Sec. 103. Healthy marriage promotion and responsible fatherhood programs
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Section 403(a)(2)(A)(ii)(II) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(2)(A)(ii)(II)) is amended— in item (aa), by striking and at the end; in item (bb), by striking the period at the end and inserting a semicolon; and by adding at the end the following new items: if the entity is a State or an Indian tribe or tribal organization, to not condition the receipt of assistance under the program funded under this part, under a program funded with qualified State expenditures (as defined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)), or under any other program funded under this title on enrollment in any such programs or activities; and to permit any individual who has begun to participate in a particular program or activity funded under this paragraph, including an individual whose participation is specified in the individual responsibility plan developed for the individual in accordance with section 408(b), to transfer to another such program or activity funded under this paragraph upon notification to the entity and the State agency responsible for administering the State program funded under this part. .
Section 408(a) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 608(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: A State to which a grant is made under section 403 shall not condition the receipt of assistance under the State program funded under this part, under a program funded with qualified State expenditures (as defined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)), or under any other program funded under this title, on participation in a healthy marriage promotion activity (as defined in section 403(a)(2)(A)(iii)) or in an activity promoting responsible fatherhood (as defined in section 403(a)(2)(C)(ii)). .
Section 409(a) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 609(a) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: If the Secretary determines that a State has violated section 408(a)(13) during a fiscal year, the Secretary shall reduce the grant payable to the State under section 403(a)(1) for the immediately succeeding fiscal year by an amount equal to 5 percent of the State family assistance grant. . Section 403(a)(2)(C)(ii) of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 603(a)(2)(C)(ii) ) is amended— in subclause (I), by striking marriage or sustain marriage and insert healthy relationships and marriages or to sustain healthy relationships or marriages ; in subclause (II), by inserting educating youth who are not yet parents about the economic, social, and family consequences of early parenting, helping participants in fatherhood programs work with their own children to break the cycle of early parenthood, after child support payments, ; and in subclause (III), by striking fathers and inserting low-income fathers and other low-income noncustodial parents who are not eligible for assistance under the State program funded under this part .
Section 403(a)(2)(D) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 603(a)(2)(D) ) is amended— by striking year 2012 the 1st place it appears and inserting years 2014 through 2018 ; and by striking fiscal year 2012 the 2nd place it appears and inserting a fiscal year . The amendments made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 2013.
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