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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''National Center for Social Work
Research Act''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

The Congress finds as follows:
(1) Social workers focus on the improvement of individual
and family functioning and the creation of effective health and
mental health prevention and treatment interventions in order
for individuals to become more productive members of society.
(2) Social workers provide front line prevention and
treatment services in the areas of school violence, aging, teen
pregnancy, child abuse, domestic violence, juvenile crime, and
substance abuse, particularly in rural and underserved
communities.
(3) Social workers are in a unique position to provide
valuable research information on these complex social concerns,
taking into account a wide range of social, medical, economic
and community influences from an interdisciplinary, family-
centered and community-based approach.

SEC. 3. ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL CENTER FOR SOCIAL WORK RESEARCH.

Title IV of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 281 et seq.),
as amended by title I of Public Law 106-525, is amended--
(1) in section 401(b)(2) (42 U.S.C. 281(b)(2)), by adding
at the end the following:
''(H) The National Center for Social Work Research.''; and
(2) in part E (42 U.S.C. 287 et seq.), by adding at the end
the following:

''Subpart 7--National Center for Social Work Research

''SEC. 485J. PURPOSE OF CENTER.

''The general purpose of the National Center for Social Work
Research (referred to in this subpart as the 'Center') is the conduct
and support of, and dissemination of targeted research on social work
methods and outcomes related to problems of significant social concern.
The Center shall promote research and training designed to inform
social work practice, thus increasing the knowledge base which promotes
a healthier America. In addition, the Center shall provide policymakers
with empirically-based research information to better understand
complex social issues and make informed funding decisions about service
effectiveness and cost efficiency.

''SEC. 485K. SPECIFIC AUTHORITIES.

''(a) In General.--To carry out the purpose described in section
485J, the Director of the Center may provide research training and
instruction and establish, in the Center and in other nonprofit
institutions, research traineeships and fellowships in the study and
investigation of the prevention of disease, health promotion, the
association of socioeconomic status, gender, ethnicity, age, and
geographical location and health, the social work care of persons with
and families of individuals with acute and chronic illnesses, child
abuse, neglect, and youth violence, and child and family care to
address problems of significant social concern especially in
underserved populations and underserved geographical areas.
''(b) Stipends and Allowances.--The Director of the Center may
provide individuals receiving training and instruction or traineeships
or fellowships under subsection (a) with such stipends and allowances
(including amounts for travel and subsistence and dependency
allowances) as the Director determines necessary.
''(c) Grants.--The Director of the Center may make grants to
nonprofit institutions to provide training and instruction and
traineeships and fellowships under subsection (a).

''SEC. 485L. ADVISORY COUNCIL.

''(a) Duties.--
''(1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish an
advisory council for the Center that shall advise, assist,
consult with, and make recommendations to the Secretary and the
Director of the Center on matters related to the activities
carried out by and through the Center and the policies with respect to
such activities.
''(2) Gifts.--The advisory council for the Center may
recommend to the Secretary the acceptance, in accordance with
section 231, of conditional gifts for study, investigations,
and research and for the acquisition of grounds or
construction, equipment, or maintenance of facilities for the
Center.
''(3) Other duties and functions.--The advisory council for
the Center--
''(A)(i) may make recommendations to the Director
of the Center with respect to research to be conducted
by the Center;
''(ii) may review applications for grants and
cooperative agreements for research or training and
recommend for approval applications for projects that
demonstrate the probability of making valuable
contributions to human knowledge; and
''(iii) may review any grant, contract, or
cooperative agreement proposed to be made or entered
into by the Center;
''(B) may collect, by correspondence or by personal
investigation, information relating to studies that are
being carried out in the United States or any other
country and, with the approval of the Director of the
Center, make such information available through
appropriate publications; and
''(C) may appoint subcommittees and convene
workshops and conferences.
''(b) Membership.--
''(1) In general.--The advisory council shall be composed
of the ex officio members described in paragraph (2) and not
more than 18 individuals to be appointed by the Secretary under
paragraph (3).
''(2) Ex officio members.--The ex officio members of the
advisory council shall include--
''(A) the Secretary of Health and Human Services,
the Director of NIH, the Director of the Center, the
Chief Social Work Officer of the Veterans'
Administration, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for
Health Affairs, the Associate Director of Prevention
Research at the National Institute of Mental Health,
the Director of the Division of Epidemiology and
Services Research, the Assistant Secretary of Health
and Human Services for the Administration for Children
and Families, the Assistant Secretary of Education for
the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, the
Assistant Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
for Community Planning and Development, and the
Assistant Attorney General for Office of Justice
Programs (or the designees of such officers); and
''(B) such additional officers or employees of the
United States as the Secretary determines necessary for
the advisory council to effectively carry out its
functions.
''(3) Appointed members.--The Secretary shall appoint not
to exceed 18 individuals to the advisory council, of which--
''(A) not more than two-thirds of such individual
shall be appointed from among the leading
representatives of the health and scientific
disciplines (including public health and the behavioral
or social sciences) relevant to the activities of the
Center, and at least 7 such individuals shall be
professional social workers who are recognized experts
in the area of clinical practice, education, policy, or
research; and
''(B) not more than one-third of such individuals
shall be appointed from the general public and shall
include leaders in fields of public policy, law, health
policy, economics, and management.
The Secretary shall make appointments to the advisory council
in such a manner as to ensure that the terms of the members do
not all expire in the same year.
''(4) Compensation.--Members of the advisory council who
are officers or employees of the United States shall not
receive any compensation for service on the advisory council.
The remaining members shall receive, for each day (including
travel time) they are engaged in the performance of the
functions of the advisory council, compensation at rates not to
exceed the daily equivalent of the annual rate in effect for an
individual at grade GS-18 of the General Schedule.
''(c) Terms.--
''(1) In general.--The term of office of an individual
appointed to the advisory council under subsection (b)(3) shall
be 4 years, except that any individual appointed to fill a
vacancy on the advisory council shall serve for the remainder
of the unexpired term. A member may serve after the
expiration of the member's term until a successor has been appointed.
''(2) Reappointments.--A member of the advisory council who
has been appointed under subsection (b)(3) for a term of 4
years may not be reappointed to the advisory council prior to
the expiration of the 2-year period beginning on the date on
which the prior term expired.
''(3) Vacancy.--If a vacancy occurs on the advisory council
among the members under subsection (b)(3), the Secretary shall
make an appointment to fill that vacancy not later than 90 days
after the date on which the vacancy occurs.
''(d) Chairperson.--The chairperson of the advisory council shall
be selected by the Secretary from among the members appointed under
subsection (b)(3), except that the Secretary may select the Director of
the Center to be the chairperson of the advisory council. The term of
office of the chairperson shall be 2 years.
''(e) Meetings.--The advisory council shall meet at the call of the
chairperson or upon the request of the Director of the Center, but not
less than 3 times each fiscal year. The location of the meetings of the
advisory council shall be subject to the approval of the Director of
the Center.
''(f) Administrative Provisions.--The Director of the Center shall
designate a member of the staff of the Center to serve as the executive
secretary of the advisory council. The Director of the Center shall
make available to the advisory council such staff, information, and
other assistance as the council may require to carry out its functions.
The Director of the Center shall provide orientation and training for
new members of the advisory council to provide such members with such
information and training as may be appropriate for their effective
participation in the functions of the advisory council.
''(g) Comments and Recommendations.--The advisory council may
prepare, for inclusion in the biennial report under section 485M--
''(1) comments with respect to the activities of the
advisory council in the fiscal years for which the report is
prepared;
''(2) comments on the progress of the Center in meeting its
objectives; and
''(3) recommendations with respect to the future direction
and program and policy emphasis of the center.
The advisory council may prepare such additional reports as it may
determine appropriate.

''SEC. 485M. BIENNIAL REPORT.

''The Director of the Center, after consultation with the advisory
council for the Center, shall prepare for inclusion in the biennial
report under section 403, a biennial report that shall consist of a
description of the activities of the Center and program policies of the
Director of the Center in the fiscal years for which the report is
prepared. The Director of the Center may prepare such additional
reports as the Director determines appropriate. The Director of the
Center shall provide the advisory council of the Center an opportunity
for the submission of the written comments described in section
485L(g).

''SEC. 485N. QUARTERLY REPORT.

''The Director of the Center shall prepare a quarterly report to
Congress with a summary of findings and policy implications from
research conducted or supported through the Center.

''SEC. 485O. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

''For the purpose of carrying out this subpart, there is authorized
to be appropriated $30,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 2002
through 2006.''.

A: National Center for Social Work Research Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the National Center for Social Work Research (and a related advisory council) to conduct, support, and disseminate targeted research on social work methods and outcomes related to problems of significant social concern.Sets forth reporting requirements.
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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Early Education Employee Benefit Act
of 2002''.

SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO MAKE GRANTS.

The Secretary of Health and Human Services may make grants on a
competitive basis, and payable during a period of not less than 2 years
and not more than 5 years, to eligible States and political
subdivisions of States--
(1) to establish innovative partnerships with private
partners to reduce the cost incurred by employees and union
members to obtain early education (including child care,
preschool, and other early childhood programs), or
(2) to assist private partners to pay part of the cost of
acquiring, building, and renovating physical premises to be
used as new early education facilities.

SEC. 3. ELIGIBILITY OF STATES AND POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS OF STATES TO
RECEIVE GRANTS.

To be eligible to receive a grant under section 2, a State or a
political subdivision of a State shall submit to the Secretary an
application at such time, in such form, and containing such information
as the Secretary may require by rule, including--
(1) the agency designated by the State, or the political
subdivision of a State, to serve as the lead agency that will
administer such grant,
(2) a description of the program such applicant intends to
carry out with such grant,
(3) a description of the source, and increasing annual
amount, of the funds such applicant will use to pay the non-
Federal share of the cost to carry out such program during a
period not less than 2 years and not more than 5 years, and
(4) an agreement that such State or such political
subdivision--
(A) will contribute (from non-Federal funds) to
carry out such program, an amount equal to 50 percent
of the amount of such grant,
(B) will not require a private partner to offer on-
site early education as a condition for participation
in an Early Education Benefit Agreement, and
(C) will use such grant to supplement, not
supplant, spending by such State, such political
subdivision, and private partners to improve access to
and enhance the quality of early education.

SEC. 4. SELECTION OF APPLICANTS TO RECEIVE GRANTS.

In making grants under this Act, the Secretary shall give priority
to eligible applicants that--
(1) are, in the judgment of the Secretary, most likely to
increase the number of employees and members who receive an
Early Education Benefit through their employers and unions,
(2) propose innovative public-private partnerships that
will carry out early education programs that are likely to be
replicated,
(3) are likely to be sustainable beyond the period during
which such grant is expended,
(4) are developed in consultation with child care resource
and referral agencies and networks, and with employers and
unions,
(5) demonstrate the intention and ability to provide--
(A) with funds to be expended for the use described
in section 5(1), Early Education Benefits through Early
Education Benefit Agreements to a significant number of
employees of private employers with fewer than 50
employees, or
(B) with funds to be expended for the use described
in section 5(2), Early Education Start-up Grants to
private employers with fewer than 50 employees, and
(6) have experience working on early childhood
issues and working in partnership with the business
community, or have an agreement to implement the
program funded by a grant made under section 2 through
a nonprofit entity with such experience.

SEC. 5. USES OF FUNDS.

A recipient of a grant made under section 2 shall use such grant--
(1) to enter into Early Education Benefit Agreements to
provide Early Education Benefits, or
(2) to provide funds to private partners to establish new
early education facilities,
except that not more than 5 percent of such grant may be used to pay
administrative costs incurred by such recipient to carry out this Act,
including providing outreach to private partners.

SEC. 6. EARLY EDUCATION BENEFIT AGREEMENTS.

(a) Eligibility.--To be eligible to receive funds to be used for
the purpose specified in section 5(1) from a grant made under section
2, a private partner, or consortia of private partners, shall enter
into an Early Education Benefit Agreement with the recipient of such
grant that includes the following:
(1) An assurance that such private partner, or such
consortia, will pay not less than--
(A) /3\ of the cost of such Early Education
Benefit, or
(B) /5\ of such cost if such private partner, or
such consortia, creates a new early education facility
that--
(i) serves children less than 2 years of
age or children with disabilities, or
(ii) is available during nontraditional
work hours.
(2) An assurance that such private partner, or such
consortia, shall offer such Early Education Benefit on a
priority basis to such employees or such members who have lower
incomes if such Early Education Benefit is not offered to all
such employees or all such members.
(3) An assurance that if such private partner, or such
consortia, requires that such Early Education Benefit received
by an employee or member be expended at a limited number of
sites where early education (including child care, preschool,
and other early childhood programs) is provided, then
there shall be at least 1 provider of early education (including child
care, preschool, and other early childhood programs) for which such
Early Education Benefit may be expended, that is--
(A) located at or near the residence or place of
employment of such employee or such member, and
(B) accredited by the National Association for the
Education of Young Children or the National Association
for Family Child Care, or taking steps to obtain such
accreditation.
(4) An assurance that early education paid for in whole or
in part by such Early Education Benefit will be provided by a
provider that is licensed or regulated by the State.
(5) A detailed description of--
(i) the nature of the Early Education Benefit to be
provided,
(ii) the respective financial contributions of such
private partner, or such consortia, and such grant
recipient, and the procedures by which such
contributions will be made,
(iii) the number of employees or members expected
to receive the Early Education Benefit provided under
such Agreement, and
(iv) the estimated total cost of such Benefit to
such private partner (or such consortia), such grant
recipient, and such employees or such members.
(b) Selection of Private Partners To Enter Into Early Education
Benefit Agreements.--In selecting private partners with which to enter
into Early Education Benefit Agreements, a recipient of a grant made
under section 2 shall give priority to--
(1) private partners that will make larger financial
contributions to the Early Education Benefit,
(2) private partners with fewer employees or members,
(3) private partners that will make an Early Education
Benefit available to employees and members on a sliding scale
inversely proportional to their level of earned income, and
(4) private partners that have a history of personnel
policies and practices that enable their employees or their
members to balance work commitments with family obligations.

SEC. 7. EARLY EDUCATION START-UP GRANTS.

(a) Eligibility To Receive Funds.--To be eligible to receive funds
for the use specified in section 5(2) from a grant made under section
2, a private partner shall agree--
(1) to subsidize attendance at the proposed new early
education facility for children of lower-paid employees or
members, and
(2) to pay not less than /3\ of the cost of acquiring,
building, and renovating physical premises to be used as such
facility.
(b) Selection of Private Partners To Receive Funds.--In providing
funds to private partners from a grant received for the use specified
in section 5(2), a recipient of a grant made under section 2 shall give
priority to--
(1) private partners that will create a facility to provide
early education that--
(A) serves children less than 2 years of age or
children with disabilities, or
(B) is available during nontraditional hours during
which their parents are employed,
(2) private partners that will operate such a facility that
is accredited, has a low ratio of children to adults, or
demonstrates other facts that show such facility offers an
early education program of high quality,
(3) private partners that will pay with nongovernmental
funds a larger share of the cost of the use for which the Early
Education Start-up Grant funds will be expended,
(4) private partners that have fewer employees or members,
and
(5) private partners that have a history of personnel
policies and practices that enable their employees or members
to balance work commitments with family obligations.

SEC. 8. REPORTS.

(a) Reports by Grantees.--The Secretary shall issue rules that
require each recipient of a grant made under section 2 to submit
annually to the Secretary a report that includes the following
information for the fiscal year for which such report is submitted:
(1) The number of Early Education Benefit Agreements
participated in and Start-Up Grants made.
(2) Information about the private partners, including the
industry of which they are a part and their size.
(3) Information about the number of employees who are both
offered and are receiving Early Education Benefits as a result
of such grant,including the number and average incomes of
employees who are receiving Early Education Benefits and the
number of employees who were offered and declined Early
Education Benefits.
(4) Information about the amount of private spending on
Early Education Benefits and on the investment in new early
education facilities leveraged by the grants.
(5) If appropriate and available, information about whether
and at what level private partners have continued to provide
Early Education Benefits after the conclusion of the grantee's
participation in an Early Education Benefit Agreement.
(b) Reports by the Secretary.--The Secretary shall submit to the
Congress biennially a report that includes the following information
for the period of 2 fiscal years for which such report is submitted:
(1) Summaries of the reports received under subsection (a)
by the Secretary for such period.
(2) A description of the implementation of this Act, and
its impact on employees' access to early education programs for
their children, during such period.

SEC. 9. DEFINITIONS.

For purposes of this Act:
(1) Child.--The term ''child'' means an individual who is
less that 6 years of age.
(2) Early Education Benefit.--The term ''Early Education
Benefit'' means assistance, in cash or in kind, to pay any part
of the cost incurred by employees and union members to obtain
early education (including child care, preschool, and other
early childhood programs) for their children.
(3) Early Education Benefit Agreement.--The term ''Early
Education Benefit Agreement'' means a contract under which a
recipient of a grant under section 2 and a private partner that
receives from such recipient funds provided for the use
described in section 5(1) agree to provide jointly an Early
Education Benefit for children of the members or employees of
such private partner.
(4) Private Partner.--The term ''private partner'' means a
private employer, labor union, and consortia of employers or
labor unions.
(5) Secretary.--The term ''Secretary'' means the Secretary
of Health and Human Services.

SEC. 10. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.

There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this Act such
sums as may be necessary for fiscal years 2003 through 2007.

A: Early Education Employee Benefit Act of 2002 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make competitive matching grants to States and local governments to: (1) enter Early Education Benefit Agreements with private partners to provide part of the cost of Early Education Benefits, which reduce costs incurred by employees and union members to obtain early education (including child care, preschool, and other early childhood programs); or (2) make Early Education Start-Up Grants to assist private partners to pay part of the cost of acquiring, building, and renovating physical premises to be used as new early education facilities, if such partners subsidize attendance at those facilities for children of lower-paid employees or union members.
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Q: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Adoption Awareness Act of 1999''.

SEC. 2. GRANTS FOR CERTAIN ACTIVITIES TOWARD PROMOTING ADOPTION
COUNSELING.

Subpart I of part D of title III of the Public Health Service Act
(42 U.S.C. 254b et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following
section:

''SEC. 330D. CERTAIN SERVICES FOR PREGNANT WOMEN.

''(a) Adoption Counseling.--
''(1) In general.--The Secretary shall make grants to
national adoption organizations for the purpose of developing
and implementing programs to train the staff of eligible health
centers in providing adoption counseling to pregnant women and
infertile married couples. With respect to such a grant--
''(A) a national adoption organization may expend
the grant to carry out the programs directly or through
grants to or contracts with other adoption
organizations;
''(B) the purposes for which the national adoption
organization expends the grant may include the
development of a training curriculum; and
''(C) a condition for the receipt of the grant is
that, with respect to an eligible health center for
which such training is to be provided, the national
adoption organization agree to make reasonable
efforts--
''(i) to provide such training at the
center or at a site that is near the center;
and
''(ii) to provide the training through
individuals who are experienced in providing
adoption counseling in the geographic area in
which the center is located.
''(2) Adoption organizations; eligible health centers;
other definitions.--For purposes of this section:
''(A) The term 'adoption organization' means an
organization--
''(i) whose primary purpose is the
promotion of adoption;
''(ii) that is knowledgeable on the process
for adopting a child and on providing adoption
counseling to pregnant women; and
''(iii) that is a nonprofit private entity.
''(B) The term 'eligible health centers' means
public and nonprofit private entities that provide
health-related services to pregnant women.
''(C) The term 'married couples' means couples who
have entered into marriage as defined in section 7 of
title 1, United States Code.
''(3) Training for certain eligible health centers.--A
condition for the receipt of a grant under paragraph (1) is
that the national adoption organization involved agree to make
reasonable efforts to ensure that the eligible health centers
with respect to which training under the grant is provided
include--
''(A) eligible health centers that receive grants
under section 1001 (relating to voluntary family
planning projects);
''(B) eligible health centers that receive grants
under section 330 (relating to community health
centers, migrant health centers, and centers regarding
homeless individuals and residents of public housing);
''(C) eligible health centers that receive grants
under this Act for the provision of services in
schools; and
''(D) eligible health centers that do not perform
or make referrals for abortions, or provide or make
referrals for counseling that presents abortion as an
option.
''(4) Participation of certain eligible health clinics.--In
the case of eligible health centers that receive grants under
section 330 or 1001, the Secretary shall provide for the
training of the staff of such centers through the program under
paragraph (1), subject to subsection (c)(4).
''(b) Requirements Regarding Federally Funded Family Planning
Services.--The Secretary shall require that each program providing
voluntary family planning services with a grant from the Secretary
provide nondirective counseling and referrals regarding--
''(1) prenatal care and delivery;
''(2) infant care;
''(3) foster care; and
''(4) adoption.
''(c) Religious Organizations.--
''(1) In general.--Religious organizations may receive
grants under subsection (a) on the same basis as any other
nongovernmental provider without impairing the religious
character of such organizations, and without diminishing the
religious freedom of beneficiaries of assistance funded under
such program.
''(2) Nondiscrimination against religious organizations.--
Religious organizations are eligible for grants under
subsection (a) on the same basis as any other nonprofit private
entity as long as the programs are implemented consistent with
the Establishment Clause of the United States Constitution. The
Federal Government shall not discriminate against an
organization that applies to receive such a grant on the basis
that the organization has a religious character.
''(3) Religious character and freedom.--
''(A) Religious organizations.--A religious
organization receiving a grant under subsection (a)
shall retain its independence from Federal, State, and
local governments, including such organization's
control over the definition, development, practice, and
expression of its religious beliefs.
''(B) Additional safeguards.--The Federal
Government shall not require a religious organization
receiving a grant under subsection (a)--
''(i) to alter its form of internal
governance; or
''(ii) to remove religious art, icons,
scripture, or other symbols;
in order to be eligible for a grant under subsection
(a).
''(4) Rights of beneficiaries of assistance.--
''(A) In general.--If an individual described in
subparagraph (B) has an objection to the religious
character of the organization from which the individual
receives services pursuant to a grant under subsection
(a), the organization shall provide such individual,
within a reasonable period of time after the date of
such objection, with services from an alternative
provider that is accessible to the individual and the
value of which is not less than the value of the
services that the individual would have received from
such organization.
''(B) Individual described.--An individual
described in this subparagraph is an individual who
receives, applies for, or requests to apply for,
services under a program carried out with a grant under
subsection (a).
''(5) Employment practices.--A religious organization's
exemption provided under section 702 of the Civil Rights Act of
1964 regarding employment practices shall not be affected by
its participation in, or receipt of funds from, a program
carried out with a grant under subsection (a).
''(6) Nondiscrimination against beneficiaries.--Except as
otherwise provided in law, a religious organization shall not
discriminate against an individual in regard to providing
services under a grant under subsection (a) on the basis of
religion, a religious belief, or refusal to actively
participate in a religious practice.
''(7) Fiscal accountability.--
''(A) In general.--Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), any religious organization receiving
a grant under subsection (a) shall be subject to the
same regulations as other grantees under such
subsection to account in accord with generally accepted
auditing principles for the expenditure of the grant.
''(B) Limited audit.--If a religious organization
receiving a grant under subsection (a) segregates the
grant funds into separate accounts, then only such
funds shall be subject to audit.
''(8) Compliance.--Any party which seeks to enforce its
rights under this subsection may assert a civil action for
injunctive relief exclusively in an appropriate State court
against the entity or agency that allegedly commits such
violation.
''(9) Preemption.--Nothing in this subsection shall be
construed to preempt any provision of a State constitution or
State statute that prohibits or restricts the expenditure of
State funds in or by religious organizations.
''(10) Limitations on use of funds for certain purposes.--A
grant under subsection (a) may not be expended for sectarian
worship, instruction, or proselytization.
''(d) Application for Grant.--The Secretary may make a grant under
subsection (a) only if an application for the grant is submitted to the
Secretary and the application is in such form, is made in such manner,
and contains such agreements, assurances, and information as the
Secretary determines to be necessary to carry out this section.
''(e) Authorization of Appropriations.--For the purpose of carrying
out this section, there are authorized to be appropriated $7,000,000
for fiscal year 2000, and such sums as may be necessary for each of the
fiscal years 2001 through 2004.''.

A:
Excludes from such program eligible health centers that perform or make referrals for abortions, or provide or make referrals for counseling that presents abortion as an option.
Directs the Secretary to require programs providing voluntary family planning services with such a grant to provide nondirective counseling and referrals regarding prenatal care and delivery, infant care, foster care, and adoption.
Makes religious organizations eligible for such grants without discrimination and mandates their independence from Federal, State, and local governments, providing certain safeguards to ensure such independence.
Provides the beneficiaries of assistance from religious organizations with certain rights, including the right not to be discriminated against by the religious organization.
Authorizes appropriations.
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