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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 1135 

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. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 16, 2011 

Mr. JORDAN (for himself, Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina, Mr. GARRETT, Mr. 

BURTON of Indiana, and Mr. GOHMERT) introduced the following bill; 

which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Agriculture, the Budget, Rules, and Energy 

and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

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. 

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 Act 

5 of 2011’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

Sec. 1. Short title. 

Sec. 2. Table of contents. 

TITLE I—TANF REFORMS 

Sec. 101. Short title. 

Sec. 102. Elimination of temporary modification of the caseload reduction credit. 

Sec. 103. Reduction in funding of State family assistance grants. 

TITLE II—WORK REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FOOD STAMP 

PROGRAM 

Sec. 201. Restoration of Act short title and references to the food stamp program. 

Sec. 202. Amendments. 

Sec. 203. Termination of benefit increase. 

TITLE III—REPORTING OF MEANS-TESTED WELFARE SPENDING 

IN PRESIDENT’S BUDGET SUBMISSION 

Sec. 301. Additional information in President’s budget submission. 

TITLE IV—AGGREGATE CAP FOR MEANS-TESTED WELFARE 

SPENDING 

Sec. 401. Definition of means-tested welfare spending. 

Sec. 402. Reports to budget committees. 

Sec. 403. Content of concurrent resolutions on the budget. 

Sec. 404. Allocations of means-tested welfare spending. 

Sec. 405. Reconciliation. 

TITLE V—GRANTS TO PROMOTE SELF-SUFFICIENCY 

Sec. 501. Grants to States. 

TITLE VI—PROHIBITION ON FUNDING OF ABORTION 

Sec. 601. Prohibition on funding for abortions. 

Sec. 602. Prohibition on funding for health benefits plans that cover abortion. 

Sec. 603. Prohibition on tax benefits relating to abortion. 

Sec. 604. Construction relating to separate coverage. 

Sec. 605. Construction relating to the use of non-Federal funds for health coverage. 

Sec. 606. Treatment of abortions related to rape, incest, or preserving the life 

of the mother. 


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1 TITLE I—TANF REFORMS 

2 SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 

3 This title may be cited as the ‘‘Welfare Reform Res4 toration Act’’. 

5 SEC. 102. ELIMINATION OF TEMPORARY MODIFICATION OF 

6 THE CASELOAD REDUCTION CREDIT. 

7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 407(b)(3)(A)(i) of the So8 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 607(b)(3)(A)(i)) is amended 

9 by striking ‘‘(or if the immediately preceding fiscal year 

10 is fiscal year 2008, 2009, or 2010, then, at State option, 

11 during the emergency fund base year of the State with 

12 respect to the average monthly assistance caseload of the 

13 State (within the meaning of section 403(c)(9)), except 

14 that, if a State elects such option for fiscal year 2008, 

15 the emergency fund base year of the State with respect 

16 to such caseload shall be fiscal year 2007))’’. 

17 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 2101 of 

18 the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 

19 (123 Stat. 448–449; Public Law 111–5) is amended— 

20 (1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘, except 

21 that paragraph (9) of such subsection shall remain 

22 in effect until October 1, 2011, but only with respect 

23 to section 407(b)(3)(A)(i) of such Act’’; and 

24 (2) by striking subsection (d)(2). 


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1 SEC. 103. REDUCTION IN FUNDING OF STATE FAMILY AS2 SISTANCE GRANTS. 

3 Section 403(a)(1)(C) of the Social Security Act (42 

4 U.S.C. 603(a)(1)(C)) is amended by striking ‘‘2003 

5 $16,566,542,000’’ and inserting ‘‘2011 and each suc6 ceeding fiscal year $15,566,042,000, notwithstanding any 

7 other provision of law’’. 

8 TITLE II—WORK REQUIREMENTS 

9 FOR THE FOOD STAMP PRO10 GRAM 

11 SEC. 201. RESTORATION OF ACT SHORT TITLE AND REF12 ERENCES TO THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAM. 

13 Effective on the date of the enactment of this Act, 

14 the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et 

15 seq.), and each provision of law amended by section 4001 

16 or 4002 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 

17 2008 (Public Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 1651), are restored 

18 as if sections 4001 and 4002 of the Food, Conservation, 

19 and Energy Act of 2008 had not been enacted. 

20 SEC. 202. AMENDMENTS. 

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

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

23 amended by adding at the end the following: 

24 ‘‘Congress further finds that it should also be the goal 

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1 sufficiency which shall mean the ability of households to 

2 maintain an income above the poverty level without Gov3 ernment services and benefits.’’. 

4 (b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 3 of the Food and Nutri5 tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012) is amended by adding 

6 at the end the following: 

7 ‘‘(w) ABLE-BODIED, WORK-ELIGIBLE ADULT.—The 

8 term ‘able-bodied, work-eligible adult’ means an individual 

9 who— 

10 ‘‘(1) is more than 18, and less than 63, years 

11 of age; 

12 ‘‘(2) is not physically or mentally capable of 

13 work; and 

14 ‘‘(3) is not the full-time caretaker of a disabled 

15 adult dependent. 

16 ‘‘(x) NOT PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY CAPABLE OF

17 WORK.—The term ‘not physically or mentally capable of 

18 work’ shall mean an individual— 

19 ‘‘(1) who currently receives benefits from the 

20 Supplemental Security Income program or another 

21 program that provides recurring benefits to individ22 uals because the individual is disabled and unable to 

23 work; or 

24 ‘‘(2) who has been medically certified as phys25 ically or mentally incapable of work and who has a 


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1 credible pending application for enrollment in the 

2 Supplemental Security Income program or another 

3 program that provides recurring benefits to individ4 uals because the individual is disabled and unable to 

5 work. 

6 ‘‘(y) FAMILY WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN.—The 

7 term ‘family with dependent children’ means a unit con8 sisting of a family head, one or more dependent children, 

9 and in some cases, the married spouse of the family head, 

10 all of whom share meals and reside within a single house11 hold. There may be more than one family with dependent 

12 children within a single household. 

13 ‘‘(z) FAMILY HEAD.—The term ‘family head’ 

14 means— 

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

16 in the United States and resides within a household 

17 with one or more dependent children who are bio18 logical offspring; or 

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

20 step parent, guardian, or adult relative who resides 

21 with and provides care to the child or the children 

22 and is lawfully present in the United States. 

23 ‘‘(aa) FAMILY UNIT.—The term ‘family unit’ 

24 means— 


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1 ‘‘(1) an adult residing without dependent chil2 dren; 

3 ‘‘(2) a single-headed family with dependent chil4 dren; or 

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

6 children. 

7 ‘‘(bb) MARRIED COUPLE FAMILY WITH DEPENDENT

8 CHILDREN.—The term ‘married couple family with de9 pendent children’ means a family with dependent children 

10 which has both a family head and the married spouse of 

11 the family head residing with the family. 

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

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

14 lawfully married spouse of the family head who resides 

15 with the family head and dependent children and is law16 fully present in the United States. 

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

18 of a family’ means the family head, married spouse if 

19 present, and all dependent children within a family with 

20 dependent children. 

21 ‘‘(ee) MONTHLY POTENTIAL WORK ACTIVATION

22 POPULATION.—The term ‘monthly potential work activa23 tion population’ means the sum of— 

24 ‘‘(1) all able bodied work eligible individuals 

25 without dependents who have received food stamp 


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1 benefits and who have maintained less than 60 

2 hours of paid employment during a month; 

3 ‘‘(2) all work eligible single-headed families with 

4 dependent children which have received food stamp 

5 benefits during the month and have maintained less 

6 than 120 hours of paid employment by the family 

7 head during the month; and 

8 ‘‘(3) all work eligible married couples with de9 pendent children which have received food stamp 

10 benefits during the month and have maintained less 

11 than 120 combined hours of paid employment be12 tween the family head and the married spouse, 

13 summed together and counted jointly, during the 

14 month. 

15 ‘‘(ff) MONTHLY WORK ACTIVATION PARTICI16 PANTS.—The term ‘monthly work activation participants’ 

17 means the sum of— 

18 ‘‘(1) all able bodied work eligible individuals 

19 without dependents who have received food stamp 

20 benefits and who have maintained— 

21 ‘‘(A) less than 60 hours of paid employ22 ment during a month; and 

23 ‘‘(B) more than 60 hours of combined paid 

24 employment and work activation activity during 

25 the month; 


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1 ‘‘(2) all work eligible single-headed families with 

2 dependent children which have received food stamp 

3 benefits during the month and contain a family head 

4 who has maintained— 

5 ‘‘(A) less than 120 hours of paid employ6 ment during the month; and 

7 ‘‘(B) more than 120 hours of combined 

8 paid employment and work activation activity 

9 during the month; and 

10 ‘‘(3) all work eligible married couples with de11 pendent children which have received food stamp 

12 benefits during the month, and have maintained— 

13 ‘‘(A) less than 120 combined hours of paid 

14 employment between the family head and the 

15 spouse, summed together and counted jointly, 

16 during the month; and 

17 ‘‘(B) more than 120 hours of combined 

18 paid employment and work activation activity 

19 between the family head and the married 

20 spouse, summed together and counted jointly, 

21 during the month. 

22 ‘‘(gg) SINGLE-HEADED FAMILY WITH DEPENDENT

23 CHILDREN.—The term ‘single-headed family with depend24 ent children’ means a family with dependent children 

25 which contains a family head residing with the family but 


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1 does not have a married spouse of the family head residing 

2 with the family. 

3 ‘‘(hh) SUPERVISED JOB SEARCH.—The term ‘super4 vised job search’ means a job search program which has 

5 the following characteristics: 

6 ‘‘(1) The job search occurs at an official loca7 tion where the recipient’s presence and activity can 

8 be directly observed, supervised, and monitored. 

9 ‘‘(2) The recipient’s entry, time on site, and 

10 exit from the official job search location are recorded 

11 in a manner which prevents fraud. 

12 ‘‘(3) The recipient is expected to remain and 

13 undertake job search activities at the job search cen14 ter except for brief, authorized departures for speci15 fied off-site interviews. 

16 ‘‘(4) The amount of time the recipient is ob17 served and monitored engaging in job search at the 

18 official location is recorded for purposes of compli19 ance with section 29. 

20 ‘‘(ii) WORK ACTIVATION.—The term ‘work activa21 tion’ means— 

22 ‘‘(1) supervised job search; 

23 ‘‘(2) community service activities; 


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1 ‘‘(3) education and job training for individuals 

2 who are family heads or married spouses of family 

3 heads; 

4 ‘‘(4) workfare under section 20; or 

5 ‘‘(5) drug or alcohol treatment. 

6 ‘‘(jj) WORK ACTIVATION RATIO.—The term ‘work ac7 tivation ratio’ means the number of work activation par8 ticipants in a given month divided by the potential work 

9 activation population for the same month. 

10 ‘‘(kk) WORK ACTIVITIES.—The term ‘work activities’ 

11 means paid employment, work activation, or a combination 

12 of both paid employment and work activation. 

13 ‘‘(ll) WORK ELIGIBLE FAMILY UNIT.—The term 

14 ‘work eligible family unit’ means— 

15 ‘‘(1) an able-bodied, work eligible adult without 

16 dependent children; 

17 ‘‘(2) a work eligible single-headed family with 

18 dependent children; or 

19 ‘‘(3) a work eligible married couple family with 

20 dependent children. 

21 ‘‘(mm) WORK ELIGIBLE ADULT WITHOUT DEPEND22 ENT CHILDREN.—The term ‘work eligible adult without 

23 dependent children’ means an individual who— 

24 ‘‘(1) is an able-bodied work eligible individual; 

25 and 


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

2 of a family head. 

3 ‘‘(nn) WORK ELIGIBLE MARRIED COUPLE FAMILY

4 WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN.—The term ‘work eligible 

5 married couple family with dependent children’ means a 

6 married couple with dependent children which contains at 

7 least one work eligible able-bodied adult who is— 

8 ‘‘(1) the family head; or 

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

10 ‘‘(oo) WORK ELIGIBLE SINGLE HEADED FAMILY

11 WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN.—The term ‘work eligible 

12 single headed family with dependent children’ means a sin13 gle headed family with dependent children which has a 

14 family head who is an able bodied work eligible adult.’’. 

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

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

17 is amended to read as follows: 

18 ‘‘(d) CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION.— 

19 ‘‘(1) WORK REQUIREMENTS.— 

20 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—No able-bodied work 

21 eligible adult shall be eligible to participate in 

22 the food stamp program if the individual— 

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

24 and every 12 months thereafter, to register 


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1 for employment in a manner prescribed by 

2 the Secretary; 

3 ‘‘(ii) refuses without good cause to ac4 cept an offer of employment, at a site or 

5 plant not subject to a strike or lockout at 

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

7 than the higher of— 

8 ‘‘(I) the applicable Federal or 

9 State minimum wage; or 

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

11 would have governed had the min12 imum hourly rate under section 

13 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards 

14 Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206 (a)(1)) 

15 been applicable to the offer of employ16 ment; 

17 ‘‘(iii) refuses without good cause to 

18 provide a State agency with sufficient in19 formation to allow the State agency to de20 termine the employment status or the job 

21 availability of the individual; or 

22 ‘‘(iv) voluntarily— 

23 ‘‘(I) quits a job; or 

24 ‘‘(II) reduces work effort and, 

25 after the reduction, the individual is 


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1 working less than 30 hours per week, 

2 unless another adult in the same fam3 ily unit increases employment at the 

4 same time by an amount equal to the 

5 reduction in work effort by the first 

6 adult. 

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

8 able-bodied work eligible adult is ineligible to 

9 participate in the food stamp program because 

10 of subparagraph (A), then no other member of 

11 the family unit to which that adult belongs shall 

12 be eligible to participate. 

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

14 able-bodied work eligible adults who becomes in15 eligible under subparagraph (A), and members 

16 of the family unit who become ineligible under 

17 subparagraph (B), shall remain ineligible for 

18 three months after the date at which they be19 came ineligible. 

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

21 the end of three months of ineligibility under 

22 subsection (c), members of a work eligible fam23 ily unit may have their eligibility to participate 

24 in the food stamp program restored, if— 


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1 ‘‘(i) the family unit is no longer work 

2 eligible family unit; or 

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

4 unit begin and maintain any combination 

5 of paid employment and work activation 

6 sufficient to meet the appropriate stand7 ards for resumption of benefits in section 

8 29(c)(2). 

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

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

11 the Federal Government, a State, or a political sub12 division of a State, who is dismissed for partici13 pating in a strike against the Federal Government, 

14 the State, or the political subdivision of the State 

15 shall be considered to have voluntarily quit without 

16 good cause. 

17 ‘‘(3) STRIKING WORKERS INELIGIBLE.—Not18 withstanding any other provision of law, no member 

19 of a family unit shall participate in the food stamp 

20 program at any time that any able-bodied work eligi21 ble adult member of such household is on strike as 

22 defined in the Labor Management Relations Act, 

23 1947 (29 U.S.C. 142(2)), because of a labor dispute 

24 (other than a lockout) as defined in section 2(9) of 

25 the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 


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1 152(9)): Provided, That a family unit shall not lose 

2 its eligibility to participate in the food stamp pro3 gram as a result of one of its members going on 

4 strike if the household was eligible immediately prior 

5 to such strike, however, such family unit shall not 

6 receive an increased allotment as the result of a de7 crease in the income of the striking member or 

8 members of the household: Provided further, That 

9 such ineligibility shall not apply to any family unit 

10 that does not contain a member on strike, if any of 

11 its members refuses to accept employment at a plant 

12 or site because of a strike or lockout.’’. 

13 (d) TERMINATION OF FUNDING.—Section 6 of the 

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

15 amended by striking subsection (h). 

16 (e) ELIGIBILITY OF STUDENTS WITH DEPENDENT

17 CHILDREN.—Section 6(e)(8) of the Food and Nutrition 

18 Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(e)(8)) is amended to read 

19 as follows: 

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

21 higher education, as determined by the institution, 

22 and— 

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

24 for the care of a dependent child under 12 

25 years of age; or 


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

2 a family head in a married couple family with 

3 dependent children and has a dependent child 

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

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

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

7 to read as follows: 

8 ‘‘(o) FULFILLMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND WORK

9 ACTIVATION REQUIREMENTS.— 

10 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If an adult or adults within 

11 a work eligible family unit are required by the State 

12 agency to participate in work activation under sec13 tion 29, no member of the family unit shall be eligi14 ble for food stamp benefits unless the employment 

15 and work activation standards for the family unit 

16 are fulfilled. 

17 ‘‘(2) SANCTIONS AND RESUMPTION OF BENE18 FITS.—If an adult or adults within a work eligible 

19 family unit who are required by the State agency to 

20 participate in work activation under section 29 dur21 ing a given month, fail to fulfill the work activation 

22 standards, benefits for all members of the family 

23 unit will be terminated in accordance with section 

24 29(c)(1) and may be resumed upon compliance with 

25 the provisions of section 29(c)(2).’’. 


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1 (g) EXCLUSION.—Section 6 of the Food and Nutri2 tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015) is amended by adding 

3 at the end the following: 

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

5 years of age may participate in the food stamp program 

6 unless that child is a member of a family with dependent 

7 children and resides with an adult who is— 

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

9 which the child is also a member; 

10 ‘‘(2) eligible to participate, and is participating, 

11 in the food stamp program as a member of the same 

12 household as the child; and 

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

14 the United States.’’. 

15 (h) HEARING AND DETERMINATION.—Section 

16 11(e)(10) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 

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

18 and all that follows through ‘‘hearing;’’, and inserting a 

19 semicolon. 

20 (i) WORK REQUIREMENTS AND ACTIVATION PRO21 GRAM.—The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 

22 2011 et seq.) by adding at the end the following: 


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1 ‘‘SEC. 29. WORK REQUIREMENTS AND ACTIVATION PRO2 GRAM. 

3 ‘‘(a) EMPLOYMENT AND WORK ACTIVATION STAND4 ARDS.—Family units with adult members that are re5 quired to participate in work activation under section 

6 29(b) during a full month of participation in the food 

7 stamp program shall be expected to fulfill the following 

8 levels of work activity during that month: 

9 ‘‘(1) Each able-bodied work eligible adult with10 out dependent children shall be required to perform 

11 work activities for at least 60 hours per month. 

12 ‘‘(2) Each family head of a work eligible single13 headed family with dependent children shall be re14 quired to perform work activities for at least 120 

15 hours per month. 

16 ‘‘(3) In each work eligible married couple family 

17 with dependent children, the family head and mar18 ried spouse shall be required to perform work activi19 ties which when added together for the two adults 

20 equal at least 120 hours per month: Provided, That 

21 the 120 hour requirement shall be a single joint obli22 gation for the married couple as a whole in which 

23 the activities of both married partners shall be com24 bined together and counted jointly. 

25 ‘‘(A) For purposes of meeting this require26 ment the paid employment and work activation 


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1 of the family head shall be added to the paid 

2 employment and work activation of the married 

3 spouse, and the requirement shall be fulfilled as 

4 long as the sum of the work activities of the 

5 two individuals when added together equals or 

6 exceeds 120 hours per month. 

7 ‘‘(B) The work requirement for married 

8 couple with dependent children may be fulfilled 

9 by— 

10 ‘‘(i) 120 or more hours of work activ11 ity by the family head; 

12 ‘‘(ii) 120 or more hours of work ac13 tivities by the married spouse; or 

14 ‘‘(iii) the combined work activities of 

15 the family head and married spouse which 

16 when added together equal or exceed 120 

17 hours. 

18 ‘‘(C) Neither the family head nor the mar19 ried spouse in a married couple with dependent 

20 children shall be subject to a separate work ac21 tivation requirement as individuals. 

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

23 WORK ACTIVATION STANDARD DURING A PARTIAL

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1 ‘‘(1) A work eligible family unit shall be subject 

2 to a pro-rated work activity standard, if the family 

3 unit— 

4 ‘‘(A) receives a pro-rated monthly allot5 ment during the initial month of enrollment 

6 under section 8(c); and 

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

8 in the work activation program during that 

9 month. 

10 ‘‘(2) The pro-rated work activity standard shall 

11 be a number of hours of work activity having a value 

12 which bears the same ratio to the employment and 

13 work activation requirement for that family unit for 

14 a full month under subsection (a) as the ratio of the 

15 pro-rated monthly allotment received by the house16 hold for the partial month under section 8(c) bears 

17 to the full allotment the same household would re18 ceive for a complete month. 

19 ‘‘(3) For purposes of fulfilling the pro-rated 

20 work activity requirement during an initial month of 

21 enrollment in the food stamp program, only those 

22 hours of adult work activity which occurred during 

23 the portion of the month in which the family unit 

24 was participating in the food stamp program shall 

25 be counted. 


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1 ‘‘(c) SANCTION FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.— 

2 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a member or members of 

3 a work eligible family unit are required to partici4 pate in the work activation program under sub5 section (e) in a given calendar month and the indi6 vidual or individuals fail to fulfill the work activity 

7 standard under subsection (a) or (b) for that month, 

8 then no member of the family unit shall be eligible 

9 to receive food stamp benefits during the subsequent 

10 calendar month. 

11 ‘‘(A) ADMINISTRATION OF SANCTION.—If 

12 a member or members of a work eligible family 

13 unit is required to participate in the work acti14 vation program under subsection (e) in a given 

15 calendar month and the individual or individ16 uals fail to fulfill the work activity standard for 

17 that month, then the State agency must elimi18 nate the food stamp benefit payment for all 

19 members of the family unit that otherwise 

20 would have been issued at the beginning of the 

21 next month except as provided in subparagraph 

22 (B). 

23 ‘‘(B) ADMINISTRATIVE DELAY OF SANC24 TION.—If it is administratively infeasible for 

25 the State to eliminate the food stamp benefit 


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1 would be issued at the beginning of the first 

2 month after the month of noncompliance, then 

3 the State must eliminate the payment to all 

4 members of the family unit that otherwise 

5 would have been made at the beginning of the 

6 second month after the month of noncompli7 ance: Provided, That the sanction of benefits 

8 must occur no later than 32 days after the end 

9 of the month of noncompliance, and: Provided 

10 further, That at least one monthly payment to 

11 all members of the family unit must be elimi12 nated for each month of noncompliance under 

13 paragraph (1). 

14 ‘‘(2) RESUMPTION OF BENEFITS AFTER SANC15 TION.— 

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

17 had its monthly benefit eliminated due to non18 compliance with a work activity requirement 

19 under subsection (b) then the family unit shall 

20 not be eligible to receive future benefits under 

21 the food stamp program, until—— 

22 ‘‘(i) the work eligible member or mem23 bers of the family unit have participated in 

24 the work activation program under sub25 section (e) for four consecutive subsequent 


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1 weeks and fulfilled the work activity stand2 ard for the family unit for that same four 

3 week period; or 

4 ‘‘(ii) the family unit no longer con5 tains any able bodied work eligible adults. 

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

7 cannot restore or compensate for the benefits 

8 that were eliminated due to the sanction im9 posed in subsection (c)(1). 

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

11 Participation in work activation activities under this sec12 tion shall not be deemed employment and shall not be sub13 ject to any law pertaining to wages, compensation, hours, 

14 or conditions of employment under any law administered 

15 by the Department of Labor. 

16 ‘‘(e) WORK ACTIVATION PROGRAM.— 

17 ‘‘(1) PROGRAM.—States will run a work activa18 tion program. 

19 ‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The goal of the program shall 

20 be to increase the employment of work eligible able21 bodied adult food stamp recipients. To accomplish 

22 this goal, each State shall require able-bodied adult 

23 food stamp recipients who are unemployed or under24 employed to engage in work activation. 

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1 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Commencing no later 

2 than six months after the effective date of this 

3 section, the State shall engage able-bodied food 

4 stamp recipients in work activation each month 

5 in sufficient numbers to meet the following 

6 monthly target work activation ratios: 

7 ‘‘(i) In 2012 the monthly target work 

8 activation ratio shall be 4 percent. 

9 ‘‘(ii) In 2013 and in subsequent years 

10 the monthly target work activation ratio 

11 shall be 7 percent. 

12 ‘‘(B) LIMITATION ON EDUCATION AND

13 TRAINING AS A COMPONENT OF WORK ACTIVA14 TION.—For purposes of compliance by the 

15 State with the work activation ratios, not more 

16 than 20 percent of the monthly work activation 

17 participants counted by the State may be en18 gaged in employment and training as a means 

19 of fulfilling their employment and work activa20 tion standards. 

21 ‘‘(4) WORK ACTIVATION PRIORITY POPU22 LATIONS.— 

23 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In operating the work 

24 activation program, States shall give priority to 

25 participation by the following recipient groups: 


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1 ‘‘(i) Work eligible adults without de2 pendent children. 

3 ‘‘(ii) Work eligible adults who are also 

4 recipients of housing assistance. 

5 ‘‘(iii) Other work eligible recipients at 

6 the time of initial application for benefits. 

7 ‘‘(B) PARTICIPATION SHARE.—Except as 

8 provided in paragraph (C), at least 80 percent 

9 of the participants in work activation should be10 long to the three priority groups listed in para11 graph (A). 

12 ‘‘(C) EXCEPTION.—The numeric require13 ment in paragraph (B) shall not pertain if the 

14 number of recipients in the three priority 

15 groups in paragraph is insufficient to meet that 

16 requirement, but in those circumstances, the 

17 State will continue to give priority to any recipi18 ents who belong to the three priority groups. 

19 ‘‘(5) REIMBURSABLE EXPENSES OF PARTICI20 PANTS.— 

21 ‘‘(A) The State agency shall provide pay22 ments or reimbursements to participants in 

23 work activation carried out under this section 

24 for— 


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1 ‘‘(i) the actual costs of transportation 

2 and other actual costs (other than depend3 ent care costs) that are reasonably nec4 essary and directly related to participation 

5 in the work activation components of the 

6 program; and 

7 ‘‘(ii) the actual costs of such depend8 ent care expenses that are determined by 

9 the State agency to be necessary for the 

10 participation of an individual in the work 

11 activation components of the program 

12 (other than an individual who is the care13 taker relative of a dependent in a family 

14 receiving benefits under part A of title IV 

15 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 

16 et seq.) in a local area where an employ17 ment, training, or education program 

18 under title IV of such Act (42 U.S.C. 601 

19 et seq.) is in operation), except that no 

20 such payment or reimbursement shall ex21 ceed the applicable local market rate. 

22 ‘‘(B) In lieu of providing reimbursements 

23 for dependent care expenses under clause (i), a 

24 State agency may, at its option, arrange for de25 pendent care through providers by providing 


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1 vouchers to the household allowing the recipient 

2 to choose between all lawful providers. The 

3 value of the voucher shall not exceed the aver4 age local market rate. 

5 ‘‘(C) The value of any dependent care serv6 ices provided for or arranged under paragraph 

7 (1) or (2), or any amount received as a pay8 ment or reimbursement under (1), shall— 

9 ‘‘(i) not be treated as income for the 

10 purposes of any other Federal or federally 

11 assisted program that bases eligibility for, 

12 or the amount of benefits on, need; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) not be claimed as an employ14 ment-related expense for the purposes of 

15 the credit provided under section 21 of 

16 title 26. 

17 ‘‘(6) PENALTIES FOR INADEQUATE STATE PER18 FORMANCE.—If, in a given month, a State fails to 

19 engage food stamp recipients in work activation in 

20 sufficient numbers to meet or exceed the appropriate 

21 work activation ratio provided in subsection (e)(3), 

22 the Federal food stamp funding provided to the 

23 State in a subsequent penalty month will be reduced 

24 as follows: Provided, That, the month in which the 

25 State failed to engage food stamp recipients in work 


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1 activation in sufficient numbers to meet or exceed 

2 the appropriate target work activation ratio shall be 

3 designated the non-performance month, and: Pro4 vided further, That the month in which the State is 

5 penalized shall be designated the penalty month: 

6 ‘‘(A) The penalty month shall be no later 

7 than four months after the non-performance 

8 month. 

9 ‘‘(B) The amount of Federal food stamp 

10 funding the State shall receive for the penalty 

11 month shall equal the amount of Federal food 

12 stamp funds the State would otherwise have re13 ceived multiplied by a fraction equaling— 

14 ‘‘(i) the actual monthly work activa15 tion ratio achieved by the State in the pen16 alty month; divided by 

17 ‘‘(ii) the target monthly work activa18 tion ratio for the penalty month. 

19 ‘‘(7) REWARDS TO STATES FOR REDUCING GOV20 ERNMENT DEPENDENCE.—If, in any future year, a 

21 State reduces its food stamp caseload below the lev22 els which existed in calendar year 2006, the State 

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1 ‘‘(A) The reward shall equal one quarter of 

2 the savings to the Federal Government for that 

3 year that resulted from the caseload reduction. 

4 ‘‘(B) The State may use its reward fund5 ing for any purpose it chooses that provides 

6 benefits or services to individuals with incomes 

7 below 200 percent of the Federal poverty level, 

8 improves social outcomes in low income popu9 lations, encourages healthy marriage, or in10 creases self-sufficiency and reduces dependence. 

11 ‘‘(8) AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDING.— 

12 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In fiscal year 2012, 

13 and in each subsequent fiscal year there is au14 thorized to be appropriated $2,500,000,000 to 

15 be provided to State governments for the pur16 pose of administering a work activation pro17 gram in accordance with this section. 

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

19 sum provided in subparagraph (A) shall be allo20 cated to the States in proportion to each State’s 

21 share of total funding for the food stamp pro22 gram under this Act in fiscal year 2007.’’. 

23 (j) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Food and Nu24 trition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) is amended— 

25 (1) in section 5— 


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1 (A) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘, 

2 6(d)(2),’’, 

3 (B) in subsection (d)(14) by striking 

4 ‘‘6(d)(4)(I)’’ and inserting ‘‘29’’, 

5 (C) in subsection (e)(3)(B)(iii) by striking 

6 ‘‘section (d)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 29’’, 

7 and 

8 (D) in the 1st sentence of subsection 

9 (g)(3) by striking ‘‘6(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘29’’, 

10 (2) in section 7(i)(2) by striking ‘‘6(o)(2)’’ and 

11 inserting ‘‘6(o)’’, 

12 (3) in section 11(e) by striking paragraph (19), 

13 (4) in section 16— 

14 (A) in subsection (b)(4) by striking ‘‘6(d)’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘29’’, and 

16 (B) by striking subsection (h), 

17 (5) in section 17— 

18 (A) in subsection (b)— 

19 (i) in paragraph (1)(B)(iv)(III) by 

20 striking item (bb), 

21 (ii) in paragraph (2) by striking the 

22 2d sentence, and 

23 (iii) in paragraph (3)(B) by striking 

24 ‘‘6(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘29,’’, and 

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1 (6) in section 20— 

2 (A) in subsection (b)— 

3 (i) by striking paragraph (1), and 

4 (ii) by redesignating paragraphs (2) 

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

6 respectively, and 

7 (B) by striking subsection (f), and 

8 (7) in section 22(b) by striking paragraph (4). 

9 SEC. 203. TERMINATION OF BENEFIT INCREASE. 

10 Section 101(a)(2) of division A of the American Re11 covery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111– 

12 5; 123 Stat. 120), as amended by section 442 of Public 

13 Law 111–296 (124 Stat. 3183, 3265), is amended by 

14 striking ‘‘after October 31, 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘on the 

15 date of the enactment of the Welfare Reform Act of 

16 2011’’. 

17 TITLE III—REPORTING OF 

18 MEANS-TESTED WELFARE 

19 SPENDING IN PRESIDENT’S 

20 BUDGET SUBMISSION 

21 SEC. 301. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN PRESIDENT’S 

22 BUDGET SUBMISSION. 

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

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1 ‘‘(37) the total level of spending on means-test2 ed welfare programs by the Federal Government and 

3 the total level of spending on means-tested welfare 

4 programs by all State and local governments and the 

5 Federal Government for the most recent fiscal year 

6 for which such data is available and estimated levels 

7 for the fiscal year during which the budget submis8 sion of the President is made, for the fiscal year be9 ginning on October 1 of the calendar year during 

10 which the budget submission is made, and for each 

11 of the nine ensuing fiscal years, and for purposes of 

12 this paragraph, means-tested welfare programs shall 

13 mean those programs defined in section 501 of the 

14 Welfare Reform Act of 2011.’’. 

15 TITLE IV—AGGREGATE CAP FOR 

16 MEANS-TESTED WELFARE 

17 SPENDING 

18 SEC. 401. DEFINITION OF MEANS-TESTED WELFARE SPEND19 ING. 

20 Section 3 of the Congressional Budget and Impound21 ment Control Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the 

22 end the following new paragraph: 

23 ‘‘(11)(A) The term ‘means-tested welfare 

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1 exclusively to low-income Americans, but is not such 

2 a program if it— 

3 ‘‘(i) is based on earned eligibility; 

4 ‘‘(ii) is not need-based; 

5 ‘‘(iii) is a program designed exclusively or 

6 primarily for veterans of military service; or 

7 ‘‘(iv) offers universal or near universal eli8 gibility to the working population and their de9 pendents. 

10 Community and economic development programs 

11 targeted to low income communities or populations 

12 shall be considered means-tested welfare programs 

13 for purposes of this paragraph. 

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

15 following Federal programs shall be considered to be 

16 means-tested welfare spending: 

17 ‘‘(i) CASH AND GENERAL PROGRAMS.— 

18 ‘‘(I) Supplemental Security Income. 

19 ‘‘(II) Earned Income Tax Credit (Re20 fundable Portion). 

21 ‘‘(III) Refundable Child Credit. 

22 ‘‘(IV) Temporary Assistance to Needy 

23 Families. 

24 ‘‘(V) Title IV–E Foster Care. 


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1 ‘‘(VI) Title IV–E Adoption Assist2 ance. 

3 ‘‘(VII) General Assistance to Indians. 

4 ‘‘(VIII) Assets for Independence. 

5 ‘‘(ii) MEDICAL.— 

6 ‘‘(I) Medicaid. 

7 ‘‘(II) State Children’s Health Insur8 ance Program. 

9 ‘‘(III) Indian Health Services. 

10 ‘‘(IV) Consolidated Health Centers/ 

11 Community Health Centers. 

12 ‘‘(V) Maternal and Child Health. 

13 ‘‘(VI) Healthy Start. 

14 ‘‘(VII) Refundable Premiums and Out 

15 of Pocket Subsidies under the Patient Pro16 tection and Affordable Health Care Act 

17 (PPACA). 

18 ‘‘(iii) FOOD.— 

19 ‘‘(I) Food Stamps Program. 

20 ‘‘(II) School Lunch Program. 

21 ‘‘(III) Women, Infant and Children 

22 (WIC) Food Program. 

23 ‘‘(IV) School Breakfast. 

24 ‘‘(V) Child Care Food Program. 


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1 ‘‘(VI) Nutrition Program for the El2 derly, Nutrition Service Incentives. 

3 ‘‘(VII) Summer Food Service Pro4 gram. 

5 ‘‘(VIII) Commodity Supplemental 

6 Food Program. 

7 ‘‘(IX) Temporary Emergency Food 

8 Program. 

9 ‘‘(X) Needy Families. 

10 ‘‘(XI) Farmer’s Market Nutrition 

11 Program. 

12 ‘‘(XII) Special Milk Program. 

13 ‘‘(iv) HOUSING.— 

14 ‘‘(I) Section 8 Housing (HUD). 

15 ‘‘(II) Public Housing (HUD). 

16 ‘‘(III) State Housing Expenditures. 

17 ‘‘(IV) Home Investment Partnership 

18 Program (HUD). 

19 ‘‘(V) Homeless Assistance Grants 

20 (HUD). 

21 ‘‘(VI) Rural Housing Insurance Fund 

22 (Agriculture). 

23 ‘‘(VII) Rural Housing Service (Agri24 culture). 


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1 ‘‘(VIII) Housing for the Elderly 

2 (HUD). 

3 ‘‘(IX) Native American Housing 

4 Block Grants (HUD). 

5 ‘‘(X) Other Assisted Housing Pro6 grams (HUD). 

7 ‘‘(XI) Housing for Persons with Dis8 abilities (HUD). 

9 ‘‘(v) ENERGY AND UTILITIES.— 

10 ‘‘(I) Low Income Home Energy As11 sistance. 

12 ‘‘(II) Universal Service Fund—Sub13 sidized Phone Service for Low Income Per14 sons. 

15 ‘‘(III) Weatherization. 

16 ‘‘(vi) EDUCATION.— 

17 ‘‘(I) Pell Grants. 

18 ‘‘(II) Title I Grants to Local Edu19 cation Authorities. 

20 ‘‘(III) Special Programs for Disadvan21 taged (TRIO). 

22 ‘‘(IV) Supplemental Education Oppor23 tunity Grants. 

24 ‘‘(V) Migrant Education. 

25 ‘‘(VI) Gear-Up. 


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1 ‘‘(VII) Education for Homeless Chil2 dren and Youth. 

3 ‘‘(VIII) Leveraging Educational As4 sistance Partnership (LEAP) Program. 

5 ‘‘(IX) Even Start. 

6 ‘‘(vii) TRAINING.— 

7 ‘‘(I) Job Corps. 

8 ‘‘(II) Youth Opportunity Grants 

9 (under the Workforce Investment Act). 

10 ‘‘(III) Adult Employment and Train11 ing (under the Workforce Investment Act). 

12 ‘‘(IV) Senior Community Service Em13 ployment. 

14 ‘‘(V) Food Stamp Employment and 

15 Training Program. 

16 ‘‘(VI) Migrant Training. 

17 ‘‘(VII) YouthBuild. 

18 ‘‘(VIII) Native American Training. 

19 ‘‘(viii) SERVICES.— 

20 ‘‘(I) Title XX Social Services Block 

21 Grant. 

22 ‘‘(II) Community Service Block 

23 Grant. 

24 ‘‘(III) Social Services for Refugees, 

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

2 ‘‘(V) Legal Services Block Grant. 

3 ‘‘(VI) Family Planning. 

4 ‘‘(VII) Emergency Food and Shelter. 

5 ‘‘(VIII) Healthy Marriage and Re6 sponsible Fatherhood Grants. 

7 ‘‘(IX) Americorps VISTA. 

8 ‘‘(ix) CHILD CARE AND CHILD DEVELOP9 MENT.— 

10 ‘‘(I) Headstart. 

11 ‘‘(II) Childcare and Child Develop12 ment Block Grant. 

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

14 Temporary Assistance to Needy Families 

15 Program). 

16 ‘‘(x) COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.— 

17 ‘‘(I) Community Development Block 

18 Grant. 

19 ‘‘(II) Economic Development Adminis20 tration. 

21 ‘‘(III) Appalachian Regional Develop22 ment. 

23 ‘‘(IV) Empowerment Zones, Enter24 prise Communities, Renewal Communities. 


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1 ‘‘(V) Urban Development Block 

2 Grant. 

3 ‘‘(C) For purposes of this paragraph, the term 

4 ‘means-tested welfare spending’ shall not include— 

5 ‘‘(i) the Social Security Disability Insur6 ance program; 

7 ‘‘(ii) Medicare; 

8 ‘‘(iii) retirement insurance benefits and 

9 survivor benefits under the Social Security pro10 gram; 

11 ‘‘(iv) any program designed exclusively or 

12 primarily for veterans of military service; 

13 ‘‘(v) unemployment insurance benefits pro14 vided under Title K; and 

15 ‘‘(vi) programs designed specifically to pro16 vide benefits to workers to compensate for job17 related injuries or illnesses. 

18 ‘‘(D) For purposes of this paragraph, the term 

19 ‘spending on means-tested welfare programs’ shall 

20 mean the full cost of benefits and services provided 

21 by the program, as well as the administrative costs 

22 for operating the program, subject to the limitations 

23 in subparagraph (E). 


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1 ‘‘(E)(i) For purposes of this paragraph only the 

2 refundable portion of the following tax credits shall 

3 be counted as means-tested welfare expenditures: 

4 ‘‘(I) The earned income tax credit. 

5 ‘‘(II) The child tax credit. 

6 ‘‘(III) The making work pay tax credit. 

7 ‘‘(ii) For purposes of this paragraph only the 

8 refundable portion of the premium and out of pocket 

9 health care subsidies to be paid under the Patient 

10 Protection and Affordable Health Care Act shall be 

11 counted as means-tested welfare expenditures; the 

12 refundable portion of these subsidies shall mean the 

13 portion of the credit which is paid to an individual 

14 in excess of the amount of Federal income tax owed 

15 by the individual. 

16 ‘‘(iii) For purposes of this paragraph only the 

17 costs of the free and reduced price segments of the 

18 school lunch and school breakfast programs shall be 

19 included. 

20 ‘‘(F) For purposes of this paragraph expendi21 tures by state and local governments of funds that 

22 are: 

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1 revenue established by the State or local gov2 ernment; and 

3 ‘‘(ii) not received as any form of grant 

4 from the Federal Government, 

5 shall not be considered as Federal means-tested wel6 fare spending even if such state and local expendi7 tures take the form of contributions to Federal pro8 grams listed or defined in subparagraphs (A) and 

9 (B).’’. 

10 SEC. 402. REPORTS TO BUDGET COMMITTEES. 

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

12 of 1974 is amended by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(1)’’ and 

13 by inserting at the end the following new subparagraph: 

14 ‘‘(B) Beginning with the first fiscal year that 

15 begins after the date of enactment of this subsection 

16 and after any monthly rate of unemployment during 

17 the immediately preceding fiscal year is below 6.5 

18 percent, the Director shall include in each report 

19 submitted to the Committees on the Budget of the 

20 House of Representatives and the Senate under sub21 paragraph (A) the following information for the fis22 cal year commencing on October 1 of the year in 

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1 ‘‘(i) The Congressional Budget Office base2 line level of Federal spending for aggregate 

3 means-tested welfare programs. 

4 ‘‘(ii) The aggregate level of Federal means5 tested welfare spending computed by taking the 

6 aggregate level of means-tested welfare spend7 ing for fiscal year 2007 and adjusting that for 

8 inflation using the Consumer Price Index for 

9 All Urban Consumers, U.S. City Average, All 

10 Items, Not Seasonally Adjusted (CPI–U), as 

11 computed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 

12 for all fiscal years occurring after fiscal year 

13 2007 and before the applicable fiscal year.’’. 

14 SEC. 403. CONTENT OF CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS ON 

15 THE BUDGET. 

16 Section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

17 is amended by adding at the end the following new sub18 section: 

19 ‘‘(j) MEANS-TESTED WELFARE SPENDING.—Begin20 ning with the first fiscal year that begins after the date 

21 of enactment of this subsection and after any monthly rate 

22 of unemployment during the immediately preceding fiscal 

23 year is below 6.5 percent, the concurrent resolution on the 

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1 ing for the first fiscal year of that concurrent resolution 

2 and for at least each of the 4 ensuing fiscal years. Such 

3 level shall not exceed the aggregate level of Federal means4 tested welfare spending for fiscal year 2007, adjusted for 

5 inflation using the Consumer Price Index for All Urban 

6 Consumers, U.S. City Average, All Items, Not Seasonally 

7 Adjusted (CPI–U), as computed by the Bureau of Labor 

8 Statistics, for all fiscal years occurring after fiscal year 

9 2007 and before the applicable fiscal year.’’. 

10 SEC. 404. ALLOCATIONS OF MEANS-TESTED WELFARE 

11 SPENDING. 

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

13 Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the 

14 following new subsection: 

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

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

17 any concurrent resolution on the budget for which 

18 levels for aggregate means-tested welfare spending 

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

20 Representatives and the Senate, the amounts allo21 cated under subsection (a) shall be further divided 

22 to establish an allocation of— 

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

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1 spending in appropriation measures for the first 

2 fiscal year of the resolution on the budget; and 

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

4 outlays for mandatory means-tested welfare 

5 spending for the first fiscal year of the resolu6 tion on the budget and at least each of the en7 suing 4 fiscal years to all other committees of 

8 the House of Representatives and the Senate 

9 that have jurisdiction over legislation providing 

10 mandatory means-tested welfare spending. 

11 ‘‘(2) POINT OF ORDER.—It shall not be in 

12 order in the House of Representatives or the Senate 

13 to consider any bill, joint resolution, or amendment 

14 if— 

15 ‘‘(A) the enactment of such bill or resolu16 tion as reported; 

17 ‘‘(B) the adoption and enactment of such 

18 amendment; or 

19 ‘‘(C) the enactment of such bill or resolu20 tion in the form recommended in such con21 ference report, 

22 would cause the applicable allocation of new budget 

23 authority or outlays made under subparagraph (A) 

24 or (B) of paragraph (1) for a fiscal year to be ex25 ceeded.’’. 


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

2 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by 

3 striking ‘‘under subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘under sub4 sections (a) and (h)’’. 

5 SEC. 405. RECONCILIATION. 

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

7 1974 is amended as follows: 

8 (1) Strike ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph (3) and 

9 strike the period at the end of paragraph (4) and in10 sert ‘‘; and’’. 

11 (2) Redesignate paragraph (4) as paragraph 

12 (5), and in paragraph (5) as redesignated, strike 

13 ‘‘and (3)’’ and insert ‘‘(3), and (4)’’. 

14 (3) After paragraph (3), insert the following 

15 new paragraph: 

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

17 budget authority for such fiscal year for mandatory 

18 means-tested welfare spending contained in laws, 

19 bills, and resolutions within the jurisdiction of a 

20 committee is to be changed and direct that com21 mittee to determine and recommend changes to ac22 complish a change of such total amount, which 

23 amount shall be the amount by which the Congres24 sional Budget Office baseline level of spending for 

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1 exceeds the allocation made pursuant to section 

2 302(h)(1)(B) for such fiscal year.’’. 

3 TITLE V—GRANTS TO PROMOTE 

4 SELF-SUFFICIENCY 

5 SEC. 501. GRANTS TO STATES. 

6 (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this title is to encour7 age States to develop policies to promote self-sufficiency 

8 and prosperity and to reduce poverty and government de9 pendence. 

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

11 adding at the end the following: 

12 ‘‘TITLE XXII—GRANTS TO STATES 

13 TO PROMOTE SELF-SUFFI14 CIENCY AND PROSPERITY 

15 AND TO REDUCE DEPEND16 ENCE 

17 ‘‘SEC. 2201. GRANTS TO STATES. 

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

19 grants to States to reward reductions in poverty and gov20 ernment dependence and increases in self-sufficiency. 

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

22 fiscal year for which funds are made available under sub23 section (e), the Secretary shall make a grant in an amount 

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

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1 of the State for the preceding fiscal year over the self2 sufficiency ratio of the State for fiscal year 2007, as com3 pared with the changes in that ratio for each other State, 

4 subject to subsection (c). 

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

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

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

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

9 of the State for fiscal year 2007. 

10 ‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this title: 

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

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

13 income, excluding receipt of means-tested welfare 

14 spending (as defined in section 3(11)(A) of the Con15 gressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 

16 1974), exceeds the poverty line (within the meaning 

17 of section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget Reconcili18 ation Act of 1981, including any revision required by 

19 such section applicable to a family of the size in20 volved). 

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

22 with respect to a State and a fiscal year— 

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

24 residing in the State during the fiscal year that 


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1 are headed by able-bodied individuals who have 

2 not attained 63 years of age; divided by 

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

4 in the State during the fiscal year that are 

5 headed by able-bodied individuals who have not 

6 attained 63 years of age. 

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

8 the District of Columbia. 

9 ‘‘(e) LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO10 PRIATIONS.—For grants under this title, there are author11 ized to be appropriated to the Secretary $300,000,000 for 

12 fiscal year 2012 and each succeeding fiscal year.’’. 

13 TITLE VI—PROHIBITION ON 

14 FUNDING OF ABORTION 

15 SEC. 601. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS. 

16 No funds authorized or appropriated by Federal law, 

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

18 are authorized or appropriated by Federal law, shall be 

19 expended for any abortion. 

20 SEC. 602. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR HEALTH BENE21 FITS PLANS THAT COVER ABORTION. 

22 None of the funds authorized or appropriated by Fed23 eral law, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which 

24 funds are authorized or appropriated by Federal law, shall 


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1 be expended for health benefits coverage that includes cov2 erage of abortion. 

3 SEC. 603. PROHIBITION ON TAX BENEFITS RELATING TO 

4 ABORTION. 

5 For taxable years beginning after the date of the en6 actment of this section, no credit shall be allowed under 

7 the internal revenue laws with respect to amounts paid 

8 or incurred for an abortion or with respect to amounts 

9 paid or incurred for a health benefits plan (including pre10 mium assistance) that includes coverage of abortion. 

11 SEC. 604. CONSTRUCTION RELATING TO SEPARATE COV12 ERAGE. 

13 Nothing in this title shall be construed as prohibiting 

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

15 separate abortion coverage or health benefits coverage 

16 that includes abortion so long as such coverage is paid 

17 for entirely using only funds not authorized or appro18 priated by Federal law and such coverage shall not be pur19 chased using matching funds required for a federally sub20 sidized program, including a State’s or locality’s contribu21 tion of Medicaid matching funds. 

22 SEC. 605. CONSTRUCTION RELATING TO THE USE OF NON23 FEDERAL FUNDS FOR HEALTH COVERAGE. 

24 Nothing in this title shall be construed as restricting 

25 the ability of any non-Federal health benefits coverage 


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1 provider from offering abortion coverage, or the ability of 

2 a State or locality to contract separately with such a pro3 vider for such coverage, so long as only funds not author4 ized or appropriated by Federal law are used and such 

5 coverage shall not be purchased using matching funds re6 quired for a federally subsidized program, including a 

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

8 funds. 

9 SEC. 606. TREATMENT OF ABORTIONS RELATED TO RAPE, 

10 INCEST, OR PRESERVING THE LIFE OF THE 

11 MOTHER. 

12 The limitations established in this title shall not apply 

13 to an abortion— 

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

15 rape or incest; or 

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

17 physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness 

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

19 woman in danger of death unless an abortion is per20 formed, including a life-endangering physical condi21 tion caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself. 

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