A bill to provide information on total spending on means-tested welfare programs, to provide additional work requirements, and to provide an overall spending limit on means-tested welfare programs.

Summary: Welfare Reform Act of 2011 - Welfare Reform Restoration Act - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to revise the TANF program by: (1) eliminating the temporary modification of the caseload reduction credit, and (2) reducing funding of state family assistance grants.

Restores the former name of the Food Stamp Act of 1977, and restores its text as if the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 had not been enacted; and (2) renames the supplemental nutrition assistance program benefits as the food stamp program.

Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to revise work requirements for the food stamp program and require able-bodied work eligible adult members of a family unit to participate in a work activation program during a full month of participation in the food stamp program, fulfilling specified levels of work activity during that month. (Work activation means, not employment, but supervised job search, community service activities, education and job training, workfare, or drug and alcohol treatment.)

Specifies a financial reward for any state that reduces its food stamp caseload below calendar 2006 levels.

Declares that a food, food product, meal, or other specified item shall be considered a food under the Food Stamp Act of 1977 only if it is a bare essential.

Requires the President to include means-tested welfare spending in every budget submission.

Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 and the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to define and establish an aggregate cap for means-tested welfare spending.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide grants to states to reward reductions in poverty and government dependence and increases in self-sufficiency.

Prohibits the expenditure for abortions, with certain exceptions, of any funds authorized or appropriated by federal law, and funds in any trust fund to which funds are authorized or appropriated by federal law.

Prohibits funding for health benefits plans that cover abortion.

Prohibits the allowance of any tax credit with respect to amounts paid or incurred for an abortion or with respect to amounts paid or incurred for a health benefits plan (including premium assistance) that includes coverage of abortion.

S ON THE BUDGET.

    Section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by 
adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(j) Means-Tested Welfare Spending.--
            ``(1) In general.--The concurrent resolution on the budget 
        for the applicable fiscal year shall set forth the appropriate 
        level for aggregate means-tested welfare spending for the first 
        fiscal year of that concurrent resolution and for at least each 
        of the 4 ensuing fiscal years beginning on the earlier of--
                    ``(A) the first fiscal year that begins after the 
                date of enactment of this subsection and after any 
                monthly rate of unemployment during the immediately 
                preceding fiscal year is below 7.5 percent; or
                    ``(B) fiscal year 2015.
            ``(2) Setting level.--The level described in paragraph (2) 
        shall not exceed the aggregate level of Federal means-tested 
        welfare spending for fiscal year 2007, adjusted for inflation 
        as follows:
                    ``(A) Spending on means-tested medical assistance 
                programs shall be adjusted for inflation according to 
                the price index for personal consumption expenditures 
                for health products and services as calculated by the 
                Bureau of Economic Analysis.
                    ``(B) Spending for all other means-tested programs 
                shall be adjusted for inflation according to the 
                weighted price index for personal consumption 
                expenditures excluding health products and services as 
                calculated by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.''.

SEC. 404. ALLOCATIONS OF MEANS-TESTED WELFARE SPENDING.

    (a) In General.--Section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(h) Means-Tested Welfare Spending Limit.--
            ``(1) Further division of amounts.--For any concurrent 
        resolution on the budget for which levels for aggregate means-
        tested welfare spending are set forth under section 301(j), in 
        the House of Representatives and the Senate, the amounts 
        allocated under subsection (a) shall be further divided to 
        establish an allocation of--
                    ``(A) total new budget authority and total outlays 
                for discretionary means-tested welfare spending in 
                appropriation measures for the first fiscal year of the 
                resolution on the budget; and
                    ``(B) total new budget authority and total outlays 
                for mandatory means-tested welfare spending for the 
                first fiscal year of the resolution on the budget and 
                at least each of the ensuing 4 fiscal years to all 
                other committees of the House of Representatives and 
                the Senate that have jurisdiction over legislation 
                providing mandatory means-tested welfare spending.
            ``(2) Point of order.--It shall not be in order in the 
        House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill, 
        joint resolution, or amendment if--
                    ``(A) the enactment of such bill or resolution as 
                reported;
                    ``(B) the adoption and enactment of such amendment; 
                or
                    ``(C) the enactment of such bill or resolution in 
                the form recommended in such conference report,
        would cause the applicable allocation of new budget authority 
        or outlays made under subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1) 
        for a fiscal year to be exceeded.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 302(b) of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking ``under subsection (a)'' and 
inserting ``under subsections (a) and (h)''.

SEC. 405. RECONCILIATION.

    Section 310(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended 
as follows:
            (1) Strike ``or'' at the end of paragraph (3) and strike 
        the period at the end of paragraph (4) and insert ``; and''.
            (2) Redesignate paragraph (4) as paragraph (5), and in 
        paragraph (5) as redesignated, strike ``and (3)'' and insert 
        ``(3), and (4)''.
            (3) After paragraph (3), insert the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(4) specify the total amount by which new budget 
        authority for such fiscal year for mandatory means-tested 
        welfare spending contained in laws, bills, and resolutions 
        within the jurisdiction of a committee is to be changed and 
        direct that committee to determine and recommend changes to 
        accomplish a change of such total amount, which amount shall be 
        the amount by which the Congressional Budget Office baseline 
        level of spending for aggregate mandatory means-tested welfare 
        programs exceeds the allocation made pursuant to section 
        302(h)(1)(B) for such fiscal year.''.

              TITLE V--GRANTS TO PROMOTE SELF-SUFFICIENCY

SEC. 501. GRANTS TO STATES.

    (a) Purpose.--The purpose of this title is to encourage States to 
develop policies to promote self-sufficiency and prosperity and to 
reduce poverty and Government dependence.
    (b) Grants.--The Social Security Act is amended by adding at the 
end the following:

    ``TITLE XXII--GRANTS TO STATES TO PROMOTE SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND 
                  PROSPERITY AND TO REDUCE DEPENDENCE

``SEC. 2201. GRANTS TO STATES.

    ``(a) In General.--The Secretary may provide grants to States to 
reward reductions in poverty and Government dependence and increases in 
self-sufficiency.
    ``(b) Allocation of Grants to States.--For each fiscal year for 
which funds are made available under subsection (e), the Secretary 
shall make a grant in an amount equal to $100,000,000 to each of the 3 
States with the greatest percentage increases in the self-sufficiency 
ratio of the State for the preceding fiscal year over the self-
sufficiency ratio of the State for fiscal year 2007, as compared with 
the changes in that ratio for each other State, subject to subsection 
(c).
    ``(c) Limitation on Eligibility for Grants.--A State shall not be 
eligible for a grant under this title for a fiscal year unless the 
self-sufficiency ratio of the State for the fiscal year is greater than 
the self-sufficiency ratio of the State for fiscal year 2007.
    ``(d) Definitions.--In this title:
            ``(1) The term `self-sufficient family' means a family 
        (including a 1-person family) whose combined income, excluding 
        receipt of means-tested welfare spending (as defined in section 
        3(11)(A) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control 
        Act of 1974), exceeds the poverty line (within the meaning of 
        section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 
        1981, including any revision required by such section 
        applicable to a family of the size involved).
            ``(2) The term `self-sufficiency ratio' means, with respect 
        to a State and a fiscal year--
                    ``(A) the number of self-sufficient families 
                residing in the State during the fiscal year that are 
                headed by able-bodied individuals who have not attained 
                63 years of age; divided by
                    ``(B) the total number of families residing in the 
                State during the fiscal year that are headed by able-
                bodied individuals who have not attained 63 years of 
                age.
            ``(3) The term `State' means the 50 States and the District 
        of Columbia.
    ``(e) Limitations on Authorization of Appropriations.--For grants 
under this title, there are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Secretary $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2012 and each succeeding fiscal 
year.''.

              TITLE VI--PROHIBITION ON FUNDING OF ABORTION

SEC. 601. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS.

    No funds authorized or appropriated by Federal law, and none of the 
funds in any trust fund to which funds are authorized or appropriated 
by Federal law, shall be expended for any abortion.

SEC. 602. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR HEALTH BENEFITS PLANS THAT COVER 
              ABORTION.

    None of the funds authorized or appropriated by Federal law, and 
none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are authorized or 
appropriated by Federal law, shall be expended for health benefits 
coverage that includes coverage of abortion.

SEC. 603. PROHIBITION ON TAX BENEFITS RELATING TO ABORTION.

    For taxable years beginning after the date of the enactment of this 
section, no credit shall be allowed under the internal revenue laws 
with respect to amounts paid or incurred for an abortion or with 
respect to amounts paid or incurred for a health benefits plan 
(including premium assistance) that includes coverage of abortion.

SEC. 604. CONSTRUCTION RELATING TO SEPARATE COVERAGE.

    Nothing in this title shall be construed as prohibiting any 
individual, entity, or State or locality from purchasing separate 
abortion coverage or health benefits coverage that includes abortion so 
long as such coverage is paid for entirely using only funds not 
authorized or appropriated by Federal law and such coverage shall not 
be purchased using matching funds required for a federally subsidized 
program, including a State's or locality's contribution of Medicaid 
matching funds.

SEC. 605. CONSTRUCTION RELATING TO THE USE OF NON-FEDERAL FUNDS FOR 
              HEALTH COVERAGE.

    Nothing in this title shall be construed as restricting the ability 
of any non-Federal health benefits coverage provider from offering 
abortion coverage, or the ability of a State or locality to contract 
separately with such a provider for such coverage, so long as only 
funds not authorized or appropriated by Federal law are used and such 
coverage shall not be purchased using matching funds required for a 
federally subsidized program, including a State's or locality's 
contribution of Medicaid matching funds.

SEC. 606. TREATMENT OF ABORTIONS RELATED TO RAPE, INCEST, OR PRESERVING 
              THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER.

    The limitations established in this title shall not apply to an 
abortion--
            (1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or 
        incest; or
            (2) in the case where a woman suffers from a physical 
        disorder, physical injury, or physical illness that would, as 
        certified by a physician, place the woman in danger of death 
        unless an abortion is performed, including a life-endangering 
        physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy 
        itself.