IMPROVING ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES.

SEC. 13933. IMPROVING ACCESS TO EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES. (a) Dependent Care Deduction.— Section 5(e) of the Act (7 U.S.C. 2014(e)) is amended in clause (1) of the fourth sentence— (1) by striking “$160 a month for each dependent” and inserting “$200 a month for each dependent child under 2 years of age and $175 a month for each other dependent”; and (2) by striking “, regardless of the dependent’s age,”. 107 STAT. 675 (b) Reimbursements to Participants in Employment and Training Programs.— Section 6(d)(4)(I)(i)(II) of the Act (7 U.S.C. 2015(d)(4)(I)(i)(II)) is amended to read as follows: “(II) the actual costs of such dependent care expenses that are determined by the State agency to be necessary for the participation of an individual in the program (other than an individual who is the caretaker relative of a dependent in a family receiving benefits under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) in a local area where an employment, training, or education program under title IV of such Act is in operation, or was in operation, on the date of enactment of the Hunger Prevention Act of 1988) up to any limit set by the State agency (which limit shall not be less than the limit for the dependent care deduction under section 5(e)), but in no event shall such payment or reimbursements exceed the applicable local market rate as determined by procedures consistent with any such determination under the Social Security Act. Individuals subject to the program under this paragraph may not be required to participate if dependent costs exceed the limit established by the State agency under this subclause or other actual costs exceed any limit established under subclause (I).”. (c) Conforming Amendment.— Section 16(h)(3) of the Act (7 U.S.C. 2025(h)(3)) is amended by striking “representing $160 per month per dependent” and inserting “equal to the payment made under section 6(d)(4)(I)(i)(II) but not more than the applicable local market rate,”.