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114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4724 

To repeal the program of block grants to States for social services. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MARCH 10, 2016 

Mr. BRADY of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Ways and Means 

A BILL 

To repeal the program of block grants to States for social 

services. 

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 ‘‘Reducing Duplicative 

5 and Ineffective Federal Funding Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. REPEAL OF FUNDING FOR THE SOCIAL SERVICES 

7 BLOCK GRANTS PROGRAM. 

8 (a) REPEALS.—Sections 2001 through 2007 of the 

9 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397–1397f) are repealed. 

10 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

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1 (1) Section 404(d) of the Social Security Act 

2 (42 U.S.C. 604(d)) is amended— 

3 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘any or 

4 all of the following provisions of law:’’ and all 

5 that follows through ‘‘The’’ and inserting 

6 ‘‘the’’; 

7 (B) in paragraph (3)— 

8 (i) by striking ‘‘RULES’’ and all that 

9 follows through ‘‘any amount paid’’ and in10 serting ‘‘RULES.—Any amount paid’’; 

11 (ii) by striking ‘‘a provision of law 

12 specified in paragraph (1)’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘the Child Care and Development Block 

14 Grant Act of 1990’’; and 

15 (iii) by striking subparagraph (B); 

16 and 

17 (C) by striking paragraph (2) and redesig18 nating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2). 

19 (2) Section 422(b) of the Social Security Act 

20 (42 U.S.C. 622(b)) is amended— 

21 (A) in paragraph (1)(A)— 

22 (i) by striking ‘‘administers or super23 vises’’ and inserting ‘‘administered or su24 pervised’’; and 

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1 (ii) by striking ‘‘subtitle 1 of title 

2 XX’’ and inserting ‘‘subtitle A of title XX 

3 (as in effect before the repeal of such sub4 title)’’; and 

5 (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘under 

6 subtitle 1 of title XX,’’. 

7 (3) Section 471(a) of the Social Security Act 

8 (42 U.S.C. 671(a)) is amended— 

9 (A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘, under 

10 subtitle 1 of title XX of this Act,’’; and 

11 (B) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘XIX, or 

12 XX’’ and inserting ‘‘or XIX’’. 

13 (4) Section 472(h)(1) of the Social Security Act 

14 (42 U.S.C. 672(h)(1)) is amended by striking the 

15 second sentence. 

16 (5) Section 473(b) of the Social Security Act 

17 (42 U.S.C. 673(b)) is amended— 

18 (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(3)’’ 

19 and inserting ‘‘(2)’’; 

20 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘para21 graphs (1) and (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 

22 (1)’’; and 

23 (C) by striking paragraph (2) and redesig24 nating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs 

25 (2) and (3), respectively. 

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1 (6) Section 504(b)(6) of the Social Security Act 

2 (42 U.S.C. 704(b)(6)) is amended in each of sub3 paragraphs (A) and (B) by striking ‘‘, XIX, or XX’’ 

4 and inserting ‘‘or XIX’’. 

5 (7) Section 1101(a)(1) of the Social Security 

6 Act (42 U.S.C. 1301(a)(1)) is amended by striking 

7 the penultimate sentence. 

8 (8) Section 1128(h) of the Social Security Act 

9 (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7(h)) is amended— 

10 (A) by adding ‘‘or’’ at the end of para11 graph (2); and 

12 (B) by striking paragraph (3) and redesig13 nating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3). 

14 (9) Section 1128A(i)(1) of the Social Security 

15 Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7a(i)(1)) is amended by strik16 ing ‘‘or subtitle 1 of title XX’’. 

17 (10) Section 1132(a)(1) of the Social Security 

18 Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–2(a)(1)) is amended by strik19 ing ‘‘XIX, or XX’’ and inserting ‘‘or XIX’’. 

20 (11) Section 1902(e)(13)(F)(iii) of the Social 

21 Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(e)(13)(F)(iii)) is 

22 amended— 

23 (A) by striking ‘‘EXCLUSIONS’’ and insert24 ing ‘‘EXCLUSION’’; and 

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1 (B) by striking ‘‘an agency that determines 

2 eligibility for a program established under the 

3 Social Services Block Grant established under 

4 title XX or’’. 

5 (12) The heading for title XX of the Social Se6 curity Act is amended by striking ‘‘BLOCK 

7 GRANTS TO STATES FOR SOCIAL SERVICES’’ 

8 and inserting ‘‘HEALTH PROFESSIONS DEM9 ONSTRATIONS AND ENVIRONMENTAL 

10 HEALTH CONDITION DETECTION’’. 

11 (13) The heading for subtitle A of title XX of 

12 the Social Security Act is amended by striking 

13 ‘‘Block Grants to States for Social Serv14 ices’’ and inserting ‘‘Health Professions 

15 Demonstrations and Environmental 

16 Health Condition Detection’’. 

17 (14) Section 16(k)(5)(B)(i) of the Food and 

18 Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025(k)(5)(B)(i)) 

19 is amended— 

20 (A) by striking ‘‘, or title XX,’’; and 

21 (B) by striking ‘‘, 1397 et seq.’’. 

22 (15) Section 402(b)(3) of the Personal Respon23 sibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 

24 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612(b)(3)) is amended by striking 

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1 subparagraph (B) and redesignating subparagraph 

2 (C) as subparagraph (B). 

3 (16) Section 245A(h)(4)(I) of the Immigration 

4 Reform and Control Act of 1986 (8 U.S.C. 

5 1255a(h)(4)(I)) is amended by striking ‘‘, XVI, and 

6 XX’’ and inserting ‘‘and XVI’’. 

7 (17) Section 17 of the Richard B. Russell Na8 tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766) is amend9 ed— 

10 (A) in subsection (a)(2)— 

11 (i) in subparagraph (B)— 

12 (I) by striking ‘‘—’’ and all that 

13 follows through ‘‘(i)’’; 

14 (II) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end 

15 of clause (i); and 

16 (III) by striking clause (ii); and 

17 (ii) in subparagraph (D)(ii), by strik18 ing ‘‘or title XX’’; and 

19 (B) in subsection (o)(2)(B)— 

20 (i) by striking ‘‘or title XX’’ each 

21 place it appears; and 

22 (ii) by striking ‘‘or XX’’. 

23 (18) Section 201(b) of the Indian Child Welfare 

24 Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1931(b)) is amended by 

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1 striking ‘‘titles IV–B and XX’’ each place it appears 

2 and inserting ‘‘part B of title IV’’. 

3 (19) Section 3803(c)(2)(C) of title 31, United 

4 States Code, is amended by striking clause (vi) and 

5 redesignating clauses (vii) through (xvi) as clauses 

6 (vi) through (xv), respectively. 

7 (20) Section 14502(d)(3) of title 40, United 

8 States Code, is amended— 

9 (A) by striking ‘‘and title XX’’; and 

10 (B) by striking ‘‘, 1397 et seq.’’. 

11 (21) Section 2006(a)(15) of the Public Health 

12 Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300z–5(a)(15)) is amended 

13 by striking ‘‘and title XX’’. 

14 (22) Section 203(b)(3) of the Older Americans 

15 Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3013(b)(3)) is amended by 

16 striking ‘‘XIX, and XX’’ and inserting ‘‘and XIX’’. 

17 (23) Section 213 of the Older Americans Act of 

18 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3020d) is amended by striking ‘‘or 

19 title XX’’. 

20 (24) Section 306(d) of the Older Americans Act 

21 of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3026(d)) is amended in each of 

22 paragraphs (1) and (2) by striking ‘‘titles XIX and 

23 XX’’ and inserting ‘‘title XIX’’. 

24 (25) Section 2605 of the Low-Income Home 

25 Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8624) is 

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1 amended in each of subsections (b)(4) and (j) by 

2 striking ‘‘under title XX of the Social Security 

3 Act,’’. 

4 (26) Section 602 of the Child Development As5 sociate Scholarship Assistance Act of 1985 (42 

6 U.S.C. 10901) is repealed. 

7 (27) Section 3(d)(1) of the Assisted Suicide 

8 Funding Restriction Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 

9 14402(d)(1)) is amended by striking subparagraph 

10 (C) and redesignating subparagraphs (D) through 

11 (K) as subparagraphs (C) through (J), respectively. 

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