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for the redemption of coupons that are submitted to the
financial institution in a manner consistent with the re-
quirements, other than any requirements relating to can-
cellation of coupons, for the presentation of coupons by
financial institutions to the Federal Reserve banks.
(d) CIVIL MONEY PENALTIES AND DISQUALIFICA-
TION OF RETAIL FOOD STORES AND WHOLESALE FOOD
CONCERNS.—(1) Any approved retail food store or whole-
sale food concern may be disqualified for a specified period
of time from further participation in the coupon program
under this section, or subjected to a civil money penalty
of up to $10,000 for each violation if the Secretary deter-
mines that its disqualification would cause hardship to in-
dividuals who receive coupons, on a finding, made as speci-
fied in the regulations, that such store or concern has vio-
lated this section or the regulations issued pursuant to this
section.
(2) Disqualification under paragraph (1) shall be—
(A) for a reasonable period of time, of no less
than 6 months nor more than 5 years, upon the first
occasion of disqualification,
(B) for a reasonable period of time, of no less
than 12 months nor more than 10 years, upon the
second occasion of disqualification, and
(C) permanent upon—
(i) the third occasion of disqualification,
(ii) the first occasion or any subsequent oc-
casion of a disqualification based on the pur-
chase of coupons or trafficking in coupons by a
retail food store or wholesale food concern, ex-
cept that the Secretary shall have the discretion
to impose a civil money penalty of up to
$20,000 for each violation (except that the
amount of civil money penalties imposed for
violations occurring during a single investiga-
tion may not exceed $40,000) in lieu of dis-
qualification under this subparagraph, for such
purchase of coupons or trafficking in coupons
that constitutes a violation of this section or the
regulations issued pursuant to this section, if
the Secretary determines that there is substan-
tial evidence (including evidence that neither
the ownership nor management of the store or
food concern was aware of, approved, benefited
from, or was involved in the conduct or ap-
proval of the violation) that such store or food
concern had an effective policy and program in
effect to prevent violations of this section and
such regulations, or
H. R. 4—290
‘‘(H) teaches the importance of attaining self-sufficiency
before engaging in sexual activity.’’.
(d) SET-ASIDE.—
(1) IN
GENERAL.—Section 502(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
702(c)) is amended in the matter preceding paragraph (1) by
striking ‘‘From’’ and inserting ‘‘Except as provided in subsection
(e), from’’.
(2) SET-ASIDE.—Section 502 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 702)
is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:
‘‘(e) Of the amounts appropriated under section 501(a) for any
fiscal year, the Secretary shall set aside $75,000,000 for abstinence
education in accordance with section 501(a)(1)(E).’’.
SEC. 1110. PROVISIONS 
TO 
ENCOURAGE 
ELECTRONIC 
BENEFIT
TRANSFER SYSTEMS.
Section 904 of the Electronic Fund Transfer Act (15 U.S.C.
1693b) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘(d) In the event’’ and inserting ‘‘(d)
APPLICABILITY TO SERVICE PROVIDERS OTHER THAN CERTAIN
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS.—
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—In the event’’; and
(2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
‘‘(2) STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT ELECTRONIC BENEFIT
TRANSFER PROGRAMS.—
‘‘(A) EXEMPTION GENERALLY.—The disclosures, protec-
tions, responsibilities, and remedies established under this
title, and any regulation prescribed or order issued by
the Board in accordance with this title, shall not apply
to any electronic benefit transfer program established
under State or local law or administered by a State or
local government.
‘‘(B) EXCEPTION FOR DIRECT DEPOSIT INTO RECIPIENT’S
ACCOUNT.—Subparagraph (A) shall not apply with respect
to any electronic funds transfer under an electronic benefit
transfer program for deposits directly into a consumer
account held by the recipient of the benefit.
‘‘(C) RULE
OF
CONSTRUCTION.—No provision of this
paragraph may be construed as—
‘‘(i) affecting or altering the protections otherwise
applicable with respect to benefits established by Fed-
eral, State, or local law; or
‘‘(ii) otherwise superseding the application of any
State or local law.
‘‘(D) 
ELECTRONIC
BENEFIT
TRANSFER
PROGRAM
DEFINED.—For purposes of this paragraph, the term ‘elec-
tronic benefit transfer program’—
‘‘(i) means a program under which a government
agency distributes needs-tested benefits by establishing
accounts to be accessed by recipients electronically,
such as through automated teller machines, or point-
of-sale terminals; and
‘‘(ii) does not include employment-related pay-
ments, including salaries and pension, retirement, or
unemployment benefits established by Federal, State,
or local governments.’’.
H. R. 4—291
SEC. 1111. REDUCTION IN BLOCK GRANTS TO STATES FOR SOCIAL
SERVICES.
Section 2003(c) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397b(c))
is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph (4); and
(2) by striking paragraph (5) and inserting the following:
‘‘(5) $2,800,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1990 through
1996 and for each fiscal year after fiscal year 2002; and
‘‘(6) $2,520,000,000 for each of the fiscal years 1997 through
2002.’’.
Speaker of the House of Representatives.
Vice President of the United States and
President of the Senate.
to this title after the date the waiver would otherwise
expire.’’
(b) PLAN AMENDMENT.—Section 1902(a) of such
Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph
(61),
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (62) and inserting ‘‘; and’’, and
(3) by inserting after paragraph (62) the fol-
lowing new paragraph:
‘‘(63) provide for continuing to administer eligi-
bility standards with respect to individuals who are
(or seek to be) eligible for medical assistance based
on the application of section 1931.’’.
(c)
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—(1)
Section
1902(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(c)) is amended by
striking ‘‘if—’’ and all that follows and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘if the State requires individuals described in sub-
section (l)(1) to apply for assistance under the State pro-
gram funded under part A of title IV as a condition of
applying for or receiving medical assistance under this
title.’’.
(2) Section 1903(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(i))
is amended by striking paragraph (9).
(II) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking the 
period and inserting a semicolon; and 
(iii) by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(3) that includes demographic information 
about and characteristics of runaway or homeless 
youth, including such youth who are victims of traf-
ficking in persons or sexual exploitation; and 
‘‘(4) that does not disclose the identity of any 
runaway or homeless youth.’’; and 
(B) in subsection (b)(1)— 
(i) in the matter preceding subpara-
graph (A), by striking ‘‘13’’ and inserting 
‘‘12’’; 
(ii) in subparagraph (A), by striking 
‘‘and’’ at the end; 
(iii) by redesignating subparagraph 
(B) as subparagraph (C); 
(iv) by inserting after subparagraph 
(A) the following: 
‘‘(B) incidences, if any, of— 
‘‘(i) such individuals who are victims 
of trafficking in persons; or 
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‘‘(2) to provide nutritional risk assessments of
such women in order to provide food assistance and
nutrition education which meets their specific needs;
‘‘(3) to provide nutrition education to such
women in order to increase their awareness of the
types of foods which should be consumed to main-
tain good health;
‘‘(4) to provide food assistance, including nutri-
tious meal supplements, to such women in order to
reduce incidences of low-birthweight babies and ba-
bies born with birth defects as a result of nutritional
deficiencies;
‘‘(5) to provide food assistance, including nutri-
tious meal supplements, to such women, infants, and
young children in order to ensure their future good
health;
‘‘(6) to ensure that such women, infants, and
children are referred to other health services, includ-
ing routine pediatric and obstetric care, when nec-
essary;
‘‘(7) to ensure that children from economically
disadvantaged families in day care facilities, family
day
care
homes,
homeless
shelters,
settlement
houses, recreational centers, Head Start centers,
Even Start programs and child care facilities for
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SEC. 503. ENHANCEMENT OF MILITARY PERSONNEL AU-
THORITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE DE-
FENSE ACQUISITION WORKFORCE. 
(a) INCLUSION
OF ACQUISITION MATTERS WITHIN 
JOINT MATTERS FOR OFFICER MANAGEMENT.— 
(1) JOINT MATTERS.—Subsection (a)(1) of sec-
tion 688 of title 10, United States Code, is amend-
ed— 
(A) in subparagraph (D), by striking ‘‘or’’ 
at the end; 
(B) in subparagraph (E), by striking the 
period at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(C) by adding at the end the following new 
subparagraph: 
‘‘(E) acquisition addressed by military personnel 
acting under chapter 87 of this title.’’. 
(2) 
JOINT
DUTY
ASSIGNMENT.—Subsection 
(b)(1)(A) of such section is amended by striking ‘‘lim-
ited to assignments in which’’ and all that follows 
and inserting ‘‘limited to— 
‘‘(i) assignments in which the officer gains 
significant experience in joint matters; and 
‘‘(ii) assignments pursuant to chapter 87 of 
this title; and’’. 
(b) REQUIREMENTS
FOR MILITARY PERSONNEL
IN 
THE ACQUISITION FIELD.—
fect on the first day of the first fiscal year beginning after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
SEC. 103. OPTIONAL STATE DISREGARD OF DEPENDENT
CHILD’S INCOME.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 402(a)(8) (42 U.S.C.
602(a)(8)), as amended by subsections (c) and (e) of sec-
tion 102 of this Act, is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of clause (ix);
(2) by striking the semicolon at the end of
clause (x) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and
(3) by inserting after clause (x) the following
new clause:
‘‘(xi) at the option of the State (on a state-
wide basis or in a defined area of the State),
may disregard all or any part of the earned in-
come of a dependent child; and’’.
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by
this section shall take effect on the first day of the first
fiscal year beginning after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
SEC. 104. FAMILY STABILITY.
(a) EQUIVALENT TREATMENT OF STEPPARENT IN-
COME
AND PARENT INCOME.—Section 402(a)(31) (42
U.S.C. 602(a)(31)) is amended—
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‘‘(3)(A) The right provided to the Comptroller General 
in a clause of an agreement under paragraph (1) is limited 
as provided in subparagraph (B) in the case of a party 
to the agreement, an entity that participates in the per-
formance of the agreement, or a subordinate element of that 
party or entity if the only agreements or other transactions 
that the party, entity, or subordinate element entered into 
with Government entities in the year prior to the date of 
that agreement are cooperative agreements or transactions 
that were entered into under this section or section 2371 
of this title. 
‘‘(B) The only records of a party, other entity, or sub-
ordinate element referred to in subparagraph (A) that the 
Comptroller General may examine in the exercise of the 
right referred to in that subparagraph are records of the 
same type as the records that the Government has had the 
right to examine under the audit access clauses of the pre-
vious agreements or transactions referred to in such sub-
paragraph that were entered into by that particular party, 
entity, or subordinate element. 
‘‘(4) The head of the contracting activity that is car-
rying out the agreement may waive the applicability of the 
requirement in paragraph (1) to the agreement if the head 
of the contracting activity determines that it would not be 
in the public interest to apply the requirement to the agree-
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close missions or missions in close 
proximity to civilians in the presence 
of the air defenses found with enemy 
ground maneuver units. 
(II) The ability to effectively tar-
get and destroy moving, camouflaged, 
or dug-in troops, artillery, armor, and 
armored personnel carriers. 
(III) The ability to remain within 
visual range of friendly forces and tar-
gets to facilitate responsiveness to 
ground forces and minimize re-attack 
times. 
(IV) The ability to safely conduct 
close air support beneath low cloud 
ceilings and in reduced visibilities at 
low airspeeds in the presence of the air 
defenses found with enemy ground ma-
neuver units. 
(V) The capability to enable the 
pilot and aircraft to survive attacks 
stemming from small arms, machine 
guns, MANPADs, and lower caliber 
anti-aircraft artillery organic or at-
† HR 1735 EAS1S 
tached to enemy ground forces and ma-
neuver units. 
(VI) The ability to communicate 
effectively with ground forces and 
downed pilots, including in commu-
nications jamming or satellite-denied 
environments. 
(VII) The ability to execute the 
missions described in subclauses (I), 
(II), (III), and (IV) in a GPS- or sat-
ellite-denied environment with or with-
out sensors. 
(VIII) The ability to deliver mul-
tiple lethal firing passes and sustain 
long 
loiter 
endurance 
to 
support 
friendly forces throughout extended 
ground engagements. 
(IX) The ability to operate from 
unprepared dirt, grass, and narrow 
road runways and to generate high 
sortie rates under these austere condi-
tions. 
(ii) Identification and assessment of 
gaps in the ability of existing and pro-
grammed mission platforms in providing
† HR 1735 EAS1S 
fied for the upgraded Littoral Combat Ship, which is 
proposed to commence with LCS 33. 
‘‘(7) A Littoral Combat Ship mission module ac-
quisition strategy to reach the total acquisition quan-
tity of each mission module. 
‘‘(8) A cost and schedule plan to outfit Flight 0 
and Flight 0+ Littoral Combat Ships with capabili-
ties identified for the upgraded Littoral Combat Ship. 
‘‘(9) A current Test and Evaluation Master Plan 
for the Littoral Combat Ship Mission Modules, ap-
proved by the Director of Operational Test and Eval-
uation, which includes the performance levels expected 
to be demonstrated during developmental testing for 
each component and mission module prior to com-
mencing the associated operational test phase.’’. 
SEC. 117. CONSTRUCTION OF ADDITIONAL ARLEIGH BURKE 
DESTROYER. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of the Navy may 
enter into a contract beginning with the fiscal year 2016 
program year for the procurement of one Arleigh Burke 
class destroyer in addition to the ten DDG–51s in the fiscal 
year 2013 through 2017 multiyear procurement contract or 
for one DDG–51 in fiscal year 2018. The Secretary may 
employ incremental funding for such procurement.
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SEC. 113. CONTINUATION OF TITLE TO LANDS AND PROP-
ERTY.
(a) CONTINUATION OF TITLE TO LANDS OF DIS-
TRICT OF COLUMBIA.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The State and its political
subdivisions shall have and retain title or jurisdic-
tion for purposes of administration and maintenance
to all property, real and personal, with respect to
which title or jurisdiction for purposes of adminis-
tration and maintenance is held by the territory of
the District of Columbia on the day before the State
is admitted into the Union.
(2) CONVEYANCE
OF
INTEREST
IN
CERTAIN
BRIDGES
AND
TUNNELS.—On the day before the
State is admitted into the Union, the District of Co-
lumbia shall convey to the United States any and all
interest of the District of Columbia in any bridge or
tunnel that will connect the Commonwealth of Vir-
ginia with the District of Columbia after the admis-
sion of the State into the Union.
(b) CONTINUATION OF FEDERAL TITLE TO PROP-
ERTY IN STATE.—The United States shall have and retain
title or jurisdiction for purposes of administration and
maintenance to all property in the State with respect to
which the United States holds title or jurisdiction on the
day before the State is admitted into the Union, including
(B)) by a percentage amount determined appro-
priate by the Secretary beginning in the month
following any month in which the State agency
has failed to receive—
‘‘(I) written verification that each
child in the family under 6 years of age
has been immunized and has received well-
baby and well-child care in accordance with
guidelines issued by the Surgeon General
of the Public Health Service; or
‘‘(II) notice of a medical justification
that would exempt the child or children
from receiving such care; and
‘‘(ii) the State shall end the reduction of
payment under clause (i) beginning in the
month following the month in which the State
agency receives the required verification; and
‘‘(B) aid under the plan to a family shall
be increased by a bonus payment equal to the
percentage amount determined by the Secretary
under subparagraph (A) in the month following
a month in which the State agency receives ver-
ification that each such child has received the
immunizations and care described in subpara-
graph (A)(i).’’.
(1) marriage is the foundation of a successful
society;
(2) marriage is an essential social institution
which promotes the interests of children and society
at large;
(3) the negative consequences of an out-of-wed-
lock birth on the child, the mother, and society are
well documented as follows:
(A)
the
illegitimacy
rate
among
black
Americans was 26 percent in 1965, but today
the rate is 68 percent and climbing;
(B)
the
illegitimacy
rate
among
white
Americans has risen tenfold, from 2.29 percent
in 1960 to 22 percent today;
(C) the total of all out-of-wedlock births
between 1970 and 1991 has risen from 10 per-
cent to 30 percent and if the current trend con-
tinues, 50 percent of all births by the year 2015
will be out-of-wedlock;
(D) 3⁄4 of illegitimate births among whites
are to women with a high school education or
less;
(E) the 1-parent family is 6 times more
likely to be poor than the 2-parent family;
(F) children born into families receiving
welfare assistance are 3 times more likely than
children not born into families receiving welfare
to be on welfare when they reach adulthood;
(G) teenage single parent mothering is the
single biggest contributor to low birth weight
babies;
(H) children born out-of-wedlock are more
likely to experience low verbal cognitive attain-
ment, child abuse, and neglect;
(I) young people from single parent or
stepparent families are 2 to 3 times more likely
to have emotional or behavioral problems than
those from intact families;
(J) young white women who were raised in
a single parent family are more than twice as
likely to have children out-of-wedlock and to be-
come parents as teenagers, and almost twice as
likely to have their marriages end in divorce, as
are children from 2-parent families;
(K) the younger the single parent mother,
the less likely she is to finish high school;
(L) young women who have children before
finishing high school are more likely to receive
welfare assistance for a longer period of time;
(M) between 1985 and 1990, the public
cost of births to teenage mothers under the aid
to families with dependent children program,
the food stamp program, and the medicaid pro-
gram has been estimated at $120,000,000,000;
(N) the absence of a father in the life of
a child has a negative effect on school perform-
ance and peer adjustment;
(O) the likelihood that a young black man
will engage in criminal activities doubles if he
is raised without a father and triples if he lives
in a neighborhood with a high concentration of
single parent families; and
(P) the greater the incidence of single par-
ent families in a neighborhood, the higher the
incidence of violent crime and burglary; and
(4) in light of this demonstration of the crisis
in our Nation, the reduction of out-of-wedlock births
is an important government interest and the policy
contained in provisions of this title address the
crisis.
SEC. 101. BLOCK GRANTS TO STATES.
Title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601
et seq.) is amended by striking part A, except sections
403(h) and 417, and inserting the following:
‘‘PART A—BLOCK GRANTS TO STATES FOR
TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES
‘‘SEC. 401. PURPOSE.
‘‘The purpose of this part is to increase the flexibility
of States in operating a program designed to—
‘‘(1) provide assistance to needy families so that
the children in such families may be cared for in
their homes or in the homes of relatives;
‘‘(2) end the dependence of needy parents on
government benefits by promoting work and mar-
riage; and
‘‘(3) discourage out-of-wedlock births.
‘‘SEC. 402. ELIGIBLE STATES; STATE PLAN.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—As used in this part, the term
‘eligible State’ means, with respect to a fiscal year, a State
that, during the 3-year period immediately preceding the
fiscal year, has submitted to the Secretary a plan that in-
cludes the following:
‘‘(1) OUTLINE
OF
FAMILY
ASSISTANCE
PRO-
GRAM.—A written document that outlines how the
State intends to do the following:
‘‘(A) Conduct a program designed to—
‘‘(i) provide cash benefits to needy
families with children; and
‘‘(ii) provide parents of children in
such families with work experience, assist-
I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1907 
To reauthorize trade facilitation and trade enforcement functions and 
activities, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 21, 2015 
Mr. TIBERI introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Homeland 
Security, Foreign Affairs, Financial Services, and the Judiciary, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To reauthorize trade facilitation and trade enforcement 
functions and activities, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Trade Facilitation and Trade Enforcement Act of 2015’’. 
(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Definitions. 
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