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113TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4731 

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 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 22, 2014 

Mr. JORDAN (for himself, Mr. SMITH of Missouri, Mrs. BACHMANN, Mr. 

HUELSKAMP, Mrs. BLACKBURN, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mrs. LUMMIS, 

Mr. DESANTIS, Mr. SALMON, Mr. PRICE of Georgia, and Mr. DUNCAN

of South Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways 

and Means, the Budget, Rules, Energy and Commerce, and Education 

and the Workforce, 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 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, 


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1 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

2 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Welfare Reform Act 

3 of 2014’’. 

4 SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

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

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. 


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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 

8 further finds that it should also be the purpose of the sup9 plemental nutrition assistance program to increase em10 ployment, to encourage healthy marriage, and to promote 

11 prosperous self-sufficiency, which means the ability of 

12 households to maintain an income above the poverty level 

13 without services and benefits from the Federal Govern14 ment.’’. 

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

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

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

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

19 described in this subsection shall be considered a food 

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

21 by the Secretary)’’. 

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

23 Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012) is amended by add24 ing at the end the following: 

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


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

2 work-capable adult’ means an individual who— 

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

4 years of age; 

5 ‘‘(B) is not physically or mentally incapa6 ble of work; and 

7 ‘‘(C) is not the full-time caretaker of a dis8 abled adult dependent. 

9 ‘‘(2) PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY INCAPABLE OF

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

11 ‘physically or mentally incapable of work’ means an 

12 individual who— 

13 ‘‘(A) currently receives benefits under the 

14 supplemental security income program estab15 lished under title XVI of the Social Security 

16 Act (42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.) or another pro17 gram that provides recurring benefits to indi18 viduals because the individual is disabled and 

19 unable to work; or 

20 ‘‘(B) has been medically certified as phys21 ically or mentally incapable of work and who 

22 has a credible pending application for enroll23 ment in the supplemental security income pro24 gram established under title XVI of the Social 

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1 other program that provides recurring benefits 

2 to individuals because the individual is disabled 

3 and unable to work. 

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

5 term ‘approved offsite work activation’ means— 

6 ‘‘(1) online job preparation and training pro7 grams that are approved and monitored by the State 

8 agency; or 

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

10 the State agency and monitored by the State to en11 sure that an appropriate number of job applications 

12 and employer contacts are performed. 

13 ‘‘(y) 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 1 or more dependent children who are the bio18 logical offspring of the parent; or 

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

20 step parent, adoptive parent, guardian, or adult rel21 ative who resides with and provides care to the 1 or 

22 more children and is lawfully present in the United 

23 States. 

24 ‘‘(z) FAMILY UNIT.—The term ‘family unit’ 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 ‘‘(aa) FAMILY WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN.— 

8 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘family with de9 pendent children’ means a unit consisting of a fam10 ily head, 1 or more dependent children, and, if appli11 cable, the married spouse of the family head, all of 

12 whom share meals and reside within a single house13 hold. 

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

15 There may be more than 1 family with dependent 

16 children in a single household. 

17 ‘‘(bb) MARRIED COUPLE FAMILY WITH DEPENDENT

18 CHILDREN.—The term ‘married couple family with de19 pendent children’ means a family with dependent children 

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

21 the family head residing with the family. 

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

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

24 lawfully married spouse of the family head who— 


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1 ‘‘(1) resides with the family head and depend2 ent children; and 

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

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

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

6 family head if present, and all dependent children within 

7 a family with dependent children. 

8 ‘‘(ee) ONSITE WORK ACTIVATION.— 

9 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘onsite work acti10 vation’ means— 

11 ‘‘(A) supervised job search; 

12 ‘‘(B) community service activities; 

13 ‘‘(C) education and job training for indi14 viduals who are family heads or married 

15 spouses of family heads; 

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

17 ‘‘(E) drug or alcohol treatment. 

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

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

20 search’ means a job search program that has the fol21 lowing characteristics: 

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

23 location where the presence and activity of the 

24 recipient can be directly observed, supervised, 

25 and monitored. 


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

2 and exit from the official job search location are 

3 recorded in a manner that prevents fraud. 

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

5 and undertake job search activities at the job 

6 search center. 

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

8 observed and monitored engaging in job search 

9 at the official location is recorded for purposes 

10 of compliance with section 29. 

11 ‘‘(ff) PENALTY PERIOD.— 

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

13 means either of 2 periods of 6 consecutive months 

14 during each fiscal year. 

15 ‘‘(2) FIRST PENALTY PERIOD.—The first pen16 alty period of each fiscal year shall be the 6-month 

17 period beginning on October 1. 

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

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

20 month period beginning on April 1. 

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

22 nutrition assistance program 6-month funding allot23 ment of a State during a penalty period shall be ad24 justed in response to the performance of the work 


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1 activation program of the State during previous per2 formance measurement periods. 

3 ‘‘(gg) PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT PERIOD.— 

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

5 measurement period’ means either of 2 periods of 6 

6 consecutive months during each fiscal year. 

7 ‘‘(2) FIRST PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT PE8 RIOD.—The first performance measurement period 

9 of each fiscal year shall be the 6-month period be10 ginning on October 1. 

11 ‘‘(3) SECOND PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENT

12 PERIOD.—The second performance measurement pe13 riod of each fiscal year shall be the 6-month period 

14 beginning on April 1. 

15 ‘‘(hh) PROGRAM-ELIGIBLE ADULT WITHOUT DE16 PENDENT CHILDREN.—The term ‘program-eligible adult 

17 without dependent children’ means a work-capable adult 

18 without dependent children who— 

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

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

21 paid employment during that month. 

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

23 ‘program-eligible family unit’ means— 

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

25 children; 


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

2 with dependent children; or 

3 ‘‘(3) a program-eligible married couple with de4 pendent children. 

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

6 DEPENDENT CHILDREN.—The term ‘program-eligible 

7 married couple with dependent children’ means a work8 capable married couple family with dependent children 

9 that— 

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

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

12 paid employment between the family head and the 

13 married spouse of the family head, summed together 

14 and counted jointly, during the month. 

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

16 WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN.—The term ‘program-eligi17 ble single-headed family with dependent children’ means 

18 a work-capable single-headed family with dependent chil19 dren that— 

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

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

22 than 120 hours of paid employment during that 

23 month. 

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

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1 ent children’ means a family with dependent children 

2 that— 

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

4 family; but 

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

6 family head residing with the family. 

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

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

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

10 each State means the quotient obtained by dividing— 

11 ‘‘(1) the average monthly number of work-capa12 ble family units in the State during calendar year 

13 2010; by 

14 ‘‘(2) the average monthly number of work-capa15 ble family units in all 50 States and the District of 

16 Columbia during calendar year 2010. 

17 ‘‘(nn) TOTAL FAMILY UNITS ELIGIBLE FOR PARTICI18 PATION IN WORK ACTIVATION.—The term ‘total family 

19 units eligible for participation in work activation’ in a 

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

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

22 children; 

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

24 with dependent children; and 


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1 ‘‘(3) program-eligible married couples with de2 pendent children. 

3 ‘‘(oo) WORK ACTIVATION.—The term ‘work activa4 tion’ means— 

5 ‘‘(1) onsite work activation; and 

6 ‘‘(2) approved offsite work activation. 

7 ‘‘(pp) WORK-CAPABLE ADULT WITHOUT DEPEND8 ENT CHILDREN.—The term ‘work-capable adult without 

9 dependent children’ means an individual who— 

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

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

12 of a family head. 

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

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

15 married couple family with dependent children’ means a 

16 married couple with dependent children that contains at 

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

18 ‘‘(1) the family head; or 

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

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

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

22 single-headed family with dependent children’ means a 

23 single-headed family with dependent children that has a 

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


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1 ‘‘(ss) PROGRAM-ELIGIBLE FAMILY UNIT WITH DE2 PENDENT CHILDREN.—The term ‘program eligible family 

3 unit with dependent children’ means the group that in4 cludes all— 

5 ‘‘(1) program eligible married couples with de6 pendent children; and 

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

8 with dependent children. 

9 ‘‘(tt) RATIO OF CASELOAD DECLINE AMONG WORK10 ELIGIBLE ADULTS WITHOUT DEPENDENT CHILDREN.— 

11 ‘‘(1) DEFINITION.—The term ‘ratio of caseload 

12 decline among work eligible adults without depend13 ent children’ means, in a given fiscal year, the figure 

14 that equals the ratio of the number individuals spec15 ified in subparagraph (A) divided by the number of 

16 individuals specified in subparagraph (B). 

17 ‘‘(A) The remainder of— 

18 ‘‘(i) the average monthly number of 

19 work eligible adults without dependent 

20 children who received benefits in the State 

21 in fiscal year 2014; minus 

22 ‘‘(ii) the average monthly number of 

23 work eligible adults without dependent 

24 children who received benefits in the State 

25 in the given fiscal year. 


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1 ‘‘(B) The average monthly number of work 

2 eligible adults without dependent children who 

3 received benefits in the State in fiscal year 

4 2014. 

5 ‘‘(2) LIMITATION.—If the average monthly 

6 number of work eligible adults without dependent 

7 children who received benefits in the State in the 

8 given fiscal year is greater than the average monthly 

9 number of work eligible adults without dependent 

10 children who received benefits in the State in fiscal 

11 year 2014, then the ratio of caseload decline among 

12 work eligible adults without dependent children for 

13 the given fiscal year shall be zero. 

14 ‘‘(uu) CONTINGENCY FACTOR.—The term ‘contin15 gency factor’ for a State in a given fiscal year means the 

16 percentage of the program eligible family units with de17 pendent children in the State in that year that equals— 

18 ‘‘(1) the ratio of caseload decline among work 

19 eligible adults without dependent children in the 

20 State in the previous fiscal year; multiplied by 

21 ‘‘(2) fifty.’’. 

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

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

24 amended by striking subsection (d) and inserting the fol25 lowing: 


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1 ‘‘(d) CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION.— 

2 ‘‘(1) WORK REQUIREMENTS.— 

3 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—No able-bodied, work4 capable adult shall be eligible to participate in 

5 the supplemental nutrition assistance program 

6 if the individual— 

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

8 and every 12 months thereafter, to register 

9 for employment in a manner prescribed by 

10 the Secretary; 

11 ‘‘(ii) refuses without good cause to ac12 cept an offer of employment, at a site or 

13 plant not subject to a strike or lockout at 

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

15 than the higher of— 

16 ‘‘(I) the applicable Federal or 

17 State minimum wage; or 

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

19 would have applied had the minimum 

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

21 the Fair Labor Standards Act of 

22 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)) been ap23 plicable to the offer of employment; 

24 ‘‘(iii) refuses without good cause to 

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1 formation to allow the State agency to de2 termine the employment status or the job 

3 availability of the individual; or 

4 ‘‘(iv) voluntarily— 

5 ‘‘(I) quits a job; or 

6 ‘‘(II) reduces work effort and, 

7 after the reduction, is working less 

8 than 30 hours per week, unless an9 other adult in the same family unit in10 creases employment at the same time 

11 by an amount that is at least equal to 

12 the reduction in work effort by the 

13 first adult. 

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

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

16 participate in the supplemental nutrition assist17 ance program because of subparagraph (A), no 

18 other member of the family unit to which that 

19 adult belongs shall be eligible to participate. 

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

21 able-bodied, work-capable adult who becomes 

22 ineligible under subparagraph (A), and mem23 bers of the family unit who become ineligible 

24 under subparagraph (B), shall remain ineligible 


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1 for 3 months after the date on which ineligi2 bility began. 

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

4 the end of the 3-month period of ineligibility 

5 under subparagraph (c), members of a work-ca6 pable family unit may have their eligibility to 

7 participate in the supplemental nutrition assist8 ance program restored, if— 

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

10 work-capable family unit; or 

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

12 unit begin and maintain any combination 

13 of paid employment and work activation 

14 sufficient to meet the appropriate stand15 ards for resumption of benefits in section 

16 29(c)(2). 

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

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

19 the Federal Government, a State, or a political sub20 division of a State, who is dismissed for partici21 pating in a strike against the Federal Government, 

22 the State, or the political subdivision of the State 

23 shall be considered to have voluntarily quit without 

24 good cause. 

25 ‘‘(3) STRIKING WORKERS INELIGIBLE.— 


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

2 subparagraphs (B) and (C) and notwith3 standing any other provision of law, no member 

4 of a family shall be eligible to participate in the 

5 supplemental nutrition assistance program at 

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

7 adult member of the household is on strike as 

8 defined in section 501 of the Labor Manage9 ment Relations Act, 1947 (29 U.S.C. 142), be10 cause of a labor dispute (other than a lockout) 

11 as defined in section 2 of the National Labor 

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

13 ‘‘(B) PRIOR ELIGIBILITY.— 

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

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

16 to participate in the supplemental nutrition 

17 assistance program as a result of 1 of the 

18 members of the family unit going on strike 

19 if the household was eligible immediately 

20 prior to the strike. 

21 ‘‘(ii) NO INCREASED ALLOTMENT.—A 

22 family unit described in clause (i) shall not 

23 receive an increased allotment as the result 

24 of a decrease in the income of the 1 or 

25 more striking members of the household. 


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1 ‘‘(C) REFUSAL TO ACCEPT EMPLOY2 MENT.—Ineligibility described in subparagraph 

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

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

5 members of the family unit refuses to accept 

6 employment at a plant or site because of a 

7 strike or lockout.’’. 

8 (e) ELIGIBILITY OF STUDENTS WITH DEPENDENT

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

10 of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(e)) is amended by striking para11 graph (8) and inserting the following: 

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

13 higher education, as determined by the institution, 

14 and— 

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

16 for the care of a dependent child under 12 

17 years of age; or 

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

19 a family head in a married couple family with 

20 dependent children and has a dependent child 

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

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

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

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


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1 ‘‘(o) FULFILLMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND WORK

2 ACTIVATION REQUIREMENTS.— 

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

4 a program-eligible family unit are required by the 

5 State agency to participate in work activation under 

6 section 29, no member of the family unit shall be eli7 gible for supplemental nutrition assistance benefits 

8 unless the relevant 1 or more adults fully comply 

9 with the work activation standards. 

10 ‘‘(2) SANCTIONS AND RESUMPTION OF BENE11 FITS.—If 1 or more adults within a program-eligible 

12 family unit who are required by the State agency to 

13 participate in work activation under section 29 dur14 ing a given month fail to comply with the work acti15 vation standards, benefits for all members of the 

16 family unit— 

17 ‘‘(A) shall be terminated in accordance 

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

19 ‘‘(B) may be resumed upon compliance 

20 with section 29(c)(2).’’. 

21 (g) EXCLUSION.—Section 6 of the Food and Nutri22 tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015) is amended by adding 

23 at the end the following: 

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

25 years of age may participate in the supplemental nutrition 


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1 assistance program unless the child is a member of a fam2 ily with dependent children and resides with an adult who 

3 is— 

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

5 which the child is also a member; 

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

7 the supplemental nutrition assistance program as a 

8 member of the same household as the child; and 

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

10 the United States.’’. 

11 (h) HEARING AND DETERMINATION.—Section 

12 11(e)(10) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 

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

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

15 inserting a semicolon. 

16 (i) WORK REQUIREMENTS AND ACTIVATION PRO17 GRAM.—The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 

18 2011 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the fol19 lowing: 

20 ‘‘SEC. 29. WORK REQUIREMENTS AND ACTIVATION PRO21 GRAM. 

22 ‘‘(a) WORK ACTIVATION STANDARDS.— 

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

24 family unit with adult members that is required to 

25 participate in work activation under subsection (e) 


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1 during a full month of participation in the supple2 mental nutrition assistance program shall fulfill the 

3 following levels of work activation during that 

4 month: 

5 ‘‘(A) WORK ACTIVATION PERFORMANCE

6 LEVEL FOR PROGRAM-ELIGIBLE ADULT WITH7 OUT DEPENDENT CHILDREN.—Each program8 eligible adult without dependent children who is 

9 required to participate in work activation by a 

10 State agency under subsection (e) for a par11 ticular month shall be required to perform a 

12 minimum of 36 hours of work activation for 

13 that month, including at least— 

14 ‘‘(i) a minimum of 16 hours of super15 vised onsite work activation; and 

16 ‘‘(ii) a minimum of 20 additional 

17 hours of— 

18 ‘‘(I) onsite work activation; 

19 ‘‘(II) approved offsite work acti20 vation; or 

21 ‘‘(III) a combination of both. 

22 ‘‘(B) WORK ACTIVATION PERFORMANCE

23 LEVELS FOR PROGRAM-ELIGIBLE SINGLE PAR24 ENT FAMILIES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN.— 

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1 igible single parent families with dependent 

2 children who are required by a State agency to 

3 participate in work activation under subsection 

4 (e) shall be required to perform a minimum of 

5 72 hours of work activation per month, includ6 ing at least— 

7 ‘‘(i) a minimum of 32 hours of super8 vised onsite work activation; and 

9 ‘‘(ii) a minimum of 40 additional 

10 hours of— 

11 ‘‘(I) onsite work activation; 

12 ‘‘(II) approved offsite work acti13 vation; or 

14 ‘‘(III) a combination of both. 

15 ‘‘(C) WORK ACTIVATION PERFORMANCE

16 LEVELS FOR PROGRAM-ELIGIBLE MARRIED COU17 PLES WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN.— 

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

19 (ii), each program-eligible married couple 

20 with dependent children that is required by 

21 a State agency to participate in work acti22 vation under subsection (e) shall be re23 quired to perform a minimum of 72 hours 

24 of work activation per month, including at 

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1 ‘‘(I) a minimum of 32 hours of 

2 supervised onsite work activation; and 

3 ‘‘(II) a minimum of 40 additional 

4 hours of— 

5 ‘‘(aa) onsite work activation; 

6 ‘‘(bb) approved offsite work 

7 activation; or 

8 ‘‘(cc) a combination of both. 

9 ‘‘(ii) REQUIREMENTS.— 

10 ‘‘(I) SINGLE JOINT OBLIGA11 TION.—The 72-hour requirement 

12 under clause (i) shall be a single joint 

13 obligation for the married couple as a 

14 whole in which the activities of both 

15 married partners shall be combined 

16 together and counted jointly. 

17 ‘‘(II) OPTIONS.—The work acti18 vation requirement for a work-capable 

19 married couple family with dependent 

20 children may be fulfilled by— 

21 ‘‘(aa) 72 or more hours of 

22 appropriate activity by the family 

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1 ‘‘(bb) 72 or more hours of 

2 appropriate activity by the mar3 ried spouse of the family head; or 

4 ‘‘(cc) the combined activity 

5 of the family head and married 

6 spouse of the family head which 

7 when added together equal or ex8 ceed 72 hours. 

9 ‘‘(D) NO SEPARATE WORK ACTIVATION RE10 QUIREMENT.—Neither the family head nor the 

11 married spouse of the family in a married cou12 ple family with dependent children shall be sub13 ject to a separate work activation requirement 

14 as individuals. 

15 ‘‘(2) STATE OPTION TO REQUIRE GREATER

16 AMOUNTS OF WORK ACTIVATION.—At its discretion, 

17 a State may require work-capable family units to en18 gage in hours of work activation per month that are 

19 greater than the levels specified in paragraph (1), 

20 except that the number of hours of work activation 

21 required of work-capable married couples with de22 pendent children shall not be greater than the num23 ber maximum hours of work activation required of 

24 work-capable single parent families with dependent 

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1 ‘‘(3) LIMITATION ON COMBINED HOURS OF

2 WORK ACTIVATION AND PAID EMPLOYMENT.— 

3 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Notwithstanding sub4 paragraphs (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (1), 

5 a State may count any program-eligible family 

6 unit as fulfilling the full engagement require7 ment of the family unit for a month, for pur8 poses of paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection 

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

10 and work activation by work-capable adults 

11 within the family unit in that month equals at 

12 least 160 hours. 

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

14 combined sum of hours of paid employment and 

15 work activation by work-capable individuals 

16 within a program-eligible family unit is at least 

17 160 hours in a given month— 

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

19 Federal work activation standards of the 

20 family unit for that month; and 

21 ‘‘(ii) the State agency need not re22 quire members of the family unit to per23 form additional work activation during 

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

2 WORK ACTIVATION STANDARD DURING A PARTIAL

3 MONTH.— 

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

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

6 standard, if the family unit— 

7 ‘‘(A) receives a pro-rated monthly allot8 ment during the initial month of enrollment 

9 under section 8(c); and 

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

11 in the work activation program during that 

12 month. 

13 ‘‘(2) PRO-RATED WORK ACTIVATION STAND14 ARD.—For purposes of paragraph (1), the term 

15 ‘pro-rated work activation standard’ means a stand16 ard that equals a number of hours of work activity 

17 of a family unit that bears the same proportion to 

18 the work activation requirement for the family unit 

19 for a full month under subsection (a) as the propor20 tion that— 

21 ‘‘(A) the pro-rated monthly allotment re22 ceived by the household for the partial month 

23 under section 8(c); bears to 

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

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

2 the pro-rated work activation requirement during an 

3 initial month of enrollment in the supplemental nu4 trition assistance program, only those hours of adult 

5 work activation that occurred during the portion of 

6 the month in which the family unit was participating 

7 in the supplemental nutrition assistance program 

8 shall be counted. 

9 ‘‘(c) SANCTION FOR NONCOMPLIANCE BY FAMILY

10 UNITS.— 

11 ‘‘(1) STANDARD.— 

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

13 of a program-eligible family unit are required to 

14 participate in the work activation program 

15 under subsection (e) in a calendar month and 

16 1 or more individuals fail to fulfill the work ac17 tivation standards under subsection (a) or (b) 

18 for that month— 

19 ‘‘(i) no member of the family unit 

20 shall be eligible to receive supplemental nu21 trition assistance benefits during the sub22 sequent calendar month; and 

23 ‘‘(ii) except as provided in subpara24 graph (B), the State agency shall not pro25 vide the supplemental nutrition assistance 


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1 benefit payment for all members of the 

2 family unit that otherwise would have been 

3 issued at the beginning of the next month. 

4 ‘‘(B) ADMINISTRATIVE DELAY OF SANC5 TION.— 

6 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Except as pro7 vided in clauses (ii) and (iii), if it is admin8 istratively infeasible for the State to not 

9 provide the supplemental nutrition assist10 ance benefit that would be issued at the 

11 beginning of the first month after the 

12 month of noncompliance, the State shall 

13 not provide the payment to all members of 

14 the family unit that otherwise would have 

15 been made at the beginning of the second 

16 month after the month of noncompliance. 

17 ‘‘(ii) DEADLINE.—The sanction of 

18 benefits shall occur not later than 32 days 

19 after the end of the month of noncompli20 ance. 

21 ‘‘(iii) RELATIONSHIP OF PAYMENTS

22 TO MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY UNIT.—At 

23 least 1 monthly payment to all members of 

24 the family unit shall be not provided for 


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1 each month of noncompliance under sub2 paragraph (A). 

3 ‘‘(2) RESUMPTION OF BENEFITS AFTER SANC4 TION.— 

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

6 had the monthly benefit of the family unit not 

7 provided due to noncompliance with a work ac8 tivation requirement under paragraph (1), the 

9 family unit shall not be eligible to receive future 

10 benefits under the supplemental nutrition as11 sistance program until— 

12 ‘‘(i) the 1 or more work-capable mem13 bers of the family unit have— 

14 ‘‘(I) successfully participated in a 

15 work activation program under sub16 section (e) for at least 4 consecutive, 

17 subsequent weeks; and 

18 ‘‘(II) fulfilled the work activation 

19 standard for the family unit for that 

20 same 4-week period by maintaining an 

21 hourly total of participation in work 

22 activation that is at least equal to the 

23 appropriate monthly totals for hours 

24 of participation provided in subsection 

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1 ‘‘(ii) the family unit no longer con2 tains any able-bodied, work-capable adults; 

3 or 

4 ‘‘(iii) the family unit maintains at 

5 least 120 hours of paid employment during 

6 the 4-week period. 

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

8 provided under subparagraph (A) shall not re9 store or compensate for the benefits that were 

10 not provided due to the sanction imposed under 

11 paragraph (1). 

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

13 Participation in work activation activities under this sec14 tion shall not be— 

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

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

17 compensation, hours, or conditions of employment 

18 under any law administered by the Secretary of 

19 Labor. 

20 ‘‘(e) WORK ACTIVATION PROGRAM.— 

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

22 the supplemental nutrition assistance program shall 

23 carry out a work activation program. 

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

2 work activation program shall be— 

3 ‘‘(i) to encourage and assist able-bod4 ied, work-capable adult recipients of sup5 plemental nutrition assistance to obtain 

6 paid employment; 

7 ‘‘(ii) to reduce dependence on govern8 ment assistance; and 

9 ‘‘(iii) to ensure that able-bodied, work10 capable adult recipients of supplemental 

11 nutrition assistance make a contribution to 

12 society and the taxpayers in exchange for 

13 assistance received. 

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

15 goals described in subparagraph (A), each State 

16 shall require able-bodied, work-capable adult re17 cipients of supplemental nutrition assistance 

18 who are unemployed or under-employed to en19 gage in work activation. 

20 ‘‘(3) REQUIRED STATE WORK ACTIVATION PAR21 TICIPATION RATES.— 

22 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subpara23 graph (D), each State that receives supple24 mental nutrition assistance program funding 


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1 shall be required to meet, for the work activa2 tion programs of the State— 

3 ‘‘(i) a work activation participation 

4 rate for work-capable adults without de5 pendent children, as described in subpara6 graph (B); and 

7 ‘‘(ii) a work activation participation 

8 rate for program eligible family units as 

9 described in subparagraph (C). 

10 ‘‘(B) PARTICIPATION RATE FOR WORK-CA11 PABLE ADULTS WITHOUT DEPENDENT CHIL12 DREN.—The average monthly percent of pro13 gram-eligible work-capable without dependent 

14 children who shall be required to maintain full 

15 engagement in work activation under subpara16 graph (A)(i) shall be— 

17 ‘‘(i) for each performance measure18 ment period in fiscal year 2015, 30 percent 

19 of all program-eligible adults without de20 pendent children; 

21 ‘‘(ii) for each performance measure22 ment period in fiscal year 2016, 50 percent 

23 of all program-eligible adults without de24 pendent children who are eligible for work 

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1 ‘‘(iii) for each performance measure2 ment period in fiscal year 2017 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) PARTICIPATION RATE FOR PROGRAM8 ELIGIBLE FAMILY UNITS WITH DEPENDENT

9 CHILDREN.— 

10 ‘‘(i) REQUIREMENTS.—Subject to the 

11 limitation in clause (ii), the average 

12 monthly percent of program-eligible family 

13 units with dependent children that shall be 

14 required to maintain full engagement in 

15 work activation in a given month shall 

16 be— 

17 ‘‘(I) for each performance meas18 urement period in fiscal year 2017, 15 

19 percent of program-eligible family 

20 units with dependent children; and 

21 ‘‘(II) for each performance meas22 urement period in fiscal year 2018 

23 and subsequent years, the sum of— 


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1 ‘‘(aa) 15 percent of percent 

2 of program-eligible family units 

3 with dependent children, plus 

4 ‘‘(bb) the percent of pro5 gram-eligible family units with 

6 dependent children that equals 

7 the contingency factor for the 

8 State for that year. 

9 ‘‘(ii) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding 

10 clause (i), no State shall be required to 

11 maintain an average monthly rate of full 

12 engagement in work activation by pro13 gram-eligible family units with dependent 

14 children, in either performance measure15 ment period in a fiscal year, that exceeds 

16 the following: 

17 ‘‘(I) In fiscal year 2017, 15 per18 cent of program-eligible family units 

19 with dependent children. 

20 ‘‘(II) In fiscal year 2018, 25 per21 cent of program-eligible family units 

22 with dependent children. 

23 ‘‘(III) In fiscal year 2019, 35 

24 percent of program-eligible family 

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1 ‘‘(IV) In fiscal year 2020, 50 

2 percent of program-eligible family 

3 units with dependent children. 

4 ‘‘(D) HIGHER LEVELS OF WORK ACTIVA5 TION AT STATE DISCRETION.—Nothing in this 

6 law shall be construed to prohibit a State from 

7 maintaining levels of work activation that are 

8 higher than those specified subparagraph (B) or 

9 (C). 

10 ‘‘(4) COUNTING FULL ENGAGEMENT IN WORK

11 ACTIVATION FOR PURPOSES OF MEASURING STATE

12 COMPLIANCE WITH PARTICIPATION RATES.— 

13 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of deter14 mining the compliance of a State with the par15 ticipation rate standards in paragraph (3), a 

16 State shall count in each month the number of 

17 program-eligible family units that maintained 

18 full engagement in work activation in that 

19 month. 

20 ‘‘(B) FULL ENGAGEMENT.— 

21 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of 

22 subparagraph (A), a family unit shall be 

23 counted as having maintained full engage24 ment in work activation in a given month 

25 if the family unit was— 


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1 ‘‘(I) a program-eligible family 

2 unit that performed sufficient work 

3 activation in the month to meet the 

4 work activation standards provided in 

5 subsection (a) or (b); 

6 ‘‘(II) a family unit that did not 

7 qualify for supplemental nutrition as8 sistance benefits in a current month 

9 because of a prior sanction but that 

10 qualified for a resumption of benefits 

11 due to work activation performed in 

12 the month that meets the standards 

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

14 ‘‘(III) a program-eligible family 

15 unit that— 

16 ‘‘(aa) received supplemental 

17 nutrition assistance benefits in a 

18 given month; 

19 ‘‘(bb) was required by a 

20 State agency to participate in 

21 work activation in that month; 

22 ‘‘(cc) failed to perform suffi23 cient work activation in that 

24 month to meet the standards in 

25 subsection (a) or (b); and 


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1 ‘‘(dd) was sanctioned by an 

2 elimination of supplemental nu3 trition assistance benefits in the 

4 1 or more immediately suc5 ceeding months, in accordance 

6 with subsection (c)(1). 

7 ‘‘(ii) LIMITATION.— 

8 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—For purposes 

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

10 was required to participate in work 

11 activation but failed to perform suffi12 cient activity to meet the standard 

13 shall be counted as having maintained 

14 full engagement in work activation 

15 only in the first month of noncompli16 ance. 

17 ‘‘(II) SUBSEQUENT MONTHS.— 

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

19 the family unit shall not be counted as 

20 maintaining full engagement in work 

21 activation in any subsequent month in 

22 which the family unit was subject to 

23 the sanction for noncompliance. 

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

2 for resumption of benefits, a family unit that 

3 does not receive supplemental nutrition assist4 ance benefits in a given month because the ben5 efits of the family unit have been previously ter6 minated in accordance with subsection (c)(1) 

7 shall not be counted in that month— 

8 ‘‘(i) as a family unit that has main9 tained full engagement in work activation; 

10 or 

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

12 ‘‘(5) PENALTIES FOR INADEQUATE STATE PER13 FORMANCE.— 

14 ‘‘(A) REQUIREMENT.— 

15 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Beginning in fis16 cal year 2015 and for each subsequent fis17 cal year, each State shall count the month18 ly average number of program-eligible fam19 ily units that maintain full engagement in 

20 work activation during each performance 

21 measurement period. 

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

23 monthly average number of program-eligi24 ble family units that maintain full engage25 ment in a State is not sufficient to fulfill 


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1 1 or both of the relevant performance 

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

3 paragraph (3) during a performance meas4 urement period (subject to the limitation in 

5 paragraph (3)(D)), the Federal supple6 mental nutrition assistance program fund7 ing for the State shall be reduced for the 

8 entire penalty period that commences 12 

9 months after the commencement of the rel10 evant performance measurement period. 

11 ‘‘(B) SCHEDULE OF FUNDING REDUC12 TIONS.— 

13 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The funding re14 duction for a State under subparagraph 

15 (A) shall be determined by the number of 

16 consecutive performance measurement pe17 riods during which the State has failed to 

18 meet 1 or both of the relevant work activa19 tion participation rates under subpara20 graphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (3) (sub21 ject to paragraph (3)(D)). 

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

23 maintain a monthly average number of 

24 program-eligible family units that maintain 

25 full engagement in work activation during 


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1 a performance measurement period that 

2 fulfills 1 or both of the relevant perform3 ance standards under subparagraphs (B) 

4 and (C) of paragraph (3) (subject to para5 graph (3)(D))— 

6 ‘‘(I) for a single, nonconsecutive 

7 performance measurement period, the 

8 Federal supplemental nutrition assist9 ance program funding for the State 

10 shall be reduced by 20 percent of the 

11 normal funding allotment of the State 

12 for the penalty period that commences 

13 12 months after the relevant perform14 ance measurement period; 

15 ‘‘(II) for 2 consecutive perform16 ance measurement periods, the Fed17 eral supplemental nutrition assistance 

18 program funding for the State shall 

19 be reduced by 30 percent of the nor20 mal funding allotment of the State for 

21 the penalty period that commences 12 

22 months after the relevant performance 

23 measurement period; 

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1 eral supplemental nutrition assistance 

2 program funding for the State shall 

3 be reduced by 40 percent of the nor4 mal funding allotment of the State for 

5 the penalty period that commences 12 

6 months after the relevant performance 

7 measurement period; 

8 ‘‘(IV) for 4 consecutive perform9 ance measurement periods, the Fed10 eral supplemental nutrition assistance 

11 program funding for the State shall 

12 be reduced by 50 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 ‘‘(V) for 5 consecutive perform18 ance measurement periods, the Fed19 eral supplemental nutrition assistance 

20 program funding for the State shall 

21 be reduced by 70 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 ‘‘(VI) for 6 or more consecutive 

2 performance measurement periods, 

3 the Federal supplemental nutrition as4 sistance program funding for the 

5 State shall be reduced by 100 percent 

6 of the normal funding allotment of the 

7 State for the penalty period that com8 mences 12 months after the relevant 

9 performance measurement period. 

10 ‘‘(C) RESTORATION IN FUNDING RESULT11 ING FROM IMPROVED STATE PERFORMANCE.— 

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

13 (iii), if a State maintains a monthly aver14 age number of program-eligible family 

15 units that maintain full engagement in 

16 work activation that is sufficient to fulfill 

17 the relevant performance standards de18 scribed in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of 

19 paragraph (3), subject to the limitation in 

20 paragraph (3)(D) for 1 nonconsecutive 

21 performance measurement period, the Fed22 eral supplemental nutrition assistance 

23 funding for the State for the next penalty 

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1 ‘‘(I) the normal funding allot2 ment of the State for the performance 

3 measurement period; and 

4 ‘‘(II) the funding allotment of the 

5 State for the previous penalty period. 

6 ‘‘(ii) SUBSEQUENT PERIODS.—Subject 

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

8 monthly average number of program-eligi9 ble family units who maintain full engage10 ment in work activation that is sufficient 

11 to fulfill the relevant performance stand12 ards described in subparagraphs (B) and 

13 (C) of paragraph (3), subject to the limita14 tion in paragraph (3)(D) for 2 consecutive 

15 performance measurement periods, the 

16 Federal supplemental nutrition assistance 

17 funding for the State shall equal 100 per18 cent of the normal funding allotment of 

19 the State for the next penalty period. 

20 ‘‘(iii) LIMITATION.—Notwithstanding 

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

22 more than 100 percent of the normal fund23 ing allotment of the State due to the provi24 sions of this paragraph. 


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1 ‘‘(6) REWARDS TO STATES FOR REDUCING GOV2 ERNMENT DEPENDENCE.— 

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

4 a State reduces the supplemental nutrition as5 sistance caseload of the State below the levels 

6 that existed in calendar year 2006, the State 

7 shall receive a financial reward for reducing de8 pendence. 

‘‘(B) AMOUNT.—The reward shall equal 1 9 ⁄4

10 of the savings to the Federal Government for 

11 that year that resulted from the caseload reduc12 tion. 

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

14 reward funding under this paragraph for any 

15 purpose chosen by the State that— 

16 ‘‘(i) provides benefits or services to in17 dividuals with incomes below 200 percent 

18 of the Federal poverty level; 

19 ‘‘(ii) improves social outcomes in low20 income populations; 

21 ‘‘(iii) encourages healthy marriage; or 

22 ‘‘(iv) increases self-sufficiency and re23 duces dependence. 

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

2 be appropriated to the Secretary to provide 

3 funds to State governments for the purpose of 

4 carrying out work activation programs in ac5 cordance with this section $500,000,000 for fis6 cal year 2014 and each subsequent fiscal year. 

7 ‘‘(B) ALLOCATION AMONG STATES.—The 

8 total amount appropriated under subparagraph 

9 (A) for a fiscal year shall be allocated among 

10 the States in accordance with the proportion of 

11 each State’s share of total funding for the sup12 plemental nutrition assistance program under 

13 this Act in fiscal year 2007. 

14 ‘‘(C) ADDITIONAL FUNDING.— 

15 ‘‘(i) TANF FUNDING.— 

16 ‘‘(I) IN GENERAL.—Notwith17 standing any other provision of law, in 

18 fiscal year 2014 and each subsequent 

19 fiscal year, a State that receives sup20 plemental nutrition assistance funds 

21 may spend, in that fiscal year to ad22 minister the work activation program 

23 of the State under this section, up 

24 to— 


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1 ‘‘(aa) 30 percent of the Fed2 eral funds available to the State 

3 through the program of block 

4 grants to States for temporary 

5 assistance for needy families es6 tablished under part A of title IV 

7 of the Social Security Act (42 

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

9 year; and 

10 ‘‘(bb) 30 percent of funds 

11 from State sources allocated to 

12 the operation of the program de13 scribed in item (aa). 

14 ‘‘(II) EFFECT.—Any State that 

15 uses State funds allocated to the pro16 gram of block grants to States for 

17 temporary assistance for needy fami18 lies established under part A of title 

19 IV of the Social Security Act (42 

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

21 work activation program under this 

22 section may count those funds for 

23 purposes of meeting the maintenance 

24 of effort requirement of the State 


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1 under that program of block grants in 

2 that fiscal year. 

3 ‘‘(ii) WORKFORCE INVESTMENT ACT

4 FUNDING.—Notwithstanding any other 

5 provision of law, in fiscal year 2014 and 

6 each subsequent fiscal year, a State that 

7 receives Federal funds under the Work8 force Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 

9 2801 et seq.) may spend up to 50 of those 

10 funds to administer the work activation 

11 program under this section.’’. 

12 (j) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

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

14 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2014) is amended— 

15 (A) in subsection (a), in the second sen16 tence, by striking ‘‘, 6(d)(2),’’; 

17 (B) in subsection (d)(14), by striking ‘‘sec18 tion 6(d)(4)(I)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 29’’; 

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

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

21 and 

22 (D) in the first sentence of subsection 

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

24 ‘‘section 29’’. 


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

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

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

4 6(o)’’. 

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

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

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

8 (B) by redesignating paragraphs (20) 

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

10 respectively. 

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

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

13 (A) in subsection (b)(4), by striking ‘‘sec14 tion 6(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 29’’; and 

15 (B) by striking subsection (h). 

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

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

18 (A) in subsection (b)— 

19 (i) in paragraph (1)(B)(iv)(III)— 

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

21 (II) by redesignating items (cc) 

22 through (jj) as items (bb) through 

23 (ii), respectively; 

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

25 second sentence; and 


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

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

3 inserting ‘‘section 29,’’; and 

4 (B) by striking subsection (g). 

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

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

7 (A) in subsection (b)— 

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

9 (ii) by redesignating paragraphs (2) 

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

11 respectively; 

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

13 (C) by redesignating subsection (g) as sub14 section (f). 

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

16 Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2031(b)) is amended by strik17 ing paragraph (4). 

18 (8) Section 26(f)(3)(E) of the Food and Nutri19 tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(f)(3)(E)) is amend20 ed by striking ‘‘(22), and (23)’’ and inserting ‘‘(21), 

21 and (22)’’. 

22 (9) Section 501(b)(2)(E) of the Workforce In23 vestment Act of 1998 (20 U.S.C. 9271(b)(2)(E)) is 

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1 lows through the end and inserting ‘‘section 29 of 

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

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

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

5 2822(b)(8)(A)(iii)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 

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

7 2015(d)(4))’’ and inserting ‘‘section 29 of the Food 

8 and Nutrition Act of 2008’’. 

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

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

11 2841(b)(2)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 

12 6(d)(4)’’ and all that follows through the end and in13 serting ‘‘section 29 of the Food and Nutrition Act 

14 of 2008;’’. 

15 SEC. 102. TERMINATION OF BENEFIT INCREASE. 

16 Section 101(a)(2) of division A of the American Re17 covery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111– 

18 5; 123 Stat. 120; 124 Stat. 2394; 124 Stat. 3265) is 

19 amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the fol20 lowing: 

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

22 this subsection shall terminate on the date of enact23 ment of the Welfare Reform Act of 2014.’’. 


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1 TITLE II—REPORTING OF 

2 MEANS-TESTED WELFARE 

3 SPENDING IN PRESIDENT’S 

4 BUDGET SUBMISSION 

5 SEC. 201. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN PRESIDENT’S 

6 BUDGET SUBMISSION. 

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

8 amended— 

9 (1) by redesignating the second paragraph des10 ignated as paragraph (37), relating to outdated or 

11 duplicative plans and reports, as added by section 11 

12 of the GPRA Modernization Act of 2010 (Public 

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

14 and 

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

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

17 spending (as defined in section 3 of the Congres18 sional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622)) by the 

19 Federal Government and the total level of means20 tested welfare spending by all State and local gov21 ernments and the Federal Government for the most 

22 recent fiscal year for which such data is available 

23 and estimated levels for the fiscal year during which 

24 the budget submission of the President is made, for 

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1 endar year during which the budget submission is 

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

3 TITLE III—AGGREGATE CAP FOR 

4 MEANS-TESTED WELFARE 

5 SPENDING 

6 SEC. 301. DEFINITION OF MEANS-TESTED WELFARE SPEND7 ING. 

8 Section 3 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

9 (2 U.S.C. 622) is amended by adding at the end the fol10 lowing new paragraph: 

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

12 spending’— 

13 ‘‘(i) means spending for any Federal pro14 gram that is designed to specifically provide as15 sistance or benefits exclusively to low-income 

16 Americans; 

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

18 the program— 

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

20 ‘‘(II) is not need-based; 

21 ‘‘(III) is a program designed exclu22 sively or primarily for veterans of military 

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1 ‘‘(IV) offers universal or near uni2 versal eligibility to the working population 

3 and their dependents; and 

4 ‘‘(iii) includes community and economic de5 velopment programs targeted to low-income 

6 communities or populations. 

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

8 spending on the following Federal programs shall be 

9 means-tested welfare spending: 

10 ‘‘(i) CASH AND GENERAL PROGRAMS.— 

11 ‘‘(I) Supplemental Security Income. 

12 ‘‘(II) Earned Income Tax Credit (Re13 fundable Portion). 

14 ‘‘(III) Refundable Child Credit. 

15 ‘‘(IV) Temporary Assistance to Needy 

16 Families. 

17 ‘‘(V) Title IV–E Foster Care. 

18 ‘‘(VI) Title IV–E Adoption Assist19 ance. 

20 ‘‘(VII) General Assistance to Indians. 

21 ‘‘(VIII) Assets for Independence. 

22 ‘‘(ii) MEDICAL.— 

23 ‘‘(I) Medicaid. 

24 ‘‘(II) State Children’s Health Insur25 ance Program. 


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1 ‘‘(III) Indian Health Services. 

2 ‘‘(IV) Consolidated Health Centers/ 

3 Community Health Centers. 

4 ‘‘(V) Maternal and Child Health. 

5 ‘‘(VI) Healthy Start. 

6 ‘‘(VII) Refundable Premiums and Out 

7 of Pocket Subsidies under the Patient Pro8 tection and Affordable Health Care Act 

9 (PPACA). 

10 ‘‘(iii) FOOD.— 

11 ‘‘(I) Food Stamps Program. 

12 ‘‘(II) School Lunch Program. 

13 ‘‘(III) Women, Infant and Children 

14 (WIC) Food Program. 

15 ‘‘(IV) School Breakfast. 

16 ‘‘(V) Child Care Food Program. 

17 ‘‘(VI) Nutrition Program for the El18 derly, Nutrition Service Incentives. 

19 ‘‘(VII) Summer Food Service Pro20 gram. 

21 ‘‘(VIII) Commodity Supplemental 

22 Food Program. 

23 ‘‘(IX) Temporary Emergency Food 

24 Program. 

25 ‘‘(X) Needy Families. 


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1 ‘‘(XI) Farmer’s Market Nutrition 

2 Program. 

3 ‘‘(XII) Special Milk Program. 

4 ‘‘(iv) HOUSING.— 

5 ‘‘(I) Section 8 Housing (HUD). 

6 ‘‘(II) Public Housing (HUD). 

7 ‘‘(III) State Housing Expenditures. 

8 ‘‘(IV) Home Investment Partnership 

9 Program (HUD). 

10 ‘‘(V) Homeless Assistance Grants 

11 (HUD). 

12 ‘‘(VI) Rural Housing Insurance Fund 

13 (Agriculture). 

14 ‘‘(VII) Rural Housing Service (Agri15 culture). 

16 ‘‘(VIII) Housing for the Elderly 

17 (HUD). 

18 ‘‘(IX) Native American Housing 

19 Block Grants (HUD). 

20 ‘‘(X) Other Assisted Housing Pro21 grams (HUD). 

22 ‘‘(XI) Housing for Persons with Dis23 abilities (HUD). 

24 ‘‘(v) ENERGY AND UTILITIES.— 


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1 ‘‘(I) Low-Income Home Energy As2 sistance. 

3 ‘‘(II) Universal Service Fund—Sub4 sidized Phone Service for Low-Income Per5 sons. 

6 ‘‘(III) Weatherization. 

7 ‘‘(vi) EDUCATION.— 

8 ‘‘(I) Pell Grants. 

9 ‘‘(II) Title I Grants to Local Edu10 cation Authorities. 

11 ‘‘(III) Special Programs for Disadvan12 taged (TRIO). 

13 ‘‘(IV) Supplemental Education Oppor14 tunity Grants. 

15 ‘‘(V) Migrant Education. 

16 ‘‘(VI) Gear-Up. 

17 ‘‘(VII) Education for Homeless Chil18 dren and Youth. 

19 ‘‘(VIII) Leveraging Educational As20 sistance Partnership (LEAP) Program. 

21 ‘‘(IX) Even Start. 

22 ‘‘(vii) TRAINING.— 

23 ‘‘(I) Job Corps. 

24 ‘‘(II) Youth Opportunity Grants 

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1 ‘‘(III) Adult Employment and Train2 ing (under the Workforce Investment Act). 

3 ‘‘(IV) Senior Community Service Em4 ployment. 

5 ‘‘(V) Food Stamp Employment and 

6 Training Program. 

7 ‘‘(VI) Migrant Training. 

8 ‘‘(VII) YouthBuild. 

9 ‘‘(VIII) Native American Training. 

10 ‘‘(viii) SERVICES.— 

11 ‘‘(I) Title XX Social Services Block 

12 Grant. 

13 ‘‘(II) Community Service Block 

14 Grant. 

15 ‘‘(III) Social Services for Refugees, 

16 Asylees, and Humanitarian Cases. 

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

18 ‘‘(V) Legal Services Block Grant. 

19 ‘‘(VI) Family Planning. 

20 ‘‘(VII) Emergency Food and Shelter. 

21 ‘‘(VIII) Healthy Marriage and Re22 sponsible Fatherhood Grants. 

23 ‘‘(IX) Americorps VISTA. 

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1 ‘‘(I) Headstart. 

2 ‘‘(II) Childcare and Child Develop3 ment Block Grant. 

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

5 Temporary Assistance to Needy Families 

6 Program). 

7 ‘‘(x) COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.— 

8 ‘‘(I) Community Development Block 

9 Grant. 

10 ‘‘(II) Economic Development Adminis11 tration. 

12 ‘‘(III) Appalachian Regional Develop13 ment. 

14 ‘‘(IV) Empowerment Zones, Enter15 prise Communities, Renewal Communities. 

16 ‘‘(V) Urban Development Block 

17 Grant. 

18 ‘‘(C) For purposes of subparagraph (A), spend19 ing on the following Federal programs shall not be 

20 means-tested welfare spending: 

21 ‘‘(i) The Social Security Disability Insur22 ance program. 

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1 ‘‘(iii) Retirement insurance benefits and 

2 survivor benefits under the Social Security pro3 gram. 

4 ‘‘(iv) Any program designed exclusively or 

5 primarily for veterans of military service. 

6 ‘‘(v) Unemployment insurance benefits. 

7 ‘‘(vi) Programs designed specifically to 

8 provide benefits to workers to compensate for 

9 job-related injuries or illnesses. 

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

11 includes the full cost of benefits and services pro12 vided under a program and the administrative costs 

13 for operating the program, subject to the limitations 

14 under subparagraph (E). 

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

16 the refundable portion of the following tax credits 

17 shall be means-tested welfare spending: 

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

19 ‘‘(bb) The child tax credit. 

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

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

22 refundable portion of the premium and out of pocket 

23 health care subsidies to be paid under the Patient 

24 Protection and Affordable Health Care Act shall be 

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1 ‘‘(III) For purposes of this clause, the term ‘re2 fundable portion’ means the portion of the credit 

3 which is paid to an individual in excess of the 

4 amount of Federal income tax owed by the indi5 vidual. 

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

7 costs of the free and reduced price segments of the 

8 school lunch and school breakfast programs shall be 

9 means-tested welfare spending. 

10 ‘‘(F) For purposes of this paragraph expendi11 tures by State and local governments of funds that 

12 are— 

13 ‘‘(i) obtained by the State and local gov14 ernment from taxes, fees, or other sources of 

15 revenue established by the State or local gov16 ernment; and 

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

18 from the Federal Government, 

19 shall not be Federal means-tested welfare spending, 

20 without regard to whether such State and local ex21 penditures take the form of contributions to a Fed22 eral program described in subparagraph (A) or listed 

23 in subparagraph (B).’’. 


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1 SEC. 302. REPORTS TO BUDGET COMMITTEES. 

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

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

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

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

6 ‘‘(B)(i) The Director shall include in each re7 port submitted to the Committees on the Budget of 

8 the House of Representatives and the Senate under 

9 subparagraph (A) the information described in 

10 clause (ii) beginning on the earlier of— 

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

12 the date of enactment of this subparagraph and 

13 after any monthly rate of unemployment during 

14 the immediately preceding fiscal year is below 6 

15 percent; or 

16 ‘‘(II) fiscal year 2016. 

17 ‘‘(ii) The Director shall include the following in18 formation for the fiscal year commencing on October 

19 1 of the year in which the report is submitted and 

20 for each of the ensuing 4 fiscal years: 

21 ‘‘(I) The Congressional Budget Office 

22 baseline level of means-tested welfare spending. 

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

24 welfare spending computed by taking the aggre25 gate level of means-tested welfare spending for 

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1 according to the procedures specified in clause 

2 (iii). 

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

4 be included under this subparagraph— 

5 ‘‘(I) means-tested welfare spending relat6 ing to medical assistance programs shall be ad7 justed for inflation according to the price index 

8 for personal consumption expenditures for 

9 health products and services as calculated by 

10 the Bureau of Economic Analysis; and 

11 ‘‘(II) all other means-tested welfare spend12 ing shall be adjusted for inflation according to 

13 the weighted price index for personal consump14 tion expenditures excluding health products and 

15 services as calculated by the Bureau of Eco16 nomic Analysis.’’. 

17 SEC. 303. CONTENT OF CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS ON 

18 THE BUDGET. 

19 Section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 

20 (2 U.S.C. 632) is amended by adding at the end the fol21 lowing: 

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

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

24 on the budget for a fiscal year shall set forth the ap25 propriate level for aggregate means-tested welfare 


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1 spending for the first fiscal year of that concurrent 

2 resolution and for at least each of the 4 ensuing fis3 cal years beginning on the earlier of— 

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

5 the date of enactment of this subsection and 

6 after any monthly rate of unemployment during 

7 the immediately preceding fiscal year is below 6 

8 percent; or 

9 ‘‘(B) fiscal year 2016. 

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

11 paragraph (1) shall not exceed the aggregate level of 

12 Federal means-tested welfare spending for fiscal 

13 year 2007, adjusted for inflation as follows: 

14 ‘‘(A) In fiscal year 2016, the sum of 

15 $825,000,000,000. 

16 ‘‘(B) In fiscal year 2017, the sum of 

17 $750,000,000,000. 

18 ‘‘(C) In fiscal year 2018 and in subsequent 

19 fiscal years, the aggregate level of Federal 

20 means-tested welfare spending for fiscal year 

21 2007, adjusted for inflation as follows: 

22 ‘‘(i) Means-tested welfare spending re23 lating to medical assistance programs shall 

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1 penditures for health products and services 

2 as calculated by the Bureau of Economic 

3 Analysis. 

4 ‘‘(ii) All other means-tested welfare 

5 spending shall be adjusted for inflation ac6 cording to the weighted price index for per7 sonal consumption expenditures excluding 

8 health products and services as calculated 

9 by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.’’. 

10 SEC. 304. ALLOCATIONS OF MEANS-TESTED WELFARE 

11 SPENDING. 

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

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

14 at the end the following: 

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

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

17 any concurrent resolution on the budget in 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 that concurrent resolution; and 

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

4 outlays for mandatory means-tested welfare 

5 spending for the first fiscal year of that concur6 rent resolution and at least each of the ensuing 

7 4 fiscal years to all other committees of the 

8 House of Representatives and the Senate that 

9 have jurisdiction over legislation providing man10 datory means-tested welfare spending. 

11 ‘‘(2) POINT OF ORDER.— 

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

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

14 the House of Representatives or the Senate to 

15 consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, 

16 or amendment between the Houses if— 

17 ‘‘(i) the enactment of such bill or res18 olution as reported; 

19 ‘‘(ii) the adoption and enactment of 

20 such amendment; 

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

22 resolution in the form recommended in 

23 such conference report; or 

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1 would cause the applicable allocation of new 

2 budget authority or outlays made under sub3 paragraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1) for a 

4 fiscal year to be exceeded. 

5 ‘‘(B) EXCEPTION.—The limits on the allo6 cation of new budget authority or outlays made 

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

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

9 average monthly unemployment rate in the pre10 ceding fiscal year exceeded 7.5 percent.’’. 

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

12 the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by 

13 striking ‘‘under subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘under sub14 sections (a) and (h)’’. 

15 SEC. 305. RECONCILIATION. 

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

17 1974 (2 U.S.C. 641(a)) is amended— 

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

19 end; 

20 (2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as para21 graph (5); 

22 (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol23 lowing: 

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

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1 means-tested welfare spending contained in laws, 

2 bills, and resolutions within the jurisdiction of a 

3 committee is to be changed and direct that com4 mittee to determine and recommend changes to ac5 complish a change of such total amount, which 

6 amount shall be the amount by which the Congres7 sional Budget Office baseline level of spending for 

8 aggregate mandatory means-tested welfare programs 

9 exceeds the allocation made pursuant to section 

10 302(h)(1)(B) for such fiscal year; and’’; and 

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

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

13 TITLE IV—GRANTS TO PROMOTE 

14 SELF-SUFFICIENCY 

15 SEC. 401. GRANTS TO STATES. 

16 (a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this title is to encour17 age States to develop policies to promote self-sufficiency 

18 and prosperity and to reduce poverty and Government de19 pendence. 

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

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1 ‘‘TITLE XXII—GRANTS TO STATES 

2 TO PROMOTE SELF-SUFFI3 CIENCY AND PROSPERITY 

4 AND TO REDUCE DEPEND5 ENCE 

6 ‘‘SEC. 2201. GRANTS TO STATES. 

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

8 grants to States to reward reductions in poverty and Gov9 ernment dependence and increases in self-sufficiency. 

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

11 fiscal year for which funds are made available under sub12 section (e), the Secretary shall make a grant in an amount 

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

14 greatest percentage increases in the self-sufficiency ratio 

15 of the State for the preceding fiscal year over the self16 sufficiency ratio of the State for fiscal year 2007, as com17 pared with the changes in that ratio for each other State, 

18 subject to subsection (c). 

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

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

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

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

23 of the State for fiscal year 2007. 

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

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

3 income, excluding receipt of means-tested welfare 

4 spending (as defined in section 3(11)(A) of the Con5 gressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 

6 1974), exceeds the poverty line (within the meaning 

7 of section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget Reconcili8 ation Act of 1981, including any revision required by 

9 such section applicable to a family of the size in10 volved). 

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

12 with respect to a State and a fiscal year— 

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

14 residing in the State during the fiscal year that 

15 are headed by able-bodied individuals who have 

16 not attained 63 years of age; divided by 

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

18 in the State during the fiscal year that are 

19 headed by able-bodied individuals who have not 

20 attained 63 years of age. 

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

22 the District of Columbia. 

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1 ized to be appropriated to the Secretary $300,000,000 for 

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

3 TITLE V—PROHIBITION ON 

4 FUNDING OF ABORTION 

5 SEC. 501. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS. 

6 No funds authorized or appropriated by Federal law, 

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

8 are authorized or appropriated by Federal law, shall be 

9 expended for any abortion. 

10 SEC. 502. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR HEALTH BENE11 FITS PLANS THAT COVER ABORTION. 

12 None of the funds authorized or appropriated by Fed13 eral law, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which 

14 funds are authorized or appropriated by Federal law, shall 

15 be expended for health benefits coverage that includes cov16 erage of abortion. 

17 SEC. 503. PROHIBITION ON TAX BENEFITS RELATING TO 

18 ABORTION. 

19 For taxable years beginning after the date of the en20 actment of this section, no credit shall be allowed under 

21 the internal revenue laws with respect to amounts paid 

22 or incurred for an abortion or with respect to amounts 

23 paid or incurred for a health benefits plan (including pre24 mium assistance) that includes coverage of abortion. 


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1 SEC. 504. CONSTRUCTION RELATING TO SEPARATE COV2 ERAGE. 

3 Nothing in this title shall be construed as prohibiting 

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

5 separate abortion coverage or health benefits coverage 

6 that includes abortion so long as such coverage is paid 

7 for entirely using only funds not authorized or appro8 priated by Federal law and such coverage shall not be pur9 chased using matching funds required for a federally sub10 sidized program, including a State’s or locality’s contribu11 tion of Medicaid matching funds. 

12 SEC. 505. CONSTRUCTION RELATING TO THE USE OF NON13 FEDERAL FUNDS FOR HEALTH COVERAGE. 

14 Nothing in this title shall be construed as restricting 

15 the ability of any non-Federal health benefits coverage 

16 provider from offering abortion coverage, or the ability of 

17 a State or locality to contract separately with such a pro18 vider for such coverage, so long as only funds not author19 ized or appropriated by Federal law are used and such 

20 coverage shall not be purchased using matching funds re21 quired for a federally subsidized program, including a 

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

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

2 INCEST, OR PRESERVING THE LIFE OF THE 

3 MOTHER. 

4 The limitations established in this title shall not apply 

5 to an abortion— 

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

7 rape or incest; or 

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

9 physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness 

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

11 woman in danger of death unless an abortion is per12 formed, including a life-endangering physical condi13 tion caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself. 

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