S.Amdt. 2970

1. Rewrites page 152, line 1 through page 157, line 18

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   Inserted: SEC. 103. HEALTHY MARRIAGE PROMOTION GRANTS.

   Inserted: (a) In General.--Section 403(a)(2) (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(2)) is amended to read as follows:

   Inserted: "(2) Healthy marriage promotion grants.--

   Inserted: "(A) Authority.--

   Inserted: "(i) In general.--From the amount appropriated under subparagraph (F) for a fiscal year and remaining after the application of clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv) of this subparagraph and subparagraph (E)(iii), the Secretary shall pay each State that satisfies the requirements of subparagraph (D), a grant equal to the product of--

   Inserted: "(I) such amount; and

   Inserted: "(II) the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of--

   Inserted: "(aa) the population of the State for the most recent year for which data is available; to

   Inserted: "(bb) the population of all States for such year.

   Inserted: "(ii) Requirement.--No State shall be paid a grant for a fiscal year under this paragraph that is less than $1,000,000.

   Inserted: "(iii) Indian tribes.--From the amount appropriated under subparagraph (F) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall set aside an amount equal to 2 percent of such amount for making grants to Indian tribes that satisfy the requirements of subparagraph (D).

   Inserted: "(iv) Territories.--

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   Inserted: "(I) In general.--From the amount appropriated under subparagraph (F) for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall set aside $1,000,000 of such amount for purposes of making grants to territories described in subclause (III) that satisfy the requirements of subparagraph (D).

   Inserted: "(II) Amount of grant.--The amount of a grant made under this clause for a fiscal year is equal to the product of--

   Inserted: "(aa) $1,000,000; and

   Inserted: "(bb) the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of the population of the territory for the most recent year for which data is available to the population of all the territories described in subclause (III) for such year.

   Inserted: "(III) Territory described.--For purposes of subclause (I), a territory described in this subclause is Puerto Rico, Guam, the United States Virgin Islands, and American Samoa.

   Inserted: "(B) Matching funds.--A State or Indian tribe that receives a grant under this paragraph for a fiscal year shall expend at least $1 in non-Federal funds (in cash or in kind, fairly valued, including plant, equipment, or services) for every $4 of funds paid to the State or Indian tribe under this paragraph for the fiscal year.

   Inserted: "(C) Healthy marriage promotion activities.--Funds provided under a grant made under this paragraph shall be used for the cost of developing and implementing demonstration projects to promote stronger families, with an emphasis on the promotion of healthy marriages, through the testing and evaluation of a wide variety of approaches to strengthening families and shall be used to support any of the following programs or activities:

   Inserted: "(i) Public advertising campaigns on the value of marriage and the skills needed to increase marital stability and health.

   Inserted: "(ii) Voluntary marriage education and marriage skills programs for nonmarried pregnant women and nonmarried expectant fathers.

   Inserted: "(iii) Voluntary premarital education and marriage skills training for engaged couples and for couples interested in marriage.

   Inserted: "(iv) Voluntary marriage enhancement and marriage skills training programs for married couples.

   Inserted: "(v) Marriage mentoring programs that use married couples as role models and mentors in at-risk communities.

   Inserted: "(vi)(I) Programs that offer individuals and families with multiple barriers to economic self-sufficiency and stability services that include community-based comprehensive, family development services provided by local organizations that have demonstrated experience and success in administering similar initiatives that encourage the formation and maintenance of healthy and economically self-sufficient families.

   Inserted: "(II) Programs under clause (I) shall provide a mix of comprehensive services and supports that further develop the capability of low-income parents to financially and emotionally support their children by caring for their children independently or in the context of mutually respectful, non-violent, and voluntary co-parenting relationships, securing and maintaining employment and child care, fulfilling other basic needs such as housing, hunger, mental health and health care, adopting appropriate approaches to income enhancement, and meeting child support obligations, linkages to community resources and other skills that will lead to greater family stability (including programs that replicate or adapt the Iowa Family Development and Self-Sufficiency Program and the demonstration program known as the Minnesota Family Investment Program).

   Inserted: "(III) The Secretary shall give preference in making awards under this paragraph to programs described in this clause.

   Inserted: "(vii) Teen pregnancy prevention programs.

   Inserted: "(viii) Development and dissemination of best practices for addressing domestic and sexual violence as a barrier to economic security, including caseworker training, technical assistance, and voluntary services for victims.

   Inserted: "(ix) Responsible fatherhood programs.

   Inserted: "(D) Requirements for receipt of payment.--The Secretary may not make a grant to a State or Indian tribe under this paragraph unless the State or Indian tribe--

   Inserted: "(i) consults with national, State, local, or tribal organizations with demonstrated expertise in working with survivors of domestic violence;

   Inserted: "(ii) agrees to participate in the evaluation conducted under subparagraph (E);

   Inserted: "(iii) ensures that each sub-grantee complies with the requirements of clauses (i) and (ii);

   Inserted: "(iv) provides for a period of public comment on the use of funds paid to the State or Indian tribe under this paragraph; and

   Inserted: "(v) makes all sub-grant applications approved by the State or Indian tribe available to the public.

   Inserted: "(E) Evaluation.--

   Inserted: "(i) In general.--The Director of the National Academy of Sciences shall conduct, directly or through contracts, a rigorous comprehensive evaluation of a representative sample of the programs and activities described in subparagraph (C) and carried out with funds paid under this paragraph. The Director shall seek public input on both the methods and measures to be used in the evaluation.

   Inserted: "(ii) Required information.--The evaluation conducted under this subparagraph shall, with respect to each program and activity described in subparagraph (C), include measures of family structure, levels of family conflict and violence, and child well-being (including measures of health status, educational performance, food security, and family income).

   Inserted: "(iii) Funding.--$5,000,000 of the amount appropriated under subparagraph (G) for each fiscal year shall be reserved for carrying out the evaluation required under this subparagraph.

   Inserted: "(F) Reports.--

   Inserted: "(i) Initial report.--Not later than September 30, 2007, the Secretary shall submit an initial report to Congress describing the programs and activities funded under grants made under this paragraph.

   Inserted: "(ii) Initial evaluation findings.--Not later than September 30, 2008, the Director of the National Academy of Sciences shall submit a report to Congress describing the initial findings of the evaluation conducted under subparagraph (E).

   Inserted: "(iii) Final reports.--Not later than September 30, 2010, the Secretary and the Director of the National Academy of Sciences shall each submit final reports on the activities funded under grants made under this paragraph and the evaluation conducted under subparagraph (E), respectively.

   Inserted: "(iv) GAO.--Not later than September 30, 2008, the Comptroller General of the United States shall submit a report to the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Committee on Finance of the Senate describing--

   Inserted: "(I) the programs and activities supported by grants made under this paragraph; and

   Inserted: "(II) the results of such programs and activities.

   Inserted: "(G) Appropriation.--Out of any money in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there is appropriated for each of fiscal years 2004 through 2008, $200,000,000 for purposes of carrying out this paragraph.".

   Inserted: (b) Elimination of Funding for Research, Demonstrations, and Technical Assistance.--Notwithstanding any other provision of law, section 413 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 613) shall be applied without regard to the amendment made by section 114(a) of this Act.

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   Beginning on page 152, strike line 1 and all that follows through page 157, line 18, and insert the following:

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