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[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1061 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1061

 To increase the funds available under title XX of the Social Security 
   Act for block grants to States for social services, and for other 
                               purposes.

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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                May 28 (legislative day, April 19), 1993

Mr. Riegle (for himself and Mr. Chafee) introduced the following bill; 
     which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL

 
 To increase the funds available under title XX of the Social Security 
   Act for block grants to States for social services, 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 ``Social Services Block Grant 
Restoration Act of 1993''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS.

    The Congress finds that--
            (1) since 1981, title XX of Social Security Act providing 
        for Social Services Block Grants has been the major source of 
        Federal funding for a wide range of social services;
            (2) in all States, title XX block grants provide 
        substantial support for vital human services programs that are 
        indispensable in assisting millions of children, youth, adults, 
        older adults, and people with disabilities;
            (3) programs funded by title XX dollars are cost-effective 
        since they are required by law to meet objectives of--
                    (A) achieving or maintaining economic self-support 
                to prevent, reduce, or eliminate dependency;
                    (B) achieving or maintaining self-sufficiency, 
                including reduction or prevention of dependency;
                    (C) preventing or remedying neglect, abuse, or 
                exploitation of children and adults unable to protect 
                their own interests, or preserving, rehabilitating, or 
                reuniting families;
                    (D) preventing or reducing inappropriate 
                institutional care by providing for community-based 
                care, home-based care, or other forms of less intensive 
                care; and
                    (E) securing referral or admission for 
                institutional care when other forms of care are not 
                appropriate, or providing services to individuals in 
                institutions;
            (4) funding for title XX has seriously eroded; and
            (5) the title XX program has never recovered after 
        suffering a $600,000,000 cut in the Omnibus Budget 
        Reconciliation Act of 1981 and is currently funded at 
        $2,800,000,000, nearly 45 percent less than the fiscal year 
        1977 value in inflation adjusted dollars.

SEC. 3. INCREASE IN TITLE XX AUTHORIZATION FOR BLOCK GRANTS TO STATES 
              FOR SOCIAL SERVICES.

    Subsection (c) of section 2003 of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1397b) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (4);
            (2) by striking ``each fiscal year after fiscal year 
        1989.'' in paragraph (5) and inserting ``the fiscal years 1990, 
        1991, 1992, and 1993;''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new paragraphs:
            ``(6) $3,000,000,000 for the fiscal year 1994;
            ``(7) $3,200,000,000 for the fiscal year 1995; and
            ``(8) $3,300,000,000 for the fiscal year 1996 and for each 
        succeeding fiscal year.''.

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