Sec. 603. AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS AND ENTITLEMENT AUTHORITY
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## SEC. 603 AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS AND ENTITLEMENT AUTHORITY ###
(a)In General Section 658B (42 U.S.C. 9858) is amended to read as follows: > > ## “SEC. 658B AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS > > “There is authorized to be appropriated to carry out this subchapter $1,000,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1996 through 2002.” > . ###
(b)Social Security Act Part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601–617) is amended by adding at the end the following new section: > > ## “SEC. 418 FUNDING FOR CHILD CARE > > > ### “(a) General Child Care Entitlement > > > #### “(1) General entitlement > > Subject to the amount appropriated under paragraph (3), each State shall, for the purpose of providing child care assistance, be entitled to payments under a grant under this subsection for a fiscal year in an amount equal to— > > > ##### “(A) > > the sum of the total amount required to be paid to the State under section 403 for fiscal year 1994 or 1995 (whichever is greater) with respect to amounts expended for child care under section— > > > ###### “(i) > > 402(g) of this Act (as such section was in effect before October 1, 1995); and > > > ###### “(ii) > > 402(i) of this Act (as so in effect); or > > > ##### “(B) > > the average of the total amounts required to be paid to the State for fiscal years 1992 through 1994 under the sections referred to in subparagraph (A); > > whichever is greater. > > > #### “(2) Remainder > > > ##### “(A) Grants > > The Secretary shall use any amounts appropriated for a fiscal year under paragraph (3), and remaining after the reservation described in paragraph
(4)and after grants are awarded under paragraph (1), to make grants to States under this paragraph. > > > ##### “(B) Amount > > Subject to subparagraph (C), the amount of a grant awarded to a State for a fiscal year under this paragraph shall be based on the formula used for determining the amount of Federal payments to the State under section 403(n) (as such section was in effect before October 1, 1995). > > > ##### “(C) Matching requirement > > The Secretary shall pay to each eligible State in a fiscal year an amount, under a grant under subparagraph (A), equal to the Federal medical assistance percentage for such State for fiscal year 1995 (as defined in section 1905(b)) of so much of the expenditures by the State for child care in such year as exceed the State set-aside for such State under paragraph (1)(A) for such year and the amount of State expenditures in fiscal year 1994 or 1995 (whichever is greater) that equal the non-Federal share for the programs described in subparagraph
(A)of paragraph (1). > > > ##### “(D) Redistribution > > > ###### “(i) In general > > With respect to any fiscal year, if the Secretary determines (in accordance with clause (ii)) that amounts under any grant awarded to a State under this paragraph for such fiscal year will not be used by such State during such fiscal year for carrying out the purpose for which the grant is made, the Secretary shall make such amounts available in the subsequent fiscal year for carrying out such purpose to one or more States which apply for such funds to the extent the Secretary determines that such States will be able to use such additional amounts for carrying out such purpose. Such available amounts shall be redistributed to a State pursuant to section 403(n) (as such section was in effect before October 1, 1995) by substituting ‘the number of children residing in all States applying for such funds’ for ‘the number of children residing in the United States in the second preceding fiscal year’. > > > ###### “(ii) Time of determination and distribution > > The determination of the Secretary under clause
(i)for a fiscal year shall be made not later than the end of the first quarter of the subsequent fiscal year. The redistribution of amounts under clause
(i)shall be made as close as practicable to the date on which such determination is made. Any amount made available to a State from an appropriation for a fiscal year in accordance with this subparagraph shall, for purposes of this part, be regarded as part of such State's payment (as determined under this subsection) for the fiscal year in which the redistribution is made. > > > #### “(3) Appropriation > > For grants under this section, there are appropriated— > > > ##### “(A) > > $1,967,000,000 for fiscal year 1997; > > > ##### “(B) > > $2,067,000,000 for fiscal year 1998; > > > ##### “(C) > > $2,167,000,000 for fiscal year 1999; > > > ##### “(D) > > $2,367,000,000 for fiscal year 2000; > > > ##### “(E) > > $2,567,000,000 for fiscal year 2001; and > > > ##### “(F) > > $2,717,000,000 for fiscal year 2002. > > > #### “(4) Indian tribes > > The Secretary shall reserve not less than 1 percent, and not more than 2 percent, of the aggregate amount appropriated to carry out this section in each fiscal year for payments to Indian tribes and tribal organizations. > > > ### “(b) Use of Funds > > > #### “(1) In general > > Amounts received by a State under this section shall only be used to provide child care assistance. Amounts received by a State under a grant under subsection (a)(1) shall be available for use by the State without fiscal year limitation. > > > #### “(2) Use for certain populations > > A State shall ensure that not less than 70 percent of the total amount of funds received by the State in a fiscal year under this section are used to provide child care assistance to families who are receiving assistance under a State program under this part, families who are attempting through work activities to transition off of such assistance program, and families who are at risk of becoming dependent on such assistance program. > > > ### “(c) Application of Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 > > Notwithstanding any other provision of law, amounts provided to a State under this section shall be transferred to the lead agency under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990, integrated by the State into the programs established by the State under such Act, and be subject to requirements and limitations of such Act. > > > ### “(d) Definition > > As used in this section, the term ‘**State**’ means each of the 50 States or the District of Columbia.” > .
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