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

Example Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Public Voice Campaign Finance Reform 
Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. PROMOTING DISCLOSURE OF CAMPAIGN SPENDING.

    (a) Requiring Intermediaries and Conduits To Report on Bundled 
Contributions.--Section 315(a)(8) of the Federal Election Campaign Act 
of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 441a(a)(8)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(8)'' and inserting ``(8)(A)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new subparagraph:
    ``(B) Any person acting as an intermediary or conduit for the 
collection or delivery of contributions on behalf of a candidate shall 
file reports with the Commission (at the same time and in the same 
manner as a political committee which is not an authorized committee of 
a candidate is required to file reports under section 304(a)(4)) on the 
contributions collected or delivered and on related activities 
conducted on the candidate's behalf.''.
    (b) Treatment of Certain Communications as Independent Expenditures 
for Reporting Purposes.--Section 301(17) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 431(17)) 
is amended by striking ``identified candidate'' and inserting the 
following: ``identified candidate, or any payment for any communication 
made during the 90-day period ending on the date of an election which 
includes the name or likeness of a candidate,''.
    (c) Mandatory Electronic Filing for Persons Meeting Certain 
Threshold.--Section 304(a)(11)(A) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 434(a)(11)(A)) 
is amended by striking the period at the end and inserting the 
following: ``, except that in the case of any person reporting an 
amount of contributions, expenditures, or disbursements in an amount 
exceeding a threshold established by the Commission, the person shall 
file all reports required under this Act by such electronic means, 
format, or method.''.

SEC. 3. ENHANCING ENFORCEMENT ABILITIES OF FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION.

    (a) Permitting FEC To Impose Filing Fee for Reports.--Section 307 
of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 437d) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(f)(1) The Commission shall require each political committee 
filing a report under this title to include with the report a payment 
(in an amount established by the Commission) if the amount of 
contributions, expenditures, or disbursements covered by the report 
exceeds a threshold established by the Commission.
    ``(2) In establishing the amount of payment required to be included 
with a report under paragraph (1), the Commission shall take into 
account the costs to the Commission which are associated with the 
submission of reports under this title.
    ``(3) The Commission may waive the application of paragraph (1) 
with respect to a political committee if the Commission determines that 
the payment required would result in a financial hardship to the 
committee.
    ``(4) The Commission may charge a nominal fee for the distribution 
of documents to the public.
    ``(5) The amount appropriated to the Commission for a fiscal year 
pursuant to the authorization under section 314 may not be adjusted to 
take into account any amounts anticipated to be received by the 
Commission during the year pursuant to this subsection.''.
    (b) Revised Standard for Referral of Certain Violations to Attorney 
General.--Section 309(a)(5)(C) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 437g(a)(5)(C)) is 
amended by striking ``by an affirmative vote of 4 of its members, 
determined that there is probable cause to believe'' and inserting 
``believes''.
    (c) Permitting Random Audits.--Section 311(b) of such Act (2 U.S.C. 
438(b)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(b)'' and inserting ``(b)(1)''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
    ``(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Commission shall conduct 
random audits of the reports of political committees during the 1-year 
period which begins on the date of a general election, in accordance 
with such criteria as the Commission may establish.''.

SEC. 4. REDUCED BROADCAST RATES FOR CANDIDATES.

    (a) In General.--Section 315(b)(1) of the Communications Act of 
1934 (47 U.S.C. 315(b)(1)) is amended by striking ``the lowest unit 
charge'' and inserting ``the applicable percentage of the lowest unit 
charge''.
    (b) Applicable Percentage Defined.--Section 315(c) of such Act (47 
U.S.C. 315(c)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (1);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (2) and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) the term `applicable percentage' means--
                    ``(A) 70 percent, in the case of a small broadcast 
                station (as determined by the Commission in accordance 
                with ratings, market area analysis, and such other 
                criteria as the Commission may establish), or
                    ``(B) 50 percent, in the case of any other 
                candidate and any other broadcast station.''.

SEC. 5. RESTRICTIONS ON USE OF NON-FEDERAL FUNDS.

    Title III of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 
431 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following new section:

               ``restrictions on use of non-federal funds

    ``Sec. 323. (a) In General.--Except as provided in subsection (b), 
no funds which are not subject to the limitations and prohibitions of 
this Act may be expended or disbursed by any person for any activity 
which significantly affects an election for Federal office or which 
promotes or identifies (in whole or in part) any candidate for election 
for Federal office, including any get-out-the-vote drive which 
identifies or targets supporters of a candidate for election for 
Federal office, or any voter registration drive or development or 
maintenance of voter files which occurs during an even-numbered year.
    ``(b) Exceptions.--Subsection (a) shall not apply with respect to 
any of the following activities:
            ``(1) The construction, maintenance, or operation of 
        buildings or broadcast facilities for political parties.
            ``(2) State or local political party conventions.
            ``(3) State or local political party administration.
            ``(4) Generic campaign activity to promote a political 
        party.
            ``(5) Any activity which would be described in clause (i), 
        (iii), or (v) of section 301(9)(B) if payment for the activity 
        were an expenditure under such section.''.

SEC. 6. APPOINTMENT AND SERVICE OF MEMBERS OF FEDERAL ELECTION 
              COMMISSION.

    (a) Appointment of Additional, Independent Commissioner.--
            (1) In general.--Section 306(a)(1) of the Federal Election 
        Campaign Act of 1971 (2 U.S.C. 437c(a)(1)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``(a)(1)'' and inserting 
                ``(a)(1)(A)'';
                    (B) in the first sentence, by striking ``6 members 
                appointed by the President,'' and inserting the 
                following: ``7 members appointed by the President, of 
                whom one shall be a political independent nominated for 
                appointment by the other members serving on the 
                Commission,''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following new 
                subparagraph:
    ``(B) In subparagraph (A), the term `political independent' means 
an individual who at no time after January 1992--
            ``(i) has held elective office as a member of the 
        Democratic or Republican party;
            ``(ii) has received any wages or salary from the Democratic 
        or Republican party or from a Democratic or Republican party 
        office-holder or candidate; or
            ``(iii) has provided substantial volunteer services or made 
        any substantial contribution to the Democratic or Republican 
        party or to a Democratic or Republican party office-holder or 
        candidate.''.
            (2) Deadline for initial appointment.--The members of the 
        Federal Election Commission shall provide the President with a 
        nominee for appointment to the Commission under section 
        306(a)(1)(A) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (as 
        amended by paragraph (1)) not later than 90 days after the date 
        of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Limiting Commissioners to Single Term.--Section 306(a)(2)(A) of 
such Act (2 U.S.C. 437c(a)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ``terms'' and 
inserting ``a single term''.

SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to 
elections occurring after January 1999.
Example Output: Public Voice Campaign Finance Reform Act of 1997 - Amends the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 (FECA) to provide for:  (1) intermediaries and conduits to report on bundled contributions in the same time and manner as a political committee which is not an authorized committee of the candidate; (2) certain communications to be treated as independent expenditures; and (3) mandatory electronic filing for persons reporting contributions, expenditures, or disbursements in an amount exceeding a threshold established by the Federal Election Commission. 
(Sec. 3) Directs the Commission to require each political committee filing a report to include with the report a filing fee when the amount of contributions, expenditures, or disbursements covered by the report exceeds a threshold established by the Commission. 
Revises the standard for referral of certain violations to the Attorney General. 
Requires the Commission to conduct random audits of the reports of political committees. 
(Sec. 4) Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for reduced broadcast media rates for candidates. 
(Sec. 5) Amends FECA to set forth restrictions on the use of non-Federal funds. 
(Sec. 6) Revises requirements for the composition of the Commission and terms of Commissioners and replaces them with new requirements, including one that Commissioners serve no more than a single term.

Example Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Travel Facilitation and Safety Act 
of 2015''.

SEC. 2. RECOVERY OF INITIAL PRECLEARANCE OPERATION COSTS.

    (a) Cost Sharing Agreements With Relevant Airport Authorities.--The 
Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection may enter into a 
cost sharing agreement with airport authorities in foreign countries at 
which preclearance operations are to be established or maintained if--
            (1) an executive agreement to establish or maintain such 
        preclearance operations pursuant to the authorities under 
        section 629 of the Tariff Act of 1930 (19 U.S.C. 1629) and 
        section 103(a)(7) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
        U.S.C. 1103(a)(7)) has been signed, but has not yet entered 
        into force; and
            (2) U.S. Customs and Border Protection has incurred, or 
        expects to incur, initial preclearance operations costs in 
        order to establish or maintain preclearance operations under 
        the agreement described in paragraph (1).
    (b) Contents of Cost Sharing Agreements.--
            (1) In general.--Notwithstanding section 13031(e) of the 
        Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (19 
        U.S.C. 58c(e)) and section 286(g) of the Immigration and 
        Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(g)), any cost sharing agreement 
        authorized under subsection (a) may provide for the airport 
        authority's payment to U.S. Customs and Border Protection of 
        its initial preclearance operations costs.
            (2) Timing of payments.--The airport authority's payment to 
        U.S. Customs and Border Protection for its initial preclearance 
        operations costs may be made in advance of the incurrence of 
        the costs or on a reimbursable basis.
    (c) Account.--
            (1) In general.--All amounts collected pursuant to any cost 
        sharing agreement authorized under subsection (a)--
                    (A) shall be credited as offsetting collections to 
                the currently applicable appropriation, account, or 
                fund of U.S. Customs and Border Protection;
                    (B) shall remain available, until expended, for the 
                purposes for which such appropriation, account, or fund 
                is authorized to be used; and
                    (C) may be collected and shall be available only to 
                the extent provided in appropriations Acts.
            (2) Return of unused funds.--Any advances or reimbursements 
        not used by U.S. Customs and Border Protection may be returned 
        to the relevant airport authority.
            (3) Rule of construction.--Nothing in this subsection may 
        be construed to preclude the use of appropriated funds, from 
        sources other than the payments collected under this Act, to 
        pay initial preclearance operation costs.
    (d) Initial Preclearance Operations Costs Defined.--
            (1) In general.--In this section, the term ``initial 
        preclearance operations costs'' means the costs incurred, or 
        expected to be incurred, by U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
        to establish or maintain preclearance operations at an airport 
        in a foreign country, including costs relating to--
                    (A) hiring, training, and equipping new officers of 
                U.S. Customs and Border Protection who will be 
                stationed at United States domestic ports of entry or 
                other facilities of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
                to backfill such officers to be stationed at an airport 
                in a foreign country to conduct preclearance 
                operations; and
                    (B) visits to the airport authority conducted by 
                personnel of U.S. Customs and Border Protection 
                necessary to prepare for the establishment or 
                maintenance of preclearance operations at such airport, 
                including the compensation, travel expenses, and 
                allowances payable to such personnel attributable to 
                such visits.
            (2) Exception.--The costs described in paragraph (1)(A) 
        shall not include the salaries and benefits of new officers of 
        U.S. Customs and Border Protection once such officers are 
        permanently stationed at a domestic United States port of entry 
        or other domestic facility of U.S. Customs and Border 
        Protection after being hired, trained, and equipped.

SEC. 3. COLLECTION AND DISPOSITION OF FUNDS COLLECTED FOR IMMIGRATION 
              INSPECTION SERVICES AND PRECLEARANCE ACTIVITIES.

    (a) Immigration and Nationality Act.--Section 286(i) of the 
Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1356(i)) is amended by 
striking the last sentence and inserting ``Reimbursements under this 
subsection may be collected in advance of the provision of such 
immigration inspection services. Notwithstanding subsection (h)(1)(B), 
and only to the extent provided in appropriations Acts, any amounts 
collected under this subsection shall be credited as offsetting 
collections to the currently applicable appropriation, account, or fund 
of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, remain available until expended, 
and be available for the purposes for which such appropriation, 
account, or fund is authorized to be used.''.
    (b) Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002.--Section 
10412(b) of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 (7 
U.S.C. 8311(b)) is amended to read as follows:
    ``(b) Funds Collected for Preclearance.--Funds collected for 
preclearance activities--
            ``(1) may be collected in advance of the provision of such 
        activities;
            ``(2) shall be credited as offsetting collections to the 
        currently applicable appropriation, account, or fund of U.S. 
        Customs and Border Protection;
            ``(3) shall remain available until expended;
            ``(4) shall be available for the purposes for which such 
        appropriation, account, or fund is authorized to be used; and
            ``(5) may be collected and shall be available only to the 
        extent provided in appropriations Acts.''.

SEC. 4. EXPANSION OF PRECLEARANCE AT FOREIGN AIRPORTS.

    (a) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Preclearance operations provide the ultimate ability 
        for the United States to address potential threats at the 
        earliest possible moment and prior to departure, through the 
        forward deployment of officers of U.S. Customs and Border 
        Protection to last points of departure in a foreign country.
            (2) With inspections and examination operations of U.S. 
        Customs and Border Protection located in a foreign country, 
        preclearance provides the capability to interdict, address, and 
        work with host-country law enforcement in furtherance of both 
        aviation security and border security in the United States.
            (3) Under current preclearance operations, officers of the 
        U.S. Customs and Border Protection collect biometrics in the 
        same way that is currently done upon arrival in the United 
        States, in accordance with current regulation, and as part of 
        the routine entry process from certain aliens who are not 
        citizens of the United States prior to boarding flights 
        destined to the United States.
            (4) Preclearance operations provide the best means for 
        existing and future biometric security capabilities beyond the 
        United States. Support for preclearance expansion will greatly 
        increase border and aviation security in the United States and 
        foreign countries.
    (b) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that each 
country designated as a visa waiver program country under section 217 
of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187) should seek to 
participate in the preclearance program with the United States, to 
jointly address security concerns through additional exchange of 
information and to improve joint ability to secure the that visa waiver 
program while maintaining the original intent of the program.

SEC. 5. BIOMETRIC DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS AT PRECLEARANCE LOCATIONS.

    (a) Authority.--The Secretary of Homeland Security is authorized to 
select preclearance locations, including preclearance expansion 
locations, and enter into an agreement with a foreign government or 
airport to conduct a collaborative biometric demonstration program at 
such a location to test emerging biometric technologies. The scope of 
the demonstration program may encompass travelers other than those 
utilizing preclearance at such a location, provided that such program 
includes means for information sharing with U.S. Customs and Border 
Protection operations.
    (b) International Cooperation and Coordination.--Section 233(a) of 
the Security and Accountability For Every Port Act of 2006 (6 U.S.C. 
983(a)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking the period at the end and 
        inserting ``, and to establish and maintain, in partnership 
        with foreign governments, demonstration programs to test 
        emerging biometric technologies at foreign airports at which 
        the Secretary has established preclearance operations.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``and'' at the 
                end;
                    (B) in subparagraph (B), by striking the period at 
                the end and inserting a semicolon and ``and''; and
                    (C) by adding the following:
                    ``(C) lease, loan, provide, or otherwise assist in 
                the deployment of biometric technologies at foreign 
                airports at which the Secretary has established 
                preclearance operations under such terms and conditions 
                as the Secretary prescribes, including nonreimbursable 
                loans or the transfer of ownership of such 
                technologies, and provide the necessary training and 
                technical assistance related to the biometric 
                demonstration programs referred to in paragraph (1).''.

SEC. 6. VISA WAIVER PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) Information Sharing Process.--The Director of National 
Intelligence shall--
            (1) develop a process to share information derived from the 
        Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment (TIDE) database and 
        the Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB), including biometric 
        and biographic information, with countries participating in the 
        visa waiver program established under section 217(a) of the 
        Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1187(a)); and
            (2) not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 
        of this Act, certify to Congress that such process may be 
        utilized by such countries.
    (b) Continuing Qualification and Designation Terminations.--
Subsection (c) of section 217 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 
U.S.C. 1187) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``Attorney General,'' and 
        inserting ``Secretary of Homeland Security,''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2)--
                    (A) in subparagraph (C)(iii)--
                            (i) by striking ``and the Committee on 
                        International Relations'' and inserting ``, the 
                        Committee on Foreign Affairs, and the Committee 
                        on Homeland Security''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``and the Committee on 
                        Foreign Relations'' and inserting ``, the 
                        Committee on Foreign Relations, and the 
                        Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental 
                        Affairs''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(G) Border security.--The government of the 
                country utilizes the process developed by the Director 
                of National Intelligence under section 6(a) of the 
                Travel Facilitation and Safety Act of 2015 to utilize 
                information derived from the Terrorist Identities 
                Datamart Environment (TIDE) database and the Terrorist 
                Screening Database (TSDB) for border security and 
                immigration purposes, including the screening of aliens 
                seeking asylum or refugee status in that country.''.
Example Output: Travel Facilitation and Safety Act of 2015 This bill authorizes the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to enter into cost-sharing agreements with airport authorities in foreign countries at which preclearance operations will be established or maintained if certain circumstances apply. Any cost-sharing agreement may provide for an airport authority's payment to the CBP of its initial preclearance operations costs. The Immigration and Nationality Act is amended with respect to reimbursements to the Department of Justice received from commercial aircraft or vessel owners, operators, or agents, or from any airport or seaport authority, for expenses incurred for immigration inspection services they have requested. Such reimbursements may be collected in advance of those services, and shall be credited as offsetting collections to the currently applicable CBP appropriation, account, or fund. The Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 is amended to make the same disposition for reimbursements to the Department of Agriculture for preclearance of animals or articles at locations outside the United States for movement into the United States. The bill expresses the sense of Congress that each visa waiver program country should seek to participate in the U.S. preclearance program. DHS may select preclearance locations and enter into agreements with foreign governments or airports to conduct a collaborative demonstration program at those locations to test emerging biometric technologies.  The Office of the Director of National Intelligence shall develop a process to share information derived from the Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment database and the Terrorist Screening Database with countries participating in the visa waiver program.

Example Input: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Help Separated Families Act of 
2012''.

SEC. 2. IMMIGRATION STATUS ALONE NOT A DISQUALIFICATION FROM BEING A 
              PLACEMENT FOR A FOSTER CHILD.

    Section 471(a)(19) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
671(a)(19)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``(19) provides that the State'' and 
        inserting the following:
            ``(19) provides that--
                    ``(A) the State''; and
            (2) by adding after and below the end the following:
                    ``(B) such standards shall ensure that the 
                immigration status alone of a parent, legal guardian, 
                or relative shall not disqualify the parent, legal 
                guardian, or relative from being a placement for a 
                child;''.

SEC. 3. STATE PLAN REQUIREMENT TO ACCEPT CERTAIN DOCUMENTS ISSUED BY 
              FOREIGN ENTITIES AS SUFFICIENT IDENTIFICATION FOR 
              PURPOSES OF INITIATING A CRIMINAL RECORDS CHECK OR A 
              FINGERPRINT-BASED CHECK.

    Section 471(a)(20) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
671(a)(20)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ``which procedures 
        shall require the State (including the State agency, the child 
        welfare agency of any county or other political subdivision of 
        the State, and caseworkers and supervisors of any such agency) 
        to accept a foreign consulate identification card, a foreign 
        passport, or such other foreign identification document as may 
        be allowed in regulations prescribed by the Secretary, as 
        sufficient identification for purposes of initiating a criminal 
        records check or a fingerprint-based check,'' before 
        ``including procedures''; and
            (2) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ``, which procedures 
        shall require the State (including the State agency, the child 
        welfare agency of any county or other political subdivision of 
        the State, and caseworkers and supervisors of any such agency) 
        to accept a foreign consulate identification card, a foreign 
        passport, or such other foreign identification document as may 
        be allowed in regulations prescribed by the Secretary, as 
        sufficient identification for purposes of initiating a criminal 
        records check or a fingerprint-based check'' before the 
        semicolon.

SEC. 4. STATE CHILD WELFARE AGENCIES ENCOURAGED TO GRANT WAIVERS OF 
              REQUIREMENTS THAT WOULD PREVENT A CHILD FROM BEING PLACED 
              WITH A RELATIVE ON THE BASIS OF A MINOR LEGAL INFRACTION 
              BY THE RELATIVE.

    It is the sense of the Congress that the child welfare agency of a 
State, or of any county or other political subdivision of a State, 
should grant a waiver of any requirement which would prevent the 
placement of a child with a relative of the child, on the basis of a 
minor legal infraction, if the relative would otherwise be considered 
eligible for such a placement.

SEC. 5. STATE PLAN REQUIREMENT TO NOTIFY RELATIVES SEEKING PLACEMENT OF 
              A CHILD THAT THEIR IMMIGRATION STATUS WILL NOT BE 
              QUESTIONED.

    Section 471(a)(29) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
671(a)(29)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (C);
            (2) by adding ``and'' at the end of subparagraph (D); and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(E) the immigration status of any such relative 
                seeking placement of the child with the relative shall 
                not be questioned, except to the extent necessary in 
                determining eligibility for relevant services or 
                programs;''.

SEC. 6. PROHIBITION ON STATE FILING FOR TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS 
              IN FOSTER CARE CASES IN WHICH OTHERWISE FIT AND WILLING 
              PARENT OR RELATIVE HAS BEEN DEPORTED OR IS INVOLVED IN AN 
              IMMIGRATION PROCEEDING, UNLESS CERTAIN CONDITIONS HAVE 
              BEEN MET.

    Section 475(5)(E) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 675(5)(E)) 
is amended by adding after and below the end the following flush text:
        ``except that the State, and a county or other political 
        subdivision of the State, shall not file (or join in the filing 
        of such a petition) based on the removal of the parent from the 
        United States or the involvement of the parent in (including 
        detention pursuant to) an immigration proceeding, unless (I) 
        the State (or the county or other political subdivision of the 
        State, as the case may be) has made reasonable efforts to 
        identify, locate, and contact any parent of the child, who has 
        been removed from the United States, and any adult relative of 
        the child, referred to in section 471(a)(29), including through 
        the diplomatic or consular offices of the country to which the 
        parent was removed, to notify such a parent or relative of the 
        intent of the State (or the county or other political 
        subdivision of the State, as the case may be) to file (or join 
        in the filing of) such a petition, and to reunify the child 
        with any such parent or relative; or (II) the parent is unfit 
        or unwilling to be a parent of the child;''.

SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    (a) In General.--The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 
on the 1st day of the 1st fiscal year beginning on or after the date of 
the enactment of this Act, and shall apply to payments under part E of 
title IV of the Social Security Act for calendar quarters beginning on 
or after such date.
    (b) Delay Permitted if State Legislation Required.--If the 
Secretary of Health and Human Services determines that State 
legislation (other than legislation appropriating funds) is required in 
order for a State plan approved under part E of title IV of the Social 
Security Act to meet the additional requirements imposed by the 
amendments made by this Act, the plan shall not be regarded as failing 
to meet any of the additional requirements before the 1st day of the 
1st calendar quarter beginning after the 1st regular session of the 
State legislature that begins after the date of the enactment of this 
Act. For purposes of the preceding sentence, if the State has a 2-year 
legislative session, each year of the session is deemed to be a 
separate regular session of the State legislature.
Example Output:
Help Separated Families Act of 2012 - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to: (1) require state child protection standards to ensure that the immigration status alone of a parent, legal guardian, or relative shall not disqualify the parent, legal guardian, or relative from being a placement for a child; and (2) require the state procedures for criminal records checks to require the state to accept foreign identification documents as sufficient identification for purposes of initiating a criminal records check or a fingerprint-based check.

Expresses the sense of Congress that the child welfare agency of a state, or of any county or other political subdivision of a state, should grant a waiver of any requirement which would prevent the placement of a child with a relative of the child, on the basis of a minor legal infraction, if the relative would otherwise be considered eligible for such a placement.

Requires the state plan for foster care and adoption assistance to notify relatives seeking placement of a child that their immigration status will not be questioned, except to the extent necessary in determining eligibility for relevant services or programs.

Prohibits a state or local government agency from filing for termination of parental rights in foster care cases based on the removal of the parent from the United States or the parent's involvement in an immigration proceeding, unless: (1) the state (or local agency) has made reasonable efforts to notify of the intention to file such a petition any parent of the child who has been removed from the United States, and any adult relative of the child, including through the diplomatic or consular offices of the country to which the parent was removed, and to reunify the child with any such parent or relative; or (2) the parent is unfit or unwilling to be a parent of the child.