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128 STAT. 1983 PUBLIC LAW 113–186—NOV. 19, 2014 (3) in paragraph (3)— (A) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘as required under’’ and inserting ‘‘in accordance with’’; (B) in subparagraph (B)— (i) by striking ‘‘The State’’ and inserting the fol- lowing: ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The State’’; (ii) by striking ‘‘and any other activity that the State deems appropriate to realize any of the goals specified in paragraphs (2) through (5) of section 658A(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘activities that improve access to child care services, including the use of procedures to permit enrollment (after an initial eligibility deter- mination) of homeless children while required docu- mentation is obtained, training and technical assist- ance on identifying and serving homeless children and their families, and specific outreach to homeless fami- lies, and any other activity that the State determines to be appropriate to meet the purposes of this sub- chapter (which may include an activity described in clause (ii))’’; and (iii) by adding at the end the following: ‘‘(ii) REPORT BY THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES.— ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Not later than September 30 of the first full fiscal year after the date of enactment of the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 2014, and September 30 of each fiscal year thereafter, the Secretary (acting through the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families of the Department of Health and Human Services) shall prepare a report that contains a determination about whether each State uses amounts provided to such State for the fiscal year involved under this subchapter in accordance with the priority for services described in clause (i). ‘‘(II) PENALTY FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.—For any fiscal year that the report of the Secretary described in subclause (I) indicates that a State has failed to give priority for services in accordance with clause (i), the Secretary shall— ‘‘(aa) inform the State that the State has until the date that is 6 months after the Sec- retary has issued such report to fully comply with clause (i); ‘‘(bb) provide the State an opportunity to modify the State plan of such State, to make the plan consistent with the requirements of clause (i), and resubmit such State plan to the Secretary not later than the date described in item (aa); and ‘‘(cc) if the State does not fully comply with clause (i) and item (bb), by the date described in item (aa), withhold 5 percent of the funds that would otherwise be allocated Notification. Determination. VerDate Sep 11 2014 13:40 Nov 10, 2020 Jkt 039194 PO 00002 Frm 00559 Fmt 6580 Sfmt 6581 G:\GSDD\STATUTES\2014\PT2\39194PT2.001 39194PT2 dkrause on LAP5T8D0R2PROD with DISTILLER (1)