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[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8744 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 8744

 To amend part B of title IV of the Social Security Act to review and 
     reduce certain administrative burdens, and for other purposes.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 13, 2024

 Mr. Smucker introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL

 
 To amend part B of title IV of the Social Security Act to review and 
     reduce certain administrative burdens, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Reducing Administrative Burden for 
Child Welfare Agencies Act''.

SEC. 2. REDUCTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN.

    (a) In General.--Subpart 3 of part B of title IV of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 629m) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

``SEC. 441. REDUCTION OF ADMINISTRATIVE BURDEN.

    ``The Secretary shall reduce the burden of administering this part 
imposed on the recipients of funds under this part, by--
            ``(1) reviewing and revising administrative data collection 
        instruments and forms to eliminate duplication and streamline 
        reporting requirements for the recipients;
            ``(2) conducting an analysis of the total number of hours 
        reported by the recipients to comply with paperwork 
        requirements and exploring, in consultation with the 
        recipients, how to reduce the numbers of hours required for the 
        compliance by at least 15 percent;
            ``(3) collecting input from the recipients with respect to 
        fiscal and oversight requirements and making changes to ensure 
        consistency with standards and guidelines for other Federal 
        formula grant programs based on the input; and
            ``(4) respecting the sovereignty of Indian tribes when 
        complying with this subsection.''.
    (b) Implementation.--Within 2 years after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall--
            (1) comply with the amendment made by subsection (a); and
            (2) notify each recipient of funds under part B of title IV 
        of the Social Security Act of any change made by the Secretary 
        pursuant to the amendment made by subsection (a) affecting the 
        recipient.
    (c) Report.--Within 3 years after the date of the enactment of this 
Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall submit to the 
Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives and the 
Committee on Finance of the Senate a report describing the efforts of 
the Secretary to comply with the amendment made by subsection (a), 
including the specific actions to comply with each paragraph of section 
441 of the Social Security Act.
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