Home > 105th Congressional Bills > H.R. 1048 (ih) To make technical amendments relating to the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. ...H.R. 1048 (ih) To make technical amendments relating to the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996. ...
age, whether the individual is a parent of a
child in the family.''; and
(B) in subparagraph (B)--
(i) in the heading, by striking
``estimates'' and inserting ``samples''; and
(ii) in clause (i), by striking ``an
estimate which is obtained'' and inserting
``disaggregated case record information on a
sample of families selected''; and
(2) by redesignating paragraph (6) as paragraph (7) and
inserting after paragraph (5) the following:
``(6) Report on families receiving assistance.--The report
required by paragraph (1) for a fiscal quarter shall include
for each month in the quarter the number of families and
individuals receiving assistance under the State program funded
under this part (including the number of 2-parent and 1-parent
families), and the total dollar value of such assistance
received by all families.''.
SEC. 109. DIRECT FUNDING AND ADMINISTRATION BY INDIAN TRIBES.
(a) Prorating of Tribal Family Assistance Grants.--Section
412(a)(1)(A) (42 U.S.C. 612(a)(1)(A)) is amended by inserting ``which
shall be reduced for a fiscal year, on a pro rata basis for each
quarter, in the case of a tribal family assistance plan approved during
a fiscal year for which the plan is to be in effect,'' before ``and
shall''.
(b) Tribal Option To Operate Work Activities Program.--Section
412(a)(2)(A) (42 U.S.C. 612(a)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ``The
Secretary'' and all that follows through ``2002'' and inserting ``For
each of fiscal years 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, and 2002, the
Secretary shall pay to each eligible Indian tribe that proposes to
operate a program described in subparagraph (C)''.
(c) Discretion of Tribes To Select Population To Be Served by
Tribal Work Activities Program.--Section 412(a)(2)(C) (42 U.S.C.
612(a)(2)(C)) is amended by striking ``members of the Indian tribe''
and inserting ``such population and such service area or areas as the
tribe specifies''.
(d) Reduction of Appropriation for Tribal Work Activities
Programs.--Section 412(a)(2)(D) (42 U.S.C. 612(a)(2)(D)) is amended by
striking ``$7,638,474'' and inserting ``$7,633,287''.
(e) Availability of Corrective Compliance Plans to Indian Tribes.--
Section 412(f)(1) (42 U.S.C. 612(f)(1)) is amended by striking ``and
(b)'' and inserting ``(b), and (c)''.
(f) Eligibility of Tribes for Federal Loans for Welfare Programs.--
Section 412 (42 U.S.C. 612) is amended by redesignating subsections
(f), (g), and (h) as subsections (g), (h), and (i), respectively, and
by inserting after subsection (e) the following:
``(f) Eligibility for Federal Loans.--Section 406 shall apply to an
Indian tribe with an approved tribal assistance plan in the same manner
as such section applies to a State, except that section 406(c) shall be
applied by substituting `section 412(a)' for `section 403(a)'.''.
SEC. 110. RESEARCH, EVALUATIONS, AND NATIONAL STUDIES.
(a) Research.--
(1) Methods.--Section 413(a) (42 U.S.C. 613(a)) is amended
by inserting ``, directly or through grants, contracts, or
interagency agreements,'' before ``shall conduct''.
(2) Correction of cross reference.--Section 413(a) (42
U.S.C. 613(a)) is amended by striking ``409'' and inserting
``407''.
(b) Correction of Erroneously Indented Paragraph.--Section
413(e)(1) (42 U.S.C. 613(e)(1)) is amended to read as follows:
``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall annually rank States
to which grants are made under section 403 based on the
following ranking factors:
``(A) Absolute out-of-wedlock ratios.--The ratio
represented by--
``(i) the total number of out-of-wedlock
births in families receiving assistance under
the State program under this part in the State
for the most recent year for which information
is available; over
``(ii) the total number of births in
families receiving assistance under the State
program under this part in the State for the
year.
``(B) Net changes in the out-of-wedlock ratio.--The
difference between the ratio described in subparagraph
(A) with respect to a State for the most recent year
for which such information is available and the ratio
with respect to the State for the immediately preceding
year.''.
(c) Funding of Prior Authorized Demonstrations.--Section
413(h)(1)(D) (42 U.S.C. 613(h)(1)(D)) is amended by striking
``September 30, 1995'' and inserting ``August 22, 1996''.
(d) Child Poverty Reports.--
(1) Delayed due date for initial report.--Section 413(i)(1)
(42 U.S.C. 613(i)(1)) is amended by striking ``90 days after
the date of the enactment of this part'' and inserting
``November 30, 1997''.
(2) Modification of factors to be used in establishing
methodology for use in determining child poverty rates.--
Section 413(i)(5) (42 U.S.C. 613(i)(5)) is amended by striking
``the county-by-county'' and inserting ``, to the extent
available, county-by-county''.
SEC. 111. REPORT ON DATA PROCESSING.
Section 106(a)(1) of the Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193; 110 Stat.
2164) is amended by striking ``(whether in effect before or after
October 1, 1995)''.
SEC. 112. STUDY ON ALTERNATIVE OUTCOMES MEASURES.
Section 107(a) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193; 110 Stat. 2164) is
amended by striking ``409(a)(7)(C)'' and inserting ``408(a)(7)(C)''.
SEC. 113. LIMITATION ON PAYMENTS TO THE TERRITORIES.
(a) Certain Payments To Be Disregarded in Determining Limitation.--
Section 1108(a) (42 U.S.C. 1308) is amended to read as follows:
``(a) Limitation on Total Payments to Each Territory.--
``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Act (except for paragraph (2) of this subsection), the
total amount certified by the Secretary of Health and Human
Services under titles I, X, XIV, and XVI, under parts A and E
of title IV, and under subsection (b) of this section, for
payment to any territory for a fiscal year shall not exceed the
ceiling amount for the territory for the fiscal year.
``(2) Certain payments disregarded.--Paragraph (1) of this
subsection shall be applied without regard to any payment made
under section 403(a)(2), 403(a)(4), 406, or 413(f).''.
(b) Certain Child Care and Social Services Expenditures by
Territories Treated as IV-A Expenditures for Purposes of Matching
Grant.--Section 1108(b)(1)(A) (42 U.S.C. 1308(b)(1)(A)) is amended by
inserting ``, including any amount paid to the State under part A of
title IV that is transferred in accordance with section 404(d) and
expended under the program to which transferred'' before the semicolon.
(c) Elimination of Duplicative Maintenance of Effort Requirement.--
Section 1108 (42 U.S.C. 1308) is amended by striking subsection (e).
SEC. 114. CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO THE SOCIAL SECURITY ACT.
(a) Amendments to Part D of Title IV.--
(1) Corrections to determination of paternity establishment
percentages.--Section 452 (42 U.S.C. 652) is amended--
(A) in subsection (d)(3)(A), by striking all that
follows ``for purposes of'' and inserting ``section
409(a)(8), to achieve the paternity establishment
percentages (as defined under section 452(g)(2)) and
other performance measures that may be established by
the Secretary, and to submit data under section
454(15)(B) that is complete and reliable, and to
substantially comply with the requirements of this
part; and''; and
(B) in subsection (g)(1), by striking ``section
403(h)'' and inserting ``section 409(a)(8)''.
(2) Elimination of obsolete language.--Section 108(c)(8)(C)
of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193; 110 Stat. 2165)
is amended by inserting ``and all that follows through `the
best interests of such child to do so''' before ``and
inserting''.
(3) Insertion of language inadvertently omitted.--Section
108(c)(13) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193; 110 Stat. 2166)
is amended by inserting ``and inserting `pursuant to section
408(a)(3)''' before the period.
(4) Elimination of obsolete cross reference.--Section
464(a)(1) (42 U.S.C. 664(a)(1)) is amended by striking
``section 402(a)(26)'' and inserting ``section 408(a)(3)''.
(b) Amendments to Part E of Title IV.--Each of the following is
amended by striking ``June 1, 1995'' each place such term appears and
inserting ``July 16, 1996'':
(1) Section 472(a) (42 U.S.C. 672(a)).
(2) Section 472(h) (42 U.S.C. 672(h)).
(3) Section 473(a)(2) (42 U.S.C. 673(a)(2)).
(4) Section 473(b) (42 U.S.C. 673(b)).
SEC. 115. OTHER CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.
(a) Elimination of Amendments Included Inadvertently.--Section
110(l) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193; 110 Stat. 2173) is
amended--
(1) by adding ``and'' at the end of paragraph (6); and
(2) by striking paragraph (7) and redesignating paragraph
(8) as paragraph (7).
(b) Correction of Citation.--Section 109(f) of the Personal
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public
Law 104-193; 110 Stat. 2177) is amended by striking ``93-186'' and
inserting ``93-86''.
(c) Correction of Internal Cross Reference.--Section 103(a)(1) of
the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of
1996 (Public Law 104-193; 110 Stat. 2112) is amended by striking
``603(b)(2)'' and inserting ``603(b)''.
SEC. 116. MODIFICATIONS TO THE JOB OPPORTUNITIES FOR CERTAIN LOW-INCOME
INDIVIDUALS PROGRAM.
Section 112(5) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193; 110 Stat. 2177) is
amended in each of subparagraphs (A) and (B) by inserting ``under''
after ``funded''.
SEC. 117. DENIAL OF ASSISTANCE AND BENEFITS FOR DRUG-RELATED
CONVICTIONS.
(a) Extension of Certain Requirements Coordinated With Delayed
Effective Date for Successor Provisions.--Section 115(d)(2) of the
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
(Public Law 104-193; 110 Stat. 2181) is amended by striking
``convictions'' and inserting ``a conviction if the conviction is for
conduct''.
(b) Immediate Effectiveness of Provisions Relating to Research,
Evaluations, and National Studies.--Section 116(a) of such Act (Public
Law 104-193; 110 Stat. 2181) is amended by adding at the end the
following:
``(6) Research, evaluations, and national studies.--Section
413 of the Social Security Act, as added by the amendment made
by section 103(a) of this Act, shall take effect on the date of
the enactment of this Act.''.
SEC. 118. TRANSITION RULE.
Section 116 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193; 110 Stat. 2181) is
amended--
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by inserting ``(but subject to
subsection (b)(1)(A)(ii))'' after ``this section''; and
(2) in subsection (b)(1)(A)(ii), by striking ``June 30,
1997'' and inserting ``the later of June 30, 1997, or the day
before the date described in subsection (a)(2)(B) of this
section''.
SEC. 119. EFFECTIVE DATES.
(a) Amendments to Part A of Title IV of the Social Security Act.--
The amendments made by this title to a provision of part A of title IV
of the Social Security Act shall take effect as if the amendments had
been included in section 103(a) of the Personal Responsibility and Work
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 at the time such section became
law.
(b) Amendments to Parts D and E of Title IV of the Social Security
Act.--The amendments made by section 114 of this Act shall take effect
as if the amendments had been included in section 108 of the Personal
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 at the
time such section 108 became law.
(c) Amendments to Other Amendatory Provisions.--The amendments made
by section 115(a) of this Act shall take effect as if the amendments
had been included in section 110 of the Personal Responsibility and
Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 at the time such section
110 became law.
(d) Amendments to Freestanding Provisions of the Personal
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.--The
amendments made by this title to a provision of the Personal
Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 that, as
of July 1, 1997, will not have become part of another statute shall
take effect as if the amendments had been included in the provision at
the time the provision became law.
TITLE II--SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME
Subtitle A--Conforming and Technical Amendments
SEC. 201. CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO ELIGIBILITY
RESTRICTIONS
(a) Denial of SSI Benefits for Fugitive Felons and Probation and
Parole Violators.--Section 1611(e)(6) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1382(e)(6)) is amended by inserting ``and section 1106(c) of
this Act'' after ``of 1986''.
(b) Treatment of Prisoners.--Section 1611(e)(1)(I)(i)(II) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382(e)(1)(I)(i)(II)) is amended by
striking ``inmate of the institution'' and all that follows through
``this subparagraph'' and inserting ``individual who receives in the
month preceding the first month throughout which such individual is an
inmate of the jail, prison, penal institution, or correctional facility
that furnishes information respecting such individual pursuant to
subclause (I), or is confined in the institution (that so furnishes
such information) as described in section 202(x)(1)(A)(ii), a benefit
under this title for such preceding month, and who is determined by the
Commissioner to be ineligible for benefits under this title by reason
of confinement based on the information provided by such institution''.
(c) Correction of Reference.--Section 1611(e)(1)(I)(i)(I) of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382(e)(1)(I)(i)(I)) is amended by
striking ``paragraph (1)'' and inserting ``this paragraph''.
SEC. 202. CONFORMING AND TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS RELATING TO BENEFITS FOR
DISABLED CHILDREN.
(a) Eligibility Redeterminations for Current Recipients.--Section
211(d)(2)(A) of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. 1382c note) is amended by
striking ``1 year'' and inserting ``18 months''.
(b) Eligibility Redeterminations and Continuing Disability
Reviews.--
(1) Disability eligibility redeterminations required for
ssi recipients who attain 18 years of age.--Section
1614(a)(3)(H)(iii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
1382c(a)(3)(H)(iii)) is amended by striking subclauses (I) and
(II) and all that follows and inserting the following:
``(I) by applying the criteria used in determining initial
eligibility for individuals who are age 18 or older; and
``(II) either during the 1-year period beginning on the
individual's 18th birthday or, in lieu of a continuing
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