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[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS.

    (a) Short Title.--This Act may be cited as the ``Working Families 
Child Care Act of 1997''.
    (b) Table of Contents.--The table of contents for this Act is as 
follows:

Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents.
Sec. 2. Findings.
Sec. 3. Assistance for low-income working families.
Sec. 4. Grants for child care supply shortages.
Sec. 5. Report on access to child care by low-income working families.
Sec. 6. Effective date.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    Congress makes the following findings:
            (1) Availability and affordability of quality child care is 
        a major obstacle for working parents who struggle to remain 
        self-sufficient.
                    (A) Compared to all other income groups, the 
                working poor are the least likely to receive assistance 
                with their child care costs.
                    (B) Low-income families spend 24 percent of their 
                household income on child care, whereas middle-income 
                families spend 6 percent of their household income on 
                child care.
                    (C) 38 States have waiting lists for child care for 
                the working poor. Among those States, Georgia has 
                41,000 individuals on its waiting list, Texas has 
                36,000 individuals on its waiting list, and Illinois 
                and Alabama each have 20,000 individuals on their 
                waiting lists.
                    (D) One survey of low-income families on a waiting 
                list for subsidized child care found that of those 
                families paying for child care out of their own funds, 
                71 percent faced serious debt or bankruptcy.
                    (E) Half of the States and the District of 
                Columbia, even before the enactment of the Personal 
                Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act 
                of 1996 (Public Law 104-193, 110 Stat. 2105) during the 
                104th Congress, increased the proportion of child care 
                slots or dollars going to families on welfare, rather 
                than to working poor families.
            (2) The Congressional Budget Office estimates that there 
        will be $1,400,000,000 less expenditures of child care funds 
        for working poor families as a result of the States 
        implementing the work requirements imposed under the Personal 
        Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 
        (Public Law 104-193, 110 Stat. 2105).
            (3) Important types of child care are not available in 
        certain States including infant care, school-age care, care for 
        children with disabilities and special health care needs, and 
        child care for parents with unconventional or shifting work 
        hours.
                    (A) A 1995 State study by the Comptroller General 
                of the United States found a shortage of child care for 
                infants and children with special needs in inner 
                cities, and a shortage of all types of child care in 
                rural areas.
                    (B) Only one-third of the schools in low-income 
                neighborhoods offer school-age child care, compared 
                with 52 percent of schools in more affluent areas 
                offering such care.
                    (C) Eighth-graders who are left home alone for 11 
                or more hours a week report significantly greater use 
                of cigarettes, alcohol, and marijuana than eighth-
                graders who are not left home alone.
                    (D) Existing child care arrangements do not 
                accommodate the work schedules of many working women. 
                According to a 1995 statistic published by the 
                Department of Labor, 14,300,000 workers, nearly 1 in 5 
                full-time workers work nonstandard hours, and more than 
                1 in 3 of those workers are women.
                    (E) Only 10 percent of child care centers and 6 
                percent of family day care providers offer child care 
                on weekends. Yet one-third of working mothers with 
                annual incomes below the poverty level and one-quarter 
                of mothers with annual incomes above the poverty level 
                but below $25,000 work on weekends.
                    (F) Less than 30 percent of Head Start programs 
                operate on a full-time, full-year basis.

SEC. 3. ASSISTANCE FOR LOW-INCOME WORKING FAMILIES.

    Section 658B of the Child Care Development Block Grant Act of 1990 
(42 U.S.C. 9858) is amended to read as follows:

``SEC. 658B. FUNDING OF GRANTS.

    ``(a) Authorization of Appropriations.--Except as provided in 
subsection (b), there is authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
this subchapter $2,000,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1997 through 
2002.
    ``(b) Appropriation.--The Secretary shall pay, from funds in the 
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, $1,400,000,000 for fiscal years 
1997 through 2002, through the awarding of grants to States under this 
subchapter for the purpose of providing child care services for 
families who have left the State program of assistance under part A of 
title IV of the Social Security Act because of employment, families 
that are at risk of becoming dependent on such assistance program, and 
low-income working families described in section 658E(c)(3)(D). Funds 
shall be paid under this subsection to the States in the same manner, 
and subject to the same requirements and limitations, as funds are paid 
to the States under section 418 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
618).''.

SEC. 4. GRANTS FOR CHILD CARE SUPPLY SHORTAGES.

    (a) Grants for Child Care Supply Shortages.--Section 658E(c)(3) of 
the Child Care Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 
9858c(c)(3)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(E) Child care supply shortages.--
                            ``(i) In general.--A State shall ensure 
                        that 100 percent of amounts paid to the State 
                        out of funds appropriated under section 
                        658B(a)(2) with respect to each of the fiscal 
                        years 1997 through 2002 shall be used to carry 
                        out child care activities described in clause 
                        (ii) in geographic areas within the State that 
                        have a shortage, as determined by the State, in 
                        consultation with localities, of child care 
                        services.
                            ``(ii) Child care activities described.--
                        The child care activities described in this 
                        clause include the following:
                                    ``(I) Infant care programs.
                                    ``(II) Before- and after-school 
                                child care programs.
                                    ``(III) Resource and referral 
                                programs.
                                    ``(IV) Nontraditional work hours 
                                child care programs.
                                    ``(V) Extending the hours of pre-
                                kindergarten programs to provide full-
                                day services.
                                    ``(VI) Any other child care 
                                programs that the Secretary determines 
                                are appropriate.''.
    (b) Authorization of Appropriations.--Section 658B(a) of the Child 
Care Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858(a)), as 
amended by section 2, is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Except as provided in'' and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided in paragraph (2) 
        and''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(2) Child care supply shortages.--There is authorized to 
        be appropriated to carry out section 658E(c)(3)(E), 
        $500,000,000 for each of fiscal years 1997 through 2002.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 658(c)(3)(A) of the Child Care 
Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858c(c)(3)(A)) is 
amended by striking ``(D)'' and inserting ``(E)''.

SEC. 5. REPORT ON ACCESS TO CHILD CARE BY LOW-INCOME WORKING FAMILIES.

    (a) State Reporting Requirement.--Section 658K(a)(2) of the Child 
Care Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858i(a)(2)) is 
amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``and'' at the end; 
        and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (E), the following:
                    ``(F) the total number of families described in 
                section 658B(b) that were eligible for but did not 
                receive assistance under this subchapter or under 
                section 418 of the Social Security Act and a 
                description of the obstacles to providing such 
                assistance; and
                    ``(G) the total number of families described in 
                section 658B(b) that received assistance provided under 
                this subchapter or under section 418 of the Social 
                Security Act and a description of the manner in which 
                that assistance was provided;''.
    (b) Secretarial Reporting Requirement.--Section 658L of the Child 
Care Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858j) is amended 
by inserting ``, with particular emphasis on access of low-income 
working families,'' after ``public''.

SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    This Act and the amendments made by this Act take effect as if 
included in the enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work 
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193, 110 Stat. 
2105).
[A]: Working Families Child Care Act of 1997 - Amends the Child Care Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to extend its authorization of appropriations through FY 2002. 
Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, from (additional) Treasury funds not otherwise appropriated, to award grants to States to provide child care services for:  (1) families who have left the State program of assistance under part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) of title IV of the Social Security Act because of employment; (2) families that are at risk of becoming dependent on such assistance program; and (3) low-income working families meeting specified criteria. 
Authorizes appropriations for grants to States for child care activities in areas of the State that have child care supply shortages.  Includes among such child care activities programs for: (1) infant care; (2) before- and after-school; (3) resources and referrals; (4) nontraditional work hours; (5) extending the hours of pre-kindergarten programs to provide full-day services; and (6) any other program the Secretary deems appropriate. 
Requires State reports to include information on access to child care by low-income working families.  Requires reports of the Secretary to place particular emphasis on such access. 
(Sec. 6) Makes this Act effective as if included in the enactment of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193).


[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Crop Insurance Subsidy Reduction Act 
of 2013''.

SEC. 2. REDUCTION IN SHARE OF CROP INSURANCE PREMIUM PAID BY FEDERAL 
              CROP INSURANCE CORPORATION.

    Section 508(e)(2) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act (7 U.S.C. 
1508(e)(2)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (B)(i), by striking ``67'' and 
        inserting ``55'';
            (2) in subparagraph (E)(i), by striking ``55'' and 
        inserting ``24'';
            (3) in subparagraph (F)(i), by striking ``48'' and 
        inserting ``17'';
            (4) in subparagraph (G)(i), by striking ``38'' and 
        inserting ``13'';
            (5) by redesignating subparagraphs (C) through (G) as 
        subparagraphs (G) through (K), respectively; and
            (6) by inserting after subparagraph (B) the following:
                    ``(C) In the case of additional coverage equal to 
                or greater than 55 percent, but less than 60 percent, 
                of the recorded or appraised average yield indemnified 
                at not greater than 100 percent of the expected market 
                price, or a comparable coverage for a policy or plan of 
                insurance that is not based on individual yield, the 
                amount shall be equal to the sum of--
                            ``(i) 46 percent of the amount of the 
                        premium established under subsection 
                        (d)(2)(B)(i) for the coverage level selected; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) the amount determined under 
                        subsection (d)(2)(B)(ii) for the coverage level 
                        selected to cover operating and administrative 
                        expenses.
                    ``(D) In the case of additional coverage equal to 
                or greater than 60 percent, but less than 65 percent, 
                of the recorded or appraised average yield indemnified 
                at not greater than 100 percent of the expected market 
                price, or a comparable coverage for a policy or plan of 
                insurance that is not based on individual yield, the 
                amount shall be equal to the sum of--
                            ``(i) 38 percent of the amount of the 
                        premium established under subsection 
                        (d)(2)(B)(i) for the coverage level selected; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) the amount determined under 
                        subsection (d)(2)(B)(ii) for the coverage level 
                        selected to cover operating and administrative 
                        expenses.
                    ``(E) In the case of additional coverage equal to 
                or greater than 65 percent, but less than 70 percent, 
                of the recorded or appraised average yield indemnified 
                at not greater than 100 percent of the expected market 
                price, or a comparable coverage for a policy or plan of 
                insurance that is not based on individual yield, the 
                amount shall be equal to the sum of--
                            ``(i) 42 percent of the amount of the 
                        premium established under subsection 
                        (d)(2)(B)(i) for the coverage level selected; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) the amount determined under 
                        subsection (d)(2)(B)(ii) for the coverage level 
                        selected to cover operating and administrative 
                        expenses.
                    ``(F) In the case of additional coverage equal to 
                or greater than 70 percent, but less than 75 percent, 
                of the recorded or appraised average yield indemnified 
                at not greater than 100 percent of the expected market 
                price, or a comparable coverage for a policy or plan of 
                insurance that is not based on individual yield, the 
                amount shall be equal to the sum of--
                            ``(i) 32 percent of the amount of the 
                        premium established under subsection 
                        (d)(2)(B)(i) for the coverage level selected; 
                        and
                            ``(ii) the amount determined under 
                        subsection (d)(2)(B)(ii) for the coverage level 
                        selected to cover operating and administrative 
                        expenses.''.

SEC. 3. BUDGETARY EFFECTS.

    The budgetary effects of this Act, for the purpose of complying 
with the Statutory Pay-As-You-Go Act of 2010, shall be determined by 
reference to the latest statement titled ``Budgetary Effects of PAYGO 
Legislation'' for this Act, submitted for printing in the Congressional 
Record by the Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, provided that 
such statement has been submitted prior to the vote on passage.
[A]: Crop Insurance Subsidy Reduction Act of 2013 - Amends the Federal Crop Insurance Act to reduce crop insurance premium subsidy rates.


[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Department of Veterans Affairs 
Employment Discrimination Resolution and Adjudication Act''.

SEC. 2. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT RESPONSIBILITIES IN THE DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS 
              AFFAIRS.

    (a) In General.--(1) Chapter 5 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by inserting at the end of subchapter I the following new 
section:
``Sec. 516. Equal employment responsibilities
    ``(a) The Secretary shall provide that the employment 
discrimination complaint resolution system within the Department be 
established and administered so as to encourage timely and fair 
resolution of concerns and complaints. The Secretary shall take steps 
to ensure that the system is administered in an objective, fair, and 
effective manner and in a manner that is perceived by employees and 
other interested parties as being objective, fair, and effective.
    ``(b) The Secretary shall provide--
            ``(1) that employees responsible for counseling functions 
        associated with employment discrimination and for receiving, 
        investigating, and processing complaints of employment 
        discrimination shall be supervised in those functions by, and 
        report to, an Assistant Secretary or a Deputy Assistant 
        Secretary for complaint resolution management; and
            ``(2) that employees performing employment discrimination 
        complaint resolution functions at a facility of the Department 
        shall not be subject to the authority, direction, and control 
        of the Director of the facility with respect to those 
        functions.
    ``(c) The Secretary shall ensure that all employees of the 
Department receive adequate education and training for the purposes of 
this section and section 319 of this title.
    ``(d) The Secretary shall impose appropriate disciplinary measures, 
as authorized by law, in the case of employees of the Department who 
engage in unlawful employment discrimination, including retaliation 
against an employee asserting rights under an equal employment 
opportunity law.
    ``(e) The number of employees of the Department whose duties 
include equal employment opportunity counseling functions as well as 
other, unrelated functions may not exceed 40 full-time equivalent 
employees. Any such employee may be assigned equal employment 
opportunity counseling functions only at Department facilities in 
remote geographic locations (as determined by the Secretary). The 
Secretary may waive the limitation in the preceding sentence in 
specific cases.
    ``(f) The provisions of this section shall be implemented in a 
manner consistent with procedures applicable under regulations 
prescribed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.''.
    (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is 
amended by inserting after the item relating to section 515 the 
following new item:

``516. Equal employment responsibilities.''.
    (b) Reports on Implementation.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs 
shall submit to Congress reports on the implementation and operation of 
the equal employment opportunity system within the Department of 
Veterans Affairs. The first such report shall be submitted not later 
than April 1, 1998, and subsequent reports shall be submitted not later 
than January 1, 1999, and January 1, 2000. Each such report shall set 
forth the actions taken by the Secretary to implement section 516 of 
title 38, United States Code, as added by subsection (a), and other 
actions taken by the Secretary in relation to the equal employment 
opportunity system within the Department of Veterans Affairs.

SEC. 3. DISCRIMINATION COMPLAINT ADJUDICATION AUTHORITY IN THE 
              DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    (a) In General.--(1) Chapter 3 of title 38, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new section:
``Sec. 319. Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication
    ``(a)(1) There is in the Department an Office of Employment 
Discrimination Complaint Adjudication. There is at the head of the 
Office a Director.
    ``(2) The Director shall be a career appointee in the Senior 
Executive Service.
    ``(3) The Director reports directly to the Secretary or the Deputy 
Secretary concerning matters within the responsibility of the Office.
    ``(b)(1) The Director is responsible for making the final agency 
decision within the Department on the merits of any employment 
discrimination complaint filed by an employee, or an applicant for 
employment, with the Department. The Director shall make such decisions 
in an impartial and objective manner.
    ``(2) No person may make any ex parte communication to the Director 
or to any employee of the Office with respect to a matter on which the 
Director has responsibility for making a final agency decision.
    ``(c) Whenever the Director has reason to believe that there has 
been retaliation against an employee by reason of the employee 
asserting rights under an equal employment opportunity law, the 
Director shall report the suspected retaliatory action directly to the 
Secretary or Deputy Secretary, who shall take appropriate action 
thereon.
    ``(d)(1) The Office shall employ a sufficient number of attorneys 
and other personnel as are necessary to carry out the functions of the 
Office. Attorneys shall be compensated at a level commensurate with 
attorneys employed by the Office of General Counsel.
    ``(2) The Secretary shall ensure that the Director is furnished 
sufficient resources in addition to personnel under paragraph (1) to 
enable the Director to carry out the functions of the Office in a 
timely manner.
    ``(3) The Secretary shall ensure that any performance appraisal of 
the Director of the Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint 
Adjudication or of any employee of the Office does not take into 
consideration the record of the Director or employee in deciding cases 
for or against the Department.''.
    (2) The table of sections at the beginning of such chapter is 
amended by adding at the end the following new item:

``319. Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication.''.
    (b) Reports on Implementation.--The Director of the Office of 
Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication of the Department of 
Veterans Affairs (established by section 319 of title 38, United States 
Code, as added by subsection (a)) shall submit to the Secretary and to 
Congress reports on the implementation and the operation of that 
office. The first such report shall be submitted not later than April 
1, 1998, and subsequent reports shall be submitted not later than 
January 1, 1999, and January 1, 2000.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    Sections 516 and 319 of title 38, United States Code, as added by 
sections 2 and 3 of this Act, shall take effect 90 days after the date 
of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 5. INDEPENDENT PANEL TO REVIEW EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY AND 
              SEXUAL HARASSMENT PROCEDURES WITHIN THE DEPARTMENT OF 
              VETERANS AFFAIRS.

    (a) Establishment.--There is hereby established a panel to review 
the equal employment opportunity and sexual harassment practices and 
procedures within the Department of Veterans Affairs and to make 
recommendations on improvements to those practices and procedures.
    (b) Panel Functions Relating to Equal Employment Opportunity and 
Sexual Harassment.--The panel shall assess the culture of the 
Department of Veterans Affairs in relationship to the issues of equal 
employment opportunity and sexual harassment, determine the effect of 
that culture on the operation of the Department overall, and provide 
recommendations as necessary to change that culture. As part of the 
review, the panel shall do the following:
            (1) Determine whether laws relating to equal employment 
        opportunity and sexual harassment, as those laws apply to the 
        Department of Veterans Affairs, and regulations and policy 
        directives of the Department relating to equal employment 
        opportunity and sexual harassment have been consistently and 
        fairly applied throughout the Department and make 
        recommendations to correct any disparities.
            (2) Review practices of the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
        relevant studies, and private sector training and reporting 
        concepts as those practices, studies, and concepts pertain to 
        equal employment opportunity, sexual misconduct, and sexual 
        harassment policies and enforcement.
            (3) Provide an independent assessment of the Report on the 
        Equal Employment Opportunity Complaint Process Review Task 
        Force of the Department.
    (c) Composition.--(1) The panel shall be composed of six members, 
appointed as follows:
            (A) Three members shall be appointed jointly by the 
        chairman and ranking minority party member of the Committee on 
        Veterans' Affairs of the House of Representatives.
            (B) Three members shall be appointed jointly by the 
        chairman and ranking minority party member of the Committee on 
        Veterans' Affairs of the Senate.
    (2) The members of the panel shall choose one of the members to 
chair the panel.
    (d) Qualifications.--Members of the panel shall be appointed from 
among private United States citizens with knowledge and expertise in 
one or more of the following:
            (1) Extensive prior military experience, particularly in 
        the area of personnel policy management.
            (2) Extensive experience with equal employment opportunity 
        complaint procedures, either within Federal or State government 
        or in the private sector.
            (3) Extensive knowledge of the Department of Veterans 
        Affairs, and particularly knowledge of personnel practices 
        within the Department.
    (e) Reports.--(1) Not later than six months after the members of 
the panel are appointed, the panel shall submit an interim report on 
its findings and conclusions to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs of 
the Senate and House of Representatives.
    (2) Not later than one year after establishment of the panel, the 
panel shall submit a final report to the Committees on Veterans' 
Affairs of the Senate and House of Representatives. The final report 
shall include an assessment of the equal employment opportunity system 
and the culture within the Department of Veterans Affairs, with 
particular emphasis on sexual harassment. The panel shall include in 
the report recommendations to improve the culture within the 
Department.
    (f) Pay and Expenses of Members.--(1) Each member of the panel 
shall be paid at a rate equal to the daily equivalent of the annual 
rate of basic pay payable for level IV of the Executive Schedule under 
section 5315 of title 5, United States Code, for each day (including 
travel time) during which the member is engaged in the performance of 
the duties of the panel.
    (2) The members of the panel shall be allowed 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, 
United States Code, while away from their homes or regular places of 
business in the performance of services for the panel.
    (g) Administrative Support.--The Chairman may hire such staff as 
necessary to accomplish the duties outlined under this title.
    (h) Funding.--The Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall, upon the 
request of the panel, make available to the panel such amounts as the 
panel may require, not to exceed $400,000, to carry out its duties 
under this title.
    (i) Termination of Panel.--The panel shall terminate 60 days after 
the date on which it submits its final report under subsection (e)(2).

            Passed the House of Representatives October 6, 1997.

            Attest:

                                                ROBIN H. CARLE,

                                                                 Clerk.
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Department of Veterans Affairs Employment Discrimination Resolution and Adjudication Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide that the employment discrimination complaint resolution system within the Department of Veterans Affairs be established and administered so as to encourage timely and fair resolution of concerns and complaints and that the system is administered in an objective, fair, and effective manner as perceived by Department employees.  Directs the Secretary to impose appropriate disciplinary measures for Department employees who engage in unlawful employment discrimination, including retaliation against employees asserting equal employment opportunity (EEO) rights.  Limits to 40 the number of Department employees whose duties include EEO counseling functions as well as other unrelated functions.  Allows such splitting of functions only at Department facilities located in remote geographic locations.  Directs the Secretary to submit to the Congress reports on the implementation and operation of the EEO system within the Department. 
Establishes in the Department an Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication headed by a Director who shall be responsible for making final agency decisions on the merits of any unlawful employment discrimination complaints filed by a Department employee.  Requires the Director to report to the Secretary or Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs when the Director has reason to believe that there has been retaliation against an employee asserting EEO rights.  Requires the Director to submit to the Secretary and the Congress reports on the implementation and operation of the Office. 
Establishes an independent panel to review and report to the veterans' committees on the EEO and sexual harassment practices and procedures within the Department and to make recommendations on improvements.


