[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2830 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]
Calendar No. 714
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2830
To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to promote
healthy marriages and responsible fatherhood, and for other purposes.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
September 22, 2004
Mr. Santorum (for himself and Mr. Bayh) introduced the following bill;
which was read the first time
September 23, 2004
Read the second time and placed on the calendar
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A BILL
To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to promote
healthy marriages and responsible fatherhood, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``Healthy Marriages and Responsible
Fatherhood Act of 2004''.
TITLE I--HEALTHY MARRIAGES AND RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD
SEC. 101. PROMOTION OF FAMILY FORMATION AND HEALTHY MARRIAGE.
(a) TANF State Plans.--Section 402(a)(1)(A) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 602(a)(1)(A)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(vii) Encourage equitable treatment of
healthy 2-parent married families under the
program referred to in clause (i).''.
(b) Healthy Marriage Promotion Grants; Repeal of Bonus for
Reduction of Illegitimacy Ratio.--Section 403(a)(2) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(2)) is amended to read as follows:
``(2) Healthy marriage promotion grants.--
``(A) Authority.--
``(i) In general.--The Secretary shall
award competitive grants to States,
territories, and Indian tribes and tribal
organizations for not more than 50 percent of
the cost of developing and implementing
innovative programs to promote and support
healthy 2-parent married families.
``(ii) Use of other tanf funds.--A State or
Indian tribe with an approved tribal family
assistance plan may use funds provided under
other grants made under this part for all or
part of the expenditures incurred for the
remainder of the costs described in clause (i).
In the case of a State, any such funds expended
shall not be considered qualified State
expenditures for purposes of section 409(a)(7).
``(B) Healthy marriage promotion activities.--Funds
provided under subparagraph (A) and corresponding State
matching funds shall be used to support any of the
following programs or activities:
``(i) Public advertising campaigns on the
value of marriage and the skills needed to
increase marital stability and health.
``(ii) Education in high schools on the
value of marriage, relationship skills, and
budgeting.
``(iii) Marriage education, marriage
skills, and relationship skills programs that
may include case management for, and referrals
to, programs for parenting skills, financial
management, conflict resolution, and job and
career advancement, for non-married pregnant
women, non-married expectant fathers, and non-
married recent parents.
``(iv) Pre-marital education and marriage
skills training for engaged couples and for
couples or individuals interested in marriage.
``(v) Marriage enhancement and marriage
skills training programs for married couples.
``(vi) Divorce reduction programs that
teach relationship skills.
``(vii) Marriage mentoring programs which
use married couples as role models and mentors.
``(viii) Programs to reduce the
disincentives to marriage in means-tested aid
programs, if offered in conjunction with any
activity described in this subparagraph.
``(ix) Training for individuals who will
conduct any of the programs or activities
described in clauses (i) through (viii).
``(C) Voluntary participation.--Participation in
programs or activities described in any of clauses
(iii) through (vii) of subparagraph (B) shall be
voluntary.
``(D) General rules governing use of funds.--
``(i) In general.--The rules of section
404, other than subsection (b) of that section,
shall not apply to a grant made under this
paragraph.
``(ii) Rule of construction.--Nothing in
this part or part C shall be construed as
prohibiting a State from using funds made
available under a grant awarded under this
paragraph to award a subgrant or contract to a
fatherhood promotion organization to carry out
programs or activities described in
subparagraph (B).
``(E) Requirements for receipt of funds.--A State,
territory, or Indian tribe or tribal organization may
not be awarded a grant under this paragraph unless the
State, territory, Indian tribe or tribal organization,
as a condition of receiving funds under such a grant--
``(i) consults with experts in domestic
violence or with relevant community domestic
violence coalitions in developing such programs
or activities; and
``(ii) describes in the application for a
grant under this paragraph--
``(I) how the programs or
activities proposed to be conducted
will address, as appropriate, issues of
domestic violence; and
``(II) what the State, territory,
or Indian tribe or tribal organization,
will do, to the extent relevant, to
ensure that participation in such
programs or activities is voluntary,
and to inform potential participants
that their involvement is voluntary.
``(F) Appropriation.--
``(i) In general.--Out of any money in the
Treasury of the United States not otherwise
appropriated, there are appropriated for each
of fiscal years 2005 through 2006, $100,000,000
for grants under this paragraph.
``(ii) Extended availability of funds.--
``(I) In general.--Funds
appropriated under clause (i) for each
of fiscal years 2005 through 2006 shall
remain available to the Secretary until
expended.
``(II) Authority for grant
recipients.--A State, territory, or
Indian tribe or tribal organization may
use funds made available under a grant
awarded under this paragraph without
fiscal year limitation pursuant to the
terms of the grant.''.
(c) Counting of Spending on Non-Eligible Families To Prevent and
Reduce Incidence of Out-of-Wedlock Births, Encourage Formation and
Maintenance of Healthy 2-Parent Married Families, or Encourage
Responsible Fatherhood.--Section 409(a)(7)(B)(i) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 609(a)(7)(B)(i)) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(V) Counting of spending on non-
eligible families to prevent and reduce
incidence of out-of-wedlock births,
encourage formation and maintenance of
healthy 2-parent married families, or
encourage responsible fatherhood.--
Subject to subclauses (II) and (III),
the term `qualified State expenditures'
includes the total expenditures by the
State during the fiscal year under all
State programs for a purpose described
in paragraph (3) or (4) of section
401(a).''.
(d) Purposes.--Section 401(a)(4) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 601(a)(4)) is amended by striking ``two-parent families'' and
inserting ``healthy 2-parent married families, and encourage
responsible fatherhood''.
SEC. 102. RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD PROGRAM.
(a) Responsible Fatherhood Program.--
(1) Findings.--Congress makes the following findings:
(A) Nearly 24,000,000 children in the United
States, or 34 percent of all such children, live apart
from their biological father.
(B) Sixty percent of couples who divorce have at
least 1 child.
(C) The number of children living with only a
mother increased from just over 5,000,000 in 1960 to
17,000,000 in 1999, and between 1981 and 1991 the
percentage of children living with only 1 parent
increased from 19 percent to 25 percent.
(D) Forty percent of children who live in
households without a father have not seen their father
in at least 1 year and 50 percent of such children have
never visited their father's home.
(E) The most important factor in a child's
upbringing is whether the child is brought up in a
loving, healthy, supportive environment.
(F) Children who live without contact with their
biological father are, in comparison to children who
have such contact--
(i) 5 times more likely to live in poverty;
(ii) more likely to bring weapons and drugs
into the classroom;
(iii) twice as likely to commit crime;
(iv) twice as likely to drop out of school;
(v) more likely to commit suicide;
(vi) more than twice as likely to abuse
alcohol or drugs; and
(vii) more likely to become pregnant as
teenagers.
(G) Violent criminals are overwhelmingly males who
grew up without fathers.
(H) Between 20 and 30 percent of families in
poverty are headed by women who have suffered domestic
violence during the past year, and between 40 and 60
percent of women with children receiving welfare were
abused sometime during their life.
(I) Responsible fatherhood includes active
participation in financial support and child care, as
well as the formation and maintenance of a positive,
healthy, and nonviolent relationship between father and
child and a cooperative relationship between parents.
(J) States should be encouraged to implement
programs that provide support for responsible
fatherhood, promote marriage, and increase the
incidence of marriage, and should not be restricted
from implementing such programs.
(K) Fatherhood programs should promote and provide
support services for--
(i) loving and healthy relationships
between parents and children; and
(ii) cooperative parenting.
(L) There is a social need to reconnect children
and fathers.
(M) The promotion of responsible fatherhood and
encouragement of healthy 2-parent married families
should not--
(i) denigrate the standing or parenting
efforts of single mothers or other caregivers;
(ii) lessen the protection of children from
abusive parents; or
(iii) compromise the safety or health of
the custodial parent;
but should increase the chance that children will have
2 caring parents to help them grow up healthy and
secure.
(N) The promotion of responsible fatherhood must
always recognize and promote the values of nonviolence.
(O) For the future of the United States and the
future of our children, Congress, States, and local
communities should assist parents to become more
actively involved in their children's lives.
(P) Child support is an important means by which a
parent can take financial responsibility for a child
and emotional support is an important means by which a
parent can take social responsibility for a child.
(2) Fatherhood program.--Title I of the Personal
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
(Public Law 104-193) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``SEC. 117. FATHERHOOD PROGRAM.
``(a) In General.--Title IV (42 U.S.C. 601-679b) is amended by
inserting after part B the following:
```PART C--RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD PROGRAM
```SEC. 441. RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD GRANTS.
```(a) Grants to States To Conduct Demonstration Programs.--
```(1) Authority to award grants.--
```(A) In general.--The Secretary shall award
grants to up to 20 eligible States to conduct
demonstration programs to carry out the purposes
described in paragraph (2).
```(B) Eligible state.--For purposes of this
subsection, an eligible State is a State that submits
to the Secretary the following:
```(i) Application.--An application for a
grant under this subsection, at such time, in
such manner, and containing such information as
the Secretary may require.
```(ii) State plan.--A State plan that
includes the following:
```(I) Project description.--A
description of the programs or
activities the State will fund under
the grant, including a good faith
estimate of the number and
characteristics of clients to be served
under such projects and how the State
intends to achieve at least 2 of the
purposes described in paragraph (2).
```(II) Coordination efforts.--A
description of how the State will
coordinate and cooperate with State and
local entities responsible for carrying
out other programs that relate to the
purposes intended to be achieved under
the demonstration program, including as
appropriate, entities responsible for
carrying out jobs programs and programs
serving children and families.
```(III) Records, reports, and
audits.--An agreement to maintain such
records, submit such reports, and
cooperate with such reviews and audits
as the Secretary finds necessary for
purposes of oversight of the
demonstration program.
```(iii) Certifications.--The following
certifications from the chief executive officer
of the State:
```(I) A certification that the
State will use funds provided under the
grant to promote at least 2 of the
purposes described in paragraph (2).
```(II) A certification that the
State will return any unused funds
to the Secretary in accordance with the reconciliation process under
paragraph (5).
```(III) A certification that the
funds provided under the grant will be
used for programs and activities that
target low-income participants and that
not less than 50 percent of the
participants in each program or
activity funded under the grant shall
be--
```(aa) parents of a child
who is, or within the past 24
months has been, a recipient of
assistance or services under a
State program funded under part
A, D, or E of this title, title
XIX, or the Food Stamp Act of
1977; or
```(bb) parents, including
an expectant parent or a
married parent, whose income
(after adjustment for court-
ordered child support paid or
received) does not exceed 150
percent of the poverty line.
```(IV) A certification that the
State has or will comply with the
requirements of paragraph (4).
```(V) A certification that funds
provided to a State under this
subsection shall not be used to
supplement or supplant other Federal,
State, or local funds that are used to
support programs or activities that are
related to the purposes described in
paragraph (2).
```(C) Preferences and factors of consideration.--
In awarding grants under this subsection, the Secretary
shall take into consideration the following:
```(i) Diversity of entities used to
conduct programs and activities.--The Secretary
shall, to the extent practicable, achieve a
balance among the eligible States awarded
grants under this subsection with respect to
the size, urban or rural location, and
employment of differing or unique methods of
the entities that the eligible States intend to
use to conduct the programs and activities
funded under the grants.
```(ii) Priority for certain states.--The
Secretary shall give priority to awarding
grants to eligible States that have--
```(I) demonstrated progress in
achieving at least 1 of the purposes
described in paragraph (2) through
previous State initiatives; or
```(II) demonstrated need with
respect to reducing the incidence of
out-of-wedlock births or absent fathers
in the State.
```(2) Purposes.--The purposes described in this paragraph
are the following:
```(A) Promoting responsible fatherhood through
marriage promotion.--To promote marriage or sustain
marriage through activities such as counseling,
mentoring, disseminating information about the benefits
of marriage and 2-parent involvement for children,
enhancing relationship skills, education regarding how
to control aggressive behavior, disseminating
information on the causes of domestic violence and
child abuse, marriage preparation programs, premarital
counseling, marital inventories, skills-based marriage
education, financial planning seminars, including
improving a family's ability to effectively manage
family business affairs by means such as education,
counseling, or mentoring on matters related to family
finances, including household management, budgeting,
banking, and handling of financial transactions and
home maintenance, and divorce education and reduction
programs, including mediation and counseling.
```(B) Promoting responsible fatherhood through
parenting promotion.--To promote responsible parenting
through activities such as counseling, mentoring, and
mediation, disseminating information about good
parenting practices, skills-based parenting education,
encouraging child support payments, and other methods.
```(C) Promoting responsible fatherhood through
fostering economic stability of fathers.--To foster
economic stability by helping fathers improve their
economic status by providing activities such as work
first services, job search, job training, subsidized
employment, job retention, job enhancement, and
encouraging education, including career-advancing
education, dissemination of employment materials,
coordination with existing employment services such as
welfare-to-work programs, referrals to local employment
training initiatives, and other methods.
```(3) Restriction on use of funds.--No funds provided
under this subsection may be used for costs attributable to
court proceedings regarding matters of child visitation or
custody, or for legislative advocacy.
```(4) Requirements for receipt of funds.--A State may not
be awarded a grant under this section unless the State, as a
condition of receiving funds under such a grant--
```(A) consults with experts in domestic violence
or with relevant community domestic violence coalitions
in developing such programs or activities; and
```(B) describes in the application for a grant
under this section--
```(i) how the programs or activities
proposed to be conducted will address,
as appropriate, issues of domestic violence; and
```(ii) what the State will do, to the
extent relevant, to ensure that participation
in such programs or activities is voluntary,
and to inform potential participants that their
involvement is voluntary.
```(5) Reconciliation process.--
```(A) 3-year availability of amounts allotted.--
Each eligible State that receives a grant under this
subsection for a fiscal year shall return to the
Secretary any unused portion of the grant for such
fiscal year not later than the last day of the second
succeeding fiscal year, together with any earnings on
such unused portion.
```(B) Procedure for redistribution.--The Secretary
shall establish an appropriate procedure for
redistributing to eligible States that have expended
the entire amount of a grant made under this subsection
for a fiscal year any amount that is returned to the
Secretary by eligible States under subparagraph (A).
```(6) Amount of grants.--
```(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (B),
the amount of each grant awarded under this subsection
shall be an amount sufficient to implement the State
plan submitted under paragraph (1)(B)(ii).
```(B) Minimum amounts.--No eligible State shall--
```(i) in the case of the District of
Columbia or a State other than the Commonwealth
of Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin
Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,
receive a grant for a fiscal year in an amount
that is less than $1,000,000; and
```(ii) in the case of the Commonwealth of
Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands,
Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands, receive a grant
for a fiscal year in an amount that is less
than $500,000.
```(7) Definition of state.--In this subsection, the term
``State'' means each of the 50 States, the District of
Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United States
Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of
the Northern Mariana Islands.
```(8) Authorization of appropriations.--Out of any money
in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise
appropriated, there are appropriated $45,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 2005 through 2006 for purposes of making grants to
eligible States under this subsection.
```(b) Grants to Eligible Entities To Conduct Demonstration
Programs.--
```(1) Authority to award grants.--
```(A) In general.--The Secretary shall award
grants to eligible entities to conduct demonstration
programs to carry out the purposes described in
subsection (a)(2).
```(B) Eligible entity.--For purposes of this
subsection, an eligible entity is a local government,
local public agency, community-based or nonprofit
organization, or private entity, including any
charitable or faith-based organization, or an Indian
tribe (as defined in section 419(4)), that submits to
the Secretary the following:
```(i) Application.--An application for a
grant under this subsection, at such time, in
such manner, and containing such information as
the Secretary may require.
```(ii) Project description.--A description
of the programs or activities the entity
intends to carry out with funds provided under
the grant, including a good faith estimate of
the number and characteristics of clients to be
served under such programs or activities and
how the entity intends to achieve at least 2 of
the purposes described in subsection (a)(2).
```(iii) Coordination efforts.--A
description of how the entity will coordinate
and cooperate with State and local entities
responsible for carrying out other programs
that relate to the purposes intended to be
achieved under the demonstration program,
including as appropriate, entities responsible
for carrying out jobs programs and programs
serving children and families.
```(iv) Records, reports, and audits.--An
agreement to maintain such records, submit such
reports, and cooperate with such reviews and
audits as the Secretary finds necessary for
purposes of oversight of the demonstration
program.
```(v) Certifications.--The following
certifications:
```(I) A certification that the
entity will use funds provided under
the grant to promote at least 2 of the
purposes described in subsection
(a)(2).
```(II) A certification that the
entity will return any unused funds to
the Secretary in accordance with the
reconciliation process under paragraph
(3).
```(III) A certification that the
funds provided under the grant will be
used for programs and activities that
target low-income participants and that
not less than 50 percent of the
participants in each program or
activity funded under the grant shall
be--
```(aa) parents of a child
who is, or within the past
24 months has been, a recipient of assistance or services under a State
program funded under part A, D, or E of this title, title XIX, or the
Food Stamp Act of 1977; or
```(bb) parents, including
an expectant parent or a
married parent, whose income
(after adjustment for court-
ordered child support paid or
received) does not exceed 150
percent of the poverty line.
```(IV) A certification that the
entity has or will comply with the
requirements of paragraph (3).
```(V) A certification that funds
provided to an entity under this
subsection shall not be used to
supplement or supplant other Federal,
State, or local funds provided to the
entity that are used to support
programs or activities that are related
to the purposes described in subsection
(a)(2).
```(C) Preferences and factors of consideration.--
In awarding grants under this subsection, the Secretary
shall, to the extent practicable, achieve a balance
among the eligible entities awarded grants under this
subsection with respect to the size, urban or rural
location, and employment of differing or unique methods
of the entities.
```(2) Restriction on use of funds.--No funds provided
under this subsection may be used for costs attributable to
court proceedings regarding matters of child visitation or
custody, or for legislative advocacy.
```(3) Requirements for use of funds.--The Secretary may
not award a grant under this subsection to an eligible entity
unless the entity, as a condition of receiving funds under such
a grant--
```(A) consults with experts in domestic violence
or with relevant community domestic violence coalitions
in developing the programs or activities to be
conducted with such funds awarded under the grant; and
```(B) describes in the application for a grant
under this section--
```(i) how the programs or activities
proposed to be conducted will address, as
appropriate, issues of domestic violence; and
```(ii) what the entity will do, to the
extent relevant, to ensure that participation
in such programs or activities is voluntary,
and to inform potential participants that their
involvement is voluntary.
```(4) Reconciliation process.--
```(A) 3-year availability of amounts allotted.--
Each eligible entity that receives a grant under this
subsection for a fiscal year shall return to the
Secretary any unused portion of the grant for such
fiscal year not later than the last day of the second
succeeding fiscal year, together with any earnings on
such unused portion.
```(B) Procedure for redistribution.--The Secretary
shall establish an appropriate procedure for
redistributing to eligible entities that have expended
the entire amount of a grant made under this subsection
for a fiscal year any amount that is returned to the
Secretary by eligible entities under subparagraph (A).
```(5) Authorization of appropriations.--Out of any money
in the Treasury of the United States not otherwise
appropriated, there are appropriated $30,000,000 for each of
fiscal years 2005 through 2006 for purposes of making grants to
eligible entities under this subsection.
```SEC. 442. NATIONAL CLEARINGHOUSE FOR RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD
PROGRAMS.
```(a) Media Campaign National Clearinghouse for Responsible
Fatherhood.--
```(1) In general.--From any funds appropriated under
subsection (c), the Secretary shall contract with a nationally
recognized, nonprofit fatherhood promotion organization
described in subsection (b) to--
```(A) develop, promote, and distribute to
interested States, local governments, public agencies,
and private entities a media campaign that encourages
the appropriate involvement of parents in the life of
any child, with a priority for programs that
specifically address the issue of responsible
fatherhood; and
```(B) develop a national clearinghouse to assist
States and communities in efforts to promote and
support marriage and responsible fatherhood by
collecting, evaluating, and making available (through
the Internet and by other means) to other States
information regarding the media campaigns established
under section 443.
```(2) Coordination with domestic violence programs.--The
Secretary shall ensure that the nationally recognized nonprofit
fatherhood promotion organization with a contract under
paragraph (1) coordinates the media campaign developed under
subparagraph (A) of such paragraph and the national
clearinghouse developed under subparagraph (B) of such
paragraph with national, State, or local domestic violence
programs.
```(b) Nationally Recognized, Nonprofit Fatherhood Promotion
Organization Described.--The nationally recognized, nonprofit
fatherhood promotion organization described in this subsection is an
organization that has at least 4 years of experience in--
```(1) designing and disseminating a national public
education campaign, as evidenced by the production and
successful placement of television, radio, and print public
service announcements that promote the importance of responsible
fatherhood, a track record of service to Spanish-speaking populations
and historically underserved or minority populations, the capacity to
fulfill requests for information and a proven history of fulfilling
such requests, and a mechanism through which the public can request
additional information about the campaign; and
```(2) providing consultation and training to community-
based organizations interested in implementing fatherhood
outreach, support, or skill development programs with an
emphasis on promoting married fatherhood as the ideal.
```(c) Authorization of Appropriations.--Out of any money in the
Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are
appropriated $5,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2006 to
carry out this section.
```SEC. 443. BLOCK GRANTS TO STATES TO ENCOURAGE MEDIA CAMPAIGNS.
```(a) Definitions.--In this section:
```(1) Broadcast advertisement.--The term ``broadcast
advertisement'' means a communication intended to be aired by a
television or radio broadcast station, including a
communication intended to be transmitted through a cable
channel.
```(2) Child at risk.--The term ``child at risk'' means
each young child whose family income does not exceed the
poverty line.
```(3) 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, that is applicable to a
family of the size involved.
```(4) Printed or other advertisement.--The term ``printed
or other advertisement'' includes any communication intended to
be distributed through a newspaper, magazine, outdoor
advertising facility, mailing, or any other type of general
public advertising, but does not include any broadcast
advertisement.
```(5) State.--The term ``State'' means each of the 50
States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa,
and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
```(6) Young child.--The term ``young child'' means an
individual under age 5.
```(b) State Certifications.--Not later than October 1 of each of
fiscal year for which a State desires to receive an allotment under
this section, the chief executive officer of the State shall submit to
the Secretary a certification that the State shall--
```(1) use such funds to promote the formation and
maintenance of healthy 2-parent married families, strengthen
fragile families, and promote responsible fatherhood through
media campaigns conducted in accordance with the requirements
of subsection (d);
```(2) return any unused funds to the Secretary in
accordance with the reconciliation process under subsection
(e); and
```(3) comply with the reporting requirements under
subsection (f).
```(c) Payments to States.--For each of fiscal years 2005 through
2006, the Secretary shall pay to each State that submits a
certification under subsection (b), from any funds appropriated under
subsection (i), for the fiscal year an amount equal to the amount of
the allotment determined for the fiscal year under subsection (g).
```(d) Establishment of Media Campaigns.--Each State receiving an
allotment under this section for a fiscal year shall use the allotment
to conduct media campaigns as follows:
```(1) Conduct of media campaigns.--
```(A) Radio and television media campaigns.--
```(i) Production of broadcast
advertisements.--At the option of the State, to
produce broadcast advertisements that promote
the formation and maintenance of healthy 2-
parent married families, strengthen fragile
families, and promote responsible fatherhood.
```(ii) Airtime challenge program.--At the
option of the State, to establish an airtime
challenge program under which the State may
spend amounts allotted under this section to
purchase time from a broadcast station to air a
broadcast advertisement produced under clause
(i), but only if the State obtains an amount of
time of the same class and during a comparable
period to air the advertisement using non-
Federal contributions.
```(B) Other media campaigns.--At the option of the
State, to conduct a media campaign that consists of the
production and distribution of printed or other
advertisements that promote the formation and
maintenance of healthy 2-parent married families,
strengthen fragile families, and promote responsible
fatherhood.
```(2) Administration of media campaigns.--A State may
administer media campaigns funded under this section directly
or through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements with
public agencies, local governments, or private entities,
including charitable and faith-based organizations.
```(3) Consultation with domestic violence assistance
centers.--In developing broadcast and printed advertisements to
be used in the media campaigns conducted under paragraph (1),
the State or other entity administering the campaign shall
consult with representatives of State and local domestic
violence centers.
```(4) Non-federal contributions.--In this section, the
term ``non-Federal contributions'' includes contributions by
the State and by public and private entities. Such
contributions may be in cash or in kind. Such term does not
include any amounts provided by the Federal Government, or
services assisted or subsidized to any significant extent by
the Federal Government, or any amount expended by a State
before October 1, 2004.
```(e) Reconciliation Process.--
```(1) 3-year availability of amounts allotted.--Each State
that receives an allotment under this section shall return to
the Secretary any unused portion of the amount allotted to a
State for a fiscal year not later than the last day of the
second succeeding fiscal year together with any earnings on
such unused portion.
```(2) Procedure for redistribution of unused allotments.--
The Secretary shall establish an appropriate procedure for
redistributing to States that have expended the entire amount
allotted under this section any amount that is--
```(A) returned to the Secretary by States under
paragraph (1); or
```(B) not allotted to a State under this section
because the State did not submit a certification under
subsection (b) by October 1 of a fiscal year.
```(f) Reporting Requirements.--
```(1) Monitoring and evaluation.--Each State receiving an
allotment under this section for a fiscal year shall monitor
and evaluate the media campaigns conducted using funds made available
under this section in such manner as the Secretary, in consultation
with the States, determines appropriate.
```(2) Annual reports.--Not less frequently than annually,
each State receiving an allotment under this section for a
fiscal year shall submit to the Secretary reports on the media
campaigns conducted using funds made available under this
section at such time, in such manner, and containing such
information as the Secretary may require.
```(g) Amount of Allotments.--
```(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2), of
the amount appropriated for the purpose of making allotments
under this section for a fiscal year, the Secretary shall allot
to each State that submits a certification under subsection (b)
for the fiscal year an amount equal to the sum of--
```(A) the amount that bears the same ratio to 50
percent of such funds as the number of young children
in the State (as determined by the Secretary based on
the most current reliable data available) bears to the
number of such children in all States; and
```(B) the amount that bears the same ratio to 50
percent of such funds as the number of children at risk
in the State (as determined by the Secretary based on
the most current reliable data available) bears to the
number of such children in all States.
```(2) Minimum allotments.--No allotment for a fiscal year
under this section shall be less than--
```(A) in the case of the District of Columbia or a
State other than the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the
United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and
the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, 1
percent of the amount appropriated for the fiscal year
under subsection (i); and
```(B) in the case of the Commonwealth of Puerto
Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, American
Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana
Islands, 0.5 percent of such amount.
```(3) Pro rata reductions.--The Secretary shall make such
pro rata reductions to the allotments determined under this
subsection as are necessary to comply with the requirements of
paragraph (2).
```(h) Evaluation.--
```(1) In general.--The Secretary shall conduct an
evaluation of the impact of the media campaigns funded under
this section.
```(2) Report.--Not later than December 31, 2006, the
Secretary shall report to Congress the results of the
evaluation under paragraph (1).
```(3) Funding.--Of the amount appropriated under
subsection (i) for fiscal year 2005, $1,000,000 of such amount
shall be transferred and made available for purposes of
conducting the evaluation required under this subsection, and
shall remain available until expended.
```(i) Authorization of Appropriations.--Out of any money in the
Treasury of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are
appropriated $20,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2005 through 2006 for
purposes of making allotments to States under this section.'.
``(b) Inapplicability of Effective Date Provisions.--Section 116
shall not apply to the amendment made by subsection (a) of this
section.''.
(b) Clerical Amendment.--Section 2 of such Act is amended in the
table of contents by inserting after the item relating to section 116
the following new item:
``Sec. 117. Responsible fatherhood program.''.
SEC. 103. RESEARCH, EVALUATIONS, AND NATIONAL STUDIES.
Section 413 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 613) is amended
by adding at the end the following:
``(k) Funding for Research, Demonstrations, and Technical
Assistance.--
``(1) Appropriation.--
``(A) In general.--Out of any money in the Treasury
of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there
are appropriated $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years
2005 through 2006, which shall remain available to the
Secretary until expended.
``(B) Use of funds.--
``(i) In general.--Funds appropriated under
subparagraph (A) shall be used for the purpose
of--
``(I) conducting or supporting
research and demonstration projects by
public or private entities; or
``(II) providing technical
assistance in connection with a purpose
of the program funded under this part,
as described in section 401(a), to
States, Indian tribal organizations,
sub-State entities, and such other
entities as the Secretary may specify.
``(ii) Requirement.--Not less than 80
percent of the funds appropriated under
subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year shall be
expended for the purpose of conducting or
supporting research and demonstration projects,
or for providing technical assistance, in
connection with activities described in section
403(a)(2)(B). Funds appropriated under
subparagraph (A) and expended in accordance
with this clause shall be in addition to any
other funds made available under this part for
activities described in section 403(a)(2)(B).
``(2) Secretary's authority.--The Secretary may conduct
activities authorized by this subsection directly or through
grants, contracts, or interagency agreements with public or
private entities.
``(3) Requirement for use of funds.--The Secretary shall
not pay any funds appropriated under paragraph (1)(A) to an
entity for the purpose of conducting or supporting research and
demonstration projects involving activities described in section
403(a)(2)(B) unless the entity complies with the requirements of
section 403(a)(2)(E).''.
SEC. 104. RESCISSION OF HIGH PERFORMANCE BONUS AND BONUS TO REWARD
DECREASE IN ILLEGITIMACY RATIO.
(a) Rescission.--With respect to the amounts appropriated under
paragraphs (2)(D) and (4)(F) of section 403(a) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)), the amounts remaining available for obligation
for any fiscal year after fiscal year 2004 are rescinded.
(b) Budget Scoring.--Notwithstanding section 257(b)(2) of the
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (2 U.S.C.
907(b)(2)), the baseline shall assume that no bonus grants shall be
made under section 403(a)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
603(a)(2)) (relating to bonuses to reward decreases in the illegitimacy
ratio) or under section 403(a)(4) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(4))
(relating to high performance bonuses) after fiscal year 2004.
(c) Application of Budget Savings.--Budget savings resulting from
the application of subsections (a) and (b) shall be applied to offset
the costs of making healthy marriage promotion grants under section
403(a)(2) of the Social Security Act (as amended by section 101(b) of
this Act), funding research, demonstrations, and technical assistance
under section 413(k) of the Social Security Act (as added by section
103 of this Act), and carrying out the responsible fatherhood program
under part C of title IV of the Social Security Act (as added by
section 102(a)(2) of this Act).
TITLE II--EXTENSION OF TANF AND RELATED PROGRAMS
SEC. 201. EXTENSION OF THE TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES
BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM THROUGH MARCH 31, 2005.
(a) In General.--Activities authorized by part A of title IV of the
Social Security Act, other than the activities authorized by sections
403(a)(2) and 413(k) of such Act (as amended by sections 101(b) and
103, respectively, of this Act), and by sections 510, 1108(b), and 1925
of such Act, shall continue through March 31, 2005, in the manner
authorized for fiscal year 2002, notwithstanding section 1902(e)(1)(A)
of such Act, and out of any money in the Treasury of the United States
not otherwise appropriated, there are hereby appropriated such sums as
may be necessary for such purpose. Grants and payments may be made
pursuant to this authority through the second quarter of fiscal year
2005 at the level provided for such activities through the second
quarter of fiscal year 2002. Activities authorized by sections
403(a)(2) and 413(k) of the Social Security Act (as so amended), and by
part C of title IV of such Act (as added by section 102(a)(2) of this
Act)), shall continue through the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2006 in
accordance with the amendments made by sections 101(b), 102(a)(2), and
103, respectively, of this Act.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 403(a)(3)(H)(ii) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(3)(H)(ii)) is amended by striking
``September 30, 2004'' and inserting ``March 31, 2005''.
SEC. 202. EXTENSION OF THE NATIONAL RANDOM SAMPLE STUDY OF CHILD
WELFARE AND CHILD WELFARE WAIVER AUTHORITY THROUGH
SEPTEMBER 30, 2004.
Activities authorized by sections 429A and 1130(a) of the Social
Security Act shall continue through March 31, 2005, in the manner
authorized for fiscal year 2002, and out of any money in the Treasury
of the United States not otherwise appropriated, there are hereby
appropriated such sums as may be necessary for such purpose. Grants and
payments may be made pursuant to this authority through the second
quarter of fiscal year 2005 at the level provided for such activities
through the second quarter of fiscal year 2002.
Calendar No. 714
108th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 2830
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A BILL
To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to promote
healthy marriages and responsible fatherhood, and for other purposes.
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September 23, 2004
Read the second time and placed on the calendar