Mr. DODD (for himself, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Kohl, Ms. Mikulski, Ms. Moseley-Braun, Mrs. Murray, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Leahy, and Mr. Kerrey) proposed an amendment to amendment No. 2280 proposed by Mr. Dole to the bill H.R. 4, supra, as follows:

On page 17, line 22, strike `subparagraph (B)' and insert `subparagraphs (B) and (C)'.

On page 18, between lines 15 and 16, insert the following new subparagraph:

`(C) Amount attributable to certain child care payments: For purposes of subparagraph (A), the amount determined under this subparagraph is an amount equal to the Federal payments to the State under subsections (g)(1)(A)(i), (g)(1)(A)(ii), and (i) of section 402 for fiscal year 1994 (as in effect during such fiscal year).'.

On page 18, line 16, strike `(C)' and insert `(D)'.

On page 22, line 12, strike `$16,795,323,000' and insert `$15,795,323,000'.

At the end of title VI, add the following new section:

SEC. . WORK PROGRAM RELATED CHILD CARE.

(a) Establishment: The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall, upon the application of a State under subsection (c), provide a grant to such State for the provision of child care services to individuals.

(b) Funding: For the purpose of providing child care services for eligible children through the awarding of grants to States under this section for a fiscal year, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall pay, from funds in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, an amount equal to the sum of--

(1) the outlays for child care services under sections 402(g)(1)(A)(i), 402(g)(1)(A)(ii), and 402(i) of the Social Security Act (as such sec-
tions existed on the day before the date of enactment of this Act) for fiscal year 1994; and

(2)(A) for fiscal year 1996, $246,000,000;

(B) for fiscal year 1997, $311,000,000;

(C) for fiscal year 1998, $570,000,000;

(D) for fiscal year 1999, $1,122,000,000; and

(E) for fiscal year 2000, $3,776,000,000.

(c) Application: To be eligible to receive a grant under this section, a State shall prepare and submit to the Secretary of Health and Human Services an application at such time, in such manner, and containing such information as the Secretary may require.

(d) Amount of Grant: From the amounts available under subsection (b) for a fiscal year, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall allot to each State (with an application approved under subsection (c)) an amount which bears the same relationship to such amounts as the total number of eligible children in the State bears to the total number of eligible children in all States (with applications approved under subsection (c)).

(e) Use of Funds:

(1) In general: Amounts received by a State under a grant awarded under this section shall be used to carry out programs and activities to provide child care services to eligible children residing within such State.

(2) Eligible children: For purposes of this section, the term `eligible child' means an individual--

(A) who is less than 13 years of age; and

(B) who resides with a parent or parents who are working pursuant to a work requirement contained in section 404 of the Social Security Act (as amended by section 101), are attending a job training or educational program, or are at risk of falling into welfare.

(3) Guarantee: Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, or of part A of title IV of the Social Security Act--

(A) no parent of a preschool age child shall be penalized or sanctioned for failure to participate in a job training, educational, or work program if child care assistance in an appropriate child care program is not provided for the child of such parent; and

(B) no parent of an elementary school age child shall be penalized or sanctioned for failure to participate in a job training, educational, or work program before or after normal school hours if assistance in an appropriate before or after school program is not provided for the child of such parent.

(f) General Provisions:

(1) Other requirements: The requirements, standards, and criteria under the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.), except for the provisions of section 658G of such Act, shall apply to the funds appropriated under this section to the extent that such requirements, standards, and criteria do not directly conflict with the provisions of this section.

(2) Maintenance of Effort: A State, in utilizing the proceeds of a grant received under this section, shall maintain the expenditures of the State for child care activities at a level that is equal to not less than the level of such expenditures maintained by the State under the provisions of law referred to in subsection (b) for fiscal year 1994.

(g) Sense of the Senate Regarding Financing:

(1) Findings: The Senate finds that--

(A) child care is essential to the success of real welfare reform and this Act dramatically reduces the funds designated for child care while at the same time increasing the need for such care; and

(B) obsolete corporate subsidies and tax expenditures consume a larger and growing portion of the funds in the Treasury.

(2) Sense of the senate: It is the sense of the Senate that the new investment in child care, above the amounts appropriated under the provisions of law referred to in subsection (b)(1) for fiscal year 1994, provided under this section should be offset by corresponding reductions in corporate welfare.

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