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105-hr-4844 105 hr 4844 Child Care Quality Improvement Act of 1998 Families 1998-10-15 1998-10-15 Referred to House Education and the Workforce House Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] CA D S000810 0 Child Care Quality Improvement Act of 1998 - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (CCDBGA) to establish a child care quality improvement grant program to assist States in improving the quality of child care for infants and children (program). (Sec. 3) Amends the Social Security Act to make appropriations for such program. Sets forth reservation, allotment, and Federal matching formulas. Requires States, in applying for program grants, to list established goals for quantifiable improvements in child care quality within the State (quality benchmarks), that accomplish: (1) increased training for child care providers and administrators; (2) enhanced licensing standards (including at a minimum health and safety, adult- to-child ratios, groups sizes, and criminal background checks) that will apply to a broader range of child care facilities; (3) reduced numbers of unlicensed facilities offering child care; (4) increased State monitoring and enforcement of licensed providers; (5) decreased caregiver turnover rates at child care facilities through incentives such as increased compensation; (6) higher levels of accreditation among licensed child care facilities; and (7) other standards and practices to improve the quality of child care. Requires States to use program funds only for the specified program goals and the quality benchmarks set forth in their State plans. Excludes from such program assistance specified types of child care providers and family child care providers, with certain exceptions. Requires States that receive program funds to make competitive grants to local collaboratives to: (1) provide, in the community, activities designed to strengthen the quality of child care for young children and expand the supply of high quality child care services for young children; and (2) pay for the salary and expenses of an administrator to oversee such activities. Allows program funds to be used to renovate or repair a child care facility, other than a private residence, as necessary to brin… 2025-08-21T16:12:46Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4844
105-hr-4792 105 hr 4792 District of Columbia Adoption Improvement Act of 1998 Families 1998-10-10 1998-10-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on District of Columbia. House Rep. Bliley, Tom [R-VA-7] VA R B000556 0 District of Columbia Adoption Improvement Act of 1998 - Directs the Child Protective Services Division of the Department of Human Services of the District of Columbia to: (1) report to the Congress the number of children under its jurisdiction who are legally free for adoption; (2) establish a database listing and tracking each child under its jurisdiction with the goal of adoption or becoming legally free for adoption; and (3) contract with private service providers in the Washington Metropolitan Area pursuant to a competitive bidding process to perform its recruitment, home study, and placement functions. 2025-08-21T16:14:28Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4792
105-hr-4659 105 hr 4659 Keep Kids Safe at School's Act Families 1998-10-01 1998-10-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. House Rep. Fazio, Vic [D-CA-3] CA D F000053 44 Keep Kids Safe at Schools Act - Amends the National Child Protection Act of 1993 to include elementary and secondary schools as qualified entities that are subject to such Act's requirements for a national system of child abuse crime information and background checks. 2025-08-21T16:12:31Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4659
105-hr-4621 105 hr 4621 After-School Children's Education (ACE) Act Families 1998-09-24 1998-09-24 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. House Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large] DE R C000243 24 After-School Children's Education (ACE) Act - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to provide for grants, a national clearinghouse, and a report to improve the quality and availability of after-school programs. Increases the amount authorized to be appropriated for child care programs under the Act. Requires States to use at least one percent of each fiscal year's funds, in coordination with child care resource and referral centers to the extent practicable, for activities designed to improve the quality and availability of after-school programs, including: (1) informational assistance; (2) coordination of after-school programs; (3) development of innovative, age-appropriate, age-appealing, and enriching after-school programs; or (4) development of creative funding strategies to make after-school programs affordable for all parents. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, through the Commissioner on Children, Youth, and Families, to establish a clearinghouse for after-school program technical assistance and models. Requires the clearinghouse to be available to the public, including via Internet. Directs the General Accounting Office to report to the Congress on after-school programs in each State: (1) describing types of programs, unmet needs, and barriers to participation, quality, and improvement; and (2) analyzing in detail such programs in 15 communities selected to represent a variety of regional, population, and demographic profiles. Includes among after-school programs in such report those sponsored by the Boys and Girls Clubs of America, the Boy Scouts of America, the Girl Scouts of America, YMCAs, and athletic and other programs operated by public schools and other State and local agencies. 2025-08-21T16:13:27Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4621
105-hres-548 105 hres 548 Recognizing that prevention of youth suicide is a compelling national priority. Families 1998-09-18 1998-09-30 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. House Rep. Packard, Ron [R-CA-48] CA R P000005 1 Declares that the House of Representatives: (1) recognizes that the need to increase awareness about and prevent youth suicide is a compelling national priority; and (2) encourages Americans, communities, and the Nation to work to increase awareness about and prevent youth suicide. 2025-01-02T17:44:42Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-resolution/548
105-s-2489 105 s 2489 Child Development Act Families 1998-09-17 1998-09-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Senate Sen. Wellstone, Paul D. [D-MN] MN D W000288 0 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Child Care and Development Block Grant Title II: Supporting Family Choices in Child Care Title III: Quality Child Care Loan Forgiveness Title IV: Offsets Child Development Act - Title I: Child Care and Development Block Grant - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (CCDBGA) to authorize appropriations through FY 2003 for: (1) direct child care and quality improvement activities; and (2) specified additional activities. Includes among such additional activities: (1) child care programs in general; (2) out-of-school care for school- age children; (3) improving availability of quality child care services; (4) challenge grants to increase the availability and quality of child care; (5) professional development activities and compensation; and (6) child care capital financing programs. (Sec. 103) Requires establishment of State and local child care coordinating boards to carry out specified duties, including ones currently given to designated State and local agencies. (Sec. 104) Requires State plans to provide for: (1) State use of allotments for the appropriate additional activities; (2) market rate payments for child care services, with exceptions for certain kinds of care; (3) use of the Federal share (80 percent) for the appropriate additional activities; and (4) a report, plan, and proposal for a child care capital financing program. (Sec. 105) Sets forth requirements for State use of specified additional activity allotments for: (1) child care programs in general; and (2) local grants for out-of-school care programs for school-age children. (Sec. 106) Sets forth requirements for State use of specified additional activity allotments for the following child care quality improvement activities: (1) improved availability of quality child care services; (2) challenge grants to increase the availability and quality of child care; and (3) professional development activities and compensation. (Sec. 107) Sets forth requirements for State u… 2025-08-21T16:14:05Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/2489
105-hr-4531 105 hr 4531 Sherrice Iverson Act Families 1998-09-09 1998-09-09 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. House Rep. Lampson, Nick [D-TX-9] TX D L000043 25 Sherrice Iverson Act - Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to require a State, to be eligible to receive Federal grants for child abuse and neglect prevention and treatment, to provide a certification that it has in effect and is enforcing a law providing for a criminal penalty on an individual age 18 or older who fails to report to a State or local law enforcement official that the individual has witnessed another individual in the State sexually abusing a child. 2025-08-21T16:12:47Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4531
105-s-2452 105 s 2452 Sherrice Iverson Act Families 1998-09-09 1998-09-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Senate Sen. Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] CA D B000711 0 Sherrice Iverson Act - Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to require a State, to be eligible to receive Federal grants for child abuse and neglect prevention and treatment, to provide a certification that it has in effect and is enforcing a law providing for a criminal penalty on an individual age 18 or older who fails to report to a State or local law enforcement official that the individual has witnessed another individual in the State sexually abusing a child. 2025-08-21T16:13:02Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/2452
105-hr-4436 105 hr 4436 To amend the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to provide for an increase in the authorization of appropriations for community-based family resource and support grants under that Act. Families 1998-08-06 1998-08-06 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. House Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] OR D D000191 3 Amends the Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment Act to authorize increased appropriations for FY 1998 through 2004 for community-based family resource and support grants. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4436
105-hr-4437 105 hr 4437 To amend the Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Prevention Program Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1999 through 2004. Families 1998-08-06 1998-08-06 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. House Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] OR D D000191 3 Amends the Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Prevention Programs Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1999 through 2004. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4437
105-hr-4463 105 hr 4463 Schoolyard Safety Act of 1998 Families 1998-08-06 1998-08-06 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. House Rep. Dunn, Jennifer [R-WA-8] WA R D000549 1 Schoolyard Safety Act of 1998 - Amends the Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Prevention Program Act to authorize the use of prevention program grants for court supervised initiatives that address the illegal possession of firearms by juveniles. Requires that priority be given to grant applicants that have in effect a policy or practice that requires State and local law enforcement agencies to detain for at least 24 hours any juvenile who unlawfully possesses a firearm in a school, upon a judicial finding that the juvenile may be a danger to himself or herself or to the community. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-08-21T16:12:19Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4463
105-s-2408 105 s 2408 Adoption Equality Act of 1998 Families 1998-07-31 1998-07-31 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI] RI R C000269 8 Adoption Equality Act of 1998 - Amends title IV part E (Federal Payments for Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise adoption assistance eligibility guidelines for children with special needs. (Sec. 2) Makes eligible for such assistance only children with special needs who before termination of parental rights and the initiation of adoption proceedings were: (1) in the care of a public or licensed private child care agency or Indian tribal organization, either pursuant to a voluntary placement agreement (provided the child was in care for not more than 180 days), or as a result of a judicial determination to the effect that continuation in the home would be contrary to the child's safety and welfare; or (2) residing in a foster family home or child care institution with the child's minor parent. Requires a State to consider such special needs, together with the circumstances of the adopting parents, in determining the amount of Federal adoption subsidies paid to them. Prohibits assistance with respect to any child who is not a U.S. citizen or resident and who was adopted outside the United States or was brought into it for adoption purposes. (Sec. 3) Prescribes guidelines under which the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall reduce, for specified fiscal years, Federal payments to the States for administrative costs based on determinations of amounts attributable to the Medicaid program under the Food Stamp Act of 1977. Requires the Secretary to make a bonus payment to any State: (1) whose income and eligibility rules are not more restrictive than the income and resource eligibility rules applied by the State for the temporary assistance to needy families (TANF) program funded under SSA title IV part A; and (2) which assures the Secretary that families applying for TANF may apply for Medicaid under SSA title XIX. 2025-08-21T16:11:14Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/2408
105-s-2411 105 s 2411 A bill to expand child support enforcement through means other than programs financed at Federal expense. Families 1998-07-31 1998-07-31 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] TX R H001016 0 Amends title III (Unemployment Insurance) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to set as a prerequisite to certification for Federal payments that the State agency charged with administration of State law: (1) disclose the wage information contained in its records upon the request of any child support enforcement entity; and (2) require each new applicant for unemployment compensation to disclose the identity and location of the entity enforcing such applicant's child support obligations. Authorizes such State agency to require payments for its administrative costs incurred for child support obligations enforced by an entity other than a state or local child support enforcement agency. (Sec. 2) Amends SSA title IV part D (title IV-D) (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) promote enforcement of child support obligations through activities conducted by either a private attorney or a public entity not providing services under a title IV-D plan; (2) provide access to specified enforcement remedies and resources to a State or local governmental enforcement agency not providing title IV-D enforcement services (including certain registered private attorneys); and (3) develop registration procedures for non-title IV-D public child support enforcement agencies, and for private attorneys. (Sec. 3) Requires State plans for child and spousal support to prescribe procedures for electronic transfer or direct deposit of funds at the financial institution of the individual entitled to receive payment of child support collections or the individual's designee, without regard to whether the child support obligation is being enforced under a title IV-D plan. 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/2411
105-hr-4102 105 hr 4102 Child Care for Working Parents Act of 1998 Families 1998-06-22 1998-07-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families. House Rep. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY-9] NY D S000148 0 Child Care for Working Parents Act of 1998 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make a grant, for up to five years subject to annual approval, to a private, nonprofit entity for operation of a national, toll-free telephone hotline to provide information and assistance to families seeking quality early childhood education services. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 3) Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (CCDBGA) to extend the authorization of appropriations through FY 2002. Requires State plans to ensure timely payments to participating child care providers for child care services under CCDBGA. Requires States to use at least four percent of CCDBGA assistance for one or more of the following: (1) resource and referral programs; (2) grants or loans to assist in meeting State and local standards; (3) monitoring of compliance with licensing and regulatory requirements; (4) training; and (5) compensation. (Sec. 4) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a tax credit for employer expenses in providing certain dependent care services. Makes such employer day care center credit part of the general business credit. Disallows a specified double benefit with respect to such credit. (Sec. 5) Amends the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to extend through FY 2002 the authorization of appropriations for a program of assistance for an extended time for learning and a longer school year. 2025-08-21T16:13:45Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4102
105-hr-4030 105 hr 4030 Affordable and Quality Child Care Act of 1998 Families 1998-06-10 1998-06-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity. House Rep. Kennelly, Barbara B. [D-CT-1] CT D K000118 132 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Funding for Child Care Title II: Dependent Care Tax Credit Reform Title III: Grants to Business Consortia Subtitle A: Grant Program Subtitle B: General Provisions Title IV: After School Program Subtitle A: 21st Century Community Learning Centers Subtitle B: After School Snacks Subtitle C: After-School Prevention Programs Title V: Model States Early Learning Program Title VI: Standards Enforcement Program Title VII: Child Care Provider Scholarship Program Title VIII: Research and Demonstration Program Title IX: Miscellaneous Subtitle A: Child and Adult Food Program Subtitle B: Mortgage Insurance for Child Care and Development Facilities Subtitle C: Sense of the Congress Affordable and Quality Child Care Act of 1998 - Title I: Funding for Child Care - Amends the Social Security Act (SSA) to make appropriations for FY 1999 through 2003 for child care subsidy funding under the title IV part A program of Block Grants to States for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF). (Sec. 101) Reserves specified portions of such funds for payments to Indian tribes and for quality assurance and quality improvement activities relating to programs under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (CCDBGA). Provides for allotment of funds among the States and territories according to a specified formula, or for matching payments based on certain portions of their expenditures for specified purposes authorized under CCDBGA. Requires targeting of such subsidy for child care assistance funds as follows: (1) at least 70 percent to working non-welfare families, who are not TANF recipients under a State or territory program; and (2) at least 40 percent for children who have not attained four years of age. Title II: Dependent Care Tax Credit Reform - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the dependent care tax credit and to provid… 2025-08-21T16:13:03Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4030
105-hr-3768 105 hr 3768 Education Childcare Partnership Act Families 1998-04-30 1998-05-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families. House Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1] ME D A000357 5 Education Childcare Partnership Act - Expresses the sense of the Congress that local education agencies (LEAs) that carry out qualified school-based child care programs should seek to: (1) become accredited child care centers; and (2) hire credentialed child care professionals. Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) of title IV of the Social Security Act to establish a program of grants to States for school-based child care. Sets forth grant application and allotment requirements. Reserves a portion of program funds for Indian tribes. Requires recipient States to: (1) provide such grant funds to LEAs for specified uses; (2) ensure that such funds are expended in coordination with State- established programs under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990; and (3) use such funds to supplement and not supplant other Federal, State, and local funds provided for programs that serve the health and developmental needs of children. Makes appropriations for such grants for FY 1999 through 2002. 2025-08-21T16:12:59Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/3768
105-hres-417 105 hres 417 Regarding the importance of fathers in the raising and development of their children. Families 1998-04-30 1998-06-09 The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection. House Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16] PA R P000373 10 States that the House of Representatives: (1) recognizes that the creation of a better America depends in large part on the active involvement of fathers in the rearing and development of their children; (2) urges each father to accept his full share of responsibility for the lives of his children, and to be actively involved in rearing them, and to encourage their academic, moral, and spiritual development; (3) encourages each father to devote time, energy, and resources to his children, recognizing that they need not only material support, but more importantly a secure, affectionate, family environment; and (4) expresses its support for a national summit on fatherhood. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-resolution/417
105-hr-3699 105 hr 3699 To amend the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to reauthorize the national toll-free telephone domestic violence hotline. Families 1998-04-21 1998-05-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families. House Rep. Morella, Constance A. [R-MD-8] MD R M000941 1 Amends the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to authorize appropriations for FY 1999 through 2003 for the toll-free National Domestic Violence Hotline. Requires all Hotline grant recipients to report to the Secretary of Health and Human Services on the effectiveness of the use of grant amounts. Directs the Secretary to publish such reports and provide at least 90 days for notice and opportunity for public comment as a prerequisite to awarding or renewing any such grant. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/3699
105-sconres-89 105 sconres 89 A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Nation must place greater emphasis on helping young Americans to develop habits of good character that are essential to their own well-being and to that of our communities. Families 1998-04-03 1998-04-03 Referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Senate Sen. Frist, William H. [R-TN] TN R F000439 0 Expresses the sense of the Congress that it: (1) supports and encourages character building initiatives in schools across the Nation; and (2) urges colleges and universities to affirm that the development of character is one of the primary goals of higher education. 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-concurrent-resolution/89
105-hr-3665 105 hr 3665 Battered Women's Shelters and Services Act Families 1998-04-01 1998-05-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families. House Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18] NY D L000480 0 Battered Women's Shelters and Services Act - Amends the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to mandate that State grant applications document specific involvement in application development of the State domestic violence coalition and other knowledgeable individuals and interested organizations. Revises minimum fund allotment and proportionality guidelines. Cites circumstances under which the Secretary of Health and Human Services may award grants to nonprofit, nongovernmental organizations for technical assistance and training initiatives for special issue resource centers. Expands such resource centers' specialization areas to include: (1) providing technical assistance and training to local domestic violence programs that provide shelter or related assistance; (2) improving access to services, information, and training within Indian tribes and organizations; and (3) responding to emerging domestic violence issues identified in consultation with advocates representing local shelter or related assistance programs, State domestic violence coalitions, and national domestic violence organizations. Authorizes appropriations. Modifies grant amounts for State coalitions and for State domestic violence coalitions, including: (1) model leadership grants for domestic violence intervention in underserved communities; (2) direct emergency assistance; and (3) technical assistance and training for State and local domestic violence programs. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1999 through 2003 for family violence prevention and services. 2025-08-21T16:14:32Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/3665
105-hr-3686 105 hr 3686 Model States Child Care Enhancement Act of 1998 Families 1998-04-01 1998-05-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families. House Rep. Tauscher, Ellen O. [D-CA-10] CA D T000057 16 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Grants to Model States Subtitle A: Grants To Improve the Quality of Child Care Services Subtitle B: Grants to Business Consortia Subtitle C: General Provisions Title II: Child Care Standards Enforcement Title III: Loan Deferral Title IV: Research and Demonstrations Title V: Amendments to the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 Title VI: Child and Adult Food Program Title VII: Sense of the Congress Model States Child Care Enhancement Act of 1998 - Title I: Grants to Model States - Subtitle A: Grants To Improve the Quality of Child Care Services - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to eligible States to improve the quality of child care services. (Sec. 101) Requires such grants to be used by States for purposes the Secretary shall specify by rule, including: (1) providing specified types of State or federally approved, developmentally appropriate child care training (beyond certain basic training) to individuals who are, or are employed by, compensated child care providers; (2) requiring health consultation and age-appropriate immunization to children who receive child care services assisted under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (CCDBGA) and to other children who receive center-based child care; (3) assisting eligible child care providers to achieve developmentally appropriate child-per-caregiver ratios established by a national accrediting association; (4) making competitive grants to persons for improvements and startup costs incurred to become eligible child care providers; (5) paying costs incurred to obtain comprehensive background checks; (6) increasing payment rates to providers who serve children under CCDBGA and, at State option, require providers to seek accreditation or otherwise enhance the quality of their child care services as a condition of receiving increased payment rates; (7) expanding activi… 2025-08-21T16:14:33Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/3686
105-s-1809 105 s 1809 Child Support Performance Improvement Act of 1998 Families 1998-03-23 1998-03-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] WV D R000361 6 Child Support Performance Improvement Act of 1998 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make incentive payments to States, according to specified formulae, with respect to their performance in paternity establishment and child support order enforcement, including cost-effectiveness. (Sec. 2) Instructs the Secretary to study and report to the Congress on: (1) the implementation of such incentive payment system (especially on variations in State performance attributable to demographic or economic variables); and (2) the development of a performance measure based on State effectiveness in establishing and enforcing child medical support obligations (including recommendations for incorporating such measure into the incentive payment system in a revenue neutral manner). Requires the Secretary to implement recommendations in such reports, unless they are disapproved by a joint resolution of Congress enacted according to specified procedures. Repeals the predecessor incentive payment system. (Sec. 3) Requires the director of the Department of Health and Human Resources unit dealing with child support and establishment of paternity to: (1) ensure that data required for the operation of State programs is complete and reliable by providing Federal guidance, technical assistance, and monitoring; (2) develop jointly with the Secretary of Labor a National Standardized Medical Support Notice (Notice) for State enforcement of medical support orders, as well as appropriate procedures for State agency transmittal of the Notice to employers; (3) establish with the Secretary of Labor a medical support working group to identify impediments to effective enforcement of medical support by State agencies and recommend appropriate measures to address such impediments; and (4) promulgate implementing regulations. (Sec. 4) Requires States to have statutorily prescribed procedures under which all child support orders include child health care coverage that is enforced through use of the Notice. Prescribes enforcement g… 2025-08-21T16:11:29Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/1809
105-s-1798 105 s 1798 A bill to provide for an alternative penalty procedure for States that fail to meet Federal child support data processing requirements. Families 1998-03-19 1998-03-19 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] CA D F000062 0 Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act to prescribe alternative penalty reductions in its Federal payments for a State that would otherwise have its child support data processing system plan disapproved for noncompliance, if it has an approved corrective compliance plan and makes a good faith effort to comply with the requirements for such a system. Instructs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to waive the noncompliance penalty during FY 1998 for any State which meets certain criteria. Authorizes the Secretary to waive the single statewide automated data processing and information retrieval system requirement if a State demonstrates that it has or can develop an alternative system or systems that meet specified requirements. 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/1798
105-s-1791 105 s 1791 Child Support Performance Act of 1998 Families 1998-03-18 1998-03-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] CA D F000062 0 Child Support Performance Act of 1998 - Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act to prescribe alternative penalty reductions in its Federal payments for a State that would otherwise have its child support data processing system plan disapproved for noncompliance, if it has an approved corrective compliance plan and makes a good faith effort to comply with the requirements for such a system. Instructs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to waive the noncompliance penalty during FY 1998 for any State which meets certain criteria. Authorizes the Secretary to waive the single statewide automated data processing and information retrieval system requirement if a State demonstrates that it has or can develop an alternative system or systems that meet specified requirements. 2025-08-21T16:14:59Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/1791
105-hr-3400 105 hr 3400 America After School Act Families 1998-03-05 1998-03-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families. House Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-28] NY D S000480 63 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Child Care and Development Services Title II: Strengthening the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Act Title III: Crime Prevention Program America After School Act - Title I: Child Care and Development Services - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to authorize appropriations for FY 1999 through 2003 for new and expanded programs for child care and development services, including direct services provided outside of normal school hours, to promote the health and academic achievement of school age children, and assist the children in avoiding high risk behaviors. (Sec. 103) Requires each State that receives a block grant under such Act to make grants to elementary or secondary schools or community-based organizations to expand the availability and affordability of quality child care and development services, especially direct services provided outside of normal school hours (including before- and after-school care and weekend, holiday, and summer care) for school age children. Requires grant preference to entities that: (1) serve communities with a high rate of poverty and a high incidence of at-risk children; and (2) propose programs that make certain transportation services available to the children served. Requires the use of grant funds for direct services outside of normal school hours, related quality services, and indirect services. Title II: Strengthening the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Act - Amends the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Act to require that discretionary grants be awarded to local educational agencies (LEAs) for supporting certain programs of public elementary schools or secondary schools, including middle schools, that serve communities with substantial needs for expanded learning opportunities for children and youth. (Sec. 201) Increases the maximum duration of such a grant from three to five years. (Sec. 202) Requires the LEA to demonstrate that it will provide specified portions … 2025-08-21T16:12:39Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/3400
105-hr-3405 105 hr 3405 To amend the child and adult care food program under the National School Lunch Act to revise the eligibility of private organizations under that program. Families 1998-03-05 1998-03-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families. House Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] CA D W000738 0 Amends the National School Lunch Act, with respect to the child and adult care food program, to revise eligibility requirements for private organizations providing nonresidential day care services to require only that at least 25 percent of the children served by it meet the income eligibility criteria for free or reduced price meals. (Current law limits institutional eligibility to an organization receiving compensation under title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services) of the Social Security Act for at least 25 percent of its enrolled children or 25 percent of its licensed capacity, whichever is less.) 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/3405
105-hr-3314 105 hr 3314 Fathers Count Act of 1998 Families 1998-03-03 1998-03-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. House Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-22] FL R S000303 7 Fathers Count Act of 1998 - Amends title IV of the Social Security Act to replace part C (Work Incentive Program) with a new part C (Grants to States to Encourage Fathers to Become Better Parents) instructing the Secretary of Health and Human Services, beginning FY 2000, to award grants to States for projects designed to encourage fathers to become better parents. Prescribes grant amounts for FY 2000 through 2004, and State uses for such funds. Permits States to contract with religious, charitable, or private organizations to provide and administer services under such grants. Declares religious organizations eligible as contractors to provide assistance or to accept disbursements on the same basis as any other private organization, so long as program implementation complies with the Establishment Clause of the Constitution. Prohibits discrimination against religious organizations that apply as contractors or accept disbursements under this Act. Delineates safeguards against certain Federal and State requirements with respect to such religious organizations, including an organization's control over the definition, development, practice, and expression of religious beliefs. Proscribes the use of funds under this Act for sectarian worship, instruction, or proselytization. Declares that this Act does not preempt any State constitution or statute that prohibits or restricts the expenditure of State funds in or by religious organizations. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-08-21T16:14:55Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/3314
105-s-1697 105 s 1697 America After School Act Families 1998-03-02 1998-03-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Senate Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] MA D K000105 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Child Care and Development Services Title II: Strengthening the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Act Title III: Crime Prevention Program America After School Act - Title I: Child Care and Development Services - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to authorize appropriations for FY 1999 through 2003 for new and expanded programs for child care and development services, including direct services provided outside of normal school hours, to promote the health and academic achievement of school age children, and assist the children in avoiding high risk behaviors. (Sec. 103) Requires each State that receives a block grant under such Act to make grants to elementary or secondary schools or community-based organizations to expand the availability and affordability of quality child care and development services, especially direct services provided outside of normal school hours (including before- and after-school care and weekend, holiday, and summer care) for school age children. Requires grant preference to entities that: (1) serve communities with a high rate of poverty and a high incidence of at-risk children; and (2) propose programs that make certain transportation services available to the children served. Requires the use of grant funds for direct services outside of normal school hours, related quality services, and indirect services. Title II: Strengthening the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Act - Amends the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Act to require that discretionary grants be awarded to local educational agencies (LEAs) for supporting certain programs of public elementary schools or secondary schools, including middle schools, that serve communities with substantial needs for expanded learning opportunities for children and youth. (Sec. 201) Increases the maximum duration of such a grant from three to five years. (Sec. 202) Requires the LEA to demonstrate that it will provide specified portions … 2025-08-21T16:11:41Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/1697
105-hr-3237 105 hr 3237 To establish a national registry from which adopted children may obtain medical information voluntarily provided by their birth parents. Families 1998-02-12 1998-02-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. House Rep. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY-9] NY D S000148 0 Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a national registry to which birth parents of an adopted child may voluntarily provide medical information about themselves for release to the adopted child upon the child's request. Prohibits the release of identifying information about a birth parent to the adopted child unless the parent and child have signed a notarized statement of consent. Mandates: (1) the confidentiality of all national registry information; and (2) the written informed consent of the individual before release of any registry information. Proscribes any national registry attempt to contact an individual for the purpose of facilitating a reunion. Mandates that the registry: (1) be a centralized nationwide data repository; and (2) operate independently of any other data system maintained by the Department of Health and Human Services. Authorizes the Secretary to charge fees for services provided under this Act. Subjects violators of this Act to specified criminal penalties. Declares that this Act does not preempt any State or local law concerning adoption and the confidentiality of its sealed adoption record policy. 2025-01-02T17:49:23Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/3237
105-sconres-77 105 sconres 77 A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Federal government should acknowledge the importance of at-home parents and should not discriminate against families who forego a second income in order for a mother or father to be at home with their children. Families 1998-02-12 1998-03-04 Star Print ordered on the Concurrent Resolution. Senate Sen. Sessions, Jeff [R-AL] AL R S001141 29 Declares that the Congress recognizes that: (1) parents choose many legitimate forms of child care to meet their individual needs; (2) child care needs of at-home parents and working parents should be given careful consideration by the Congress; and (3) any quality child care proposal should reflect careful consideration of providing financial relief for those families where there is an at-home parent. Calls for no bias against at-home parents, and recognizes and applauds their sacrifices and efforts. 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-concurrent-resolution/77
105-s-1610 105 s 1610 Child Care ACCESS (Affordable Child Care for Early Success and Security) Act Families 1998-02-04 1998-02-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CT D D000388 26 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Improving the Affordability of Child Care Title II: Enhancing the Quality of Child Care and Early Childhood Development Title III: Expanding the Availability and Quality of School- Age Child Care Title IV: Supporting Family Choices in Child Care Title V: Encouraging Private Sector Involvement Title VI: Ensuring the Quality of Federal Child Care Centers Child Care ACCESS (Affordable Child Care for Early Success and Security) Act - Title I: Improving the Affordability of Child Care - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to make increased appropriations for State child care assistance grants for FY 1999 through 2003. Title II: Enhancing the Quality of Child Care and Early Childhood Development - Creates under TANF a State grant program for improving the quality of child care and early childhood development. Makes appropriations for FY 1999 through 2003. Title III: Expanding the Availability and Quality of School-Age Child Care - Establishes under TANF a State grant program for increasing the availability and quality of school-age child care. Makes appropriations for FY 1999 through 2003. (Sec. 301) Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to increase from 13 to 16 the maximum age of an eligible child under the child care and development block grant program. (Sec. 302) Amends the 21st Century Community Learning Centers Act to: (1) direct the Secretary of Education to give priority to rural, urban, and low-income communities in awarding grants to public elementary and secondary schools for projects that benefit the educational, health, social services, cultural, and recreational needs of the community; (2) revise grant application requirements; (3) change from four to one the minimum number of specified activities for which community learning center grant funds may be used; (4) change children's day care services to child care services; and (5) auth… 2025-08-21T16:15:02Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/1610
105-hr-3144 105 hr 3144 Caring for Children Act Families 1998-02-03 1998-03-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property. House Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-6] CT R J000163 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Tax Relief to Increase Child Care Affordability Title II: Encouraging Quality Child Care Subtitle A: Dissemination of Information About Quality Child Care Subtitle B: Increased Enforcement of State Health and Safety Standards Subtitle C: Removal of Barriers to Increasing the Supply of Quality Child Care Subtitle D: Quality Child Care Through Federal Facilities and Programs Caring for Children Act - Title I: Tax Relief to Increase Child Care Affordability - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the percentage of dependent care expenses (if the expenses are incurred to enable the taxpayer to be employed (employment-related expenses)) allowed as a credit. Deems a taxpayer who has one or more children under the age of four to have employment-related expenses of specified amounts, notwithstanding provisions limiting expenses to the amount of earned income. (Sec. 102) Mandates a program to promote employer use of dependent care assistance programs. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 103) Allows a credit to employers for employer-provided child care expenses, including acquisition, construction, and other property expenses and operating costs. Terminates the credit after a specified date. Title II: Encouraging Quality Child Care - Subtitle A: Dissemination of Information About Quality Child Care - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, directly or through a competitive contract, to collect and disseminate information on health and safety in various child care settings and findings in the field of early childhood learning and development. (Sec. 202) Mandates grants to develop distance learning child care training technology infrastructures and model technology-based training courses for child care providers and child care workers. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Increased Enforcement of State Health and Safety Standards - Amends the Child Care and … 2026-03-23T12:17:56Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/3144
105-hr-3130 105 hr 3130 Child Support Performance and Incentive Act of 1998 Families 1998-01-28 1998-07-16 Became Public Law No: 105-200. House Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-22] FL R S000303 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Child Support Data Processing Requirements Title II: Child Support Incentive System Title III: Adoption Provisions Title : Miscellaneous Child Support Performance and Incentive Act of 1998 - Title I: Child Support Data Processing Requirements - Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to prescribe alternative penalty reductions in its Federal payments for a State that would otherwise have its child support data processing system plan disapproved for noncompliance, if it has an approved corrective compliance plan and makes a good faith effort to comply with the requirements for such a system. Instructs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (the Secretary) to waive the noncompliance penalty during FY 1998 for any State which meets certain criteria. (Sec. 102) Requires the Secretary to waive the single statewide automated data processing and information retrieval system requirement if a State demonstrates that it has or can develop an alternative system or systems that meet specified requirements. Title II: Child Support Incentive System - Directs the Secretary to make incentive payments to States, according to specified formulae, with respect to their performance in paternity establishment and child support order enforcement, including cost-effectiveness. (Sec. 201) Instructs the Secretary to study and report to the Congress on: (1) the implementation of such incentive payment system (especially on variations in State performance attributable to demographic or economic variables); and (2) the development of a performance measure based on State effectiveness in establishing and enforcing child medical support obligations (including recommendations for incorporating such measure into the incentive payment system in a revenue neutral manner). Repeals the predecessor incentive payment system. Title III: Adoption Provisions - Amends SSA title IV, part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance), to r… 2025-04-07T15:34:23Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/3130
105-s-1577 105 s 1577 Caring for Children Act Families 1998-01-28 1998-04-22 Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 105-950. Senate Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI] RI R C000269 7 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Tax Relief to Increase Child Care Affordability Title II: Encouraging Quality Child Care Subtitle A: Dissemination of Information About Quality Child Care Subtitle B: Increased Enforcement of State Health and Safety Standards Subtitle C: Removal of Barriers to Increasing the Supply of Quality Child Care Subtitle D: Quality Child Care Through Federal Facilities and Programs Caring for Children Act - Title I: Tax Relief to Increase Child Care Affordability - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the percentage of dependent care expenses (if the expenses are incurred to enable the taxpayer to be employed (employment-related expenses)) allowed as a credit. Deems a taxpayer who has one or more children under the age of four to have employment-related expenses of specified amounts, notwithstanding provisions limiting expenses to the amount of earned income. (Sec. 102) Mandates a program to promote employer use of dependent care assistance programs. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 103) Allows a credit to employers for employer-provided child care expenses, including acquisition, construction, and other property expenses and operating costs. Terminates the credit after a specified date. Title II: Encouraging Quality Child Care - Subtitle A: Dissemination of Information About Quality Child Care - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, directly or through a competitive contract, to collect and disseminate information on health and safety in various child care settings and findings in the field of early childhood learning and development. (Sec. 202) Mandates grants to develop distance learning child care training technology infrastructures and model technology-based training courses for child care providers and child care workers. Authorizes appropriations. Subtitle B: Increased Enforcement of State Health and Safety Standards - Amends the Child Care and … 2025-08-21T16:12:55Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/1577
105-hconres-202 105 hconres 202 Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Federal Government should acknowledge the importance of at-home parents and should not discriminate against families who forego a second income in order for a mother or father to be at home with their children. Families 1998-01-27 1998-04-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. House Rep. Goodling, William F. [R-PA-19] PA R G000291 57 Declares that the Congress recognizes that: (1) parents choose many legitimate forms of child care to meet their individual needs; (2) child care needs of at-home parents and working parents should be given careful consideration by the Congress; and (3) any quality child care proposal should reflect careful consideration of providing financial relief for those families where there is an at-home parent. Calls for no bias against at-home parents, and recognizes and applauds their sacrifices and efforts. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/202
105-s-1487 105 s 1487 A bill to establish a National Voluntary Mutual Reunion Registry. Families 1997-11-08 1997-11-09 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. Senate Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID] ID R C000858 3 Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to use Departmental facilities to facilitate the voluntary, mutually requested exchange of identifying information that has been mutually consented to, by a 21-year-old adult adopted individual with any birth parent or adult sibling, if all involved have consented by a signed notarized statement to the information exchange. Sets forth procedural requirements for establishment of a National Voluntary Mutual Reunion Registry. Subjects violators of this Act to criminal penalties. States that this Act does not preempt a State's sealed adoption record policy. 2025-01-02T17:54:46Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/1487
105-hr-2919 105 hr 2919 Omnibus Adoption Act of 1997 Families 1997-11-07 1997-12-10 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families. House Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] NJ R S000522 0 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: National Advisory Board on Adoption Title II: Adoption Data Collection System Title III: Adoption Education Programs Title IV: Adoption Benefits for Federal Employees and Military Personnel Title V: Adoption Credit Made Permanent for Adoptions of Children Without Special Needs Title VI: Maternal Health Certificates Program Title VII: Rehabilitation Grants for Maternity Housing and Services Facilities Title VIII: Sense of Congress Regarding Changes in State Adoption Laws Omnibus Adoption Act of 1997 - Title I: National Advisory Board on Adoption - Establishes the National Advisory Board on Adoption to monitor program implementation under this Act and make recommendations to the Congress. Title II: Adoption Data Collection System - Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to submit a status report to the Congress on implementation of a certain data collection system required under the Social Security Act. Title III: Adoption Education Programs - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to direct the Secretary of Education to award social work graduate school fellowships for work in innovative programs on the effects of adoption on the parties involved. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 302) Directs the Secretary of Education to award grants to the States for implementation of adoption education programs. Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Adoption Benefits for Federal Employees and Military Personnel - Amends Federal law to set forth adoption benefits for Federal employees and military personnel. Directs the Director of the Office of Personnel Management, the Secretary of Defense, and the Secretary of Transportation to coordinate their efforts in implementing this Act and to consult with the National Advisory Board on Adoption. Title V: Adoption Credit Made Permanent for Adoptions of Children Without Special Needs - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent: (1) the tax cred… 2025-08-21T16:13:15Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/2919
105-hr-2839 105 hr 2839 Quality Child Care for Federal Employees Act Families 1997-11-06 1997-11-26 Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity. House Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-20] NY R G000212 0 Quality Child Care for Federal Employees Act - Mandates that a Federal agency that either operates, or contracts for operation of, a child care center in a facility owned or leased by an executive agency obtain the appropriate State and local licenses and comply with child care licensing requirements. Directs the Administrator of General Services to: (1) establish and enforce child care health, safety and facility standards; and (2) require child care center compliance with accreditation standards issued by a nationally recognized accreditation organization approved by the Administrator. Prescribes enforcement procedures. Instructs the Architect of the Capitol and the Director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts to promulgate regulations for child care centers in legislative and judicial facilities which are no less stringent than those issued by the Administrator. Confers upon the Architect and the Director child care center duties and authorities comparable to those of the Administrator. Provides for technical assistance, studies, and reviews in order to assist child care center operator compliance with this Act. Instructs the Administrator to establish an interagency council to facilitate cooperation and coordinate policy regarding the provision of child care in the Federal Government. Authorizes appropriations. Requires the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service, the Secretaries of Education, of Housing and Urban Development, and of Labor, and the Attorney General to ensure that any child care made available under any Federal financial assistance program shall be provided by an accredited child care center or a credentialed child care professional. Amends the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to authorize the use of community development block grants to establish accredited child care centers by upgrading existing child care facilities to meet standards for accredited child care centers or by renovating existing structures for use as a… 2026-03-23T12:17:56Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/2839
105-hconres-182 105 hconres 182 Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to child custody, child abuse, and victims of domestic and family violence. Families 1997-10-30 1997-11-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. House Rep. Morella, Constance A. [R-MD-8] MD R M000941 15 Expresses the sense of the Congress that for purposes of determining child custody it is in the best interest of children to have a presumption that children should have their main physical residence with the primary caretaker parent (unless that parent is unfit). Declares that it is not in the best interest of children to: (1) force parents to share custody over parental objection, or when there is a history of domestic or family violence; (2) punish abused or protective parents who protect themselves or their children; (3) presume that allegations of domestic and family violence are likely to be false, or made for tactical advantage during custody and divorce proceedings; and (4) make "friendly parent" provisions a factor when there is an abusive parent. Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) child abuse and child sexual abuse allegations should be investigated regardless of when raised or whether the child has recanted the allegation; (2) States should be more protective of victims of family and domestic violence in custody and visitation determinations and not order mediation, couples counseling, shared custody, mutual orders of protection, unsupervised visitation, or other measures when they may endanger such victims; and (3) States should provide training in domestic violence and child abuse, as they impact custody, child support and visitation determinations, to all professionals who interact with children and parents. 2019-11-15T21:33:29Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/182
105-hr-2779 105 hr 2779 Safe Havens for Children Act of 1997 Families 1997-10-30 1997-11-13 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. House Rep. Morella, Constance A. [R-MD-8] MD R M000941 17 Safe Havens for Children Act of 1997 - Authorizes the Attorney General to award grants to States to enable them to enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with public or private nonprofit entities for the establishment and operation of supervised visitation centers. Mandates that: (1) the visitation centers target the economically disadvantaged and individuals who cannot afford visitation services; (2) grant applicants demonstrate expertise in the area of domestic violence; and (3) the Attorney General report annually to the Congress on specified aspects of the visitation centers. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-08-21T16:11:40Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/2779
105-s-1318 105 s 1318 Adoption Awareness Program Act Families 1997-10-24 1997-10-24 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Senate Sen. Abraham, Spencer [R-MI] MI R A000355 2 Adoption Awareness Program Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) establish an adoption awareness program; and (2) make grants through the program to eligible private entities to pay for the Federal share of the cost of developing and distributing materials promoting adoption. Establishes the Adoption Awareness Commission to: (1) review grant applicants and the public service announcements and brochures developed by the grantees; and (2) make recommendations to the Secretary regarding grant recipients and Commission approval of announcements and brochures. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-08-21T16:14:28Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/1318
105-hr-2713 105 hr 2713 Early Learning and Opportunity State Grants Act of 1997 Families 1997-10-23 1997-11-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families. House Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] CT D D000216 30 Early Learning and Opportunity State Grants Act of 1997 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to eligible States to improve the quality and increase the availability of child care services, and of family support services, for families with children under three years of age. Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop a voluntary model training program for employees of child care providers; (2) make available to Head Start agencies and child care providers the code developed for such model training program; and (3) provide technical assistance to such agencies and providers to implement it. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-08-21T16:11:11Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/2713
105-hr-2719 105 hr 2719 Child Care Public-Private Partnership Act of 1997 Families 1997-10-23 1997-11-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families. House Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18] NY D L000480 2 Child Care Public-Private Partnership Act of 1997 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a business-incentive grant program to provide child care through public-private partnerships. Provides program grants to cover not more than one-third of the costs for: (1) businesses or consortia (two or more businesses acting jointly, which may also include a nonprofit private organization) to start up, or provide additional, employee child care services; and (2) nonprofit business organizations to provide technical information and assistance to enable businesses to provide employee child care services. Sets forth eligibility and application requirements, including: (1) provision of such services equitably and affordably to low- and moderate-income employees; and (2) compliance with State and local licensing requirements. Gives priority in grant selection to business and consortia applicants, especially businesses with fewer than 100 full-time employees. Requires equitable geographic distribution. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-08-21T16:11:35Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/2719
105-s-1309 105 s 1309 Early Childhood Development Act of 1997 Families 1997-10-22 1997-10-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Senate Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] MA D K000148 14 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Assistance for Young Children Title II: Child Care for Families Title III: Amendments to the Head Start Act Early Childhood Development Act of 1997 - Title I: Assistance for Young Children - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make allotments to eligible States to pay for the Federal share of the cost of enabling them to make competitive grants to local collaboratives for young child assistance activities. Requires the Governor of each State to establish or designate a State Early Learning Coordinating Board to make such grants. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Child Care for Families - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to establish a Zero-to-Six program of formula payments to States for child care assistance on behalf of children under six years of age. Makes appropriations for such grants. Title III: Amendments to the Head Start Act - Amends the Head Start Act to extend the authorization of appropriations and revise requirements for allotment of funds. 2025-08-21T16:12:41Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/1309
105-s-1293 105 s 1293 Child Support Performance Improvement Act of 1997 Families 1997-10-09 1997-10-09 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV] WV D R000361 2 Child Support Performance Improvement Act of 1997 - Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make an incentive payment to each State in accordance with prescribed formulae with respect to each of the following measures of State performance levels: (1) paternity establishment; (2) support order; (3) current payment; (4) arrearage payment; (5) cost-effectiveness; and (6) medical support. Requires the Secretary to: (1) study and report to the Congress on the implementation of such incentive payment system; and (2) develop and report to the Congress on a new medical support performance measure based on State efficacy in establishing and enforcing medical support obligations. Repeals the predecessor incentive payment system. Includes among the Secretary's duties providing Federal guidance, technical assistance, and monitoring in order to ensure data reliability. Denies State eligibility for incentive payments when Federal audits find claims are based on incomplete or unreliable data. 2025-08-21T16:11:54Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/1293
105-hr-2628 105 hr 2628 Child Support Enhancement Act of 1997 Families 1997-10-07 1997-10-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. House Rep. Ganske, Greg [R-IA-4] IA R G000041 0 Child Support Enhancement Act of 1997 - Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act with respect to amounts due from, or payable by, the United States or the District of Columbia pursuant to a judgment against the United States or the District of Columbia in favor of, or pursuant to a settlement by the United States or the District of Columbia of any claim of an individual who has a legal obligation to provide child support or make alimony payments. Declares that such amounts shall be subject, in like manner and to the same extent as if the United States or the District of Columbia were a private person, to any legal process brought by either a State child support enforcement agency, or by an individual obligee, to enforce a child support or alimony obligation. 2025-08-21T16:12:07Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/2628
105-s-1195 105 s 1195 Promotion of Adoption, Safety, and Support for Abused and Neglected Children (PASS) Act Families 1997-09-18 1997-10-24 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11176) Senate Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI] RI R C000269 14 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Reasonable Efforts and Safety Requirements for Foster Care and Adoption Placements Title II: Incentives for Providing Permanent Families for Children Title III: Additional Improvements and Reforms Title IV: Miscellaneous Title V: Effective Date Promotion of Adoption, Safety, and Support for Abused and Neglected Children (PASS) Act - Title I: Reasonable Efforts and Safety Requirements for Foster Care and Adoption Placements - Amends title IV part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to declare that, in meeting the "reasonable efforts" requirement of family preservation and reunification, the paramount concern of a State plan for foster care and adoption assistance shall be the health and safety of the child. States that reasonable efforts to preserve and reunify the family shall not be required on behalf of certain parents, including those who have murdered or committed felony assault against another child, or who would otherwise pose a serious risk to a child's health or safety. (Sec. 102) Includes the safety of the child in State case planning and review system requirements. (Sec. 103) Requires a State plan for foster care and adoption assistance to include certification by the State to the Secretary of Health and Human Services that it has established a State child death review team to investigate and prevent fatal child abuse and neglect. Requires the Secretary to establish a Federal child death review team to review child death reports on Federal lands, disseminate information to State and local jurisdictions, and develop policy and procedural recommendations for the Congress and the States. (Sec. 104) Delineates circumstances compelling a State to file a parental rights termination petition and concurrently initiate selection of a qualified family for an adoption for certain children in foster care or under State responsibility. Sets forth a one-year statute of limitations for appeals of orders… 2025-08-21T16:11:49Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/1195
105-hr-2487 105 hr 2487 Child Support Incentive Act of 1997 Families 1997-09-17 1997-09-30 Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. House Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-22] FL R S000303 1 Child Support Incentive Act of 1997 - Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act to establish a new incentive payment system for the States for: (1) paternity establishment performance; and (2) support order performance, including current payment collection, arrearage collection, average payment, and cost-effectiveness performance. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) study and report to the Congress on the implementation of the new incentive payment system; (2) develop a performance measure based on the effectiveness of States in establishing and enforcing medical support obligations; and (3) make recommendations to the Congress for the incorporation of such medical support obligation enforcement measure, in a revenue neutral manner, into such payment system. 2025-04-07T15:34:23Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/2487
105-hr-2475 105 hr 2475 Bonded Child Labor Elimination Act Families 1997-09-15 1997-09-25 Referred to the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights. House Rep. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT-At Large] VT I S000033 10 Bonded Child Labor Elimination Act - Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to prohibit the importation of articles produced or manufactured with bonded child labor. Defines "bonded child labor" to mean work or service: (1) which is exacted from any person under 15 years of age, either in payment for the debts of a parent, relative, or guardian or drawn under false pretexts; and (2) to which such person is confined against his or her will. Authorizes the President to waive requirements prohibiting the importation of articles or merchandise produced or manufactured by convict labor, forced labor, indentured labor, or bonded child labor if it is determined and certified to the Congress that it is in the national interest. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-08-21T16:14:00Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/2475
105-s-1129 105 s 1129 Safe Havens for Children Act of 1997 Families 1997-07-31 1997-07-31 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Senate Sen. Wellstone, Paul D. [D-MN] MN D W000288 2 Safe Havens for Children Act of 1997 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to enable States to enter into contracts and cooperative agreements to assist public or private nonprofit entities in establishing and operating supervised visitation centers to facilitate child visitation and visitation exchange. Sets forth provisions regarding considerations in awarding grants, authorized uses of funds, and reporting and evaluation. Makes specified sums available from amounts contained in the Violent Crime Reduction Trust Fund, subject to certain requirements. 2025-08-21T16:12:38Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/1129
105-hconres-127 105 hconres 127 Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Nation must place greater emphasis on helping young Americans to develop habits of good character that are essential to their own well-being and to that of our communities. Families 1997-07-28 1997-07-28 Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. House Rep. Clement, Bob [D-TN-5] TN D C000503 40 Expresses the sense of the Congress that it: (1) supports and encourages character building initiatives in schools across the Nation; and (2) urges colleges and universities to affirm that the development of character is one of the primary goals of higher education. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/127
105-s-1074 105 s 1074 Child Support Reform Act of 1997 Families 1997-07-28 1997-07-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CT D D000388 0 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: National Child Support Guidelines Commission Title II: Centralized Child Support Enforcement Title III: Effective Dates Child Support Reform Act of 1997 - Title I: National Child Support Guidelines Commission - Establishes the National Child Support Guidelines Commission to study and evaluate various child support guidelines used by the States, identify their benefits and deficiencies, and recommend improvements. Prescribes matters for Commission consideration. Requires the Commission to submit a final assessment to the Congress and the President on how State child support guideline models are serving custodial parents and children. Title II: Centralized Child Support Enforcement - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) establish an Office of the Assistant Commissioner for Centralized Child Support Enforcement in the Internal Revenue Service to locate absent parents, facilitate enforcement of child support obligations, and establish a Division of Enforcement by October 1, 1997; and (2) promulgate regulations for the coordination of activities among the Office of the Assistant Commissioner for Centralized Child Support Enforcement, the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services, and the States. (Sec. 202) Amends the Social Security Act with respect to the Federal Parent Locator Service to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) compare information in the National Directory of New Hires against information in the support case abstracts in the Federal Case Registry of Child Support Orders at least every two business days; and (2) report matches of the two files within two business days to the Division of Enforcement for centralized enforcement. (Sec. 203) Prescribes Division of Enforcement duties. Authorizes the Office of the Assistant Commissioner for Centralized Child Support Enforcement, through the Division of Enforcement, to assess and collect unpaid arrearages under the same enforcement… 2025-08-21T16:11:40Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/1074
105-s-1075 105 s 1075 Child Support Assurance Act of 1997 Families 1997-07-28 1997-07-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CT D D000388 0 Child Support Assurance Act of 1997 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to between three and five States for demonstration projects to implement or improve a system of assured minimum child support payments. Sets forth program requirements. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress on the effectiveness of such projects. Amends the Social Security Act to mandate State-prescribed procedures for the triennial review and adjustment of child support orders. 2025-08-21T16:14:04Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/1075
105-hr-2213 105 hr 2213 CIDCARE Act Families 1997-07-22 1997-09-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property. House Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-20] NY R G000212 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Demand for Quality Child Care Subtitle A: Tax Benefits for Quality Child Care Subtitle B: Child Care Quality Improvement Incentive Program Subtitle C: Distribution of Information About Quality Child Care Subtitle D: Quality Child Care Through Federal Facilities and Programs Subtitle E: Miscellaneous Provisions Creating Improved Delivery of Child Care: Affordable, Reliable, and Educational Act - CIDCARE Act - Title I: Demand for Quality Child Care - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the amount of the dependent care tax credit. Defines "accredited child care center," "child care credentialing or accreditation entity," and "credentialed child care professional." Makes the credit refundable for taxpayers eligible for the earned income credit. Requires an employer to make advance payments (with wage withholding payments) of dependent care amounts. (Sec. 102) Increases the dollar limits on the exclusion from employee gross income of employer payments for dependent care assistance. Includes in the definition of "dependent care assistance" payments to the employee from amounts contributed to the employee's account during the pregnancy paid within one year after contribution and while the employee, the employee's spouse, or one of their parents stays at home to care for a qualifying individual. Requires the Office of Personnel Management to establish and maintain a dependent care assistance program for employees. (Sec. 103) Amends the Social Security Act to require States to have laws requiring that child support orders enforced under certain provisions include an amount for child care services. Title II: Supply of Quality Child Care - Subtitle A: Tax Benefits for Quality Child Care - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business credit for 50 percent (with a dollar limit) of qualified child care expenses, including the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, or expansion of pro… 2026-03-23T12:17:56Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/2213
105-s-1050 105 s 1050 James P. Grant World Summit for Children Implementation Act of 1997 Families 1997-07-22 1997-07-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. Senate Sen. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT] VT R J000072 4 James P. Grant World Summit for Children Implementation Act of 1997 - Expresses the sense of the Congress that specified amounts should be appropriated for FY 1998 and 1999 for: (1) the Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC Program); and (2) programs under the Head Start Act. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1998 and 1999 for contributions to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations for FY 1998 and 1999 for the Child Survival Fund. Earmarks funds for activities that have a direct measurable impact on reducing rates of child death and disease. Expresses the sense of the Congress that authority should be granted to the President to exercise specified debt forgiveness authority for least developed countries that are pursuing economic policy reforms to promote long-term development. Earmarks development assistance funds for FY 1998 and 1999 for the Vitamin A Deficiency Program. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1998 and 1999 for: (1) iodine and iron deficiency prevention programs; (2) prevention and control programs related to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) in developing countries; and (3) population assistance programs. Earmarks development and economic assistance funds for FY 1998 and 1999 for programs in support of basic education. Expresses the sense of the Congress that specified amounts should be appropriated for FY 1998 and 1999 for migration and refugee assistance. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1998 and 1999 for the prevention of the global spread of tuberculosis. Requires the President to call upon other governments to provide their share of resources required to achieve the World Summit for Children goals by the year 2000. 2025-08-21T16:14:44Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/1050
105-hr-2189 105 hr 2189 Uniform Child Support Enforcement Act of 1997 Families 1997-07-17 1997-07-24 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. House Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6] IL R H001022 17 Uniform Child Support Enforcement Act of 1997 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to deem any individual with the right to collect child support to have assigned to the Internal Revenue Service the right to collect the support (unless the individual elects to retain the right). Requires States to transmit abstracts of child support orders to the Federal Case Registry of Child Support Orders. (Sec. 3) Requires employees to notify their employers of their child support obligations and requires employers to withhold that amount from wages. Requires that an individual's child support obligations that are not covered by the withholding be paid with the individual's tax return. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to collect any past due amount. Provides for penalties and interest. Requires that child support amounts (and related penalties and interest) received by the Secretary be paid to the Commissioner of Social Security. Provides for the application of estimated tax provisions. Mandates criminal penalties for willful false statements by employees to employers regarding child support obligations. Removes provisions relating to offset of past-due support against overpayments. (Sec. 4) Amends the Social Security Act to direct the Commissioner to distribute child support amounts collected to the family and, if the family does or did receive certain types of assistance, to the State. (Sec. 5) Removes and revises numerous provisions to remove references to State enforcement of child support (but retain references to State enforcement of medical child support) obligations. Revises auditing requirements regarding certain State activities. Modifies: (1) the contents of an annual report to the Congress regarding activities under provisions relating to child support and establishment of paternity; and (2) financial recordkeeping requirements. Removes or repeals provisions relating to: (1) State case registries; (2) direct payments to Indian tribes or tribal organizations that have child support enforcement plans;… 2025-08-21T16:11:29Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/2189
105-s-1037 105 s 1037 CIDCARE Act Families 1997-07-17 1997-07-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT] VT R J000072 10 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Demand for Quality Child Care Subtitle A: Tax Benefits for Quality Child Care Subtitle B: Child Care Quality Improvement Incentive Program Subtitle C: Distribution of Information About Quality Child Care Subtitle D: Quality Child Care Through Federal Facilities and Programs Subtitle E: Miscellaneous Provisions Creating Improved Delivery of Child Care: Affordable, Reliable, and Educational Act - CIDCARE Act - Title I: Demand for Quality Child Care - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to modify the amount of the dependent care tax credit. Defines "accredited child care center," "child care credentialing or accreditation entity," and "credentialed child care professional." Makes the credit refundable for taxpayers eligible for the earned income credit. Requires an employer to make advance payments (with wage withholding payments) of dependent care amounts. (Sec. 102) Increases the dollar limits on the exclusion from employee gross income of employer payments for dependent care assistance. Includes in the definition of "dependent care assistance" payments to the employee from amounts contributed to the employee's account during the pregnancy paid within one year after contribution and while the employee, the employee's spouse, or one of their parents stays at home to care for a qualifying individual. Requires the Office of Personnel Management to establish and maintain a dependent care assistance program for employees. (Sec. 103) Amends the Social Security Act to require States to have laws requiring that child support orders enforced under certain provisions include an amount for child care services. Title II: Supply of Quality Child Care - Subtitle A: Tax Benefits for Quality Child Care - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a business credit for 50 percent (with a dollar limit) of qualified child care expenses, including the acquisition, construction, rehabilitation, or exp… 2025-08-21T16:14:23Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/1037
105-s-1002 105 s 1002 A bill to require Federal agencies to assess the impact of policies and regulations on families, and for other purposes. Families 1997-07-10 1997-07-10 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. Senate Sen. Abraham, Spencer [R-MI] MI R A000355 15 Directs each Federal agency, before implementing policies and regulations that may affect family well-being, to assess such actions with respect to specified criteria. Requires each agency to: (1) submit a written certification to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and to the Congress that such policy or regulation has been assessed in accordance with this Act; and (2) provide adequate rationale for implementation of each policy or regulation that may negatively affect family well-being. Directs OMB to: (1) ensure that policies and regulations proposed by agencies are implemented consistent with this Act; and (2) compile, index, and submit annually to the Congress the written certifications received. Directs the White House Office of Policy Development to: (1) assess proposed policies and regulations in accordance with this Act; (2) provide evaluations of such policies and regulations to OMB; and (3) advise the President on policy and regulatory actions that may be taken to strengthen the institutions of marriage and family in the United States. Requires an agency to conduct an assessment of a proposed policy or regulation in accordance with this Act upon request by a Member of Congress. 2025-04-07T15:30:59Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/1002
105-hr-2124 105 hr 2124 To require Federal agencies to assess the impact of policies and regulations on families, and for other purposes. Families 1997-07-09 1997-07-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Management, Information and Technology. House Rep. Lewis, Ron [R-KY-2] KY R L000293 62 Directs each Federal agency, before implementing policies and regulations that may affect family well-being, to assess such actions with respect to specified criteria. Requires each agency to: (1) certify to the Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) and to the Congress that such policy or regulation has been assessed in accordance with this Act; and (2) provide adequate rationale for implementation of each policy or regulation that may negatively affect family well-being. Directs OMB to: (1) ensure that policies and regulations proposed by agencies are implemented consistent with this Act; and (2) compile, index, and submit annually to the Congress the written certifications received. Directs the White House Office of Policy Development to: (1) assess proposed policies and regulations in accordance with this Act; (2) provide evaluations of such policies and regulations to OMB; and (3) advise the President on policy and regulatory actions that may be taken to strengthen the institutions of marriage and family in the United States. (Sec. 4) Requires an agency to conduct an assessment of a proposed policy or regulation in accordance with this Act upon request by a Member of Congress. 2026-03-23T12:17:56Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/2124
105-s-934 105 s 934 Adolescent Family Life and Abstinence Education Act of 1997 Families 1997-06-18 1997-06-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Senate Sen. Specter, Arlen [R-PA] PA R S000709 7 Adolescent Family Life and Abstinence Education Act of 1997 - Amends Public Health Service Act provisions relating to adolescent family life demonstration projects to include the provision of abstinence information in the definition of "necessary services." Mandates, in approving demonstration project grants, adequate representation of both urban and rural areas. Requires a simplified and expedited application process for applicants seeking less than $15,000. Authorizes appropriations to carry out the demonstration project provisions. 2025-08-21T16:11:27Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/934
105-s-920 105 s 920 Adoption Report Card of 1997 Families 1997-06-17 1997-06-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Senate Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] OR D W000779 1 Adoption Report Card Act of 1997 - Amends Part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to instruct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) issue an annual report card containing each State's performance rating (including a performance analysis) with respect to protecting children placed for adoption, in foster care, or with a guardian; and (2) develop, for use in preparing such report card, a set of outcome measures for specified categories related to the family conditions of such children. 2025-08-21T16:12:19Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/920
105-s-891 105 s 891 A bill to require Federal agencies to assess the impact of policies and regulations on families, and for other purposes. Families 1997-06-12 1997-06-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. Senate Sen. Abraham, Spencer [R-MI] MI R A000355 10 Directs each Federal agency, when formulating and implementing policies and regulations that may have significant impact on family formation, maintenance, and well-being, to assess such actions with respect to specified criteria. Requires each agency to: (1) identify any proposed regulatory and statutory provision that may have significant potential negative impact on the family well-being; and (2) provide adequate rationale for the submission of such proposal. Requires the head of each agency to certify to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): (1) such proposed regulatory or statutory provision has been assessed in accordance with this Act; and (2) the manner in which such proposals will enhance family well-being. Directs OMB to take action to ensure that the policies of agencies are applied consistent with the assessments conducted under this Act. Directs the White House Office of Policy Development to: (1) assess existing and proposed policies and regulations that affect family well-being in accordance with this Act; (2) provide evaluations on such policies and regulations to OMB; and (3) advise the President on policy and regulatory actions that may be taken to strengthen the institutions of marriage and family in the United States. Requires the Office of Policy Development to annually submit a report to the President and specified congressional committees on compliance and include any recommendations relating to this Act. 2025-01-14T19:03:55Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/891
105-s-822 105 s 822 Kinship Care Act of 1997 Families 1997-06-03 1997-06-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Wyden, Ron [D-OR] OR D W000779 0 Kinship Care Act of 1997 - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to authorize States to conduct demonstration projects to determine whether it is feasible to establish kinship care as an alternative to foster care for a child who has been removed from home and would otherwise be placed in foster care, but has adult relatives willing to provide safe and appropriate care for the child. Requires the State to: (1) provide the adult relative caregiver for a child with notice of, and an opportunity to be heard in, any dispositional hearing or administrative review held with respect to the child; and (2) give preference to that relative caregiver over a non-related caregiver when determining a placement for a child, provided that the relative caregiver meets all relevant State child protection standards, and that placement with the relative caregiver would be consistent with the child's safety needs. 2025-08-21T16:14:40Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/822
105-s-827 105 s 827 Adoption Promotion Act of 1997 Families 1997-06-03 1997-06-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Craig, Larry E. [R-ID] ID R C000858 0 Adoption Promotion Act of 1997 - Amends the Social Security Act to provide that in cases of aggravated circumstances (including abuse, abandonment, and torture), the States are not required to first make reasonable efforts to retain children in their own homes as a prerequisite to placing a child in foster care. (Sec. 3) Requires a State to initiate or join proceedings to terminate parental rights for children under age ten who have been in foster care under State responsibility for 18 months. (Sec. 4) Entitles each incentive-eligible State for a fiscal year to receive from the Secretary of Health and Human Services in the immediately succeeding fiscal year a grant in an amount equal to the adoption incentive payment. Makes appropriations for such grants. (Sec. 5) Provides for earlier status reviews and permanency hearings, notice of reviews and hearings, and opportunity to be heard for foster parents and pertinent relatives. (Sec. 7) Mandates State documentation of the steps taken to find and finalize permanent child placement. (Sec. 8) Requires the Secretary to: (1) report and make recommendations to specified congressional committees on the extent to which children in foster care are placed in the care of a relative (kinship care); and (2) establish an advisory panel to review such report. (Sec. 9) Authorizes use of the parent locator service in termination of parental rights proceedings. (Sec. 10) Instructs the Secretary to: (1) develop a set of outcome measures to assess the performance of States in operating child protection programs; and (2) report annually to the Congress on the performance of each State on each outcome measure. (Sec. 11) Increases from 10 to 15 the authorized number of State child protection demonstration projects. (Sec. 12) Prescribes guidelines for technical assistance to help States and local communities reach their targets for increased numbers of adoptions and alternative permanent placements for children in foster care (including development of programs that place children into … 2025-08-21T16:12:55Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/827
105-hr-1753 105 hr 1753 To provide for the establishment of not less than 2,500 Boys and Girls Clubs of America facilities by the year 2000. Families 1997-05-30 1997-11-13 Laid on the table. See S. 476 for further action. (consideration: CR H10874) House Rep. Hyde, Henry J. [R-IL-6] IL R H001022 23 Amends the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 to require the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance, for FY 1997 through 2001, to make grants to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) to establish and extend club facilities where needed, with particular emphasis on establishing clubs in and extending services to public housing projects and distressed areas. Redefines the term "distressed area" to include an Indian reservation with a population of high risk youth of sufficient size to warrant the establishment of a BGCA. Directs the Attorney General to accept and approve an application for such a grant submitted by BGCA if the application: (1) includes a long-term strategy to establish 1,000 additional clubs and a detailed summary of those areas in which new facilities will be established or existing facilities expanded to serve additional youths during the next fiscal year; (2) includes a plan to ensure that there are a total of not less than 2,500 BGCA facilities in operation before January 1, 2000; (3) certifies that there will be appropriate coordination with those communities where clubs will be located; and (4) explains the manner in which new facilities will operate without additional, direct Federal financial assistance. Earmarks specified funds to provide a grant to BGCA for administrative, travel, and other costs associated with a national role-model speaking tour program. 2025-04-07T15:33:43Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/1753
105-hr-1716 105 hr 1716 Missing and Exploited Children Act of 1997 Families 1997-05-22 1997-06-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families. House Rep. Castle, Michael N. [R-DE-At Large] DE R C000243 44 Missing and Exploited Children Act of 1997 - Authorizes appropriations to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children for FY 1998 through 2002 to operate a national resource center and clearinghouse designed to: (1) provide information regarding free or low-cost legal, restaurant, lodging, and transportation services for the benefit of missing children and their families and information on Federal programs to assist such persons; (2) coordinate public and private programs which locate or reunite missing children with their legal guardians; (3) disseminate information about innovative and model missing children's programs, services, and legislation; and (4) provide technical assistance and training in the prevention, investigation, prosecution, and treatment of missing and exploited child cases and in locating and recovering missing children. 2025-08-21T16:13:30Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/1716
105-hr-1726 105 hr 1726 Children's National Security Act Families 1997-05-22 1997-08-05 See H.R.2014. House Rep. Furse, Elizabeth [D-OR-1] OR D F000434 19 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Healthy Future Title II: Caring for Families Title III: Family Safety Title IV: Economic Security Title V: Educating Our Children Title VI: Budgeting Provisions Children's National Security Act - Title I: Healthy Future - Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to allow State plans to provide for making Medicaid assistance available to low-income children. (Sec. 102) Amends the Public Health Service Act (PHSA) to provide guaranteed availability of individual health insurance coverage to uninsured children. (Sec. 103) Authorizes additional appropriations for diabetes-related research by the National Institutes of Health, particularly the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. (Sec. 104) Amends PHSA to extend the authorization of appropriations for the bone marrow program. Requires the National Bone Marrow Donor Registry to increase the representation in the pool of potential donors of children of mixed ancestry. (Sec. 105) Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, PHSA, SSA title XVIII (Medicare), and the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information in group health insurance plans, individual market health insurance policies, and Medicare supplemental (Medigap) policies. Prohibits such plans or their issuers from requiring participants, beneficiaries, or applicants to disclose genetic information. Requires participant, beneficiary, or applicant authorization before such plans or insurers may disclose such genetic information. Makes violators of such prohibitions and requirements liable for compensatory, consequential, and punitive damages. (Sec. 106) Amends PHSA to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), to carry out, through the Director of the Center for Mental Health Services, a public information and education program on eating disorders, including toll-free telephone information and referral services. Authorizes a… 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/1726
105-hr-1736 105 hr 1736 Teenage Pregnancy Reduction Act of 1997 Families 1997-05-22 1997-06-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. House Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18] NY D L000480 18 Teenage Pregnancy Reduction Act of 1997 - Mandates evaluation (directly or through grants or contracts) of a wide variety of existing promising programs to prevent adolescent pregnancy, including programs that do not receive Federal grants. Mandates scientific peer review of evaluation proposals. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes an operating grant to a program found (by the evaluation under this Act) to be effective. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-08-21T16:11:14Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/1736
105-hr-1690 105 hr 1690 To amend title 28 of the United States Code regarding enforcement of child custody orders. Families 1997-05-21 1998-05-21 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 309. House Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] NJ D A000210 4 Amends Federal judicial code provisions regarding full faith and credit given to child custody determinations to revise the definition of: (1) "contestant" to include a grandparent who claims a right to custody or visitation of a child, or in contested adoption cases, a person acting as a parent; and (2) "custody determination" to exclude a court order providing for visitation of a child and to include decrees, judgments, orders of adoption, and orders dismissing or denying petitions for adoption. Modifies the definition of "home State" to include: (1) the State in which the child lived with a prospective adoptive parent or an agency with legal custody during a proceeding for adoption; (2) in the case of a child under six months old, the State in which the child lived from birth, or from soon after birth; and (3) in cases involving a proceeding for adoption, the State in which immediately preceding commencement of the proceeding, excluding periods of temporary absence, the child is in the custody of the prospective adoptive parent or parents, the child and the prospective adoptive parents are physically present and the prospective parents have lived for at least six months, and there is substantial evidence available concerning the child's present or future care. Revises the definition of "modification" to apply to visitation determinations as well as custody determinations. Defines "visitation determination" to mean a judgment, decree, or other court order providing for the visitation of a child, including a permanent and temporary order and initial order and modifications. Extends specified requirements regarding child custody determinations to cover visitation determinations (for example, prohibitions against modifying another State's custody determinations also apply to visitation determinations). Authorizes a court of a State to modify a custody determination made by a court of another State in an interstate contested adoption case in which the child has resided with the prospective adoptive parent for at … 2025-04-07T15:32:55Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/1690
105-hr-1698 105 hr 1698 School-Based Children Health Insurance Act of 1997 Families 1997-05-21 1997-06-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. House Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] CA D S000810 16 School-Based Children Health Insurance Act of 1997 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish an income-based, refundable tax credit for the purchase of school-based health insurance coverage for qualified children. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide financial assistance to States for health insurance outreach and information programs. Authorizes appropriations. 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/1698
105-hres-154 105 hres 154 Expressing the sense of the House that the Nation's children are its most valuable assets and that their protection should be the Nation's highest priority. Families 1997-05-20 1997-07-08 Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection. House Rep. Collins, Mac [R-GA-3] GA R C000640 0 Calls for: (1) all Members of Congress to take appropriate action to ensure the safety and protection of children in their jurisdictions; (2) State governments to have in effect laws which register offenders convicted of sexual crimes against children and laws which require law enforcement to notify communities of the presence of these offenders; (3) States to have in effect laws which severely punish individuals convicted of offenses against children, especially crimes involving abduction, sexual assault, exploitation, and stalking; (4) law enforcement agencies to take the necessary steps to safeguard children against the dangers of abduction and exploitation; and (5) State and local law enforcement agencies to work in close cooperation with Federal law enforcement to ensure a rapid and efficient response to reports of child abduction, especially in cases where a child's life may be in danger. 2025-04-07T15:33:00Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-resolution/154
105-s-756 105 s 756 Early Childhood Development Act of 1997 Families 1997-05-15 1997-05-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Senate Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] MA D K000148 8 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Assistance for Young Children Title II: Child Care for Families Title III: Loan Repayment for Child Care Workers Title IV: Full Funding for the Women, Infants, and Children Program Title V: Amendments to the Head Start Act Title VI: School Involvement Leave Early Childhood Development Act of 1997 - Title I: Assistance for Young Children - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make allotments to eligible States to pay for the Federal share of the cost of enabling them to make competitive grants to local collaboratives for young child assistance activities. (Sec. 104) Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Child Care for Families - Amends the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to establish a Zero-to-Six program of formula payments to States for child care assistance on behalf of children under six years of age. (Sec. 201) Makes appropriations for such grants. Title III: Loan Repayment for Child Care Workers - Amends the Higher Education Act of 1965 to establish a program of student loan repayment for child care workers. Directs the Secretary of Education to assume the obligation to repay specified types of student loans for any borrower who is: (1) awarded an associate degree, or a baccalaureate or graduate degree, in early childhood development; and (2) employed, for not less than two years, in a child care facility serving low-income children who are primarily age birth through three. Directs the Secretary to determine the maximum amount of loans that may be repaid under such program. (Sec. 301) Authorizes appropriations. Title IV: Full Funding for the Women, Infants, and Children Program - Amends the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 to authorize appropriations for full funding of the Women, Infants, and Children Program (WIC). Makes appropriations for such purpose. Title V: Amendments to the Head Start Act - Amends the Head Start Act to extend the authorization of appropriations and revise requirements for… 2025-08-21T16:13:01Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/756
105-s-742 105 s 742 Adoption Promotion Act of 1997 Families 1997-05-14 1997-05-21 Subcommittee on Social Security and Family Policy. Hearings held. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 105-902. Senate Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] OH R D000294 2 Adoption Promotion Act of 1997 - Amends the Social Security Act to require a State to initiate or join proceedings to terminate parental rights for children under age ten who have been in foster care under State responsibility for 12 months of the most recent 18 months. (Sec.3 ) Directs the Secretary to make adoption incentive payment grants to States for the number of foster child adoptions and special needs adoptions that exceed the base number of such adoptions for the fiscal year. Authorizes appropriations. Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) with respect to enactment of appropriations to the Department of Health and Human protection demonstration projects. (Sec. 4 ) Provides for earlier notice of reviews and hearings for foster parents and pertinent relatives providing kinship care. (Sec. 5) Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) report and make recommendations to specified congressional committees on the extent to which children in foster care are placed in the care of a relative (kinship care); and (2) establish an advisory panel to review such report. (Sec. 6) Authorizes use of the parent locator service in termination of parental rights proceedings. (Sec. 7) Instructs the Secretary to: (1) develop a set of outcome measures to assess the performance of States in operating child protection and welfare programs; and (2) report annually to the Congress on the performance of each State on each outcome measure. (Sec. 8) Prescribes guidelines for technical assistance to help States and local communities reach their targets for increased numbers of adoptions and alternative permanent placements for children in foster care (including development of programs that place children into pre-adoptive families without waiting for termination of parental rights). (Sec.9) Modifies the eligibility criteria for Independent Living Services. (Sec. 10) Prescribes procedural guidelines for the Secretary to award limited coordinated services de… 2025-08-21T16:11:32Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/742
105-hr-1569 105 hr 1569 To require the same distribution of child support arrearages collected by Federal tax intercept as collected directly by the States, and for other purposes. Families 1997-05-08 1997-05-08 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-6] CT R J000163 0 Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act to revise distribution guidelines for child support arrearages collected by Federal tax intercept on behalf of a family. Requires the same distribution of arrearages collected by Federal tax intercept as collected directly by the States (namely, first to the family, and only then to the State to reimburse prior welfare expenditures). Repeals the State and Federal priority for retaining assigned child support arrearages collected from Federal tax refund offsets. Mandates that the State agency distribute such arrearages in accordance with the priorities revised under this Act. 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/1569
105-hconres-70 105 hconres 70 Expressing the sense of the Congress that State and local governments should be encouraged, and have the right, to pass laws and ordinances designed to preserve and protect the safety and well-being of young people. Families 1997-05-01 1997-05-05 Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime. House Rep. Vento, Bruce F. [D-MN-4] MN D V000087 5 Declares that State and local governments should be encouraged, and have the right, to enact laws and ordinances designed to preserve and protect the safety and well-being of young people, including laws and ordinances that seek to ban the possession of firearms and other weapons in public facilities by individuals other than protection and security personnel. 2019-11-15T21:33:14Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-concurrent-resolution/70
105-hr-1452 105 hr 1452 Kinship Care Act of 1997 Families 1997-04-24 1997-04-30 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. House Rep. Morella, Constance A. [R-MD-8] MD R M000941 7 Kinship Care Act of 1997 - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to authorize States to conduct demonstration projects to determine whether it is feasible to establish kinship care as an alternative to foster care for a child who has been removed from home and would otherwise be placed in foster care, but has adult relatives willing to provide safe and appropriate care for the child. Requires the State to: (1) provide the adult relative caregiver for a child with notice of, and an opportunity to be heard in, any dispositional hearing or administrative review held with respect to the child; and (2) give preference to that relative caregiver over a non-related caregiver when determining a placement for a child, provided that the relative caregiver meets all relevant State child protection standards, and that placement with the relative caregiver would be consistent with the child's safety needs. 2025-08-21T16:12:38Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/1452
105-hr-1455 105 hr 1455 Disabled Children's Federal Assistance Protection Act Families 1997-04-24 1997-04-30 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. House Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] IL D R000515 25 Disabled Children's Federal Assistance Protection Act - Amends Federal law to waive treatment of specified Supplemental Security Income (SSI) overpayments (under title XVI of the Social Security Act) as debt rendering certain disabled children ineligible for Federal loans and guarantees (thus preserving the eligibility of such children whose SSI benefits are terminated by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 but are continued pending final court action). 2025-08-21T16:13:36Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/1455
105-hr-1459 105 hr 1459 Child Protection and Adoption Advancement Act Families 1997-04-24 1997-05-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. House Rep. Tiahrt, Todd [R-KS-4] KS R T000260 1 Child Protection and Adoption Advancement Act - Amends the Social Security Act to require a State plan for foster care and adoption assistance to provide for an expedited dispositional hearing and preadoptive procedures where a child is determined to be a victim of aggravated circumstances (including abandonment, torture, chronic abuse, or sexual abuse). 2025-08-21T16:12:22Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/1459
105-hres-131 105 hres 131 Zero to Three Resolution for Early Childhood Development Families 1997-04-24 1997-05-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families. House Rep. Kennedy, Joseph P., II [D-MA-8] MA D K000110 65 Zero to Three Resolution for Early Childhood Development - Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that sufficient funding should be provided to meet the needs of infants and toddlers through: (1) the Healthy Start program under the Public Health Service Act; (2) the special supplemental nutrition program for women, infants, and children (WIC) under the Child Nutrition Act of 1966; (3) Head Start programs and programs under the Head Start Act that provide services for families with infants and toddlers; (4) programs for infants and toddlers with disabilities under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act; and (5) programs under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990. Declares that legislation should be enacted during the 105th Congress to expand health insurance to provide coverage for all uninsured children. 2025-08-21T16:13:35Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-resolution/131
105-hr-1427 105 hr 1427 James P. Grant World Summit for Children Implementation Act of 1997 Families 1997-04-23 1997-04-23 Referred to the House Committee on International Relations. House Rep. Walsh, James T. [R-NY-25] NY R W000099 45 James P. Grant World Summit for Children Implementation Act of 1997 - Authorizes appropriations for FY 1998 and 1999 for contributions to the United Nations Children's Fund. Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to authorize appropriations for FY 1998 and 1999 for the Child Survival Fund. Earmarks funds for activities that have a direct measurable impact on reducing rates of child death and disease. Directs the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development to report to the Congress on the progress to significantly increase the level of funding to private and voluntary organizations conducting community-based child survival programs. Expresses the sense of the Congress that authority should be granted to the President to exercise specified debt forgiveness authority for least developed countries that are pursuing economic policy reforms to promote long-term development. Earmarks development assistance funds for FY 1998 and 1999 for the Vitamin A Deficiency Program. Authorizes additional appropriations for FY 1998 and 1999 for: (1) iodine and iron deficiency prevention programs; (2) prevention and control programs related to human immunodeficiency virus and acquired immune deficiency syndrome in developing countries; and (3) population assistance programs. Earmarks development and economic assistance funds for FY 1998 and 1999 for programs in support of basic education. Expresses the sense of the Congress that specified amounts should be appropriated for FY 1998 and 1999 for migration and refugee assistance. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1998 and 1999 for the prevention of the global spread of tuberculosis. Requires the President to call upon other governments to provide their share of resources required to achieve the World Summit for Children goals by the year 2000. 2025-08-21T16:13:25Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/1427
105-s-639 105 s 639 A bill to require the same distribution of child support arrearages collected by Federal tax intercept as collected directly by the States, and for other purposes. Families 1997-04-23 1997-04-23 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] ME R S000663 1 Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act to revise distribution guidelines for child support arrearages collected by Federal tax intercept on behalf of a family. Requires the same distribution of arrearages collected by Federal tax intercept as collected directly by the States (namely, first to the family, and only then to the State to reimburse prior welfare expenditures). Repeals the State and Federal priority for retaining assigned child support arrearages collected from Federal tax refund offsets. Mandates that the State agency distribute such arrearages in accordance with the priorities revised under this Act. 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/639
105-hr-1373 105 hr 1373 Early Learning and Opportunity Act of 1997 Families 1997-04-17 1997-05-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families. House Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] CT D D000216 42 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Early Learning and Opportunity Grants Title II: Amendment to Internal Revenue Code of 1986 Title III: Amendment to Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 Title IV: Amendments to the Head Start Act Early Learning and Opportunity Act of 1997 - Title I: Early Learning and Opportunity Grants - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to eligible States to improve the quality and increase the availability of child care services, and of family support services, for families with children less than three years of age. (Sec. 103) Directs the Secretary to: (1) develop a voluntary model training program for employees of child care providers; (2) make available to Head Start agencies and child care providers the code developed for such model training program; and (3) provide technical assistance to such agencies and providers to implement it. (Sec. 105) Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Amendment to Internal Revenue Code of 1986 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to include imported property income (except for foreign oil and gas related income, or property subsequently exported) as foreign base company income in the gross income of a U.S. shareholder of a controlled foreign corporation. Title III: Amendment to Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 - Amends the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 to extend its coverage to employers with more than 20 employees (current law applies only to employers with more than 50 employees). Title IV: Amendment to the Head Start Act - Amends the Head Start Act to extend the authorization of appropriations. (Sec. 402) Revises a formula for allotment of certain training and technical assistance funds under such Act. Increases the amount of funds reserved for services to families with children less than three years of age (programs for families with infants and toddlers). 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/1373
105-s-548 105 s 548 Child Care Expansion Act Families 1997-04-10 1997-04-22 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3394) Senate Sen. Roberts, Pat [R-KS] KS R R000307 4 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: General Expansion of Activities Title II: Tax Incentives for Dependent Care Child Care Expansion Act - Title I: General Expansion of Activities - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a small business child care grant program to assist States in providing funds to encourage the establishment and operation of employer-operated child care programs. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 102) Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (DVSA) to direct the Secretary of Labor (in carrying out the Older Americans Community Service Employment Program) and the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation for National and Community Service, respectively, as well as any grantee or contractor, to take steps, including the development of appropriate special projects, to encourage the fullest participation of eligible older individuals (under DVSA, individuals age 55 or older) in projects to provide child care under such program. Requires that such child care projects, to the extent practicable, be carried out in communities with child care shortages. Title II: Tax Incentives for Dependent Care - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the child and dependent care credit for specified low and middle income workers. Applies the home office tax deduction to the use of such home office for dependent care. 2025-08-21T16:12:38Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/548
105-s-511 105 s 511 Safe Adoptions and Family Environments Act Families 1997-03-20 1997-11-13 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12526) Senate Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI] RI R C000269 19 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Requiring Consideration of the Health and Safety of a Child in Foster Care and Adoption Placements Title II: Enhancing Public Agency and Community Accountability for the Health and Safety of Children Title III: Incentives for Providing Permanent Families for Children Title IV: Promotion of Innovation in Ensuring Safe and Permanent Families Title V: Miscellaneous Safe Adoptions and Family Environments Act - Title I: Requiring Consideration of the Health and Safety of a Child in Foster Care and Adoption Placements - Amends the Social Security Act to include a child's safety among the requisite features of a State plan for child welfare services addressing foster care and adoption placements. (Sec. 102) States that to be eligible for Federal payments a State shall enact and enforce laws that specify cases in which: (1) the State is not required to make efforts at reunification of the child with its parents because of circumstances that endanger the child's health or safety; and (2) there are grounds for expedited termination of parental rights without prior reunification attempts due to such circumstances. (Sec. 104) Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish a Federal child death review team, and States to establish their own State child death review teams, meeting specified criteria, in order to remain eligible for Federal funds. Title II: Enhancing Public Agency and Community Accountability for the Health and Safety of Children - Directs the Secretary, acting through the Administrator of the Administration for Children, Youth and Families and the Director of the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, to disseminate to State child welfare agencies and substance abuse prevention and treatment agencies an inventory of all Federal programs that may provide funds for substance abuse prevention and treatment services for families receiving services from public child welfare agencies. Amends the Publ… 2025-08-21T16:11:30Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/511
105-s-476 105 s 476 A bill to provide for the establishment of not less than 2,500 Boys and Girls Clubs of America facilities by the year 2000. Families 1997-03-19 1997-12-02 Became Public Law No: 105-133. Senate Sen. Hatch, Orrin G. [R-UT] UT R H000338 9 Amends the Economic Espionage Act of 1996 to require the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance, for FY 1997 through 2001, to make grants to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America (BGCA) to establish and extend club facilities where needed, with particular emphasis on establishing clubs in and extending services to public housing projects and distressed areas. Redefines the term "distressed area" to include an Indian reservation with a population of high risk youth of sufficient size to warrant the establishment of a BGCA. Directs the Attorney General to accept and approve an application for such a grant submitted by BGCA if the application: (1) includes a long-term strategy to establish 1,000 additional clubs and a detailed summary of those areas in which new facilities will be established or existing facilities expanded to serve additional youths during the next fiscal year; (2) includes a plan to ensure that there are a total of not less than 2,500 BGCA facilities in operation before January 1, 2000; (3) certifies that there will be appropriate coordination with those communities where clubs will be located; and (4) explains the manner in which new facilities will operate without additional, direct Federal financial assistance. Earmarks specified funds to provide a grant to BGCA for administrative, travel, and other costs associated with a national role-model speaking tour program. 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/476
105-hr-867 105 hr 867 Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 Families 1997-02-27 1997-11-19 Became Public Law No: 105-89. House Rep. Camp, Dave [R-MI-4] MI R C000071 31 TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Reasonable Efforts and Safety Requirements for Foster Care and Adoption Placements Title II: Incentives for Providing Permanent Families for Children Title III: Additional Improvements and Reforms Title IV: Miscellaneous Title V: Effective Date Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997 - Title I: Reasonable Efforts and Safety Requirements for Foster Care and Adoption Placements - Amends title IV part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to emphasize that, in meeting the "reasonable efforts" requirement of family preservation and reunification, the paramount concern of a State plan for foster care and adoption assistance shall be the health and safety of the child. States that reasonable efforts to preserve and reunify the family shall not be required on behalf of certain parents, including those who have murdered or committed felony assault against another child, or who would otherwise pose a serious risk to a child's health or safety. Declares that nothing in such Act shall be construed as precluding State courts from exercising their discretion to protect the health and safety of children in individual cases, including cases other than those described in the Act. (Sec. 102) Includes the safety of the child in State case planning and review system requirements. (Sec. 103) Delineates circumstances compelling a State to file a parental rights termination petition and concurrently initiate selection of a qualified adoptive family for certain children in foster care or under State responsibility. (Sec. 105) Makes the Federal Parent Locator Service available to child welfare services for enforcement of child custody or visitation orders. (Sec. 106) Requires State plans for foster care and adoption assistance to provide procedures for criminal records checks for prospective foster and adoptive parents. (Sec. 107) Requires a case plan for a child for whom the State's goal is adoption or placement in another… 2025-04-07T15:34:23Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/867
105-hr-899 105 hr 899 Working Families Child Care Act of 1997 Families 1997-02-27 1997-03-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families. House Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] CA D W000738 18 Working Families Child Care Act of 1997 - Amends the Child Care Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to authorize appropriations for grants to States for child care for: (1) low-income working families; and (2) areas with child care shortages. Requires States to use certain of such funds to provide child care services for: (1) families who have left the State program of assistance under title IV part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)) of the Social Security Act because of employment; (2) families that are at risk of becoming dependent on such assistance program; and (3) low-income working families meeting specified criteria. Requires States to use certain of such funds for child care activities in areas of the State that have child care supply shortages. Includes among such child care activities programs for: (1) infant care; (2) before- and after-school; (3) resources and referrals; (4) nontraditional work hours; (5) extending the hours of pre-kindergarten programs to provide full-day services; and (6) any other program the Secretary deems appropriate. Requires State reports to include information on access to child care by low-income working families. Requires reports of the Secretary to place particular emphasis on such access. 2025-08-21T16:11:59Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/899
105-s-187 105 s 187 Federal Adoption Services Act of 1997 Families 1997-01-22 1997-01-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Senate Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] NC R H000463 0 Federal Adoption Services Act of 1997 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to permit family planning projects to offer adoption services. Requires such services to be nondiscriminatory as to race, color, religion, or national origin. 2025-08-21T16:11:38Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/187
105-s-19 105 s 19 Working Families Child Care Act of 1997 Families 1997-01-21 1997-01-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Senate Sen. Dodd, Christopher J. [D-CT] CT D D000388 10 Working Families Child Care Act of 1997 - Amends the Child Care Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to extend its authorization of appropriations through FY 2002. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, from (additional) Treasury funds not otherwise appropriated, to award grants to States to provide child care services for: (1) families who have left the State program of assistance under part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) of title IV of the Social Security Act because of employment; (2) families that are at risk of becoming dependent on such assistance program; and (3) low-income working families meeting specified criteria. Authorizes appropriations for grants to States for child care activities in areas of the State that have child care supply shortages. Includes among such child care activities programs for: (1) infant care; (2) before- and after-school; (3) resources and referrals; (4) nontraditional work hours; (5) extending the hours of pre-kindergarten programs to provide full-day services; and (6) any other program the Secretary deems appropriate. Requires State reports to include information on access to child care by low-income working families. Requires reports of the Secretary to place particular emphasis on such access. (Sec. 6) Makes this Act effective as if included in the enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193). 2025-08-21T16:11:47Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/19
105-s-45 105 s 45 Federal Adoption Services Act of 1997 Families 1997-01-21 1997-01-21 Introduced in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 5. Senate Sen. Helms, Jesse [R-NC] NC R H000463 0 Federal Adoption Services Act of 1997 - Amends the Public Health Service Act to permit family planning projects to offer adoption services. Requires such services to be nondiscriminatory as to race, color, religion, or national origin. 2025-08-21T16:13:27Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/45
105-s-93 105 s 93 A bill to increase funding for child care under the temporary assistance for needy families program. Families 1997-01-21 1997-01-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] MA D K000148 0 Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act, as amended by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, to increase appropriations for child care under the TANF program. 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/93
105-s-97 105 s 97 Uniform Child Support Enforcement Act of 1997 Families 1997-01-21 1997-01-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] MA D K000148 0 Uniform Child Support Enforcement Act of 1997 - Instructs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish in the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) a national registry of abstracts of child support orders. Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require: (1) a State, as a condition for receiving Federal child support funds, to prescribe procedures requiring any State court or administrative agency that issues or modifies a child support order to transmit an abstract of the order to the IRS; and (2) a State to prescribe procedures requiring an individual with the right to collect child support to be presumed to have assigned such right to the IRS (unless the individual affirmatively elects to retain such right). Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prescribe guidelines under which the IRS shall collect child support through tax withholding procedures. Declares that child support obligations will be treated as taxes for purposes of penalties and interest. 2025-08-21T16:12:06Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/senate-bill/97
105-hr-399 105 hr 399 Subsidy Termination for Overdue Payments Act of 1997 Families 1997-01-09 1997-01-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. House Rep. Bilirakis, Michael [R-FL-9] FL R B000463 81 Subsidy Termination for Overdue Payments Act of 1997 - Prohibits a Federal agency or instrumentality from providing financial assistance, with specified exceptions, without certification that the applicant is: (1) not more than 60 days delinquent in the payment of a child support payment order; or (2) in compliance, if so delinquent, with an agreement regarding support collection with the person to whom payment is to be made or a State providing collection services to that person. 2025-08-21T16:14:33Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/399
105-hr-194 105 hr 194 Children's Financial Security Act of 1997 Families 1997-01-07 1997-01-07 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Houghton, Amo [R-NY-31] NY R H000814 1 Children's Financial Security Act of 1997 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury or a delegate to transfer each calendar year, from the general fund of the Treasury, $1,000 to the Child Retirement Account (CRA) of each eligible child. Makes eligible any individual who as of the close of such calendar year: (1) is a citizen or resident alien of the United States; and (2) has not attained age six. Allows the applicable taxpayer, in the case of children below age 19 as of the close of 1997, to contribute, during 1998 and 1999 only, to the child's CRA an amount equal to the lesser of $6,000 or the product of $1,000 and the child's age as of the close of 1997. Reduces the amount of any Federal or parental contribution for children of high-income parents, according to a phaseout range formula. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt CRAs from the income tax, but not from the tax on unrelated business income of charitable organizations. Requires the withholding of a 20 percent tax on any distribution from a CRA (although such distributions shall not be included in gross income). Provides for qualified special purpose distributions for first-time homebuying and for higher education expenses (along with a specified credit against the 20 percent distribution tax). 2025-08-21T16:13:45Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/194
105-hr-261 105 hr 261 To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide for Federal funding of foster care and adoption assistance programs of Indian tribes. Families 1997-01-07 1997-01-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. House Rep. Richardson, Bill [D-NM-3] NM D R000229 0 Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to authorize Indian tribes and Alaska Native villages to receive Federal funds for foster care and adoption assistance programs for the placement and care of Indian and Alaska Native children. 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/261
105-hr-267 105 hr 267 To require States to impose criminal penalties on persons who willfully fail to pay child support, as a condition of Federal funding of State child support enforcement programs. Families 1997-01-07 1997-01-16 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. House Rep. Roukema, Marge [R-NJ-5] NJ R R000465 1 Amends the Social Security Act to require States, as a condition of Federal funding of State child support enforcement programs, to impose criminal penalties on persons who willfully fail to pay child support. 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/267
105-hr-357 105 hr 357 To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to fund adolescent health demonstration projects. Families 1997-01-07 1997-01-23 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. House Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10] NY D T000326 0 Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to public and nonprofit private entities for the establishment or support of adolescent health demonstration projects to: (1) provide health care information, counseling, and services, including related social services; (2) serve adolescents before their graduation from high school; (3) encourage family participation; and (4) establish community advisory committees. Prohibits using grant funds to perform or pay for abortions. 2024-02-05T14:30:09Z https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/357

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