I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1135 
To provide information on total spending on means-tested welfare programs, 
to provide additional work requirements, and to provide an overall spend-
ing limit on means-tested welfare programs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 16, 2011 
Mr. JORDAN (for himself, Mr. SCOTT of South Carolina, Mr. GARRETT, Mr. 
BURTON of Indiana, and Mr. GOHMERT) introduced the following bill; 
which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addi-
tion to the Committees on Agriculture, the Budget, Rules, and Energy 
and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speak-
er, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the ju-
risdiction of the committee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide information on total spending on means-tested 
welfare programs, to provide additional work require-
ments, and to provide an overall spending limit on 
means-tested welfare programs. 
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 Reform Act 
of 2011’’. 
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SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
The table of contents of this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title. 
Sec. 2. Table of contents. 
TITLE I—TANF REFORMS 
Sec. 101. Short title. 
Sec. 102. Elimination of temporary modification of the caseload reduction cred-
it. 
Sec. 103. Reduction in funding of State family assistance grants. 
TITLE II—WORK REQUIREMENTS FOR THE FOOD STAMP 
PROGRAM 
Sec. 201. Restoration of Act short title and references to the food stamp pro-
gram. 
Sec. 202. Amendments. 
Sec. 203. Termination of benefit increase. 
TITLE III—REPORTING OF MEANS-TESTED WELFARE SPENDING 
IN PRESIDENT’S BUDGET SUBMISSION 
Sec. 301. Additional information in President’s budget submission. 
TITLE IV—AGGREGATE CAP FOR MEANS-TESTED WELFARE 
SPENDING 
Sec. 401. Definition of means-tested welfare spending. 
Sec. 402. Reports to budget committees. 
Sec. 403. Content of concurrent resolutions on the budget. 
Sec. 404. Allocations of means-tested welfare spending. 
Sec. 405. Reconciliation. 
TITLE V—GRANTS TO PROMOTE SELF-SUFFICIENCY 
Sec. 501. Grants to States. 
TITLE VI—PROHIBITION ON FUNDING OF ABORTION 
Sec. 601. Prohibition on funding for abortions. 
Sec. 602. Prohibition on funding for health benefits plans that cover abortion. 
Sec. 603. Prohibition on tax benefits relating to abortion. 
Sec. 604. Construction relating to separate coverage. 
Sec. 605. Construction relating to the use of non-Federal funds for health cov-
erage. 
Sec. 606. Treatment of abortions related to rape, incest, or preserving the life 
of the mother. 
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TITLE I—TANF REFORMS 
SEC. 101. SHORT TITLE. 
This title may be cited as the ‘‘Welfare Reform Res-
toration Act’’. 
SEC. 102. ELIMINATION OF TEMPORARY MODIFICATION OF 
THE CASELOAD REDUCTION CREDIT. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 407(b)(3)(A)(i) of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 607(b)(3)(A)(i)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘(or if the immediately preceding fiscal year 
is fiscal year 2008, 2009, or 2010, then, at State option, 
during the emergency fund base year of the State with 
respect to the average monthly assistance caseload of the 
State (within the meaning of section 403(c)(9)), except 
that, if a State elects such option for fiscal year 2008, 
the emergency fund base year of the State with respect 
to such caseload shall be fiscal year 2007))’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 2101 of 
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 
(123 Stat. 448–449; Public Law 111–5) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by striking ‘‘, except 
that paragraph (9) of such subsection shall remain 
in effect until October 1, 2011, but only with respect 
to section 407(b)(3)(A)(i) of such Act’’; and 
(2) by striking subsection (d)(2). 
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SEC. 103. REDUCTION IN FUNDING OF STATE FAMILY AS-
SISTANCE GRANTS. 
Section 403(a)(1)(C) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 603(a)(1)(C)) is amended by striking ‘‘2003 
$16,566,542,000’’ and inserting ‘‘2011 and each suc-
ceeding fiscal year $15,566,042,000, notwithstanding any 
other provision of law’’. 
TITLE II—WORK REQUIREMENTS 
FOR THE FOOD STAMP PRO-
GRAM 
SEC. 201. RESTORATION OF ACT SHORT TITLE AND REF-
ERENCES TO THE FOOD STAMP PROGRAM. 
Effective on the date of the enactment of this Act, 
the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et 
seq.), and each provision of law amended by section 4001 
or 4002 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 
2008 (Public Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 1651), are restored 
as if sections 4001 and 4002 of the Food, Conservation, 
and Energy Act of 2008 had not been enacted. 
SEC. 202. AMENDMENTS. 
(a) DECLARATION
OF POLICY.—Section 2 of the 
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011) is 
amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘Congress further finds that it should also be the goal 
of the food stamp program to increase employment, to en-
courage healthy marriage, and to promote prosperous self- 
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sufficiency which shall mean the ability of households to 
maintain an income above the poverty level without Gov-
ernment services and benefits.’’. 
(b) DEFINITIONS.—Section 3 of the Food and Nutri-
tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(w) ABLE-BODIED, WORK-ELIGIBLE ADULT.—The 
term ‘able-bodied, work-eligible adult’ means an individual 
who— 
‘‘(1) is more than 18, and less than 63, years 
of age; 
‘‘(2) is not physically or mentally capable of 
work; and 
‘‘(3) is not the full-time caretaker of a disabled 
adult dependent. 
‘‘(x) NOT PHYSICALLY OR MENTALLY CAPABLE OF 
WORK.—The term ‘not physically or mentally capable of 
work’ shall mean an individual— 
‘‘(1) who currently receives benefits from the 
Supplemental Security Income program or another 
program that provides recurring benefits to individ-
uals because the individual is disabled and unable to 
work; or 
‘‘(2) who has been medically certified as phys-
ically or mentally incapable of work and who has a 
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credible pending application for enrollment in the 
Supplemental Security Income program or another 
program that provides recurring benefits to individ-
uals because the individual is disabled and unable to 
work. 
‘‘(y) FAMILY WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN.—The 
term ‘family with dependent children’ means a unit con-
sisting of a family head, one or more dependent children, 
and in some cases, the married spouse of the family head, 
all of whom share meals and reside within a single house-
hold. There may be more than one family with dependent 
children within a single household. 
‘‘(z) FAMILY
HEAD.—The term ‘family head’ 
means— 
‘‘(1) a biological parent who is lawfully present 
in the United States and resides within a household 
with one or more dependent children who are bio-
logical offspring; or 
‘‘(2) in the absence of a biological parent, a 
step parent, guardian, or adult relative who resides 
with and provides care to the child or the children 
and is lawfully present in the United States. 
‘‘(aa) FAMILY
UNIT.—The term ‘family unit’ 
means— 
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‘‘(1) an adult residing without dependent chil-
dren; 
‘‘(2) a single-headed family with dependent chil-
dren; or 
‘‘(3) a married couple family with dependent 
children. 
‘‘(bb) MARRIED COUPLE FAMILY WITH DEPENDENT 
CHILDREN.—The term ‘married couple family with de-
pendent children’ means a family with dependent children 
which has both a family head and the married spouse of 
the family head residing with the family. 
‘‘(cc) MARRIED SPOUSE OF THE FAMILY HEAD.— 
The term ‘married spouse of the family head’ means the 
lawfully married spouse of the family head who resides 
with the family head and dependent children and is law-
fully present in the United States. 
‘‘(dd) MEMBER OF A FAMILY.—The term ‘member 
of a family’ means the family head, married spouse if 
present, and all dependent children within a family with 
dependent children. 
‘‘(ee) MONTHLY
POTENTIAL
WORK
ACTIVATION 
POPULATION.—The term ‘monthly potential work activa-
tion population’ means the sum of— 
‘‘(1) all able bodied work eligible individuals 
without dependents who have received food stamp 
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benefits and who have maintained less than 60 
hours of paid employment during a month; 
‘‘(2) all work eligible single-headed families with 
dependent children which have received food stamp 
benefits during the month and have maintained less 
than 120 hours of paid employment by the family 
head during the month; and 
‘‘(3) all work eligible married couples with de-
pendent children which have received food stamp 
benefits during the month and have maintained less 
than 120 combined hours of paid employment be-
tween the family head and the married spouse, 
summed together and counted jointly, during the 
month. 
‘‘(ff) 
MONTHLY
WORK
ACTIVATION
PARTICI-
PANTS.—The term ‘monthly work activation participants’ 
means the sum of— 
‘‘(1) all able bodied work eligible individuals 
without dependents who have received food stamp 
benefits and who have maintained— 
‘‘(A) less than 60 hours of paid employ-
ment during a month; and 
‘‘(B) more than 60 hours of combined paid 
employment and work activation activity during 
the month; 
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‘‘(2) all work eligible single-headed families with 
dependent children which have received food stamp 
benefits during the month and contain a family head 
who has maintained— 
‘‘(A) less than 120 hours of paid employ-
ment during the month; and 
‘‘(B) more than 120 hours of combined 
paid employment and work activation activity 
during the month; and 
‘‘(3) all work eligible married couples with de-
pendent children which have received food stamp 
benefits during the month, and have maintained— 
‘‘(A) less than 120 combined hours of paid 
employment between the family head and the 
spouse, summed together and counted jointly, 
during the month; and 
‘‘(B) more than 120 hours of combined 
paid employment and work activation activity 
between the family head and the married 
spouse, summed together and counted jointly, 
during the month. 
‘‘(gg) SINGLE-HEADED FAMILY WITH DEPENDENT 
CHILDREN.—The term ‘single-headed family with depend-
ent children’ means a family with dependent children 
which contains a family head residing with the family but 
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does not have a married spouse of the family head residing 
with the family. 
‘‘(hh) SUPERVISED JOB SEARCH.—The term ‘super-
vised job search’ means a job search program which has 
the following characteristics: 
‘‘(1) The job search occurs at an official loca-
tion where the recipient’s presence and activity can 
be directly observed, supervised, and monitored. 
‘‘(2) The recipient’s entry, time on site, and 
exit from the official job search location are recorded 
in a manner which prevents fraud. 
‘‘(3) The recipient is expected to remain and 
undertake job search activities at the job search cen-
ter except for brief, authorized departures for speci-
fied off-site interviews. 
‘‘(4) The amount of time the recipient is ob-
served and monitored engaging in job search at the 
official location is recorded for purposes of compli-
ance with section 29. 
‘‘(ii) WORK ACTIVATION.—The term ‘work activa-
tion’ means— 
‘‘(1) supervised job search; 
‘‘(2) community service activities; 
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‘‘(3) education and job training for individuals 
who are family heads or married spouses of family 
heads; 
‘‘(4) workfare under section 20; or 
‘‘(5) drug or alcohol treatment. 
‘‘(jj) WORK ACTIVATION RATIO.—The term ‘work ac-
tivation ratio’ means the number of work activation par-
ticipants in a given month divided by the potential work 
activation population for the same month. 
‘‘(kk) WORK ACTIVITIES.—The term ‘work activities’ 
means paid employment, work activation, or a combination 
of both paid employment and work activation. 
‘‘(ll) WORK ELIGIBLE FAMILY UNIT.—The term 
‘work eligible family unit’ means— 
‘‘(1) an able-bodied, work eligible adult without 
dependent children; 
‘‘(2) a work eligible single-headed family with 
dependent children; or 
‘‘(3) a work eligible married couple family with 
dependent children. 
‘‘(mm) WORK ELIGIBLE ADULT WITHOUT DEPEND-
ENT CHILDREN.—The term ‘work eligible adult without 
dependent children’ means an individual who— 
‘‘(1) is an able-bodied work eligible individual; 
and 
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‘‘(2) is not a family head or the married spouse 
of a family head. 
‘‘(nn) WORK ELIGIBLE MARRIED COUPLE FAMILY 
WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN.—The term ‘work eligible 
married couple family with dependent children’ means a 
married couple with dependent children which contains at 
least one work eligible able-bodied adult who is— 
‘‘(1) the family head; or 
‘‘(2) the married spouse of the family head. 
‘‘(oo) WORK ELIGIBLE SINGLE HEADED FAMILY 
WITH DEPENDENT CHILDREN.—The term ‘work eligible 
single headed family with dependent children’ means a sin-
gle headed family with dependent children which has a 
family head who is an able bodied work eligible adult.’’. 
(c) CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION.—Section 6(d) of 
the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(d)) 
is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(d) CONDITIONS OF PARTICIPATION.— 
‘‘(1) WORK REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—No able-bodied work 
eligible adult shall be eligible to participate in 
the food stamp program if the individual— 
‘‘(i) refuses, at the time of application 
and every 12 months thereafter, to register 
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for employment in a manner prescribed by 
the Secretary; 
‘‘(ii) refuses without good cause to ac-
cept an offer of employment, at a site or 
plant not subject to a strike or lockout at 
the time of the refusal, at a wage not less 
than the higher of— 
‘‘(I) the applicable Federal or 
State minimum wage; or 
‘‘(II) 80 percent of the wage that 
would have governed had the min-
imum 
hourly 
rate 
under 
section 
6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards 
Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206 (a)(1)) 
been applicable to the offer of employ-
ment; 
‘‘(iii) refuses without good cause to 
provide a State agency with sufficient in-
formation to allow the State agency to de-
termine the employment status or the job 
availability of the individual; or 
‘‘(iv) voluntarily— 
‘‘(I) quits a job; or 
‘‘(II) reduces work effort and, 
after the reduction, the individual is 
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working less than 30 hours per week, 
unless another adult in the same fam-
ily unit increases employment at the 
same time by an amount equal to the 
reduction in work effort by the first 
adult. 
‘‘(B) FAMILY UNIT INELIGIBILITY.—If an 
able-bodied work eligible adult is ineligible to 
participate in the food stamp program because 
of subparagraph (A), then no other member of 
the family unit to which that adult belongs shall 
be eligible to participate. 
‘‘(C) DURATION
OF
INELIGIBILITY.—An 
able-bodied work eligible adults who becomes in-
eligible under subparagraph (A), and members 
of the family unit who become ineligible under 
subparagraph (B), shall remain ineligible for 
three months after the date at which they be-
came ineligible. 
‘‘(D) RESTORATION OF ELIGIBILITY.—At 
the end of three months of ineligibility under 
subsection (c), members of a work eligible fam-
ily unit may have their eligibility to participate 
in the food stamp program restored, if— 
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‘‘(i) the family unit is no longer work 
eligible family unit; or 
‘‘(ii) the adult members of the family 
unit begin and maintain any combination 
of paid employment and work activation 
sufficient to meet the appropriate stand-
ards for resumption of benefits in section 
29(c)(2). 
‘‘(2) STRIKE
AGAINST
A
GOVERNMENT.—For 
the purpose of subparagraph (A)(iv), an employee of 
the Federal Government, a State, or a political sub-
division of a State, who is dismissed for partici-
pating in a strike against the Federal Government, 
the State, or the political subdivision of the State 
shall be considered to have voluntarily quit without 
good cause. 
‘‘(3) STRIKING
WORKERS
INELIGIBLE.—Not-
withstanding any other provision of law, no member 
of a family unit shall participate in the food stamp 
program at any time that any able-bodied work eligi-
ble adult member of such household is on strike as 
defined in the Labor Management Relations Act, 
1947 (29 U.S.C. 142(2)), because of a labor dispute 
(other than a lockout) as defined in section 2(9) of 
the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 
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152(9)): Provided, That a family unit shall not lose 
its eligibility to participate in the food stamp pro-
gram as a result of one of its members going on 
strike if the household was eligible immediately prior 
to such strike, however, such family unit shall not 
receive an increased allotment as the result of a de-
crease in the income of the striking member or 
members of the household: Provided further, That 
such ineligibility shall not apply to any family unit 
that does not contain a member on strike, if any of 
its members refuses to accept employment at a plant 
or site because of a strike or lockout.’’. 
(d) TERMINATION OF FUNDING.—Section 6 of the 
Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015) is 
amended by striking subsection (h). 
(e) ELIGIBILITY OF STUDENTS WITH DEPENDENT 
CHILDREN.—Section 6(e)(8) of the Food and Nutrition 
Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(e)(8)) is amended to read 
as follows: 
‘‘(8) is enrolled full-time in an institution of 
higher education, as determined by the institution, 
and— 
‘‘(A) is a single parent with responsibility 
for the care of a dependent child under 12 
years of age; or 
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‘‘(B) is a family head or married spouse of 
a family head in a married couple family with 
dependent children and has a dependent child 
under age 12 residing in the home.’’. 
(f) WORK REQUIREMENT.—Section 6(o) of the Food 
and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(o)) is amended 
to read as follows: 
‘‘(o) FULFILLMENT OF EMPLOYMENT AND WORK 
ACTIVATION REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If an adult or adults within 
a work eligible family unit are required by the State 
agency to participate in work activation under sec-
tion 29, no member of the family unit shall be eligi-
ble for food stamp benefits unless the employment 
and work activation standards for the family unit 
are fulfilled. 
‘‘(2) SANCTIONS AND RESUMPTION OF BENE-
FITS.—If an adult or adults within a work eligible 
family unit who are required by the State agency to 
participate in work activation under section 29 dur-
ing a given month, fail to fulfill the work activation 
standards, benefits for all members of the family 
unit will be terminated in accordance with section 
29(c)(1) and may be resumed upon compliance with 
the provisions of section 29(c)(2).’’. 
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(g) EXCLUSION.—Section 6 of the Food and Nutri-
tion Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(r) MINOR CHILDREN.—No child less than age 18 
years of age may participate in the food stamp program 
unless that child is a member of a family with dependent 
children and resides with an adult who is— 
‘‘(1) the family head of the same family of 
which the child is also a member; 
‘‘(2) eligible to participate, and is participating, 
in the food stamp program as a member of the same 
household as the child; and 
‘‘(3) lawfully residing, and is eligible to work, in 
the United States.’’. 
(h) 
HEARING
AND
DETERMINATION.—Section 
11(e)(10) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 
U.S.C. 2020(e)(10)) is amended by striking ‘‘: Provided’’ 
and all that follows through ‘‘hearing;’’, and inserting a 
semicolon. 
(i) WORK REQUIREMENTS AND ACTIVATION PRO-
GRAM.—The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 
2011 et seq.) by adding at the end the following: 
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‘‘SEC. 29. WORK REQUIREMENTS AND ACTIVATION PRO-
GRAM. 
‘‘(a) EMPLOYMENT AND WORK ACTIVATION STAND-
ARDS.—Family units with adult members that are re-
quired to participate in work activation under section 
29(b) during a full month of participation in the food 
stamp program shall be expected to fulfill the following 
levels of work activity during that month: 
‘‘(1) Each able-bodied work eligible adult with-
out dependent children shall be required to perform 
work activities for at least 60 hours per month. 
‘‘(2) Each family head of a work eligible single- 
headed family with dependent children shall be re-
quired to perform work activities for at least 120 
hours per month. 
‘‘(3) In each work eligible married couple family 
with dependent children, the family head and mar-
ried spouse shall be required to perform work activi-
ties which when added together for the two adults 
equal at least 120 hours per month: Provided, That 
the 120 hour requirement shall be a single joint obli-
gation for the married couple as a whole in which 
the activities of both married partners shall be com-
bined together and counted jointly. 
‘‘(A) For purposes of meeting this require-
ment the paid employment and work activation 
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of the family head shall be added to the paid 
employment and work activation of the married 
spouse, and the requirement shall be fulfilled as 
long as the sum of the work activities of the 
two individuals when added together equals or 
exceeds 120 hours per month. 
‘‘(B) The work requirement for married 
couple with dependent children may be fulfilled 
by— 
‘‘(i) 120 or more hours of work activ-
ity by the family head; 
‘‘(ii) 120 or more hours of work ac-
tivities by the married spouse; or 
‘‘(iii) the combined work activities of 
the family head and married spouse which 
when added together equal or exceed 120 
hours. 
‘‘(C) Neither the family head nor the mar-
ried spouse in a married couple with dependent 
children shall be subject to a separate work ac-
tivation requirement as individuals. 
‘‘(b) PRO RATA REDUCTION IN EMPLOYMENT AND 
WORK
ACTIVATION
STANDARD
DURING
A
PARTIAL 
MONTH.— 
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‘‘(1) A work eligible family unit shall be subject 
to a pro-rated work activity standard, if the family 
unit— 
‘‘(A) receives a pro-rated monthly allot-
ment during the initial month of enrollment 
under section 8(c); and 
‘‘(B) is required by the State to participate 
in the work activation program during that 
month. 
‘‘(2) The pro-rated work activity standard shall 
be a number of hours of work activity having a value 
which bears the same ratio to the employment and 
work activation requirement for that family unit for 
a full month under subsection (a) as the ratio of the 
pro-rated monthly allotment received by the house-
hold for the partial month under section 8(c) bears 
to the full allotment the same household would re-
ceive for a complete month. 
‘‘(3) For purposes of fulfilling the pro-rated 
work activity requirement during an initial month of 
enrollment in the food stamp program, only those 
hours of adult work activity which occurred during 
the portion of the month in which the family unit 
was participating in the food stamp program shall 
be counted. 
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‘‘(c) SANCTION FOR NONCOMPLIANCE.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—If a member or members of 
a work eligible family unit are required to partici-
pate in the work activation program under sub-
section (e) in a given calendar month and the indi-
vidual or individuals fail to fulfill the work activity 
standard under subsection (a) or (b) for that month, 
then no member of the family unit shall be eligible 
to receive food stamp benefits during the subsequent 
calendar month. 
‘‘(A) ADMINISTRATION OF SANCTION.—If 
a member or members of a work eligible family 
unit is required to participate in the work acti-
vation program under subsection (e) in a given 
calendar month and the individual or individ-
uals fail to fulfill the work activity standard for 
that month, then the State agency must elimi-
nate the food stamp benefit payment for all 
members of the family unit that otherwise 
would have been issued at the beginning of the 
next month except as provided in subparagraph 
(B). 
‘‘(B) ADMINISTRATIVE
DELAY
OF
SANC-
TION.—If it is administratively infeasible for 
the State to eliminate the food stamp benefit 
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would be issued at the beginning of the first 
month after the month of noncompliance, then 
the State must eliminate the payment to all 
members of the family unit that otherwise 
would have been made at the beginning of the 
second month after the month of noncompli-
ance: Provided, That the sanction of benefits 
must occur no later than 32 days after the end 
of the month of noncompliance, and: Provided 
further, That at least one monthly payment to 
all members of the family unit must be elimi-
nated for each month of noncompliance under 
paragraph (1). 
‘‘(2) RESUMPTION OF BENEFITS AFTER SANC-
TION.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If a family unit has 
had its monthly benefit eliminated due to non-
compliance with a work activity requirement 
under subsection (b) then the family unit shall 
not be eligible to receive future benefits under 
the food stamp program, until—— 
‘‘(i) the work eligible member or mem-
bers of the family unit have participated in 
the work activation program under sub-
section (e) for four consecutive subsequent 
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weeks and fulfilled the work activity stand-
ard for the family unit for that same four 
week period; or 
‘‘(ii) the family unit no longer con-
tains any able bodied work eligible adults. 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION.—The resumed benefits 
cannot restore or compensate for the benefits 
that were eliminated due to the sanction im-
posed in subsection (c)(1). 
‘‘(d) WORK ACTIVATION IS NOT EMPLOYMENT.— 
Participation in work activation activities under this sec-
tion shall not be deemed employment and shall not be sub-
ject to any law pertaining to wages, compensation, hours, 
or conditions of employment under any law administered 
by the Department of Labor. 
‘‘(e) WORK ACTIVATION PROGRAM.— 
‘‘(1) PROGRAM.—States will run a work activa-
tion program. 
‘‘(2) PURPOSE.—The goal of the program shall 
be to increase the employment of work eligible able- 
bodied adult food stamp recipients. To accomplish 
this goal, each State shall require able-bodied adult 
food stamp recipients who are unemployed or under- 
employed to engage in work activation. 
‘‘(3) TARGET WORK ACTIVATION RATIOS.— 
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‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Commencing no later 
than six months after the effective date of this 
section, the State shall engage able-bodied food 
stamp recipients in work activation each month 
in sufficient numbers to meet the following 
monthly target work activation ratios: 
‘‘(i) In 2012 the monthly target work 
activation ratio shall be 4 percent. 
‘‘(ii) In 2013 and in subsequent years 
the monthly target work activation ratio 
shall be 7 percent. 
‘‘(B) LIMITATION
ON
EDUCATION
AND 
TRAINING AS A COMPONENT OF WORK ACTIVA-
TION.—For purposes of compliance by the 
State with the work activation ratios, not more 
than 20 percent of the monthly work activation 
participants counted by the State may be en-
gaged in employment and training as a means 
of fulfilling their employment and work activa-
tion standards. 
‘‘(4) 
WORK
ACTIVATION
PRIORITY
POPU-
LATIONS.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In operating the work 
activation program, States shall give priority to 
participation by the following recipient groups: 
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‘‘(i) Work eligible adults without de-
pendent children. 
‘‘(ii) Work eligible adults who are also 
recipients of housing assistance. 
‘‘(iii) Other work eligible recipients at 
the time of initial application for benefits. 
‘‘(B) PARTICIPATION
SHARE.—Except as 
provided in paragraph (C), at least 80 percent 
of the participants in work activation should be-
long to the three priority groups listed in para-
graph (A). 
‘‘(C) EXCEPTION.—The numeric require-
ment in paragraph (B) shall not pertain if the 
number of recipients in the three priority 
groups in paragraph is insufficient to meet that 
requirement, but in those circumstances, the 
State will continue to give priority to any recipi-
ents who belong to the three priority groups. 
‘‘(5) REIMBURSABLE
EXPENSES
OF
PARTICI-
PANTS.— 
‘‘(A) The State agency shall provide pay-
ments or reimbursements to participants in 
work activation carried out under this section 
for— 
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‘‘(i) the actual costs of transportation 
and other actual costs (other than depend-
ent care costs) that are reasonably nec-
essary and directly related to participation 
in the work activation components of the 
program; and 
‘‘(ii) the actual costs of such depend-
ent care expenses that are determined by 
the State agency to be necessary for the 
participation of an individual in the work 
activation components of the program 
(other than an individual who is the care-
taker relative of a dependent in a family 
receiving benefits under part A of title IV 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 
et seq.) in a local area where an employ-
ment, training, or education program 
under title IV of such Act (42 U.S.C. 601 
et seq.) is in operation), except that no 
such payment or reimbursement shall ex-
ceed the applicable local market rate. 
‘‘(B) In lieu of providing reimbursements 
for dependent care expenses under clause (i), a 
State agency may, at its option, arrange for de-
pendent care through providers by providing 
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vouchers to the household allowing the recipient 
to choose between all lawful providers. The 
value of the voucher shall not exceed the aver-
age local market rate. 
‘‘(C) The value of any dependent care serv-
ices provided for or arranged under paragraph 
(1) or (2), or any amount received as a pay-
ment or reimbursement under (1), shall— 
‘‘(i) not be treated as income for the 
purposes of any other Federal or federally 
assisted program that bases eligibility for, 
or the amount of benefits on, need; and 
‘‘(ii) not be claimed as an employ-
ment-related expense for the purposes of 
the credit provided under section 21 of 
title 26. 
‘‘(6) PENALTIES FOR INADEQUATE STATE PER-
FORMANCE.—If, in a given month, a State fails to 
engage food stamp recipients in work activation in 
sufficient numbers to meet or exceed the appropriate 
work activation ratio provided in subsection (e)(3), 
the Federal food stamp funding provided to the 
State in a subsequent penalty month will be reduced 
as follows: Provided, That, the month in which the 
State failed to engage food stamp recipients in work 
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activation in sufficient numbers to meet or exceed 
the appropriate target work activation ratio shall be 
designated the non-performance month, and: Pro-
vided further, That the month in which the State is 
penalized shall be designated the penalty month: 
‘‘(A) The penalty month shall be no later 
than four months after the non-performance 
month. 
‘‘(B) The amount of Federal food stamp 
funding the State shall receive for the penalty 
month shall equal the amount of Federal food 
stamp funds the State would otherwise have re-
ceived multiplied by a fraction equaling— 
‘‘(i) the actual monthly work activa-
tion ratio achieved by the State in the pen-
alty month; divided by 
‘‘(ii) the target monthly work activa-
tion ratio for the penalty month. 
‘‘(7) REWARDS TO STATES FOR REDUCING GOV-
ERNMENT DEPENDENCE.—If, in any future year, a 
State reduces its food stamp caseload below the lev-
els which existed in calendar year 2006, the State 
shall receive a financial reward for reducing depend-
ence. 
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‘‘(A) The reward shall equal one quarter of 
the savings to the Federal Government for that 
year that resulted from the caseload reduction. 
‘‘(B) The State may use its reward fund-
ing for any purpose it chooses that provides 
benefits or services to individuals with incomes 
below 200 percent of the Federal poverty level, 
improves social outcomes in low income popu-
lations, encourages healthy marriage, or in-
creases self-sufficiency and reduces dependence. 
‘‘(8) AUTHORIZATION OF FUNDING.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In fiscal year 2012, 
and in each subsequent fiscal year there is au-
thorized to be appropriated $2,500,000,000 to 
be provided to State governments for the pur-
pose of administering a work activation pro-
gram in accordance with this section. 
‘‘(B) ALLOCATION
AMONG
STATES.—The 
sum provided in subparagraph (A) shall be allo-
cated to the States in proportion to each State’s 
share of total funding for the food stamp pro-
gram under this Act in fiscal year 2007.’’. 
(j) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—The Food and Nu-
trition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) is amended— 
(1) in section 5— 
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(A) in subsection (a) by striking ‘‘, 
6(d)(2),’’, 
(B) in subsection (d)(14) by striking 
‘‘6(d)(4)(I)’’ and inserting ‘‘29’’, 
(C) in subsection (e)(3)(B)(iii) by striking 
‘‘section (d)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 29’’, 
and 
(D) in the 1st sentence of subsection 
(g)(3) by striking ‘‘6(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘29’’, 
(2) in section 7(i)(2) by striking ‘‘6(o)(2)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘6(o)’’, 
(3) in section 11(e) by striking paragraph (19), 
(4) in section 16— 
(A) in subsection (b)(4) by striking ‘‘6(d)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘29’’, and 
(B) by striking subsection (h), 
(5) in section 17— 
(A) in subsection (b)— 
(i) in paragraph (1)(B)(iv)(III) by 
striking item (bb), 
(ii) in paragraph (2) by striking the 
2d sentence, and 
(iii) in paragraph (3)(B) by striking 
‘‘6(d)’’ and inserting ‘‘29,’’, and 
(B) by striking subsection (g), 
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(6) in section 20— 
(A) in subsection (b)— 
(i) by striking paragraph (1), and 
(ii) by redesignating paragraphs (2) 
through (6) as paragraphs (1) through (5), 
respectively, and 
(B) by striking subsection (f), and 
(7) in section 22(b) by striking paragraph (4). 
SEC. 203. TERMINATION OF BENEFIT INCREASE. 
Section 101(a)(2) of division A of the American Re-
covery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111– 
5; 123 Stat. 120), as amended by section 442 of Public 
Law 111–296 (124 Stat. 3183, 3265), is amended by 
striking ‘‘after October 31, 2013’’ and inserting ‘‘on the 
date of the enactment of the Welfare Reform Act of 
2011’’. 
TITLE 
III—REPORTING 
OF 
MEANS-TESTED 
WELFARE 
SPENDING 
IN 
PRESIDENT’S 
BUDGET SUBMISSION 
SEC. 301. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN PRESIDENT’S 
BUDGET SUBMISSION. 
Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is 
amended by adding at the end the following new para-
graph: 
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‘‘(37) the total level of spending on means-test-
ed welfare programs by the Federal Government and 
the total level of spending on means-tested welfare 
programs by all State and local governments and the 
Federal Government for the most recent fiscal year 
for which such data is available and estimated levels 
for the fiscal year during which the budget submis-
sion of the President is made, for the fiscal year be-
ginning on October 1 of the calendar year during 
which the budget submission is made, and for each 
of the nine ensuing fiscal years, and for purposes of 
this paragraph, means-tested welfare programs shall 
mean those programs defined in section 501 of the 
Welfare Reform Act of 2011.’’. 
TITLE IV—AGGREGATE CAP FOR 
MEANS-TESTED 
WELFARE 
SPENDING 
SEC. 401. DEFINITION OF MEANS-TESTED WELFARE SPEND-
ING. 
Section 3 of the Congressional Budget and Impound-
ment Control Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the 
end the following new paragraph: 
‘‘(11)(A) 
The 
term 
‘means-tested 
welfare 
spending’ refers to any Federal program that is de-
signed to specifically provide assistance or benefits 
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exclusively to low-income Americans, but is not such 
a program if it— 
‘‘(i) is based on earned eligibility; 
‘‘(ii) is not need-based; 
‘‘(iii) is a program designed exclusively or 
primarily for veterans of military service; or 
‘‘(iv) offers universal or near universal eli-
gibility to the working population and their de-
pendents. 
Community and economic development programs 
targeted to low income communities or populations 
shall be considered means-tested welfare programs 
for purposes of this paragraph. 
‘‘(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the 
following Federal programs shall be considered to be 
means-tested welfare spending: 
‘‘(i) CASH AND GENERAL PROGRAMS.— 
‘‘(I) Supplemental Security Income. 
‘‘(II) Earned Income Tax Credit (Re-
fundable Portion). 
‘‘(III) Refundable Child Credit. 
‘‘(IV) Temporary Assistance to Needy 
Families. 
‘‘(V) Title IV–E Foster Care. 
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‘‘(VI) Title IV–E Adoption Assist-
ance. 
‘‘(VII) General Assistance to Indians. 
‘‘(VIII) Assets for Independence. 
‘‘(ii) MEDICAL.— 
‘‘(I) Medicaid. 
‘‘(II) State Children’s Health Insur-
ance Program. 
‘‘(III) Indian Health Services. 
‘‘(IV) Consolidated Health Centers/ 
Community Health Centers. 
‘‘(V) Maternal and Child Health. 
‘‘(VI) Healthy Start. 
‘‘(VII) Refundable Premiums and Out 
of Pocket Subsidies under the Patient Pro-
tection and Affordable Health Care Act 
(PPACA). 
‘‘(iii) FOOD.— 
‘‘(I) Food Stamps Program. 
‘‘(II) School Lunch Program. 
‘‘(III) Women, Infant and Children 
(WIC) Food Program. 
‘‘(IV) School Breakfast. 
‘‘(V) Child Care Food Program. 
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‘‘(VI) Nutrition Program for the El-
derly, Nutrition Service Incentives. 
‘‘(VII) Summer Food Service Pro-
gram. 
‘‘(VIII) 
Commodity 
Supplemental 
Food Program. 
‘‘(IX) Temporary Emergency Food 
Program. 
‘‘(X) Needy Families. 
‘‘(XI) Farmer’s Market Nutrition 
Program. 
‘‘(XII) Special Milk Program. 
‘‘(iv) HOUSING.— 
‘‘(I) Section 8 Housing (HUD). 
‘‘(II) Public Housing (HUD). 
‘‘(III) State Housing Expenditures. 
‘‘(IV) Home Investment Partnership 
Program (HUD). 
‘‘(V) Homeless Assistance Grants 
(HUD). 
‘‘(VI) Rural Housing Insurance Fund 
(Agriculture). 
‘‘(VII) Rural Housing Service (Agri-
culture). 
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‘‘(VIII) Housing for the Elderly 
(HUD). 
‘‘(IX) 
Native 
American 
Housing 
Block Grants (HUD). 
‘‘(X) Other Assisted Housing Pro-
grams (HUD). 
‘‘(XI) Housing for Persons with Dis-
abilities (HUD). 
‘‘(v) ENERGY AND UTILITIES.— 
‘‘(I) Low Income Home Energy As-
sistance. 
‘‘(II) Universal Service Fund—Sub-
sidized Phone Service for Low Income Per-
sons. 
‘‘(III) Weatherization. 
‘‘(vi) EDUCATION.— 
‘‘(I) Pell Grants. 
‘‘(II) Title I Grants to Local Edu-
cation Authorities. 
‘‘(III) Special Programs for Disadvan-
taged (TRIO). 
‘‘(IV) Supplemental Education Oppor-
tunity Grants. 
‘‘(V) Migrant Education. 
‘‘(VI) Gear-Up. 
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‘‘(VII) Education for Homeless Chil-
dren and Youth. 
‘‘(VIII) Leveraging Educational As-
sistance Partnership (LEAP) Program. 
‘‘(IX) Even Start. 
‘‘(vii) TRAINING.— 
‘‘(I) Job Corps. 
‘‘(II) 
Youth 
Opportunity 
Grants 
(under the Workforce Investment Act). 
‘‘(III) Adult Employment and Train-
ing (under the Workforce Investment Act). 
‘‘(IV) Senior Community Service Em-
ployment. 
‘‘(V) Food Stamp Employment and 
Training Program. 
‘‘(VI) Migrant Training. 
‘‘(VII) YouthBuild. 
‘‘(VIII) Native American Training. 
‘‘(viii) SERVICES.— 
‘‘(I) Title XX Social Services Block 
Grant. 
‘‘(II) 
Community 
Service 
Block 
Grant. 
‘‘(III) Social Services for Refugees, 
Asylees, and Humanitarian Cases. 
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‘‘(IV) Title III Aging Americans Act. 
‘‘(V) Legal Services Block Grant. 
‘‘(VI) Family Planning. 
‘‘(VII) Emergency Food and Shelter. 
‘‘(VIII) Healthy Marriage and Re-
sponsible Fatherhood Grants. 
‘‘(IX) Americorps VISTA. 
‘‘(ix) CHILD CARE AND CHILD DEVELOP-
MENT.— 
‘‘(I) Headstart. 
‘‘(II) Childcare and Child Develop-
ment Block Grant. 
‘‘(III) Child Care Block Grant (under 
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families 
Program). 
‘‘(x) COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.— 
‘‘(I) Community Development Block 
Grant. 
‘‘(II) Economic Development Adminis-
tration. 
‘‘(III) Appalachian Regional Develop-
ment. 
‘‘(IV) Empowerment Zones, Enter-
prise Communities, Renewal Communities. 
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‘‘(V) 
Urban 
Development 
Block 
Grant. 
‘‘(C) For purposes of this paragraph, the term 
‘means-tested welfare spending’ shall not include— 
‘‘(i) the Social Security Disability Insur-
ance program; 
‘‘(ii) Medicare; 
‘‘(iii) retirement insurance benefits and 
survivor benefits under the Social Security pro-
gram; 
‘‘(iv) any program designed exclusively or 
primarily for veterans of military service; 
‘‘(v) unemployment insurance benefits pro-
vided under Title K; and 
‘‘(vi) programs designed specifically to pro-
vide benefits to workers to compensate for job- 
related injuries or illnesses. 
‘‘(D) For purposes of this paragraph, the term 
‘spending on means-tested welfare programs’ shall 
mean the full cost of benefits and services provided 
by the program, as well as the administrative costs 
for operating the program, subject to the limitations 
in subparagraph (E). 
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‘‘(E)(i) For purposes of this paragraph only the 
refundable portion of the following tax credits shall 
be counted as means-tested welfare expenditures: 
‘‘(I) The earned income tax credit. 
‘‘(II) The child tax credit. 
‘‘(III) The making work pay tax credit. 
‘‘(ii) For purposes of this paragraph only the 
refundable portion of the premium and out of pocket 
health care subsidies to be paid under the Patient 
Protection and Affordable Health Care Act shall be 
counted as means-tested welfare expenditures; the 
refundable portion of these subsidies shall mean the 
portion of the credit which is paid to an individual 
in excess of the amount of Federal income tax owed 
by the individual. 
‘‘(iii) For purposes of this paragraph only the 
costs of the free and reduced price segments of the 
school lunch and school breakfast programs shall be 
included. 
‘‘(F) For purposes of this paragraph expendi-
tures by state and local governments of funds that 
are: 
‘‘(i) obtained by the State and local gov-
ernment from taxes, fees, or other sources of 
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revenue established by the State or local gov-
ernment; and 
‘‘(ii) not received as any form of grant 
from the Federal Government, 
shall not be considered as Federal means-tested wel-
fare spending even if such state and local expendi-
tures take the form of contributions to Federal pro-
grams listed or defined in subparagraphs (A) and 
(B).’’. 
SEC. 402. REPORTS TO BUDGET COMMITTEES. 
Section 202(e)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act 
of 1974 is amended by inserting ‘‘(A)’’ after ‘‘(1)’’ and 
by inserting at the end the following new subparagraph: 
‘‘(B) Beginning with the first fiscal year that 
begins after the date of enactment of this subsection 
and after any monthly rate of unemployment during 
the immediately preceding fiscal year is below 6.5 
percent, the Director shall include in each report 
submitted to the Committees on the Budget of the 
House of Representatives and the Senate under sub-
paragraph (A) the following information for the fis-
cal year commencing on October 1 of the year in 
which the report is submitted and for each of the en-
suing 4 fiscal years: 
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‘‘(i) The Congressional Budget Office base-
line level of Federal spending for aggregate 
means-tested welfare programs. 
‘‘(ii) The aggregate level of Federal means- 
tested welfare spending computed by taking the 
aggregate level of means-tested welfare spend-
ing for fiscal year 2007 and adjusting that for 
inflation using the Consumer Price Index for 
All Urban Consumers, U.S. City Average, All 
Items, Not Seasonally Adjusted (CPI–U), as 
computed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, 
for all fiscal years occurring after fiscal year 
2007 and before the applicable fiscal year.’’. 
SEC. 403. CONTENT OF CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS ON 
THE BUDGET. 
Section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 
is amended by adding at the end the following new sub-
section: 
‘‘(j) MEANS-TESTED WELFARE SPENDING.—Begin-
ning with the first fiscal year that begins after the date 
of enactment of this subsection and after any monthly rate 
of unemployment during the immediately preceding fiscal 
year is below 6.5 percent, the concurrent resolution on the 
budget for the applicable fiscal year shall set forth the ap-
propriate level for aggregate means-tested welfare spend-
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ing for the first fiscal year of that concurrent resolution 
and for at least each of the 4 ensuing fiscal years. Such 
level shall not exceed the aggregate level of Federal means- 
tested welfare spending for fiscal year 2007, adjusted for 
inflation using the Consumer Price Index for All Urban 
Consumers, U.S. City Average, All Items, Not Seasonally 
Adjusted (CPI–U), as computed by the Bureau of Labor 
Statistics, for all fiscal years occurring after fiscal year 
2007 and before the applicable fiscal year.’’. 
SEC. 404. ALLOCATIONS OF MEANS-TESTED WELFARE 
SPENDING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 302 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the 
following new subsection: 
‘‘(h) MEANS-TESTED WELFARE SPENDING LIMIT.— 
‘‘(1) FURTHER
DIVISION
OF
AMOUNTS.—For 
any concurrent resolution on the budget for which 
levels for aggregate means-tested welfare spending 
are set forth under section 301(j), in the House of 
Representatives and the Senate, the amounts allo-
cated under subsection (a) shall be further divided 
to establish an allocation of— 
‘‘(A) total new budget authority and total 
outlays for discretionary means-tested welfare 
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spending in appropriation measures for the first 
fiscal year of the resolution on the budget; and 
‘‘(B) total new budget authority and total 
outlays for mandatory means-tested welfare 
spending for the first fiscal year of the resolu-
tion on the budget and at least each of the en-
suing 4 fiscal years to all other committees of 
the House of Representatives and the Senate 
that have jurisdiction over legislation providing 
mandatory means-tested welfare spending. 
‘‘(2) POINT
OF
ORDER.—It shall not be in 
order in the House of Representatives or the Senate 
to consider any bill, joint resolution, or amendment 
if— 
‘‘(A) the enactment of such bill or resolu-
tion as reported; 
‘‘(B) the adoption and enactment of such 
amendment; or 
‘‘(C) the enactment of such bill or resolu-
tion in the form recommended in such con-
ference report, 
would cause the applicable allocation of new budget 
authority or outlays made under subparagraph (A) 
or (B) of paragraph (1) for a fiscal year to be ex-
ceeded.’’. 
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(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 302(b) of 
the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by 
striking ‘‘under subsection (a)’’ and inserting ‘‘under sub-
sections (a) and (h)’’. 
SEC. 405. RECONCILIATION. 
Section 310(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974 is amended as follows: 
(1) Strike ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph (3) and 
strike the period at the end of paragraph (4) and in-
sert ‘‘; and’’. 
(2) Redesignate paragraph (4) as paragraph 
(5), and in paragraph (5) as redesignated, strike 
‘‘and (3)’’ and insert ‘‘(3), and (4)’’. 
(3) After paragraph (3), insert the following 
new paragraph: 
‘‘(4) specify the total amount by which new 
budget authority for such fiscal year for mandatory 
means-tested welfare spending contained in laws, 
bills, and resolutions within the jurisdiction of a 
committee is to be changed and direct that com-
mittee to determine and recommend changes to ac-
complish a change of such total amount, which 
amount shall be the amount by which the Congres-
sional Budget Office baseline level of spending for 
aggregate mandatory means-tested welfare programs 
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exceeds the allocation made pursuant to section 
302(h)(1)(B) for such fiscal year.’’. 
TITLE V—GRANTS TO PROMOTE 
SELF-SUFFICIENCY 
SEC. 501. GRANTS TO STATES. 
(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this title is to encour-
age States to develop policies to promote self-sufficiency 
and prosperity and to reduce poverty and government de-
pendence. 
(b) GRANTS.—The Social Security Act is amended by 
adding at the end the following: 
‘‘TITLE XXII—GRANTS TO STATES 
TO 
PROMOTE 
SELF-SUFFI-
CIENCY 
AND 
PROSPERITY 
AND TO REDUCE DEPEND-
ENCE 
‘‘SEC. 2201. GRANTS TO STATES. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary may provide 
grants to States to reward reductions in poverty and gov-
ernment dependence and increases in self-sufficiency. 
‘‘(b) ALLOCATION OF GRANTS TO STATES.—For each 
fiscal year for which funds are made available under sub-
section (e), the Secretary shall make a grant in an amount 
equal to $100,000,000 to each of the 3 States with the 
greatest percentage increases in the self-sufficiency ratio 
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of the State for the preceding fiscal year over the self- 
sufficiency ratio of the State for fiscal year 2007, as com-
pared with the changes in that ratio for each other State, 
subject to subsection (c). 
‘‘(c) LIMITATION ON ELIGIBILITY FOR GRANTS.—A 
State shall not be eligible for a grant under this title for 
a fiscal year unless the self-sufficiency ratio of the State 
for the fiscal year is greater than the self-sufficiency ratio 
of the State for fiscal year 2007. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITIONS.—In this title: 
‘‘(1) The term ‘self-sufficient family’ means a 
family (including a 1-person family) whose combined 
income, excluding receipt of means-tested welfare 
spending (as defined in section 3(11)(A) of the Con-
gressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 
1974), exceeds the poverty line (within the meaning 
of section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget Reconcili-
ation Act of 1981, including any revision required by 
such section applicable to a family of the size in-
volved). 
‘‘(2) The term ‘self-sufficiency ratio’ means, 
with respect to a State and a fiscal year— 
‘‘(A) the number of self-sufficient families 
residing in the State during the fiscal year that 
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are headed by able-bodied individuals who have 
not attained 63 years of age; divided by 
‘‘(B) the total number of families residing 
in the State during the fiscal year that are 
headed by able-bodied individuals who have not 
attained 63 years of age. 
‘‘(3) The term ‘State’ means the 50 States and 
the District of Columbia. 
‘‘(e) LIMITATIONS ON AUTHORIZATION OF APPRO-
PRIATIONS.—For grants under this title, there are author-
ized to be appropriated to the Secretary $300,000,000 for 
fiscal year 2012 and each succeeding fiscal year.’’. 
TITLE VI—PROHIBITION ON 
FUNDING OF ABORTION 
SEC. 601. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS. 
No funds authorized or appropriated by Federal law, 
and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds 
are authorized or appropriated by Federal law, shall be 
expended for any abortion. 
SEC. 602. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR HEALTH BENE-
FITS PLANS THAT COVER ABORTION. 
None of the funds authorized or appropriated by Fed-
eral law, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which 
funds are authorized or appropriated by Federal law, shall 
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be expended for health benefits coverage that includes cov-
erage of abortion. 
SEC. 603. PROHIBITION ON TAX BENEFITS RELATING TO 
ABORTION. 
For taxable years beginning after the date of the en-
actment of this section, no credit shall be allowed under 
the internal revenue laws with respect to amounts paid 
or incurred for an abortion or with respect to amounts 
paid or incurred for a health benefits plan (including pre-
mium assistance) that includes coverage of abortion. 
SEC. 604. CONSTRUCTION RELATING TO SEPARATE COV-
ERAGE. 
Nothing in this title shall be construed as prohibiting 
any individual, entity, or State or locality from purchasing 
separate abortion coverage or health benefits coverage 
that includes abortion so long as such coverage is paid 
for entirely using only funds not authorized or appro-
priated by Federal law and such coverage shall not be pur-
chased using matching funds required for a federally sub-
sidized program, including a State’s or locality’s contribu-
tion of Medicaid matching funds. 
SEC. 605. CONSTRUCTION RELATING TO THE USE OF NON- 
FEDERAL FUNDS FOR HEALTH COVERAGE. 
Nothing in this title shall be construed as restricting 
the ability of any non-Federal health benefits coverage 
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provider from offering abortion coverage, or the ability of 
a State or locality to contract separately with such a pro-
vider for such coverage, so long as only funds not author-
ized or appropriated by Federal law are used and such 
coverage shall not be purchased using matching funds re-
quired for a federally subsidized program, including a 
State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid matching 
funds. 
SEC. 606. TREATMENT OF ABORTIONS RELATED TO RAPE, 
INCEST, OR PRESERVING THE LIFE OF THE 
MOTHER. 
The limitations established in this title shall not apply 
to an abortion— 
(1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of 
rape or incest; or 
(2) in the case where a woman suffers from a 
physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness 
that would, as certified by a physician, place the 
woman in danger of death unless an abortion is per-
formed, including a life-endangering physical condi-
tion caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself. 
Æ 
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