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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 513
To replace the program of aid to families with dependent children and
the job opportunities and basic skills training program with a program
of block grants to States for families with dependent children, and
for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 13, 1995
Mrs. MEYERS of Kansas (for herself, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr. GOSS, Mr. SOLOMON,
Mr. SCHAEFER, Mr. WICKER, Mr. STUMP, and Mr. WALSH) introduced
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and
Means and, in addition, to the Committee on Economic and Educational
Opportunities, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker,
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the juris-
diction of the committee concerned
A BILL
To replace the program of aid to families with dependent
children and the job opportunities and basic skills train-
ing program with a program of block grants to States
for families with dependent children, and for other pur-
poses.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Welfare and Teenage
Pregnancy Reduction Act’’.
SEC. 2. BLOCK GRANTS TO STATES FOR FAMILIES WITH DE-
PENDENT CHILDREN.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title IV of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 601–617) is amended by striking part A (ex-
cept sections 403(h) and 417) and inserting the following:
‘‘PART A—BLOCK GRANTS TO STATES FOR FAMILIES WITH
DEPENDENT CHILDREN
‘‘SEC. 401. ENTITLEMENT.
‘‘For grants to which States meeting the require-
ments of this part are entitled, there is authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary for each fiscal year an
amount equal to—
‘‘(1) 103 percent of the aggregate amount of
Federal outlays under part A of this title, other than
under section 403(l), (as in effect immediately before
the effective date of this part) for fiscal year 1994;
plus
‘‘(2) 100 percent of the aggregate amount of
Federal outlays under such section 403(l) for fiscal
year 1993.
‘‘SEC. 402. APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.
‘‘To be entitled to a grant under this part for a fiscal
year, a State must, not later than June 30 of the imme-
diately preceding fiscal year, submit to the Secretary an
application which describes the State program to assist
families with dependent children (which may include job
training and work programs for such families), including
the goals and objectives of the program.
‘‘SEC. 403. BLOCK GRANT.
‘‘The Secretary shall make a grant for a fiscal year
to each State that meets the requirement of section 402
for the fiscal year in an amount equal to—
‘‘(1) 103 percent of the amount paid to the
State under part A of this title, other than under
section 403(l), (as in effect immediately before the
effective date of this part) for fiscal year 1994; plus
‘‘(2) 100 percent of the amount paid to the
State under such section 403(l) for fiscal year 1993.
‘‘SEC. 404. USE OF FUNDS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each State to which a grant is
made under section 403 for a fiscal year shall use the
grant to carry out the State program to assist families
with dependent children.
‘‘(b) PROHIBITIONS.—Each State to which a grant
is made under section 403 for a fiscal year shall not use
any Federal funds provided to carry out the State pro-
gram to assist families with dependent children, to provide
assistance during the fiscal year with respect to a depend-
ent child if—
‘‘(1) the mother or father of the dependent
child has not attained 19 years of age; or
‘‘(2) the paternity or maternity of the depend-
ent child has not been established.
‘‘(c) SPECIAL RULE.—During a period not exceeding
1 year from the date a family with a dependent child
moves to a State to which a grant is made under section
403 for a fiscal year from another State, the State may—
‘‘(1) apply the same rules as apply with respect
to any other dependent child in the State, in provid-
ing assistance with respect to the dependent child
under the State program to assist families with
dependent children; or
‘‘(2) treat the dependent child in the same man-
ner as such other State would have treated the de-
pendent child if the dependent child had not moved
from such other State.
‘‘SEC. 405. DEFINITION OF DEPENDENT CHILD.
‘‘As used in this part, the term ‘dependent child’
means an individual who—
‘‘(1) is needy, as determined by the State in
which the child resides;
‘‘(2) has been deprived of parental support or
care due to the death, continued absence from the
home (other than absence occasioned solely due to
the performance of active duty in the uniformed
services of the United States), or physical or mental
incapacity of a parent;
‘‘(3) is living with the individual’s father, moth-
er, grandfather, grandmother, brother, sister, step-
father, stepmother, stepbrother, stepsister, uncle,
aunt, first cousin, nephew, or niece, in a place of
residence maintained by 1 or more of such relatives
as his, her, or their home; and
‘‘(4) is—
‘‘(A) not more than 18 years of age; or
‘‘(B) at the option of the State—
‘‘(i) not more than 19 years of age;
and
‘‘(ii) a full-time student in a second-
ary school (or in the equivalent level of vo-
cational or technical training) who may
reasonably be expected to complete the
program of the secondary school (or the
training) before attaining 19 years of
age.’’.
‘‘SEC. 406. ANNUAL REPORTS.
‘‘Not later than 6 months after the end of each fiscal
year for which a State is made a grant under section 403,
the State shall submit to the Secretary a report which con-
tains—
‘‘(1) a statement of the average number of fam-
ilies with dependent children in the State during the
fiscal year, and of the number of such families to
which assistance was provided under State programs
funded under this part during the fiscal year;
‘‘(2) in absolute and in percentage terms, the
extent to which there has been an increase or de-
crease, during the fiscal year and since the effective
date of this part, in—
‘‘(A) teen pregnancies in the State;
‘‘(B) births of children immediately eligible
for assistance through the State program of as-
sistance to families with dependent children;
‘‘(C) families to whom such assistance has
been terminated due to the gainful employment
of 1 or more members of the family; and
‘‘(D) absent parents who contribute finan-
cially to the support of families receiving such
assistance; and
‘‘(3) the extent to which the State has met the
goals and objectives set forth in the application for
the grant.
‘‘SEC. 407. WITHHOLDING OF BLOCK GRANT.
‘‘Notwithstanding any other provision of this part,
beginning 4 years after the effective date of this part, the
Secretary may suspend or withhold for any period a por-
tion or all of a grant to a State for a fiscal year under
this part if, after reviewing the State reports submitted
pursuant to section 406, the Secretary determines that the
State program of assistance to families with dependent
children during the immediately preceding fiscal year has
not adequately met the needs of the families.’’.
(b) REPEAL OF JOBS PROGRAM.—Part F of title IV
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 681–687) is hereby repealed.
(c) TRANSFER OF PROVISION PROVIDING FOR PEN-
ALTIES FOR SUBSTANTIAL NONCOMPLIANCE WITH STATE
PLAN FOR CHILD AND SPOUSAL SUPPORT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 403(h) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 603(h)) is hereby transferred to section
455 of such Act, inserted after subsection (b) of
such section 455, and redesignated as subsection (c).
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(A) Section 455(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
655(c)), as added by paragraph (1) of this sub-
section, is amended—
(i) in paragraph (1)—
(I) by striking ‘‘part D’’ and in-
serting ‘‘this part’’; and
(II) by striking ‘‘such part’’ and
inserting ‘‘this part’’; and
(ii) by striking paragraph (3).
(B) Section 452(a)(4) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 652(a)(4)) is amended—
(i) by striking ‘‘403(h)(1)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘455(c)(1)’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘403(h)(2)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘455(c)(2)’’.
(C) Section 452 of such Act (42 U.S.C.
652) is amended, in each of subsections (a)(4),
(d)(3)(A), (g)(1), and (g)(3)(A), by striking
‘‘403(h)’’ and inserting ‘‘455(c)’’.
(d) TRANSFER OF PROVISION PROVIDING FOR AS-
SISTANT SECRETARY FOR FAMILY SUPPORT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 417 of such Act (42
U.S.C. 617) is hereby transferred to section 452 of
such Act, added at the end of such section 452, and
redesignated as subsection (j).
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 452(j)
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 652(j)), as added by para-
graph (1) of this subsection, is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘ASSISTANT
SECRETARY
FOR FAMILY SUPPORT’’; and
(B) by striking ‘‘programs under this part,
part D, and part F’’ and inserting ‘‘program
under this part’’.
(e) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments and repeal
made by this section shall take effect on October 1, 1995.
(f) REFERENCES IN OTHER LAWS.—Any reference in
any law, regulation, document, paper, or other record of
the United States to part A or F of title IV of the Social
Security Act, or to a provision of law contained in either
such part, shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be
considered to be a reference to such part A or F, or such
provision, as in effect immediately before October 1, 1995.
SEC. 3. REDUCTION OF FEDERAL AFDC ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS.
(a) COST-REDUCTION
REQUIREMENT.—The Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services shall, using any au-
thorities otherwise available, take such actions as may be
necessary to ensure that, for each fiscal year that begins
12 months or more after the date of the enactment of this
Act, the total administrative costs of the program de-
scribed in part A of title IV of the Social Security Act
shall not exceed 50 percent of the total administrative
costs of that program (as then in effect) for fiscal year
1994.
(b) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 1
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services shall submit a writ-
ten report to Congress describing—
(1) the actions which have been or will be taken
in order to achieve timely compliance with subsection
(a);
(2) the procedures and criteria used in deter-
mining what actions to take, including the reasons
why each such action was chosen;
(3) the savings anticipated from each action de-
scribed under paragraph (1); and
(4) the methodologies and assumptions used in
connection with any computations under this section.
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