ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING.

SEC. 1002. ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR EMPLOYMENT AND TRAINING. (a) In General.—Section 16(h) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2025(h)) is amended by striking paragraph (1) and inserting the following:111 STAT. 253 “(1) In general.— “(A) Amounts.—To carry out employment and training programs, the Secretary shall reserve for allocation to State agencies, to remain available until expended, from funds made available for each fiscal year under section 18(a)(1) the amount of— “(i) for fiscal year 1996, $75,000,000; “(ii) for fiscal year 1997, $79,000,000; “(iii) for fiscal year 1998— “(I) $81,000,000; and “(II) an additional amount of $131,000,000; “(iv) for fiscal year 1999— “(I) $84,000,000; and “(II) an additional amount of $131,000,000; “(v) for fiscal year 2000— “(I) $86,000,000; and “(II) an additional amount of $131,000,000; “(vi) for fiscal year 2001— “(I) $88,000,000; and “(II) an additional amount of $131,000,000; and “(vii) for fiscal year 2002— “(I) $90,000,000; and “(II) an additional amount of $75,000,000. “(B) Allocation.— “(i) Allocation formula.—The Secretary shall allocate the amounts reserved under subparagraph (A) among the State agencies using a reasonable formula, as determined and adjusted by the Secretary each fiscal year, to reflect— “(I) changes in each State’s caseload (as defined in section 6(o)(6)(A)); “(II) for fiscal year 1998, the portion of food stamp recipients who reside in each State who are not eligible for an exception under section 6(o)(3); and “(III) for each of fiscal years 1999 through 2002, the portion of food stamp recipients who reside in each State who are not eligible for an exception under section 6(o)(3) and who— “(aa) do not reside in an area subject to a waiver granted by the Secretary under section 6(o)(4); or “(bb) do reside in an area subject to a waiver granted by the Secretary under section 6(o)(4), if the State agency provides employment and training services in the area to food stamp recipients who are not eligible for an exception under section 6(o)(3). “(ii) Estimated factors.—The Secretary shall estimate the portion of food stamp recipients who reside in each State who are not eligible for an exception under section 6(o)(3) based on the survey conducted to carry out subsection (c) for fiscal year 1996 and such other factors as the Secretary considers appropriate due to the timing and limitations of the survey.111 STAT. 254 “(iii) Reporting requirement.—A State agency shall submit such reports to the Secretary as the Secretary determines are necessary to ensure compliance with this paragraph. “(C) Reallocation.—If a State agency will not expend all of the funds allocated to the State agency for a fiscal year under subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall reallocate the unexpended funds to other States (during the fiscal year or the subsequent fiscal year) as the Secretary considers appropriate and equitable. “(D) Minimum allocation.—Notwithstanding subparagraph (B), the Secretary shall ensure that each State agency operating an employment and training program shall receive not less than $50,000 for each fiscal year. “(E) Use of funds.—Of the amount of funds a State agency receives under subparagraphs (A) through (D) for a fiscal year, not less than 80 percent of the funds shall be used by the State agency during the fiscal year to serve food stamp recipients who— “(i) are not eligible for an exception under section 6(o)(3); and “(ii) are placed in and comply with a program described in subparagraph (B) or (C) of section 6(o)(2). “(F) Maintenance of effort.—To receive an allocation of an additional amount made available under subclause (II) of each of clauses (iii) through (vii) of subparagraph (A), a State agency shall maintain the expenditures of the State agency for employment and training programs and workfare programs for any fiscal year under paragraph (2), and administrative expenses described in section 20(g)(1), at a level that is not less than the level of the expenditures by the State agency to carry out the programs and such expenses for fiscal year 1996. “(G) Component costs.—The Secretary shall monitor State agencies’ expenditure of funds for employment and training programs provided under this paragraph, including the costs of individual components of State agencies’ programs. The Secretary may determine the reimbursable costs of employment and training components, and, if the Secretary makes such a determination, the Secretary shall determine that the amounts spent or planned to be spent on the components reflect the reasonable cost of efficiently and economically providing components appropriate to recipient employment and training needs, taking into account, as the Secretary deems appropriate, prior expenditures on the components, the variability of costs among State agencies’ components, the characteristics of the recipients to be served, and such other factors as the Secretary considers necessary.”. (b) Report to Congress.—Not later than 30 months after the date of enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate a report regarding whether the amounts made available under section 16(h)(1)(A) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (as a result of the amendment made by subsection (a)) 111 STAT. 255have been used by State agencies to increase the number of work slots for recipients subject to section 6(o) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2015(o)) in employment and training programs and workfare in the most efficient and effective manner practicable.