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[CITE: 42USC1314a]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                       CHAPTER 7--SOCIAL SECURITY
 
   SUBCHAPTER XI--GENERAL PROVISIONS, PEER REVIEW, AND ADMINISTRATIVE 
                             SIMPLIFICATION
 
                       Part A--General Provisions
 
Sec. 1314a. Measurement and reporting of welfare receipt


(a) Congressional policy

    The Congress hereby declares that--
        (1) it is the policy and responsibility of the Federal 
    Government to reduce the rate at which and the degree to which 
    families depend on income from welfare programs and the duration of 
    welfare receipt, consistent with other essential national goals;
        (2) it is the policy of the United States to strengthen 
    families, to ensure that children grow up in families that are 
    economically self-sufficient and that the life prospects of children 
    are improved, and to underscore the responsibility of parents to 
    support their children;
        (3) the Federal Government should help welfare recipients as 
    well as individuals at risk of welfare receipt to improve their 
    education and job skills, to obtain child care and other necessary 
    support services, and to take such other steps as may be necessary 
    to assist them to become financially independent; and
        (4) it is the purpose of this section to provide the public with 
    generally accepted measures of welfare receipt so that it can track 
    such receipt over time and determine whether progress is being made 
    in reducing the rate at which and, to the extent feasible, the 
    degree to which, families depend on income from welfare programs and 
    the duration of welfare receipt.

(b) Development of welfare indicators and predictors

    The Secretary of Health and Human Services (in this section referred 
to as the ``Secretary'') in consultation with the Secretary of 
Agriculture shall--
        (1) develop--
            (A) indicators of the rate at which and, to the extent 
        feasible, the degree to which, families depend on income from 
        welfare programs and the duration of welfare receipt; and
            (B) predictors of welfare receipt;

        (2) assess the data needed to report annually on the indicators 
    and predictors, including the ability of existing data collection 
    efforts to provide such data and any additional data collection 
    needs; and
        (3) not later than 2 years after October 31, 1994, provide an 
    interim report containing conclusions resulting from the development 
    and assessment described in paragraphs (1) and (2), to--
            (A) the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of 
        Representatives;
            (B) the Committee on Education and Labor of the House of 
        Representatives;
            (C) the Committee on Agriculture of the House of 
        Representatives;
            (D) the Committee on Commerce of the House of 
        Representatives;
            (E) the Committee on Finance of the Senate;
            (F) the Committee on Labor and Human Resources of the 
        Senate; and
            (G) the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of 
        the Senate.

(c) Advisory Board on Welfare Indicators

                          (1) Establishment

        There is established an Advisory Board on Welfare Indicators (in 
    this subsection referred to as the ``Board'').

                           (2) Composition

        The Board shall be composed of 12 members with equal numbers to 
    be appointed by the House of Representatives, the Senate, and the 
    President. The Board shall be composed of experts in the fields of 
    welfare research and welfare statistical methodology, 
    representatives of State and local welfare agencies, and 
    organizations concerned with welfare issues.

                            (3) Vacancies

        Any vacancy occurring in the membership of the Board shall be 
    filled in the same manner as the original appointment for the 
    position being vacated. The vacancy shall not affect the power of 
    the remaining members to execute the duties of the Board.

                             (4) Duties

        Duties of the Board shall include--
            (A) providing advice and recommendations to the Secretary on 
        the development of indicators of the rate at which and, to the 
        extent feasible, the degree to which, families depend on income 
        from welfare programs and the duration of welfare receipt; and
            (B) providing advice on the development and presentation of 
        annual reports required under subsection (d) of this section.

                         (5) Travel expenses

        Members of the Board shall not be compensated, but shall receive 
    travel expenses, including per diem in lieu of subsistence, at rates 
    authorized for employees of agencies under subchapter I of chapter 
    57 of title 5 for each day the member is engaged in the performance 
    of duties away from the home or regular place of business of the 
    member.

                   (6) Detail of Federal employees

        The Secretary shall detail, without reimbursement, any of the 
    personnel of the Department of Health and Human Services to the 
    Board to assist the Board in carrying out its duties. Any detail 
    shall not interrupt or otherwise affect the civil service status or 
    privileges of the Federal employee.

                        (7) Voluntary service

        Notwithstanding section 1342 of title 31, the Board may accept 
    the voluntary services provided by a member of the Board.

                      (8) Termination of Board

        The Board shall be terminated at such time as the Secretary 
    determines the duties described in paragraph (4) have been 
    completed, but in any case prior to the submission of the first 
    report required under subsection (d) of this section.

(d) Annual welfare indicators report

                           (1) Preparation

        The Secretary shall prepare annual reports on welfare receipt in 
    the United States.

                            (2) Coverage

        The report shall include analysis of families and individuals 
    receiving assistance under means-tested benefit programs, including 
    the program of aid to families with dependent children under part A 
    of subchapter IV of this chapter, the food stamp program under the 
    Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), and the Supplemental 
    Security Income program under subchapter XVI of this chapter, or as 
    general assistance under programs administered by State and local 
    governments.

                            (3) Contents

        Each report shall set forth for each of the means-tested benefit 
    programs described in paragraph (2)--
            (A) indicators of--
                (i) the rate at which and, to the extent feasible, the 
            degree to which, families depend on income from welfare 
            programs, and
                (ii) the duration of welfare receipt;

            (B) trends in indicators;
            (C) predictors of welfare receipt;
            (D) the causes of welfare receipt;
            (E) patterns of multiple program receipt;
            (F) such other information as the Secretary deems relevant; 
        and
            (G) such recommendations for legislation, which shall not 
        include proposals to reduce eligibility levels or impose 
        barriers to program access, as the Secretary may determine to be 
        necessary or desirable to reduce--
                (i) the rate at which and the degree to which families 
            depend on income from welfare programs, and
                (ii) the duration of welfare receipt.

                           (4) Submission

        The Secretary shall submit such a report not later than 3 years 
    after October 31, 1994, and annually thereafter, to the committees 
    specified in subsection (b)(3) of this section. Each such report 
    shall be transmitted during the first 60 days of each regular 
    session of Congress.

(e) Short title

    This section may be cited as the ``Welfare Indicators Act of 1994''.

(Pub. L. 103-432, title II, Sec. 232, Oct. 31, 1994, 108 Stat. 4462; 
Pub. L. 105-200, title IV, Sec. 410(h), July 16, 1998, 112 Stat. 674.)

                       References in Text

    Part A of subchapter IV of this chapter and subchapter XVI of this 
chapter, referred to in subsec. (d)(2), are classified to section 601 et 
seq. and section 1381 et seq., respectively, of this title.
    The Food Stamp Act of 1977, referred to in subsec. (d)(2), is Pub. 
L. 88-525, Aug. 31, 1964, 78 Stat. 703, as amended, which is classified 
generally to chapter 51 (Sec. 2011 et seq.) of Title 7, Agriculture. For 
complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Short Title note 
set out under section 2011 of Title 7 and Tables.

                          Codification

    Section was enacted as part of the Social Security Act Amendments of 
1994, and not as part of the Social Security Act which comprises this 
chapter.


                               Amendments

    1998--Subsec. (b)(3)(D). Pub. L. 105-200, Sec. 410(h)(1), struck out 
``Energy and'' before ``Commerce''.
    Subsec. (d)(4). Pub. L. 105-200, Sec. 410(h)(2), substituted 
``subsection (b)(3) of this section'' for ``subsection (b)(3)(C) of this 
section''.

                         Change of Name

    Committee on Education and Labor of House of Representatives treated 
as referring to Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities of 
House of Representatives by section 1(a) of Pub. L. 104-14, set out as a 
note preceding section 21 of Title 2, The Congress. Committee on 
Economic and Educational Opportunities of House of Representatives 
changed to Committee on Education and the Workforce of House of 
Representatives by House Resolution No. 5, One Hundred Fifth Congress, 
Jan. 7, 1997.
