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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 922 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To provide targeted funding for States and other eligible entities through |
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| 6 | 6 | | the Social Services Block Grant program to increase the availability |
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| 7 | 7 | | of menstrual products for individuals with limited access to such prod- |
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| 8 | 8 | | ucts. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | FEBRUARY4, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. C |
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| 12 | 12 | | ASTEN(for himself, Ms. MENG, Ms. STANSBURY, Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ, Ms. |
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| 14 | 14 | | EANof Pennsylvania, Mrs. CHERFILUS-MCCORMICK, Ms. NORTON, Ms. |
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| 16 | 16 | | OOREof Wisconsin, Ms. SHERRILL, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mrs. WATSON |
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| 18 | 18 | | OLEMAN, Mr. TORRESof New York, Mr. MEEKS, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, |
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| 19 | 19 | | Mrs. M |
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| 20 | 20 | | CIVER, Mr. JOHNSONof Georgia, Mr. TONKO, Ms. JAYAPAL, Ms. |
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| 22 | 22 | | ASSERMANSCHULTZ, Ms. CLARKEof New York, Ms. TOKUDA, Mrs. |
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| 24 | 24 | | AYES, Mrs. MCBATH, Ms. CROCKETT, Ms. BUDZINSKI, Ms. SCHA- |
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| 25 | 25 | | KOWSKY, Ms. LEEof Pennsylvania, and Mr. GARCI´Aof Illinois) intro- |
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| 26 | 26 | | duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways |
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| 27 | 27 | | and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period |
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| 28 | 28 | | to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consider- |
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| 29 | 29 | | ation of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee |
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| 30 | 30 | | concerned |
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| 31 | 31 | | A BILL |
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| 32 | 32 | | To provide targeted funding for States and other eligible |
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| 33 | 33 | | entities through the Social Services Block Grant program |
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| 34 | 34 | | to increase the availability of menstrual products for |
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| 35 | 35 | | individuals with limited access to such products. |
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| 36 | 36 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 37 | 37 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 41 | 41 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 1 |
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| 42 | 42 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Period PROUD (Pro-2 |
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| 43 | 43 | | viding Resources for Our Underserved and Disadvan-3 |
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| 44 | 44 | | taged) Act of 2025’’. 4 |
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| 45 | 45 | | SEC. 2. TARGETED FUNDING FOR MENSTRUAL PRODUCTS 5 |
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| 46 | 46 | | THROUGH THE SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK 6 |
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| 47 | 47 | | GRANT PROGRAM. 7 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (a) I |
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| 49 | 49 | | NCREASE INFUNDING FORSOCIALSERVICES 8 |
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| 50 | 50 | | B |
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| 51 | 51 | | LOCKGRANTPROGRAM.— 9 |
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| 52 | 52 | | (1) I |
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| 53 | 53 | | N GENERAL.—The amount specified in 10 |
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| 54 | 54 | | subsection (c) of section 2003 of the Social Security 11 |
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| 55 | 55 | | Act (42 U.S.C. 1397b) for purposes of subsections 12 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (a) and (b) of such section is deemed to be 13 |
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| 57 | 57 | | $1,900,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2025 14 |
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| 58 | 58 | | through 2028, of which the amount equal to 15 |
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| 59 | 59 | | $200,000,000, reduced by the amounts reserved 16 |
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| 60 | 60 | | under paragraph (2)(B) for each such fiscal year, 17 |
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| 61 | 61 | | shall be obligated by States in accordance with sub-18 |
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| 62 | 62 | | section (b). 19 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (2) A |
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| 64 | 64 | | PPROPRIATION.— 20 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (A) I |
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| 66 | 66 | | N GENERAL.—Out of any money in 21 |
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| 67 | 67 | | the Treasury of the United States not otherwise 22 |
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| 68 | 68 | | appropriated, there is appropriated 23 |
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| 69 | 69 | | $200,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2026 24 |
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| 70 | 70 | | through 2029, to carry out this section. 25 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (B) R |
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| 72 | 72 | | ESERVATIONS.— 26 |
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| 76 | 76 | | (i) PURPOSES.—The Secretary shall 1 |
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| 77 | 77 | | reserve, from the amount appropriated 2 |
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| 78 | 78 | | under subparagraph (A) to carry out this 3 |
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| 79 | 79 | | section— 4 |
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| 80 | 80 | | (I) for each of fiscal years 2026 5 |
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| 81 | 81 | | through 2029, not more than 2 per-6 |
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| 82 | 82 | | cent of the amount appropriated for 7 |
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| 83 | 83 | | the fiscal year for purposes of enter-8 |
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| 84 | 84 | | ing into an agreement with an eligible 9 |
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| 85 | 85 | | entity described in subparagraph (C) 10 |
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| 86 | 86 | | to assist in providing technical assist-11 |
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| 87 | 87 | | ance and training, to support effective 12 |
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| 88 | 88 | | policy, practice, research, and cross- 13 |
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| 89 | 89 | | system collaboration among grantees 14 |
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| 90 | 90 | | and subgrantees, and to assist in the 15 |
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| 91 | 91 | | administration of the program de-16 |
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| 92 | 92 | | scribed in this section; and 17 |
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| 93 | 93 | | (II) for fiscal year 2026, an 18 |
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| 94 | 94 | | amount, not to exceed $2,000,000, for 19 |
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| 95 | 95 | | purposes of conducting an evaluation 20 |
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| 96 | 96 | | under subsection (d). 21 |
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| 97 | 97 | | (ii) N |
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| 98 | 98 | | O STATE ENTITLEMENT TO RE -22 |
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| 99 | 99 | | SERVED FUNDS .—The State entitlement 23 |
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| 100 | 100 | | under section 2002(a) of the Social Secu-24 |
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| 101 | 101 | | rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1397a(a)) shall not 25 |
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| 105 | 105 | | apply to the amounts reserved under clause 1 |
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| 106 | 106 | | (i). 2 |
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| 107 | 107 | | (C) E |
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| 108 | 108 | | LIGIBLE ENTITY DESCRIBED .—An el-3 |
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| 109 | 109 | | igible entity described in this subparagraph is a 4 |
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| 110 | 110 | | nonprofit organization described in section 5 |
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| 111 | 111 | | 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 6 |
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| 112 | 112 | | and exempt from taxation under section 501(a) 7 |
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| 113 | 113 | | of such Code, that— 8 |
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| 114 | 114 | | (i) has experience in the area of com-9 |
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| 115 | 115 | | munity distributions of basic need services, 10 |
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| 116 | 116 | | including experience collecting, 11 |
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| 117 | 117 | | warehousing, and distributing basic neces-12 |
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| 118 | 118 | | sities such as menstrual products; 13 |
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| 119 | 119 | | (ii) demonstrates competency to im-14 |
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| 120 | 120 | | plement a project, provide fiscal account-15 |
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| 121 | 121 | | ability, collect data, and prepare reports 16 |
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| 122 | 122 | | and other necessary documentation; and 17 |
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| 123 | 123 | | (iii) demonstrates a willingness to 18 |
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| 124 | 124 | | share information with researchers, practi-19 |
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| 125 | 125 | | tioners, and other interested parties. 20 |
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| 126 | 126 | | (b) R |
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| 127 | 127 | | ULESGOVERNING USE OF ADDITIONAL 21 |
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| 128 | 128 | | F |
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| 129 | 129 | | UNDS.— 22 |
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| 130 | 130 | | (1) I |
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| 131 | 131 | | N GENERAL.—Funds are used in accord-23 |
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| 132 | 132 | | ance with this subsection if— 24 |
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| 136 | 136 | | (A) the State, in consultation with relevant 1 |
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| 137 | 137 | | stakeholders, including agencies, professional 2 |
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| 138 | 138 | | associations, and nonprofit organizations, dis-3 |
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| 139 | 139 | | tributes the funds to eligible entities to— 4 |
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| 140 | 140 | | (i) decrease the unmet need for men-5 |
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| 141 | 141 | | strual products by low-income menstru-6 |
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| 142 | 142 | | ating individuals through— 7 |
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| 143 | 143 | | (I) the distribution of free men-8 |
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| 144 | 144 | | strual products; 9 |
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| 145 | 145 | | (II) community outreach to assist 10 |
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| 146 | 146 | | in participation in existing menstrual 11 |
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| 147 | 147 | | product distribution programs; or 12 |
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| 148 | 148 | | (III) improving access to men-13 |
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| 149 | 149 | | strual products among low-income in-14 |
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| 150 | 150 | | dividuals; and 15 |
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| 151 | 151 | | (ii) increase the ability of communities 16 |
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| 152 | 152 | | and low-income families in such commu-17 |
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| 153 | 153 | | nities to provide for the need for menstrual 18 |
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| 154 | 154 | | products of low-income adults; 19 |
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| 155 | 155 | | (B) the funds are used subject to the limi-20 |
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| 156 | 156 | | tations in section 2005 of the Social Security 21 |
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| 157 | 157 | | Act (42 U.S.C. 1397d); and 22 |
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| 158 | 158 | | (C) the funds are used to supplement, and 23 |
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| 159 | 159 | | not supplant funds that are or have been made 24 |
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| 160 | 160 | | available from Federal, State, local, or philan-25 |
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| 164 | 164 | | thropic sources to carry out subtitle A of title 1 |
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| 165 | 165 | | XX of such Act. 2 |
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| 166 | 166 | | (2) A |
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| 167 | 167 | | LLOWABLE USES BY ELIGIBLE ENTI -3 |
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| 168 | 168 | | TIES.— 4 |
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| 169 | 169 | | (A) I |
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| 170 | 170 | | N GENERAL.—An eligible entity re-5 |
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| 171 | 171 | | ceiving funds made available under subsection 6 |
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| 172 | 172 | | (a) shall use the funds for any of the following: 7 |
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| 173 | 173 | | (i) To pay for the purchase of men-8 |
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| 174 | 174 | | strual products by, and the distribution of 9 |
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| 175 | 175 | | menstrual products among low-income in-10 |
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| 176 | 176 | | dividuals. 11 |
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| 177 | 177 | | (ii) To integrate activities carried out 12 |
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| 178 | 178 | | under subparagraph (A) with other basic 13 |
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| 179 | 179 | | needs assistance programs serving low-in-14 |
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| 180 | 180 | | come families, including the following: 15 |
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| 181 | 181 | | (I) Programs funded by the tem-16 |
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| 182 | 182 | | porary assistance for needy families 17 |
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| 183 | 183 | | program under part A of title IV of 18 |
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| 184 | 184 | | the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 19 |
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| 185 | 185 | | 601 et seq.), including the State 20 |
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| 186 | 186 | | maintenance of effort provisions of 21 |
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| 187 | 187 | | such program. 22 |
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| 188 | 188 | | (II) Programs designed to sup-23 |
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| 189 | 189 | | port the health of eligible children, 24 |
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| 190 | 190 | | such as the Children’s Health Insur-25 |
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| 194 | 194 | | ance Program under title XXI of the 1 |
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| 195 | 195 | | Social Security Act, the Medicaid pro-2 |
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| 196 | 196 | | gram under title XIX of such Act, or 3 |
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| 197 | 197 | | State funded health care programs. 4 |
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| 198 | 198 | | (III) Programs funded through 5 |
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| 199 | 199 | | the special supplemental nutrition 6 |
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| 200 | 200 | | program for women, infants, and chil-7 |
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| 201 | 201 | | dren under section 17 of the Child 8 |
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| 202 | 202 | | Nutrition Act of 1966. 9 |
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| 203 | 203 | | (IV) Programs that offer early 10 |
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| 204 | 204 | | home visiting services, including the 11 |
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| 205 | 205 | | maternal, infant, and early childhood 12 |
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| 206 | 206 | | home visiting program (including the 13 |
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| 207 | 207 | | Tribal home visiting program) under 14 |
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| 208 | 208 | | section 511 of the Social Security Act 15 |
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| 209 | 209 | | (42 U.S.C. 711). 16 |
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| 210 | 210 | | (iii) To provide training or technical 17 |
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| 211 | 211 | | assistance in carrying out activities under 18 |
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| 212 | 212 | | this section. 19 |
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| 213 | 213 | | (iv) To cover administrative costs. 20 |
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| 214 | 214 | | (B) L |
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| 215 | 215 | | IMITATION ON USE OF FUNDS FOR 21 |
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| 216 | 216 | | ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—An eligible entity re-22 |
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| 217 | 217 | | ceiving funds made available under this section 23 |
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| 218 | 218 | | shall not use more than 9 percent of the funds 24 |
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| 222 | 222 | | for administrative costs incurred pursuant to 1 |
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| 223 | 223 | | this section. 2 |
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| 224 | 224 | | (C) N |
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| 225 | 225 | | O LIMITS ON WHERE MENSTRUAL 3 |
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| 226 | 226 | | PRODUCTS MAY BE DISTRIBUTED .—The Sec-4 |
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| 227 | 227 | | retary may not limit the locations at which 5 |
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| 228 | 228 | | menstrual products may be distributed pursu-6 |
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| 229 | 229 | | ant to this section. 7 |
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| 230 | 230 | | (3) A |
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| 231 | 231 | | VAILABILITY OF FUNDS.— 8 |
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| 232 | 232 | | (A) F |
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| 233 | 233 | | UNDS DISTRIBUTED TO ELIGIBLE 9 |
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| 234 | 234 | | ENTITIES.—Funds made available under sub-10 |
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| 235 | 235 | | section (a) that are distributed to an eligible en-11 |
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| 236 | 236 | | tity by a State for a fiscal year may be ex-12 |
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| 237 | 237 | | pended by the eligible entity only in such fiscal 13 |
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| 238 | 238 | | year or the succeeding fiscal year. 14 |
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| 239 | 239 | | (B) E |
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| 240 | 240 | | VALUATION.—Funds reserved under 15 |
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| 241 | 241 | | subsection (a)(2)(B)(i)(II) to carry out the eval-16 |
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| 242 | 242 | | uation under subsection (d) shall be available 17 |
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| 243 | 243 | | for expenditure through September 30, 2028. 18 |
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| 244 | 244 | | (4) N |
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| 245 | 245 | | O EFFECT ON OTHER PROGRAMS .—Any 19 |
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| 246 | 246 | | assistance or benefits received by a family through 20 |
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| 247 | 247 | | funds made available under subsection (a) shall be 21 |
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| 248 | 248 | | disregarded for purposes of determining the family’s 22 |
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| 249 | 249 | | eligibility for, or amount of, benefits under any other 23 |
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| 250 | 250 | | Federal needs-based programs. 24 |
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| 254 | 254 | | (c) ANNUALREPORTS.—Section 2004 of the Social 1 |
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| 255 | 255 | | Security Act shall apply with respect to payments made 2 |
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| 256 | 256 | | to a State under this section in the same way it applies 3 |
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| 257 | 257 | | with respect to payments made to a State under section 4 |
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| 258 | 258 | | 2002 of such Act. 5 |
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| 259 | 259 | | (d) E |
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| 260 | 260 | | VALUATION.—The Secretary, in consultation 6 |
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| 261 | 261 | | with States and the eligible entities described in subsection 7 |
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| 262 | 262 | | (a)(2)(C) receiving funds made available under this sec-8 |
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| 263 | 263 | | tion, shall— 9 |
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| 264 | 264 | | (1) not later than December 30, 2031, complete 10 |
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| 265 | 265 | | an evaluation of the effectiveness of the assistance 11 |
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| 266 | 266 | | program carried out pursuant to this section, such 12 |
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| 267 | 267 | | as the effect of activities carried out under this Act 13 |
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| 268 | 268 | | on mitigating the health risks of unmet menstrual 14 |
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| 269 | 269 | | products need among individuals in low-income fami-15 |
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| 270 | 270 | | lies; 16 |
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| 271 | 271 | | (2) not later than March 31, 2032, submit to 17 |
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| 272 | 272 | | the Committees on Energy and Commerce and on 18 |
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| 273 | 273 | | Ways and Means of the House of Representatives 19 |
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| 274 | 274 | | and the Committee on Finance of the Senate a re-20 |
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| 275 | 275 | | port on the results of the evaluation; and 21 |
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| 276 | 276 | | (3) not later than April 30, 2032, publish the 22 |
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| 277 | 277 | | results of the evaluation on the internet website of 23 |
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| 278 | 278 | | the Department of Health and Human Services. 24 |
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| 282 | 282 | | (e) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 180 days after the 1 |
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| 283 | 283 | | date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary shall issue 2 |
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| 284 | 284 | | guidance regarding how the provisions of this section 3 |
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| 285 | 285 | | should be carried out, including information regarding eli-4 |
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| 286 | 286 | | gible entities, allowable use of funds, and reporting re-5 |
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| 287 | 287 | | quirements. 6 |
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| 288 | 288 | | (f) D |
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| 289 | 289 | | EFINITIONS.—In this section: 7 |
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| 290 | 290 | | (1) M |
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| 291 | 291 | | ENSTRUAL PRODUCTS .—The term ‘‘men-8 |
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| 292 | 292 | | strual products’’ means menstrual cups, menstrual 9 |
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| 293 | 293 | | discs, menstrual underwear, and sanitary napkins 10 |
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| 294 | 294 | | and tampons, that conform to applicable industry 11 |
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| 295 | 295 | | standards. 12 |
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| 296 | 296 | | (2) E |
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| 297 | 297 | | LIGIBLE ENTITIES.—The term ‘‘eligible 13 |
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| 298 | 298 | | entity’’ means a State or local governmental entity, 14 |
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| 299 | 299 | | an Indian tribe or tribal organization (as defined in 15 |
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| 300 | 300 | | section 4 of the Indian Self-Determination and Edu-16 |
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| 301 | 301 | | cation Assistance Act), or a nonprofit organization 17 |
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| 302 | 302 | | described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Rev-18 |
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| 303 | 303 | | enue Code of 1986 and exempt from taxation under 19 |
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| 304 | 304 | | section 501(a) of such Code that— 20 |
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| 305 | 305 | | (A) has experience in the area of commu-21 |
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| 306 | 306 | | nity distributions of basic need services, includ-22 |
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| 307 | 307 | | ing experience collecting, warehousing, and dis-23 |
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| 308 | 308 | | tributing basic necessities such as diapers, food, 24 |
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| 309 | 309 | | or menstrual products; 25 |
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| 313 | 313 | | (B) demonstrates competency to implement 1 |
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| 314 | 314 | | a project, provide fiscal accountability, collect 2 |
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| 315 | 315 | | data, and prepare reports and other necessary 3 |
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| 316 | 316 | | documentation; and 4 |
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| 317 | 317 | | (C) demonstrates a willingness to share in-5 |
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| 318 | 318 | | formation with researchers, practitioners, and 6 |
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| 319 | 319 | | other interested parties. 7 |
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| 320 | 320 | | (3) S |
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| 321 | 321 | | ECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means 8 |
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| 322 | 322 | | the Secretary of Health and Human Services. 9 |
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| 323 | 323 | | (4) S |
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| 324 | 324 | | TATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ has the mean-10 |
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| 325 | 325 | | ing given in section 1101(a)(1) of the Social Secu-11 |
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| 326 | 326 | | rity Act for purposes of title XX of such Act. 12 |
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| 327 | 327 | | (g) L |
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| 328 | 328 | | IMITATION ONAUTHORIZATION OFAPPROPRIA-13 |
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| 329 | 329 | | TIONS.—For the administration of this section, there are 14 |
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| 330 | 330 | | authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary not more 15 |
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| 331 | 331 | | than $6,000,000 for fiscal years 2026 through 2029. 16 |
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| 332 | 332 | | (h) E |
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| 333 | 333 | | XEMPTIONFROMSEQUESTRATION.—Funds 17 |
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| 334 | 334 | | made available to carry out this section shall be exempt 18 |
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| 335 | 335 | | from reduction under any order issued under the Balanced 19 |
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| 336 | 336 | | Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 20 |
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