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103D CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 1293

To replace the program of aid to families with dependent children with

a program of block grants to States for families with dependent children,

and for other purposes.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

MARCH 10, 1993

Mrs. MEYERS of Kansas (for herself, Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut, Mr. GILMAN, Mr. CLINGER, Mr. FAWELL, Mr. GINGRICH, Mr. SOLOMON, Mr.

DELAY, Mr. EWING, Mr. MOORHEAD, Mr. STUMP, Mr. GOSS, Mr.

DREIER, Mr. BALLENGER, and Mr. LIVINGSTON) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

FEBRUARY 28, 1994

Additional sponsors: Mrs. FOWLER, Mr. BAKER of Louisiana Mr. PETRI, Mr.

DORNAN, Mr. WOLF, Mrs. VUCANOVICH, Mr. BLILEY, Mr. GOODLING,

Mr. HANSEN, Mr. HORN, Mr. THOMAS of Wyoming, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr.

LIPINSKI, Mrs. LLOYD, Mr. PACKARD, Mr. KYL, Mr. COX, Mr. SAM

JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. TALENT, Mr. ARMEY, Mr. SMITH

of Michigan, Mr. MCCRERY, Mr. PARKER, Mr. WALSH, Mr. GALLEGLY,

Mr. MCCANDLESS, Mr. GRAMS, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. LINDER, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. BACHUS of Alabama, Mr. SCHAEFER, and Mr. MCINNIS

A BILL

To replace the program of aid to families with dependent

children with a program of block grants to States for

families with dependent children, 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,
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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Welfare and Teenage

3 Pregnancy Reduction Act’’.

4 SEC. 2. BLOCK GRANTS TO STATES FOR FAMILIES WITH DE5 PENDENT CHILDREN.

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Part A of title IV of the Social

7 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601–617) is amended to read as

8 follows:

9 ‘‘PART A—BLOCK GRANTS TO STATES FOR FAMILIES WITH

10 DEPENDENT CHILDREN

11 ‘‘SEC. 401. ENTITLEMENT.

12 ‘‘For grants to which States meeting the require13 ments of this part are entitled, there is authorized to be

14 appropriated to the Secretary for each fiscal year an

15 amount equal to 103 percent of the aggregate amount of

16 Federal outlays under part A of this title (as in effect im17 mediately before the effective date of this part) for fiscal

18 year 1992.

19 ‘‘SEC. 402. APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.

20 ‘‘To be entitled to a grant under this part for a fiscal

21 year, a State must, not later than June 30 of the imme22 diately preceding fiscal year, submit to the Secretary an

23 application which describes the State program to assist

24 families with dependent children, including the goals and

25 objectives of the program.
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1 ‘‘SEC. 403. BLOCK GRANT.

2 ‘‘The Secretary shall make a grant to each State that

3 meets the requirement of section 402 in an amount equal

4 to 103 percent of the amount paid to the State under part

5 A of this title (as in effect immediately before the effective

6 date of this part) for fiscal year 1992.

7 ‘‘SEC. 404. USE OF FUNDS.

8 ‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each State to which a grant is

9 made under section 403 for a fiscal year shall use the

10 grant to carry out the State program to assist families

11 with dependent children.

12 ‘‘(b) PROHIBITIONS.—Each State to which a grant

13 is made under section 403 for a fiscal year shall not use

14 any Federal or State funds provided to carry out the State

15 program to assist families with dependent children, to pro16 vide assistance during the fiscal year with respect to a

17 dependent child if—

18 ‘‘(1) the mother or father of the dependent

19 child has not attained 18 years of age; or

20 ‘‘(2) the paternity or maternity of the depend21 ent child has not been established.

22 ‘‘(c) SPECIAL RULE.—During a period not exceeding

23 1 year from the date a family with a dependent child

24 moves to a State to which a grant is made under section

25 403 for a fiscal year from another State, the State may—
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1 ‘‘(1) apply the same rules as apply with respect

2 to any other dependent child in the State, in provid3 ing assistance with respect to the dependent child

4 under the State program to assist families with

5 dependent children; or

6 ‘‘(2) treat the dependent child in the same man7 ner as such other State would have treated the de8 pendent child if the dependent child had not moved

9 from such other State.

10 ‘‘SEC. 405. DEFINITION OF DEPENDENT CHILD.

11 ‘‘As used in this part, the term ‘dependent child’

12 means an individual who—

13 ‘‘(1) is needy, as determined by the State in

14 which the child resides;

15 ‘‘(2) has been deprived of parental support or

16 care due to the death, continued absence from the

17 home (other than absence occasioned solely due to

18 the performance of active duty in the uniformed

19 services of the United States), or physical or mental

20 incapacity of a parent;

21 ‘‘(3) is living with the individual’s father, moth22 er, grandfather, grandmother, brother, sister, step23 father, stepmother, stepbrother, stepsister, uncle,

24 aunt, first cousin, nephew, or niece, in a place of
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1 residence maintained by 1 or more of such relatives

2 as his, her, or their home; and

3 ‘‘(4) is—

4 ‘‘(A) not more than 18 years of age; or

5 ‘‘(B) at the option of the State—

6 ‘‘(i) not more than 19 years of age;

7 and

8 ‘‘(ii) a full-time student in a second9 ary school (or in the equivalent level of vo10 cational or technical training) who may

11 reasonably be expected to complete the

12 program of the secondary school (or the

13 training) before attaining 19 years of

14 age.’’.

15 ‘‘SEC. 406. ANNUAL REPORTS.

16 ‘‘Not later than 6 months after the end of each fiscal

17 year for which a State is made a grant under section 403,

18 the State shall submit to the Secretary a report which con19 tains—

20 ‘‘(1) a statement of the average number of fam21 ilies with dependent children in the State during the

22 fiscal year;

23 ‘‘(2) in absolute and in percentage terms, the

24 extent to which there has been an increase or de-
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1 crease, during the fiscal year and since the effective

2 date of this part, in—

3 ‘‘(A) teen pregnancies in the State;

4 ‘‘(B) births of children immediately eligible

5 for assistance through the State program of as6 sistance to families with dependent children;

7 ‘‘(C) families to whom such assistance has

8 been terminated due to the gainful employment

9 of 1 or more members of the family; and

10 ‘‘(D) absent parents who contribute finan11 cially to the support of families receiving such

12 assistance; and

13 ‘‘(3) the extent to which the State has met the

14 goals and objectives set forth in the application for

15 the grant.

16 ‘‘SEC. 407. WITHHOLDING OF BLOCK GRANT.

17 ‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of this part,

18 beginning 4 years after the effective date of this part, the

19 Secretary may suspend or withhold for any period part

20 or all of a grant to a State for a fiscal year under this

21 part if, after reviewing the State reports submitted pursu22 ant to section 406, the Secretary determines that the

23 State program of assistance to families with dependent

24 children during the immediately preceding fiscal year has

25 not adequately met the needs of the families.’’.
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1 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by

2 subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 1993.

3 (c) REFERENCES IN OTHER LAWS.—Any reference

4 in any law, regulation, document, paper, or other record

5 of the United States to part A of title IV of the Social

6 Security Act, or to a provision of law contained in such

7 part, shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be con8 sidered to be a reference to such part, or such provision,

9 as in effect immediately before October 1, 1993.

10 SEC. 3. REDUCTION OF FEDERAL AFDC ADMINISTRATIVE

11 COSTS.

12 (a) COST–REDUCTION REQUIREMENT.—The Sec13 retary of Health and Human Services shall, using any au14 thorities otherwise available, take such actions as may be

15 necessary to ensure that, for each fiscal year beginning

16 after September 30, 1994, the total administrative costs

17 of the program described in part A of title IV of the Social

18 Security Act shall not exceed 50 percent of the total ad19 ministrative costs of that program (as then in effect) for

20 fiscal year 1992.

21 (b) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 1

22 year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec23 retary of Health and Human Services shall submit a writ24 ten report to Congress describing—
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1 (1) the actions which have been or will be taken

2 in order to achieve timely compliance with subsection

3 (a);

4 (2) the procedures and criteria used in deter5 mining what actions to take, including the reasons

6 why each such action was chosen;

7 (3) the savings anticipated from each action de8 scribed under paragraph (1); and

9 (4) the methodologies and assumptions used in

10 connection with any computations under this section.

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