 
(Sec. 6) Makes this Act effective as if included in the enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193).