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DEFICIT REDUCTION ACT OF 2005

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Public Law 109-171

109th Congress

An Act

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To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 202(a) of the

concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 2006 (H. Con. Res.

95). <<NOTE: Feb. 8, 2006 - [S. 1932]>>

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the

United States of America in Congress <<NOTE: Deficit Reduction Act of

2005. 42 USC 1305 note.>> assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

This Act may be cited as the ``Deficit Reduction Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. TABLE OF TITLES.

The table of titles is as follows:

TITLE I--AGRICULTURE PROVISIONS

TITLE II--HOUSING AND DEPOSIT INSURANCE PROVISIONS

TITLE III--DIGITAL TELEVISION TRANSITION AND PUBLIC SAFETY

TITLE IV--TRANSPORTATION PROVISIONS

TITLE V--MEDICARE

TITLE VI--MEDICAID AND SCHIP

TITLE VII--HUMAN RESOURCES AND OTHER PROVISIONS

TITLE VIII--EDUCATION AND PENSION BENEFIT PROVISIONS

TITLE IX--LIHEAP PROVISIONS

TITLE X--JUDICIARY RELATED PROVISIONS

SEC. 7103. GRANTS FOR HEALTHY MARRIAGE PROMOTION AND RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD.

(a) Healthy Marriage and Family Funds.--Section 403(a)(2) (42 U.S.C.

603(a)(2)) is amended to read as follows:

``(2) Healthy marriage promotion and responsible fatherhood

grants.--

``(A) In general.--

``(i) Use of funds.--Subject to subparagraphs

(B) and (C), the Secretary may use the funds made

available under subparagraph (D) for the purpose

of conducting and supporting research and

demonstration projects by public or private

entities, and providing technical assistance to

States, Indian tribes and tribal organizations,

and such other entities as the Secretary may

specify that are receiving a grant under another

provision of this part.

``(ii) Limitations.--The Secretary may not

award funds made available under this paragraph on

a noncompetitive basis, and may not provide any

such funds to an entity for the purpose of

carrying out healthy marriage promotion activities

or for the purpose of carrying out activities

promoting responsible fatherhood unless the entity

has submitted to the Secretary an application

which--

``(I) describes--

``(aa) how the programs or

activities proposed in the

application will address, as

appropriate, issues of domestic

violence; and

``(bb) what the applicant

will do, to the extent relevant,

to ensure that participation in

the programs or activities is

voluntary, and to inform

potential participants that

their participation is

voluntary; and

``(II) contains a commitment by the

entity--

``(aa) to not use the funds

for any other purpose; and

``(bb) to consult with

experts in domestic violence or

relevant community domestic

violence coalitions in

developing the programs and

activities.

``(iii) Healthy marriage promotion

activities.--In clause (ii), the term `healthy

marriage promotion activities' means the

following:

``(I) Public advertising campaigns

on the value of marriage and the skills

needed to increase marital stability and

health.

``(II) Education in high schools on

the value of marriage, relationship

skills, and budgeting.

``(III) Marriage education, marriage

skills, and relationship skills

programs, that may include parenting

skills, financial management, conflict

resolution, and job and career

advancement, for non-married pregnant

women and non-married expectant fathers.

``(IV) Pre-marital education and

marriage skills training for engaged

couples and for couples or individuals

interested in marriage.

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``(V) Marriage enhancement and

marriage skills training programs for

married couples.

``(VI) Divorce reduction programs

that teach relationship skills.

``(VII) Marriage mentoring programs

which use married couples as role models

and mentors in at-risk communities.

``(VIII) Programs to reduce the

disincentives to marriage in means-

tested aid programs, if offered in

conjunction with any activity described

in this subparagraph.

``(B) Limitation on use of funds for demonstration

projects for coordination of provision of child welfare

and tanf services to tribal families at risk of child

abuse or neglect.--

``(i) In general.--Of the amounts made

available under subparagraph (D) for a fiscal

year, the Secretary may not award more than

$2,000,000 on a competitive basis to fund

demonstration projects designed to test the

effectiveness of tribal governments or tribal

consortia in coordinating the provision to tribal

families at risk of child abuse or neglect of

child welfare services and services under tribal

programs funded under this part.

``(ii) Limitation on use of funds.--A grant

made pursuant to clause (i) to such a project

shall not be used for any purpose other than--

``(I) to improve case management for

families eligible for assistance from

such a tribal program;

``(II) for supportive services and

assistance to tribal children in out-of-

home placements and the tribal families

caring for such children, including

families who adopt such children; and

``(III) for prevention services and

assistance to tribal families at risk of

child abuse and neglect.

``(iii) Reports.--The Secretary may require a

recipient of funds awarded under this subparagraph

to provide the Secretary with such information as

the Secretary deems relevant to enable the

Secretary to facilitate and oversee the

administration of any project for which funds are

provided under this subparagraph.

``(C) Limitation on use of funds for activities

promoting responsible fatherhood.--

``(i) In general.--Of the amounts made

available under subparagraph (D) for a fiscal

year, the Secretary may not award more than

$50,000,000 on a competitive basis to States,

territories, Indian tribes and tribal

organizations, and public and nonprofit community

entities, including religious organizations, for

activities promoting responsible fatherhood.

``(ii) Activities promoting responsible

fatherhood.--In this paragraph, the term

`activities promoting responsible fatherhood'

means the following:

``(I) Activities to promote marriage

or sustain marriage through activities

such as counseling, mentoring,

disseminating information about the

benefits of marriage and 2-parent

involvement for

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children, enhancing relationship skills,

education regarding how to control

aggressive behavior, disseminating

information on the causes of domestic

violence and child abuse, marriage

preparation programs, premarital

counseling, marital inventories, skills-

based marriage education, financial

planning seminars, including improving a

family's ability to effectively manage

family business affairs by means such as

education, counseling, or mentoring on

matters related to family finances,

including household management,

budgeting, banking, and handling of

financial transactions and home

maintenance, and divorce education and

reduction programs, including mediation

and counseling.

``(II) Activities to promote

responsible parenting through activities

such as counseling, mentoring, and

mediation, disseminating information

about good parenting practices, skills-

based parenting education, encouraging

child support payments, and other

methods.

``(III) Activities to foster

economic stability by helping fathers

improve their economic status by

providing activities such as work first

services, job search, job training,

subsidized employment, job retention,

job enhancement, and encouraging

education, including career-advancing

education, dissemination of employment

materials, coordination with existing

employment services such as welfare-to-

work programs, referrals to local

employment training initiatives, and

other methods.

``(IV) Activities to promote

responsible fatherhood that are

conducted through a contract with a

nationally recognized, nonprofit

fatherhood promotion organization, such

as the development, promotion, and

distribution of a media campaign to

encourage the appropriate involvement of

parents in the life of any child and

specifically the issue of responsible

fatherhood, and the development of a

national clearinghouse to assist States

and communities in efforts to promote

and support marriage and responsible

fatherhood.

``(D) Appropriation.--Out of any money in the

Treasury of the United States not otherwise

appropriated, there are appropriated $150,000,000 for

each of fiscal years 2006 through 2010, for expenditure

in accordance with this paragraph.''.

(b) Counting of Spending on Certain Pro-Family Activities.--Section

409(a)(7)(B)(i) (42 U.S.C. 609(a)(7)(B)(i)) is amended by adding at the

end the following:

``(V) Counting of spending on

certain pro-family activities.--The term

`qualified State expenditures' includes

the total expenditures by the State

during the fiscal year under all State

programs for a purpose described in

paragraph (3) or (4) of section

401(a).''.