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Union Calendar No. 353 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4724 

[Report No. 114–462] 

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 

MARCH 23, 2016 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 

House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 

[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 

[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on March 10, 2016] 


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A BILL 

To repeal the program of block grants to States for social 

services. 


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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 THE PROGRAM OF BLOCK GRANTS TO 

7 STATES FOR SOCIAL SERVICES. 

8 (a) REPEALS.—Sections 2001 through 2007 of the So9 cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397–1397f) are repealed. 

10 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

11 (1) Section 404(d) of the Social Security Act (42 

12 U.S.C. 604(d)) is amended— 

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

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

15 that follows through ‘‘The’’ and inserting ‘‘the’’; 

16 (B) in paragraph (3)— 

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

18 follows through ‘‘any amount paid’’ and in19 serting ‘‘RULES.—Any amount paid’’; 

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

21 specified in paragraph (1)’’ and inserting 

22 ‘‘the Child Care and Development Block 

23 Grant Act of 1990’’; and 

24 (iii) by striking subparagraph (B); 

25 and 


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1 (C) by striking paragraph (2) and redesig2 nating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2). 

3 (2) Section 422(b) of the Social Security Act (42 

4 U.S.C. 622(b)) is amended— 

5 (A) in paragraph (1)(A)— 

6 (i) by striking ‘‘administers or super7 vises’’ and inserting ‘‘administered or su8 pervised’’; and 

9 (ii) by striking ‘‘subtitle 1 of title XX’’ 

10 and inserting ‘‘subtitle A of title XX (as in 

11 effect before the repeal of such subtitle)’’; 

12 and 

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

14 subtitle 1 of title XX,’’. 

15 (3) Section 471(a) of the Social Security Act (42 

16 U.S.C. 671(a)) is amended— 

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

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

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

20 XX’’ and inserting ‘‘or XIX’’. 

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

22 (42 U.S.C. 672(h)(1)) is amended by striking the 2nd 

23 sentence. 

24 (5) Section 473(b) of the Social Security Act (42 

25 U.S.C. 673(b)) is amended— 


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

2 inserting ‘‘(2)’’; 

3 (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘para4 graphs (1) and (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 

5 (1)’’; and 

6 (C) by striking paragraph (2) and redesig7 nating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs 

8 (2) and (3), respectively. 

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

10 (42 U.S.C. 704(b)(6)) is amended in each of subpara11 graphs (A) and (B) by striking ‘‘, XIX, or XX’’ and 

12 inserting ‘‘or XIX’’. 

13 (7) Section 1101(a)(1) of the Social Security Act 

14 (42 U.S.C. 1301(a)(1)) is amended by striking the pe15 nultimate sentence. 

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

17 (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7(h)) is amended— 

18 (A) by adding ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph 

19 (2); and 

20 (B) by striking paragraph (3) and redesig21 nating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3). 

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

23 Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7a(i)(1)) is amended by strik24 ing ‘‘or subtitle 1 of title XX’’. 


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

2 Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–2(a)(1)) is amended by striking 

3 ‘‘XIX, or XX’’ and inserting ‘‘or XIX’’. 

4 (11) Section 1902(e)(13)(F)(iii) of the Social Se5 curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(e)(13)(F)(iii)) is amend6 ed— 

7 (A) by striking ‘‘EXCLUSIONS’’ and insert8 ing ‘‘EXCLUSION’’; and 

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

10 eligibility for a program established under the 

11 Social Services Block Grant established under 

12 title XX or’’. 

13 (12) The heading for title XX of the Social Secu14 rity Act is amended by striking ‘‘BLOCK GRANTS 

15 TO STATES FOR SOCIAL SERVICES’’ and insert16 ing ‘‘HEALTH PROFESSIONS DEMONSTRA17 TIONS AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CON18 DITION DETECTION’’. 

19 (13) The heading for subtitle A of title XX of the 

20 Social Security Act is amended by striking ‘‘Block 

21 Grants to States for Social Services’’ and 

22 inserting ‘‘Health Professions Demonstra23 tions and Environmental Health Condi24 tion Detection’’. 


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1 (14) Section 16(k)(5)(B)(i) of the Food and Nu2 trition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025(k)(5)(B)(i)) is 

3 amended— 

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

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

6 (15) Section 402(b)(3) of the Personal Responsi7 bility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 

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

9 subparagraph (B) and redesignating subparagraph 

10 (C) as subparagraph (B). 

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

12 and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255a(h)(4)(I)) is 

13 amended by striking ‘‘, XVI, and XX’’ and inserting 

14 ‘‘and XVI’’. 

15 (17) Section 17 of the Richard B. Russell Na16 tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766) is amend17 ed— 

18 (A) in subsection (a)(2)— 

19 (i) in subparagraph (B)— 

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

21 follows through ‘‘(i)’’; 

22 (II) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of 

23 clause (i); and 

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


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1 (ii) in subparagraph (D)(ii), by strik2 ing ‘‘or title XX’’; and 

3 (B) in subsection (o)(2)(B)— 

4 (i) by striking ‘‘or title XX’’ each place 

5 it appears; and 

6 (ii) by striking ‘‘or XX’’. 

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

8 Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1931(b)) is amended by strik9 ing ‘‘titles IV–B and XX’’ each place it appears and 

10 inserting ‘‘part B of title IV’’. 

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

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

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

14 (vi) through (xv), respectively. 

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

16 States Code, is amended— 

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

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

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

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

21 striking ‘‘and title XX’’. 

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

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

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


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

2 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3020d) is amended by striking ‘‘or 

3 title XX’’. 

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

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

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

7 XX’’ and inserting ‘‘title XIX’’. 

8 (25) Section 2605 of the Low-Income Home En9 ergy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8624) is 

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

11 striking ‘‘under title XX of the Social Security Act,’’. 

12 (26) Section 602 of the Child Development Asso13 ciate Scholarship Assistance Act of 1985 (42 U.S.C. 

14 10901) is repealed. 

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

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

17 14402(d)(1)) is amended by striking subparagraph 

18 (C) and redesignating subparagraphs (D) through (K) 

19 as subparagraphs (C) through (J), respectively. 

20 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 

21 section shall take effect on October 1, 2016. 


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Union Calendar No. 353 

114TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4724 

[Report No. 114–462] 

A BILL 

To repeal the program of block grants to States for 

M

social services. 

ARCH 23, 2016 

Reported with an amendment, committed to the Comand ordered to be printed mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 


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