Us Congress 2023-2024 Regular Session

Us Congress House Bill HB4789 Compare Versions

Only one version of the bill is available at this time.

Old	New	Differences
1	1	I
2	2	118THCONGRESS
3	3	1
4	4	STSESSION H. R. 4789
5	5	To provide support and assistance to unborn children, pregnant women,
6	6	parents, and families.
7	7	IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
8	8	JULY20, 2023
9	9	Mrs. H
10	10	INSONintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the Com-
11	11	mittee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agri-
12	12	culture, Education and the Workforce, Energy and Commerce, and the
13	13	Judiciary, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in
14	14	each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdic-
15	15	tion of the committee concerned
16	16	A BILL
17	17	To provide support and assistance to unborn children,
18	18	pregnant women, parents, and families.
19	19	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
20	20	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
21	21	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
22	22	(a) S
23	23	HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
24	24	‘‘Providing for Life Act of 2023’’. 5
25	25	(b) T
26	26	ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 6
27	27	this Act is as follows: 7
28	28	Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
29	29	Sec. 2. Permanent extension and modification of special rules for child tax
30	30	credit.
31	31	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6211 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
32	32	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 2
33	33	•HR 4789 IH
34	34	Sec. 3. Treatment of unborn children.
35	35	Sec. 4. Denial of deduction for State and local taxes of individuals.
36	36	Sec. 5. Refundable adoption tax credit.
37	37	Sec. 6. Parental leave benefits.
38	38	Sec. 7. Cooperation with child support agencies as eligibility factor under sup-
39	39	plemental nutrition assistance program.
40	40	Sec. 8. Workforce development programs for non-custodial parents.
41	41	Sec. 9. Requiring biological fathers to pay child support for medical expenses
42	42	incurred during pregnancy and delivery.
43	43	Sec. 10. Pregnant students’ rights, accommodations, and resources.
44	44	Sec. 11. Grants for community-based maternal mentoring programs.
45	45	Sec. 12. Equal treatment for religious organizations in social services.
46	46	Sec. 13. Awareness for expecting mothers.
47	47	Sec. 14. WIC reform.
48	48	Sec. 15. Pregnancy resource centers.
49	49	SEC. 2. PERMANENT EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF
50	50	1
51	51	SPECIAL RULES FOR CHILD TAX CREDIT. 2
52	52	(a) I
53	53	NGENERAL.—Section 24 of the Internal Rev-3
54	54	enue Code of 1986 is amended by striking subsections (a), 4
55	55	(b), and (c) and inserting the following new subsections: 5
56	56	‘‘(a) A
57	57	LLOWANCE OF CREDIT.—There shall be al-6
58	58	lowed as a credit against the tax imposed by this chapter 7
59	59	for the taxable year an amount equal to the sum of— 8
60	60	‘‘(1) $3,500 for each qualifying child of the tax-9
61	61	payer ($4,500 in the case of a qualifying child who 10
62	62	has not attained age 6 as of the close of the cal-11
63	63	endar year in which the taxable year of the taxpayer 12
64	64	begins), and 13
65	65	‘‘(2) in the case of any taxable year beginning 14
66	66	before January 1, 2026, $500 for each qualifying 15
67	67	dependent (other than a qualifying child) of the tax-16
68	68	payer. 17
69	69	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
70	70	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 3
71	71	•HR 4789 IH
72	72	‘‘(b) LIMITATIONBASED ONADJUSTEDGROSSIN-1
73	73	COME.—The amount of the credit allowable under sub-2
74	74	section (a) shall be reduced (but not below zero) by $50 3
75	75	for each $1,000 (or fraction thereof) by which the tax-4
76	76	payer’s modified adjusted gross income exceeds $400,000 5
77	77	in the case of a joint return ($200,000 in any other case). 6
78	78	For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term ‘‘modi-7
79	79	fied adjusted gross income’’ means adjusted gross income 8
80	80	increased by any amount excluded from gross income 9
81	81	under section 911, 931, or 933. 10
82	82	‘‘(c) Q
83	83	UALIFYINGCHILD; QUALIFYINGDEPEND-11
84	84	ENT.—For purposes of this section— 12
85	85	‘‘(1) Q
86	86	UALIFYING CHILD.—The term ‘qualifying 13
87	87	child’ means any qualifying dependent of the tax-14
88	88	payer— 15
89	89	‘‘(A) who is a qualifying child (as defined 16
90	90	in section 152(c)) of the taxpayer, 17
91	91	‘‘(B) who has not attained age 18 at the 18
92	92	close of the calendar year in which the taxable 19
93	93	year of the taxpayer begins, and 20
94	94	‘‘(C) whose name and social security num-21
95	95	ber are included on the taxpayer’s return of tax 22
96	96	for the taxable year. 23
97	97	‘‘(2) Q
98	98	UALIFYING DEPENDENT .—The term 24
99	99	‘qualifying dependent’ means any dependent of the 25
100	100	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
101	101	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 4
102	102	•HR 4789 IH
103	103	taxpayer (as defined in section 152 without regard 1
104	104	to all that follows ‘resident of the United States’ in 2
105	105	section 152(b)(3)(A)) whose name and TIN are in-3
106	106	cluded on the taxpayer’s return of tax for the tax-4
107	107	able year. 5
108	108	‘‘(3) S
109	109	OCIAL SECURITY NUMBER DEFINED .— 6
110	110	For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘social se-7
111	111	curity number’ means, with respect to a return of 8
112	112	tax, a social security number issued to an individual 9
113	113	by the Social Security Administration, but only if 10
114	114	the social security number is issued— 11
115	115	‘‘(A) to a citizen of the United States or 12
116	116	pursuant to subclause (I) (or that portion of 13
117	117	subclause (III) that relates to subclause (I)) of 14
118	118	section 205(c)(2)(B)(i) of the Social Security 15
119	119	Act, and 16
120	120	‘‘(B) on or before the due date of filing 17
121	121	such return.’’. 18
122	122	(b) P
123	123	ORTION OFCREDITREFUNDABLE.—Section 19
124	124	24(d)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amend-20
125	125	ed— 21
126	126	(1) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting 22
127	127	the following: 23
128	128	‘‘(A) the credit which would be allowed 24
129	129	under this section determined— 25
130	130	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
131	131	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 5
132	132	•HR 4789 IH
133	133	‘‘(i) without regard to subsection 1
134	134	(a)(2), and 2
135	135	‘‘(ii) without regard to this subsection 3
136	136	(other than this subparagraph) and the 4
137	137	limitation under section 26(a), or’’, and 5
138	138	(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘15 per-6
139	139	cent of so much of the taxpayer’s earned income 7
140	140	(within the meaning of section 32) which is taken 8
141	141	into account in computing taxable income for the 9
142	142	taxable year as exceeds $3,000’’ and inserting ‘‘15.3 10
143	143	percent of the taxpayer’s earned income (within the 11
144	144	meaning of section 32) which is taken into account 12
145	145	in computing taxable income’’. 13
146	146	(c) C
147	147	ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 14
148	148	(1) Section 24(e) of the Internal Revenue Code 15
149	149	of 1986 is amended to read as follows: 16
150	150	‘‘(e) T
151	151	AXPAYERIDENTIFICATIONREQUIREMENT.— 17
152	152	No credit shall be allowed under this section if the identi-18
153	153	fying number of the taxpayer was issued after the due date 19
154	154	for filing the return of tax for the taxable year.’’. 20
155	155	(2) Section 24 of such Code is amended by 21
156	156	striking subsection (h). 22
157	157	(d) R
158	158	EPEAL OFCERTAINLATERENACTEDPROVI-23
159	159	SIONS.— 24
160	160	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00005 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
161	161	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 6
162	162	•HR 4789 IH
163	163	(1) Section 24 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1
164	164	1986 is amended by striking subsections (i), (j), and 2
165	165	(k). 3
166	166	(2) Chapter 77 of such Code is amended by 4
167	167	striking section 7527A (and by striking the item re-5
168	168	lating to section 7527A in the table of sections for 6
169	169	such chapter). 7
170	170	(3) Section 26(b)(2) of such Code is amended 8
171	171	by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (X), 9
172	172	by striking ‘‘, and’’ at the end of subparagraph (Y) 10
173	173	and inserting a period, and by striking subparagraph 11
174	174	(Z). 12
175	175	(4) Section 3402(f)(1)(C) of such Code is 13
176	176	amended by striking ‘‘section 24 (determined after 14
177	177	application of subsection (j) thereof)’’ and inserting 15
178	178	‘‘section 24(a)’’. 16
179	179	(5) Section 6211(b)(4)(A) of such Code is 17
180	180	amended— 18
181	181	(A) by striking ‘‘24 by reason of sub-19
182	182	sections (d) and (i)(1) thereof’’ and inserting 20
183	183	‘‘24(d)’’, and 21
184	184	(B) by striking ‘‘6428B, and 7527A’’ and 22
185	185	inserting ‘‘and 6428B’’. 23
186	186	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00006 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
187	187	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 7
188	188	•HR 4789 IH
189	189	(6) Paragraph (2) of section 1324(b) of title 1
190	190	31, United States Code, is amended by striking 2
191	191	‘‘6431, or 7527A’’ and inserting ‘‘or 6431’’. 3
192	192	(e) E
193	193	FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 4
194	194	this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 5
195	195	December 31, 2022. 6
196	196	SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF UNBORN CHILDREN. 7
197	197	(a) I
198	198	NGENERAL.—Section 24 of the Internal Rev-8
199	199	enue Code of 1986, as amended by section 2, is amended 9
200	200	by adding at the end the following new subsection: 10
201	201	‘‘(h) C
202	202	REDITALLOWEDWITHRESPECT TOUNBORN 11
203	203	C
204	204	HILDREN.—For purposes of this section— 12
205	205	‘‘(1) I
206	206	N GENERAL.—The term ‘qualifying child’ 13
207	207	includes an unborn child of an eligible taxpayer, and 14
208	208	the requirements of subsection (c)(1)(C) shall be 15
209	209	treated as met with respect to such child, for the 16
210	210	taxable year immediately preceding the year in 17
211	211	which such child is born alive, if the taxpayer in-18
212	212	cludes on the return of tax for such taxable year a 19
213	213	social security number for such child which is issued 20
214	214	before the due date for such return of tax (without 21
215	215	regard to extensions). 22
216	216	‘‘(2) R
217	217	ETROACTIVE OR DOUBLE CREDIT AL -23
218	218	LOWED IN CERTAIN CASES TO ENSURE EQUAL AC -24
219	219	CESS TO THE CREDIT FOR UNBORN CHILDREN .— 25
220	220	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00007 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
221	221	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 8
222	222	•HR 4789 IH
223	223	‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In the case of a quali-1
224	224	fying child of an eligible taxpayer who is born 2
225	225	alive and with respect to whom the credit under 3
226	226	this section is not claimed under paragraph (1) 4
227	227	for the taxable year described in such para-5
228	228	graph, for the taxable year in which the child 6
229	229	is born alive, with respect to such child— 7
230	230	‘‘(i) the amount of the credit allowed 8
231	231	(before the application of this subsection) 9
232	232	under subsection (a), and 10
233	233	‘‘(ii) the amount of the credit allowed 11
234	234	(before the application of this subsection) 12
235	235	under subsection (d)(1), 13
236	236	shall each be increased by the amount of the 14
237	237	credit which would have been allowed under 15
238	238	each such subsection respectively with respect 16
239	239	to such child for the preceding taxable year if 17
240	240	such child had been treated as a qualifying 18
241	241	child of the taxpayer for such preceding year. 19
242	242	‘‘(B) S
243	243	PECIAL RULE FOR SPLITTING OF 20
244	244	CREDIT.—In the case of a child otherwise de-21
245	245	scribed in subparagraph (A) who, but for this 22
246	246	subparagraph, would not be treated as a quali-23
247	247	fying child of the eligible taxpayer for the tax-24
248	248	able year in which such child is born alive— 25
249	249	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00008 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
250	250	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 9
251	251	•HR 4789 IH
252	252	‘‘(i) subparagraph (A) shall not apply 1
253	253	with respect to such child, 2
254	254	‘‘(ii) such child shall be treated as a 3
255	255	qualifying child for purposes of this section 4
256	256	for such taxable year of— 5
257	257	‘‘(I) the eligible taxpayer, and 6
258	258	‘‘(II) any other taxpayer with re-7
259	259	spect to whom such child would, with-8
260	260	out regard to this subparagraph, be 9
261	261	treated as a qualifying child, and 10
262	262	‘‘(iii) in the case of the eligible tax-11
263	263	payer, the amount of the credit allowed 12
264	264	under subsection (a) and the amount of 13
265	265	the credit allowed under subsection (d)(1) 14
266	266	for such taxable year shall each be equal to 15
267	267	the amount of the credit which would have 16
268	268	been allowed under each such subsection 17
269	269	respectively with respect to such child for 18
270	270	the preceding taxable year if such child 19
271	271	had been treated as a qualifying child of 20
272	272	the eligible taxpayer for such preceding 21
273	273	year. 22
274	274	‘‘(3) D
275	275	EFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-23
276	276	section— 24
277	277	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00009 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
278	278	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 10
279	279	•HR 4789 IH
280	280	‘‘(A) BORN ALIVE.—The term ‘born alive’ 1
281	281	has the meaning given such term by section 2
282	282	8(b) of title 1, United States Code. 3
283	283	‘‘(B) E
284	284	LIGIBLE TAXPAYER.—The term ‘eli-4
285	285	gible taxpayer’ means a taxpayer who— 5
286	286	‘‘(i) with respect to a child, is the 6
287	287	mother who— 7
288	288	‘‘(I) carries or carried such child 8
289	289	in the womb, and 9
290	290	‘‘(II) is the biological mother of 10
291	291	such child or initiated the pregnancy 11
292	292	with the intention of bearing and re-12
293	293	taining custody of and parental rights 13
294	294	to such child (or acted to such effect), 14
295	295	or 15
296	296	‘‘(ii) in the case of a joint return, is 16
297	297	the husband of such mother, 17
298	298	but only if such taxpayer includes on the return 18
299	299	of tax for the taxable year the social security 19
300	300	number of such taxpayer (of at least 1 of such 20
301	301	mother or husband, in the case of a joint re-21
302	302	turn). 22
303	303	‘‘(C) S
304	304	OCIAL SECURITY NUMBER .—The 23
305	305	term ‘social security number’ has the meaning 24
306	306	given such term by subsection (c)(3). 25
307	307	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00010 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
308	308	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 11
309	309	•HR 4789 IH
310	310	‘‘(D) UNBORN CHILD.—The term ‘unborn 1
311	311	child’ means an individual of the species homo 2
312	312	sapiens, from the beginning of the biological de-3
313	313	velopment of that individual, including fertiliza-4
314	314	tion, until the point of the earlier of being born 5
315	315	alive or death.’’. 6
316	316	(b) E
317	317	FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendment made by 7
318	318	this section shall apply to children born alive in taxable 8
319	319	years beginning after December 31, 2022. 9
320	320	SEC. 4. DENIAL OF DEDUCTION FOR STATE AND LOCAL 10
321	321	TAXES OF INDIVIDUALS. 11
322	322	(a) I
323	323	NGENERAL.—Section 164(b)(6) of the Internal 12
324	324	Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows: 13
325	325	‘‘(6) L
326	326	IMITATION ON DEDUCTION OF CERTAIN 14
327	327	TAXES FOR INDIVIDUALS.— 15
328	328	‘‘(A) I
329	329	N GENERAL.—In the case of an indi-16
330	330	vidual, no deduction shall be allowed for 17
331	331	taxes— 18
332	332	‘‘(i) described in paragraph (1), (2), 19
333	333	or (3) of subsection (a), or 20
334	334	‘‘(ii) described in paragraph (5) of 21
335	335	this subsection. 22
336	336	‘‘(B) E
337	337	XCEPTIONS.—Subparagraph (A) 23
338	338	shall not apply to— 24
339	339	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00011 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
340	340	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 12
341	341	•HR 4789 IH
342	342	‘‘(i) any foreign taxes described in 1
343	343	subsection (a)(3), or 2
344	344	‘‘(ii) any taxes described in para-3
345	345	graphs (1) and (2) of subsection (a) which 4
346	346	are paid or accrued in carrying on a trade 5
347	347	or business or an activity described in sec-6
348	348	tion 212. 7
349	349	‘‘(C) S
350	350	PECIAL RULE.—For purposes of 8
351	351	subparagraph (A), an amount paid in a taxable 9
352	352	year beginning before January 1, 2023, with re-10
353	353	spect to a State or local income tax imposed for 11
354	354	a taxable year beginning after December 31, 12
355	355	2022, shall be treated as paid on the last day 13
356	356	of the taxable year for which such tax is so im-14
357	357	posed.’’. 15
358	358	(b) E
359	359	FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendment made by 16
360	360	this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 17
361	361	December 31, 2022. 18
362	362	SEC. 5. REFUNDABLE ADOPTION TAX CREDIT. 19
363	363	(a) C
364	364	REDITMADEREFUNDABLE.— 20
365	365	(1) C
366	366	REDIT MOVED TO SUBPART RELATING TO 21
367	367	REFUNDABLE CREDITS .—The Internal Revenue 22
368	368	Code of 1986 is amended— 23
369	369	(A) by redesignating section 23 as section 24
370	370	36C, and 25
371	371	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:28 Aug 09, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
372	372	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 13
373	373	•HR 4789 IH
374	374	(B) by moving section 36C (as so redesig-1
375	375	nated) from subpart A of part IV of subchapter 2
376	376	A of chapter 1 to the location immediately be-3
377	377	fore section 37 in subpart C of part IV of sub-4
378	378	chapter A of chapter 1. 5
379	379	(2) C
380	380	ONFORMING AMENDMENTS .— 6
381	381	(A) Section 25(e)(1)(C) of such Code is 7
382	382	amended by striking ‘‘sections 23 and 25D’’ 8
383	383	and inserting ‘‘section 25D’’. 9
384	384	(B) Section 36C of such Code, as so redes-10
385	385	ignated, is amended— 11
386	386	(i) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by striking 12
387	387	‘‘(determined without regard to subsection 13
388	388	(c))’’, 14
389	389	(ii) by striking subsection (c), and 15
390	390	(iii) by redesignating subsections (d) 16
391	391	through (i) as subsections (c) through (h), 17
392	392	respectively. 18
393	393	(C) Section 137 of such Code is amend-19
394	394	ed— 20
395	395	(i) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘sec-21
396	396	tion 23(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 22
397	397	36C(c)’’, and 23
398	398	(ii) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘sub-24
399	399	sections (e), (f), and (g) of section 23’’ and 25
400	400	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
401	401	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 14
402	402	•HR 4789 IH
403	403	inserting ‘‘subsections (d), (e), and (f) of 1
404	404	section 36C’’. 2
405	405	(D) Section 1016(a)(26) of such Code is 3
406	406	amended by striking ‘‘23(g)’’ and inserting 4
407	407	‘‘36C(f)’’. 5
408	408	(E) Section 6211(b)(4)(A) of such Code is 6
409	409	amended by inserting ‘‘36C,’’ after ‘‘36B,’’. 7
410	410	(F) The table of sections for subpart A of 8
411	411	part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such 9
412	412	Code is amended by striking the item relating 10
413	413	to section 23. 11
414	414	(G) Paragraph (2) of section 1324(b) of 12
415	415	title 31, United States Code, is amended by in-13
416	416	serting ‘‘36C,’’ after ‘‘36B,’’. 14
417	417	(H) Paragraph (33) of section 471(a) of 15
418	418	the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 671(a)) is 16
419	419	amended by striking ‘‘section 23’’ and inserting 17
420	420	‘‘section 36C’’. 18
421	421	(I) The table of sections for subpart C of 19
422	422	part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the In-20
423	423	ternal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by in-21
424	424	serting after the item relating to section 36B 22
425	425	the following new item: 23
426	426	‘‘Sec. 36C. Adoption expenses.’’.
427	427	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00014 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6211 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
428	428	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 15
429	429	•HR 4789 IH
430	430	(b) THIRD-PARTYAFFIDAVITS.—Section 36C(h) of 1
431	431	the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as redesignated and 2
432	432	moved by subsection (a), is amended— 3
433	433	(1) by striking ‘‘such regulations’’ and inserting 4
434	434	‘‘such regulations and guidance’’, 5
435	435	(2) by striking ‘‘including regulations which 6
436	436	treat’’ and inserting ‘‘including regulations and 7
437	437	guidance which— 8
438	438	‘‘(1) treat’’, 9
439	439	(3) by striking the period at the end and insert-10
440	440	ing ‘‘, and’’, and 11
441	441	(4) by adding at the end the following: 12
442	442	‘‘(2) provide for a standardized third-party affi-13
443	443	davit for purposes of verifying a legal adoption— 14
444	444	‘‘(A) of a type with respect to which quali-15
445	445	fied adoption expenses may be paid or incurred, 16
446	446	or 17
447	447	‘‘(B) involving a child with special needs 18
448	448	for purposes of subsection (a)(3).’’. 19
449	449	(c) E
450	450	FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 20
451	451	this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 21
452	452	December 31, 2022. 22
453	453	(d) T
454	454	RANSITIONALRULETOTREATCARRYFORWARD 23
455	455	ASREFUNDABLECREDIT.—In the case of any excess de-24
456	456	scribed in section 23(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 25
457	457	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
458	458	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 16
459	459	•HR 4789 IH
460	460	1986 with respect to any taxpayer for the taxable year 1
461	461	which precedes the first taxable year to which the amend-2
462	462	ments made by this section apply, such excess shall be 3
463	463	added to the credit allowable under section 36C(a) of such 4
464	464	Code with respect to such taxpayer for such first taxable 5
465	465	year. 6
466	466	SEC. 6. PARENTAL LEAVE BENEFITS. 7
467	467	(a) I
468	468	NGENERAL.—Title II of the Social Security Act 8
469	469	is amended by inserting after section 218 the following: 9
470	470	‘‘SEC. 219. PARENTAL LEAVE BENEFITS. 10
471	471	‘‘(a) I
472	472	NGENERAL.—Every individual— 11
473	473	‘‘(1) who has— 12
474	474	‘‘(A) not less than 8 quarters of coverage, 13
475	475	4 of which are credited to calendar quarters 14
476	476	during the calendar year preceding the calendar 15
477	477	year in which the 1st month of the benefit pe-16
478	478	riod described in subsection (c) occurs; or 17
479	479	‘‘(B) not less than 12 quarters of coverage; 18
480	480	and 19
481	481	‘‘(2) who has filed an application for a parental 20
482	482	leave benefit with respect to a qualified child of the 21
483	483	individual, 22
484	484	shall be entitled to a parental leave benefit with respect 23
485	485	to such qualified child. 24
486	486	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
487	487	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 17
488	488	•HR 4789 IH
489	489	‘‘(b) BENEFITAMOUNT.—Such individual’s parental 1
490	490	leave benefit shall be an amount equal to the product of— 2
491	491	‘‘(1) the number of benefit months (not to ex-3
492	492	ceed 3) selected by the individual in the individual’s 4
493	493	application for a parental leave benefit, multiplied by 5
494	494	‘‘(2) an amount equal to the primary insurance 6
495	495	amount for the individual that would be determined 7
496	496	under section 215 if— 8
497	497	‘‘(A) the individual had attained age 62 in 9
498	498	the first month of the individual’s benefit pe-10
499	499	riod; and 11
500	500	‘‘(B) the individual had become entitled to 12
501	501	an old-age insurance benefit under section 202 13
502	502	beginning with such month. 14
503	503	For the purposes of the preceding sentence, the elapsed 15
504	504	years referred to in section 215(b)(2)(B)(iii) shall not in-16
505	505	clude the year in which the individual’s benefit period be-17
506	506	gins, or any year thereafter. 18
507	507	‘‘(c) P
508	508	AYMENT OFBENEFIT.— 19
509	509	‘‘(1) S
510	510	ELECTION OF NUMBER OF BENEFIT 20
511	511	MONTHS.—In filing an application for a parental 21
512	512	leave benefit under this section, an individual shall 22
513	513	select the number of months (not to exceed 3) for 23
514	514	which the individual will receive a monthly payment 24
515	515	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
516	516	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 18
517	517	•HR 4789 IH
518	518	under such parental leave benefit (in this section re-1
519	519	ferred to as ‘benefit months’). 2
520	520	‘‘(2) E
521	521	LECTION OF BENEFIT MONTHS .—Not 3
522	522	later than 14 days before the start of any month in 4
523	523	the benefit period of an individual entitled to a pa-5
524	524	rental leave benefit, the individual may elect to treat 6
525	525	such month as a benefit month. The number of 7
526	526	months in such benefit period treated as benefit 8
527	527	months shall equal the number selected in the indi-9
528	528	vidual’s benefit application, and the Commissioner 10
529	529	may designate any month as a benefit month in any 11
530	530	case in which an individual does not elect to treat 12
531	531	a sufficient number of months as benefit months be-13
532	532	fore the end of the benefit period. 14
533	533	‘‘(3) A
534	534	MOUNT OF MONTHLY PAYMENT .—The 15
535	535	amount of a monthly payment made in any benefit 16
536	536	month within a benefit period to an individual enti-17
537	537	tled to a parental leave benefit shall be an amount 18
538	538	equal to— 19
539	539	‘‘(A) the amount of the parental leave ben-20
540	540	efit determined for the individual under sub-21
541	541	section (b), divided by 22
542	542	‘‘(B) the number of benefit months se-23
543	543	lected by the individual pursuant to paragraph 24
544	544	(1) with respect to such benefit. 25
545	545	VerDate Sep 11 2014 21:28 Aug 09, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
546	546	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 19
547	547	•HR 4789 IH
548	548	‘‘(4) DEFINITION OF BENEFIT PERIOD .—For 1
549	549	purposes of this section, the term ‘benefit period’ 2
550	550	means, with respect to an individual entitled to a pa-3
551	551	rental leave benefit with respect to a qualified child, 4
552	552	the 1-year period beginning with the month after the 5
553	553	month in which the birth or adoption of the qualified 6
554	554	child occurs. 7
555	555	‘‘(d) B
556	556	ENEFITAPPLICATION.— 8
557	557	‘‘(1) I
558	558	N GENERAL.—The Commissioner shall 9
559	559	ensure that the application for a parental leave ben-10
560	560	efit— 11
561	561	‘‘(A) includes a notice, clearly written in 12
562	562	language that is easily understandable to the 13
563	563	reader, explaining that— 14
564	564	‘‘(i) failure to submit such proof or 15
565	565	documentation as the Commissioner may 16
566	566	require to demonstrate that the applicant 17
567	567	is the parent of the qualified child shall be 18
568	568	subject to criminal and civil penalties; 19
569	569	‘‘(ii) the full cost to the Trust Funds 20
570	570	of any amount received by an individual as 21
571	571	a parental leave benefit must be repaid 22
572	572	through reductions to old-age insurance 23
573	573	benefits payable to the individual in subse-24
574	574	quent months, or by other means; and 25
575	575	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
576	576	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 20
577	577	•HR 4789 IH
578	578	‘‘(iii) entitlement to a parental leave 1
579	579	benefit has no effect on the determination 2
580	580	of an individual’s entitlement to leave 3
581	581	under the Family and Medical Leave Act 4
582	582	of 1993; and 5
583	583	‘‘(B) requires an attestation by the indi-6
584	584	vidual submitting the application that— 7
585	585	‘‘(i) the individual expects to be the 8
586	586	parent of a qualified child throughout the 9
587	587	benefit period with respect to such applica-10
588	588	tion; 11
589	589	‘‘(ii) the individual intends to use the 12
590	590	benefit to finance spending more time with 13
591	591	the qualified child at home and away from 14
592	592	employment during the benefit period; and 15
593	593	‘‘(iii) the individual consents to the 16
594	594	terms and conditions specified in the notice 17
595	595	described in subparagraph (A). 18
596	596	‘‘(2) O
597	597	PTION TO FILE SIMULTANEOUS APPLICA -19
598	598	TIONS.—The Commissioner of Social Security may 20
599	599	establish an option under which an individual may 21
600	600	file an application for a parental leave benefit under 22
601	601	this section with respect to a qualified child at the 23
602	602	same time the individual submits an application for 24
603	603	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
604	604	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 21
605	605	•HR 4789 IH
606	606	a social security account number for such qualified 1
607	607	child. 2
608	608	‘‘(3) O
609	609	NLINE AVAILABILITY .—The Commis-3
610	610	sioner of Social Security shall, as soon as practicable 4
611	611	after the date of enactment of this section, permit 5
612	612	an individual to apply for a parental leave benefit 6
613	613	through an internet website or other electronic 7
614	614	media. 8
615	615	‘‘(e) F
616	616	RAUDPREVENTION.— 9
617	617	‘‘(1) I
618	618	N GENERAL.—The Commissioner of So-10
619	619	cial Security shall establish procedures to ensure the 11
620	620	prevention of fraud with respect to applications for 12
621	621	parental leave benefits under this section, including 13
622	622	procedures for the submission of such proof or docu-14
623	623	mentation as the Commissioner may require to 15
624	624	verify the information contained in such an applica-16
625	625	tion. 17
626	626	‘‘(2) E
627	627	NFORCEMENT.—In any case in which an 18
628	628	individual willfully, knowingly, and with intent to de-19
629	629	ceive the Commissioner of Social Security fails to 20
630	630	comply with the procedures established under para-21
631	631	graph (1), the Commissioner may impose on such in-22
632	632	dividual, in addition to any other penalties that may 23
633	633	be prescribed by law— 24
634	634	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
635	635	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 22
636	636	•HR 4789 IH
637	637	‘‘(A) a civil monetary penalty of not more 1
638	638	than $7,500 for each such failure; and 2
639	639	‘‘(B) an assessment, in lieu of any dam-3
640	640	ages sustained by the United States because of 4
641	641	such failure, of not more than twice the amount 5
642	642	of the cost to the Federal Old-Age and Sur-6
643	643	vivors Insurance Trust Fund of any parental 7
644	644	leave benefit paid to the individual. 8
645	645	‘‘(f) B
646	646	ENEFITREPAYMENT.— 9
647	647	‘‘(1) I
648	648	N GENERAL.—An individual who is paid 10
649	649	a parental leave benefit under this section shall 11
650	650	repay the full cost of such benefit to the Federal 12
651	651	Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund (as 13
652	652	such amount is determined by the Commissioner) in 14
653	653	accordance with this subsection. 15
654	654	‘‘(2) O
655	655	LD-AGE INSURANCE BENEFIT OFFSET .— 16
656	656	‘‘(A) I
657	657	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in 17
658	658	paragraph (3), in the case of any individual de-18
659	659	scribed in paragraph (1) who becomes entitled 19
660	660	to an old-age insurance benefit, deductions shall 20
661	661	be made from each monthly payment of such 21
662	662	benefit (not to exceed the first 60 such monthly 22
663	663	payments) in such amounts, subject to subpara-23
664	664	graph (B), as the Commissioner of Social Secu-24
665	665	rity shall determine necessary to fully recover 25
666	666	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
667	667	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 23
668	668	•HR 4789 IH
669	669	the cost to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 1
670	670	Insurance Trust Fund of any parental leave 2
671	671	benefit paid to the individual as of the month 3
672	672	in which the individual becomes entitled to an 4
673	673	old-age insurance benefit. 5
674	674	‘‘(B) N
675	675	OTIFICATION.—Not later than the 6
676	676	beginning of each calendar year, the Commis-7
677	677	sioner of Social Security shall notify each indi-8
678	678	vidual whose old-age insurance benefits are sub-9
679	679	ject to a deduction under subparagraph (A) 10
680	680	during such calendar year of the amount of the 11
681	681	deduction that will be applied to each monthly 12
682	682	payment of such benefits during the calendar 13
683	683	year. 14
684	684	‘‘(3) A
685	685	LTERNATIVE INCREASE OF RETIREMENT 15
686	686	AGE.— 16
687	687	‘‘(A) I
688	688	N GENERAL.—In the case of any in-17
689	689	dividual described in paragraph (1) who be-18
690	690	comes entitled to an old-age insurance benefit, 19
691	691	such individual may elect, at the time of appli-20
692	692	cation for such benefit, to be subject to a retire-21
693	693	ment age increase in accordance with this para-22
694	694	graph. Such election shall be irrevocable, and 23
695	695	an individual who makes such an election shall 24
696	696	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00023 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
697	697	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 24
698	698	•HR 4789 IH
699	699	not be subject to a deduction under paragraph 1
700	700	(2) for any month. 2
701	701	‘‘(B) R
702	702	ETIREMENT AGE INCREASE .—Not-3
703	703	withstanding section 216(l)(1), with respect to 4
704	704	an individual who makes an election under sub-5
705	705	paragraph (A), the retirement age of such indi-6
706	706	vidual shall be deemed to be— 7
707	707	‘‘(i) the retirement age determined 8
708	708	with respect to the individual under such 9
709	709	section; plus 10
710	710	‘‘(ii) the additional number of months 11
711	711	the Commissioner of Social Security shall 12
712	712	determine necessary to result in the full re-13
713	713	covery of the cost to the Federal Old-Age 14
714	714	and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund of 15
715	715	any parental leave benefit paid to the indi-16
716	716	vidual as of the month in which the indi-17
717	717	vidual becomes entitled to an old-age in-18
718	718	surance benefit. 19
719	719	‘‘(C) I
720	720	NCREASE TO EARLIEST ENTITLE -20
721	721	MENT AGE.—In the case of an individual who 21
722	722	makes an election under subparagraph (A), not-22
723	723	withstanding subsection (a) of section 202, no 23
724	724	old-age insurance benefit shall be paid to such 24
725	725	individual for any month before the first month 25
726	726	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00024 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
727	727	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 25
728	728	•HR 4789 IH
729	729	throughout which the individual has attained 1
730	730	age 62 plus the additional number of months 2
731	731	determined for the individual under subpara-3
732	732	graph (B)(ii). 4
733	733	‘‘(4) O
734	734	THER RECOVERY METHODS .—In any 5
735	735	case in which the Commissioner of Social Security 6
736	736	determines that the cost to the Federal Old-Age and 7
737	737	Survivors Insurance Trust Fund of a parental leave 8
738	738	benefit paid to an individual cannot be fully recov-9
739	739	ered pursuant to paragraph (2) or (3)— 10
740	740	‘‘(A) such benefit shall be deemed, upon 11
741	741	the making of such determination, to be a pay-12
742	742	ment of more than the correct amount for pur-13
743	743	poses of section 204; and 14
744	744	‘‘(B) the Commissioner may recover such 15
745	745	amounts by means of any method available to 16
746	746	the Commissioner under such section. 17
747	747	‘‘(5) P
748	748	ROJECTION OF REPAYMENT AMOUNT .— 18
749	749	As soon as practicable after the date of enactment 19
750	750	of this section, the Commissioner shall establish a 20
751	751	system to make available through an internet 21
752	752	website or other electronic media to each individual 22
753	753	who is paid a parental leave benefit under this sec-23
754	754	tion, beginning with the first month beginning after 24
755	755	the individual’s benefit period the projected amount 25
756	756	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
757	757	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 26
758	758	•HR 4789 IH
759	759	of the deduction to be made from each of the first 1
760	760	60 monthly payments of old-age insurance benefits 2
761	761	under paragraph (2), or if the individual so elects, 3
762	762	the additional number of months by which the indi-4
763	763	vidual’s retirement age would be increased under 5
764	764	paragraph (3), in order to fully repay the cost to the 6
765	765	Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 7
766	766	Fund of any parental leave benefit paid to the indi-8
767	767	vidual, and a description of the assumptions used by 9
768	768	the Commissioner in making such projection. 10
769	769	‘‘(g) R
770	770	ELATIONSHIPWITHSTATELAW; EMPLOYER 11
771	771	B
772	772	ENEFITS.— 12
773	773	‘‘(1) I
774	774	N GENERAL.—This section does not pre-13
775	775	empt or supersede any provision of State or local 14
776	776	law that authorizes a State or political subdivision to 15
777	777	provide paid parental or family medical leave bene-16
778	778	fits similar to the benefits provided under this sec-17
779	779	tion. 18
780	780	‘‘(2) G
781	781	REATER BENEFITS ALLOWED .—Nothing 19
782	782	in this Act shall be construed to diminish the obliga-20
783	783	tion of an employer to comply with any contract, col-21
784	784	lective bargaining agreement, or employment benefit 22
785	785	program or plan that provides greater benefits for 23
786	786	leave or other leave rights to individuals than the 24
787	787	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
788	788	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 27
789	789	•HR 4789 IH
790	790	benefits for leave or leave rights established under 1
791	791	this Act. 2
792	792	‘‘(h) S
793	793	UNSET.—No application for parental leave ben-3
794	794	efits under this section may be filed in any calendar year 4
795	795	if the OASDI trust fund ratio (as defined in section 5
796	796	215(i)) for such calendar year or for the year following 6
797	797	such calendar year is projected, based on the intermediate 7
798	798	projections in the most recent (as of January 1 of such 8
799	799	calendar year) annual report issued under section 9
800	800	201(c)(2), to be less than 20 percent. 10
801	801	‘‘(i) D
802	802	EFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 11
803	803	‘‘(1) the term ‘qualified child’ means, with re-12
804	804	spect to an individual for a benefit period, a biologi-13
805	805	cal child or legally adopted child of the individual (as 14
806	806	determined by the Commissioner of Social Security) 15
807	807	who— 16
808	808	‘‘(A) will not attain 18 years of age before 17
809	809	the end of such benefit period; and 18
810	810	‘‘(B) will be residing with, and under the 19
811	811	care of, the individual during the benefit period 20
812	812	as determined by the Commissioner.’’. 21
813	813	(b) C
814	814	ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 22
815	815	(1) N
816	816	ONPAYMENT PROVISIONS .—Section 202 of 23
817	817	the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402) is amend-24
818	818	ed— 25
819	819	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
820	820	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 28
821	821	•HR 4789 IH
822	822	(A) in subsection (n)(1)(A), by striking 1
823	823	‘‘under this section or section 223’’ and insert-2
824	824	ing ‘‘under this section, section 219, or section 3
825	825	223’’; 4
826	826	(B) in subsection (t), in paragraphs (1) 5
827	827	and (10), by striking ‘‘under this section or 6
828	828	under section 223’’ each place it appears and 7
829	829	inserting ‘‘under this section, under section 8
830	830	219, or under section 223’’; 9
831	831	(C) in subsection (u)(1), by striking 10
832	832	‘‘under this section or section 223’’ and insert-11
833	833	ing ‘‘under this section, section 219, or section 12
834	834	223’’; and 13
835	835	(D) in subsection (x)— 14
836	836	(i) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking 15
837	837	‘‘under this section or under section 223’’ 16
838	838	and inserting ‘‘under this section, under 17
839	839	section 219, or under section 223’’; and 18
840	840	(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 19
841	841	‘‘under this section or section 223’’ and in-20
842	842	serting ‘‘under this section, section 219, or 21
843	843	section 223’’. 22
844	844	(2) D
845	845	ELAYED RETIREMENT CREDITS .—Section 23
846	846	202(w) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 24
847	847	402(w)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘age 70’’ 25
848	848	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
849	849	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 29
850	850	•HR 4789 IH
851	851	each place it appears the following: ‘‘(or, in the case 1
852	852	of an individual whose retirement age is increased 2
853	853	under section 219(f)(3), age 70 plus the number of 3
854	854	months by which the individual’s retirement age is 4
855	855	so increased)’’. 5
856	856	(3) V
857	857	OLUNTARY SUSPENSION OF BENEFITS .— 6
858	858	Section 202(z)(1)(A)(ii) of the Social Security Act 7
859	859	(42 U.S.C. 402(z)(1)(A)(ii)) is amended by striking 8
860	860	‘‘the age of 70’’ and inserting ‘‘age 70 (or, in the 9
861	861	case of an individual whose retirement age is in-10
862	862	creased under section 219(f)(3), age 70 plus the 11
863	863	number of months by which the individual’s retire-12
864	864	ment age is so increased)’’. 13
865	865	(4) N
866	866	UMBER OF BENEFIT COMPUTATION 14
867	867	YEARS.—Section 215(b)(2)(A) of such Act (42 15
868	868	U.S.C. 415(b)(2)(A)) is amended— 16
869	869	(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘, and’’ and 17
870	870	inserting a semicolon; 18
871	871	(B) in clause (ii), by striking the period 19
872	872	and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 20
873	873	(C) by inserting after clause (ii) the fol-21
874	874	lowing: 22
875	875	‘‘(iii) in the case of an individual who is entitled 23
876	876	to a parental leave benefit under section 219, by the 24
877	877	number of years equal to one-fifth of such individ-25
878	878	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00029 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
879	879	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 30
880	880	•HR 4789 IH
881	881	ual’s elapsed years (disregarding any resulting frac-1
882	882	tional part of a year), but not by more than 5 2
883	883	years.’’. 3
884	884	(c) E
885	885	FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 4
886	886	this section shall apply with respect to applications for pa-5
887	887	rental leave benefits filed after 2024. 6
888	888	SEC. 7. COOPERATION WITH CHILD SUPPORT AGENCIES AS 7
889	889	ELIGIBILITY FACTOR UNDER SUPPLEMENTAL 8
890	890	NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 9
891	891	Section 6 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 10
892	892	U.S.C. 2015) is amended— 11
893	893	(1) in subsection (l)— 12
894	894	(A) in paragraph (1), in the matter pre-13
895	895	ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘At the 14
896	896	option of a State agency, subject to’’ and in-15
897	897	serting ‘‘Subject to’’; and 16
898	898	(B) in paragraph (2), in the second sen-17
899	899	tence, by inserting ‘‘custodial parent and the’’ 18
900	900	before ‘‘child’’; and 19
901	901	(2) in subsection (m)(1), in the matter pre-20
902	902	ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘At the option 21
903	903	of a State agency, subject to’’ and inserting ‘‘Sub-22
904	904	ject to’’. 23
905	905	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00030 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
906	906	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 31
907	907	•HR 4789 IH
908	908	SEC. 8. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS FOR NON- 1
909	909	CUSTODIAL PARENTS. 2
910	910	(a) G
911	911	RANTS TOSTATES FORWORKFORCEDEVELOP-3
912	912	MENTPROGRAMS FOR NON-CUSTODIALPARENTS.—Be-4
913	913	ginning with fiscal year 2024, the Secretary shall use the 5
914	914	funds made available under subsection (f) to make grants 6
915	915	to States to conduct workforce development programs that 7
916	916	provide evidence-based work activities, which may include 8
917	917	workforce education and support, technical certification 9
918	918	programs, subsidized employment, and on-the-job training 10
919	919	and education, to eligible non-custodial parents. 11
920	920	(b) A
921	921	PPLICATIONREQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary 12
922	922	shall require each State that applies for a grant under this 13
923	923	section to include in the application for the grant the fol-14
924	924	lowing: 15
925	925	(1) A description of the nature and structure of 16
926	926	the evidence-based work activities proposed to be 17
927	927	provided through a program funded in whole or in 18
928	928	part with grant funds, including data and evalua-19
929	929	tions supporting the effectiveness of such activities 20
930	930	in increasing the employment of eligible non-custo-21
931	931	dial parents. 22
932	932	(2) Descriptions of how employers will be re-23
933	933	cruited to participate in such program and how the 24
934	934	State will solicit input from employers in the design 25
935	935	and implementation of such program. 26
936	936	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00031 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
937	937	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 32
938	938	•HR 4789 IH
939	939	(3) A description of how the State will promote 1
940	940	long-term employment through participation in such 2
941	941	program. 3
942	942	(4) A description of how the State will prioritize 4
943	943	providing evidence-based work activities for low-in-5
944	944	come, eligible non-custodial parents. 6
945	945	(5) Such other information as may the Sec-7
946	946	retary may require. 8
947	947	(c) O
948	948	THERREQUIREMENTS.—A State receiving 9
949	949	funds under this section shall prioritize providing evi-10
950	950	dence-based work activities through a program funded in 11
951	951	whole or in part with such funds for eligible non-custodial 12
952	952	parents who are eligible for benefits under the supple-13
953	953	mental nutrition assistance program, as defined in section 14
954	954	3(t) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 15
955	955	2012(t)), and, at the option of the State, may limit partici-16
956	956	pation in such program to such eligible non-custodial par-17
957	957	ents. 18
958	958	(d) R
959	959	EPORTS.—Not later than 12 months after the 19
960	960	end of the last fiscal year in which a State expends funds 20
961	961	from a grant made under this section, the State shall sub-21
962	962	mit to the Secretary a report that includes the following 22
963	963	information: 23
964	964	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00032 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
965	965	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 33
966	966	•HR 4789 IH
967	967	(1) The number of eligible non-custodial par-1
968	968	ents who participated in a workforce development 2
969	969	program funded in whole or in part with such funds. 3
970	970	(2) The median monthly earnings of an eligible 4
971	971	non-custodial parent participant while participating 5
972	972	in any such workforce development program and 6 6
973	973	months after exiting from the program. 7
974	974	(3) The percentage of eligible non-custodial par-8
975	975	ent participants who are employed full-time 6 9
976	976	months after exiting from any such workforce devel-10
977	977	opment program. 11
978	978	(4) Such other reporting requirements as the 12
979	979	Secretary determines would be beneficial to evalu-13
980	980	ating the impact of workforce development programs 14
981	981	funded in whole or in part with grant funds provided 15
982	982	under this section. 16
983	983	(e) N
984	984	ONSUPPLANTATION.—Funds provided under 17
985	985	this section to a State shall be used to supplement and 18
986	986	not supplant any other Federal or State funds which are 19
987	987	available for the same general purposes in the State. 20
988	988	(f) F
989	989	UNDING.— 21
990	990	(1) I
991	991	N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 22
992	992	403(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 23
993	993	603(b)), from the amount available in the Contin-24
994	994	gency Fund for State Welfare Programs established 25
995	995	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00033 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
996	996	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 34
997	997	•HR 4789 IH
998	998	under such section that is unobligated as of the date 1
999	999	of enactment of this Act, $100,000,000 of such 2
1000	1000	amount is hereby transferred and made available to 3
1001	1001	the Secretary to carry out this section for any fiscal 4
1002	1002	year occurring on or after the date of enactment of 5
1003	1003	this Act. 6
1004	1004	(2) A
1005	1005	VAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds provided 7
1006	1006	to a State under this section in a fiscal year shall 8
1007	1007	remain available for expenditure by the State 9
1008	1008	through the end of the second succeeding fiscal year. 10
1009	1009	(g) D
1010	1010	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 11
1011	1011	(1) E
1012	1012	LIGIBLE NON-CUSTODIAL PARENT.— 12
1013	1013	(A) I
1014	1014	N GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-13
1015	1015	graph (B), the term ‘‘eligible non-custodial par-14
1016	1016	ent’’ means an individual who— 15
1017	1017	(i) is obligated to pay child support 16
1018	1018	under a support order; 17
1019	1019	(ii) has unpaid, past-due child support 18
1020	1020	obligations; and 19
1021	1021	(iii) has been unemployed or under-20
1022	1022	employed for any period of time during the 21
1023	1023	6-month period prior to the individual’s 22
1024	1024	participation in a program funded in whole 23
1025	1025	or in part with funds provided to a State 24
1026	1026	under this section. 25
1027	1027	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
1028	1028	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 35
1029	1029	•HR 4789 IH
1030	1030	(B) OTHER ELIGIBILITY REQUIRE -1
1031	1031	MENTS.—An individual shall not be considered 2
1032	1032	to be an eligible non-custodial parent if the in-3
1033	1033	dividual is not a citizen of the United States or 4
1034	1034	would not be eligible for the program as a re-5
1035	1035	sult of the application of title IV of the Per-6
1036	1036	sonal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 7
1037	1037	Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1611 et 8
1038	1038	seq.). 9
1039	1039	(2) S
1040	1040	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 10
1041	1041	the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 11
1042	1042	(3) S
1043	1043	TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the 50 12
1044	1044	States of the United States, the District of Colum-13
1045	1045	bia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United 14
1046	1046	States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and 15
1047	1047	the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is-16
1048	1048	lands. 17
1049	1049	SEC. 9. REQUIRING BIOLOGICAL FATHERS TO PAY CHILD 18
1050	1050	SUPPORT FOR MEDICAL EXPENSES IN-19
1051	1051	CURRED DURING PREGNANCY AND DELIV-20
1052	1052	ERY. 21
1053	1053	(a) I
1054	1054	NGENERAL.—Section 454 of the Social Security 22
1055	1055	Act (42 U.S.C. 654) is amended— 23
1056	1056	(1) in paragraph (33), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 24
1057	1057	the semicolon; 25
1058	1058	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00035 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
1059	1059	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 36
1060	1060	•HR 4789 IH
1061	1061	(2) in paragraph (34), by striking the period 1
1062	1062	and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 2
1063	1063	(3) by inserting after paragraph (34), the fol-3
1064	1064	lowing: 4
1065	1065	‘‘(35) provide that the State shall establish and 5
1066	1066	enforce a child support obligation of the biological 6
1067	1067	father of a child to pay for not less than 50 percent 7
1068	1068	of the reasonable out-of-pocket medical expenses (in-8
1069	1069	cluding health insurance premiums or similar 9
1070	1070	charge, deductions, cost sharing or similar charges, 10
1071	1071	and any other related out-of-pocket expenses) the 11
1072	1072	mother of the child is responsible for that are in-12
1073	1073	curred during, and associated with, the pregnancy 13
1074	1074	and delivery of the child, provided that the mother 14
1075	1075	requests the payment of such support.’’. 15
1076	1076	(b) E
1077	1077	FFECTIVEDATE.— 16
1078	1078	(1) I
1079	1079	N GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 17
1080	1080	the amendments made by subsection (a) shall take 18
1081	1081	effect on January 1 of the first calendar year that 19
1082	1082	begins after the date of enactment of this Act. 20
1083	1083	(2) D
1084	1084	ELAY IF STATE LEGISLATION RE -21
1085	1085	QUIRED.—In the case of a State plan under part D 22
1086	1086	of title IV of the Social Security Act which the Sec-23
1087	1087	retary of Health and Human Services determines re-24
1088	1088	quires State legislation (other than legislation appro-25
1089	1089	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
1090	1090	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 37
1091	1091	•HR 4789 IH
1092	1092	priating funds) in order for the plan to meet the ad-1
1093	1093	ditional requirement imposed by the amendments 2
1094	1094	made by this Act, the State plan shall not be re-3
1095	1095	garded as failing to comply with the requirements of 4
1096	1096	such part solely on the basis of the failure of the 5
1097	1097	plan to meet such additional requirement before the 6
1098	1098	first day of the first calendar quarter beginning 7
1099	1099	after the close of the first regular session of the 8
1100	1100	State legislature that begins after the date of enact-9
1101	1101	ment of this Act. For purposes of the previous sen-10
1102	1102	tence, in the case of a State that has a 2-year legis-11
1103	1103	lative session, each year of the session shall be 12
1104	1104	deemed to be a separate regular session of the State 13
1105	1105	legislature. 14
1106	1106	SEC. 10. PREGNANT STUDENTS’ RIGHTS, ACCOMMODA-15
1107	1107	TIONS, AND RESOURCES. 16
1108	1108	(a) F
1109	1109	INDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 17
1110	1110	(1) Female students who are enrolled at institu-18
1111	1111	tions of higher education and experiencing un-19
1112	1112	planned pregnancies may face pressure that their 20
1113	1113	only option is to receive an abortion or risk academic 21
1114	1114	failure. 22
1115	1115	(2) 27.6 percent of all abortions in the United 23
1116	1116	States are performed on women of college age, be-24
1117	1117	tween the ages of 20 and 24, according to a 2019 25
1118	1118	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
1119	1119	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 38
1120	1120	•HR 4789 IH
1121	1121	report by the Centers for Disease Control and Pre-1
1122	1122	vention. 2
1123	1123	(3) A significant proportion of abortions in the 3
1124	1124	United States are performed on women of college 4
1125	1125	age who may be unaware of their rights under title 5
1126	1126	IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 6
1127	1127	U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) or deprived of an alternative to 7
1128	1128	receiving an abortion. 8
1129	1129	(4) Additionally, women on college campuses 9
1130	1130	may fear institutional reprisal, loss of athletic schol-10
1131	1131	arship, and possible negative impact on academic op-11
1132	1132	portunities. 12
1133	1133	(5) An academic disparity exists because of the 13
1134	1134	lack of resources, support, and notifications available 14
1135	1135	for female college students who do not wish to re-15
1136	1136	ceive an abortion or who carry their unborn babies 16
1137	1137	to term. 17
1138	1138	(b) N
1139	1139	OTICE OFPREGNANTSTUDENTRIGHTS, AC-18
1140	1140	COMMODATIONS, ANDRESOURCES.—Section 485 of the 19
1141	1141	Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092) is 20
1142	1142	amended by adding at the end the following: 21
1143	1143	‘‘(n) P
1144	1144	REGNANTSTUDENTS’ RIGHTS, ACCOMMODA-22
1145	1145	TIONS, ANDRESOURCES.— 23
1146	1146	‘‘(1) I
1147	1147	NFORMATION DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES ; 24
1148	1148	ESTABLISHMENT OF PROTOCOL .— 25
1149	1149	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00038 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
1150	1150	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 39
1151	1151	•HR 4789 IH
1152	1152	‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each public institu-1
1153	1153	tion of higher education participating in any 2
1154	1154	program under this title shall— 3
1155	1155	‘‘(i) in a manner consistent with title 4
1156	1156	IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 5
1157	1157	(20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.), carry out the in-6
1158	1158	formation dissemination activities de-7
1159	1159	scribed in subparagraph (B) for admitted 8
1160	1160	but not enrolled and enrolled students (in-9
1161	1161	cluding those attending or planning to at-10
1162	1162	tend less than full time) on the rights and 11
1163	1163	resources (including protections and ac-12
1164	1164	commodations) for pregnant students (or 13
1165	1165	students who may become pregnant) while 14
1166	1166	enrolled at such institution of higher edu-15
1167	1167	cation that— 16
1168	1168	‘‘(I) exclude abortion services; 17
1169	1169	‘‘(II) may help such a student 18
1170	1170	carry their unborn babies to term; and 19
1171	1171	‘‘(III) include information on how 20
1172	1172	to file a complaint with the Depart-21
1173	1173	ment if such a student believes there 22
1174	1174	was a violation of title IX of the Edu-23
1175	1175	cation Amendments of 1972 (20 24
1176	1176	U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) by the institution 25
1177	1177	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00039 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
1178	1178	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 40
1179	1179	•HR 4789 IH
1180	1180	on account of such student’s preg-1
1181	1181	nancy; and 2
1182	1182	‘‘(ii) establish a protocol to meet with 3
1183	1183	a student described in clause (i)(III), 4
1184	1184	which shall include a meeting with relevant 5
1185	1185	leadership at the institution of higher edu-6
1186	1186	cation, and other relevant parties. 7
1187	1187	‘‘(B) D
1188	1188	ESCRIPTION OF INFORMATION DIS -8
1189	1189	SEMINATION REQUIREMENTS .—The information 9
1190	1190	dissemination activities described in this sub-10
1191	1191	paragraph shall include— 11
1192	1192	‘‘(i) annual campus-wide emails; or 12
1193	1193	‘‘(ii) the provision of information in 13
1194	1194	student handbooks, at each orientation for 14
1195	1195	enrolled students, or on the publicly avail-15
1196	1196	able website of the institution of higher 16
1197	1197	education. 17
1198	1198	‘‘(2) A
1199	1199	NNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS .— 18
1200	1200	‘‘(A) I
1201	1201	N GENERAL.—Each public institu-19
1202	1202	tion of higher education participating in any 20
1203	1203	program under this title shall— 21
1204	1204	‘‘(i) on an annual basis, compile and 22
1205	1205	submit to the Secretary— 23
1206	1206	‘‘(I) responses to the questions 24
1207	1207	described in subparagraph (B) from 25
1208	1208	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
1209	1209	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 41
1210	1210	•HR 4789 IH
1211	1211	students enrolled at such institution 1
1212	1212	of higher education who voluntarily 2
1213	1213	provided such responses; and 3
1214	1214	‘‘(II) a description of any actions 4
1215	1215	taken by the institution of higher edu-5
1216	1216	cation to address each complaint by a 6
1217	1217	student that there was a violation of 7
1218	1218	title IX of the Education Amendments 8
1219	1219	of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) by 9
1220	1220	the institution on account of such stu-10
1221	1221	dent’s pregnancy, including any ac-11
1222	1222	tions taken in accordance with the 12
1223	1223	protocol established under paragraph 13
1224	1224	(1)(A)(ii); and 14
1225	1225	‘‘(ii) ensure that any such responses 15
1226	1226	remain confidential and do not reveal any 16
1227	1227	personally identifiable information with re-17
1228	1228	spect to a student. 18
1229	1229	‘‘(B) Q
1230	1230	UESTIONS FOR ENROLLED STU -19
1231	1231	DENTS.—The questions described in this sub-20
1232	1232	paragraph shall include— 21
1233	1233	‘‘(i) if such student experienced an 22
1234	1234	unexpected pregnancy while enrolled at the 23
1235	1235	institution of higher education; 24
1236	1236	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
1237	1237	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 42
1238	1238	•HR 4789 IH
1239	1239	‘‘(ii) if such student felt there were 1
1240	1240	adequate resources on campus relating to 2
1241	1241	protections, accommodations, and other re-3
1242	1242	sources for pregnant students besides abor-4
1243	1243	tion-related services; 5
1244	1244	‘‘(iii) if such a student believes there 6
1245	1245	was a violation of title IX of the Education 7
1246	1246	Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et 8
1247	1247	seq.) by the institution on account of such 9
1248	1248	student’s pregnancy; and 10
1249	1249	‘‘(iv) if such student considered drop-11
1250	1250	ping out or withdrawing from classes be-12
1251	1251	cause of pregnancy, new motherhood, still-13
1252	1252	birth, or miscarriage. 14
1253	1253	‘‘(C) R
1254	1254	EPORT.—The Secretary shall, on an 15
1255	1255	annual basis— 16
1256	1256	‘‘(i) prepare a report that compiles 17
1257	1257	the responses received under subparagraph 18
1258	1258	(A) from each public institution of higher 19
1259	1259	education participating in any program 20
1260	1260	under this title; and 21
1261	1261	‘‘(ii) submit such report to the author-22
1262	1262	izing committees, and the Committees on 23
1263	1263	Appropriations of the House of Represent-24
1264	1264	atives and the Senate.’’. 25
1265	1265	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00042 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
1266	1266	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 43
1267	1267	•HR 4789 IH
1268	1268	SEC. 11. GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY-BASED MATERNAL MEN-1
1269	1269	TORING PROGRAMS. 2
1270	1270	Title V of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 701 3
1271	1271	et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 4
1272	1272	‘‘SEC. 514. GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY-BASED MATERNAL 5
1273	1273	MENTORING PROGRAMS. 6
1274	1274	‘‘(a) I
1275	1275	NGENERAL.—In addition to any other pay-7
1276	1276	ments made under this title to a State, the Secretary shall 8
1277	1277	make grants to eligible entities to conduct demonstration 9
1278	1278	projects for, and enable such entities to deliver services 10
1279	1279	under, community-based mentoring programs that satisfy 11
1280	1280	the requirements of subsection (c) to eligible mothers in 12
1281	1281	order to promote improvements in maternal and child well- 13
1282	1282	being, financial stewardship, child development, parenting, 14
1283	1283	and access to social services and other community re-15
1284	1284	sources. 16
1285	1285	‘‘(b) A
1286	1286	PPLICATION.—The Secretary may not award 17
1287	1287	funds made available under this subsection on a non-18
1288	1288	competitive basis, and may not provide any such funds to 19
1289	1289	an entity for the purpose of carrying out a community- 20
1290	1290	based mentoring program unless the entity has submitted 21
1291	1291	an application to the Secretary that includes— 22
1292	1292	‘‘(1) a description of how the programs or ac-23
1293	1293	tivities proposed in the application will improve ma-24
1294	1294	ternal mental and physical health outcomes in a 25
1295	1295	service area identified by the entity, substantially in-26
1296	1296	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00043 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
1297	1297	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 44
1298	1298	•HR 4789 IH
1299	1299	crease the number of eligible mothers in a service 1
1300	1300	area with access to a community-based mentoring 2
1301	1301	relationship, utilize community volunteer mentors, 3
1302	1302	and supplement, including by avoiding duplication 4
1303	1303	with, existing social services and community re-5
1304	1304	sources; 6
1305	1305	‘‘(2) a description of how the program will part-7
1306	1306	ner with other community institutions, including pri-8
1307	1307	vate institutions, in identifying eligible mothers in 9
1308	1308	need of a mentor and, as applicable, creating sup-10
1309	1309	port communities among eligible mothers; 11
1310	1310	‘‘(3) a description of the populations to be 12
1311	1311	served by the entity, including specific information 13
1312	1312	on how the entity will serve eligible mothers who be-14
1313	1313	long to high-risk populations as identified in sub-15
1314	1314	section (d); 16
1315	1315	‘‘(4) a description of the maternal and child 17
1316	1316	health indicators, financial well-being, and other 18
1317	1317	needs of populations to be served by the entity as 19
1318	1318	described in paragraph (3), including, to the extent 20
1319	1319	practicable, the prevalence of mentoring opportuni-21
1320	1320	ties for such populations; 22
1321	1321	‘‘(5) the quantifiable benchmarks that will be 23
1322	1322	used to measure program success; 24
1323	1323	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00044 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
1324	1324	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 45
1325	1325	•HR 4789 IH
1326	1326	‘‘(6) a commitment by the entity to consult 1
1327	1327	with experts with a demonstrated history of men-2
1328	1328	toring and case management success in achieving 3
1329	1329	the outcomes described in subsection (c)(2)(A) in de-4
1330	1330	veloping the programs and activities; 5
1331	1331	‘‘(7) a commitment by the entity to ensure 6
1332	1332	mentors do not refer or counsel in favor of abor-7
1333	1333	tions; and 8
1334	1334	‘‘(8) such other application information as the 9
1335	1335	Secretary may deem necessary, with the goal of 10
1336	1336	minimizing the application burden on small non-11
1337	1337	governmental organizations that would otherwise 12
1338	1338	qualify for the grant. 13
1339	1339	‘‘(c) R
1340	1340	EQUIREMENTS.— 14
1341	1341	‘‘(1) C
1342	1342	ORE COMPONENTS .—A community ma-15
1343	1343	ternal mentoring program conducted with a grant 16
1344	1344	made under this section shall include the following 17
1345	1345	core components: 18
1346	1346	‘‘(A) Provision of community-based men-19
1347	1347	toring relationships for eligible mothers, which 20
1348	1348	may include dedicated individual mentors and 21
1349	1349	networks of peer and community support 22
1350	1350	groups. 23
1351	1351	‘‘(B) An individualized needs assessment 24
1352	1352	for each eligible mother participating in the 25
1353	1353	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00045 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
1354	1354	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 46
1355	1355	•HR 4789 IH
1356	1356	program, to be administered at the outset of 1
1357	1357	the program. 2
1358	1358	‘‘(C) Recruitment and utilization of com-3
1359	1359	munity-based, volunteer mentors. 4
1360	1360	‘‘(D) Provision of training to participating 5
1361	1361	mentors to equip them with mentoring best 6
1362	1362	practices and knowledge of public and private 7
1363	1363	resources available to eligible mothers (includ-8
1364	1364	ing public social services). 9
1365	1365	‘‘(2) M
1366	1366	EASURABLE IMPROVEMENTS IN BENCH -10
1367	1367	MARK AREAS.— 11
1368	1368	‘‘(A) I
1369	1369	N GENERAL.—The eligible entity 12
1370	1370	shall establish, subject to the approval of the 13
1371	1371	Secretary, quantifiable, measurable 3- and 5- 14
1372	1372	year benchmarks demonstrating the program 15
1373	1373	results in improvements for eligible mothers 16
1374	1374	participating in the program in the following 17
1375	1375	areas: 18
1376	1376	‘‘(i) The number of eligible mothers in 19
1377	1377	the eligible entity’s service area with access 20
1378	1378	to a community-based mentoring relation-21
1379	1379	ship. 22
1380	1380	‘‘(ii) Improved maternal and child 23
1381	1381	health, including mental and behavioral 24
1382	1382	health. 25
1383	1383	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00046 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
1384	1384	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 47
1385	1385	•HR 4789 IH
1386	1386	‘‘(iii) Improved financial literacy. 1
1387	1387	‘‘(iv) Improved family economic self- 2
1388	1388	sufficiency. 3
1389	1389	‘‘(v) Improved coordination and refer-4
1390	1390	rals for other community resources and 5
1391	1391	supports, including public and private re-6
1392	1392	sources. 7
1393	1393	‘‘(B) D
1394	1394	EMONSTRATION OF IMPROVE -8
1395	1395	MENT.— 9
1396	1396	‘‘(i) R
1397	1397	EPORT TO THE SECRETARY .— 10
1398	1398	Not later than 30 days after the end of the 11
1399	1399	third year in which the eligible entity con-12
1400	1400	ducts the program, the entity shall submit 13
1401	1401	to the Secretary a report describing the 14
1402	1402	program’s results in the areas specified in 15
1403	1403	subparagraph (A). 16
1404	1404	‘‘(ii) I
1405	1405	MPROVEMENT PLAN .—If the re-17
1406	1406	port submitted to the Secretary fails to 18
1407	1407	demonstrate improvements in at least 3 of 19
1408	1408	the areas outlined in subparagraph (A), 20
1409	1409	the eligible entity shall develop and imple-21
1410	1410	ment a plan to improve outcomes in each 22
1411	1411	of the areas specified in subparagraph (A), 23
1412	1412	subject to approval by the Secretary. 24
1413	1413	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00047 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
1414	1414	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 48
1415	1415	•HR 4789 IH
1416	1416	‘‘(iii) NO IMPROVEMENT OR FAILURE 1
1417	1417	TO SUBMIT REPORT .—If, 1 year after an 2
1418	1418	eligible entity submits an improvement 3
1419	1419	plan under clause (ii), the Secretary deter-4
1420	1420	mines that the entity has failed to dem-5
1421	1421	onstrate any improvement in the areas 6
1422	1422	specified in subparagraph (A), or if the 7
1423	1423	Secretary determines that an eligible entity 8
1424	1424	has failed to submit the report required 9
1425	1425	under clause (i), and has not agreed to a 10
1426	1426	reasonable timeline to submit such report 11
1427	1427	under such conditions as may be deter-12
1428	1428	mined by the Secretary, the Secretary shall 13
1429	1429	terminate the entity’s grant and may re-14
1430	1430	allocate any unpaid grant funds toward fu-15
1431	1431	ture grants provided under this section. 16
1432	1432	‘‘(3) I
1433	1433	MPROVEMENTS IN PARTICIPANT OUT -17
1434	1434	COMES.— 18
1435	1435	‘‘(A) I
1436	1436	N GENERAL.—The program is de-19
1437	1437	signed, with respect to an eligible mother par-20
1438	1438	ticipating in the program, to result in the par-21
1439	1439	ticipant outcomes described in subparagraph 22
1440	1440	(B) that are relevant to the mother (as deter-23
1441	1441	mined pursuant to an individualized needs as-24
1442	1442	sessment administered to the mother). 25
1443	1443	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
1444	1444	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 49
1445	1445	•HR 4789 IH
1446	1446	‘‘(B) PARTICIPANT OUTCOMES .—The par-1
1447	1447	ticipant outcomes described in this subpara-2
1448	1448	graph are the following: 3
1449	1449	‘‘(i) Improvements in prenatal and 4
1450	1450	maternal health, including mental and be-5
1451	1451	havioral health and improved pregnancy 6
1452	1452	outcomes. 7
1453	1453	‘‘(ii) Improvements in child health 8
1454	1454	and development, including the prevention 9
1455	1455	of child injuries and maltreatment. 10
1456	1456	‘‘(iii) Higher levels of engagement be-11
1457	1457	tween mothers, children, and their health 12
1458	1458	providers. 13
1459	1459	‘‘(iv) Reductions in mothers’ stress 14
1460	1460	and anxiety. 15
1461	1461	‘‘(v) Improvements in parenting skills. 16
1462	1462	‘‘(vi) Improvement in financial literacy 17
1463	1463	skills. 18
1464	1464	‘‘(vii) Improvements in child’s school 19
1465	1465	readiness and academic achievement. 20
1466	1466	‘‘(viii) Improvements in family eco-21
1467	1467	nomic self-sufficiency. 22
1468	1468	‘‘(ix) Improvements in the coordina-23
1469	1469	tion of referrals for, and the provision of, 24
1470	1470	other community resources, including pri-25
1471	1471	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
1472	1472	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 50
1473	1473	•HR 4789 IH
1474	1474	vate and public resources, and supports for 1
1475	1475	eligible families. 2
1476	1476	‘‘(d) P
1477	1477	RIORITIZATION.—An eligible entity receiving a 3
1478	1478	grant under this section shall identify and prioritize high- 4
1479	1479	risk populations in provision of services, including— 5
1480	1480	‘‘(1) low-income eligible mothers; 6
1481	1481	‘‘(2) eligible mothers who are pregnant women 7
1482	1482	who have not attained the age of 21; 8
1483	1483	‘‘(3) eligible mothers from populations with a 9
1484	1484	high risk of maternal morbidity; 10
1485	1485	‘‘(4) eligible mothers with a history of sub-11
1486	1486	stance abuse or victims of domestic abuse; 12
1487	1487	‘‘(5) eligible mothers with children with develop-13
1488	1488	mental disabilities; and 14
1489	1489	‘‘(6) eligible mothers residing in a qualified op-15
1490	1490	portunity zone, as designated under section 1400Z– 16
1491	1491	1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 17
1492	1492	‘‘(e) M
1493	1493	AINTENANCE OFEFFORT.—Funds provided to 18
1494	1494	an eligible entity under a grant awarded under subsection 19
1495	1495	(a) shall supplement, and not supplant, funds from other 20
1496	1496	sources for maternal mentorship or case management 21
1497	1497	services. 22
1498	1498	‘‘(f) E
1499	1499	VALUATION.— 23
1500	1500	‘‘(1) O
1501	1501	NGOING RESEARCH AND EVALUATION .— 24
1502	1502	The Secretary shall engage in ongoing research and 25
1503	1503	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00050 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
1504	1504	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 51
1505	1505	•HR 4789 IH
1506	1506	evaluation activities in order to increase knowledge 1
1507	1507	about the implementation and effectiveness of com-2
1508	1508	munity maternal mentoring programs. The Sec-3
1509	1509	retary may carry out such activities directly, or 4
1510	1510	through grants, cooperative agreements, or con-5
1511	1511	tracts, and shall submit a report to Congress not 6
1512	1512	less than annually on the research and evaluation 7
1513	1513	steps being taken to measure the impact and effec-8
1514	1514	tiveness of programs funded under this section, as 9
1515	1515	well as any interim outcomes that may be available. 10
1516	1516	‘‘(2) R
1517	1517	EPORT REQUIREMENT .—Not later than 3 11
1518	1518	years after the date of enactment of this section, the 12
1519	1519	Secretary shall submit a report to Congress on the 13
1520	1520	effectiveness of programs funded with grants under 14
1521	1521	subsection (a) in producing the outcomes described 15
1522	1522	in subsection (c)(3)(B), and shall include in such re-16
1523	1523	port recommendations for improving program design 17
1524	1524	and implementation. 18
1525	1525	‘‘(g) T
1526	1526	ECHNICALASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall 19
1527	1527	provide an eligible entity required to develop and imple-20
1528	1528	ment an improvement plan under subsection (c)(2)(B) 21
1529	1529	with technical assistance to develop and implement the 22
1530	1530	plan. The Secretary may provide the technical assistance 23
1531	1531	directly or through grants, contracts, or cooperative agree-24
1532	1532	ments. 25
1533	1533	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00051 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
1534	1534	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 52
1535	1535	•HR 4789 IH
1536	1536	‘‘(h) NOFUNDS TOPROHIBITEDENTITIES.—No 1
1537	1537	prohibited entity shall be eligible to receive a grant under 2
1538	1538	subsection (a), or any other funds made available by this 3
1539	1539	section. 4
1540	1540	‘‘(i) P
1541	1541	ROTECTIONS FOR PARTICIPATINGRELIGIOUS 5
1542	1542	O
1543	1543	RGANIZATIONS.—A religious organization shall be eligi-6
1544	1544	ble to apply for and receive funding for a program under 7
1545	1545	this section on the same basis as a non-religious organiza-8
1546	1546	tion, and a religious organization’s exemptions, in title VII 9
1547	1547	of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (including exemption from 10
1548	1548	prohibitions in employment discrimination in section 11
1549	1549	702(a) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 2000e–1(a))), title VIII of 12
1550	1550	the Civil rights Act of 1968, title IX of the Educational 13
1551	1551	Amendments of 1987, the Americans with Disabilities Act, 14
1552	1552	the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, the Religious 15
1553	1553	Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, or any other 16
1554	1554	provision in law providing an exemption for a religious or-17
1555	1555	ganization, shall not be waived by its participation in, or 18
1556	1556	receipt of funds from, a grant provided by this section. 19
1557	1557	‘‘(j) A
1558	1558	UTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.— 20
1559	1559	‘‘(1) I
1560	1560	N GENERAL.—For purposes of carrying 21
1561	1561	out this section, there are authorized to be appro-22
1562	1562	priated $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 23
1563	1563	through 2026. 24
1564	1564	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
1565	1565	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 53
1566	1566	•HR 4789 IH
1567	1567	‘‘(2) RESERVATIONS.—Of the amounts appro-1
1568	1568	priated under this subsection for a fiscal year, the 2
1569	1569	Secretary shall reserve 3 percent for purposes of car-3
1570	1570	rying out subsections (f) and (g). 4
1571	1571	‘‘(3) A
1572	1572	VAILABILITY.—Funds made available to 5
1573	1573	an eligible entity under this section shall remain 6
1574	1574	available for expenditure by the eligible entity 7
1575	1575	through the end of the third fiscal year following the 8
1576	1576	fiscal year in which the funds are awarded to the en-9
1577	1577	tity. 10
1578	1578	‘‘(k) D
1579	1579	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 11
1580	1580	‘‘(1) C
1581	1581	OMMUNITY-BASED MENTORING RELA -12
1582	1582	TIONSHIP.—The term ‘community-based mentoring 13
1583	1583	relationship’ means a relationship with a dedicated 14
1584	1584	mentor and, as applicable, group of mentors or peer 15
1585	1585	support group, who meet regularly with an eligible 16
1586	1586	mother and help that mother address barriers to 17
1587	1587	care, mental, behavioral, and physical well-being, 18
1588	1588	and economic mobility by providing support services 19
1589	1589	and linkages to community resources. A community- 20
1590	1590	based mentoring relationship should, to the extent 21
1591	1591	practicable, have an understanding of the barriers 22
1592	1592	and lived experience of that community, which may 23
1593	1593	include shared lived experience. 24
1594	1594	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00053 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
1595	1595	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 54
1596	1596	•HR 4789 IH
1597	1597	‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-1
1598	1598	tity’ means a local government, Indian Tribe (or a 2
1599	1599	consortium of Indian Tribes), Tribal Organization, 3
1600	1600	Urban Indian Organization, or nonprofit organiza-4
1601	1601	tion, including religious organizations, with a dem-5
1602	1602	onstrated history of serving eligible mothers. 6
1603	1603	‘‘(3) E
1604	1604	LIGIBLE MOTHER.—The term ‘eligible 7
1605	1605	mother’ means— 8
1606	1606	‘‘(A) a woman who is pregnant; or 9
1607	1607	‘‘(B) a woman who has primary caregiving 10
1608	1608	responsibilities for a child under the age of 6. 11
1609	1609	‘‘(4) P
1610	1610	ROHIBITED ENTITY.—The term ‘prohib-12
1611	1611	ited entity’ means an entity, including its affiliates, 13
1612	1612	subsidiaries, successors, and clinics that, as of the 14
1613	1613	date of enactment of this section, performs, induces, 15
1614	1614	refers for, or counsels in favor of abortions, or pro-16
1615	1615	vides financial support to any other organization 17
1616	1616	that conducts such activities.’’. 18
1617	1617	SEC. 12. EQUAL TREATMENT FOR RELIGIOUS ORGANIZA-19
1618	1618	TIONS IN SOCIAL SERVICES. 20
1619	1619	(a) P
1620	1620	URPOSES.—The purposes of this section are the 21
1621	1621	following: 22
1622	1622	(1) To enable assistance to be provided to indi-23
1623	1623	viduals and families in need in the most effective 24
1624	1624	manner. 25
1625	1625	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00054 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
1626	1626	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 55
1627	1627	•HR 4789 IH
1628	1628	(2) To prohibit discrimination against religious 1
1629	1629	organizations in receipt and administration of Fed-2
1630	1630	eral financial assistance, including the provision of 3
1631	1631	that assistance through federally funded social serv-4
1632	1632	ice programs. 5
1633	1633	(3) To ensure that religious organizations can 6
1634	1634	apply and compete for Federal financial assistance 7
1635	1635	on a level playing field with nonreligious organiza-8
1636	1636	tions. 9
1637	1637	(4) To provide certainty for religious organiza-10
1638	1638	tions that receipt of Federal financial assistance will 11
1639	1639	not obstruct or hinder their ability to organize and 12
1640	1640	operate in accordance with their sincerely held reli-13
1641	1641	gious beliefs. 14
1642	1642	(5) To strengthen the social service capacity of 15
1643	1643	the United States by facilitating the entry of new, 16
1644	1644	and the expansion of existing, efforts by religious or-17
1645	1645	ganizations in the administration and provision of 18
1646	1646	Federal financial assistance. 19
1647	1647	(6) To protect the religious freedom of, and 20
1648	1648	better serve, individuals and families in need, includ-21
1649	1649	ing by expanding their ability to choose to receive 22
1650	1650	federally funded social services from religious organi-23
1651	1651	zations. 24
1652	1652	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00055 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
1653	1653	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 56
1654	1654	•HR 4789 IH
1655	1655	(b) PROVISION OF SERVICES FOR GOVERNMENT 1
1656	1656	P
1657	1657	ROGRAMS BYRELIGIOUSORGANIZATIONS.—Title XXIV 2
1658	1658	of the Revised Statutes is amended by inserting after sec-3
1659	1659	tion 1990 (42 U.S.C. 1994) the following: 4
1660	1660	‘‘SEC. 1990A. ENSURING EQUAL TREATMENT FOR RELI-5
1661	1661	GIOUS ORGANIZATIONS IN FEDERAL PROVI-6
1662	1662	SION OF SOCIAL SERVICES, GRANTMAKING, 7
1663	1663	AND CONTRACTING. 8
1664	1664	‘‘(a) I
1665	1665	NGENERAL.—For any social services program 9
1666	1666	carried out by the Federal Government, or by a State, 10
1667	1667	local government, or pass-through entity with Federal 11
1668	1668	funds, the entity that awards Federal financial assistance 12
1669	1669	shall consider religious organizations, on the same basis 13
1670	1670	as any other private organization, to provide services for 14
1671	1671	the program. 15
1672	1672	‘‘(b) E
1673	1673	QUALTREATMENT FORRELIGIOUSORGANIZA-16
1674	1674	TIONS INFEDERALFINANCIALASSISTANCE.— 17
1675	1675	‘‘(1) I
1676	1676	N GENERAL.—A religious organization 18
1677	1677	shall be eligible to apply for and to receive Federal 19
1678	1678	financial assistance to provide services for a social 20
1679	1679	services program on the same basis as a private non-21
1680	1680	religious organization. 22
1681	1681	‘‘(2) S
1682	1682	ELECTION.—In the selection of recipients 23
1683	1683	for Federal financial assistance for a social services 24
1684	1684	program neither the Federal Government nor a 25
1685	1685	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00056 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
1686	1686	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 57
1687	1687	•HR 4789 IH
1688	1688	State, local government, or pass-through entity re-1
1689	1689	ceiving funds for such program may discriminate for 2
1690	1690	or against a private organization on the basis of reli-3
1691	1691	gion, including the organization’s religious character, 4
1692	1692	affiliation, or exercise. 5
1693	1693	‘‘(3) P
1694	1694	ROHIBITION AGAINST IMPROPER BURDEN 6
1695	1695	ON RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS .— 7
1696	1696	‘‘(A) I
1697	1697	N GENERAL.—Except in the case of 8
1698	1698	another applicable provision of law that requires 9
1699	1699	or provides for a religious exemption or accom-10
1700	1700	modation that is equally or more protective of 11
1701	1701	a religious organization’s religious exercise, the 12
1702	1702	provisions of subparagraphs (B) through (E) 13
1703	1703	shall apply for any social services program ad-14
1704	1704	ministered by the Federal Government or by a 15
1705	1705	State, local government, or pass-through entity. 16
1706	1706	‘‘(B) E
1707	1707	QUAL TREATMENT ON ASSURANCES 17
1708	1708	AND NOTICES.—No document, agreement, cov-18
1709	1709	enant, memorandum of understanding, policy, 19
1710	1710	or regulation, relating to Federal financial as-20
1711	1711	sistance shall require religious organizations to 21
1712	1712	provide assurances or notices that are not re-22
1713	1713	quired of private nonreligious organizations. 23
1714	1714	‘‘(C) E
1715	1715	QUAL APPLICATION OF RESTRIC -24
1716	1716	TIONS.—Any restrictions on the use of funds 25
1717	1717	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
1718	1718	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 58
1719	1719	•HR 4789 IH
1720	1720	received as Federal financial assistance shall 1
1721	1721	apply equally to religious and private nonreli-2
1722	1722	gious organizations. 3
1723	1723	‘‘(D) P
1724	1724	ROGRAM REQUIREMENTS .—All or-4
1725	1725	ganizations that receive Federal financial assist-5
1726	1726	ance for a social services program, including re-6
1727	1727	ligious organizations, shall carry out eligible ac-7
1728	1728	tivities in accordance with all program require-8
1729	1729	ments, and other applicable requirements gov-9
1730	1730	erning the conduct of activities funded by the 10
1731	1731	entity that awards Federal financial assistance. 11
1732	1732	‘‘(E) N
1733	1733	O DISQUALIFICATION BASED ON RE -12
1734	1734	LIGION.—No document, agreement, covenant, 13
1735	1735	memorandum of understanding, policy, or regu-14
1736	1736	lation, relating to Federal financial assistance 15
1737	1737	shall— 16
1738	1738	‘‘(i) disqualify religious organizations 17
1739	1739	from applying for or receiving Federal fi-18
1740	1740	nancial assistance for a social services pro-19
1741	1741	gram on the basis of the organization’s re-20
1742	1742	ligious character or affiliation, or grounds 21
1743	1743	that discriminate against the organization 22
1744	1744	on the basis of the organization’s religious 23
1745	1745	exercise; or 24
1746	1746	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
1747	1747	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 59
1748	1748	•HR 4789 IH
1749	1749	‘‘(ii) prohibit the provision of religious 1
1750	1750	activities or services at the same time or 2
1751	1751	location as any program receiving such 3
1752	1752	Federal financial assistance. 4
1753	1753	‘‘(c) R
1754	1754	ELIGIOUSCHARACTER ANDFREEDOM.— 5
1755	1755	‘‘(1) F
1756	1756	REEDOM.—A religious organization that 6
1757	1757	applies for or receives Federal financial assistance 7
1758	1758	for a social services program shall retain its inde-8
1759	1759	pendence from Federal, State, and local govern-9
1760	1760	ments, including its autonomy, right of expression, 10
1761	1761	religious character or affiliation, authority over its 11
1762	1762	internal governance, and other aspects of independ-12
1763	1763	ence. 13
1764	1764	‘‘(2) R
1765	1765	ELIGIOUS CHARACTER .—A religious or-14
1766	1766	ganization that applies for or receives Federal finan-15
1767	1767	cial assistance for a social services program may, 16
1768	1768	among other things— 17
1769	1769	‘‘(A) retain religious terms in the organiza-18
1770	1770	tion’s name; 19
1771	1771	‘‘(B) continue to carry out the organiza-20
1772	1772	tion’s mission, including the definition, develop-21
1773	1773	ment, practice, and expression of its religious 22
1774	1774	beliefs; 23
1775	1775	‘‘(C) use the organization’s facilities to 24
1776	1776	provide a program without concealing, remov-25
1777	1777	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00059 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
1778	1778	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 60
1779	1779	•HR 4789 IH
1780	1780	ing, or altering religious art, icons, scriptures, 1
1781	1781	or other symbols from the facilities; 2
1782	1782	‘‘(D) select, promote, or dismiss the mem-3
1783	1783	bers of the organization’s governing body and 4
1784	1784	the organization’s employees on the basis of 5
1785	1785	their acceptance of or adherence to the religious 6
1786	1786	tenets of the organization; and 7
1787	1787	‘‘(E) include religious references in the or-8
1788	1788	ganization’s mission statement and other char-9
1789	1789	tering or governing documents. 10
1790	1790	‘‘(d) R
1791	1791	IGHTS OFCOVEREDBENEFICIARIES OFSERV-11
1792	1792	ICES.— 12
1793	1793	‘‘(1) I
1794	1794	N GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro-13
1795	1795	vided in any applicable provision of law that requires 14
1796	1796	or provides for a religious exemption or accommoda-15
1797	1797	tion that is equally or more protective of a religious 16
1798	1798	organization’s religious exercise, an organization 17
1799	1799	that receives Federal financial assistance under a so-18
1800	1800	cial services program shall not discriminate against 19
1801	1801	a covered beneficiary in the provision of a federally 20
1802	1802	funded program on the basis of religion, a religious 21
1803	1803	belief, or a refusal to hold a religious belief. 22
1804	1804	‘‘(2) S
1805	1805	PECIAL RULE.—It shall not be considered 23
1806	1806	discrimination under paragraph (1) for a program 24
1807	1807	funded by Federal financial assistance to refuse to 25
1808	1808	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00060 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
1809	1809	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 61
1810	1810	•HR 4789 IH
1811	1811	modify any components of the program to accommo-1
1812	1812	date a covered beneficiary who participates in the or-2
1813	1813	ganization’s program. 3
1814	1814	‘‘(3) A
1815	1815	LTERNATIVE SERVICES .—If a covered 4
1816	1816	beneficiary has an objection to the character or af-5
1817	1817	filiation of the private organization from which the 6
1818	1818	beneficiary receives, or would receive, services as 7
1819	1819	part of the federally funded social services program, 8
1820	1820	the appropriate Federal, State, or local govern-9
1821	1821	mental entity shall provide to such beneficiary (if 10
1822	1822	otherwise eligible for such services) within a reason-11
1823	1823	able period of time after the date of such objection, 12
1824	1824	a referral for alternative services that— 13
1825	1825	‘‘(A) are reasonably accessible to the cov-14
1826	1826	ered beneficiary; and 15
1827	1827	‘‘(B) have a substantially similar value to 16
1828	1828	the services that the covered beneficiary would 17
1829	1829	initially have received from such organization. 18
1830	1830	‘‘(4) D
1831	1831	EFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 19
1832	1832	‘covered beneficiary’ means an individual who ap-20
1833	1833	plies for or receives services under a social services 21
1834	1834	program. 22
1835	1835	‘‘(e) R
1836	1836	ELIGIOUSEXEMPTIONS.—A religious organiza-23
1837	1837	tion’s exemptions, in title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 24
1838	1838	1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.) (including exemption from 25
1839	1839	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00061 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
1840	1840	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 62
1841	1841	•HR 4789 IH
1842	1842	prohibitions in employment discrimination in section 1
1843	1843	702(a) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 2000e–1(a))), title VIII of 2
1844	1844	the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.), 3
1845	1845	title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 4
1846	1846	1681 et seq.), the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 5
1847	1847	(42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.), the Religious Freedom Res-6
1848	1848	toration Act (42 U.S.C. 2000bb et seq.), the Religious 7
1849	1849	Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (42 8
1850	1850	U.S.C. 2000cc et seq.), or any other provision in law pro-9
1851	1851	viding an exemption for a religious organization, shall not 10
1852	1852	be waived because of the religious organization’s participa-11
1853	1853	tion in, or receipt of funds from, a social services program 12
1854	1854	funded with Federal financial assistance. 13
1855	1855	‘‘(f) L
1856	1856	IMITEDAUDIT.— 14
1857	1857	‘‘(1) I
1858	1858	N GENERAL.—A religious organization 15
1859	1859	providing services for a social services program using 16
1860	1860	Federal financial assistance may segregate Federal 17
1861	1861	funds and any required matching funds provided for 18
1862	1862	such program into a separate account or accounts. 19
1863	1863	Only the separate accounts consisting of Federal 20
1864	1864	funds and any required matching funds shall be sub-21
1865	1865	ject to audit by the Federal Government with re-22
1866	1866	spect to an audit undertaken for the purposes of 23
1867	1867	oversight of Federal financial assistance. 24
1868	1868	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00062 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
1869	1869	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 63
1870	1870	•HR 4789 IH
1871	1871	‘‘(2) COMMINGLING OF FUNDS .—If a religious 1
1872	1872	organization providing services for a social services 2
1873	1873	program using Federal financial assistance contrib-3
1874	1874	utes the organization’s own funds in addition to 4
1875	1875	those funds required by a matching requirement or 5
1876	1876	agreement to supplement Federal funds, the organi-6
1877	1877	zation may segregate the organization’s own funds 7
1878	1878	that are not matching funds into separate accounts, 8
1879	1879	or commingle the organization’s own funds that are 9
1880	1880	not matching funds with the matching funds. If 10
1881	1881	those funds are commingled, the commingled funds 11
1882	1882	may all be subject to audit by the Federal Govern-12
1883	1883	ment. 13
1884	1884	‘‘(g) P
1885	1885	RIVATERIGHT OFACTION.—Any religious or-14
1886	1886	ganization that alleges a violation of its rights under this 15
1887	1887	section and seeks to enforce its rights under this section— 16
1888	1888	‘‘(1) may bring an action in a court of com-17
1889	1889	petent jurisdiction and assert that violation as a 18
1890	1890	claim, or assert that violation as a defense in a judi-19
1891	1891	cial action; and 20
1892	1892	‘‘(2) may obtain appropriate relief, including at-21
1893	1893	torney’s fees, against an entity or agency that com-22
1894	1894	mitted such violation. 23
1895	1895	‘‘(h) F
1896	1896	EDERALPREEMPTION OFSTATE ANDLOCAL 24
1897	1897	L
1898	1898	AWS.—With respect to any Federal financial assistance 25
1899	1899	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00063 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
1900	1900	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 64
1901	1901	•HR 4789 IH
1902	1902	provided to a religious organization for the provision of 1
1903	1903	a social service program, or such assistance commingled 2
1904	1904	with State or local funds, no State or political subdivision 3
1905	1905	of a State may adopt, maintain, enforce, or continue in 4
1906	1906	effect any law, regulation, rule, or requirement covered by 5
1907	1907	the provisions of this section, or a rule, regulation, or re-6
1908	1908	quirement promulgated under this section. 7
1909	1909	‘‘(i) C
1910	1910	ONSTRUCTION.—The provisions of this section 8
1911	1911	shall supersede all Federal law (including statutory and 9
1912	1912	other law, and policies used in the implementation of that 10
1913	1913	law) that is enacted or issued before the date of enactment 11
1914	1914	of this section. No provision of law enacted after the date 12
1915	1915	of the enactment of this section may be construed as lim-13
1916	1916	iting, superseding, or otherwise affecting this section, ex-14
1917	1917	cept to the extent that it does so by specific reference to 15
1918	1918	this section. 16
1919	1919	‘‘(j) S
1920	1920	EVERABILITY.—If any provision of this section 17
1921	1921	or the application of such provision to any person or cir-18
1922	1922	cumstance is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder 19
1923	1923	of this section and the application of the provisions of such 20
1924	1924	to any person or circumstance shall not be affected there-21
1925	1925	by. 22
1926	1926	‘‘(k) D
1927	1927	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 23
1928	1928	‘‘(1) D
1929	1929	ISCRIMINATE ON THE BASIS OF AN OR -24
1930	1930	GANIZATION’S RELIGIOUS EXERCISE.— 25
1931	1931	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00064 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
1932	1932	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 65
1933	1933	•HR 4789 IH
1934	1934	‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘discrimi-1
1935	1935	nate’, used with respect to an organization’s re-2
1936	1936	ligious exercise, means, on the basis of covered 3
1937	1937	conduct or motivation, to disfavor an organiza-4
1938	1938	tion in a selection process or in oversight, in-5
1939	1939	cluding— 6
1940	1940	‘‘(i) by failing to select an organiza-7
1941	1941	tion; 8
1942	1942	‘‘(ii) by disqualifying an organization; 9
1943	1943	or 10
1944	1944	‘‘(iii) by imposing any condition or se-11
1945	1945	lection criterion that penalizes or otherwise 12
1946	1946	disfavors an organization, or has the effect 13
1947	1947	of so penalizing or disfavoring an organiza-14
1948	1948	tion. 15
1949	1949	‘‘(B) C
1950	1950	OVERED CONDUCT OR MOTIVA -16
1951	1951	TION.—In this paragraph, the term ‘covered 17
1952	1952	conduct or motivation’ means— 18
1953	1953	‘‘(i) conduct that would not be consid-19
1954	1954	ered grounds to disfavor a nonreligious or-20
1955	1955	ganization; 21
1956	1956	‘‘(ii) conduct for which an organiza-22
1957	1957	tion must or could be granted an exemp-23
1958	1958	tion or accommodation in a manner con-24
1959	1959	sistent with the Free Exercise Clause of 25
1960	1960	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00065 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
1961	1961	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 66
1962	1962	•HR 4789 IH
1963	1963	the First Amendment to the Constitution, 1
1964	1964	the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (42 2
1965	1965	U.S.C. 2000bb et seq.), or any other provi-3
1966	1966	sion referenced in subsection (e); or 4
1967	1967	‘‘(iii) the actual or suspected religious 5
1968	1968	motivation for the organization’s religious 6
1969	1969	exercise. 7
1970	1970	‘‘(2) O
1971	1971	THER DEFINITIONS.— 8
1972	1972	‘‘(A) F
1973	1973	EDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE .— 9
1974	1974	The term ‘Federal financial assistance’ means 10
1975	1975	financial assistance from the Federal Govern-11
1976	1976	ment that non-Federal entities receive or ad-12
1977	1977	minister through grants, contracts, loans, loan 13
1978	1978	guarantees, property, cooperative agreements, 14
1979	1979	food commodities, direct appropriations, or 15
1980	1980	other assistance, but does not include a tax 16
1981	1981	credit, tax deduction, or guaranty contract. 17
1982	1982	‘‘(B) P
1983	1983	ASS-THROUGH ENTITY .—The term 18
1984	1984	‘pass-through entity’ means an entity, including 19
1985	1985	a nonprofit or nongovernmental organization, 20
1986	1986	acting under a grant, contract, or other agree-21
1987	1987	ment with the Federal Government or with a 22
1988	1988	State or local government, such as a State ad-23
1989	1989	ministering agency, that accepts direct Federal 24
1990	1990	financial assistance as a primary recipient (such 25
1991	1991	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00066 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
1992	1992	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 67
1993	1993	•HR 4789 IH
1994	1994	as a grant recipient) and distributes that assist-1
1995	1995	ance to other organizations that, in turn, pro-2
1996	1996	vide government-funded social services through 3
1997	1997	a social services program. 4
1998	1998	‘‘(C) P
1999	1999	ROGRAM.—The term ‘program’ in-5
2000	2000	cludes the services provided through that pro-6
2001	2001	gram. 7
2002	2002	‘‘(D) R
2003	2003	ELIGIOUS EXERCISE .—The term 8
2004	2004	‘religious exercise’ has the meaning given the 9
2005	2005	term in section 8 of the Religious Land Use 10
2006	2006	and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (42 11
2007	2007	U.S.C. 2000cc–5). 12
2008	2008	‘‘(E) S
2009	2009	ERVICES.—The term ‘services’, used 13
2010	2010	with respect to a social services program, in-14
2011	2011	cludes the provision of goods, or of financial as-15
2012	2012	sistance, under the social services program. 16
2013	2013	‘‘(F) S
2014	2014	OCIAL SERVICES PROGRAM .—The 17
2015	2015	term ‘social services program’— 18
2016	2016	‘‘(i) means a program that is adminis-19
2017	2017	tered by the Federal Government, or by a 20
2018	2018	State or local government using Federal fi-21
2019	2019	nancial assistance, and that provides serv-22
2020	2020	ices directed at reducing poverty, improv-23
2021	2021	ing opportunities for low-income children, 24
2022	2022	revitalizing low-income communities, em-25
2023	2023	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00067 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
2024	2024	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 68
2025	2025	•HR 4789 IH
2026	2026	powering low-income families and low-in-1
2027	2027	come individuals to become self-sufficient, 2
2028	2028	or otherwise helping people in need; and 3
2029	2029	‘‘(ii) includes a program that provides, 4
2030	2030	to people in need— 5
2031	2031	‘‘(I) child care services, protective 6
2032	2032	services for children and adults, serv-7
2033	2033	ices for children and adults in foster 8
2034	2034	care, adoption services, services re-9
2035	2035	lated to management and mainte-10
2036	2036	nance of the home, day care services 11
2037	2037	for adults, and services to meet the 12
2038	2038	special needs of children, older indi-13
2039	2039	viduals, and individuals with disabil-14
2040	2040	ities; 15
2041	2041	‘‘(II) transportation services; 16
2042	2042	‘‘(III) job training and related 17
2043	2043	services, and employment services; 18
2044	2044	‘‘(IV) information, referral, and 19
2045	2045	counseling services; 20
2046	2046	‘‘(V) the preparation and delivery 21
2047	2047	of meals, nutrition services, and serv-22
2048	2048	ices related to soup kitchens or food 23
2049	2049	banks; 24
2050	2050	‘‘(VI) health support services; 25
2051	2051	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00068 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
2052	2052	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 69
2053	2053	•HR 4789 IH
2054	2054	‘‘(VII) literacy and mentoring 1
2055	2055	services; 2
2056	2056	‘‘(VIII) services for the preven-3
2057	2057	tion and treatment of juvenile delin-4
2058	2058	quency and substance abuse, services 5
2059	2059	for the prevention of crime and the 6
2060	2060	provision of assistance to the victims 7
2061	2061	and families of criminal offenders, and 8
2062	2062	services related to intervention in, and 9
2063	2063	prevention of, domestic violence; or 10
2064	2064	‘‘(IX) services related to the pro-11
2065	2065	vision of assistance for housing under 12
2066	2066	Federal law.’’. 13
2067	2067	SEC. 13. AWARENESS FOR EXPECTING MOTHERS. 14
2068	2068	The Public Health Service Act is amended by adding 15
2069	2069	at the end the following: 16
2070	2070	‘‘TITLE XXXIV—AWARENESS FOR 17
2071	2071	EXPECTING MOTHERS 18
2072	2072	‘‘SEC. 3401. WEBSITE AND PORTAL. 19
2073	2073	‘‘(a) W
2074	2074	EBSITE.—Not later than 1 year after the date 20
2075	2075	of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall publish 21
2076	2076	a user-friendly public website, life.gov, to provide a com-22
2077	2077	prehensive list of Federal, State, local governmental, and 23
2078	2078	private resources available to pregnant women including— 24
2079	2079	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00069 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
2080	2080	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 70
2081	2081	•HR 4789 IH
2082	2082	‘‘(1) resources to mental health counseling, 1
2083	2083	pregnancy counseling, and other prepartum and 2
2084	2084	postpartum services; 3
2085	2085	‘‘(2) comprehensive information on alternatives 4
2086	2086	to abortion; 5
2087	2087	‘‘(3) information about abortion risks, including 6
2088	2088	complications and failures; and 7
2089	2089	‘‘(4) links to information on child development 8
2090	2090	from moment of conception. 9
2091	2091	‘‘(b) P
2092	2092	ORTAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date 10
2093	2093	of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall publish 11
2094	2094	a portal on the public website of the Department of Health 12
2095	2095	and Human Services that— 13
2096	2096	‘‘(1) through a series of questions, will furnish 14
2097	2097	specific tailored information to the user on what 15
2098	2098	pregnancy-related information they are looking for, 16
2099	2099	such as— 17
2100	2100	‘‘(A) Federal, State, local governmental, 18
2101	2101	and private resources that may be available to 19
2102	2102	the woman within her ZIP Code, including the 20
2103	2103	resources specified in subsection (c); and 21
2104	2104	‘‘(B) risks related to abortion at all stages 22
2105	2105	of fetal gestation; and 23
2106	2106	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00070 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
2107	2107	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 71
2108	2108	•HR 4789 IH
2109	2109	‘‘(2) provides for the submission of feedback on 1
2110	2110	how user-friendly and helpful the portal was in pro-2
2111	2111	viding the tailored information the user was seeking. 3
2112	2112	‘‘(c) R
2113	2113	ESOURCES.—The Federal, State, local govern-4
2114	2114	mental, and private resources specified in this subsection 5
2115	2115	are the following: 6
2116	2116	‘‘(1) Mentorship opportunities, including preg-7
2117	2117	nancy help and case management resources. 8
2118	2118	‘‘(2) Health and well-being services, including 9
2119	2119	women’s medical services such as obstetrical and 10
2120	2120	gynecological support services for women, abortion 11
2121	2121	pill reversal, breastfeeding, general health services, 12
2122	2122	primary care, and dental care. 13
2123	2123	‘‘(3) Financial assistance, work opportunities, 14
2124	2124	nutrition assistance, childcare, and education oppor-15
2125	2125	tunities. 16
2126	2126	‘‘(4) Material or legal support, including trans-17
2127	2127	portation, food, nutrition, clothing, household goods, 18
2128	2128	baby supplies, housing, shelters, maternity homes, 19
2129	2129	tax preparation, legal support for child support, 20
2130	2130	family leave, breastfeeding protections, and custody 21
2131	2131	issues. 22
2132	2132	‘‘(5) Recovery and mental health services, in-23
2133	2133	cluding services with respect to addiction or suicide 24
2134	2134	intervention, intimate partner violence, sexual as-25
2135	2135	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00071 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
2136	2136	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 72
2137	2137	•HR 4789 IH
2138	2138	sault, rape, sex trafficking, and counseling for 1
2139	2139	women and families surrounding unexpected loss of 2
2140	2140	a child. 3
2141	2141	‘‘(6) Prenatal diagnostic services, including dis-4
2142	2142	ability support organizations, medical interventions 5
2143	2143	for a baby, perinatal hospice resources, pregnancy 6
2144	2144	and infant loss support, and literature on pregnancy 7
2145	2145	wellness. 8
2146	2146	‘‘(7) Healing and support services for abortion 9
2147	2147	survivors and their families. 10
2148	2148	‘‘(8) Services providing care for children, in-11
2149	2149	cluding family planning education, adoption, foster 12
2150	2150	care, and short-term care resources. 13
2151	2151	‘‘(d) A
2152	2152	DMINISTRATION.—The Secretary may not del-14
2153	2153	egate implementation or administration of the portal es-15
2154	2154	tablished under subsection (b) below the level of the Office 16
2155	2155	of the Secretary. 17
2156	2156	‘‘(e) F
2157	2157	OLLOW-UP.—The Secretary shall develop a 18
2158	2158	plan under which— 19
2159	2159	‘‘(1) the Secretary includes in the portal estab-20
2160	2160	lished under subsection (b), a mechanism for users 21
2161	2161	of the portal to take an assessment through the por-22
2162	2162	tal and provide consent to use the user’s contact in-23
2163	2163	formation; 24
2164	2164	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00072 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
2165	2165	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 73
2166	2166	•HR 4789 IH
2167	2167	‘‘(2) the Secretary conducts outreach via phone 1
2168	2168	or email to follow up with users of the portal estab-2
2169	2169	lished under subsection (b) on additional resources 3
2170	2170	that would be helpful for the users to review; and 4
2171	2171	‘‘(3) upon the request of a user of the portal for 5
2172	2172	specific information, after learning of the additional 6
2173	2173	resources through the portal, agents of the Depart-7
2174	2174	ment of Health and Human Services make every ef-8
2175	2175	fort to furnish specific information to such user in 9
2176	2176	coordination with Federal, State, local governmental, 10
2177	2177	and private health care providers and resources. 11
2178	2178	‘‘(f) R
2179	2179	ESOURCELISTAGGREGATION.— 12
2180	2180	‘‘(1) I
2181	2181	N GENERAL.—Pursuant to criteria devel-13
2182	2182	oped in subsection (e)(2), each State shall provide 14
2183	2183	recommendations of State, local governmental, and 15
2184	2184	private resources under subsection (b)(1)(A) to in-16
2185	2185	clude in the portal. 17
2186	2186	‘‘(2) C
2187	2187	RITERIA FOR MAKING RECOMMENDA -18
2188	2188	TIONS.—The Secretary shall develop criteria to pro-19
2189	2189	vide to the States to determine whether resources 20
2190	2190	recommended as described in paragraph (1) for in-21
2191	2191	clusion in the portal can appear in the portal. Such 22
2192	2192	criteria shall include the requirement that the re-23
2193	2193	source provider is not a prohibited entity and the re-24
2194	2194	quirement that the resource provider has been en-25
2195	2195	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00073 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
2196	2196	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 74
2197	2197	•HR 4789 IH
2198	2198	gaged in providing services for a minimum of 3 con-1
2199	2199	secutive years. 2
2200	2200	‘‘(3) G
2201	2201	RANT PROGRAM.— 3
2202	2202	‘‘(A) I
2203	2203	N GENERAL.—The Secretary may 4
2204	2204	provide grants to States to establish or support 5
2205	2205	a system that aggregates the resources de-6
2206	2206	scribed in subsection (b)(1)(A), in accordance 7
2207	2207	with the criteria developed under paragraph 8
2208	2208	(2), and that may be coordinated, to the extent 9
2209	2209	determined appropriate by the State, by a 10
2210	2210	statewide, regionally based, or community-based 11
2211	2211	public entity or private nonprofit. 12
2212	2212	‘‘(B) A
2213	2213	PPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to re-13
2214	2214	ceive a grant under subparagraph (A), a State 14
2215	2215	shall submit an application to the Secretary at 15
2216	2216	such time, in such manner, and containing such 16
2217	2217	information as the Secretary may require, in-17
2218	2218	cluding a plan for outreach and awareness ac-18
2219	2219	tivities, and a list of service providers that 19
2220	2220	would be included in the State system sup-20
2221	2221	ported by the grant. 21
2222	2222	‘‘(g) M
2223	2223	ATERNALMENTALHEALTHHOTLINE.—The 22
2224	2224	Secretary shall ensure that the Maternal Mental Health 23
2225	2225	Hotline of the Health Resources and Services Administra-24
2226	2226	tion— 25
2227	2227	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00074 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
2228	2228	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 75
2229	2229	•HR 4789 IH
2230	2230	‘‘(1) disseminates information regarding, and 1
2231	2231	linkages to, the life.gov website and portal described 2
2232	2232	in subsections (a) and (b); 3
2233	2233	‘‘(2) has the capacity to help families in every 4
2234	2234	State and community in the Nation; and 5
2235	2235	‘‘(3) includes live chat features, 24 hours a day, 6
2236	2236	to connect individuals to the information the portal 7
2237	2237	hosts. 8
2238	2238	‘‘(h) P
2239	2239	ROHIBITIONREGARDINGCERTAINENTI-9
2240	2240	TIES.—The resources listed on the life.gov website, and 10
2241	2241	made available through the portal and hotline established 11
2242	2242	under this section may not include any resource offered 12
2243	2243	by a prohibited entity. 13
2244	2244	‘‘(i) S
2245	2245	ERVICES INDIFFERENTLANGUAGES.—The 14
2246	2246	life.gov website and hotline shall ensure the widest possible 15
2247	2247	access to services for families who speak languages other 16
2248	2248	than English. 17
2249	2249	‘‘(j) R
2250	2250	EPORTINGREQUIREMENTS.— 18
2251	2251	‘‘(1) I
2252	2252	N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 19
2253	2253	after date on which the life.gov website and portal 20
2254	2254	are established under subsection (a), the Secretary 21
2255	2255	shall submit to Congress a report on— 22
2256	2256	‘‘(A) the traffic of the website and the 23
2257	2257	interactive portal; 24
2258	2258	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00075 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
2259	2259	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 76
2260	2260	•HR 4789 IH
2261	2261	‘‘(B) user feedback on the accessibility and 1
2262	2262	helpfulness of the website and interactive portal 2
2263	2263	in tailoring to the user’s needs; 3
2264	2264	‘‘(C) insights on gaps in Federal, State, 4
2265	2265	local governmental, and private programming 5
2266	2266	with respect to services for pregnant and 6
2267	2267	postpartum women; and 7
2268	2268	‘‘(D) suggestions on how to improve user 8
2269	2269	experience and accessibility based on user feed-9
2270	2270	back and missing resources that would be help-10
2271	2271	ful to include in future updates. 11
2272	2272	‘‘(2) C
2273	2273	ONFIDENTIALITY.—The report under 12
2274	2274	paragraph (1) shall not include any personal identi-13
2275	2275	fying information regarding individuals who have 14
2276	2276	used the website or portal. 15
2277	2277	‘‘(k) D
2278	2278	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 16
2279	2279	‘‘(1) A
2280	2280	BORTION.—The term ‘abortion’ means 17
2281	2281	the use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, 18
2282	2282	drug, or other substance or device to intentionally— 19
2283	2283	‘‘(A) kill the unborn child of a woman 20
2284	2284	known to be pregnant; or 21
2285	2285	‘‘(B) prematurely terminate the pregnancy 22
2286	2286	of a woman known to be pregnant, with an in-23
2287	2287	tention other than to— 24
2288	2288	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00076 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
2289	2289	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 77
2290	2290	•HR 4789 IH
2291	2291	‘‘(i) increase the probability of a live 1
2292	2292	birth or of preserving the life or health of 2
2293	2293	the child after live birth; or 3
2294	2294	‘‘(ii) remove an ectopic pregnancy or a 4
2295	2295	dead unborn child. 5
2296	2296	‘‘(2) B
2297	2297	ORN ALIVE.—The term ‘born alive’ has 6
2298	2298	the meaning given such term in section 8(b) of title 7
2299	2299	1, United States Code. 8
2300	2300	‘‘(3) P
2301	2301	ROHIBITED ENTITY.—The term ‘prohib-9
2302	2302	ited entity’ means an entity, including its affiliates, 10
2303	2303	subsidiaries, successors, and clinics that performs, 11
2304	2304	induces, refers for, or counsels in favor of abortions, 12
2305	2305	or provides financial support to any other organiza-13
2306	2306	tion that conducts such activities. 14
2307	2307	‘‘(4) U
2308	2308	NBORN CHILD.—The term ‘unborn child’ 15
2309	2309	means an individual organism of the species homo 16
2310	2310	sapiens, beginning at fertilization, until the point of 17
2311	2311	being born alive.’’. 18
2312	2312	SEC. 14. WIC REFORM. 19
2313	2313	(a) B
2314	2314	REASTFEEDINGWOMAN.— 20
2315	2315	(1) D
2316	2316	EFINITION OF BREASTFEEDING WOMAN .— 21
2317	2317	Section 17(b) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 22
2318	2318	U.S.C. 1786(b)) is amended by striking the sub-23
2319	2319	section designation and all that follows through the 24
2320	2320	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00077 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
2321	2321	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 78
2322	2322	•HR 4789 IH
2323	2323	period at the end of paragraph (1) and inserting the 1
2324	2324	following: 2
2325	2325	‘‘(b) D
2326	2326	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 3
2327	2327	‘‘(1) B
2328	2328	REASTFEEDING WOMAN .—The term 4
2329	2329	‘breastfeeding woman’ means a woman who is not 5
2330	2330	more than 2 years postpartum and is breastfeeding 6
2331	2331	the infant of the woman.’’. 7
2332	2332	(2) C
2333	2333	ERTIFICATION.—Section 17(d)(3)(A)(ii) of 8
2334	2334	the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 9
2335	2335	1786(d)(3)(A)(ii)) is amended by striking ‘‘1 year’’ 10
2336	2336	and inserting ‘‘2 years’’. 11
2337	2337	(b) P
2338	2338	OSTPARTUMWOMAN.— 12
2339	2339	(1) D
2340	2340	EFINITION OF POSTPARTUM WOMAN .— 13
2341	2341	Section 17(b)(10) of the Child Nutrition Act of 14
2342	2342	1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(b)(10)) is amended by strik-15
2343	2343	ing the period at the end and inserting ‘‘, and, for 16
2344	2344	purposes of subsection (d), includes women up to 2 17
2345	2345	years after the birth of a child born alive or a still-18
2346	2346	birth.’’. 19
2347	2347	(2) C
2348	2348	ERTIFICATION.—Section 17(d)(3)(A) of 20
2349	2349	the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 21
2350	2350	1786(d)(3)(A)) is amended— 22
2351	2351	(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘clause (ii)’’ 23
2352	2352	and inserting ‘‘clauses (ii) and (iii)’’; 24
2353	2353	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00078 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
2354	2354	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 79
2355	2355	•HR 4789 IH
2356	2356	(B) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause 1
2357	2357	(iv); and 2
2358	2358	(C) by inserting after clause (ii) the fol-3
2359	2359	lowing: 4
2360	2360	‘‘(iii) P
2361	2361	OSTPARTUM WOMEN .—A State 5
2362	2362	may elect to certify a postpartum woman 6
2363	2363	for a period of up to 2 years after the 7
2364	2364	birth of a child born alive or a stillbirth.’’. 8
2365	2365	(c) C
2366	2366	HILDSUPPORT.—Section 17(e)(4) of the Child 9
2367	2367	Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(e)(4)) is amend-10
2368	2368	ed— 11
2369	2369	(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 12
2370	2370	the end; 13
2371	2371	(2) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub-14
2372	2372	paragraph (D); and 15
2373	2373	(3) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol-16
2374	2374	lowing: 17
2375	2375	‘‘(C) shall provide to individuals applying 18
2376	2376	for the program under this section, or re-19
2377	2377	applying at the end of their certification pe-20
2378	2378	riod— 21
2379	2379	‘‘(i) written information about estab-22
2380	2380	lishing child support orders under the law 23
2381	2381	of the State; and 24
2382	2382	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00079 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
2383	2383	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 80
2384	2384	•HR 4789 IH
2385	2385	‘‘(ii) on request from the individual 1
2386	2386	applicant, referral to any program or agen-2
2387	2387	cy of the State authorized to determine eli-3
2388	2388	gibility for child support orders; and’’. 4
2389	2389	(d) C
2390	2390	HILDSUPPORTENFORCEMENTPLAN.—Section 5
2391	2391	17(f)(1)(C) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 6
2392	2392	1786(f)(1)(C)) is amended— 7
2393	2393	(1) in clause (x), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 8
2394	2394	(2) by redesignating clause (xi) as clause (xii); 9
2395	2395	and 10
2396	2396	(3) by inserting after clause (x) the following: 11
2397	2397	‘‘(xi) a plan to facilitate referrals for 12
2398	2398	participants seeking to establish a child 13
2399	2399	support order; and’’. 14
2400	2400	(e) R
2401	2401	EVIEW OF AVAILABLE SUPPLEMENTAL 15
2402	2402	F
2403	2403	OODS.—Section 17(f)(11)(C) of the Child Nutrition Act 16
2404	2404	of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(f)(11)(C)) is amended— 17
2405	2405	(1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by strik-18
2406	2406	ing ‘‘10’’ and inserting ‘‘5’’; and 19
2407	2407	(2) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘amend the sup-20
2408	2408	plemental foods available, as necessary, to’’ and in-21
2409	2409	serting ‘‘not later than 18 months after the conclu-22
2410	2410	sion of each scientific review conducted under clause 23
2411	2411	(i), promulgate a final rule to amend the supple-24
2412	2412	mental foods, as necessary, to’’. 25
2413	2413	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00080 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
2414	2414	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 81
2415	2415	•HR 4789 IH
2416	2416	(f) INCREASE INCASH-VALUEVOUCHERAMOUNT.— 1
2417	2417	Section 17(f)(11) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 2
2418	2418	U.S.C. 1786(f)(11)) is amended by adding at the end the 3
2419	2419	following: 4
2420	2420	‘‘(D) I
2421	2421	NCREASE IN CASH-VALUE VOUCHER 5
2422	2422	AMOUNT.—Using funds made available for the 6
2423	2423	program authorized by this section, not later 7
2424	2424	than 30 days after the date of enactment of the 8
2425	2425	Providing for Life Act of 2023, the Secretary 9
2426	2426	shall— 10
2427	2427	‘‘(i) increase the amount of the cash- 11
2428	2428	value voucher (as defined in section 246.2 12
2429	2429	of title 7 (Code of Federal Regulations) (or 13
2430	2430	a successor regulation)) to reflect the 14
2431	2431	amount provided to participants of the pro-15
2432	2432	gram as of August 31, 2022 (and adjusted 16
2433	2433	for inflation); and 17
2434	2434	‘‘(ii) maintain such amount until the 18
2435	2435	date on which a new final rule is promul-19
2436	2436	gated pursuant to subparagraph (C)(ii).’’. 20
2437	2437	SEC. 15. PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTERS. 21
2438	2438	(a) I
2439	2439	NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 22
2440	2440	Human Services shall use amounts available under sub-23
2441	2441	section (b) to provide grants and other assistance to preg-24
2442	2442	nancy resource centers to assist such centers in carrying 25
2443	2443	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00081 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
2444	2444	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 82
2445	2445	•HR 4789 IH
2446	2446	out activities to support women’s pregnancy-related 1
2447	2447	health. 2
2448	2448	(b) F
2449	2449	UNDING.—Notwithstanding any other provision 3
2450	2450	of law, a pregnancy resource center shall be eligible for 4
2451	2451	funding under title X of the Public Health Service Act 5
2452	2452	(42 U.S.C. 300 et seq.). Notwithstanding section 59.2 of 6
2453	2453	title 42, Code of Federal Regulations, pregnancy resource 7
2454	2454	centers shall not be required to provide, refer, or counsel 8
2455	2455	in favor of contraception in order to eligible for funding 9
2456	2456	under such title X. In making funding available under 10
2457	2457	such title X, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 11
2458	2458	shall give priority to the funding of pregnancy resource 12
2459	2459	centers. 13
2460	2460	(c) D
2461	2461	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 14
2462	2462	(1) C
2463	2463	OMMUNITY REFERRALS .—The term ‘‘com-15
2464	2464	munity referrals’’ means linking a woman to addi-16
2465	2465	tional care within the community. Such linkage may 17
2466	2466	include prenatal care, STI testing or treatment, ma-18
2467	2467	ternity homes and housing, professional counseling, 19
2468	2468	licensed adoption agencies, financial aid, addition re-20
2469	2469	covery help, job and skills training, and legal help. 21
2470	2470	(2) M
2471	2471	ATERIAL ASSISTANCE.—The term ‘‘mate-22
2472	2472	rial assistance’’ means the provision of goods and re-23
2473	2473	sources to pregnant or parenting women or par-24
2474	2474	enting couples, including diapers and wipes, car 25
2475	2475	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00082 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
2476	2476	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS 83
2477	2477	•HR 4789 IH
2478	2478	seats, baby furniture, strollers, baby bedding, baby 1
2479	2479	clothing, baby formula, maternity clothing, or finan-2
2480	2480	cial assistance. 3
2481	2481	(3) P
2482	2482	REGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER .—The 4
2483	2483	term ‘‘pregnancy resource center’’ means a life-af-5
2484	2484	firming organization that offers a range of services 6
2485	2485	to assist pregnant women, which may include op-7
2486	2486	tions such as counseling, obstetrical ultrasound, sex-8
2487	2487	ual transmitted infection (STI) tests and testing, 9
2488	2488	pregnancy tests and testing, sexual risk avoidance 10
2489	2489	(SRA) education, parenting education, material as-11
2490	2490	sistance, and community referrals. Such organiza-12
2491	2491	tions may also be known as pregnancy help centers, 13
2492	2492	pregnancy resource centers, pregnancy care centers, 14
2493	2493	pregnancy medical clinics, or simply pregnancy cen-15
2494	2494	ters. Such term does not include entities that per-16
2495	2495	form, prescribe, refer for or encourage abortion or 17
2496	2496	entities that affiliate with any entity that performs, 18
2497	2497	prescribes, refers for, or encourages abortion. 19
2498	2498	Æ
2499	2499	VerDate Sep 11 2014 06:09 Aug 08, 2023 Jkt 039200 PO 00000 Frm 00083 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H4789.IH H4789
2500	2500	kjohnson on DSK79L0C42PROD with BILLS