In this task, you are given text for US Congressional and California state bills, your task is to generate a summary for this bill.

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Shimon Peres was born in Poland in 1923.
            (2) The Peres family emigrated to Tel Aviv in 1934, and all 
        of the family members of Shimon Peres who remained in Poland 
        were murdered during the Holocaust.
            (3) Before Israel gained independence, Shimon Peres earned 
        the respect of senior leaders in the independence movement in 
        Israel, most notably David Ben-Gurion.
            (4) The founding generation of Israel was central to the 
        development of Israel, and Shimon Peres is the only surviving 
        member of that founding generation.
            (5) Shimon Peres has served in numerous high-level cabinet 
        positions and ministerial posts in Israel, including head of 
        the Israeli Navy, Minister of Defense, Foreign Minister, Prime 
        Minister, and President, among many others.
            (6) Shimon Peres has honorably served Israel for over 70 
        years, during which he has significantly contributed to United 
        States interests and has played a pivotal role in forging the 
        strong and unbreakable bond between the United States and 
        Israel.
            (7) By presenting the Congressional Gold Medal to Shimon 
        Peres, the first to be awarded to a sitting President of 
        Israel, Congress proclaims its unbreakable bond with Israel and 
        reaffirms its continual support for Israel as we commemorate 
        the 65th anniversary of the independence of Israel and the 90th 
        birthday of Shimon Peres, which are both significant milestones 
        in Israeli history.
            (8) Maintaining strong bilateral relations between the 
        United States and Israel has been a priority of Shimon Peres 
        since he began working with the United States in the days of 
        John F. Kennedy. The strong bond is exemplified by the 
        following:
                    (A) President Reagan said to Shimon Peres upon his 
                visit to the United States, ``Mr. Prime Minister, I 
                thank you very much for your visit. It's been an 
                occasion to renew a friendship and to review and 
                enhance the strength of our unique bilateral 
                relationship.''
                    (B) At another point President Reagan said of 
                Shimon Peres, ``His vision, his statesmanship and his 
                tenacity are greatly appreciated here.''
                    (C) While visiting with Shimon Peres at the 
                Residence of the President in Jerusalem, President 
                Obama described Shimon Peres as ``. . . a son of Israel 
                who's devoted his life to keeping Israel strong and 
                sustaining the bonds between our two nations''.
                    (D) On March 20, 2013, Shimon Peres reaffirmed his 
                belief in the relationship between the United States 
                and Israel, stating, ``America stood by our side from 
                the very beginning. You support us as we rebuild our 
                ancient homeland and as we defend our land. From 
                Holocaust to redemption.''
                    (E) On March 21, 2013, Shimon Peres stated, ``. . . 
                America is so great and we are so small. But I learned 
                that you don't measure us by size, but by values. When 
                it comes to values, we are you and you are us. . . . As 
                I look back, I feel that the Israel of today has 
                exceeded the vision we had 65 years ago. Reality has 
                surpassed our dreams. The United States of America 
                helped us to make this possible.''

SEC. 2. CONGRESSIONAL GOLD MEDAL.

    (a) Award Authorized.--The President pro tempore of the Senate and 
the Speaker of the House of Representatives shall make appropriate 
arrangements for the award, on behalf of Congress, of a single gold 
medal of appropriate design to President Shimon Peres.
    (b) Design and Striking.--For the purpose of the award referred to 
in subsection (a), the Secretary of the Treasury shall strike a gold 
medal with suitable emblems, devices, and inscriptions to be determined 
by the Secretary.

SEC. 3. DUPLICATE MEDALS.

    Under such regulations as the Secretary of the Treasury may 
prescribe, the Secretary may strike duplicate medals in bronze of the 
gold medal struck pursuant to section 2 and sell such duplicate medals 
at a price sufficient to cover the costs of the medals, including 
labor, materials, dies, use of machinery, and overhead expenses.

SEC. 4. NATIONAL MEDALS.

    Medals struck pursuant to this Act are national medals for purposes 
of chapter 51 of title 31, United States Code.

SEC. 5. AUTHORITY TO USE FUND AMOUNTS; PROCEEDS OF SALE.

    (a) Authorization of Charges.--There is authorized to be charged 
against the United States Mint Public Enterprise Fund, such amounts as 
may be necessary to pay for the costs of the medals struck pursuant to 
this Act.
    (b) Proceeds of Sale.--Amounts received from the sale of duplicate 
bronze medals under section 3 shall be deposited in the United States 
Mint Public Enterprise Fund.

            Passed the Senate March 13, 2014.

            Attest:

                                                             Secretary.
113th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 1456

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 AN ACT

         To award the Congressional Gold Medal to Shimon Peres.
[EX A]: .  Directs the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate to arrange for the presentation of a congressional gold medal in honor of President Shimon Peres of Israel.

[EX Q]: 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).
[EX A]: 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).

[EX Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Choices in Child Care Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress finds the following:
            (1) Currently, child care assistance for children from low-
        income working families is severely underfunded, allowing only 
        1 in 7 eligible children to receive child care assistance for 
        children from birth to age 13.
            (2) Funding for the Child Care and Development Block Grant 
        Act of 1990 has remained relatively flat for 5 years, making it 
        more difficult for children from eligible families to receive 
        child care assistance.
            (3) In the majority of United States families, parents, 
        whether married or single, must work to provide economic 
        security for their families and, not the least, for the infants 
        newly welcomed into the families. Fifty-five percent of women 
        with children less than 1 year of age are part of the 
        workforce, while 73 percent of women with children 1 year of 
        age or older are in the workforce.
            (4) Research shows that the quality and nature of 
        caretaking in the first months and years of life are critical 
        to a young child's subsequent brain development, social 
        development, and well-being. Healthy early development depends 
        on nurturing and responsible relationships.
            (5) Research also shows that there is an extreme shortage 
        of quality, affordable child care for infants. Numerous studies 
        document lack of infant care and, in particular, affordable 
        care that meets basic health and safety standards, particularly 
        in rural areas. The current number of infant slots of licensed 
        child care providers can only meet 18 percent of the potential 
        need. The shortage is even more acute in rural areas, 
        especially those with a high percentage of low-wage residents.
            (6) For the well-being of United States children, and for 
        the economic security of the families on which the children 
        depend, working parents should be able to provide child care 
        for infants themselves without undermining family economic 
        stability.

SEC. 3. AT-HOME INFANT CARE.

    The Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 is amended 
by inserting after section 658G (42 U.S.C. 9858e) the following:

``SEC. 658H. DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS TO PROVIDE AT-HOME INFANT CARE 
              BENEFITS.

    ``(a) Authority To Award Grants.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall award grants to not 
        less than 5 and not more than 7 States to enable such States to 
        carry out demonstration projects to provide at-home infant care 
        benefits to eligible low-income families.
            ``(2) Indian tribes.--The Secretary may award grants to 
        Indian tribes under this subsection. An Indian tribe that 
        receives a grant under this subsection shall carry out a 
        demonstration project to provide at-home infant care benefits 
        to eligible low-income families. The Indian tribe shall carry 
        out the demonstration project in the same manner, and to the 
        same extent, as a State that receives a grant under this 
        subsection, except that the Secretary may modify the 
        requirements of this section as appropriate with respect to the 
        Indian tribe.
            ``(3) Calculation.--Any grant awarded to an Indian tribe 
        under paragraph (2) shall not be counted in determining the 
        number of grants awarded to States under paragraph (1).
    ``(b) Demonstration Projects.--
            ``(1) Application for participation and selection of 
        states.--
                    ``(A) In general.--To be eligible to participate in 
                the program carried out under this section and receive 
                a grant under subsection (a) to carry out a 
                demonstration project, a State shall submit an 
                application to the Secretary at such time, in such 
                manner, and containing such information as the 
                Secretary may require.
                    ``(B) Notice.--Not later than 90 days after the 
                date of enactment of Choices in Child Care Act, the 
                Secretary shall publish in the Federal Register a 
                notice of opportunity to participate in the program and 
                receive such a grant, specifying the contents of an 
                application described in subparagraph (A). The notice 
                shall include a timeframe for States to submit such an 
                application, and shall provide that all such 
                applications shall be submitted not later than 270 days 
                after such date of enactment.
                    ``(C) Selection.--
                            ``(i) In general.--The Secretary shall 
                        review the applications and select the 
                        participating States not later than 1 year 
                        after such date of enactment.
                            ``(ii) Criteria.--In selecting the 
                        participating States, the Secretary shall--
                                    ``(I) seek to ensure geographic 
                                diversity; and
                                    ``(II) give priority to States--
                                            ``(aa) whose applications 
                                        demonstrate a strong commitment 
                                        to improving the quality of 
                                        infant care and the choices 
                                        available to parents of 
                                        infants;
                                            ``(bb) with experience 
                                        relevant to the operation of 
                                        at-home infant care programs; 
                                        and
                                            ``(cc) in which there are 
                                        demonstrable shortages of 
                                        infant care.
            ``(2) Required certifications.--A State selected to be a 
        participating State shall provide certifications to the 
        Secretary, with respect to the demonstration project to be 
        carried out by the State, that--
                    ``(A) during the period during which the State 
                carries out the demonstration project, the State will 
                not reduce expenditures for child care services below 
                the level of such expenditures made by the State in the 
                fiscal year preceding the fiscal year in which the 
                State began to carry out the project;
                    ``(B) the State, in carrying out the demonstration 
                project--
                            ``(i) will not give priority or preference 
                        to--
                                    ``(I) eligible low-income families 
                                seeking to receive at-home infant care 
                                benefits through the demonstration 
                                project; over
                                    ``(II) other eligible low-income 
                                families on a waiting list for child 
                                care assistance through another program 
                                in the State; but
                            ``(ii) will select a combination of 
                        families described in clause (i)(I) and 
                        families described in (i)(II) to receive at-
                        home infant care benefits;
                    ``(C) the State will--
                            ``(i) provide parents applying to receive 
                        at-home infant care benefits with in- formation 
                        on the range of options for child care 
                        available to the parents;
                            ``(ii) ensure that approved applicants for 
                        at-home infant care benefits are permitted to 
                        choose between receipt of at-home infant care 
                        benefit subsidies, and receipt of certificates 
                        that may be used with an eligible child care 
                        provider for child care needed for employment; 
                        and
                            ``(iii) provide that a family receiving at-
                        home infant care benefit subsidies may exchange 
                        the subsidies for certificates described in 
                        clause (ii) at any time during the family's 
                        participation in the demonstration project;
                    ``(D) the State will develop or update, and 
                implement, a plan to improve the quality of infant care 
                in the State, and provide parent education and support 
                services to participants in the demonstration project; 
                and
                    ``(E) the State will cooperate with information 
                collection and evaluations conducted by the Secretary.
            ``(3) Family eligibility.--
                    ``(A) In general.--To be eligible to receive at-
                home infant care benefits through a demonstration 
                project under this section, a family shall--
                            ``(i) have a family income that does not 
                        exceed the limit specified in section 
                        658P(4)(B);
                            ``(ii) include a child under the age of 12 
                        months (or, at the election of the State 
                        carrying out the demonstration project, under 
                        the age of 24 months);
                            ``(iii) include a parent who had a recent 
                        work history (as determined in accordance with 
                        the State's requirements for such a work 
                        history) prior to application for the at-home 
                        infant care benefits; and
                            ``(iv) meet such other eligibility 
                        requirements as the State may establish.
                    ``(B) Two-parent families.--A State selected to 
                carry out a demonstration project under this section 
                shall permit 2-parent families to participate in the 
                project but may not limit participation in the project 
                to such families.
            ``(4) Amount of assistance.--The amount of an at-home 
        infant care benefit provided to an eligible low-income family 
        under this section for a month shall not exceed the monthly 
        amount obtained by applying 100 percent of the State's maximum 
        rate for a licensed family child care provider for full-time 
        infant care.
            ``(5) TANF assistance.--The receipt of an at-home infant 
        care benefit under this section shall not be considered to be 
        assistance for any purpose under the program of block grants to 
        States for temporary assistance for needy families established 
        under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
        601 et seq.).
            ``(6) Benefit not treated as income.--Notwithstanding any 
        other provision of law, the value of an at-home infant care 
        benefit shall not be treated as income for purposes of any 
        Federal or federally-assisted program that bases eligibility, 
        or the amount of benefits or services provided, on need.
    ``(c) Evaluation and Report to Congress.--
            ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall conduct an 
        evaluation of the demonstration projects carried out under this 
        section and submit a report to Congress containing the results 
        of such evaluation not later than 4 years after the date of 
        enactment of Choices in Child Care Act.
            ``(2) Requirements.--In conducting the evaluation, the 
        Secretary shall examine the following:
                    ``(A) Implementation experiences of the States 
                carrying out the demonstration projects in developing 
                and operating projects providing at-home infant care 
                benefits, including design issues and issues in 
                coordinating at-home infant care benefits provided 
                under this section with benefits provided or funded 
                under another provision of this Act in the State.
                    ``(B) The characteristics of families seeking to 
                participate and participating in the demonstration 
                projects providing at-home infant care benefits funded 
                under this section.
                    ``(C) The length of participation by families in 
                such demonstration projects and the reasons for the 
                families ceasing to participate in the demonstration 
                projects.
                    ``(D) The prior and subsequent employment of the 
                participating families and the effect of the 
                demonstration project participation on subsequent 
                employment of the families.
                    ``(E) The costs and benefits of the demonstration 
                projects.
                    ``(F) The effectiveness of State efforts (including 
                tribal efforts) to improve the quality of infant care 
                during the periods in which the demonstration projects 
                are carried out.
            ``(3) Reservation of funds.--From the amount appropriated 
        under section 658B(b) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall 
        reserve $1,000,000 for purposes of conducting the evaluation 
        required under this subsection.''.

SEC. 4. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS AND CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

    (a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 658B of the Child 
Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858) is 
amended--
            (1) by inserting: ``(a) In General.--'' before ``There 
        is'';
            (2) by inserting ``(other than section 658H)'' after ``this 
        subchapter''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
    ``(b) Demonstration Projects To Provide At-Home Infant Care 
Benefits.--There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out section 
658H $75,000,000 for fiscal year 2007 and each subsequent fiscal 
year.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Reservations.--Section 658O(a) of the Child Care and 
        Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858m(a)) is 
        amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``under this 
                subchapter'' and inserting ``under section 658B(a)''; 
                and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``under section 
                658B'' and inserting ``under section 658B(a)''.
            (2) Allotments.--Section 658O(b)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
        9858m(b)(1)) is amended by striking ``under section 658B'' and 
        inserting ``under section 658B(a)''.
[EX A]:
Choices in Child Care Act - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to five to seven states for demonstration projects to provide at-home infant care benefits to low-income families. Allows grants to Indian tribes. Requires the Secretary to seek to ensure geographic diversity among participants and to give priority to states that demonstrate a commitment to improving the quality of infant care and the choices available to parents of infants, that have relevant experience, and that have a shortage of infant care.

Requires states, to participate in the demonstration project, to certify to the Secretary that the state: (1) will not reduce expenditures for child care services while carrying out the project; (2) will not give priority or preference to low-income families seeking to receive at-home infant care benefits over other families on a waiting list for child care assistance through other state programs, but will select a combination of such families; and (3) will ensure that applicants are permitted to choose between receipt of at-home care subsidies and certificates for child care needed for employment.

Sets forth eligibility requirements for families seeking assistance, including having a parent who had a recent work history prior to the application for benefits. Requires states to permit two-parent families to participate in the project, but prohibits states from limiting participation in the project to such families.