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Union Calendar No. 496 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2959 
[Report No. 114–644] 
To prevent States from counting certain expenditures as State spending 
to reduce TANF work requirements. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JULY 7, 2015 
Mrs. NOEM introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee 
on Ways and Means 
JUNE 28, 2016 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed 
[Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed in italic] 
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 7, 2015] 
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A BILL 
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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 ‘‘TANF Accountability 
and Integrity Improvement Act’’. 
SEC. 2. LIMIT ON COUNTING OF NONGOVERNMENTAL 
THIRD-PARTY CONTRIBUTIONS AS QUALIFIED 
STATE SPENDING TO MEET STATE SPENDING 
REQUIREMENT. 
(a) LIMIT
ON COUNTING THIRD-PARTY CONTRIBU-
TIONS.—Section 409(a)(7)(B)(i) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 609(a)(7)(B)(i)) is amended by adding at the 
end the following: 
‘‘(VI) LIMIT
ON
COUNTING
OF 
THIRD-PARTY
CONTRIBUTIONS.—Such 
term shall not include the amount (if 
any) by which— 
‘‘(aa) the value of all goods 
and services provided by a source 
other than the State or a local 
government during the fiscal year; 
exceeds 
‘‘(bb) the value of all such 
goods and services claimed by the 
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State as qualified State expendi-
tures for fiscal year 2016.’’. 
(b) EXCLUSION OF EXPENDITURES FOR THE PROVI-
SION OF MEDICAL SERVICES.—Section 409(a)(7)(B)(i) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 609(a)(7)(B)(i)), as amended by sub-
section (a) of this section, is amended by adding at the end 
the following: 
‘‘(VII) EXCLUSION
OF
EXPENDI-
TURES FOR THE PROVISION OF MED-
ICAL SERVICES.—Such term shall not 
include any amount expended for the 
provision of medical services.’’. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on 
October 1, 2016. 
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Union Calendar No. 496 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 2959 
[Report No. 114–644] 
A BILL 
To prevent States from counting certain expendi-
tures as State spending to reduce TANF work 
requirements. 
JUNE 28, 2016 
Reported with an amendment, committed to the Com-
mittee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, 
and ordered to be printed 
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