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118TH CONGRESS REPORT
2d Session HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 118-679
PROTECTING AMERICA'S CHILDREN BY STRENGTHENING
FAMILIES ACT
SEPTEMBER 17, 2024.-Committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the
State of the Union and ordered to be printed
Mr. SMITH of Missouri, from the Committee on Ways and Means,
submitted the following
REPORT
[To accompany H.R. 9076]
The Committee on Ways and Means, to whom was referred the
bill (H.R. 9076) to reauthorize and modernize part B of title IV of
the Social Security Act to strengthen child welfare services, expand
the availability of prevention services to better meet the needs of
vulnerable families, and for other purposes, having considered the
same, reports favorably thereon with an amendment and rec-
ommends that the bill as amended do pass.
CONTENTS
Page
I. SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND ................................................................ 17
A. Purpose and Sum m ary ........................................................................ 17
B. Background and Need for Legislation ............................................... 18
C. Legislative H istory ............................................................................... 18
D . D esignated H earing .............................................................................. 19
II. EXPLANATION OF THE BILL ...................................................................... 19
III. VOTE OF THE COM M ITTEE ......................................................................... 31
IV. BUDGET EFFECTS OF THE BILL .............................................................. 32
A. Committee Estimate of Budgetary Effects ......................................... 32
B. Statement Regarding New Budget Authority and Tax Expendi-
tures Budget Authority ...................................................................... 32
C. Cost Estimate Prepared by the Congressional Budget Office ........... 32
V. OTHER MATTERS TO BE DISCUSSED UNDER THE RULES OF THE
H O U SE .......................................................................................................... 33
A. Committee Oversight Findings and Recommendations .................... 33
B. Statement of General Performance Goals and Objectives ............... 33
C. Information Relating to Unfunded Mandates ................. 33
D. Congressional Earmarks, Limited Tax Benefits, and Limited Tariff
B en efits ............................................................................................... 33
E. Duplication of Federal Programs ....................................................... 33
VI. CHANGES IN EXISTING LAW MADE BY THE BILL, AS REPORTED 33
A. Changes in Existing Law Made by the Bill, as Reported ................. 33
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