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Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Interstate Transportation of 
Municipal Waste Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. INTERSTATE TRANSPORTATION OF MUNICIPAL WASTE.

    Subtitle D of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. 6941 et seq.) 
is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

             ``interstate transportation of municipal waste

    ``Sec. 4011. (a) Authority To Restrict Out-of-State Municipal Waste 
Imports.--
            ``(1) Authority to prohibit.--(A) Except as provided in 
        subparagraph (B), a Governor may prohibit the disposal of out-
        of-State municipal waste in any landfill or incinerator that is 
        subject to the jurisdiction of the Governor.
            ``(B) The authority to prohibit disposal of out-of-State 
        municipal waste shall not apply to--
                    ``(i) landfills in operation on the date of 
                enactment of this section that--
                            ``(I) received during calendar year 1991 
                        documented shipments of out-of-State municipal 
                        waste; and
                            ``(II) are in compliance with all 
                        applicable Federal and State laws (including 
                        any Federal or State rule or regulation) 
                        relating to design and location standards, 
                        leachate collection, ground water monitoring, 
                        and financial assurance for closure and post-
                        closure and corrective action;
                    ``(ii) proposed landfills that, prior to January 1, 
                1993, received--
                            ``(I) an approval from either the affected 
                        local government or the local solid waste 
                        planning unit to receive municipal waste 
                        generated outside the jurisdiction of the 
                        affected local government, the solid waste 
                        planning unit, or the State in which the 
                        landfill is located; and
                            ``(II) a notice of decision from the State 
                        to grant a construction permit; or
                    ``(iii) incinerators in operation on the date of 
                enactment of this section that--
                            ``(I) received, during calendar year 1991, 
                        documented shipments of out-of-State municipal 
                        waste;
                            ``(II) are in compliance with the 
                        applicable requirements of section 129 of the 
                        Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7429); and
                            ``(III) are in compliance with all 
                        applicable Federal and State laws (including 
                        any Federal or State rule or regulation) 
                        relating to facility design, operations, and 
                        emissions.
            ``(2) Authority to limit.--Beginning with calendar year 
        1993, a Governor may--
                    ``(A) limit the quantity of out-of-State municipal 
                waste received for disposal at each landfill or 
                incinerator in the State to an annual quantity equal to 
                the quantity of out-of-State municipal waste received 
                for disposal at the landfill or incinerator during the 
                calendar year 1991 or 1992, whichever is less; and
                    ``(B) limit the disposal of out-of-State municipal 
                waste at each landfill or incinerator in the State that 
                received, during calendar year 1991 or 1992, documented 
                shipments of more than 50,000 tons of out-of-State 
                municipal waste representing more than 30 percent of 
                all municipal waste received at the landfill or 
                incinerator during the calendar year, by limiting the 
                quantity of out-of-State municipal waste received for 
                disposal at such landfill or incinerator to an annual 
                quantity not greater than 30 percent of all municipal 
                waste received at the landfill or incinerator during 
                calendar year 1991 or 1992, whichever is less;
                    ``(C) prohibit the disposal of out-of-State 
                municipal waste in landfills that do not meet all 
                applicable Federal and State laws (including any 
                Federal or State rule or regulation) relating to design 
                and location standards, leachate collection, ground 
                water monitoring, and financial assurance for closure 
                and post-closure and corrective action; and
                    ``(D) prohibit the disposal of out-of-State 
                municipal waste in incinerators that do not meet all 
                applicable Federal and State laws (including any 
                Federal or State rule or regulation) relating to 
                facility design, operations, and emissions.
            ``(3) Authority to further limit.--Beginning with calendar 
        year 1997, a Governor may further limit the disposal of out-of-
        State municipal waste as provided in paragraph (2)(B) by 
        reducing the 30 percent annual quantity limitation to 20 
        percent in each of calendar years 1998 and 1999, and to 10 
        percent in each succeeding calendar year.
            ``(4) Authority with respect to industrial waste.--A 
        Governor may exercise the authority provided in paragraphs (1), 
        (2), and (3) with respect to any industrial waste that is to be 
        disposed of at a landfill or incinerator that receives 
        municipal solid waste.
            ``(5) Applicability and discrimination provisions.--Any 
        limitation imposed by the Governor under paragraph (2)(A), 
        paragraph (2)(B), or paragraph (3)--
                    ``(A) shall be applicable throughout the State; and
                    ``(B) shall not discriminate against any shipments 
                of out-of-State municipal waste on the basis of State 
                of origin.
            ``(6) Determination of quantity of out-of-state municipal 
        waste received in states exercising authority.--(A) Any 
        Governor who intends to exercise the authority provided in this 
        subsection shall, within 120 days after the date of enactment 
        of this section, submit to the Administrator information 
        documenting the quantity of out-of-State municipal waste 
        received for disposal in the State of the Governor during 
        calendar years 1991 and 1992.
            ``(B) On receipt of the information submitted pursuant to 
        subparagraph (A), the Administrator shall notify the Governor 
        of each State and the public and shall provide a comment period 
        of not less than 30 days.
            ``(C) Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment 
        of this section, the Administrator shall publish a list of the 
        quantity of out-of-State municipal waste that was received 
        during calendar years 1991 and 1992, at each landfill and 
        incinerator in each State in which the Governor intends to 
        exercise the authority provided in this subsection.
    ``(b) Authority To Restrict In-State Municipal Waste Exports.--(1) 
Except as provided in paragraph (2), a Governor of a State may limit or 
prohibit the exportation outside the State of municipal waste generated 
in the State, in accordance with the comprehensive waste management 
plan of the affected local solid waste planning unit, or, if such a 
plan does not exist, in accordance with State law.
    ``(2) A Governor may not limit or prohibit the exportation of 
materials consisting solely of materials that have been separated from 
municipal waste for recycling.
    ``(c) Delegation of Authority to Local Governments.--A Governor may 
delegate authority provided by subsection (a) or (b), or both, to an 
affected local government or to a local solid waste planning unit, if a 
local solid waste planning unit exists under State law.
    ``(d) Designation of Affected Local Government.--Within 90 days 
after the date of the enactment of this section, the Governor shall 
designate which entity listed in subsection (e)(1) shall serve as the 
affected local government for actions taken under subsections (a) and 
(b). If the Governor fails to make a designation, the affected local 
government for actions taken under this section shall be the city, 
town, borough, county, parish, or other political subdivision created 
pursuant to State law with primary jurisdiction over the land or the 
use of the land on which the landfill or incinerator concerned is 
located.
    ``(e) Definitions.--For purposes of this section:
            ``(1) The term `affected local government' means the 
        elected officials of the city, town, borough, county, parish, 
        or other political subdivision in which a landfill or 
        incinerator is located.
            ``(2) The term `affected local solid waste planning unit' 
        means a political subdivision of a State with authority 
        relating to solid waste management planning in accordance with 
        State law.
            ``(3) The term `out-of-State municipal waste' means, with 
        respect to a State, municipal waste generated outside of the 
        State. The term includes municipal waste generated outside of 
        the United States.
            ``(4) The term `municipal waste' means refuse (and refuse-
        derived fuel) generated by the general public or from a 
        residential, commercial, institutional, or industrial source 
        (or any combination thereof), consisting of paper, wood, yard 
        wastes, plastics, leather, rubber, or other combustible or 
        noncombustible materials such as metal or glass (or any 
        combination thereof). The term does not include--
                    ``(A) any solid waste identified or listed as a 
                hazardous waste under section 3001;
                    ``(B) any solid waste, including contaminated soil 
                and debris, resulting from a response action taken 
                under section 104 or 106 of the Comprehensive 
                Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act 
                (42 U.S.C. 9604 or 9606) or a corrective action taken 
                under this Act;
                    ``(C) any metal, pipe, glass, plastic, paper, 
                textile, or other material that has been separated or 
                diverted from municipal waste and has been transported 
                into the State for the purpose of recycling or 
                reclamation;
                    ``(D) any solid or industrial waste that is--
                            ``(i) generated by an industrial facility; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) transported for the purpose of 
                        treatment, storage, or disposal to a facility 
                        that is owned or operated by the generator of 
                        the waste, or is located on property owned by 
                        the generator of a company with which the 
                        generator is affiliated;
                    ``(E) any solid waste generated incident to the 
                provision of service in interstate, intrastate, 
                foreign, or overseas air transportation;
                    ``(F) any medical waste that is segregated from or 
                not mixed with municipal waste; or
                    ``(G) any material or product returned from a 
                dispenser or distributor to the manufacturer for 
                credit, evaluation, or possible reuse.
            ``(5) The term `industrial waste' means waste generated 
        from manufacturing or industrial processing operations that is 
        not identical to municipal waste with respect to the physical 
        and chemical state of the waste and the composition of the 
        waste. The term includes construction and demolition debris.''.

SEC. 3. TABLE OF CONTENTS AMENDMENT.

    The table of contents of the Solid Waste Disposal Act is amended by 
adding at the end of the items relating to subtitle D the following new 
item:

``Sec. 4011. Interstate transportation of municipal waste.''.

Output: Interstate Transportation of Municipal Waste Act of 1993 - Amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act to authorize a State Governor to prohibit the disposal of out-of-State municipal waste in any landfill or incinerator in the State. 
Exempts from a Governor's authority to prohibit the disposal of out-of-State waste:  (1) landfills that received documented shipments of such waste in 1991 and are in compliance with Federal and State laws relating to design and location standards, leachate collection, groundwater monitoring, and financial assurance for closure and post-closure and corrective action; (2) proposed landfills that, prior to January 1, 1993, received an approval from the affected local government or solid waste planning unit to receive municipal waste generated outside the jurisdiction of the local government, planning unit, or State and a State notice of decision to grant a construction permit; or (3) incinerators that received documented shipments of such waste during 1991 and are in compliance with performance standards under the Clean Air Act and Federal and State laws relating to facility design, operations, and emissions. 
Authorizes State Governors, beginning in 1993, to further limit the quantity of out-of-State waste received for disposal, or the disposal of such waste, at specified landfills and incinerators.  Applies the authorities of this Act to industrial waste to be disposed of at landfills or incinerators that receive municipal solid waste. 
Prohibits discrimination against shipments of out-of-State waste on the basis of State of origin. 
Authorizes a State Governor to limit or prohibit the exportation outside the State of municipal waste generated within the State.


Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Food Tracking Improvement Act''.

SEC. 2. TRACEABILITY OF FOOD.

    The Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 301 et seq.) is 
amended--
            (1) in section 301, by inserting at the end the following:
    ``(jj) The failure to comply with any requirement of section 414A 
(relating to the traceability of food).''; and
            (2) in chapter IV, by inserting after section 414 the 
        following:

``SEC. 414A. TRACEABILITY OF FOOD.

    ``(a) Establishment of System.--Not later than 3 years after the 
date of the enactment of this section, the Secretary shall establish a 
traceability system described in subsection (b) for all stages of 
manufacturing, processing, packaging, and distribution of food.
    ``(b) Description of System.--The traceability system required by 
subsection (a) shall require each article of food shipped in interstate 
commerce to be identified in a manner that enables the Secretary to 
retrieve the history, use, and location of the article through a 
recordkeeping and audit system, a secure, online database, or 
registered identification.
    ``(c) Records.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary may require that each 
        person required to identify an article of food pursuant to 
        subsection (b) maintain accurate records, as prescribed by the 
        Secretary, regarding the purchase, sale, and identification of 
        the article.
            ``(2) Access.--Each person described in paragraph (1) 
        shall, at all reasonable times, on notice by a duly authorized 
        representative of the Secretary, allow the representative to 
        access to each place of business of the person to examine and 
        copy the records described in paragraph (1).
            ``(3) Duration.--Each person described in paragraph (1) 
        shall maintain records as required under this subsection for 
        such period of time as the Secretary prescribes.
    ``(d) False Information.--No person shall falsify or misrepresent 
to any other person or to the Secretary, any information as to any 
location at which any article of food was held.
    ``(e) Alteration or Destruction of Records.--No person shall, 
without authorization from the Secretary, alter, detach, or destroy any 
records or other means of identification prescribed by the Secretary 
for use in determining the location at which any article of food was 
held.
    ``(f) Advisory Committee.--
            ``(1) In general.--In order to assist the Secretary in 
        implementing the traceability system under subsection (a), the 
        Secretary shall convene an advisory committee (referred to in 
        this subsection as the `Committee').
            ``(2) Membership.--The Committee shall consist of 13 
        members appointed by the Secretary which shall include--
                    ``(A) an equitable number of food safety and 
                tracking technology experts, representatives of the 
                food industry, and consumer advocates; and
                    ``(B) officials from the Center for Food Safety and 
                Applied Nutrition and the Office of Regulatory Affairs 
                of the Food and Drug Administration and the Agriculture 
                Marketing Service of the Department of Agriculture.
            ``(3) Chairperson.--The Secretary shall appoint a 
        Chairperson of the Committee.
            ``(4) Meeting.--The Committee shall convene not later than 
        180 days after the date of enactment of this section and 
        periodically thereafter at the call of the Chairperson.
            ``(5) Report of committee.--
                    ``(A) In general.--Not later than 1 year after the 
                date of enactment of this section, the Committee shall 
                submit to the Secretary and the Office of the 
                Commissioner a report that describes the 
                recommendations regarding the most practicable approach 
                to providing for the traceability of food, including 
                the most efficient means of implementing the traceback 
                of contaminated foods.
                    ``(B) Considerations.--In developing the report 
                under subparagraph (A), the Committee shall consider 
                the following approaches to providing for the 
                traceability of food:
                            ``(i) A national database or registry 
                        operated by the Food and Drug Administration.
                            ``(ii) Electronic records identifying each 
                        prior sale, purchase, or trade of the food and 
                        its ingredients, and establishing that the food 
                        and its ingredients were grown, prepared, 
                        handled, manufactured, processed, distributed, 
                        shipped, warehoused, imported, and conveyed 
                        under conditions to ensure the safety of the 
                        food. The records would include an electronic 
                        statement with the date of, and the names and 
                        addresses of all parties to, each prior sale, 
                        purchase, or trade, and any other information 
                        as appropriate.
                            ``(iii) Standardized tracking numbers on 
                        all shipments. These numbers would identify the 
                        country of origin, the unique facility 
                        registration number, date of production, and 
                        lot number (if applicable).
                            ``(iv) Recall performance standards for 
                        each food or commodity type.
                            ``(v) Safeguards for the combining, 
                        repacking, or otherwise mixing of items of 
                        food, particularly fresh produce.
                            ``(vi) Other approaches that enable the 
                        reliable tracking of food and food products.
    ``(g) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purpose of carrying 
out this section, there is authorized to be appropriated $40,000,000 
for the period of fiscal years 2009 through 2011.''.

Output: Food Tracking Improvement Act - Amends the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to prohibit failing to comply with any requirement of this Act.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish a traceability system for all stages of manufacturing, processing, packaging, and distribution of food; and (2) convene an advisory committee to assist in implementing the system. Requires the system to identify each article of food shipped in interstate commerce in a manner that enables the Secretary to retrieve the history, use, and location of the article through a recordkeeping and audit system, a secure, online database, or registered identification.

Authorizes the Secretary to direct each person required to identify an article of food to maintain accurate records regarding the purchase, sale, and identification of the article. Requires each such person to allow authorized representatives of the Secretary to examine and copy records. Prohibits any person from: (1) falsifying or misrepresenting information as to the location at which any article of food was held; or (2) altering, detaching, or destroying any records or other means of identification for use in determining such a location.


Input: Consider Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Family Services Improvement Act of 
1997''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) historically, Federal programs have addressed the 
        Nation's problems by providing categorical financial assistance 
        with detailed requirements relating to the use of funds;
            (2) while the assistance described in paragraph (1) has 
        been directed at critical problems, some program requirements 
        may inadvertently impede the effective delivery of services, 
        and the Federal government should exercise leadership in 
        eliminating these impediments;
            (3) the Nation's State, local, and tribal governments and 
        private, nonprofit organizations are dealing with increasingly 
        complex problems that require the coordinated delivery of many 
        kinds of services;
            (4) the Nation's communities are diverse, and different 
        needs are present in different communities; and
            (5) it is more important than ever for the Federal 
        Government to--
                    (A) review, coordinate, and rationalize rules, 
                regulations and policies governing the range of Federal 
                financial assistance programs;
                    (B) reduce the barriers between programs that 
                impede State, local, and tribal governments' ability to 
                deliver services in a coordinated and effective manner; 
                and
                    (C) promote more effective and efficient local 
                delivery of services.

SEC. 3. PURPOSES.

    The purposes of this Act are to--
            (1) remove Federal impediments to coordination of service 
        delivery;
            (2) enable more efficient use of Federal, State, and local 
        resources through program coordination and reduction of 
        regulation;
            (3) facilitate cooperation among and coordination of 
        programs operated by State, local, and tribal governments and 
        private, nonprofit organizations; and
            (4) place less emphasis in Federal service programs on 
        measuring resources and procedures and more emphasis on 
        accountability for achieving policy goals.

SEC. 4. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act--
            (1) Eligible federal financial assistance program.--The 
        term ``eligible Federal financial assistance program''--
                    (A) means a Federal program under which financial 
                assistance is available, directly or indirectly, to a 
                State, local, or tribal government or a qualified 
                organization to carry out a specified program;
                    (B) does not include a Federal program under which 
                financial assistance is provided by the Federal 
                Government directly to a beneficiary of that financial 
                assistance, or to a State to provide financial or food 
                voucher assistance directly to a beneficiary (but may 
                include administrative costs for such a program if 
                administrative funding levels are set separately from 
                benefit funding by law or regulation);
                    (C) includes the services portion of a program that 
                provides both direct cash payments and services; and
                    (D) does not include a direct spending program (as 
                defined under the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990 (2 
                U.S.C. 900(c)(8)).
            (2) Eligible state, local, or tribal government.--The term 
        ``eligible State, local, or tribal government'' means a State, 
        local, or tribal government that is eligible to receive 
        financial assistance under one or more eligible Federal 
        financial assistance programs;
            (3) Local government.--The term ``local government'' 
        means--
                    (A) a subdivision of a State that is a unit of 
                general local government (as defined under section 6501 
                of title 31, United States Code);
                    (B) any combination of political subdivisions 
                described in subparagraph (A) recognized by the 
                Council; and
                    (C) local education agencies (as defined under 
                section 8801(18) of title 20, United States Code);
            (4) Qualified organization.--The term ``qualified 
        organization'' means a private, nonprofit organization 
        described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 
        1986 that is exempt from taxation under section 501(a) of the 
        Internal Revenue Code of 1986;
            (5) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the 50 States, 
        the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, 
        and the Virgin Islands;
            (6) Qualified consortium.--The term ``qualified 
        consortium'' means a group that--
                    (A) is composed of any combination of qualified 
                organizations, State agencies, or local agencies that 
                receive federally appropriated funds, and
                    (B) includes representatives from not less than 
                three organizations providing services in not less than 
                three of the following areas:
                            (i) Education.
                            (ii) Head Start.
                            (iii) Child care.
                            (iv) Family support and preservation.
                            (v) Maternal and child health.
                            (vi) Job training.
                            (vii) Housing.
                            (viii) Nutrition.
                            (ix) Juvenile justice.
                            (x) Drug abuse prevention and treatment; 
                        and
            (7) Tribal government.--The term ``tribal government'' 
        means the governing entity of an Indian tribe as defined in the 
        Federally Recognized Indian Tribe List Act of 1994 (25 U.S.C. 
        479a), and any amendments to such Act.

SEC. 5. ESTABLISHMENT OF FEDERAL COORDINATION COUNCIL.

    (a) Designation and Membership.--The President shall designate a 
Federal Coordination Council, in this Act referred to as ``Council'', 
composed of the following:
            (1) The Attorney General.
            (2) The Secretary of Agriculture.
            (3) The Secretary of Labor.
            (4) The Secretary of Health and Human Services.
            (5) The Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
            (6) The Secretary of Education.
            (7) The Director of National Drug Control Policy.
            (8) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
            (9) Any additional members appointed at the discretion of 
        the President.
    (b) Chairperson.--The President shall designate a Chair of the 
Council from among members of the Council.
    (c) Duties.--The Council shall perform the following functions:
            (1) Review regulations governing eligible Federal financial 
        assistance programs in the areas listed in section 4(1)(A) and 
        identify more efficient operation and coordination of such 
        programs.
            (2) Coordinate and assist Federal agencies in eliminating, 
        revising, and coordinating regulations, including regulations 
        with respect to the blending of funds.
            (3) Coordinate and assist Federal agencies in creating an 
        application to be used to apply for assistance from eligible 
        Federal financial assistance programs in the areas listed in 
        section 4(1)(A).
            (4) Coordinate and assist Federal agencies in creating a 
        release form to be used by a client to authorize or prohibit 
        service providers, including schools, from sharing information 
        across eligible Federal financial assistance programs.
            (5) Coordinate and assist agencies in creating a system 
        wherein an organization or consortium of organizations may use 
        one proposal to apply for funding from multiple eligible 
        Federal financial assistance programs.
            (6) Evaluate current performance standards and evaluation 
        criteria for eligible Federal financial assistance programs, 
        and make specific recommendations to Federal agencies regarding 
        how to revise such standards and criteria in order to establish 
        specific and measurable performance and outcome measures by 
        which program success may be judged and future funding 
        decisions made.
            (7) Ensure that Federal grants program criteria award 
        priority funding to qualified consortia.
            (8) Establish interagency teams comprised of staff from the 
        agencies that administer the covered federal financial 
        assistance programs to provide training and technical 
        assistance to assist program coordination.
            (9) Establish interagency teams to provide outcome-based, 
        cross-program evaluation of coordinated programs.
            (10) Identify not less than ten qualified consortia to 
        participate in a demonstration program to determine the 
        benefits of the following accountability procedures:
                    (A) The qualified consortium shall select a set of 
                specific and measurable program goals.
                    (B) The qualified consortium shall develop a 
                flexibility and coordination plan to describe--
                            (i) how the consortium will attain these 
                        goals;
                            (ii) how performance will be measured; and
                            (iii) how the consortium will identify 
                        subgroups within the community, and collect and 
                        maintain data to measure the impact of the plan 
                        on individuals, the subgroups, and the 
                        community.
    (d) Reports.--
            (1) Not later than one year after the designation of the 
        Council, the Council shall submit to the Congress a report 
        detailing any legislative encumbrances preventing the Council 
        from carrying out its duties.
            (2) Not later than three years after the designation of the 
        Council, the Council shall submit to the Congress a report 
        detailing any regulations implemented as a result of findings 
        of the Council.

SEC. 6. INCENTIVES TO FORM CONSORTIA.

    (a) Exemption from Requirements.--Notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, members of a qualified consortium shall be exempted, 
without any waiver application or approval, but subject to prior 
notification to the agency administering the affected Federal 
assistance programs, from meeting requirements or providing services 
which are met or performed by another member of the consortium, so long 
as the standards of the requirement or service are met by that other 
member of the consortium.
    (b) Retention of Certain Funds.--Any funds which each individual 
program saves from the program coordination described in subsection (a) 
may be retained by the consortium in a flexible account which shall be 
administered in accordance with a memorandum of understanding agreed to 
by each member of the consortium. Flexible account funds may be used to 
expand, improve, or otherwise augment services provided by the 
consortium, consistent with the intent of Federal programs managed by 
consortium members, including data systems development and joint 
professional development with staff from other consortium members.
    (c) Permission to Set Aside Percentage of Funds.--Any agency or 
organization that is a member of a consortium may at its discretion set 
aside a maximum of 10 percent of its Federal funds in the flexible 
account described in subsection (b).
    (d) Audit of Federal Financial Assistance Programs.--The Federal 
agencies with jurisdiction over Federal financial assistance programs 
included in a consortium may designate a cognizant agency to audit 
flexible fund expenditures.
    (f) Enforcement of Requirements of Federal Financial Assistance 
Programs.--The Federal agencies with jurisdiction over Federal 
financial assistance programs included in a consortium may designate a 
cognizant agency to enforce the authorization requirements of Federal 
assistance programs.


Output: Family Services Improvement Act of 1997 - Directs the President to designate a Federal Coordination Council composed of various specified cabinet secretaries and other Federal agency heads to perform a variety of specified functions for the stated purposes of:  (1) removing Federal impediments to coordination of service delivery; (2) enabling more efficient use of Federal, State, and local resources through program coordination and reduction of regulation; (3) facilitating cooperation among and coordination of programs operated by State, local, and tribal governments and private, nonprofit organizations; (4) identifying at least ten qualified consortia of such organizations and State or local agencies that receive federally appropriated funds, together with representatives of specified services, to participate in a demonstration program to determine the benefits of specified accountability procedures; and (5) placing less emphasis in Federal service programs on measuring resources and procedures and more emphasis on accountability for achieving policy goals. 
Requires the Federal Coordination Council to submit to the Congress:  (1) not later than one year after the designation of the Council, a report detailing any legislative encumbrances preventing the Council from carrying out its duties; and (2) not later than three years after the designation of the Council, a report detailing any regulations implemented as a result of the Council's findings.