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Union Calendar No. 353 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4724 
[Report No. 114–462] 
To repeal the program of block grants to States for social services. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 10, 2016 
Mr. BRADY of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
MARCH 23, 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 March 10, 2016] 
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A BILL 
To repeal the program of block grants to States for social 
services. 
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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 ‘‘Reducing Duplicative 
and Ineffective Federal Funding Act’’. 
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF THE PROGRAM OF BLOCK GRANTS TO 
STATES FOR SOCIAL SERVICES. 
(a) REPEALS.—Sections 2001 through 2007 of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397–1397f) are repealed. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
(1) Section 404(d) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 604(d)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘any or 
all of the following provisions of law:’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘The’’ and inserting ‘‘the’’; 
(B) in paragraph (3)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘RULES’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘any amount paid’’ and in-
serting ‘‘RULES.—Any amount paid’’; 
(ii) by striking ‘‘a provision of law 
specified in paragraph (1)’’ and inserting 
‘‘the Child Care and Development Block 
Grant Act of 1990’’; and 
(iii) by striking subparagraph (B); 
and 
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(C) by striking paragraph (2) and redesig-
nating paragraph (3) as paragraph (2). 
(2) Section 422(b) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 622(b)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (1)(A)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘administers or super-
vises’’ and inserting ‘‘administered or su-
pervised’’; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘subtitle 1 of title XX’’ 
and inserting ‘‘subtitle A of title XX (as in 
effect before the repeal of such subtitle)’’; 
and 
(B) in paragraph (2), by striking ‘‘under 
subtitle 1 of title XX,’’. 
(3) Section 471(a) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 671(a)) is amended— 
(A) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘, under 
subtitle 1 of title XX of this Act,’’; and 
(B) in paragraph (8), by striking ‘‘XIX, or 
XX’’ and inserting ‘‘or XIX’’. 
(4) Section 472(h)(1) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 672(h)(1)) is amended by striking the 2nd 
sentence. 
(5) Section 473(b) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 673(b)) is amended— 
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(A) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘(3)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(2)’’; 
(B) in paragraph (4), by striking ‘‘para-
graphs (1) and (2)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph 
(1)’’; and 
(C) by striking paragraph (2) and redesig-
nating paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs 
(2) and (3), respectively. 
(6) Section 504(b)(6) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 704(b)(6)) is amended in each of subpara-
graphs (A) and (B) by striking ‘‘, XIX, or XX’’ and 
inserting ‘‘or XIX’’. 
(7) Section 1101(a)(1) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1301(a)(1)) is amended by striking the pe-
nultimate sentence. 
(8) Section 1128(h) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1320a–7(h)) is amended— 
(A) by adding ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph 
(2); and 
(B) by striking paragraph (3) and redesig-
nating paragraph (4) as paragraph (3). 
(9) Section 1128A(i)(1) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1320a–7a(i)(1)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘or subtitle 1 of title XX’’. 
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(10) Section 1132(a)(1) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1320b–2(a)(1)) is amended by striking 
‘‘XIX, or XX’’ and inserting ‘‘or XIX’’. 
(11) Section 1902(e)(13)(F)(iii) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(e)(13)(F)(iii)) is amend-
ed— 
(A) by striking ‘‘EXCLUSIONS’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘EXCLUSION’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘an agency that determines 
eligibility for a program established under the 
Social Services Block Grant established under 
title XX or’’. 
(12) The heading for title XX of the Social Secu-
rity Act is amended by striking ‘‘BLOCK GRANTS 
TO STATES FOR SOCIAL SERVICES’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘HEALTH PROFESSIONS DEMONSTRA-
TIONS AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CON-
DITION DETECTION’’. 
(13) The heading for subtitle A of title XX of the 
Social Security Act is amended by striking ‘‘Block 
Grants to States for Social Services’’ and 
inserting ‘‘Health Professions Demonstra-
tions and Environmental Health Condi-
tion Detection’’. 
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(14) Section 16(k)(5)(B)(i) of the Food and Nu-
trition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025(k)(5)(B)(i)) is 
amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘, or title XX,’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘, 1397 et seq.’’. 
(15) Section 402(b)(3) of the Personal Responsi-
bility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 
1996 (8 U.S.C. 1612(b)(3)) is amended by striking 
subparagraph (B) and redesignating subparagraph 
(C) as subparagraph (B). 
(16) Section 245A(h)(4)(I) of the Immigration 
and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1255a(h)(4)(I)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘, XVI, and XX’’ and inserting 
‘‘and XVI’’. 
(17) Section 17 of the Richard B. Russell Na-
tional School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766) is amend-
ed— 
(A) in subsection (a)(2)— 
(i) in subparagraph (B)— 
(I) by striking ‘‘—’’ and all that 
follows through ‘‘(i)’’; 
(II) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of 
clause (i); and 
(III) by striking clause (ii); and 
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(ii) in subparagraph (D)(ii), by strik-
ing ‘‘or title XX’’; and 
(B) in subsection (o)(2)(B)— 
(i) by striking ‘‘or title XX’’ each place 
it appears; and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘or XX’’. 
(18) Section 201(b) of the Indian Child Welfare 
Act of 1978 (25 U.S.C. 1931(b)) is amended by strik-
ing ‘‘titles IV–B and XX’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘part B of title IV’’. 
(19) Section 3803(c)(2)(C) of title 31, United 
States Code, is amended by striking clause (vi) and 
redesignating clauses (vii) through (xvi) as clauses 
(vi) through (xv), respectively. 
(20) Section 14502(d)(3) of title 40, United 
States Code, is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and title XX’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘, 1397 et seq.’’. 
(21) Section 2006(a)(15) of the Public Health 
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300z–5(a)(15)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘and title XX’’. 
(22) Section 203(b)(3) of the Older Americans 
Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3013(b)(3)) is amended by 
striking ‘‘XIX, and XX’’ and inserting ‘‘and XIX’’. 
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(23) Section 213 of the Older Americans Act of 
1965 (42 U.S.C. 3020d) is amended by striking ‘‘or 
title XX’’. 
(24) Section 306(d) of the Older Americans Act 
of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3026(d)) is amended in each of 
paragraphs (1) and (2) by striking ‘‘titles XIX and 
XX’’ and inserting ‘‘title XIX’’. 
(25) Section 2605 of the Low-Income Home En-
ergy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8624) is 
amended in each of subsections (b)(4) and (j) by 
striking ‘‘under title XX of the Social Security Act,’’. 
(26) Section 602 of the Child Development Asso-
ciate Scholarship Assistance Act of 1985 (42 U.S.C. 
10901) is repealed. 
(27) Section 3(d)(1) of the Assisted Suicide 
Funding Restriction Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 
14402(d)(1)) is amended by striking subparagraph 
(C) and redesignating subparagraphs (D) through (K) 
as subparagraphs (C) through (J), respectively. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by this 
section shall take effect on October 1, 2016. 
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Union Calendar No. 353 
114TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 4724 
[Report No. 114–462] 
A BILL 
To repeal the program of block grants to States for 
social services. 
MARCH 23, 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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