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4	4	STSESSION S. 74
5	5	To provide support and assistance to unborn children, pregnant women,
6	6	parents, and families.
7	7	IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
8	8	JANUARY25, 2023
9	9	Mr. R
10	10	UBIOintroduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred
11	11	to the Committee on Finance
12	12	A BILL
13	13	To provide support and assistance to unborn children,
14	14	pregnant women, parents, and families.
15	15	Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
16	16	tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
17	17	SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 3
18	18	(a) S
19	19	HORTTITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 4
20	20	‘‘Providing for Life Act of 2023’’. 5
21	21	(b) T
22	22	ABLE OFCONTENTS.—The table of contents for 6
23	23	this Act is as follows: 7
24	24	Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
25	25	Sec. 2. Permanent extension and modification of special rules for child tax
26	26	credit.
27	27	Sec. 3. Treatment of unborn children.
28	28	Sec. 4. Denial of deduction for State and local taxes of individuals.
29	29	Sec. 5. Refundable adoption tax credit.
30	30	Sec. 6. Parental leave benefits.
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34	34	Sec. 7. Cooperation with child support agencies as eligibility factor under sup-
35	35	plemental nutrition assistance program.
36	36	Sec. 8. Workforce development programs for non-custodial parents.
37	37	Sec. 9. Requiring biological fathers to pay child support for medical expenses
38	38	incurred during pregnancy and delivery.
39	39	Sec. 10. Pregnant students’ rights, accommodations, and resources.
40	40	Sec. 11. Grants for community-based maternal mentoring programs.
41	41	Sec. 12. Equal treatment for religious organizations in social services.
42	42	Sec. 13. Awareness for expecting mothers.
43	43	Sec. 14. WIC reform.
44	44	Sec. 15. Pregnancy resource centers.
45	45	SEC. 2. PERMANENT EXTENSION AND MODIFICATION OF
46	46	1
47	47	SPECIAL RULES FOR CHILD TAX CREDIT. 2
48	48	(a) I
49	49	NGENERAL.—Section 24 of the Internal Rev-3
50	50	enue Code of 1986 is amended by striking subsections (a), 4
51	51	(b), and (c) and inserting the following new subsections: 5
52	52	‘‘(a) A
53	53	LLOWANCE OF CREDIT.—There shall be al-6
54	54	lowed as a credit against the tax imposed by this chapter 7
55	55	for the taxable year an amount equal to the sum of— 8
56	56	‘‘(1) $3,500 for each qualifying child of the tax-9
57	57	payer ($4,500 in the case of a qualifying child who 10
58	58	has not attained age 6 as of the close of the cal-11
59	59	endar year in which the taxable year of the taxpayer 12
60	60	begins), and 13
61	61	‘‘(2) in the case of any taxable year beginning 14
62	62	before January 1, 2026, $500 for each qualifying 15
63	63	dependent (other than a qualifying child) of the tax-16
64	64	payer. 17
65	65	‘‘(b) L
66	66	IMITATIONBASED ONADJUSTEDGROSSIN-18
67	67	COME.—The amount of the credit allowable under sub-19
68	68	section (a) shall be reduced (but not below zero) by $50 20
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72	72	for each $1,000 (or fraction thereof) by which the tax-1
73	73	payer’s modified adjusted gross income exceeds $400,000 2
74	74	in the case of a joint return ($200,000 in any other case). 3
75	75	For purposes of the preceding sentence, the term ‘‘modi-4
76	76	fied adjusted gross income’’ means adjusted gross income 5
77	77	increased by any amount excluded from gross income 6
78	78	under section 911, 931, or 933. 7
79	79	‘‘(c) Q
80	80	UALIFYINGCHILD; QUALIFYINGDEPEND-8
81	81	ENT.—For purposes of this section— 9
82	82	‘‘(1) Q
83	83	UALIFYING CHILD.—The term ‘qualifying 10
84	84	child’ means any qualifying dependent of the tax-11
85	85	payer— 12
86	86	‘‘(A) who is a qualifying child (as defined 13
87	87	in section 152(c)) of the taxpayer, 14
88	88	‘‘(B) who has not attained age 18 at the 15
89	89	close of the calendar year in which the taxable 16
90	90	year of the taxpayer begins, and 17
91	91	‘‘(C) whose name and social security num-18
92	92	ber are included on the taxpayer’s return of tax 19
93	93	for the taxable year. 20
94	94	‘‘(2) Q
95	95	UALIFYING DEPENDENT .—The term 21
96	96	‘qualifying dependent’ means any dependent of the 22
97	97	taxpayer (as defined in section 152 without regard 23
98	98	to all that follows ‘resident of the United States’ in 24
99	99	section 152(b)(3)(A)) whose name and TIN are in-25
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103	103	cluded on the taxpayer’s return of tax for the tax-1
104	104	able year. 2
105	105	‘‘(3) S
106	106	OCIAL SECURITY NUMBER DEFINED .— 3
107	107	For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘social se-4
108	108	curity number’ means, with respect to a return of 5
109	109	tax, a social security number issued to an individual 6
110	110	by the Social Security Administration, but only if 7
111	111	the social security number is issued— 8
112	112	‘‘(A) to a citizen of the United States or 9
113	113	pursuant to subclause (I) (or that portion of 10
114	114	subclause (III) that relates to subclause (I)) of 11
115	115	section 205(c)(2)(B)(i) of the Social Security 12
116	116	Act, and 13
117	117	‘‘(B) on or before the due date of filing 14
118	118	such return.’’. 15
119	119	(b) P
120	120	ORTION OFCREDITREFUNDABLE.—Section 16
121	121	24(d)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 is amend-17
122	122	ed— 18
123	123	(1) by striking subparagraph (A) and inserting 19
124	124	the following: 20
125	125	‘‘(A) the credit which would be allowed 21
126	126	under this section determined— 22
127	127	‘‘(i) without regard to subsection 23
128	128	(a)(2), and 24
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132	132	‘‘(ii) without regard to this subsection 1
133	133	(other than this subparagraph) and the 2
134	134	limitation under section 26(a), or’’, and 3
135	135	(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘15 per-4
136	136	cent of so much of the taxpayer’s earned income 5
137	137	(within the meaning of section 32) which is taken 6
138	138	into account in computing taxable income for the 7
139	139	taxable year as exceeds $3,000’’ and inserting ‘‘15.3 8
140	140	percent of the taxpayer’s earned income (within the 9
141	141	meaning of section 32) which is taken into account 10
142	142	in computing taxable income’’. 11
143	143	(c) C
144	144	ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 12
145	145	(1) Section 24(e) of the Internal Revenue Code 13
146	146	of 1986 is amended to read as follows: 14
147	147	‘‘(e) T
148	148	AXPAYERIDENTIFICATIONREQUIREMENT.— 15
149	149	No credit shall be allowed under this section if the identi-16
150	150	fying number of the taxpayer was issued after the due date 17
151	151	for filing the return of tax for the taxable year.’’. 18
152	152	(2) Section 24 of such Code is amended by 19
153	153	striking subsection (h). 20
154	154	(d) R
155	155	EPEAL OFCERTAINLATERENACTEDPROVI-21
156	156	SIONS.— 22
157	157	(1) Section 24 of the Internal Revenue Code of 23
158	158	1986 is amended by striking subsections (i), (j), and 24
159	159	(k). 25
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163	163	(2) Chapter 77 of such Code is amended by 1
164	164	striking section 7527A (and by striking the item re-2
165	165	lating to section 7527A in the table of sections for 3
166	166	such chapter). 4
167	167	(3) Section 26(b)(2) of such Code is amended 5
168	168	by inserting ‘‘and’’ at the end of subparagraph (X), 6
169	169	by striking ‘‘, and’’ at the end of subparagraph (Y) 7
170	170	and inserting a period, and by striking subparagraph 8
171	171	(Z). 9
172	172	(4) Section 3402(f)(1)(C) of such Code is 10
173	173	amended by striking ‘‘section 24 (determined after 11
174	174	application of subsection (j) thereof)’’ and inserting 12
175	175	‘‘section 24(a)’’. 13
176	176	(5) Section 6211(b)(4)(A) of such Code is 14
177	177	amended— 15
178	178	(A) by striking ‘‘24 by reason of sub-16
179	179	sections (d) and (i)(1) thereof’’ and inserting 17
180	180	‘‘24(d)’’, and 18
181	181	(B) by striking ‘‘6428B, and 7527A’’ and 19
182	182	inserting ‘‘and 6428B’’. 20
183	183	(6) Paragraph (2) of section 1324(b) of title 21
184	184	31, United States Code, is amended by striking 22
185	185	‘‘6431, or 7527A’’ and inserting ‘‘or 6431’’. 23
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189	189	(e) EFFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 1
190	190	this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 2
191	191	December 31, 2022. 3
192	192	SEC. 3. TREATMENT OF UNBORN CHILDREN. 4
193	193	(a) I
194	194	NGENERAL.—Section 24 of the Internal Rev-5
195	195	enue Code of 1986, as amended by section 2, is amended 6
196	196	by adding at the end the following new subsection: 7
197	197	‘‘(h) C
198	198	REDITALLOWEDWITHRESPECT TOUNBORN 8
199	199	C
200	200	HILDREN.—For purposes of this section— 9
201	201	‘‘(1) I
202	202	N GENERAL.—The term ‘qualifying child’ 10
203	203	includes an unborn child of an eligible taxpayer, and 11
204	204	the requirements of subsection (c)(1)(C) shall be 12
205	205	treated as met with respect to such child, for the 13
206	206	taxable year immediately preceding the year in 14
207	207	which such child is born alive, if the taxpayer in-15
208	208	cludes on the return of tax for such taxable year a 16
209	209	social security number for such child which is issued 17
210	210	before the due date for such return of tax (without 18
211	211	regard to extensions). 19
212	212	‘‘(2) R
213	213	ETROACTIVE OR DOUBLE CREDIT AL -20
214	214	LOWED IN CERTAIN CASES TO ENSURE EQUAL AC -21
215	215	CESS TO THE CREDIT FOR UNBORN CHILDREN .— 22
216	216	‘‘(A) I
217	217	N GENERAL.—In the case of a quali-23
218	218	fying child of an eligible taxpayer who is born 24
219	219	alive and with respect to whom the credit under 25
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223	223	this section is not claimed under paragraph (1) 1
224	224	for the taxable year described in such para-2
225	225	graph, for the taxable year in which the child 3
226	226	is born alive, with respect to such child— 4
227	227	‘‘(i) the amount of the credit allowed 5
228	228	(before the application of this subsection) 6
229	229	under subsection (a), and 7
230	230	‘‘(ii) the amount of the credit allowed 8
231	231	(before the application of this subsection) 9
232	232	under subsection (d)(1), 10
233	233	shall each be increased by the amount of the 11
234	234	credit which would have been allowed under 12
235	235	each such subsection respectively with respect 13
236	236	to such child for the preceding taxable year if 14
237	237	such child had been treated as a qualifying 15
238	238	child of the taxpayer for such preceding year. 16
239	239	‘‘(B) S
240	240	PECIAL RULE FOR SPLITTING OF 17
241	241	CREDIT.—In the case of a child otherwise de-18
242	242	scribed in subparagraph (A) who, but for this 19
243	243	subparagraph, would not be treated as a quali-20
244	244	fying child of the eligible taxpayer for the tax-21
245	245	able year in which such child is born alive— 22
246	246	‘‘(i) subparagraph (A) shall not apply 23
247	247	with respect to such child, 24
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251	251	‘‘(ii) such child shall be treated as a 1
252	252	qualifying child for purposes of this section 2
253	253	for such taxable year of— 3
254	254	‘‘(I) the eligible taxpayer, and 4
255	255	‘‘(II) any other taxpayer with re-5
256	256	spect to whom such child would, with-6
257	257	out regard to this subparagraph, be 7
258	258	treated as a qualifying child, and 8
259	259	‘‘(iii) in the case of the eligible tax-9
260	260	payer, the amount of the credit allowed 10
261	261	under subsection (a) and the amount of 11
262	262	the credit allowed under subsection (d)(1) 12
263	263	for such taxable year shall each be equal to 13
264	264	the amount of the credit which would have 14
265	265	been allowed under each such subsection 15
266	266	respectively with respect to such child for 16
267	267	the preceding taxable year if such child 17
268	268	had been treated as a qualifying child of 18
269	269	the eligible taxpayer for such preceding 19
270	270	year. 20
271	271	‘‘(3) D
272	272	EFINITIONS.—For purposes of this sub-21
273	273	section— 22
274	274	‘‘(A) B
275	275	ORN ALIVE.—The term ‘born alive’ 23
276	276	has the meaning given such term by section 24
277	277	8(b) of title 1, United States Code. 25
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281	281	‘‘(B) ELIGIBLE TAXPAYER.—The term ‘eli-1
282	282	gible taxpayer’ means a taxpayer who— 2
283	283	‘‘(i) with respect to a child, is the 3
284	284	mother who— 4
285	285	‘‘(I) carries or carried such child 5
286	286	in the womb, and 6
287	287	‘‘(II) is the biological mother of 7
288	288	such child or initiated the pregnancy 8
289	289	with the intention of bearing and re-9
290	290	taining custody of and parental rights 10
291	291	to such child (or acted to such effect), 11
292	292	or 12
293	293	‘‘(ii) in the case of a joint return, is 13
294	294	the husband of such mother, 14
295	295	but only if such taxpayer includes on the return 15
296	296	of tax for the taxable year the social security 16
297	297	number of such taxpayer (of at least 1 of such 17
298	298	mother or husband, in the case of a joint re-18
299	299	turn). 19
300	300	‘‘(C) S
301	301	OCIAL SECURITY NUMBER .—The 20
302	302	term ‘social security number’ has the meaning 21
303	303	given such term by subsection (c)(3). 22
304	304	‘‘(D) U
305	305	NBORN CHILD.—The term ‘unborn 23
306	306	child’ means an individual of the species homo 24
307	307	sapiens, from the beginning of the biological de-25
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311	311	velopment of that individual, including fertiliza-1
312	312	tion, until the point of the earlier of being born 2
313	313	alive or death.’’. 3
314	314	(b) E
315	315	FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendment made by 4
316	316	this section shall apply to children born alive in taxable 5
317	317	years beginning after December 31, 2022. 6
318	318	SEC. 4. DENIAL OF DEDUCTION FOR STATE AND LOCAL 7
319	319	TAXES OF INDIVIDUALS. 8
320	320	(a) I
321	321	NGENERAL.—Section 164(b)(6) of the Internal 9
322	322	Revenue Code of 1986 is amended to read as follows: 10
323	323	‘‘(6) L
324	324	IMITATION ON DEDUCTION OF CERTAIN 11
325	325	TAXES FOR INDIVIDUALS.— 12
326	326	‘‘(A) I
327	327	N GENERAL.—In the case of an indi-13
328	328	vidual, no deduction shall be allowed for 14
329	329	taxes— 15
330	330	‘‘(i) described in paragraphs (1), (2), 16
331	331	or (3) of subsection (a), or 17
332	332	‘‘(ii) described in paragraph (5) of 18
333	333	this subsection. 19
334	334	‘‘(B) E
335	335	XCEPTIONS.—Subparagraph (A) 20
336	336	shall not apply to— 21
337	337	‘‘(i) any foreign taxes described in 22
338	338	subsection (a)(3), or 23
339	339	‘‘(ii) any taxes described in paragraph 24
340	340	(1) and (2) of subsection (a) which are 25
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344	344	paid or accrued in carrying on a trade or 1
345	345	business or an activity described in section 2
346	346	212. 3
347	347	‘‘(C) S
348	348	PECIAL RULE.—For purposes of 4
349	349	subparagraph (A), an amount paid in a taxable 5
350	350	year beginning before January 1, 2023, with re-6
351	351	spect to a State or local income tax imposed for 7
352	352	a taxable year beginning after December 31, 8
353	353	2022, shall be treated as paid on the last day 9
354	354	of the taxable year for which such tax is so im-10
355	355	posed.’’. 11
356	356	(b) E
357	357	FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendment made by 12
358	358	this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 13
359	359	December 31, 2022. 14
360	360	SEC. 5. REFUNDABLE ADOPTION TAX CREDIT. 15
361	361	(a) C
362	362	REDITMADEREFUNDABLE.— 16
363	363	(1) C
364	364	REDIT MOVED TO SUBPART RELATING TO 17
365	365	REFUNDABLE CREDITS .—The Internal Revenue 18
366	366	Code of 1986 is amended— 19
367	367	(A) by redesignating section 23 as section 20
368	368	36C, and 21
369	369	(B) by moving section 36C (as so redesig-22
370	370	nated) from subpart A of part IV of subchapter 23
371	371	A of chapter 1 to the location immediately be-24
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375	375	fore section 37 in subpart C of part IV of sub-1
376	376	chapter A of chapter 1. 2
377	377	(2) C
378	378	ONFORMING AMENDMENTS .— 3
379	379	(A) Section 25(e)(1)(C) of such Code is 4
380	380	amended by striking ‘‘sections 23 and 25D’’ 5
381	381	and inserting ‘‘section 25D’’. 6
382	382	(B) Section 36C of such Code, as so redes-7
383	383	ignated, is amended— 8
384	384	(i) in subsection (b)(2)(A), by striking 9
385	385	‘‘(determined without regard to subsection 10
386	386	(c))’’, 11
387	387	(ii) by striking subsection (c), and 12
388	388	(iii) by redesignating subsections (d) 13
389	389	through (i) as subsections (c) through (h), 14
390	390	respectively. 15
391	391	(C) Section 137 of such Code is amend-16
392	392	ed— 17
393	393	(i) in subsection (d), by striking ‘‘sec-18
394	394	tion 23(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 19
395	395	36C(c)’’, and 20
396	396	(ii) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘sub-21
397	397	sections (e), (f), and (g) of section 23’’ and 22
398	398	inserting ‘‘subsections (d), (e), and (f) of 23
399	399	section 36C’’. 24
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403	403	(D) Section 1016(a)(26) of such Code is 1
404	404	amended by striking ‘‘23(g)’’ and inserting 2
405	405	‘‘36C(f)’’. 3
406	406	(E) Section 6211(b)(4)(A) of such Code is 4
407	407	amended by inserting ‘‘36C,’’ after ‘‘36B,’’. 5
408	408	(F) The table of sections for subpart A of 6
409	409	part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of such 7
410	410	Code is amended by striking the item relating 8
411	411	to section 23. 9
412	412	(G) Paragraph (2) of section 1324(b) of 10
413	413	title 31, United States Code, is amended by in-11
414	414	serting ‘‘36C,’’ after ‘‘36B,’’. 12
415	415	(H) Paragraph (33) of section 471(a) of 13
416	416	the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 671(a)) is 14
417	417	amended by striking ‘‘section 23’’ and inserting 15
418	418	‘‘section 36C’’. 16
419	419	(I) The table of sections for subpart C of 17
420	420	part IV of subchapter A of chapter 1 of the In-18
421	421	ternal Revenue Code of 1986 is amended by in-19
422	422	serting after the item relating to section 36B 20
423	423	the following new item: 21
424	424	‘‘Sec. 36C. Adoption expenses.’’.
425	425	(b) THIRD-PARTYAFFIDAVITS.—Section 36C(h) of 22
426	426	the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as redesignated and 23
427	427	moved by subsection (a), is amended— 24
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431	431	(1) by striking ‘‘such regulations’’ and inserting 1
432	432	‘‘such regulations and guidance’’, 2
433	433	(2) by striking ‘‘including regulations which 3
434	434	treat’’ and inserting ‘‘including regulations and 4
435	435	guidance which— 5
436	436	‘‘(1) treat’’, 6
437	437	(3) by striking the period at the end and insert-7
438	438	ing ‘‘, and’’, and 8
439	439	(4) by adding at the end the following: 9
440	440	‘‘(2) provide for a standardized third-party affi-10
441	441	davit for purposes of verifying a legal adoption— 11
442	442	‘‘(A) of a type with respect to which quali-12
443	443	fied adoption expenses may be paid or incurred, 13
444	444	or 14
445	445	‘‘(B) involving a child with special needs 15
446	446	for purposes of subsection (a)(3).’’. 16
447	447	(c) E
448	448	FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 17
449	449	this section shall apply to taxable years beginning after 18
450	450	December 31, 2022. 19
451	451	(d) T
452	452	RANSITIONALRULETOTREATCARRYFORWARD 20
453	453	ASREFUNDABLECREDIT.—In the case of any excess de-21
454	454	scribed in section 23(c) of the Internal Revenue Code of 22
455	455	1986 with respect to any taxpayer for the taxable year 23
456	456	which precedes the first taxable year to which the amend-24
457	457	ments made by this section apply, such excess shall be 25
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460	460	•S 74 IS
461	461	added to the credit allowable under section 36C(a) of such 1
462	462	Code with respect to such taxpayer for such first taxable 2
463	463	year. 3
464	464	SEC. 6. PARENTAL LEAVE BENEFITS. 4
465	465	(a) I
466	466	NGENERAL.—Title II of the Social Security Act 5
467	467	is amended by inserting after section 218 the following: 6
468	468	‘‘SEC. 219. PARENTAL LEAVE BENEFITS. 7
469	469	‘‘(a) I
470	470	NGENERAL.—Every individual— 8
471	471	‘‘(1) who has— 9
472	472	‘‘(A) not less than 8 quarters of coverage, 10
473	473	4 of which are credited to calendar quarters 11
474	474	during the calendar year preceding the calendar 12
475	475	year in which the 1st month of the benefit pe-13
476	476	riod described in subsection (c) occurs; or 14
477	477	‘‘(B) not less than 12 quarters of coverage; 15
478	478	and 16
479	479	‘‘(2) who has filed an application for a parental 17
480	480	leave benefit with respect to a qualified child of the 18
481	481	individual, 19
482	482	shall be entitled to a parental leave benefit with respect 20
483	483	to such qualified child. 21
484	484	‘‘(b) B
485	485	ENEFITAMOUNT.—Such individual’s parental 22
486	486	leave benefit shall be an amount equal to the product of— 23
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489	489	•S 74 IS
490	490	‘‘(1) the number of benefit months (not to ex-1
491	491	ceed 3) selected by the individual in the individual’s 2
492	492	application for a parental leave benefit, multiplied by 3
493	493	‘‘(2) an amount equal to the primary insurance 4
494	494	amount for the individual that would be determined 5
495	495	under section 215 if— 6
496	496	‘‘(A) the individual had attained age 62 in 7
497	497	the first month of the individual’s benefit pe-8
498	498	riod; and 9
499	499	‘‘(B) the individual had become entitled to 10
500	500	an old-age insurance benefit under section 202 11
501	501	beginning with such month. 12
502	502	For the purposes of the preceding sentence, the elapsed 13
503	503	years referred to in section 215(b)(2)(B)(iii) shall not in-14
504	504	clude the year in which the individual’s benefit period be-15
505	505	gins, or any year thereafter. 16
506	506	‘‘(c) P
507	507	AYMENT OFBENEFIT.— 17
508	508	‘‘(1) S
509	509	ELECTION OF NUMBER OF BENEFIT 18
510	510	MONTHS.—In filing an application for a parental 19
511	511	leave benefit under this section, an individual shall 20
512	512	select the number of months (not to exceed 3) for 21
513	513	which the individual will receive a monthly payment 22
514	514	under such parental leave benefit (in this section re-23
515	515	ferred to as ‘benefit months’). 24
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518	518	•S 74 IS
519	519	‘‘(2) ELECTION OF BENEFIT MONTHS .—Not 1
520	520	later than 14 days before the start of any month in 2
521	521	the benefit period of an individual entitled to a pa-3
522	522	rental leave benefit, the individual may elect to treat 4
523	523	such month as a benefit month. The number of 5
524	524	months in such benefit period treated as benefit 6
525	525	months shall equal the number selected in the indi-7
526	526	vidual’s benefit application, and the Commissioner 8
527	527	may designate any month as a benefit month in any 9
528	528	case in which an individual does not elect to treat 10
529	529	a sufficient number of months as benefit months be-11
530	530	fore the end of the benefit period. 12
531	531	‘‘(3) A
532	532	MOUNT OF MONTHLY PAYMENT .—The 13
533	533	amount of a monthly payment made in any benefit 14
534	534	month within a benefit period to an individual enti-15
535	535	tled to a parental leave benefit shall be an amount 16
536	536	equal to— 17
537	537	‘‘(A) the amount of the parental leave ben-18
538	538	efit determined for the individual under sub-19
539	539	section (b); divided by 20
540	540	‘‘(B) the number of benefit months se-21
541	541	lected by the individual pursuant to paragraph 22
542	542	(1) with respect to such benefit. 23
543	543	‘‘(4) D
544	544	EFINITION OF BENEFIT PERIOD .—For 24
545	545	purposes of this section, the term ‘benefit period’ 25
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548	548	•S 74 IS
549	549	means, with respect to an individual entitled to a pa-1
550	550	rental leave benefit with respect to a qualified child, 2
551	551	the 1-year period beginning with the month after the 3
552	552	month in which the birth or adoption of the qualified 4
553	553	child occurs. 5
554	554	‘‘(d) B
555	555	ENEFITAPPLICATION.— 6
556	556	‘‘(1) I
557	557	N GENERAL.—The Commissioner shall 7
558	558	ensure that the application for a parental leave ben-8
559	559	efit— 9
560	560	‘‘(A) includes a notice, clearly written in 10
561	561	language that is easily understandable to the 11
562	562	reader, explaining that— 12
563	563	‘‘(i) failure to submit such proof or 13
564	564	documentation as the Commissioner may 14
565	565	require to demonstrate that the applicant 15
566	566	is the parent of the qualified child shall be 16
567	567	subject to criminal and civil penalties; 17
568	568	‘‘(ii) the full cost to the Trust Funds 18
569	569	of any amount received by an individual as 19
570	570	a parental leave benefit must be repaid 20
571	571	through reductions to old-age insurance 21
572	572	benefits payable to the individual in subse-22
573	573	quent months, or by other means; and 23
574	574	‘‘(iii) entitlement to a parental leave 24
575	575	benefit has no effect on the determination 25
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578	578	•S 74 IS
579	579	of an individual’s entitlement to leave 1
580	580	under the Family and Medical Leave Act 2
581	581	of 1993; and 3
582	582	‘‘(B) requires an attestation by the indi-4
583	583	vidual submitting the application that— 5
584	584	‘‘(i) the individual expects to be the 6
585	585	parent of a qualified child throughout the 7
586	586	benefit period with respect to such applica-8
587	587	tion; 9
588	588	‘‘(ii) the individual intends to use the 10
589	589	benefit to finance spending more time with 11
590	590	the qualified child at home and away from 12
591	591	employment during the benefit period; and 13
592	592	‘‘(iii) the individual consents to the 14
593	593	terms and conditions specified in the notice 15
594	594	described in subparagraph (A). 16
595	595	‘‘(2) O
596	596	PTION TO FILE SIMULTANEOUS APPLICA -17
597	597	TIONS.—The Commissioner of Social Security may 18
598	598	establish an option under which an individual may 19
599	599	file an application for a parental leave benefit under 20
600	600	this section with respect to a qualified child at the 21
601	601	same time the individual submits an application for 22
602	602	a social security account number for such qualified 23
603	603	child. 24
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606	606	•S 74 IS
607	607	‘‘(3) ONLINE AVAILABILITY .—The Commis-1
608	608	sioner of Social Security shall, as soon as practicable 2
609	609	after the date of enactment of this section, permit 3
610	610	an individual to apply for a parental leave benefit 4
611	611	through an internet website or other electronic 5
612	612	media. 6
613	613	‘‘(e) F
614	614	RAUDPREVENTION.— 7
615	615	‘‘(1) I
616	616	N GENERAL.—The Commissioner of So-8
617	617	cial Security shall establish procedures to ensure the 9
618	618	prevention of fraud with respect to applications for 10
619	619	parental leave benefits under this section, including 11
620	620	procedures for the submission of such proof or docu-12
621	621	mentation as the Commissioner may require to 13
622	622	verify the information contained in such an applica-14
623	623	tion. 15
624	624	‘‘(2) E
625	625	NFORCEMENT.—In any case in which an 16
626	626	individual willfully, knowingly, and with intent to de-17
627	627	ceive the Commissioner of Social Security fails to 18
628	628	comply with the procedures established under para-19
629	629	graph (1), the Commissioner may impose on such in-20
630	630	dividual, in addition to any other penalties that may 21
631	631	be prescribed by law— 22
632	632	‘‘(A) a civil monetary penalty of not more 23
633	633	than $7,500 for each such failure; and 24
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636	636	•S 74 IS
637	637	‘‘(B) an assessment, in lieu of any dam-1
638	638	ages sustained by the United States because of 2
639	639	such failure, of not more than twice the amount 3
640	640	of the cost to the Federal Old-Age and Sur-4
641	641	vivors Insurance Trust Fund of any parental 5
642	642	leave benefit paid to the individual. 6
643	643	‘‘(f) B
644	644	ENEFITREPAYMENT.— 7
645	645	‘‘(1) I
646	646	N GENERAL.—An individual who is paid 8
647	647	a parental leave benefit under this section shall 9
648	648	repay the full cost of such benefit to the Federal 10
649	649	Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund (as 11
650	650	such amount is determined by the Commissioner) in 12
651	651	accordance with this subsection. 13
652	652	‘‘(2) O
653	653	LD-AGE INSURANCE BENEFIT OFFSET .— 14
654	654	‘‘(A) I
655	655	N GENERAL.—Except as provided in 15
656	656	paragraph (3), in the case of any individual de-16
657	657	scribed in paragraph (1) who becomes entitled 17
658	658	to an old-age insurance benefit, deductions shall 18
659	659	be made from each monthly payment of such 19
660	660	benefit (not to exceed the first 60 such monthly 20
661	661	payments) in such amounts, subject to subpara-21
662	662	graph (B), as the Commissioner of Social Secu-22
663	663	rity shall determine necessary to fully recover 23
664	664	the cost to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors 24
665	665	Insurance Trust Fund of any parental leave 25
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668	668	•S 74 IS
669	669	benefit paid to the individual as of the month 1
670	670	in which the individual becomes entitled to an 2
671	671	old-age insurance benefit. 3
672	672	‘‘(B) N
673	673	OTIFICATION.—Not later than the 4
674	674	beginning of each calendar year, the Commis-5
675	675	sioner of Social Security shall notify each indi-6
676	676	vidual whose old-age insurance benefits are sub-7
677	677	ject to a deduction under subparagraph (A) 8
678	678	during such calendar year of the amount of the 9
679	679	deduction that will be applied to each monthly 10
680	680	payment of such benefits during the calendar 11
681	681	year. 12
682	682	‘‘(3) A
683	683	LTERNATIVE INCREASE OF RETIREMENT 13
684	684	AGE.— 14
685	685	‘‘(A) I
686	686	N GENERAL.—In the case of any in-15
687	687	dividual described in paragraph (1) who be-16
688	688	comes entitled to an old-age insurance benefit, 17
689	689	such individual may elect, at the time of appli-18
690	690	cation for such benefit, to be subject to a retire-19
691	691	ment age increase in accordance with this para-20
692	692	graph. Such election shall be irrevocable, and 21
693	693	an individual who makes such an election shall 22
694	694	not be subject to a deduction under paragraph 23
695	695	(2) for any month. 24
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698	698	•S 74 IS
699	699	‘‘(B) RETIREMENT AGE INCREASE .—Not-1
700	700	withstanding section 216(l)(1), with respect to 2
701	701	an individual who makes an election under sub-3
702	702	paragraph (A), the retirement age of such indi-4
703	703	vidual shall be deemed to be— 5
704	704	‘‘(i) the retirement age determined 6
705	705	with respect to the individual under such 7
706	706	section; plus 8
707	707	‘‘(ii) the additional number of months 9
708	708	the Commissioner of Social Security shall 10
709	709	determine necessary to result in the full re-11
710	710	covery of the cost to the Federal Old-Age 12
711	711	and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund of 13
712	712	any parental leave benefit paid to the indi-14
713	713	vidual as of the month in which the indi-15
714	714	vidual becomes entitled to an old-age in-16
715	715	surance benefit. 17
716	716	‘‘(C) I
717	717	NCREASE TO EARLIEST ENTITLE -18
718	718	MENT AGE.—In the case of an individual who 19
719	719	makes an election under subparagraph (A), not-20
720	720	withstanding subsection (a) of section 202, no 21
721	721	old-age insurance benefit shall be paid to such 22
722	722	individual for any month before the first month 23
723	723	throughout which the individual has attained 24
724	724	age 62 plus the additional number of months 25
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727	727	•S 74 IS
728	728	determined for the individual under subpara-1
729	729	graph (B)(ii). 2
730	730	‘‘(4) O
731	731	THER RECOVERY METHODS .—In any 3
732	732	case in which the Commissioner of Social Security 4
733	733	determines that the cost to the Federal Old-Age and 5
734	734	Survivors Insurance Trust Fund of a parental leave 6
735	735	benefit paid to an individual cannot be fully recov-7
736	736	ered pursuant to paragraph (2) or (3)— 8
737	737	‘‘(A) such benefit shall be deemed, upon 9
738	738	the making of such determination, to be a pay-10
739	739	ment of more than the correct amount for pur-11
740	740	poses of section 204; and 12
741	741	‘‘(B) the Commissioner may recover such 13
742	742	amounts by means of any method available to 14
743	743	the Commissioner under such section. 15
744	744	‘‘(5) P
745	745	ROJECTION OF REPAYMENT AMOUNT .— 16
746	746	As soon as practicable after the date of enactment 17
747	747	of this section, the Commissioner shall establish a 18
748	748	system to make available through an internet 19
749	749	website or other electronic media to each individual 20
750	750	who is paid a parental leave benefit under this sec-21
751	751	tion, beginning with the first month beginning after 22
752	752	the individual’s benefit period the projected amount 23
753	753	of the deduction to be made from each of the first 24
754	754	60 monthly payments of old-age insurance benefits 25
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757	757	•S 74 IS
758	758	under paragraph (2), or if the individual so elects, 1
759	759	the additional number of months by which the indi-2
760	760	vidual’s retirement age would be increased under 3
761	761	paragraph (3), in order to fully repay the cost to the 4
762	762	Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust 5
763	763	Fund of any parental leave benefit paid to the indi-6
764	764	vidual, and a description of the assumptions used by 7
765	765	the Commissioner in making such projection. 8
766	766	‘‘(g) R
767	767	ELATIONSHIPWITHSTATELAW; EMPLOYER 9
768	768	B
769	769	ENEFITS.— 10
770	770	‘‘(1) I
771	771	N GENERAL.—This section does not pre-11
772	772	empt or supersede any provision of State or local 12
773	773	law that authorizes a State or political subdivision to 13
774	774	provide paid parental or family medical leave bene-14
775	775	fits similar to the benefits provided under this sec-15
776	776	tion. 16
777	777	‘‘(2) G
778	778	REATER BENEFITS ALLOWED .—Nothing 17
779	779	in this Act shall be construed to diminish the obliga-18
780	780	tion of an employer to comply with any contract, col-19
781	781	lective bargaining agreement, or employment benefit 20
782	782	program or plan that provides greater benefits for 21
783	783	leave or other leave rights to individuals than the 22
784	784	benefits for leave or leave rights established under 23
785	785	this Act. 24
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788	788	•S 74 IS
789	789	‘‘(h) SUNSET.—No application for parental leave ben-1
790	790	efits under this section may be filed in any calendar year 2
791	791	if the OASDI trust fund ratio (as defined in section 3
792	792	215(i)) for such calendar year or for the year following 4
793	793	such calendar year is projected, based on the intermediate 5
794	794	projections in the most recent (as of January 1 of such 6
795	795	calendar year) annual report issued under section 7
796	796	201(c)(2), to be less than 20 percent. 8
797	797	‘‘(i) D
798	798	EFINITIONS.—For purposes of this section— 9
799	799	‘‘(1) the term ‘qualified child’ means, with re-10
800	800	spect to an individual for a benefit period, a biologi-11
801	801	cal child or legally adopted child of the individual (as 12
802	802	determined by the Commissioner of Social Security) 13
803	803	who— 14
804	804	‘‘(A) will not attain 18 years of age before 15
805	805	the end of such benefit period; and 16
806	806	‘‘(B) will be residing with, and under the 17
807	807	care of, the individual during the benefit period 18
808	808	as determined by the Commissioner.’’. 19
809	809	(b) C
810	810	ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 20
811	811	(1) N
812	812	ONPAYMENT PROVISIONS .—Section 202 of 21
813	813	the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402) is amend-22
814	814	ed— 23
815	815	(A) in subsection (n)(1)(A), by striking 24
816	816	‘‘under this section or section 223’’ and insert-25
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819	819	•S 74 IS
820	820	ing ‘‘under this section, section 219, or section 1
821	821	223’’; 2
822	822	(B) in subsection (t), in paragraphs (1) 3
823	823	and (10), by striking ‘‘under this section or 4
824	824	under section 223’’ each place it appears and 5
825	825	inserting ‘‘under this section, under section 6
826	826	219, or under section 223’’; 7
827	827	(C) in subsection (u)(1), by striking 8
828	828	‘‘under this section or section 223’’ and insert-9
829	829	ing ‘‘under this section, section 219, or section 10
830	830	223’’; and 11
831	831	(D) in subsection (x)— 12
832	832	(i) in paragraph (1)(A), by striking 13
833	833	‘‘under this section or under section 223’’ 14
834	834	and inserting ‘‘under this section, under 15
835	835	section 219, or under section 223’’; and 16
836	836	(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking 17
837	837	‘‘under this section or section 223’’ and in-18
838	838	serting ‘‘under this section, section 219, or 19
839	839	section 223’’. 20
840	840	(2) D
841	841	ELAYED RETIREMENT CREDITS .—Section 21
842	842	202(w) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 22
843	843	402(w)) is amended by inserting after ‘‘age 70’’ 23
844	844	each place it appears the following: ‘‘(or, in the case 24
845	845	of an individual whose retirement age is increased 25
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848	848	•S 74 IS
849	849	under section 219(f)(3), age 70 plus the number of 1
850	850	months by which the individual’s retirement age is 2
851	851	so increased)’’. 3
852	852	(3) V
853	853	OLUNTARY SUSPENSION OF BENEFITS .— 4
854	854	Section 202(z)(1)(A)(ii) of the Social Security Act 5
855	855	(42 U.S.C. 402(z)(1)(A)(ii)) is amended by striking 6
856	856	‘‘the age of 70’’ and inserting ‘‘age 70 (or, in the 7
857	857	case of an individual whose retirement age is in-8
858	858	creased under section 219(f)(3), age 70 plus the 9
859	859	number of months by which the individual’s retire-10
860	860	ment age is so increased)’’. 11
861	861	(4) N
862	862	UMBER OF BENEFIT COMPUTATION 12
863	863	YEARS.—Section 215(b)(2)(A) of such Act (42 13
864	864	U.S.C. 415(b)(2)(A)) is amended— 14
865	865	(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘, and’’ and 15
866	866	inserting a semicolon; 16
867	867	(B) in clause (ii), by striking the period 17
868	868	and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 18
869	869	(C) by inserting after clause (ii) the fol-19
870	870	lowing: 20
871	871	‘‘(iii) in the case of an individual who is entitled 21
872	872	to a parental leave benefit under section 219, by the 22
873	873	number of years equal to one-fifth of such individ-23
874	874	ual’s elapsed years (disregarding any resulting frac-24
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877	877	•S 74 IS
878	878	tional part of a year), but not by more than 5 1
879	879	years.’’. 2
880	880	(c) E
881	881	FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 3
882	882	this section shall apply with respect to applications for pa-4
883	883	rental leave benefits filed after 2024. 5
884	884	SEC. 7. COOPERATION WITH CHILD SUPPORT AGENCIES AS 6
885	885	ELIGIBILITY FACTOR UNDER SUPPLEMENTAL 7
886	886	NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM. 8
887	887	Section 6 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 9
888	888	U.S.C. 2015) is amended— 10
889	889	(1) in subsection (l)— 11
890	890	(A) in paragraph (1), in the matter pre-12
891	891	ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘At the 13
892	892	option of a State agency, subject to’’ and in-14
893	893	serting ‘‘Subject to’’; and 15
894	894	(B) in paragraph (2), in the second sen-16
895	895	tence, by inserting ‘‘custodial parent and the’’ 17
896	896	before ‘‘child’’; and 18
897	897	(2) in subsection (m)(1), in the matter pre-19
898	898	ceding subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘At the option 20
899	899	of a State agency, subject to’’ and inserting ‘‘Sub-21
900	900	ject to’’. 22
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903	903	•S 74 IS
904	904	SEC. 8. WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS FOR NON- 1
905	905	CUSTODIAL PARENTS. 2
906	906	(a) G
907	907	RANTS TOSTATES FORWORKFORCEDEVELOP-3
908	908	MENTPROGRAMS FOR NON-CUSTODIALPARENTS.—Be-4
909	909	ginning with fiscal year 2024, the Secretary shall use the 5
910	910	funds made available under subsection (f) to make grants 6
911	911	to States to conduct workforce development programs that 7
912	912	provide evidence-based work activities, which may include 8
913	913	workforce education and support, technical certification 9
914	914	programs, subsidized employment, and on-the-job training 10
915	915	and education, to eligible non-custodial parents. 11
916	916	(b) A
917	917	PPLICATIONREQUIREMENTS.—The Secretary 12
918	918	shall require each State that applies for a grant under this 13
919	919	section to include in the application for the grant the fol-14
920	920	lowing: 15
921	921	(1) A description of the nature and structure of 16
922	922	the evidence-based work activities proposed to be 17
923	923	provided through a program funded in whole or in 18
924	924	part with grant funds, including data and evalua-19
925	925	tions supporting the effectiveness of such activities 20
926	926	in increasing the employment of eligible non-custo-21
927	927	dial parents. 22
928	928	(2) Descriptions of how employers will be re-23
929	929	cruited to participate in such program and how the 24
930	930	State will solicit input from employers in the design 25
931	931	and implementation of such program. 26
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935	935	(3) A description of how the State will promote 1
936	936	long-term employment through participation in such 2
937	937	program. 3
938	938	(4) A description of how the State will prioritize 4
939	939	providing evidence-based work activities for low-in-5
940	940	come, eligible non-custodial parents. 6
941	941	(5) Such other information as may the Sec-7
942	942	retary may require. 8
943	943	(c) O
944	944	THERREQUIREMENTS.—A State receiving 9
945	945	funds under this section shall prioritize providing evi-10
946	946	dence-based work activities through a program funded in 11
947	947	whole or in part with such funds for eligible non-custodial 12
948	948	parents who are eligible for benefits under the supple-13
949	949	mental nutrition assistance program, as defined in section 14
950	950	3(t) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 15
951	951	2012(t)), and, at the option of the State, may limit partici-16
952	952	pation in such program to such eligible non-custodial par-17
953	953	ents. 18
954	954	(d) R
955	955	EPORTS.—Not later than 12 months after the 19
956	956	end of the last fiscal year in which a State expends funds 20
957	957	from a grant made under this section, the State shall sub-21
958	958	mit to the Secretary a report that includes the following 22
959	959	information: 23
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963	963	(1) The number of eligible non-custodial par-1
964	964	ents who participated in a workforce development 2
965	965	program funded in whole or in part with such funds. 3
966	966	(2) The median monthly earnings of an eligible 4
967	967	non-custodial parent participant while participating 5
968	968	in any such workforce development program and 6 6
969	969	months after exiting from the program. 7
970	970	(3) The percentage of eligible non-custodial par-8
971	971	ent participants who are employed full-time 6 9
972	972	months after exiting from any such workforce devel-10
973	973	opment program. 11
974	974	(4) Such other reporting requirements as the 12
975	975	Secretary determines would be beneficial to evalu-13
976	976	ating the impact of workforce development programs 14
977	977	funded in whole or in part with grant funds provided 15
978	978	under this section. 16
979	979	(e) N
980	980	ONSUPPLANTATION.—Funds provided under 17
981	981	this section to a State shall be used to supplement and 18
982	982	not supplant any other Federal or State funds which are 19
983	983	available for the same general purposes in the State. 20
984	984	(f) F
985	985	UNDING.— 21
986	986	(1) I
987	987	N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding section 22
988	988	403(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 23
989	989	603(b)), from the amount available in the Contin-24
990	990	gency Fund for State Welfare Programs established 25
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994	994	under such section that is unobligated as of the date 1
995	995	of enactment of this Act, $100,000,000 of such 2
996	996	amount is hereby transferred and made available to 3
997	997	the Secretary to carry out this section for any fiscal 4
998	998	year occurring on or after the date of enactment of 5
999	999	this Act. 6
1000	1000	(2) A
1001	1001	VAILABILITY OF FUNDS.—Funds provided 7
1002	1002	to a State under this section in a fiscal year shall 8
1003	1003	remain available for expenditure by the State 9
1004	1004	through the end of the second succeeding fiscal year. 10
1005	1005	(g) D
1006	1006	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 11
1007	1007	(1) E
1008	1008	LIGIBLE NON-CUSTODIAL PARENT.— 12
1009	1009	(A) I
1010	1010	N GENERAL.—Subject to subpara-13
1011	1011	graph (B), the term ‘‘eligible non-custodial par-14
1012	1012	ent’’ means an individual who— 15
1013	1013	(i) is obligated to pay child support 16
1014	1014	under a support order; 17
1015	1015	(ii) has unpaid, past-due child support 18
1016	1016	obligations; and 19
1017	1017	(iii) has been unemployed or under-20
1018	1018	employed for any period of time during the 21
1019	1019	6-month period prior to the individual’s 22
1020	1020	participation in a program funded in whole 23
1021	1021	or in part with funds provided to a State 24
1022	1022	under this section. 25
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1026	1026	(B) OTHER ELIGIBILITY REQUIRE -1
1027	1027	MENTS.—An individual shall not be considered 2
1028	1028	to be an eligible non-custodial parent if the in-3
1029	1029	dividual is not a citizen of the United States or 4
1030	1030	would not be eligible for the program as a re-5
1031	1031	sult of the application of title IV of the Per-6
1032	1032	sonal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 7
1033	1033	Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1611 et 8
1034	1034	seq.). 9
1035	1035	(2) S
1036	1036	ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 10
1037	1037	the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 11
1038	1038	(3) S
1039	1039	TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means the 50 12
1040	1040	States of the United States, the District of Colum-13
1041	1041	bia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the United 14
1042	1042	States Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and 15
1043	1043	the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Is-16
1044	1044	lands. 17
1045	1045	SEC. 9. REQUIRING BIOLOGICAL FATHERS TO PAY CHILD 18
1046	1046	SUPPORT FOR MEDICAL EXPENSES IN-19
1047	1047	CURRED DURING PREGNANCY AND DELIV-20
1048	1048	ERY. 21
1049	1049	(a) I
1050	1050	NGENERAL.—Section 454 of the Social Security 22
1051	1051	Act (42 U.S.C. 654) is amended— 23
1052	1052	(1) in paragraph (33), by striking ‘‘and’’ after 24
1053	1053	the semicolon; 25
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1057	1057	(2) in paragraph (34), by striking the period 1
1058	1058	and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 2
1059	1059	(3) by inserting after paragraph (34), the fol-3
1060	1060	lowing: 4
1061	1061	‘‘(35) provide that the State shall establish and 5
1062	1062	enforce a child support obligation of the biological 6
1063	1063	father of a child to pay for not less than 50 percent 7
1064	1064	of the reasonable out-of-pocket medical expenses (in-8
1065	1065	cluding health insurance premiums or similar 9
1066	1066	charge, deductions, cost sharing or similar charges, 10
1067	1067	and any other related out-of-pocket expenses) the 11
1068	1068	mother of the child is responsible for that are in-12
1069	1069	curred during, and associated with, the pregnancy 13
1070	1070	and delivery of the child, provided that the mother 14
1071	1071	requests the payment of such support.’’. 15
1072	1072	(b) E
1073	1073	FFECTIVEDATE.— 16
1074	1074	(1) I
1075	1075	N GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 17
1076	1076	the amendments made by subsection (a) shall take 18
1077	1077	effect on January 1 of the first calendar year that 19
1078	1078	begins after the date of enactment of this Act. 20
1079	1079	(2) D
1080	1080	ELAY IF STATE LEGISLATION RE -21
1081	1081	QUIRED.—In the case of a State plan under part D 22
1082	1082	of title IV of the Social Security Act which the Sec-23
1083	1083	retary of Health and Human Services determines re-24
1084	1084	quires State legislation (other than legislation appro-25
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1088	1088	priating funds) in order for the plan to meet the ad-1
1089	1089	ditional requirement imposed by the amendments 2
1090	1090	made by this Act, the State plan shall not be re-3
1091	1091	garded as failing to comply with the requirements of 4
1092	1092	such part solely on the basis of the failure of the 5
1093	1093	plan to meet such additional requirement before the 6
1094	1094	first day of the first calendar quarter beginning 7
1095	1095	after the close of the first regular session of the 8
1096	1096	State legislature that begins after the date of enact-9
1097	1097	ment of this Act. For purposes of the previous sen-10
1098	1098	tence, in the case of a State that has a 2-year legis-11
1099	1099	lative session, each year of the session shall be 12
1100	1100	deemed to be a separate regular session of the State 13
1101	1101	legislature. 14
1102	1102	SEC. 10. PREGNANT STUDENTS’ RIGHTS, ACCOMMODA-15
1103	1103	TIONS, AND RESOURCES. 16
1104	1104	(a) F
1105	1105	INDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 17
1106	1106	(1) Female students who are enrolled at institu-18
1107	1107	tions of higher education and experiencing un-19
1108	1108	planned pregnancies may face pressure that their 20
1109	1109	only option is to receive an abortion or risk academic 21
1110	1110	failure. 22
1111	1111	(2) 27.6 percent of all abortions in the United 23
1112	1112	States are performed on women of college age, be-24
1113	1113	tween the ages of 20 and 24, according to a 2019 25
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1117	1117	report by the Centers for Disease Control and Pre-1
1118	1118	vention. 2
1119	1119	(3) A significant proportion of abortions in the 3
1120	1120	United States are performed on women of college 4
1121	1121	age who may be unaware of their rights under title 5
1122	1122	IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 6
1123	1123	U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) or deprived of an alternative to 7
1124	1124	receiving an abortion. 8
1125	1125	(4) Additionally, women on college campuses 9
1126	1126	may fear institutional reprisal, loss of athletic schol-10
1127	1127	arship, and possible negative impact on academic op-11
1128	1128	portunities. 12
1129	1129	(5) An academic disparity exists because of the 13
1130	1130	lack of resources, support, and notifications available 14
1131	1131	for female college students who do not wish to re-15
1132	1132	ceive an abortion or who carry their unborn babies 16
1133	1133	to term. 17
1134	1134	(b) N
1135	1135	OTICE OFPREGNANTSTUDENTRIGHTS, AC-18
1136	1136	COMMODATIONS, ANDRESOURCES.—Section 485 of the 19
1137	1137	Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. 1092) is 20
1138	1138	amended by adding at the end the following: 21
1139	1139	‘‘(n) P
1140	1140	REGNANTSTUDENTS’ RIGHTS, ACCOMMODA-22
1141	1141	TIONS, ANDRESOURCES.— 23
1142	1142	‘‘(1) I
1143	1143	NFORMATION DISSEMINATION ACTIVITIES ; 24
1144	1144	ESTABLISHMENT OF PROTOCOL .— 25
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1148	1148	‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Each public institu-1
1149	1149	tion of higher education participating in any 2
1150	1150	program under this title shall— 3
1151	1151	‘‘(i) in a manner consistent with title 4
1152	1152	IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 5
1153	1153	(20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.), carry out the in-6
1154	1154	formation dissemination activities de-7
1155	1155	scribed in subparagraph (B) for admitted 8
1156	1156	but not enrolled and enrolled students (in-9
1157	1157	cluding those attending or planning to at-10
1158	1158	tend less than full time) on the rights and 11
1159	1159	resources (including protections and ac-12
1160	1160	commodations) for pregnant students (or 13
1161	1161	students who may become pregnant) while 14
1162	1162	enrolled at such institution of higher edu-15
1163	1163	cation that— 16
1164	1164	‘‘(I) exclude abortion services; 17
1165	1165	‘‘(II) may help such a student 18
1166	1166	carry their unborn babies to term; and 19
1167	1167	‘‘(III) include information on how 20
1168	1168	to file a complaint with the Depart-21
1169	1169	ment if such a student believes there 22
1170	1170	was a violation of title IX of the Edu-23
1171	1171	cation Amendments of 1972 (20 24
1172	1172	U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) by the institution 25
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1176	1176	on account of such student’s preg-1
1177	1177	nancy; and 2
1178	1178	‘‘(ii) establish a protocol to meet with 3
1179	1179	a student described in clause (i)(III), 4
1180	1180	which shall include a meeting with relevant 5
1181	1181	leadership at the institution of higher edu-6
1182	1182	cation, and other relevant parties. 7
1183	1183	‘‘(B) D
1184	1184	ESCRIPTION OF INFORMATION DIS -8
1185	1185	SEMINATION REQUIREMENTS .—The information 9
1186	1186	dissemination activities described in this sub-10
1187	1187	paragraph shall include— 11
1188	1188	‘‘(i) annual campus-wide emails; or 12
1189	1189	‘‘(ii) the provision of information in 13
1190	1190	student handbooks, at each orientation for 14
1191	1191	enrolled students, or on the publicly avail-15
1192	1192	able website of the institution of higher 16
1193	1193	education. 17
1194	1194	‘‘(2) A
1195	1195	NNUAL REPORT TO CONGRESS .— 18
1196	1196	‘‘(A) I
1197	1197	N GENERAL.—Each public institu-19
1198	1198	tion of higher education participating in any 20
1199	1199	program under this title shall— 21
1200	1200	‘‘(i) on an annual basis, compile and 22
1201	1201	submit to the Secretary— 23
1202	1202	‘‘(I) responses to the questions 24
1203	1203	described in subparagraph (B) from 25
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1207	1207	students enrolled at such institution 1
1208	1208	of higher education who voluntarily 2
1209	1209	provided such responses; and 3
1210	1210	‘‘(II) a description of any actions 4
1211	1211	taken by the institution of higher edu-5
1212	1212	cation to address each complaint by a 6
1213	1213	student that there was a violation of 7
1214	1214	title IX of the Education Amendments 8
1215	1215	of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et seq.) by 9
1216	1216	the institution on account of such stu-10
1217	1217	dent’s pregnancy, including any ac-11
1218	1218	tions taken in accordance with the 12
1219	1219	protocol established under paragraph 13
1220	1220	(1)(A)(ii); and 14
1221	1221	‘‘(ii) ensure that any such responses 15
1222	1222	remain confidential and do not reveal any 16
1223	1223	personally identifiable information with re-17
1224	1224	spect to a student. 18
1225	1225	‘‘(B) Q
1226	1226	UESTIONS FOR ENROLLED STU -19
1227	1227	DENTS.—The questions described in this sub-20
1228	1228	paragraph shall include— 21
1229	1229	‘‘(i) if such student experienced an 22
1230	1230	unexpected pregnancy while enrolled at the 23
1231	1231	institution of higher education; 24
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1235	1235	‘‘(ii) if such student felt there were 1
1236	1236	adequate resources on campus relating to 2
1237	1237	protections, accommodations, and other re-3
1238	1238	sources for pregnant students besides abor-4
1239	1239	tion-related services; 5
1240	1240	‘‘(iii) if such a student believes there 6
1241	1241	was a violation of title IX of the Education 7
1242	1242	Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 1681 et 8
1243	1243	seq.) by the institution on account of such 9
1244	1244	student’s pregnancy; and 10
1245	1245	‘‘(iv) if such student considered drop-11
1246	1246	ping out or withdrawing from classes be-12
1247	1247	cause of pregnancy, new motherhood, still-13
1248	1248	birth, or miscarriage. 14
1249	1249	‘‘(C) R
1250	1250	EPORT.—The Secretary shall, on an 15
1251	1251	annual basis— 16
1252	1252	‘‘(i) prepare a report that compiles 17
1253	1253	the responses received under subparagraph 18
1254	1254	(A) from each public institution of higher 19
1255	1255	education participating in any program 20
1256	1256	under this title; and 21
1257	1257	‘‘(ii) submit such report to the author-22
1258	1258	izing committees, and the Committees on 23
1259	1259	Appropriations of the House of Represent-24
1260	1260	atives and the Senate.’’. 25
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1264	1264	SEC. 11. GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY-BASED MATERNAL MEN-1
1265	1265	TORING PROGRAMS. 2
1266	1266	Title V of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 701 3
1267	1267	et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 4
1268	1268	‘‘SEC. 514. GRANTS FOR COMMUNITY-BASED MATERNAL 5
1269	1269	MENTORING PROGRAMS. 6
1270	1270	‘‘(a) I
1271	1271	NGENERAL.—In addition to any other pay-7
1272	1272	ments made under this title to a State, the Secretary shall 8
1273	1273	make grants to eligible entities to conduct demonstration 9
1274	1274	projects for, and enable such entities to deliver services 10
1275	1275	under, community-based mentoring programs that satisfy 11
1276	1276	the requirements of subsection (c) to eligible mothers in 12
1277	1277	order to promote improvements in maternal and child well- 13
1278	1278	being, financial stewardship, child development, parenting, 14
1279	1279	and access to social services and other community re-15
1280	1280	sources. 16
1281	1281	‘‘(b) A
1282	1282	PPLICATION.—The Secretary may not award 17
1283	1283	funds made available under this subsection on a non-18
1284	1284	competitive basis, and may not provide any such funds to 19
1285	1285	an entity for the purpose of carrying out a community- 20
1286	1286	based mentoring program unless the entity has submitted 21
1287	1287	an application to the Secretary that includes— 22
1288	1288	‘‘(1) a description of how the programs or ac-23
1289	1289	tivities proposed in the application will improve ma-24
1290	1290	ternal mental and physical health outcomes in a 25
1291	1291	service area identified by the entity, substantially in-26
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1295	1295	crease the number of eligible mothers in a service 1
1296	1296	area with access to a community-based mentoring 2
1297	1297	relationship, utilize community volunteer mentors, 3
1298	1298	and supplement, including by avoiding duplication 4
1299	1299	with, existing social services and community re-5
1300	1300	sources; 6
1301	1301	‘‘(2) a description of how the program will part-7
1302	1302	ner with other community institutions, including pri-8
1303	1303	vate institutions, in identifying eligible mothers in 9
1304	1304	need of a mentor and, as applicable, creating sup-10
1305	1305	port communities among eligible mothers; 11
1306	1306	‘‘(3) a description of the populations to be 12
1307	1307	served by the entity, including specific information 13
1308	1308	on how the entity will serve eligible mothers who be-14
1309	1309	long to high-risk populations as identified in sub-15
1310	1310	section (d); 16
1311	1311	‘‘(4) a description of the maternal and child 17
1312	1312	health indicators, financial well-being, and other 18
1313	1313	needs of populations to be served by the entity as 19
1314	1314	described in paragraph (3), including, to the extent 20
1315	1315	practicable, the prevalence of mentoring opportuni-21
1316	1316	ties for such populations; 22
1317	1317	‘‘(5) the quantifiable benchmarks that will be 23
1318	1318	used to measure program success; 24
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1322	1322	‘‘(6) a commitment by the entity to consult 1
1323	1323	with experts with a demonstrated history of men-2
1324	1324	toring and case management success in achieving 3
1325	1325	the outcomes described in subsection (c)(2)(A) in de-4
1326	1326	veloping the programs and activities; 5
1327	1327	‘‘(7) a commitment by the entity to ensure 6
1328	1328	mentors do not refer or counsel in favor of abor-7
1329	1329	tions; and 8
1330	1330	‘‘(8) such other application information as the 9
1331	1331	Secretary may deem necessary, with the goal of 10
1332	1332	minimizing the application burden on small non-11
1333	1333	governmental organizations that would otherwise 12
1334	1334	qualify for the grant. 13
1335	1335	‘‘(c) R
1336	1336	EQUIREMENTS.— 14
1337	1337	‘‘(1) C
1338	1338	ORE COMPONENTS .—A community ma-15
1339	1339	ternal mentoring program conducted with a grant 16
1340	1340	made under this section shall include the following 17
1341	1341	core components: 18
1342	1342	‘‘(A) Provision of community-based men-19
1343	1343	toring relationships for eligible mothers, which 20
1344	1344	may include dedicated individual mentors and 21
1345	1345	networks of peer and community support 22
1346	1346	groups. 23
1347	1347	‘‘(B) An individualized needs assessment 24
1348	1348	for each eligible mother participating in the 25
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1351	1351	•S 74 IS
1352	1352	program, to be administered at the outset of 1
1353	1353	the program. 2
1354	1354	‘‘(C) Recruitment and utilization of com-3
1355	1355	munity-based, volunteer mentors. 4
1356	1356	‘‘(D) Provision of training to participating 5
1357	1357	mentors to equip them with mentoring best 6
1358	1358	practices and knowledge of public and private 7
1359	1359	resources available to eligible mothers (includ-8
1360	1360	ing public social services). 9
1361	1361	‘‘(2) M
1362	1362	EASURABLE IMPROVEMENTS IN BENCH -10
1363	1363	MARK AREAS.— 11
1364	1364	‘‘(A) I
1365	1365	N GENERAL.—The eligible entity 12
1366	1366	shall establish, subject to the approval of the 13
1367	1367	Secretary, quantifiable, measurable 3- and 5- 14
1368	1368	year benchmarks demonstrating the program 15
1369	1369	results in improvements for eligible mothers 16
1370	1370	participating in the program in the following 17
1371	1371	areas: 18
1372	1372	‘‘(i) The number of eligible mothers in 19
1373	1373	the eligible entity’s service area with access 20
1374	1374	to a community-based mentoring relation-21
1375	1375	ship. 22
1376	1376	‘‘(ii) Improved maternal and child 23
1377	1377	health, including mental and behavioral 24
1378	1378	health. 25
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1382	1382	‘‘(iii) Improved financial literacy. 1
1383	1383	‘‘(iv) Improved family economic self- 2
1384	1384	sufficiency. 3
1385	1385	‘‘(v) Improved coordination and refer-4
1386	1386	rals for other community resources and 5
1387	1387	supports, including public and private re-6
1388	1388	sources. 7
1389	1389	‘‘(B) D
1390	1390	EMONSTRATION OF IMPROVE -8
1391	1391	MENT.— 9
1392	1392	‘‘(i) R
1393	1393	EPORT TO THE SECRETARY .— 10
1394	1394	Not later than 30 days after the end of the 11
1395	1395	third year in which the eligible entity con-12
1396	1396	ducts the program, the entity shall submit 13
1397	1397	to the Secretary a report describing the 14
1398	1398	program’s results in the areas specified in 15
1399	1399	subparagraph (A). 16
1400	1400	‘‘(ii) I
1401	1401	MPROVEMENT PLAN .—If the re-17
1402	1402	port submitted to the Secretary fails to 18
1403	1403	demonstrate improvements in at least 3 of 19
1404	1404	the areas outlined in subparagraph (A), 20
1405	1405	the eligible entity shall develop and imple-21
1406	1406	ment a plan to improve outcomes in each 22
1407	1407	of the areas specified in subparagraph (A), 23
1408	1408	subject to approval by the Secretary. 24
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1411	1411	•S 74 IS
1412	1412	‘‘(iii) NO IMPROVEMENT OR FAILURE 1
1413	1413	TO SUBMIT REPORT .—If, 1 year after an 2
1414	1414	eligible entity submits an improvement 3
1415	1415	plan under clause (ii), the Secretary deter-4
1416	1416	mines that the entity has failed to dem-5
1417	1417	onstrate any improvement in the areas 6
1418	1418	specified in subparagraph (A), or if the 7
1419	1419	Secretary determines that an eligible entity 8
1420	1420	has failed to submit the report required 9
1421	1421	under clause (i), and has not agreed to a 10
1422	1422	reasonable timeline to submit such report 11
1423	1423	under such conditions as may be deter-12
1424	1424	mined by the Secretary, the Secretary shall 13
1425	1425	terminate the entity’s grant and may re-14
1426	1426	allocate any unpaid grant funds toward fu-15
1427	1427	ture grants provided under this section. 16
1428	1428	‘‘(3) I
1429	1429	MPROVEMENTS IN PARTICIPANT OUT -17
1430	1430	COMES.— 18
1431	1431	‘‘(A) I
1432	1432	N GENERAL.—The program is de-19
1433	1433	signed, with respect to an eligible mother par-20
1434	1434	ticipating in the program, to result in the par-21
1435	1435	ticipant outcomes described in subparagraph 22
1436	1436	(B) that are relevant to the mother (as deter-23
1437	1437	mined pursuant to an individualized needs as-24
1438	1438	sessment administered to the mother). 25
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1441	1441	•S 74 IS
1442	1442	‘‘(B) PARTICIPANT OUTCOMES .—The par-1
1443	1443	ticipant outcomes described in this subpara-2
1444	1444	graph are the following: 3
1445	1445	‘‘(i) Improvements in prenatal and 4
1446	1446	maternal health, including mental and be-5
1447	1447	havioral health and improved pregnancy 6
1448	1448	outcomes. 7
1449	1449	‘‘(ii) Improvements in child health 8
1450	1450	and development, including the prevention 9
1451	1451	of child injuries and maltreatment. 10
1452	1452	‘‘(iii) Higher levels of engagement be-11
1453	1453	tween mothers, children, and their health 12
1454	1454	providers. 13
1455	1455	‘‘(iv) Reductions in mothers’ stress 14
1456	1456	and anxiety. 15
1457	1457	‘‘(v) Improvements in parenting skills. 16
1458	1458	‘‘(vi) Improvement in financial literacy 17
1459	1459	skills. 18
1460	1460	‘‘(vii) Improvements in child’s school 19
1461	1461	readiness and academic achievement. 20
1462	1462	‘‘(viii) Improvements in family eco-21
1463	1463	nomic self-sufficiency. 22
1464	1464	‘‘(ix) Improvements in the coordina-23
1465	1465	tion of referrals for, and the provision of, 24
1466	1466	other community resources, including pri-25
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1469	1469	•S 74 IS
1470	1470	vate and public resources, and supports for 1
1471	1471	eligible families. 2
1472	1472	‘‘(d) P
1473	1473	RIORITIZATION.—An eligible entity receiving a 3
1474	1474	grant under this section shall identify and prioritize high- 4
1475	1475	risk populations in provision of services, including— 5
1476	1476	‘‘(1) low-income eligible mothers; 6
1477	1477	‘‘(2) eligible mothers who are pregnant women 7
1478	1478	who have not attained the age of 21; 8
1479	1479	‘‘(3) eligible mothers from populations with a 9
1480	1480	high risk of maternal morbidity; 10
1481	1481	‘‘(4) eligible mothers with a history of sub-11
1482	1482	stance abuse or victims of domestic abuse; 12
1483	1483	‘‘(5) eligible mothers with children with develop-13
1484	1484	mental disabilities; and 14
1485	1485	‘‘(6) eligible mothers residing in a qualified op-15
1486	1486	portunity zone, as designated under section 1400Z– 16
1487	1487	1 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986. 17
1488	1488	‘‘(e) M
1489	1489	AINTENANCE OFEFFORT.—Funds provided to 18
1490	1490	an eligible entity under a grant awarded under subsection 19
1491	1491	(a) shall supplement, and not supplant, funds from other 20
1492	1492	sources for maternal mentorship or case management 21
1493	1493	services. 22
1494	1494	‘‘(f) E
1495	1495	VALUATION.— 23
1496	1496	‘‘(1) O
1497	1497	NGOING RESEARCH AND EVALUATION .— 24
1498	1498	The Secretary shall engage in ongoing research and 25
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1501	1501	•S 74 IS
1502	1502	evaluation activities in order to increase knowledge 1
1503	1503	about the implementation and effectiveness of com-2
1504	1504	munity maternal mentoring programs. The Sec-3
1505	1505	retary may carry out such activities directly, or 4
1506	1506	through grants, cooperative agreements, or con-5
1507	1507	tracts, and shall submit a report to Congress not 6
1508	1508	less than annually on the research and evaluation 7
1509	1509	steps being taken to measure the impact and effec-8
1510	1510	tiveness of programs funded under this section, as 9
1511	1511	well as any interim outcomes that may be available. 10
1512	1512	‘‘(2) R
1513	1513	EPORT REQUIREMENT .—Not later than 3 11
1514	1514	years after the date of enactment of this section, the 12
1515	1515	Secretary shall submit a report to Congress on the 13
1516	1516	effectiveness of programs funded with grants under 14
1517	1517	subsection (a) in producing the outcomes described 15
1518	1518	in subsection (c)(3)(B), and shall include in such re-16
1519	1519	port recommendations for improving program design 17
1520	1520	and implementation. 18
1521	1521	‘‘(g) T
1522	1522	ECHNICALASSISTANCE.—The Secretary shall 19
1523	1523	provide an eligible entity required to develop and imple-20
1524	1524	ment an improvement plan under subsection (c)(2)(B) 21
1525	1525	with technical assistance to develop and implement the 22
1526	1526	plan. The Secretary may provide the technical assistance 23
1527	1527	directly or through grants, contracts, or cooperative agree-24
1528	1528	ments. 25
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1531	1531	•S 74 IS
1532	1532	‘‘(h) NOFUNDS TOPROHIBITEDENTITIES.—No 1
1533	1533	prohibited entity shall be eligible to receive a grant under 2
1534	1534	subsection (a), or any other funds made available by this 3
1535	1535	section. 4
1536	1536	‘‘(i) P
1537	1537	ROTECTIONS FOR PARTICIPATINGRELIGIOUS 5
1538	1538	O
1539	1539	RGANIZATIONS.—A religious organization shall be eligi-6
1540	1540	ble to apply for and receive funding for a program under 7
1541	1541	this section on the same basis as a non-religious organiza-8
1542	1542	tion, and a religious organization’s exemptions, in title VII 9
1543	1543	of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (including exemption from 10
1544	1544	prohibitions in employment discrimination in section 11
1545	1545	702(a) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 2000e–1(a))), title VIII of 12
1546	1546	the Civil rights Act of 1968, title IX of the Educational 13
1547	1547	Amendments of 1987, the Americans with Disabilities Act, 14
1548	1548	the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, the Religious 15
1549	1549	Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act, or any other 16
1550	1550	provision in law providing an exemption for a religious or-17
1551	1551	ganization, shall not be waived by its participation in, or 18
1552	1552	receipt of funds from, a grant provided by this section. 19
1553	1553	‘‘(j) A
1554	1554	UTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIATIONS.— 20
1555	1555	‘‘(1) I
1556	1556	N GENERAL.—For purposes of carrying 21
1557	1557	out this section, there are authorized to be appro-22
1558	1558	priated $100,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2024 23
1559	1559	through 2026. 24
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1563	1563	‘‘(2) RESERVATIONS.—Of the amounts appro-1
1564	1564	priated under this subsection for a fiscal year, the 2
1565	1565	Secretary shall reserve 3 percent for purposes of car-3
1566	1566	rying out subsections (f) and (g). 4
1567	1567	‘‘(3) A
1568	1568	VAILABILITY.—Funds made available to 5
1569	1569	an eligible entity under this section shall remain 6
1570	1570	available for expenditure by the eligible entity 7
1571	1571	through the end of the third fiscal year following the 8
1572	1572	fiscal year in which the funds are awarded to the en-9
1573	1573	tity. 10
1574	1574	‘‘(k) D
1575	1575	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 11
1576	1576	‘‘(1) C
1577	1577	OMMUNITY-BASED MENTORING RELA -12
1578	1578	TIONSHIP.—The term ‘community-based mentoring 13
1579	1579	relationship’ means a relationship with a dedicated 14
1580	1580	mentor and, as applicable, group of mentors or peer 15
1581	1581	support group, who meet regularly with an eligible 16
1582	1582	mother and help that mother address barriers to 17
1583	1583	care, mental, behavioral, and physical well-being, 18
1584	1584	and economic mobility by providing support services 19
1585	1585	and linkages to community resources. A community- 20
1586	1586	based mentoring relationship should, to the extent 21
1587	1587	practicable, have an understanding of the barriers 22
1588	1588	and lived experience of that community, which may 23
1589	1589	include shared lived experience. 24
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1592	1592	•S 74 IS
1593	1593	‘‘(2) ELIGIBLE ENTITY.—The term ‘eligible en-1
1594	1594	tity’ means a local government, Indian Tribe (or a 2
1595	1595	consortium of Indian Tribes), Tribal Organization, 3
1596	1596	Urban Indian Organization, or nonprofit organiza-4
1597	1597	tion, including religious organizations, with a dem-5
1598	1598	onstrated history of serving eligible mothers. 6
1599	1599	‘‘(3) E
1600	1600	LIGIBLE MOTHER.—The term ‘eligible 7
1601	1601	mother’ means— 8
1602	1602	‘‘(A) a woman who is pregnant; or 9
1603	1603	‘‘(B) a woman who has primary caregiving 10
1604	1604	responsibilities for a child under the age of 6. 11
1605	1605	‘‘(4) P
1606	1606	ROHIBITED ENTITY.—The term ‘prohib-12
1607	1607	ited entity’ means an entity, including its affiliates, 13
1608	1608	subsidiaries, successors, and clinics that, as of the 14
1609	1609	date of enactment of this section, performs, induces, 15
1610	1610	refers for, or counsels in favor of abortions, or pro-16
1611	1611	vides financial support to any other organization 17
1612	1612	that conducts such activities.’’. 18
1613	1613	SEC. 12. EQUAL TREATMENT FOR RELIGIOUS ORGANIZA-19
1614	1614	TIONS IN SOCIAL SERVICES. 20
1615	1615	(a) P
1616	1616	URPOSES.—The purposes of this section are the 21
1617	1617	following: 22
1618	1618	(1) To enable assistance to be provided to indi-23
1619	1619	viduals and families in need in the most effective 24
1620	1620	manner. 25
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1624	1624	(2) To prohibit discrimination against religious 1
1625	1625	organizations in receipt and administration of Fed-2
1626	1626	eral financial assistance, including the provision of 3
1627	1627	that assistance through federally funded social serv-4
1628	1628	ice programs. 5
1629	1629	(3) To ensure that religious organizations can 6
1630	1630	apply and compete for Federal financial assistance 7
1631	1631	on a level playing field with nonreligious organiza-8
1632	1632	tions. 9
1633	1633	(4) To provide certainty for religious organiza-10
1634	1634	tions that receipt of Federal financial assistance will 11
1635	1635	not obstruct or hinder their ability to organize and 12
1636	1636	operate in accordance with their sincerely held reli-13
1637	1637	gious beliefs. 14
1638	1638	(5) To strengthen the social service capacity of 15
1639	1639	the United States by facilitating the entry of new, 16
1640	1640	and the expansion of existing, efforts by religious or-17
1641	1641	ganizations in the administration and provision of 18
1642	1642	Federal financial assistance. 19
1643	1643	(6) To protect the religious freedom of, and 20
1644	1644	better serve, individuals and families in need, includ-21
1645	1645	ing by expanding their ability to choose to receive 22
1646	1646	federally funded social services from religious organi-23
1647	1647	zations. 24
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1650	1650	•S 74 IS
1651	1651	(b) PROVISION OF SERVICES FOR GOVERNMENT 1
1652	1652	P
1653	1653	ROGRAMS BYRELIGIOUSORGANIZATIONS.—Title XXIV 2
1654	1654	of the Revised Statutes is amended by inserting after sec-3
1655	1655	tion 1990 (42 U.S.C. 1994) the following: 4
1656	1656	‘‘SEC. 1990A. ENSURING EQUAL TREATMENT FOR RELI-5
1657	1657	GIOUS ORGANIZATIONS IN FEDERAL PROVI-6
1658	1658	SION OF SOCIAL SERVICES, GRANTMAKING, 7
1659	1659	AND CONTRACTING. 8
1660	1660	‘‘(a) I
1661	1661	NGENERAL.—For any social services program 9
1662	1662	carried out by the Federal Government, or by a State, 10
1663	1663	local government, or pass-through entity with Federal 11
1664	1664	funds, the entity that awards Federal financial assistance 12
1665	1665	shall consider religious organizations, on the same basis 13
1666	1666	as any other private organization, to provide services for 14
1667	1667	the program. 15
1668	1668	‘‘(b) E
1669	1669	QUALTREATMENT FORRELIGIOUSORGANIZA-16
1670	1670	TIONS INFEDERALFINANCIALASSISTANCE.— 17
1671	1671	‘‘(1) I
1672	1672	N GENERAL.—A religious organization 18
1673	1673	shall be eligible to apply for and to receive Federal 19
1674	1674	financial assistance to provide services for a social 20
1675	1675	services program on the same basis as a private non-21
1676	1676	religious organization. 22
1677	1677	‘‘(2) S
1678	1678	ELECTION.—In the selection of recipients 23
1679	1679	for Federal financial assistance for a social services 24
1680	1680	program neither the Federal Government nor a 25
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1683	1683	•S 74 IS
1684	1684	State, local government, or pass-through entity re-1
1685	1685	ceiving funds for such program may discriminate for 2
1686	1686	or against a private organization on the basis of reli-3
1687	1687	gion, including the organization’s religious character, 4
1688	1688	affiliation, or exercise. 5
1689	1689	‘‘(3) P
1690	1690	ROHIBITION AGAINST IMPROPER BURDEN 6
1691	1691	ON RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS .— 7
1692	1692	‘‘(A) I
1693	1693	N GENERAL.—Except in the case of 8
1694	1694	another applicable provision of law that requires 9
1695	1695	or provides for a religious exemption or accom-10
1696	1696	modation that is equally or more protective of 11
1697	1697	a religious organization’s religious exercise, the 12
1698	1698	provisions of subparagraphs (B) through (E) 13
1699	1699	shall apply for any social services program ad-14
1700	1700	ministered by the Federal Government or by a 15
1701	1701	State, local government, or pass-through entity. 16
1702	1702	‘‘(B) E
1703	1703	QUAL TREATMENT ON ASSURANCES 17
1704	1704	AND NOTICES.—No document, agreement, cov-18
1705	1705	enant, memorandum of understanding, policy, 19
1706	1706	or regulation, relating to Federal financial as-20
1707	1707	sistance shall require religious organizations to 21
1708	1708	provide assurances or notices that are not re-22
1709	1709	quired of private nonreligious organizations. 23
1710	1710	‘‘(C) E
1711	1711	QUAL APPLICATION OF RESTRIC -24
1712	1712	TIONS.—Any restrictions on the use of funds 25
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1715	1715	•S 74 IS
1716	1716	received as Federal financial assistance shall 1
1717	1717	apply equally to religious and private nonreli-2
1718	1718	gious organizations. 3
1719	1719	‘‘(D) P
1720	1720	ROGRAM REQUIREMENTS .—All or-4
1721	1721	ganizations that receive Federal financial assist-5
1722	1722	ance for a social services program, including re-6
1723	1723	ligious organizations, shall carry out eligible ac-7
1724	1724	tivities in accordance with all program require-8
1725	1725	ments, and other applicable requirements gov-9
1726	1726	erning the conduct of activities funded by the 10
1727	1727	entity that awards Federal financial assistance. 11
1728	1728	‘‘(E) N
1729	1729	O DISQUALIFICATION BASED ON RE -12
1730	1730	LIGION.—No document, agreement, covenant, 13
1731	1731	memorandum of understanding, policy, or regu-14
1732	1732	lation, relating to Federal financial assistance 15
1733	1733	shall— 16
1734	1734	‘‘(i) disqualify religious organizations 17
1735	1735	from applying for or receiving Federal fi-18
1736	1736	nancial assistance for a social services pro-19
1737	1737	gram on the basis of the organization’s re-20
1738	1738	ligious character or affiliation, or grounds 21
1739	1739	that discriminate against the organization 22
1740	1740	on the basis of the organization’s religious 23
1741	1741	exercise; or 24
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1744	1744	•S 74 IS
1745	1745	‘‘(ii) prohibit the provision of religious 1
1746	1746	activities or services at the same time or 2
1747	1747	location as any program receiving such 3
1748	1748	Federal financial assistance. 4
1749	1749	‘‘(c) R
1750	1750	ELIGIOUSCHARACTER ANDFREEDOM.— 5
1751	1751	‘‘(1) F
1752	1752	REEDOM.—A religious organization that 6
1753	1753	applies for or receives Federal financial assistance 7
1754	1754	for a social services program shall retain its inde-8
1755	1755	pendence from Federal, State, and local govern-9
1756	1756	ments, including its autonomy, right of expression, 10
1757	1757	religious character or affiliation, authority over its 11
1758	1758	internal governance, and other aspects of independ-12
1759	1759	ence. 13
1760	1760	‘‘(2) R
1761	1761	ELIGIOUS CHARACTER .—A religious or-14
1762	1762	ganization that applies for or receives Federal finan-15
1763	1763	cial assistance for a social services program may, 16
1764	1764	among other things— 17
1765	1765	‘‘(A) retain religious terms in the organiza-18
1766	1766	tion’s name; 19
1767	1767	‘‘(B) continue to carry out the organiza-20
1768	1768	tion’s mission, including the definition, develop-21
1769	1769	ment, practice, and expression of its religious 22
1770	1770	beliefs; 23
1771	1771	‘‘(C) use the organization’s facilities to 24
1772	1772	provide a program without concealing, remov-25
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1775	1775	•S 74 IS
1776	1776	ing, or altering religious art, icons, scriptures, 1
1777	1777	or other symbols from the facilities; 2
1778	1778	‘‘(D) select, promote, or dismiss the mem-3
1779	1779	bers of the organization’s governing body and 4
1780	1780	the organization’s employees on the basis of 5
1781	1781	their acceptance of or adherence to the religious 6
1782	1782	tenets of the organization; and 7
1783	1783	‘‘(E) include religious references in the or-8
1784	1784	ganization’s mission statement and other char-9
1785	1785	tering or governing documents. 10
1786	1786	‘‘(d) R
1787	1787	IGHTS OFCOVEREDBENEFICIARIES OFSERV-11
1788	1788	ICES.— 12
1789	1789	‘‘(1) I
1790	1790	N GENERAL.—Except as otherwise pro-13
1791	1791	vided in any applicable provision of law that requires 14
1792	1792	or provides for a religious exemption or accommoda-15
1793	1793	tion that is equally or more protective of a religious 16
1794	1794	organization’s religious exercise, an organization 17
1795	1795	that receives Federal financial assistance under a so-18
1796	1796	cial services program shall not discriminate against 19
1797	1797	a covered beneficiary in the provision of a federally 20
1798	1798	funded program on the basis of religion, a religious 21
1799	1799	belief, or a refusal to hold a religious belief. 22
1800	1800	‘‘(2) S
1801	1801	PECIAL RULE.—It shall not be considered 23
1802	1802	discrimination under paragraph (1) for a program 24
1803	1803	funded by Federal financial assistance to refuse to 25
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1806	1806	•S 74 IS
1807	1807	modify any components of the program to accommo-1
1808	1808	date a covered beneficiary who participates in the or-2
1809	1809	ganization’s program. 3
1810	1810	‘‘(3) A
1811	1811	LTERNATIVE SERVICES .—If a covered 4
1812	1812	beneficiary has an objection to the character or af-5
1813	1813	filiation of the private organization from which the 6
1814	1814	beneficiary receives, or would receive, services as 7
1815	1815	part of the federally funded social services program, 8
1816	1816	the appropriate Federal, State, or local govern-9
1817	1817	mental entity shall provide to such beneficiary (if 10
1818	1818	otherwise eligible for such services) within a reason-11
1819	1819	able period of time after the date of such objection, 12
1820	1820	a referral for alternative services that— 13
1821	1821	‘‘(A) are reasonably accessible to the cov-14
1822	1822	ered beneficiary; and 15
1823	1823	‘‘(B) have a substantially similar value to 16
1824	1824	the services that the covered beneficiary would 17
1825	1825	initially have received from such organization. 18
1826	1826	‘‘(4) D
1827	1827	EFINITION.—In this subsection, the term 19
1828	1828	‘covered beneficiary’ means an individual who ap-20
1829	1829	plies for or receives services under a social services 21
1830	1830	program. 22
1831	1831	‘‘(e) R
1832	1832	ELIGIOUSEXEMPTIONS.—A religious organiza-23
1833	1833	tion’s exemptions, in title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 24
1834	1834	1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000e et seq.) (including exemption from 25
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1837	1837	•S 74 IS
1838	1838	prohibitions in employment discrimination in section 1
1839	1839	702(a) of that Act (42 U.S.C. 2000e–1(a))), title VIII of 2
1840	1840	the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.), 3
1841	1841	title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 (20 U.S.C. 4
1842	1842	1681 et seq.), the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 5
1843	1843	(42 U.S.C. 12101 et seq.), the Religious Freedom Res-6
1844	1844	toration Act (42 U.S.C. 2000bb et seq.), the Religious 7
1845	1845	Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (42 8
1846	1846	U.S.C. 2000cc et seq.), or any other provision in law pro-9
1847	1847	viding an exemption for a religious organization, shall not 10
1848	1848	be waived because of the religious organization’s participa-11
1849	1849	tion in, or receipt of funds from, a social services program 12
1850	1850	funded with Federal financial assistance. 13
1851	1851	‘‘(f) L
1852	1852	IMITEDAUDIT.— 14
1853	1853	‘‘(1) I
1854	1854	N GENERAL.—A religious organization 15
1855	1855	providing services for a social services program using 16
1856	1856	Federal financial assistance may segregate Federal 17
1857	1857	funds and any required matching funds provided for 18
1858	1858	such program into a separate account or accounts. 19
1859	1859	Only the separate accounts consisting of Federal 20
1860	1860	funds and any required matching funds shall be sub-21
1861	1861	ject to audit by the Federal Government with re-22
1862	1862	spect to an audit undertaken for the purposes of 23
1863	1863	oversight of Federal financial assistance. 24
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1866	1866	•S 74 IS
1867	1867	‘‘(2) COMMINGLING OF FUNDS .—If a religious 1
1868	1868	organization providing services for a social services 2
1869	1869	program using Federal financial assistance contrib-3
1870	1870	utes the organization’s own funds in addition to 4
1871	1871	those funds required by a matching requirement or 5
1872	1872	agreement to supplement Federal funds, the organi-6
1873	1873	zation may segregate the organization’s own funds 7
1874	1874	that are not matching funds into separate accounts, 8
1875	1875	or commingle the organization’s own funds that are 9
1876	1876	not matching funds with the matching funds. If 10
1877	1877	those funds are commingled, the commingled funds 11
1878	1878	may all be subject to audit by the Federal Govern-12
1879	1879	ment. 13
1880	1880	‘‘(g) P
1881	1881	RIVATERIGHT OFACTION.—Any religious or-14
1882	1882	ganization that alleges a violation of its rights under this 15
1883	1883	section and seeks to enforce its rights under this section— 16
1884	1884	‘‘(1) may bring an action in a court of com-17
1885	1885	petent jurisdiction and assert that violation as a 18
1886	1886	claim, or assert that violation as a defense in a judi-19
1887	1887	cial action; and 20
1888	1888	‘‘(2) may obtain appropriate relief, including at-21
1889	1889	torney’s fees, against an entity or agency that com-22
1890	1890	mitted such violation. 23
1891	1891	‘‘(h) F
1892	1892	EDERALPREEMPTION OFSTATE ANDLOCAL 24
1893	1893	L
1894	1894	AWS.—With respect to any Federal financial assistance 25
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1897	1897	•S 74 IS
1898	1898	provided to a religious organization for the provision of 1
1899	1899	a social service program, or such assistance commingled 2
1900	1900	with State or local funds, no State or political subdivision 3
1901	1901	of a State may adopt, maintain, enforce, or continue in 4
1902	1902	effect any law, regulation, rule, or requirement covered by 5
1903	1903	the provisions of this section, or a rule, regulation, or re-6
1904	1904	quirement promulgated under this section. 7
1905	1905	‘‘(i) C
1906	1906	ONSTRUCTION.—The provisions of this section 8
1907	1907	shall supersede all Federal law (including statutory and 9
1908	1908	other law, and policies used in the implementation of that 10
1909	1909	law) that is enacted or issued before the date of enactment 11
1910	1910	of this section. No provision of law enacted after the date 12
1911	1911	of the enactment of this section may be construed as lim-13
1912	1912	iting, superseding, or otherwise affecting this section, ex-14
1913	1913	cept to the extent that it does so by specific reference to 15
1914	1914	this section. 16
1915	1915	‘‘(j) S
1916	1916	EVERABILITY.—If any provision of this section 17
1917	1917	or the application of such provision to any person or cir-18
1918	1918	cumstance is held to be unconstitutional, the remainder 19
1919	1919	of this section and the application of the provisions of such 20
1920	1920	to any person or circumstance shall not be affected there-21
1921	1921	by. 22
1922	1922	‘‘(k) D
1923	1923	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 23
1924	1924	‘‘(1) D
1925	1925	ISCRIMINATE ON THE BASIS OF AN OR -24
1926	1926	GANIZATION’S RELIGIOUS EXERCISE.— 25
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1929	1929	•S 74 IS
1930	1930	‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘discrimi-1
1931	1931	nate’, used with respect to an organization’s re-2
1932	1932	ligious exercise, means, on the basis of covered 3
1933	1933	conduct or motivation, to disfavor an organiza-4
1934	1934	tion in a selection process or in oversight, in-5
1935	1935	cluding— 6
1936	1936	‘‘(i) by failing to select an organiza-7
1937	1937	tion; 8
1938	1938	‘‘(ii) by disqualifying an organization; 9
1939	1939	or 10
1940	1940	‘‘(iii) by imposing any condition or se-11
1941	1941	lection criterion that penalizes or otherwise 12
1942	1942	disfavors an organization, or has the effect 13
1943	1943	of so penalizing or disfavoring an organiza-14
1944	1944	tion. 15
1945	1945	‘‘(B) C
1946	1946	OVERED CONDUCT OR MOTIVA -16
1947	1947	TION.—In this paragraph, the term ‘covered 17
1948	1948	conduct or motivation’ means— 18
1949	1949	‘‘(i) conduct that would not be consid-19
1950	1950	ered grounds to disfavor a nonreligious or-20
1951	1951	ganization; 21
1952	1952	‘‘(ii) conduct for which an organiza-22
1953	1953	tion must or could be granted an exemp-23
1954	1954	tion or accommodation in a manner con-24
1955	1955	sistent with the Free Exercise Clause of 25
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1958	1958	•S 74 IS
1959	1959	the First Amendment to the Constitution, 1
1960	1960	the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (42 2
1961	1961	U.S.C. 2000bb et seq.), or any other provi-3
1962	1962	sion referenced in subsection (e); or 4
1963	1963	‘‘(iii) the actual or suspected religious 5
1964	1964	motivation for the organization’s religious 6
1965	1965	exercise. 7
1966	1966	‘‘(2) O
1967	1967	THER DEFINITIONS.— 8
1968	1968	‘‘(A) F
1969	1969	EDERAL FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE .— 9
1970	1970	The term ‘Federal financial assistance’ means 10
1971	1971	financial assistance from the Federal Govern-11
1972	1972	ment that non-Federal entities receive or ad-12
1973	1973	minister through grants, contracts, loans, loan 13
1974	1974	guarantees, property, cooperative agreements, 14
1975	1975	food commodities, direct appropriations, or 15
1976	1976	other assistance, but does not include a tax 16
1977	1977	credit, tax deduction, or guaranty contract. 17
1978	1978	‘‘(B) P
1979	1979	ASS-THROUGH ENTITY .—The term 18
1980	1980	‘pass-through entity’ means an entity, including 19
1981	1981	a nonprofit or nongovernmental organization, 20
1982	1982	acting under a grant, contract, or other agree-21
1983	1983	ment with the Federal Government or with a 22
1984	1984	State or local government, such as a State ad-23
1985	1985	ministering agency, that accepts direct Federal 24
1986	1986	financial assistance as a primary recipient (such 25
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1989	1989	•S 74 IS
1990	1990	as a grant recipient) and distributes that assist-1
1991	1991	ance to other organizations that, in turn, pro-2
1992	1992	vide government-funded social services through 3
1993	1993	a social services program. 4
1994	1994	‘‘(C) P
1995	1995	ROGRAM.—The term ‘program’ in-5
1996	1996	cludes the services provided through that pro-6
1997	1997	gram. 7
1998	1998	‘‘(D) R
1999	1999	ELIGIOUS EXERCISE .—The term 8
2000	2000	‘religious exercise’ has the meaning given the 9
2001	2001	term in section 8 of the Religious Land Use 10
2002	2002	and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000 (42 11
2003	2003	U.S.C. 2000cc–5). 12
2004	2004	‘‘(E) S
2005	2005	ERVICES.—The term ‘services’, used 13
2006	2006	with respect to a social services program, in-14
2007	2007	cludes the provision of goods, or of financial as-15
2008	2008	sistance, under the social services program. 16
2009	2009	‘‘(F) S
2010	2010	OCIAL SERVICES PROGRAM .—The 17
2011	2011	term ‘social services program’— 18
2012	2012	‘‘(i) means a program that is adminis-19
2013	2013	tered by the Federal Government, or by a 20
2014	2014	State or local government using Federal fi-21
2015	2015	nancial assistance, and that provides serv-22
2016	2016	ices directed at reducing poverty, improv-23
2017	2017	ing opportunities for low-income children, 24
2018	2018	revitalizing low-income communities, em-25
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2021	2021	•S 74 IS
2022	2022	powering low-income families and low-in-1
2023	2023	come individuals to become self-sufficient, 2
2024	2024	or otherwise helping people in need; and 3
2025	2025	‘‘(ii) includes a program that provides, 4
2026	2026	to people in need— 5
2027	2027	‘‘(I) child care services, protective 6
2028	2028	services for children and adults, serv-7
2029	2029	ices for children and adults in foster 8
2030	2030	care, adoption services, services re-9
2031	2031	lated to management and mainte-10
2032	2032	nance of the home, day care services 11
2033	2033	for adults, and services to meet the 12
2034	2034	special needs of children, older indi-13
2035	2035	viduals, and individuals with disabil-14
2036	2036	ities; 15
2037	2037	‘‘(II) transportation services; 16
2038	2038	‘‘(III) job training and related 17
2039	2039	services, and employment services; 18
2040	2040	‘‘(IV) information, referral, and 19
2041	2041	counseling services; 20
2042	2042	‘‘(V) the preparation and delivery 21
2043	2043	of meals, nutrition services, and serv-22
2044	2044	ices related to soup kitchens or food 23
2045	2045	banks; 24
2046	2046	‘‘(VI) health support services; 25
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2049	2049	•S 74 IS
2050	2050	‘‘(VII) literacy and mentoring 1
2051	2051	services; 2
2052	2052	‘‘(VIII) services for the preven-3
2053	2053	tion and treatment of juvenile delin-4
2054	2054	quency and substance abuse, services 5
2055	2055	for the prevention of crime and the 6
2056	2056	provision of assistance to the victims 7
2057	2057	and families of criminal offenders, and 8
2058	2058	services related to intervention in, and 9
2059	2059	prevention of, domestic violence; or 10
2060	2060	‘‘(IX) services related to the pro-11
2061	2061	vision of assistance for housing under 12
2062	2062	Federal law.’’. 13
2063	2063	SEC. 13. AWARENESS FOR EXPECTING MOTHERS. 14
2064	2064	The Public Health Service Act is amended by adding 15
2065	2065	at the end the following: 16
2066	2066	‘‘TITLE XXXIV—AWARENESS FOR 17
2067	2067	EXPECTING MOTHERS 18
2068	2068	‘‘SEC. 3401. WEBSITE AND PORTAL. 19
2069	2069	‘‘(a) W
2070	2070	EBSITE.—Not later than 1 year after the date 20
2071	2071	of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall publish 21
2072	2072	a user-friendly public website, life.gov, to provide a com-22
2073	2073	prehensive list of Federal, State, local governmental, and 23
2074	2074	private resources available to pregnant women including— 24
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2077	2077	•S 74 IS
2078	2078	‘‘(1) resources to mental health counseling, 1
2079	2079	pregnancy counseling, and other prepartum and 2
2080	2080	postpartum services; 3
2081	2081	‘‘(2) comprehensive information on alternatives 4
2082	2082	to abortion; 5
2083	2083	‘‘(3) information about abortion risks, including 6
2084	2084	complications and failures; and 7
2085	2085	‘‘(4) links to information on child development 8
2086	2086	from moment of conception. 9
2087	2087	‘‘(b) P
2088	2088	ORTAL.—Not later than 1 year after the date 10
2089	2089	of enactment of this section, the Secretary shall publish 11
2090	2090	a portal on the public website of the Department of Health 12
2091	2091	and Human Services that— 13
2092	2092	‘‘(1) through a series of questions, will furnish 14
2093	2093	specific tailored information to the user on what 15
2094	2094	pregnancy-related information they are looking for, 16
2095	2095	such as— 17
2096	2096	‘‘(A) Federal, State, local governmental, 18
2097	2097	and private resources that may be available to 19
2098	2098	the woman within her ZIP Code, including the 20
2099	2099	resources specified in subsection (c); and 21
2100	2100	‘‘(B) risks related to abortion at all stages 22
2101	2101	of fetal gestation; and 23
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2104	2104	•S 74 IS
2105	2105	‘‘(2) provides for the submission of feedback on 1
2106	2106	how user-friendly and helpful the portal was in pro-2
2107	2107	viding the tailored information the user was seeking. 3
2108	2108	‘‘(c) R
2109	2109	ESOURCES.—The Federal, State, local govern-4
2110	2110	mental, and private resources specified in this subsection 5
2111	2111	are the following: 6
2112	2112	‘‘(1) Mentorship opportunities, including preg-7
2113	2113	nancy help and case management resources. 8
2114	2114	‘‘(2) Health and well-being services, including 9
2115	2115	women’s medical services such as obstetrical and 10
2116	2116	gynecological support services for women, abortion 11
2117	2117	pill reversal, breastfeeding, general health services, 12
2118	2118	primary care, and dental care. 13
2119	2119	‘‘(3) Financial assistance, work opportunities, 14
2120	2120	nutrition assistance, childcare, and education oppor-15
2121	2121	tunities. 16
2122	2122	‘‘(4) Material or legal support, including trans-17
2123	2123	portation, food, nutrition, clothing, household goods, 18
2124	2124	baby supplies, housing, shelters, maternity homes, 19
2125	2125	tax preparation, legal support for child support, 20
2126	2126	family leave, breastfeeding protections, and custody 21
2127	2127	issues. 22
2128	2128	‘‘(5) Recovery and mental health services, in-23
2129	2129	cluding services with respect to addiction or suicide 24
2130	2130	intervention, intimate partner violence, sexual as-25
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2133	2133	•S 74 IS
2134	2134	sault, rape, sex trafficking, and counseling for 1
2135	2135	women and families surrounding unexpected loss of 2
2136	2136	a child. 3
2137	2137	‘‘(6) Prenatal diagnostic services, including dis-4
2138	2138	ability support organizations, medical interventions 5
2139	2139	for a baby, perinatal hospice resources, pregnancy 6
2140	2140	and infant loss support, and literature on pregnancy 7
2141	2141	wellness. 8
2142	2142	‘‘(7) Healing and support services for abortion 9
2143	2143	survivors and their families. 10
2144	2144	‘‘(8) Services providing care for children, in-11
2145	2145	cluding family planning education, adoption, foster 12
2146	2146	care, and short-term care resources. 13
2147	2147	‘‘(d) A
2148	2148	DMINISTRATION.—The Secretary may not del-14
2149	2149	egate implementation or administration of the portal es-15
2150	2150	tablished under subsection (b) below the level of the Office 16
2151	2151	of the Secretary. 17
2152	2152	‘‘(e) F
2153	2153	OLLOW-UP.—The Secretary shall develop a 18
2154	2154	plan under which— 19
2155	2155	‘‘(1) the Secretary includes in the portal estab-20
2156	2156	lished under subsection (b), a mechanism for users 21
2157	2157	of the portal to take an assessment through the por-22
2158	2158	tal and provide consent to use the user’s contact in-23
2159	2159	formation; 24
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2162	2162	•S 74 IS
2163	2163	‘‘(2) the Secretary conducts outreach via phone 1
2164	2164	or email to follow up with users of the portal estab-2
2165	2165	lished under subsection (b) on additional resources 3
2166	2166	that would be helpful for the users to review; and 4
2167	2167	‘‘(3) upon the request of a user of the portal for 5
2168	2168	specific information, after learning of the additional 6
2169	2169	resources through the portal, agents of the Depart-7
2170	2170	ment of Health and Human Services make every ef-8
2171	2171	fort to furnish specific information to such user in 9
2172	2172	coordination with Federal, State, local governmental, 10
2173	2173	and private health care providers and resources. 11
2174	2174	‘‘(f) R
2175	2175	ESOURCELISTAGGREGATION.— 12
2176	2176	‘‘(1) I
2177	2177	N GENERAL.—Pursuant to criteria devel-13
2178	2178	oped in subsection (e)(2), each State shall provide 14
2179	2179	recommendations of State, local governmental, and 15
2180	2180	private resources under subsection (b)(1)(A) to in-16
2181	2181	clude in the portal. 17
2182	2182	‘‘(2) C
2183	2183	RITERIA FOR MAKING RECOMMENDA -18
2184	2184	TIONS.—The Secretary shall develop criteria to pro-19
2185	2185	vide to the States to determine whether resources 20
2186	2186	recommended as described in paragraph (1) for in-21
2187	2187	clusion in the portal can appear in the portal. Such 22
2188	2188	criteria shall include the requirement that the re-23
2189	2189	source provider is not a prohibited entity and the re-24
2190	2190	quirement that the resource provider has been en-25
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2194	2194	gaged in providing services for a minimum of 3 con-1
2195	2195	secutive years. 2
2196	2196	‘‘(3) G
2197	2197	RANT PROGRAM.— 3
2198	2198	‘‘(A) I
2199	2199	N GENERAL.—The Secretary may 4
2200	2200	provide grants to States to establish or support 5
2201	2201	a system that aggregates the resources de-6
2202	2202	scribed in subsection (b)(1)(A), in accordance 7
2203	2203	with the criteria developed under paragraph 8
2204	2204	(2), and that may be coordinated, to the extent 9
2205	2205	determined appropriate by the State, by a 10
2206	2206	statewide, regionally based, or community-based 11
2207	2207	public entity or private nonprofit. 12
2208	2208	‘‘(B) A
2209	2209	PPLICATIONS.—To be eligible to re-13
2210	2210	ceive a grant under subparagraph (A), a State 14
2211	2211	shall submit an application to the Secretary at 15
2212	2212	such time, in such manner, and containing such 16
2213	2213	information as the Secretary may require, in-17
2214	2214	cluding a plan for outreach and awareness ac-18
2215	2215	tivities, and a list of service providers that 19
2216	2216	would be included in the State system sup-20
2217	2217	ported by the grant. 21
2218	2218	‘‘(g) M
2219	2219	ATERNALMENTALHEALTHHOTLINE.—The 22
2220	2220	Secretary shall ensure that the Maternal Mental Health 23
2221	2221	Hotline of the Health Resources and Services Administra-24
2222	2222	tion— 25
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2226	2226	‘‘(1) disseminates information regarding, and 1
2227	2227	linkages to, the life.gov website and portal described 2
2228	2228	in subsections (a) and (b); 3
2229	2229	‘‘(2) has the capacity to help families in every 4
2230	2230	State and community in the Nation; and 5
2231	2231	‘‘(3) includes live chat features, 24 hours a day, 6
2232	2232	to connect individuals to the information the portal 7
2233	2233	hosts. 8
2234	2234	‘‘(h) P
2235	2235	ROHIBITIONREGARDINGCERTAINENTI-9
2236	2236	TIES.—The resources listed on the life.gov website, and 10
2237	2237	made available through the portal and hotline established 11
2238	2238	under this section may not include any resource offered 12
2239	2239	by a prohibited entity. 13
2240	2240	‘‘(i) S
2241	2241	ERVICES INDIFFERENTLANGUAGES.—The 14
2242	2242	life.gov website and hotline shall ensure the widest possible 15
2243	2243	access to services for families who speak languages other 16
2244	2244	than English. 17
2245	2245	‘‘(j) R
2246	2246	EPORTINGREQUIREMENTS.— 18
2247	2247	‘‘(1) I
2248	2248	N GENERAL.—Not later than 180 days 19
2249	2249	after date on which the life.gov website and portal 20
2250	2250	are established under subsection (a), the Secretary 21
2251	2251	shall submit to Congress a report on— 22
2252	2252	‘‘(A) the traffic of the website and the 23
2253	2253	interactive portal; 24
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2257	2257	‘‘(B) user feedback on the accessibility and 1
2258	2258	helpfulness of the website and interactive portal 2
2259	2259	in tailoring to the user’s needs; 3
2260	2260	‘‘(C) insights on gaps in Federal, State, 4
2261	2261	local governmental, and private programming 5
2262	2262	with respect to services for pregnant and 6
2263	2263	postpartum women; and 7
2264	2264	‘‘(D) suggestions on how to improve user 8
2265	2265	experience and accessibility based on user feed-9
2266	2266	back and missing resources that would be help-10
2267	2267	ful to include in future updates. 11
2268	2268	‘‘(2) C
2269	2269	ONFIDENTIALITY.—The report under 12
2270	2270	paragraph (1) shall not include any personal identi-13
2271	2271	fying information regarding individuals who have 14
2272	2272	used the website or portal. 15
2273	2273	‘‘(k) D
2274	2274	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 16
2275	2275	‘‘(1) A
2276	2276	BORTION.—The term ‘abortion’ means 17
2277	2277	the use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, 18
2278	2278	drug, or other substance or device to intentionally— 19
2279	2279	‘‘(A) kill the unborn child of a woman 20
2280	2280	known to be pregnant; or 21
2281	2281	‘‘(B) prematurely terminate the pregnancy 22
2282	2282	of a woman known to be pregnant, with an in-23
2283	2283	tention other than to— 24
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2287	2287	‘‘(i) increase the probability of a live 1
2288	2288	birth or of preserving the life or health of 2
2289	2289	the child after live birth; or 3
2290	2290	‘‘(ii) remove an ectopic pregnancy or a 4
2291	2291	dead unborn child. 5
2292	2292	‘‘(2) B
2293	2293	ORN ALIVE.—The term ‘born alive’ has 6
2294	2294	the meaning given such term in section 8(b) of title 7
2295	2295	1, United States Code. 8
2296	2296	‘‘(3) P
2297	2297	ROHIBITED ENTITY.—The term ‘prohib-9
2298	2298	ited entity’ means an entity, including its affiliates, 10
2299	2299	subsidiaries, successors, and clinics that performs, 11
2300	2300	induces, refers for, or counsels in favor of abortions, 12
2301	2301	or provides financial support to any other organiza-13
2302	2302	tion that conducts such activities. 14
2303	2303	‘‘(4) U
2304	2304	NBORN CHILD.—The term ‘unborn child’ 15
2305	2305	means an individual organism of the species homo 16
2306	2306	sapiens, beginning at fertilization, until the point of 17
2307	2307	being born alive.’’. 18
2308	2308	SEC. 14. WIC REFORM. 19
2309	2309	(a) B
2310	2310	REASTFEEDINGWOMAN.— 20
2311	2311	(1) D
2312	2312	EFINITION OF BREASTFEEDING WOMAN .— 21
2313	2313	Section 17(b) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 22
2314	2314	U.S.C. 1786(b)) is amended by striking the sub-23
2315	2315	section designation and all that follows through the 24
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2319	2319	period at the end of paragraph (1) and inserting the 1
2320	2320	following: 2
2321	2321	‘‘(b) D
2322	2322	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 3
2323	2323	‘‘(1) B
2324	2324	REASTFEEDING WOMAN .—The term 4
2325	2325	‘breastfeeding woman’ means a woman who is not 5
2326	2326	more than 2 years postpartum and is breastfeeding 6
2327	2327	the infant of the woman.’’. 7
2328	2328	(2) C
2329	2329	ERTIFICATION.—Section 17(d)(3)(A)(ii) of 8
2330	2330	the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 9
2331	2331	1786(d)(3)(A)(ii)) is amended by striking ‘‘1 year’’ 10
2332	2332	and inserting ‘‘2 years’’. 11
2333	2333	(b) P
2334	2334	OSTPARTUMWOMAN.— 12
2335	2335	(1) D
2336	2336	EFINITION OF POSTPARTUM WOMAN .— 13
2337	2337	Section 17(b)(10) of the Child Nutrition Act of 14
2338	2338	1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(b)(10)) is amended by strik-15
2339	2339	ing the period at the end and inserting ‘‘, and, for 16
2340	2340	purposes of subsection (d), includes women up to 2 17
2341	2341	years after the birth of a child born alive or a still-18
2342	2342	birth.’’. 19
2343	2343	(2) C
2344	2344	ERTIFICATION.—Section 17(d)(3)(A) of 20
2345	2345	the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 21
2346	2346	1786(d)(3)(A)) is amended— 22
2347	2347	(A) in clause (i), by striking ‘‘clause (ii)’’ 23
2348	2348	and inserting ‘‘clauses (ii) and (iii)’’; 24
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2352	2352	(B) by redesignating clause (iii) as clause 1
2353	2353	(iv); and 2
2354	2354	(C) by inserting after clause (ii) the fol-3
2355	2355	lowing: 4
2356	2356	‘‘(iii) P
2357	2357	OSTPARTUM WOMEN .—A State 5
2358	2358	may elect to certify a postpartum woman 6
2359	2359	for a period of up to 2 years after the 7
2360	2360	birth of a child born alive or a stillbirth.’’. 8
2361	2361	(c) C
2362	2362	HILDSUPPORT.—Section 17(e)(4) of the Child 9
2363	2363	Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(e)(4)) is amend-10
2364	2364	ed— 11
2365	2365	(1) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘and’’ at 12
2366	2366	the end; 13
2367	2367	(2) by redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub-14
2368	2368	paragraph (D); and 15
2369	2369	(3) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the fol-16
2370	2370	lowing: 17
2371	2371	‘‘(C) shall provide to individuals applying 18
2372	2372	for the program under this section, or re-19
2373	2373	applying at the end of their certification pe-20
2374	2374	riod— 21
2375	2375	‘‘(i) written information about estab-22
2376	2376	lishing child support orders under the law 23
2377	2377	of the State; and 24
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2381	2381	‘‘(ii) on request from the individual 1
2382	2382	applicant, referral to any program or agen-2
2383	2383	cy of the State authorized to determine eli-3
2384	2384	gibility for child support orders; and’’. 4
2385	2385	(d) C
2386	2386	HILDSUPPORTENFORCEMENTPLAN.—Section 5
2387	2387	17(f)(1)(C) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 6
2388	2388	1786(f)(1)(C)) is amended— 7
2389	2389	(1) in clause (x), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 8
2390	2390	(2) by redesignating clause (xi) as clause (xii); 9
2391	2391	and 10
2392	2392	(3) by inserting after clause (x) the following: 11
2393	2393	‘‘(xi) a plan to facilitate referrals for 12
2394	2394	participants seeking to establish a child 13
2395	2395	support order; and’’. 14
2396	2396	(e) R
2397	2397	EVIEW OF AVAILABLE SUPPLEMENTAL 15
2398	2398	F
2399	2399	OODS.—Section 17(f)(11)(C) of the Child Nutrition Act 16
2400	2400	of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786(f)(11)(C)) is amended— 17
2401	2401	(1) in the matter preceding clause (i), by strik-18
2402	2402	ing ‘‘10’’ and inserting ‘‘5’’; and 19
2403	2403	(2) in clause (ii), by striking ‘‘amend the sup-20
2404	2404	plemental foods available, as necessary, to’’ and in-21
2405	2405	serting ‘‘not later than 18 months after the conclu-22
2406	2406	sion of each scientific review conducted under clause 23
2407	2407	(i), promulgate a final rule to amend the supple-24
2408	2408	mental foods, as necessary, to’’. 25
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2412	2412	(f) INCREASE INCASH-VALUEVOUCHERAMOUNT.— 1
2413	2413	Section 17(f)(11) of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 2
2414	2414	U.S.C. 1786(f)(11)) is amended by adding at the end the 3
2415	2415	following: 4
2416	2416	‘‘(D) I
2417	2417	NCREASE IN CASH-VALUE VOUCHER 5
2418	2418	AMOUNT.—Using funds made available for the 6
2419	2419	program authorized by this section, not later 7
2420	2420	than 30 days after the date of enactment of the 8
2421	2421	Providing for Life Act of 2023, the Secretary 9
2422	2422	shall— 10
2423	2423	‘‘(i) increase the amount of the cash- 11
2424	2424	value voucher (as defined in section 246.2 12
2425	2425	of title 7 (Code of Federal Regulations) (or 13
2426	2426	a successor regulation)) to reflect the 14
2427	2427	amount provided to participants of the pro-15
2428	2428	gram as of August 31, 2022 (and adjusted 16
2429	2429	for inflation); and 17
2430	2430	‘‘(ii) maintain such amount until the 18
2431	2431	date on which a new final rule is promul-19
2432	2432	gated pursuant to subparagraph (C)(ii).’’. 20
2433	2433	SEC. 15. PREGNANCY RESOURCE CENTERS. 21
2434	2434	(a) I
2435	2435	NGENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and 22
2436	2436	Human Services shall use amounts available under sub-23
2437	2437	section (b) to provide grants and other assistance to preg-24
2438	2438	nancy resource centers to assist such centers in carrying 25
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2442	2442	out activities to support women’s pregnancy-related 1
2443	2443	health. 2
2444	2444	(b) F
2445	2445	UNDING.—Notwithstanding any other provision 3
2446	2446	of law, a pregnancy resource center shall be eligible for 4
2447	2447	funding under title X of the Public Health Service Act 5
2448	2448	(42 U.S.C. 300 et seq.). Notwithstanding section 59.2 of 6
2449	2449	title 42, Code of Federal Regulations, pregnancy resource 7
2450	2450	centers shall not be required to provide, refer, or counsel 8
2451	2451	in favor of contraception in order to eligible for funding 9
2452	2452	under such title X. In making funding available under 10
2453	2453	such title X, the Secretary of Health and Human Services 11
2454	2454	shall give priority to the funding of pregnancy resource 12
2455	2455	centers. 13
2456	2456	(c) D
2457	2457	EFINITIONS.—In this section: 14
2458	2458	(1) C
2459	2459	OMMUNITY REFERRALS .—The term ‘‘com-15
2460	2460	munity referrals’’ means linking a woman to addi-16
2461	2461	tional care within the community. Such linkage may 17
2462	2462	include prenatal care, STI testing or treatment, ma-18
2463	2463	ternity homes and housing, professional counseling, 19
2464	2464	licensed adoption agencies, financial aid, addition re-20
2465	2465	covery help, job and skills training, and legal help. 21
2466	2466	(2) M
2467	2467	ATERIAL ASSISTANCE.—The term ‘‘mate-22
2468	2468	rial assistance’’ means the provision of goods and re-23
2469	2469	sources to pregnant or parenting women or par-24
2470	2470	enting couples, including diapers and wipes, car 25
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2474	2474	seats, baby furniture, strollers, baby bedding, baby 1
2475	2475	clothing, baby formula, maternity clothing, or finan-2
2476	2476	cial assistance. 3
2477	2477	(3) P
2478	2478	REGNANCY RESOURCE CENTER .—The 4
2479	2479	term ‘‘pregnancy resource center’’ means a life-af-5
2480	2480	firming organization that offers a range of services 6
2481	2481	to assist pregnant women, which may include op-7
2482	2482	tions such as counseling, obstetrical ultrasound, sex-8
2483	2483	ual transmitted infection (STI) tests and testing, 9
2484	2484	pregnancy tests and testing, sexual risk avoidance 10
2485	2485	(SRA) education, parenting education, material as-11
2486	2486	sistance, and community referrals. Such organiza-12
2487	2487	tions may also be known as pregnancy help centers, 13
2488	2488	pregnancy resource centers, pregnancy care centers, 14
2489	2489	pregnancy medical clinics, or simply pregnancy cen-15
2490	2490	ters. Such term does not include entities that per-16
2491	2491	form, prescribe, refer for or encourage abortion or 17
2492	2492	entities that affiliate with any entity that performs, 18
2493	2493	prescribes, refers for, or encourages abortion. 19
2494	2494	Æ
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