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Problem:SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ''Building Opportunities Bonus Act''.

SEC. 2. BONUS TO BUILD REAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR POOR FAMILIES.

Section 403(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)) is
amended by adding at the end the following:
''(6) Building opportunities bonus.--
''(A) In general.--The Secretary shall make a grant
pursuant to this paragraph to each State for each bonus
year for which the State is a high performing State.
''(B) Amount of grant.--
''(i) In general.--Subject to clause (ii),
the Secretary shall determine the amount of the
grant payable under this paragraph to a high
performing State for a bonus year, which shall
be based on the score assigned to the State
under subparagraph (D)(i) for the fiscal year
that immediately precedes the bonus year.
''(ii) Limitation.--The amount payable to a
State under this paragraph for a bonus year
shall not exceed 5 percent of the State family
assistance grant and shall be used to address
the matters set forth in subparagraph (C).
''(C) Criteria for measuring state performance.--
Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment
of this paragraph, the Secretary, in consultation with
the National Governor's Association and the Institute
for Women's Policy Research, shall develop criteria for
measuring State performance in operating the State
program funded under this part to address the following
matters as they relate to the ability of recipients of
assistance under the State program to become
economically self-sufficient:
''(i) Child care.--Whether States are--
''(I) ensuring an adequate supply
of safe, accessible, appropriate, and
quality child care slots;
''(II) helping women identify and
place children in safe, accessible,
appropriate, and quality child care;
''(III) ensuring that available
child care slots are filled;
''(IV) improving the quality of
child care by ensuring that child care
providers are adequately paid and
trained;
''(V) increasing access to safe,
accessible, appropriate, and quality
child care by making child care
subsidies available to recipients of
assistance under the State program
funded under this part and families
that earn up to 85 percent of the
State's median income;
''(VI) collaborating with State
child care resource and referral
agencies and child care development
experts in developing and implementing
child care programs and policies; and
''(VII) collaborating with State
domestic violence coalitions to address
the child care needs of families
affected by domestic violence.
''(ii) Employment.--Whether States are--
''(I) providing education and
training for recipients of assistance
under the State program under this part
for employment that pays a sustainable
wage, such as apprenticeable,
technical, and professional
occupations, and nontraditional
employment;
''(II) placing such recipients in
such employment;
''(III) retaining such recipients
in such employment;
''(IV) providing career development
assistance including job readiness
training, reliable, up-to-date career
counseling services, and employability
assessments on available employment
that pays a sustainable wage, such as
nontraditional training and education
options and employment opportunities to
all women entering welfare-to-work
programs; and
''(V) utilizing resources available
under title I of the Workforce
Investment Act of 1998, including
section 134(a)(3)(A)(vi)(II) of such
Act, to support State efforts on
education, training, placement,
retention, and career development
assistance, as described in subclauses
(I) through (IV).
''(iii) Domestic violence.--Whether States
are--
''(I) collaborating with State
domestic violence coalitions in
implementing substantive programs
addressing domestic violence as an
impediment to women's work and
education (such as through
demonstration and model projects),
programs placing domestic violence
advocates in welfare offices, and
programs providing employment and
support services for victims of
domestic violence that will reach a
substantial number of battered women;
''(II) collaborating with State
domestic violence coalitions in
adopting and implementing the option
under the State plan relating to
domestic violence set forth in section
402(a)(7);
''(III) collaborating with State
domestic violence coalitions in
requiring training on domestic violence
for case workers for the State program
funded under this part;
''(IV) collaborating with State
domestic violence coalitions in
requiring training on domestic violence
for job training, education, and job
placement programs that are contracted
by the State program funded under this
part, and requiring that such programs
implement strategies and programs to
support victims of domestic violence in
the workplace;
''(V) conducting outreach to
employers of recipients of assistance
to ensure that employers are aware of
and are implementing strategies and
programs to support victims of domestic
violence in the workplace; and
''(VI) conducting public education
on domestic violence.
''(D) Scoring of state performance; setting of
performance thresholds.--For each bonus year, the
Secretary shall--
''(i) use the criteria developed under
subparagraph (C) to assign a score to each
eligible State for the fiscal year that
immediately precedes the bonus year; and
''(ii) prescribe a performance threshold in
such a manner so as to ensure that--
''(I) the average annual total
amount of grants to be made under this
paragraph for each bonus year equals
$200,000,000; and
''(II) the total amount of grants
to be made under this paragraph for all
bonus years equals $1,000,000,000.
''(E) Definitions.--As used in this paragraph:
''(i) Bonus year.--The term 'bonus year'
means fiscal years 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and
2005.
''(ii) Child care.--The term 'child care'
means all programs and arrangements utilized by
parents for the care of children from birth
through age 14, and for the care of children
who are older than age 14 and have special
needs, including day care services provided by
centers, family day care, group family day
care, informal care, after hours care, and
before- and after-school programs.
''(iii) Child with special needs.--The term
'child with special needs' has the same meaning
as the term 'child with a disability' in
section 602(3)(A)(i) of the Individuals With
Disabilities Education Act.
''(iv) Domestic violence.--The term
'domestic violence' has the same meaning as the
term 'battered or subjected to extreme
cruelty', as defined in section
408(a)(7)(C)(iii).
''(v) High performance state.--The term
'high performance State' means, with respect to
a bonus year, an eligible State whose score
assigned pursuant to subparagraph (D)(i) for
the fiscal year immediately preceding the bonus
year equals or exceeds the performance
threshold prescribed under subparagraph (D)(ii)
for such preceding fiscal year.
''(vi) Sustainable wage.--The term
'sustainable wage' means a wage that is at
least 185 percent above the poverty line and
that takes into account costs related to
employment such as Federal, State, and local
taxes, child care, transportation, food, and
shelter costs for a particular geographic area.
''(vii) Nontraditional employment.--The
term 'nontraditional employment' means
occupations or fields of work, including
careers in computer science, technology, and
other emerging high skill occupations, for
which individuals from one gender comprise less
than 25 percent of the individuals employed in
each such occupation or field of work.
''(viii) Poverty line.--The term 'poverty
line' has the meaning given such term in
section 673(2) of the Community Services Block
Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9902(2)), including any
revision required by such section.
''(F) Authorization of appropriations.--There is
authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 2001
through 2005 a total of $1,000,000,000 for grants under
this paragraph.''.
Solution:
Building Opportunities Bonus Act - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to establish a building opportunities bonus program under provisions regarding State family assistance grants in order to reward high performance States under TANF. Authorizes appropriations.