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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 2015 

To help individuals receiving assistance under means-tested welfare programs 

obtain self-sufficiency, to provide information on total spending on 

means-tested welfare programs, to provide an overall spending limit on 

means-tested welfare programs, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

FEBRUARY 11, 2014 

Mr. LEE (for himself, Mr. CRUZ, Mr. VITTER, and Mr. INHOFE) introduced 

the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee 

on Finance 

A BILL 

To help individuals receiving assistance under means-tested 

welfare programs obtain self-sufficiency, to provide information on total spending on means-tested welfare programs, to provide an overall spending limit on meanstested welfare programs, and for other purposes. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Welfare Reform and 

5 Upward Mobility Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

7 The table of contents of this Act is as follows: 


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Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 

TITLE I—MODIFICATIONS TO SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION 

ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 

Sec. 101. Work requirements. 

Sec. 102. Termination of benefit increase. 

TITLE II—REPORTING OF MEANS-TESTED WELFARE SPENDING 

IN PRESIDENT’S BUDGET SUBMISSION 

Sec. 201. Additional information in President’s budget submission. 

TITLE III—AGGREGATE CAP FOR MEANS-TESTED WELFARE 

SPENDING 

Sec. 301. Definition of means-tested welfare spending. 

Sec. 302. Reports to budget committees. 

Sec. 303. Content of concurrent resolutions on the budget. 

Sec. 304. Allocations of means-tested welfare spending. 

Sec. 305. Reconciliation. 

TITLE IV—GRANTS TO PROMOTE SELF-SUFFICIENCY 

Sec. 401. Grants to States. 

TITLE V—PROHIBITION ON FUNDING OF ABORTION 

Sec. 501. Prohibition on funding for abortions. 

Sec. 502. Prohibition on funding for health benefits plans that cover abortion. 

Sec. 503. Prohibition on tax benefits relating to abortion. 

Sec. 504. Construction relating to separate coverage. 

Sec. 505. Construction relating to the use of non-Federal funds for health coverage. 

Sec. 506. Treatment of abortions related to rape, incest, or preserving the life 

of the mother. 

1 TITLE I—MODIFICATIONS TO 

2 SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION 

3 ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 

4 SEC. 101. WORK REQUIREMENTS. 

5 (a) DECLARATION OF POLICY.—Section 2 of the 

6 Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011) is 

7 amended by adding at the end the following: ‘‘Congress 

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1 ployment, to encourage healthy marriage, and to promote 

2 prosperous self-sufficiency, which means the ability of 

3 households to maintain an income above the poverty level 

4 without services and benefits from the Federal Govern5 ment.’’. 

6 (b) DEFINITION OF FOOD.—Section 3(k) of the Food 

7 and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012(k)) is amended 

8 by inserting before the period at the end the following: 

9 ‘‘, except that a food, food product, meal, or other item 

10 described in this subsection shall be considered a food 

11 under this Act only if it is a bare essential (as determined 

12 by the Secretary)’’. 

13 (c) OTHER DEFINITIONS.—Section 3 of the Food and 

14 Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012) is amended by add15 ing at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘(w) ABLE-BODIED, WORK-CAPABLE ADULT.— 

17 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘able-bodied, 

18 work-capable adult’ means an individual who— 

19 ‘‘(A) is more than 18, and less than 63, 

20 years of age; 

21 ‘‘(B) is not physically or mentally incapa22 ble of work; and 

23 ‘‘(C) is not the full-time caretaker of a dis24 abled adult dependent. 


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1 ‘‘(2) PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY INCAPABLE OF

2 WORK.—For purposes of paragraph (1)(B), the term 

3 ‘physically or mentally incapable of work’ means an 

4 individual who— 

5 ‘‘(A) currently receives benefits under the 

6 supplemental security income program estab7 lished under title XVI of the Social Security 

8 Act (42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.) or another pro9 gram that provides recurring benefits to indi10 viduals because the individual is disabled and 

11 unable to work; or 

12 ‘‘(B) has been medically certified as phys13 ically or mentally incapable of work and who 

14 has a credible pending application for enroll15 ment in the supplemental security income pro16 gram established under title XVI of the Social 

17 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.) or an18 other program that provides recurring benefits 

19 to individuals because the individual is disabled 

20 and unable to work. 

21 ‘‘(x) APPROVED OFFSITE WORK ACTIVATION.—The 

22 term ‘approved offsite work activation’ means— 

23 ‘‘(1) online job preparation and training pro24 grams that are approved and monitored by the State 

25 agency; or 


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1 ‘‘(2) job search activities that are approved by 

2 the State agency and monitored by the State to en3 sure that an appropriate number of job applications 

4 and employer contacts are performed. 

5 ‘‘(y) FAMILY HEAD.—The term ‘family head’ 

6 means— 

7 ‘‘(1) a biological parent who is lawfully present 

8 in the United States and resides within a household 

9 with 1 or more dependent children who are the bio10 logical offspring of the parent; or 

11 ‘‘(2) in the absence of a biological parent, a 

12 step parent, adoptive parent, guardian, or adult rel13 ative who resides with and provides care to the 1 or 

14 more children and is lawfully present in the United 

15 States. 

16 ‘‘(z) FAMILY UNIT.—The term ‘family unit’ means— 

17 ‘‘(1) an adult residing without dependent chil18 dren; 

19 ‘‘(2) a single-headed family with dependent chil20 dren; or 

21 ‘‘(3) a married couple family with dependent 

22 children. 

23 ‘‘(aa) FAMILY WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN.— 

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1 ily head, 1 or more dependent children, and, if appli2 cable, the married spouse of the family head, all of 

3 whom share meals and reside within a single house4 hold. 

5 ‘‘(2) MULTIPLE FAMILIES IN A HOUSEHOLD.— 

6 There may be more than 1 family with dependent 

7 children in a single household. 

8 ‘‘(bb) MARRIED COUPLE FAMILY WITH DEPENDENT

9 CHILDREN.—The term ‘married couple family with de10 pendent children’ means a family with dependent children 

11 that has both a family head and the married spouse of 

12 the family head residing with the family. 

13 ‘‘(cc) MARRIED SPOUSE OF THE FAMILY HEAD.— 

14 The term ‘married spouse of the family head’ means the 

15 lawfully married spouse of the family head who— 

16 ‘‘(1) resides with the family head and depend17 ent children; and 

18 ‘‘(2) is lawfully present in the United States. 

19 ‘‘(dd) MEMBER OF A FAMILY.—The term ‘member 

20 of a family’ means the family head, married spouse of the 

21 family head if present, and all dependent children within 

22 a family with dependent children. 

23 ‘‘(ee) ONSITE WORK ACTIVATION.— 

24 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘onsite work acti25 vation’ means— 


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1 ‘‘(A) supervised job search; 

2 ‘‘(B) community service activities; 

3 ‘‘(C) education and job training for indi4 viduals who are family heads or married 

5 spouses of family heads; 

6 ‘‘(D) workfare under section 20; or 

7 ‘‘(E) drug or alcohol treatment. 

8 ‘‘(2) SUPERVISED JOB SEARCH.—For purposes 

9 of paragraph (1)(A), the term ‘supervised job 

10 search’ means a job search program that has the fol11 lowing characteristics: 

12 ‘‘(A) The job search occurs at an official 

13 location where the presence and activity of the 

14 recipient can be directly observed, supervised, 

15 and monitored. 

16 ‘‘(B) The recipient’s entry, time onsite, 

17 and exit from the official job search location are 

18 recorded in a manner that prevents fraud. 

19 ‘‘(C) The recipient is expected to remain 

20 and undertake job search activities at the job 

21 search center. 

22 ‘‘(D) The quantity of time the recipient is 

23 observed and monitored engaging in job search 

24 at the official location is recorded for purposes 

25 of compliance with section 29. 


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1 ‘‘(ff) PENALTY PERIOD.— 

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘penalty period’ 

3 means either of 2 periods of 6 consecutive months 

4 during each fiscal year. 

5 ‘‘(2) FIRST PENALTY PERIOD.—The first pen6 alty period of each fiscal year shall be the 6-month 

7 period beginning on October 1. 

8 ‘‘(3) SECOND PENALTY PERIOD.—The second 

9 penalty period of each fiscal year shall be the 6- 

10 month period beginning on April 1. 

11 ‘‘(4) ADJUSTMENT.—The entire supplemental 

12 nutrition assistance program 6-month funding allot13 ment of a State during a penalty period shall be ad14 justed in response to the performance of the work 

15 activation program of the State during previous per16 formance measurement periods. 

17 ‘‘(gg) PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT PERIOD.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘performance 

19 measurement period’ means either of 2 periods of 6 

20 consecutive months during each fiscal year. 

21 ‘‘(2) FIRST PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT PE22 RIOD.—The first performance measurement period 

23 of each fiscal year shall be the 6-month period be24 ginning on October 1. 


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1 ‘‘(3) SECOND PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT

2 PERIOD.—The second performance measurement pe3 riod of each fiscal year shall be the 6-month period 

4 beginning on April 1. 

5 ‘‘(hh) PROGRAM-ELIGIBLE ADULT WITHOUT DE6 PENDENT CHILDREN.—The term ‘program-eligible adult 

7 without dependent children’ means a work-capable adult 

8 without dependent children who— 

9 ‘‘(1) receives program benefits for 1 month; and 

10 ‘‘(2) has maintained less than 120 hours of 

11 paid employment during that month. 

12 ‘‘(ii) PROGRAM-ELIGIBLE FAMILY UNIT.—The term 

13 ‘program-eligible family unit’ means— 

14 ‘‘(1) a program-eligible adult without dependent 

15 children; 

16 ‘‘(2) a program-eligible single-headed family 

17 with dependent children; or 

18 ‘‘(3) a program-eligible married couple with de19 pendent children. 

20 ‘‘(jj) PROGRAM-ELIGIBLE MARRIED COUPLE WITH

21 DEPENDENT CHILDREN.—The term ‘program-eligible 

22 married couple with dependent children’ means a work23 capable married couple family with dependent children 

24 that— 

25 ‘‘(1) receives program benefits for 1 month; and 


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1 ‘‘(2) has maintained less than 120 hours of 

2 paid employment between the family head and the 

3 married spouse of the family head, summed together 

4 and counted jointly, during the month. 

5 ‘‘(kk) PROGRAM-ELIGIBLE SINGLE-HEADED FAMILY

6 WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN.—The term ‘program-eligi7 ble single-headed family with dependent children’ means 

8 a work-capable single-headed family with dependent chil9 dren that— 

10 ‘‘(1) receives program benefits for 1 month; and 

11 ‘‘(2) has a family head who has maintained less 

12 than 120 hours of paid employment during that 

13 month. 

14 ‘‘(ll) SINGLE-HEADED FAMILY WITH DEPENDENT

15 CHILDREN.—The term ‘single-headed family with depend16 ent children’ means a family with dependent children 

17 that— 

18 ‘‘(1) contains a family head residing with the 

19 family; but 

20 ‘‘(2) does not have a married spouse of the 

21 family head residing with the family. 

22 ‘‘(mm) STATE SHARE OF WORK-CAPABLE FAMILY

23 UNITS IN CALENDAR YEAR 2010.—The term ‘State share 

24 of work-capable family units in calendar year 2010’ for 

25 each State means the quotient obtained by dividing— 


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1 ‘‘(1) the average monthly number of work-capa2 ble family units in the State during calendar year 

3 2010; by 

4 ‘‘(2) the average monthly number of work-capa5 ble family units in all 50 States and the District of 

6 Columbia during calendar year 2010. 

7 ‘‘(nn) TOTAL FAMILY UNITS ELIGIBLE FOR PARTICI8 PATION IN WORK ACTIVATION.—The term ‘total family 

9 units eligible for participation in work activation’ in a 

10 month means, in the State in that month, the sum of— 

11 ‘‘(1) program-eligible adults without dependent 

12 children; 

13 ‘‘(2) program-eligible single-headed families 

14 with dependent children; and 

15 ‘‘(3) program-eligible married couples with de16 pendent children. 

17 ‘‘(oo) WORK ACTIVATION.—The term ‘work activa18 tion’ means— 

19 ‘‘(1) onsite work activation; and 

20 ‘‘(2) approved offsite work activation. 

21 ‘‘(pp) WORK-CAPABLE ADULT WITHOUT DEPEND22 ENT CHILDREN.—The term ‘work-capable adult without 

23 dependent children’ means an individual who— 

24 ‘‘(1) is an able-bodied, work-capable adult; and 


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1 ‘‘(2) is not a family head or the married spouse 

2 of a family head. 

3 ‘‘(qq) WORK-CAPABLE MARRIED COUPLE FAMILY

4 WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN.—The term ‘work-capable 

5 married couple family with dependent children’ means a 

6 married couple with dependent children that contains at 

7 least 1 work-capable, able-bodied adult who is— 

8 ‘‘(1) the family head; or 

9 ‘‘(2) the married spouse of the family head. 

10 ‘‘(rr) WORK-CAPABLE SINGLE-HEADED FAMILY

11 WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN.—The term ‘work-capable 

12 single-headed family with dependent children’ means a 

13 single-headed family with dependent children that has a 

14 family head who is an able-bodied, work-capable adult.’’. 

15 (d) CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION.—Section 6 of 

16 the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015) is 

17 amended by striking subsection (d) and inserting the fol18 lowing: 

19 ‘‘(d) CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION.— 

20 ‘‘(1) WORK REQUIREMENTS.— 

21 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—No able-bodied, work22 capable adult shall be eligible to participate in 

23 the supplemental nutrition assistance program 

24 if the individual— 


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1 ‘‘(i) refuses, at the time of application 

2 and every 12 months thereafter, to register 

3 for employment in a manner prescribed by 

4 the Secretary; 

5 ‘‘(ii) refuses without good cause to ac6 cept an offer of employment, at a site or 

7 plant not subject to a strike or lockout at 

8 the time of the refusal, at a wage not less 

9 than the higher of— 

10 ‘‘(I) the applicable Federal or 

11 State minimum wage; or 

12 ‘‘(II) 80 percent of the wage that 

13 would have applied had the minimum 

14 hourly rate under section 6(a)(1) of 

15 the Fair Labor Standards Act of 

16 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)) been ap17 plicable to the offer of employment; 

18 ‘‘(iii) refuses without good cause to 

19 provide a State agency with sufficient in20 formation to allow the State agency to de21 termine the employment status or the job 

22 availability of the individual; or 

23 ‘‘(iv) voluntarily— 

24 ‘‘(I) quits a job; or 


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1 ‘‘(II) reduces work effort and, 

2 after the reduction, is working less 

3 than 30 hours per week, unless an4 other adult in the same family unit in5 creases employment at the same time 

6 by an amount that is at least equal to 

7 the reduction in work effort by the 

8 first adult. 

9 ‘‘(B) FAMILY UNIT INELIGIBILITY.—If an 

10 able-bodied, work-capable adult is ineligible to 

11 participate in the supplemental nutrition assist12 ance program because of subparagraph (A), no 

13 other member of the family unit to which that 

14 adult belongs shall be eligible to participate. 

15 ‘‘(C) DURATION OF INELIGIBILITY.—An 

16 able-bodied, work-capable adult who becomes 

17 ineligible under subparagraph (A), and mem18 bers of the family unit who become ineligible 

19 under subparagraph (B), shall remain ineligible 

20 for 3 months after the date on which ineligi21 bility began. 

22 ‘‘(D) RESTORATION OF ELIGIBILITY.—At 

23 the end of the 3-month period of ineligibility 

24 under subparagraph (c), members of a work-ca25 pable family unit may have their eligibility to 


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1 participate in the supplemental nutrition assist2 ance program restored, if— 

3 ‘‘(i) the family unit is no longer a 

4 work-capable family unit; or 

5 ‘‘(ii) the adult members of the family 

6 unit begin and maintain any combination 

7 of paid employment and work activation 

8 sufficient to meet the appropriate stand9 ards for resumption of benefits in section 

10 29(c)(2). 

11 ‘‘(2) STRIKE AGAINST A GOVERNMENT.—For 

12 the purpose of subparagraph (A)(iv), an employee of 

13 the Federal Government, a State, or a political sub14 division of a State, who is dismissed for partici15 pating in a strike against the Federal Government, 

16 the State, or the political subdivision of the State 

17 shall be considered to have voluntarily quit without 

18 good cause. 

19 ‘‘(3) STRIKING WORKERS INELIGIBLE.— 

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

21 subparagraphs (B) and (C) and notwith22 standing any other provision of law, no member 

23 of a family shall be eligible to participate in the 

24 supplemental nutrition assistance program at 

25 any time that any able-bodied, work-capable 


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1 adult member of the household is on strike as 

2 defined in section 501 of the Labor Manage3 ment Relations Act, 1947 (29 U.S.C. 142), be4 cause of a labor dispute (other than a lockout) 

5 as defined in section 2 of the National Labor 

6 Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 152). 

7 ‘‘(B) PRIOR ELIGIBILITY.— 

8 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause 

9 (ii), a family unit shall not lose eligibility 

10 to participate in the supplemental nutrition 

11 assistance program as a result of 1 of the 

12 members of the family unit going on strike 

13 if the household was eligible immediately 

14 prior to the strike. 

15 ‘‘(ii) NO INCREASED ALLOTMENT.—A 

16 family unit described in clause (i) shall not 

17 receive an increased allotment as the result 

18 of a decrease in the income of the 1 or 

19 more striking members of the household. 

20 ‘‘(C) REFUSAL TO ACCEPT EMPLOY21 MENT.—Ineligibility described in subparagraph 

22 (A) shall not apply to any family unit that does 

23 not contain a member on strike, if any of the 

24 members of the family unit refuses to accept 


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1 employment at a plant or site because of a 

2 strike or lockout.’’. 

3 (e) ELIGIBILITY OF STUDENTS WITH DEPENDENT

4 CHILDREN.—Section 6(e) of the Food and Nutrition Act 

5 of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(e)) is amended by striking para6 graph (8) and inserting the following: 

7 ‘‘(8) is enrolled full-time in an institution of 

8 higher education, as determined by the institution, 

9 and— 

10 ‘‘(A) is a single parent with responsibility 

11 for the care of a dependent child under 12 

12 years of age; or 

13 ‘‘(B) is a family head or married spouse of 

14 a family head in a married couple family with 

15 dependent children and has a dependent child 

16 under age 12 residing in the home.’’. 

17 (f) WORK REQUIREMENT.—Section 6 of the Food 

18 and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015) is amended 

19 by striking subsection (o) and inserting the following: 

20 ‘‘(o) FULFILLMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND WORK

21 ACTIVATION REQUIREMENTS.— 

22 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If 1 or more adults within 

23 a program-eligible family unit are required by the 

24 State agency to participate in work activation under 

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1 gible for supplemental nutrition assistance benefits 

2 unless the relevant 1 or more adults fully comply 

3 with the work activation standards. 

4 ‘‘(2) SANCTIONS AND RESUMPTION OF BENE5 FITS.—If 1 or more adults within a program-eligible 

6 family unit who are required by the State agency to 

7 participate in work activation under section 29 dur8 ing a given month fail to comply with the work acti9 vation standards, benefits for all members of the 

10 family unit— 

11 ‘‘(A) shall be terminated in accordance 

12 with section 29(c)(1); and 

13 ‘‘(B) may be resumed upon compliance 

14 with section 29(c)(2).’’. 

15 (g) EXCLUSION.—Section 6 of the Food and Nutri16 tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015) is amended by adding 

17 at the end the following: 

18 ‘‘(r) MINOR CHILDREN.—No child less than age 18 

19 years of age may participate in the supplemental nutrition 

20 assistance program unless the child is a member of a fam21 ily with dependent children and resides with an adult who 

22 is— 

23 ‘‘(1) the family head of the same family of 

24 which the child is also a member; 


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1 ‘‘(2) eligible to participate, and participating, in 

2 the supplemental nutrition assistance program as a 

3 member of the same household as the child; and 

4 ‘‘(3) lawfully residing, and eligible to work, in 

5 the United States.’’. 

6 (h) HEARING AND DETERMINATION.—Section 

7 11(e)(10) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 

8 U.S.C. 2020(e)(10)) is amended by striking ‘‘: Provided’’ 

9 and all that follows through ‘‘hearing;’’ at the end and 

10 inserting a semicolon. 

11 (i) WORK REQUIREMENTS AND ACTIVATION PRO12 GRAM.—The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 

13 2011 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol14 lowing: 

15 ‘‘SEC. 29. WORK REQUIREMENTS AND ACTIVATION PRO16 GRAM. 

17 ‘‘(a) WORK ACTIVATION STANDARDS.— 

18 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (3), a 

19 family unit with adult members that is required to 

20 participate in work activation under subsection (e) 

21 during a full month of participation in the supple22 mental nutrition assistance program shall fulfill the 

23 following levels of work activation during that 

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1 ‘‘(A) WORK ACTIVATION PERFORMANCE

2 LEVEL FOR PROGRAM-ELIGIBLE ADULT WITH3 OUT DEPENDENT CHILDREN.—Each program4 eligible adult without dependent children who is 

5 required to participate in work activation by a 

6 State agency under subsection (e) for a par7 ticular month shall be required to perform a 

8 minimum of 36 hours of work activation for 

9 that month, including at least— 

10 ‘‘(i) a minimum of 16 hours of super11 vised onsite work activation; and 

12 ‘‘(ii) a minimum of 20 additional 

13 hours of— 

14 ‘‘(I) onsite work activation; 

15 ‘‘(II) approved offsite work acti16 vation; or 

17 ‘‘(III) a combination of both. 

18 ‘‘(B) WORK ACTIVATION PERFORMANCE

19 LEVELS FOR PROGRAM-ELIGIBLE SINGLE PAR20 ENT FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN.— 

21 Work-capable adult family heads in program-el22 igible single parent families with dependent 

23 children who are required by a State agency to 

24 participate in work activation under subsection 

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1 72 hours of work activation per month, includ2 ing at least— 

3 ‘‘(i) a minimum of 32 hours of super4 vised onsite work activation; and 

5 ‘‘(ii) a minimum of 40 additional 

6 hours of— 

7 ‘‘(I) onsite work activation; 

8 ‘‘(II) approved offsite work acti9 vation; or 

10 ‘‘(III) a combination of both. 

11 ‘‘(C) WORK ACTIVATION PERFORMANCE

12 LEVELS FOR PROGRAM-ELIGIBLE MARRIED COU13 PLES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN.— 

14 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause 

15 (ii), each program-eligible married couple 

16 with dependent children that is required by 

17 a State agency to participate in work acti18 vation under subsection (e) shall be re19 quired to perform a minimum of 72 hours 

20 of work activation per month, including at 

21 least— 

22 ‘‘(I) a minimum of 32 hours of 

23 supervised onsite work activation; and 

24 ‘‘(II) a minimum of 40 additional 

25 hours of— 


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1 ‘‘(aa) onsite work activation; 

2 ‘‘(bb) approved offsite work 

3 activation; or 

4 ‘‘(cc) a combination of both. 

5 ‘‘(ii) REQUIREMENTS.— 

6 ‘‘(I) SINGLE JOINT OBLIGA7 TION.—The 72-hour requirement 

8 under clause (i) shall be a single joint 

9 obligation for the married couple as a 

10 whole in which the activities of both 

11 married partners shall be combined 

12 together and counted jointly. 

13 ‘‘(II) OPTIONS.—The work acti14 vation requirement for a work-capable 

15 married couple family with dependent 

16 children may be fulfilled by— 

17 ‘‘(aa) 72 or more hours of 

18 appropriate activity by the family 

19 head; 

20 ‘‘(bb) 72 or more hours of 

21 appropriate activity by the mar22 ried spouse of the family head; or 

23 ‘‘(cc) the combined activity 

24 of the family head and married 

25 spouse of the family head which 


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1 when added together equal or ex2 ceed 72 hours. 

3 ‘‘(D) NO SEPARATE WORK ACTIVATION RE4 QUIREMENT.—Neither the family head nor the 

5 married spouse of the family in a married cou6 ple family with dependent children shall be sub7 ject to a separate work activation requirement 

8 as individuals. 

9 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION ON COMBINED HOURS OF

10 WORK ACTIVATION AND PAID EMPLOYMENT.— 

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sub12 paragraphs (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (1), 

13 a State may count any program-eligible family 

14 unit as fulfilling the full engagement require15 ment of the family unit for a month, for pur16 poses of paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection 

17 (e), if the combined sum of paid employment 

18 and work activation by work-capable adults 

19 within the family unit in that month equals at 

20 least 160 hours. 

21 ‘‘(B) RESULT OF FULFILLMENT.—If the 

22 combined sum of hours of paid employment and 

23 work activation by work-capable individuals 

24 within a program-eligible family unit is at least 

25 160 hours in a given month— 


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1 ‘‘(i) the family unit has fulfilled the 

2 Federal work activation standards of the 

3 family unit for that month; and 

4 ‘‘(ii) the State agency need not re5 quire members of the family unit to per6 form additional work activation during 

7 that month. 

8 ‘‘(b) PRO RATA REDUCTION IN EMPLOYMENT AND

9 WORK ACTIVATION STANDARD DURING A PARTIAL

10 MONTH.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A program-eligible family 

12 unit shall be subject to a pro-rated work activation 

13 standard, if the family unit— 

14 ‘‘(A) receives a pro-rated monthly allot15 ment during the initial month of enrollment 

16 under section 8(c); and 

17 ‘‘(B) is required by the State to participate 

18 in the work activation program during that 

19 month. 

20 ‘‘(2) PRO-RATED WORK ACTIVATION STAND21 ARD.—For purposes of paragraph (1), the term 

22 ‘pro-rated work activation standard’ means a stand23 ard that equals a number of hours of work activity 

24 of a family unit that bears the same proportion to 

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1 for a full month under subsection (a) as the propor2 tion that— 

3 ‘‘(A) the pro-rated monthly allotment re4 ceived by the household for the partial month 

5 under section 8(c); bears to 

6 ‘‘(B) the full allotment the same household 

7 would receive for a complete month. 

8 ‘‘(3) REQUIREMENT.—For purposes of fulfilling 

9 the pro-rated work activation requirement during an 

10 initial month of enrollment in the supplemental nu11 trition assistance program, only those hours of adult 

12 work activation that occurred during the portion of 

13 the month in which the family unit was participating 

14 in the supplemental nutrition assistance program 

15 shall be counted. 

16 ‘‘(c) SANCTION FOR NONCOMPLIANCE BY FAMILY

17 UNITS.— 

18 ‘‘(1) STANDARD.— 

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If 1 or more members 

20 of a program-eligible family unit are required to 

21 participate in the work activation program 

22 under subsection (e) in a calendar month and 

23 1 or more individuals fail to fulfill the work ac24 tivation standards under subsection (a) or (b) 

25 for that month— 


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1 ‘‘(i) no member of the family unit 

2 shall be eligible to receive supplemental nu3 trition assistance benefits during the sub4 sequent calendar month; and 

5 ‘‘(ii) except as provided in subpara6 graph (B), the State agency shall not pro7 vide the supplemental nutrition assistance 

8 benefit payment for all members of the 

9 family unit that otherwise would have been 

10 issued at the beginning of the next month. 

11 ‘‘(B) ADMINISTRATIVE DELAY OF SANC12 TION.— 

13 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as pro14 vided in clauses (ii) and (iii), if it is admin15 istratively infeasible for the State to not 

16 provide the supplemental nutrition assist17 ance benefit that would be issued at the 

18 beginning of the first month after the 

19 month of noncompliance, the State shall 

20 not provide the payment to all members of 

21 the family unit that otherwise would have 

22 been made at the beginning of the second 

23 month after the month of noncompliance. 

24 ‘‘(ii) DEADLINE.—The sanction of 

25 benefits shall occur not later than 32 days 


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1 after the end of the month of noncompli2 ance. 

3 ‘‘(iii) RELATIONSHIP OF PAYMENTS

4 TO MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY UNIT.—At 

5 least 1 monthly payment to all members of 

6 the family unit shall be not provided for 

7 each month of noncompliance under sub8 paragraph (A). 

9 ‘‘(2) RESUMPTION OF BENEFITS AFTER SANC10 TION.— 

11 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If a family unit has 

12 had the monthly benefit of the family unit not 

13 provided due to noncompliance with a work ac14 tivation requirement under paragraph (1), the 

15 family unit shall not be eligible to receive future 

16 benefits under the supplemental nutrition as17 sistance program until— 

18 ‘‘(i) the 1 or more work-capable mem19 bers of the family unit have— 

20 ‘‘(I) successfully participated in a 

21 work activation program under sub22 section (e) for at least 4 consecutive, 

23 subsequent weeks; and 

24 ‘‘(II) fulfilled the work activation 

25 standard for the family unit for that 


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1 same 4-week period by maintaining an 

2 hourly total of participation in work 

3 activation that is at least equal to the 

4 appropriate monthly totals for hours 

5 of participation provided in subsection 

6 (a); 

7 ‘‘(ii) the family unit no longer con8 tains any able-bodied, work-capable adults; 

9 or 

10 ‘‘(iii) the family unit maintains at 

11 least 120 hours of paid employment during 

12 the 4-week period. 

13 ‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—The resumed benefits 

14 provided under subparagraph (A) shall not re15 store or compensate for the benefits that were 

16 not provided due to the sanction imposed under 

17 paragraph (1). 

18 ‘‘(d) WORK ACTIVATION IS NOT EMPLOYMENT.— 

19 Participation in work activation activities under this sec20 tion shall not be— 

21 ‘‘(1) considered to be employment; or 

22 ‘‘(2) subject to any law pertaining to wages, 

23 compensation, hours, or conditions of employment 

24 under any law administered by the Secretary of 

25 Labor. 


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1 ‘‘(e) WORK ACTIVATION PROGRAM.— 

2 ‘‘(1) PROGRAM.—Each State participating in 

3 the supplemental nutrition assistance program shall 

4 carry out a work activation program. 

5 ‘‘(2) PURPOSE.— 

6 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The goals of each 

7 work activation program shall be— 

8 ‘‘(i) to encourage and assist able-bod9 ied, work-capable adult recipients of sup10 plemental nutrition assistance to obtain 

11 paid employment; 

12 ‘‘(ii) to reduce dependence on govern13 ment assistance; and 

14 ‘‘(iii) to ensure that able-bodied, work15 capable adult recipients of supplemental 

16 nutrition assistance make a contribution to 

17 society and the taxpayers in exchange for 

18 assistance received. 

19 ‘‘(B) REQUIREMENT.—To accomplish the 

20 goals described in subparagraph (A), each State 

21 shall require able-bodied, work-capable adult re22 cipients of supplemental nutrition assistance 

23 who are unemployed or under-employed to en24 gage in work activation. 


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1 ‘‘(3) REQUIRED STATE WORK ACTIVATION PAR2 TICIPATION RATES.— 

3 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara4 graph (D), each State that receives supple5 mental nutrition assistance program funding 

6 shall be required to meet, for the work activa7 tion programs of the State— 

8 ‘‘(i) a work activation participation 

9 rate for work-capable adults without de10 pendent children, as described in subpara11 graph (B); and 

12 ‘‘(ii) a total recipient work activity 

13 participation rate, as described in subpara14 graph (C). 

15 ‘‘(B) PARTICIPATION RATE FOR WORK-CA16 PABLE WITHOUT DEPENDENT CHILDREN.—The 

17 average monthly percent of program-eligible 

18 work-capable without dependent children who 

19 shall be required to maintain full engagement in 

20 work activation under subparagraph (A)(i) shall 

21 be— 

22 ‘‘(i) for each performance measure23 ment period in fiscal year 2014, 50 percent 

24 of all program-eligible adults without de25 pendent children; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) for each performance measure2 ment period in fiscal year 2015 and each 

3 subsequent fiscal year, 85 percent of all 

4 program-eligible adults without dependent 

5 children who are eligible for work activa6 tion. 

7 ‘‘(C) OVERALL PARTICIPATION RATE FOR

8 ALL PROGRAM-ELIGIBLE RECIPIENTS.—The av9 erage monthly number of program-eligible fam10 ily units who shall be required to maintain full 

11 engagement in work activation in a given month 

12 shall be— 

13 ‘‘(i) for each performance measure14 ment period in fiscal year 2015, the lesser 

15 of— 

16 ‘‘(I) the product obtained by mul17 tiplying— 

18 ‘‘(aa) the State share of 

19 work-capable family units in cal20 endar year 2010; by 

21 ‘‘(bb) 2,000,000; or 

22 ‘‘(II) 85 percent of the average 

23 monthly number of total program-eli24 gible family units in the State; and 


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1 ‘‘(ii) for each performance measure2 ment period in fiscal year 2016 and each 

3 subsequent fiscal year, the lesser of— 

4 ‘‘(I) the product obtained by mul5 tiplying— 

6 ‘‘(aa) the State share of 

7 work-capable family units in cal8 endar year 2010; by 

9 ‘‘(bb) 4,000,000; or 

10 ‘‘(II) 85 percent of the average 

11 monthly number of total family units 

12 eligible for participation in work acti13 vation in the State in the calendar 

14 year. 

15 ‘‘(D) LIMITATION.—If the total number of 

16 individuals in a State who are required to par17 ticipate in work activation under the work-capa18 ble adults without dependent children work acti19 vation requirement described in subparagraph 

20 (B) is greater than the number of individuals in 

21 the State who are required to participate under 

22 the overall participation rate requirement de23 scribed in subparagraph (C), the State shall be 

24 required to fulfill only the requirement for 

25 work-capable adults without dependent children. 


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1 ‘‘(4) COUNTING FULL ENGAGEMENT IN WORK

2 ACTIVATION FOR PURPOSES OF MEASURING STATE

3 COMPLIANCE WITH PARTICIPATION RATES.— 

4 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of deter5 mining the compliance of a State with the par6 ticipation rate standards in paragraph (3), a 

7 State shall count in each month the number of 

8 program-eligible family units that maintained 

9 full engagement in work activation in that 

10 month. 

11 ‘‘(B) FULL ENGAGEMENT.— 

12 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of 

13 subparagraph (A), a family unit shall be 

14 counted as having maintained full engage15 ment in work activation in a given month 

16 if the family unit was— 

17 ‘‘(I) a program-eligible family 

18 unit that performed sufficient work 

19 activation in the month to meet the 

20 work activation standards provided in 

21 subsection (a) or (b); 

22 ‘‘(II) a family unit that did not 

23 qualify for supplemental nutrition as24 sistance benefits in a current month 

25 because of a prior sanction but that 


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1 qualified for a resumption of benefits 

2 due to work activation performed in 

3 the month that meets the standards 

4 provided in subsection (c)(2); or 

5 ‘‘(III) a program-eligible family 

6 unit that— 

7 ‘‘(aa) received supplemental 

8 nutrition assistance benefits in a 

9 given month; 

10 ‘‘(bb) was required by a 

11 State agency to participate in 

12 work activation in that month; 

13 ‘‘(cc) failed to perform suffi14 cient work activation in that 

15 month to meet the standards in 

16 subsection (a) or (b); and 

17 ‘‘(dd) was sanctioned by an 

18 elimination of supplemental nu19 trition assistance benefits in the 

20 1 or more immediately suc21 ceeding months, in accordance 

22 with subsection (c)(1). 

23 ‘‘(ii) LIMITATION.— 

24 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—For purposes 

25 of clause (i)(III), a family unit that 


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1 was required to participate in work 

2 activation but failed to perform suffi3 cient activity to meet the standard 

4 shall be counted as having maintained 

5 full engagement in work activation 

6 only in the first month of noncompli7 ance. 

8 ‘‘(II) SUBSEQUENT MONTHS.— 

9 Except as provided in clause (i)(II), 

10 the family unit shall not be counted as 

11 maintaining full engagement in work 

12 activation in any subsequent month in 

13 which the family unit was subject to 

14 the sanction for noncompliance. 

15 ‘‘(C) BENEFITS PREVIOUSLY TERMI16 NATED.—Except as provided in subparagraph 

17 (B)(i)(II) concerning family units that qualify 

18 for resumption of benefits, a family unit that 

19 does not receive supplemental nutrition assist20 ance benefits in a given month because the ben21 efits of the family unit have been previously ter22 minated in accordance with subsection (c)(1) 

23 shall not be counted in that month— 


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1 ‘‘(i) as a family unit that has main2 tained full engagement in work activation; 

3 or 

4 ‘‘(ii) as a program-eligible family unit. 

5 ‘‘(5) PENALTIES FOR INADEQUATE STATE PER6 FORMANCE.— 

7 ‘‘(A) REQUIREMENT.— 

8 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Beginning in fis9 cal year 2015 and for each subsequent fis10 cal year, each State shall count the month11 ly average number of program-eligible fam12 ily units that maintain full engagement in 

13 work activation during each performance 

14 measurement period. 

15 ‘‘(ii) REDUCTION IN FUNDING.—If the 

16 monthly average number of program-eligi17 ble family units that maintain full engage18 ment in a State is not sufficient to fulfill 

19 1 or both of the relevant performance 

20 standards in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of 

21 paragraph (3) during a performance meas22 urement period (subject to the limitation in 

23 paragraph (3)(D)), the Federal supple24 mental nutrition assistance program fund25 ing for the State shall be reduced for the 


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1 entire penalty period that commences 12 

2 months after the commencement of the rel3 evant performance measurement period. 

4 ‘‘(B) SCHEDULE OF FUNDING REDUC5 TIONS.— 

6 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The funding re7 duction for a State under subparagraph 

8 (A) shall be determined by the number of 

9 consecutive performance measurement pe10 riods during which the State has failed to 

11 meet 1 or both of the relevant work activa12 tion participation rates under subpara13 graphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (3) (sub14 ject to paragraph (3)(D)). 

15 ‘‘(ii) FAILURE.—If any State fails to 

16 maintain a monthly average number of 

17 program-eligible family units that maintain 

18 full engagement in work activation during 

19 a performance measurement period that 

20 fulfills 1 or both of the relevant perform21 ance standards under subparagraphs (B) 

22 and (C) of paragraph (3) (subject to para23 graph (3)(D))— 

24 ‘‘(I) for a single, nonconsecutive 

25 performance measurement period, the 


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1 Federal supplemental nutrition assist2 ance program funding for the State 

3 shall be reduced by 20 percent of the 

4 normal funding allotment of the State 

5 for the penalty period that commences 

6 12 months after the relevant perform7 ance measurement period; 

8 ‘‘(II) for 2 consecutive perform9 ance measurement periods, the Fed10 eral supplemental nutrition assistance 

11 program funding for the State shall 

12 be reduced by 30 percent of the nor13 mal funding allotment of the State for 

14 the penalty period that commences 12 

15 months after the relevant performance 

16 measurement period; 

17 ‘‘(III) for 3 consecutive perform18 ance measurement periods, the Fed19 eral supplemental nutrition assistance 

20 program funding for the State shall 

21 be reduced by 40 percent of the nor22 mal funding allotment of the State for 

23 the penalty period that commences 12 

24 months after the relevant performance 

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1 ‘‘(IV) for 4 consecutive perform2 ance measurement periods, the Fed3 eral supplemental nutrition assistance 

4 program funding for the State shall 

5 be reduced by 50 percent of the nor6 mal funding allotment of the State for 

7 the penalty period that commences 12 

8 months after the relevant performance 

9 measurement period; 

10 ‘‘(V) for 5 consecutive perform11 ance measurement periods, the Fed12 eral supplemental nutrition assistance 

13 program funding for the State shall 

14 be reduced by 70 percent of the nor15 mal funding allotment of the State for 

16 the penalty period that commences 12 

17 months after the relevant performance 

18 measurement period; or 

19 ‘‘(VI) for 6 or more consecutive 

20 performance measurement periods, 

21 the Federal supplemental nutrition as22 sistance program funding for the 

23 State shall be reduced by 100 percent 

24 of the normal funding allotment of the 

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1 mences 12 months after the relevant 

2 performance measurement period. 

3 ‘‘(C) RESTORATION IN FUNDING RESULT4 ING FROM IMPROVED STATE PERFORMANCE.— 

5 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause 

6 (iii), if a State maintains a monthly aver7 age number of program-eligible family 

8 units that maintain full engagement in 

9 work activation that is sufficient to fulfill 

10 the relevant performance standards de11 scribed in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of 

12 paragraph (3), subject to the limitation in 

13 paragraph (3)(D) for 1 nonconsecutive 

14 performance measurement period, the Fed15 eral supplemental nutrition assistance 

16 funding for the State for the next penalty 

period shall equal 1 17 ⁄2 of the sum of— 

18 ‘‘(I) the normal funding allot19 ment of the State for the performance 

20 measurement period; and 

21 ‘‘(II) the funding allotment of the 

22 State for the previous penalty period. 

23 ‘‘(ii) SUBSEQUENT PERIODS.—Subject 

24 to clause (iii), if a State maintains a 

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1 ble family units who maintain full engage2 ment in work activation that is sufficient 

3 to fulfill the relevant performance stand4 ards described in subparagraphs (B) and 

5 (C) of paragraph (3), subject to the limita6 tion in paragraph (3)(D) for 2 consecutive 

7 performance measurement periods, the 

8 Federal supplemental nutrition assistance 

9 funding for the State shall equal 100 per10 cent of the normal funding allotment of 

11 the State for the next penalty period. 

12 ‘‘(iii) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding 

13 clauses (i) and (ii), no State shall receive 

14 more than 100 percent of the normal fund15 ing allotment of the State due to the provi16 sions of this paragraph. 

17 ‘‘(6) REWARDS TO STATES FOR REDUCING GOV18 ERNMENT DEPENDENCE.— 

19 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If, in any future year, 

20 a State reduces the supplemental nutrition as21 sistance caseload of the State below the levels 

22 that existed in calendar year 2006, the State 

23 shall receive a financial reward for reducing de24 pendence. 


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‘‘(B) AMOUNT.—The reward shall equal 1 1 ⁄4

2 of the savings to the Federal Government for 

3 that year that resulted from the caseload reduc4 tion. 

5 ‘‘(C) USE OF REWARD.—A State may use 

6 reward funding under this paragraph for any 

7 purpose chosen by the State that— 

8 ‘‘(i) provides benefits or services to in9 dividuals with incomes below 200 percent 

10 of the Federal poverty level; 

11 ‘‘(ii) improves social outcomes in low12 income populations; 

13 ‘‘(iii) encourages healthy marriage; or 

14 ‘‘(iv) increases self-sufficiency and re15 duces dependence. 

16 ‘‘(7) AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDING.— 

17 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—There is authorized to 

18 be appropriated to the Secretary to provide 

19 funds to State governments for the purpose of 

20 carrying out work activation programs in ac21 cordance with this section $500,000,000 for fis22 cal year 2014 and each subsequent fiscal year. 

23 ‘‘(B) ALLOCATION AMONG STATES.—The 

24 total amount appropriated under subparagraph 

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1 the States in accordance with the proportion of 

2 each State’s share of total funding for the sup3 plemental nutrition assistance program under 

4 this Act in fiscal year 2007. 

5 ‘‘(C) ADDITIONAL FUNDING.— 

6 ‘‘(i) TANF FUNDING.— 

7 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Notwith8 standing any other provision of law, in 

9 fiscal year 2014 and each subsequent 

10 fiscal year, a State that receives sup11 plemental nutrition assistance funds 

12 may spend, in that fiscal year to ad13 minister the work activation program 

14 of the State under this section, up 

15 to— 

16 ‘‘(aa) 30 percent of the Fed17 eral funds available to the State 

18 through the program of block 

19 grants to States for temporary 

20 assistance for needy families es21 tablished under part A of title IV 

22 of the Social Security Act (42 

23 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) in that fiscal 

24 year; and 


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1 ‘‘(bb) 30 percent of funds 

2 from State sources allocated to 

3 the operation of the program de4 scribed in item (aa). 

5 ‘‘(II) EFFECT.—Any State that 

6 uses State funds allocated to the pro7 gram of block grants to States for 

8 temporary assistance for needy fami9 lies established under part A of title 

10 IV of the Social Security Act (42 

11 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) to administer the 

12 work activation program under this 

13 section may count those funds for 

14 purposes of meeting the maintenance 

15 of effort requirement of the State 

16 under that program of block grants in 

17 that fiscal year. 

18 ‘‘(ii) WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT

19 FUNDING.—Notwithstanding any other 

20 provision of law, in fiscal year 2014 and 

21 each subsequent fiscal year, a State that 

22 receives Federal funds under the Work23 force Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 

24 2801 et seq.) may spend up to 50 of those 


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1 funds to administer the work activation 

2 program under this section.’’. 

3 (j) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

4 (1) Section 5 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 

5 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014) is amended— 

6 (A) in subsection (a), in the second sen7 tence, by striking ‘‘, 6(d)(2),’’; 

8 (B) in subsection (d)(14), by striking ‘‘sec9 tion 6(d)(4)(I)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 29’’; 

10 (C) in subsection (e)(3)(B)(ii), by striking 

11 ‘‘subsection (d)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 29’’; 

12 and 

13 (D) in the first sentence of subsection 

14 (g)(3), by striking ‘‘section 6(d)’’ and inserting 

15 ‘‘section 29’’. 

16 (2) Section 7(i)(1) of the Food and Nutrition 

17 Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2016(i)(1)) is amended by 

18 striking ‘‘section 6(o)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 

19 6(o)’’. 

20 (3) Section 11(e) of the Food and Nutrition Act 

21 of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2020(e)) is amended— 

22 (A) by striking paragraph (19); and 

23 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (20) 

24 through (23) as paragraphs (19) through (22), 

25 respectively. 


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1 (4) Section 16 of the Food and Nutrition Act 

2 of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025) is amended— 

3 (A) in subsection (b)(4), by striking ‘‘sec4 tion 6(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 29’’; and 

5 (B) by striking subsection (h). 

6 (5) Section 17 of the Food and Nutrition Act 

7 of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2026) is amended— 

8 (A) in subsection (b)— 

9 (i) in paragraph (1)(B)(iv)(III)— 

10 (I) by striking item (bb); and 

11 (II) by redesignating items (cc) 

12 through (jj) as items (bb) through 

13 (ii), respectively; 

14 (ii) in paragraph (2), by striking the 

15 second sentence; and 

16 (iii) in paragraph (3)(B), in the first 

17 sentence, by striking ‘‘section 6(d)’’ and 

18 inserting ‘‘section 29,’’; and 

19 (B) by striking subsection (g). 

20 (6) Section 20 of the Food and Nutrition Act 

21 of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2029) is amended— 

22 (A) in subsection (b)— 

23 (i) by striking paragraph (1); and 


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1 (ii) by redesignating paragraphs (2) 

2 through (6) as paragraphs (1) through (5), 

3 respectively; 

4 (B) by striking subsection (f); and 

5 (C) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub6 section (f). 

7 (7) Section 22(b) of the Food and Nutrition 

8 Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2031(b)) is amended by strik9 ing paragraph (4). 

10 (8) Section 26(f)(3)(E) of the Food and Nutri11 tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(f)(3)(E)) is amend12 ed by striking ‘‘(22), and (23)’’ and inserting ‘‘(21), 

13 and (22)’’. 

14 (9) Section 501(b)(2)(E) of the Workforce In15 vestment Act of 1998 (20 U.S.C. 9271(b)(2)(E)) is 

16 amended by striking ‘‘section 6(d)’’ and all that fol17 lows through the end and inserting ‘‘section 29 of 

18 the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.’’. 

19 (10) Section 112(b)(8)(A)(iii) of the Workforce 

20 Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 

21 2822(b)(8)(A)(iii)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 

22 6(d)(4)’’ and all that follows through ‘‘(7 U.S.C. 

23 2015(d)(4))’’ and inserting ‘‘section 29 of the Food 

24 and Nutrition Act of 2008’’. 


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1 (11) Section 121(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the Workforce 

2 Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 

3 2841(b)(2)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 

4 6(d)(4)’’ and all that follows through the end and in5 serting ‘‘section 29 of the Food and Nutrition Act 

6 of 2008;’’. 

7 SEC. 102. TERMINATION OF BENEFIT INCREASE. 

8 Section 101(a)(2) of division A of the American Re9 covery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111– 

10 5; 123 Stat. 120; 124 Stat. 2394; 124 Stat. 3265) is 

11 amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the fol12 lowing: 

13 ‘‘(2) TERMINATION.—The authority provided by 

14 this subsection shall terminate on the date of enact15 ment of the Welfare Reform and Upward Mobility 

16 Act.’’. 

17 TITLE II—REPORTING OF 

18 MEANS-TESTED WELFARE 

19 SPENDING IN PRESIDENT’S 

20 BUDGET SUBMISSION 

21 SEC. 201. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN PRESIDENT’S 

22 BUDGET SUBMISSION. 

23 Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is 

24 amended— 


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1 (1) by redesignating the second paragraph des2 ignated as paragraph (37), relating to outdated or 

3 duplicative plans and reports, as added by section 11 

4 of the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010 (Public 

5 Law 111–352; 124 Stat. 3881), as paragraph (39); 

6 and 

7 (2) by adding at the end the following: 

8 ‘‘(40) the total level of means-tested welfare 

9 spending (as defined in section 3 of the Congres10 sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622)) by the 

11 Federal Government and the total level of means12 tested welfare spending by all State and local gov13 ernments and the Federal Government for the most 

14 recent fiscal year for which such data is available 

15 and estimated levels for the fiscal year during which 

16 the budget submission of the President is made, for 

17 the fiscal year beginning on October 1 of the cal18 endar year during which the budget submission is 

19 made, and for each of the 9 ensuing fiscal years.’’. 


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1 TITLE III—AGGREGATE CAP FOR 

2 MEANS-TESTED WELFARE 

3 SPENDING 

4 SEC. 301. DEFINITION OF MEANS-TESTED WELFARE SPEND5 ING. 

6 Section 3 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

7 (2 U.S.C. 622) is amended by adding at the end the fol8 lowing new paragraph: 

9 ‘‘(12)(A) The term ‘means-tested welfare 

10 spending’— 

11 ‘‘(i) means spending for any Federal pro12 gram that is designed to specifically provide as13 sistance or benefits exclusively to low-income 

14 Americans; 

15 ‘‘(ii) does not include such a program if 

16 the program— 

17 ‘‘(I) is based on earned eligibility; 

18 ‘‘(II) is not need-based; 

19 ‘‘(III) is a program designed exclu20 sively or primarily for veterans of military 

21 service; or 

22 ‘‘(IV) offers universal or near uni23 versal eligibility to the working population 

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1 ‘‘(iii) includes community and economic de2 velopment programs targeted to low-income 

3 communities or populations. 

4 ‘‘(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the 

5 spending on following Federal programs shall be 

6 means-tested welfare spending: 

7 ‘‘(i) CASH AND GENERAL PROGRAMS.— 

8 ‘‘(I) Supplemental Security Income. 

9 ‘‘(II) Earned Income Tax Credit (Re10 fundable Portion). 

11 ‘‘(III) Refundable Child Credit. 

12 ‘‘(IV) Temporary Assistance to Needy 

13 Families. 

14 ‘‘(V) Title IV–E Foster Care. 

15 ‘‘(VI) Title IV–E Adoption Assist16 ance. 

17 ‘‘(VII) General Assistance to Indians. 

18 ‘‘(VIII) Assets for Independence. 

19 ‘‘(ii) MEDICAL.— 

20 ‘‘(I) Medicaid. 

21 ‘‘(II) State Children’s Health Insur22 ance Program. 

23 ‘‘(III) Indian Health Services. 

24 ‘‘(IV) Consolidated Health Centers/ 

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1 ‘‘(V) Maternal and Child Health. 

2 ‘‘(VI) Healthy Start. 

3 ‘‘(VII) Refundable Premiums and Out 

4 of Pocket Subsidies under the Patient Pro5 tection and Affordable Health Care Act 

6 (PPACA). 

7 ‘‘(iii) FOOD.— 

8 ‘‘(I) Food Stamps Program. 

9 ‘‘(II) School Lunch Program. 

10 ‘‘(III) Women, Infant and Children 

11 (WIC) Food Program. 

12 ‘‘(IV) School Breakfast. 

13 ‘‘(V) Child Care Food Program. 

14 ‘‘(VI) Nutrition Program for the El15 derly, Nutrition Service Incentives. 

16 ‘‘(VII) Summer Food Service Pro17 gram. 

18 ‘‘(VIII) Commodity Supplemental 

19 Food Program. 

20 ‘‘(IX) Temporary Emergency Food 

21 Program. 

22 ‘‘(X) Needy Families. 

23 ‘‘(XI) Farmer’s Market Nutrition 

24 Program. 

25 ‘‘(XII) Special Milk Program. 


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1 ‘‘(iv) HOUSING.— 

2 ‘‘(I) Section 8 Housing (HUD). 

3 ‘‘(II) Public Housing (HUD). 

4 ‘‘(III) State Housing Expenditures. 

5 ‘‘(IV) Home Investment Partnership 

6 Program (HUD). 

7 ‘‘(V) Homeless Assistance Grants 

8 (HUD). 

9 ‘‘(VI) Rural Housing Insurance Fund 

10 (Agriculture). 

11 ‘‘(VII) Rural Housing Service (Agri12 culture). 

13 ‘‘(VIII) Housing for the Elderly 

14 (HUD). 

15 ‘‘(IX) Native American Housing 

16 Block Grants (HUD). 

17 ‘‘(X) Other Assisted Housing Pro18 grams (HUD). 

19 ‘‘(XI) Housing for Persons with Dis20 abilities (HUD). 

21 ‘‘(v) ENERGY AND UTILITIES.— 

22 ‘‘(I) Low-Income Home Energy As23 sistance. 


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1 ‘‘(II) Universal Service Fund—Sub2 sidized Phone Service for Low-Income Per3 sons. 

4 ‘‘(III) Weatherization. 

5 ‘‘(vi) EDUCATION.— 

6 ‘‘(I) Pell Grants. 

7 ‘‘(II) Title I Grants to Local Edu8 cation Authorities. 

9 ‘‘(III) Special Programs for Disadvan10 taged (TRIO). 

11 ‘‘(IV) Supplemental Education Oppor12 tunity Grants. 

13 ‘‘(V) Migrant Education. 

14 ‘‘(VI) Gear-Up. 

15 ‘‘(VII) Education for Homeless Chil16 dren and Youth. 

17 ‘‘(VIII) Leveraging Educational As18 sistance Partnership (LEAP) Program. 

19 ‘‘(IX) Even Start. 

20 ‘‘(vii) TRAINING.— 

21 ‘‘(I) Job Corps. 

22 ‘‘(II) Youth Opportunity Grants 

23 (under the Workforce Investment Act). 

24 ‘‘(III) Adult Employment and Train25 ing (under the Workforce Investment Act). 


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1 ‘‘(IV) Senior Community Service Em2 ployment. 

3 ‘‘(V) Food Stamp Employment and 

4 Training Program. 

5 ‘‘(VI) Migrant Training. 

6 ‘‘(VII) YouthBuild. 

7 ‘‘(VIII) Native American Training. 

8 ‘‘(viii) SERVICES.— 

9 ‘‘(I) Title XX Social Services Block 

10 Grant. 

11 ‘‘(II) Community Service Block 

12 Grant. 

13 ‘‘(III) Social Services for Refugees, 

14 Asylees, and Humanitarian Cases. 

15 ‘‘(IV) Title III Aging Americans Act. 

16 ‘‘(V) Legal Services Block Grant. 

17 ‘‘(VI) Family Planning. 

18 ‘‘(VII) Emergency Food and Shelter. 

19 ‘‘(VIII) Healthy Marriage and Re20 sponsible Fatherhood Grants. 

21 ‘‘(IX) Americorps VISTA. 

22 ‘‘(ix) CHILD CARE AND CHILD DEVELOP23 MENT.— 

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1 ‘‘(II) Childcare and Child Develop2 ment Block Grant. 

3 ‘‘(III) Child Care Block Grant (under 

4 Temporary Assistance to Needy Families 

5 Program). 

6 ‘‘(x) COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.— 

7 ‘‘(I) Community Development Block 

8 Grant. 

9 ‘‘(II) Economic Development Adminis10 tration. 

11 ‘‘(III) Appalachian Regional Develop12 ment. 

13 ‘‘(IV) Empowerment Zones, Enter14 prise Communities, Renewal Communities. 

15 ‘‘(V) Urban Development Block 

16 Grant. 

17 ‘‘(C) For purposes of subparagraph (A), spend18 ing on following Federal programs shall not be 

19 means-tested welfare spending: 

20 ‘‘(i) The Social Security Disability Insur21 ance program. 

22 ‘‘(ii) Medicare. 

23 ‘‘(iii) Retirement insurance benefits and 

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1 ‘‘(iv) Any program designed exclusively or 

2 primarily for veterans of military service. 

3 ‘‘(v) Unemployment insurance benefits. 

4 ‘‘(vi) Programs designed specifically to 

5 provide benefits to workers to compensate for 

6 job-related injuries or illnesses. 

7 ‘‘(D) The term ‘means-tested welfare spending’ 

8 includes the full cost of benefits and services pro9 vided under a program and the administrative costs 

10 for operating the program, subject to the limitations 

11 under subparagraph (E). 

12 ‘‘(E)(i)(I) For purposes of this paragraph, only 

13 the refundable portion of the following tax credits 

14 shall be means-tested welfare spending: 

15 ‘‘(aa) The earned income tax credit. 

16 ‘‘(bb) The child tax credit. 

17 ‘‘(cc) The making work pay tax credit. 

18 ‘‘(II) For purposes of this paragraph, only the 

19 refundable portion of the premium and out of pocket 

20 health care subsidies to be paid under the Patient 

21 Protection and Affordable Health Care Act shall be 

22 means-tested welfare spending. 

23 ‘‘(III) For purposes of this clause, the term ‘re24 fundable portion’ means the portion of the credit 

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1 amount of Federal income tax owed by the indi2 vidual. 

3 ‘‘(ii) For purposes of this paragraph, only the 

4 costs of the free and reduced price segments of the 

5 school lunch and school breakfast programs shall be 

6 means-tested welfare spending. 

7 ‘‘(F) For purposes of this paragraph expendi8 tures by State and local governments of funds that 

9 are— 

10 ‘‘(i) obtained by the State and local gov11 ernment from taxes, fees, or other sources of 

12 revenue established by the State or local gov13 ernment; and 

14 ‘‘(ii) are not received as any form of grant 

15 from the Federal Government, 

16 shall not be Federal means-tested welfare spending, 

17 without regard to whether such State and local ex18 penditures take the form of contributions to a Fed19 eral program described in subparagraph (A) or listed 

20 in subparagraph (B).’’. 

21 SEC. 302. REPORTS TO BUDGET COMMITTEES. 

22 Section 202(e)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act 

23 of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 602(e)(1)) is amended— 

24 (1) by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(1)’’; and 

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1 ‘‘(B)(i) The Director shall include in each re2 port submitted to the Committees on the Budget of 

3 the House of Representatives and the Senate under 

4 subparagraph (A) the information described in 

5 clause (ii) beginning on the earlier of— 

6 ‘‘(I) the first fiscal year that begins after 

7 the date of enactment of this subparagraph and 

8 after any monthly rate of unemployment during 

9 the immediately preceding fiscal year is below 6 

10 percent; or 

11 ‘‘(II) fiscal year 2016. 

12 ‘‘(ii) The Director shall include the following in13 formation for the fiscal year commencing on October 

14 1 of the year in which the report is submitted and 

15 for each of the ensuing 4 fiscal years: 

16 ‘‘(I) The Congressional Budget Office 

17 baseline level of means-tested welfare spending. 

18 ‘‘(II) The aggregate level of means-tested 

19 welfare spending computed by taking the aggre20 gate level of means-tested welfare spending for 

21 fiscal year 2007 and adjusting that for inflation 

22 according to the procedures specified in clause 

23 (iii). 

24 ‘‘(iii) In preparing the information required to 

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1 ‘‘(I) means-tested welfare spending relat2 ing to medical assistance programs shall be ad3 justed for inflation according to the price index 

4 for personal consumption expenditures for 

5 health products and services as calculated by 

6 the Bureau of Economic Analysis; and 

7 ‘‘(II) all other means-tested welfare spend8 ing shall be adjusted for inflation according to 

9 the weighted price index for personal consump10 tion expenditures excluding health products and 

11 services as calculated by the Bureau of Eco12 nomic Analysis.’’. 

13 SEC. 303. CONTENT OF CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS ON 

14 THE BUDGET. 

15 Section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

16 (2 U.S.C. 632) is amended by adding at the end the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘(j) MEANS-TESTED WELFARE SPENDING.— 

19 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The concurrent resolution 

20 on the budget for a fiscal year shall set forth the ap21 propriate level for aggregate means-tested welfare 

22 spending for the first fiscal year of that concurrent 

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1 ‘‘(A) the first fiscal year that begins after 

2 the date of enactment of this subsection and 

3 after any monthly rate of unemployment during 

4 the immediately preceding fiscal year is below 6 

5 percent; or 

6 ‘‘(B) fiscal year 2016. 

7 ‘‘(2) SETTING LEVEL.—The level described in 

8 paragraph (1) shall not exceed— 

9 ‘‘(A) in fiscal year 2016, 

10 $825,000,000,000; 

11 ‘‘(B) in fiscal year 2017, 

12 $750,000,000,000; and 

13 ‘‘(C) in fiscal year 2018 and subsequent 

14 fiscal years, the aggregate level of Federal 

15 means-tested welfare spending for fiscal year 

16 2007, adjusted for inflation as follows: 

17 ‘‘(i) Means-tested welfare spending re18 lating to medical assistance programs shall 

19 be adjusted for inflation according to the 

20 price index for personal consumption ex21 penditures for health products and services 

22 as calculated by the Bureau of Economic 

23 Analysis. 

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1 cording to the weighted price index for per2 sonal consumption expenditures excluding 

3 health products and services as calculated 

4 by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.’’. 

5 SEC. 304. ALLOCATIONS OF MEANS-TESTED WELFARE 

6 SPENDING. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 302 of the Congressional 

8 Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 633) is amended by adding 

9 at the end the following: 

10 ‘‘(h) MEANS-TESTED WELFARE SPENDING LIMIT.— 

11 ‘‘(1) FURTHER DIVISION OF AMOUNTS.—For 

12 any concurrent resolution on the budget in which 

13 levels for aggregate means-tested welfare spending 

14 are set forth under section 301(j), in the House of 

15 Representatives and the Senate, the amounts allo16 cated under subsection (a) shall be further divided 

17 to establish an allocation of— 

18 ‘‘(A) total new budget authority and total 

19 outlays for discretionary means-tested welfare 

20 spending in appropriation measures for the first 

21 fiscal year of that concurrent resolution; and 

22 ‘‘(B) total new budget authority and total 

23 outlays for mandatory means-tested welfare 

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1 4 fiscal years to all other committees of the 

2 House of Representatives and the Senate that 

3 have jurisdiction over legislation providing man4 datory means-tested welfare spending. 

5 ‘‘(2) POINT OF ORDER.— 

6 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Except as provided in 

7 subparagraph (B), it shall not be in order in 

8 the House of Representatives or the Senate to 

9 consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, 

10 or amendment between the Houses if— 

11 ‘‘(i) the enactment of such bill or res12 olution as reported; 

13 ‘‘(ii) the adoption and enactment of 

14 such amendment; 

15 ‘‘(iii) the enactment of such bill or 

16 resolution in the form recommended in 

17 such conference report; or 

18 ‘‘(iv) the enactment of such amend19 ment between the Houses, 

20 would cause the applicable allocation of new 

21 budget authority or outlays made under sub22 paragraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1) for a 

23 fiscal year to be exceeded. 

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1 under subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph 

2 (1) shall not be in effect for a fiscal year if the 

3 average monthly unemployment rate in the pre4 ceding fiscal year exceeded 7.5 percent.’’. 

5 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 302(b) of 

6 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by 

7 striking ‘‘under subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘under sub8 sections (a) and (h)’’. 

9 SEC. 305. RECONCILIATION. 

10 Section 310(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 

11 1974 (2 U.S.C. 641(a)) is amended— 

12 (1) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘or’’ at the 

13 end; 

14 (2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para15 graph (5); 

16 (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol17 lowing: 

18 ‘‘(4) specify the total amount by which new 

19 budget authority for such fiscal year for mandatory 

20 means-tested welfare spending contained in laws, 

21 bills, and resolutions within the jurisdiction of a 

22 committee is to be changed and direct that com23 mittee to determine and recommend changes to ac24 complish a change of such total amount, which 

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1 sional Budget Office baseline level of spending for 

2 aggregate mandatory means-tested welfare programs 

3 exceeds the allocation made pursuant to section 

4 302(h)(1)(B) for such fiscal year; and’’; and 

5 (4) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by 

6 striking ‘‘and (3)’’ and inserting ‘‘(3), and (4)’’. 

7 TITLE IV—GRANTS TO PROMOTE 

8 SELF-SUFFICIENCY 

9 SEC. 401. GRANTS TO STATES. 

10 (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this title is to encour11 age States to develop policies to promote self-sufficiency 

12 and prosperity and to reduce poverty and Government de13 pendence. 

14 (b) GRANTS.—The Social Security Act is amended by 

15 adding at the end the following: 

16 ‘‘TITLE XXII—GRANTS TO STATES 

17 TO PROMOTE SELF-SUFFI18 CIENCY AND PROSPERITY 

19 AND TO REDUCE DEPEND20 ENCE 

21 ‘‘SEC. 2201. GRANTS TO STATES. 

22 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may provide 

23 grants to States to reward reductions in poverty and Gov24 ernment dependence and increases in self-sufficiency. 


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1 ‘‘(b) ALLOCATION OF GRANTS TO STATES.—For each 

2 fiscal year for which funds are made available under sub3 section (e), the Secretary shall make a grant in an amount 

4 equal to $100,000,000 to each of the 3 States with the 

5 greatest percentage increases in the self-sufficiency ratio 

6 of the State for the preceding fiscal year over the self7 sufficiency ratio of the State for fiscal year 2007, as com8 pared with the changes in that ratio for each other State, 

9 subject to subsection (c). 

10 ‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANTS.—A 

11 State shall not be eligible for a grant under this title for 

12 a fiscal year unless the self-sufficiency ratio of the State 

13 for the fiscal year is greater than the self-sufficiency ratio 

14 of the State for fiscal year 2007. 

15 ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this title: 

16 ‘‘(1) The term ‘self-sufficient family’ means a 

17 family (including a 1-person family) whose combined 

18 income, excluding receipt of means-tested welfare 

19 spending (as defined in section 3(11)(A) of the Con20 gressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 

21 1974), exceeds the poverty line (within the meaning 

22 of section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget Reconcili23 ation Act of 1981, including any revision required by 

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1 ‘‘(2) The term ‘self-sufficiency ratio’ means, 

2 with respect to a State and a fiscal year— 

3 ‘‘(A) the number of self-sufficient families 

4 residing in the State during the fiscal year that 

5 are headed by able-bodied individuals who have 

6 not attained 63 years of age; divided by 

7 ‘‘(B) the total number of families residing 

8 in the State during the fiscal year that are 

9 headed by able-bodied individuals who have not 

10 attained 63 years of age. 

11 ‘‘(3) The term ‘State’ means the 50 States and 

12 the District of Columbia. 

13 ‘‘(e) LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO14 PRIATIONS.—For grants under this title, there are author15 ized to be appropriated to the Secretary $300,000,000 for 

16 fiscal year 2016 and each succeeding fiscal year.’’. 

17 TITLE V—PROHIBITION ON 

18 FUNDING OF ABORTION 

19 SEC. 501. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS. 

20 No funds authorized or appropriated by Federal law, 

21 and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds 

22 are authorized or appropriated by Federal law, shall be 

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1 SEC. 502. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR HEALTH BENE2 FITS PLANS THAT COVER ABORTION. 

3 None of the funds authorized or appropriated by Fed4 eral law, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which 

5 funds are authorized or appropriated by Federal law, shall 

6 be expended for health benefits coverage that includes cov7 erage of abortion. 

8 SEC. 503. PROHIBITION ON TAX BENEFITS RELATING TO 

9 ABORTION. 

10 For taxable years beginning after the date of the en11 actment of this section, no credit shall be allowed under 

12 the internal revenue laws with respect to amounts paid 

13 or incurred for an abortion or with respect to amounts 

14 paid or incurred for a health benefits plan (including pre15 mium assistance) that includes coverage of abortion. 

16 SEC. 504. CONSTRUCTION RELATING TO SEPARATE COV17 ERAGE. 

18 Nothing in this title shall be construed as prohibiting 

19 any individual, entity, or State or locality from purchasing 

20 separate abortion coverage or health benefits coverage 

21 that includes abortion so long as such coverage is paid 

22 for entirely using only funds not authorized or appro23 priated by Federal law and such coverage shall not be pur24 chased using matching funds required for a federally sub25 sidized program, including a State’s or locality’s contribu26 tion of Medicaid matching funds. 


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1 SEC. 505. CONSTRUCTION RELATING TO THE USE OF NON2 FEDERAL FUNDS FOR HEALTH COVERAGE. 

3 Nothing in this title shall be construed as restricting 

4 the ability of any non-Federal health benefits coverage 

5 provider from offering abortion coverage, or the ability of 

6 a State or locality to contract separately with such a pro7 vider for such coverage, so long as only funds not author8 ized or appropriated by Federal law are used and such 

9 coverage shall not be purchased using matching funds re10 quired for a federally subsidized program, including a 

11 State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid matching 

12 funds. 

13 SEC. 506. TREATMENT OF ABORTIONS RELATED TO RAPE, 

14 INCEST, OR PRESERVING THE LIFE OF THE 

15 MOTHER. 

16 The limitations established in this title shall not apply 

17 to an abortion— 

18 (1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of 

19 rape or incest; or 

20 (2) in the case where a woman suffers from a 

21 physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness 

22 that would, as certified by a physician, place the 

23 woman in danger of death unless an abortion is per24 formed, including a life-endangering physical condi25 tion caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself. 

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