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104TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1146
To reduce the Federal welfare bureaucracy and empower States to design
and implement efficient welfare programs that promote personal respon-
sibility, work, and stable families by replacing certain Federal welfare
programs with a program of annual block grants to States, and for
other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 7, 1995
Mr. HASTINGS of Washington (for himself, Mr. FOX of Pennsylvania, Mr.
SHADEGG, Mrs. CHENOWETH, Mr. DOOLITTLE, Mr. INGLIS of South
Carolina, Mr. METCALF, Mr. SCARBOROUGH, and Mr. NEUMANN) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways
and Means and, in addition, to the Committees on Commerce, Agri-
culture, Resources, Economic and Educational Opportunities, Banking
and Financial Services, the Judiciary, and Transportation and Infrastruc-
ture, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each
case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of
the committee concerned
A BILL
To reduce the Federal welfare bureaucracy and empower
States to design and implement efficient welfare pro-
grams that promote personal responsibility, work, and
stable families by replacing certain Federal welfare pro-
grams with a program of annual block grants to States,
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.
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘State Flexibility, Indi-
vidual Empowerment, and Dependency Reduction Act’’.
SEC. 2. GRANTS TO STATES FOR AID TO LOW-INCOME INDI-
VIDUALS.
(a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE BLOCK GRANTS.—The
Secretary of Health and Human Services shall make a
grant to each State for each of the fiscal years 1996
through 2015 in an amount equal to the allotment of the
State, determined in accordance with subsection (d) for
the fiscal year, if the State agrees to expend the grant
in accordance with subsection (c).
(b) PRIOR APPROPRIATION REQUIRED.—The author-
ity provided by subsection (a) shall be effective only to
such extent or in such amounts as are provided in advance
in appropriations Acts.
(c) PROVISION OF AID TO LOW-INCOME INDIVID-
UALS.—A State shall use funds paid to the State under
this section to provide aid to low-income individuals in
need of assistance to gain economic independence. A State
shall have the authority to provide such aid in any manner
determined appropriate by the State, including the author-
ity to determine—
(1) the type of benefits constituting such aid;
(2) the level of benefits constituting such aid;
and
(3) the eligibility criteria for such aid.
(d) ALLOTMENTS TO STATES.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The allotment for a State
for a fiscal year specified in subsection (a) shall
equal the applicable percentage of the total amount
of Federal funds received by the State, or by any ad-
ditional recipient described in paragraph (2) with re-
spect to the State, for or during fiscal year 1995
under the programs eliminated by the amendments
and repeals made by section 3 (as such programs
were in effect immediately before the effective date
of such amendments and repeals).
(2) ADDITIONAL RECIPIENTS.—With respect to
a State, an additional recipient referred to in para-
graph (1) means any of the following:
(A) A governmental unit of the State.
(B) An individual who resides in the State
during fiscal year 1995.
(C) A person, other than an individual,
whose principal place of business is in the State
during fiscal year 1995.
(3) APPLICABLE PERCENTAGE.—For purposes
of paragraph (1), the term ‘‘applicable percentage’’
means—
(A) for fiscal year 1996, 100 percent; and
(B) for fiscal years 1997 through 2015,
the applicable percentage for the immediately
preceding fiscal year reduced by 5 percentage
points.
(4) PROPORTIONATE REDUCTION UNDER CER-
TAIN CIRCUMSTANCES.—If the funds appropriated to
carry out this section for any fiscal year are not suf-
ficient to pay in full the total amount which other-
wise would be payable to the States under paragraph
(2) for such year, the allotment for each State for
such year shall bear the same proportion to the total
amount of such appropriated funds as such allot-
ment would have borne to the total amount which all
States would have received under this section for
such year if the funds appropriated had not been in-
sufficient. In a case where additional funds become
available for making grants under this section for
any fiscal year during which the preceding sentence
is applicable, the allotment for each State shall be
increased on the same basis as it was reduced.
(e) NO APPLICATION OR PERFORMANCE REPORT RE-
QUIREMENTS.—A State may not be required to submit an
application or periodic performance reports to the Sec-
retary in order to receive a grant under this section. The
3d sentence of section 6503(h) of title 31, United States
Code (relating to periodic authenticated reports), shall not
apply to a grant under this section. Records related to
funds received under this section shall be made available
to the Secretary, the Inspector General of the Department
of Health and Human Services, and the Comptroller Gen-
eral for necessary audits in accordance with such section.
(f) REPORTS TO THE CONGRESS.—If the Secretary
determines that a State has materially failed to comply
with any term of an award under this section, or has ex-
pended funds received under this section in a manner in-
consistent with Federal law, the Secretary shall report
such determination to the Congress. The Secretary may
not suspend or withhold for any period part or all of a
grant to a State under this section.
(g) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—There are authorized to be
appropriated to carry out this section such sums as
may be necessary for each of the fiscal years 1996
through 2015.
(2) ADVANCE NOTICE OF FUNDING.—For the
purpose of affording adequate notice of funding
available under this section, an appropriation to
carry out this section is authorized to be included in
an appropriation Act for the fiscal year preceding
the fiscal year for which such appropriation is avail-
able for obligation.
SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF CERTAIN WELFARE PROGRAMS.
(a) CASH AID.—
(1) AFDC.—Part A of title IV of the Social Se-
curity Act, except sections 403(h) and 417 (42
U.S.C. 601–617) is repealed.
(2) SSI.—Title XVI of the Social Security Act,
as in effect pursuant to the amendment made by
section 301 of the Social Security Amendments of
1972, (42 U.S.C. 1381–1383d) is repealed.
(3) FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTION ASSISTANCE
PROGRAMS.—Part E of title IV of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 470–479) is repealed.
(4) GRANTS TO TERRITORIES FOR AID TO THE
AGED.—Title I of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
301–306) is repealed.
(5) GRANTS TO TERRITORIES FOR AID TO THE
BLIND.—Title X of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1201–1206) is repealed.
(6) GRANTS TO TERRITORIES FOR AID TO THE
TOTALLY DISABLED.—Title XIV of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1351–1355) is repealed.
(7) GRANTS TO TERRITORIES FOR AID TO THE
AGED, BLIND, OR DISABLED.—Title XVI of the So-
cial Security Act, as in effect without regard to the
amendment made by section 301 of the Social Secu-
rity Amendments of 1972, (42 U.S.C. 1381 note,
1382 note, and 1383 note, 1384 note, and 1385
note) is repealed.
(8) EXPENDITURES BY BUREAU OF INDIAN AF-
FAIRS.—The Act of November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C.
13; commonly known as the ‘‘Snyder Act’’) is re-
pealed.
(b) MEDICAL AID.—
(1) INDIAN
HEALTH
SERVICES.—The Indian
Health Care Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1601 et
seq.) is repealed.
(2) MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH SERVICES
BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM.—Title V of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 701–709) is repealed.
(3) COMMUNITY
HEALTH
CENTERS.—Section
330 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C.
254c) is repealed.
(4) MIGRANT HEALTH CENTERS.—Section 329
of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b)
is repealed.
(c) FOOD AID.—
(1) FOOD STAMP PROGRAM.—The Food Stamp
Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) is repealed.
(2) SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM.—Sections 4, 6,
and 11 of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C.
1753, 1755, and 1759a) are repealed.
(3) 
EMERGENCY
FOOD
ASSISTANCE
PRO-
GRAM.—The Emergency Food Assistance Act of
1983 (7 U.S.C. 612c note) is repealed.
(4) SCHOOL BREAKFAST PROGRAM.—Section 4
of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773)
is repealed.
(5) CHILD AND ADULT CARE FOOD PROGRAM.—
Section 17 of the National School Lunch Act (42
U.S.C. 1766) is repealed.
(6) SUMMER
FOOD
SERVICE
PROGRAM
FOR
CHILDREN.—Section 13 of the National School
Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761) is repealed.
(7) COMMODITY
SUPPLEMENTAL
FOOD
PRO-
GRAM FOR CHILDREN AND THE ELDERLY.—Sections
4 and 5 of the Agriculture and Consumer Protection
Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note) are repealed.
(8) SPECIAL MILK PROGRAM.—Section 3 of the
Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1772) is re-
pealed.
(d) HOUSING AID.—
(1) SECTION 8 RENTAL ASSISTANCE AND PUB-
LIC HOUSING.—Title I of the United States Housing
Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) is repealed.
(2) RURAL SINGLE FAMILY HOUSING LOANS.—
Section 502 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C.
1472) is repealed.
(3) SECTION 236 INTEREST REDUCTION ASSIST-
ANCE.—Section 236 of the National Housing Act
(12 U.S.C. 1715z–1) is repealed.
(4) RURAL
RENTAL
HOUSING
ASSISTANCE.—
Section 515 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C.
1485) is repealed.
(5) RURAL RENTAL ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS.—
Paragraph (2) of section 521(a) of the Housing Act
of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490a(a)(2)) is repealed.
(6) SECTION
235
HOMEOWNERSHIP
ASSIST-
ANCE.—Section 235 of the National Housing Act
(12 U.S.C. 1715z) is repealed.
(7) RENT SUPPLEMENT ASSISTANCE.—Section
101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of
1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701s) is repealed.
(8) RURAL
HOUSING
REPAIR
ASSISTANCE.—
Section 504 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C.
1474) is repealed.
(9) FARM
LABOR
HOUSING
LOANS.—Section
514 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1483)
is repealed.
(10) RURAL HOUSING SELF-HELP TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE.—Section 523 of the Housing Act of
1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c) is repealed.
(11) FARM LABOR HOUSING GRANTS.—Section
516 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1486)
is repealed.
(12) 
RURAL
HOUSING
PRESERVATION
GRANTS.—Section 533 of the Housing Act of 1949
(42 U.S.C. 1490m) is repealed.
(e) ENERGY AID.—
(1) LOW-INCOME
HOME
ENERGY
ASSISTANCE
PROGRAMS.—The Low-Income Home Energy Assist-
ance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621–8629) is re-
pealed.
(2) WEATHERIZATION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.—
Part A of title IV of the Energy Conservation and
Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6861–6872), and the
items relating thereto in the table of contents of
such Act, are repealed.
(f) JOBS, TRAINING, AND VOCATIONAL EDUCATION
AID.—
(1) JOB TRAINING.—The Job Training Partner-
ship Act (29 U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) is repealed.
(2) JOBS PROGRAM.—Part F of title IV of the
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 681–687) is repealed.
(3) INDIAN EMPLOYMENT, TRAINING, AND RE-
LATED SERVICES.—The Indian Employment, Train-
ing and Related Services Demonstration Act of 1992
(25 U.S.C. 3401–3417) is repealed.
(4) VOCATIONAL
EDUCATION.—The Carl D.
Perkins Vocational and Applied Technology Edu-
cation Act (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.) is repealed.
(g) SOCIAL SERVICES.—
(1) BLOCK
GRANTS
TO
STATES
FOR
SOCIAL
SERVICES.—Title XX of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1397–1397f) is repealed.
(2) COMMUNITY SERVICES BLOCK GRANT PRO-
GRAM.—The Community Services Block Grant Act
(42 U.S.C. 9901), other than sections 671 and 673
of such Act, is repealed.
(3) LEGAL SERVICES.—The Legal Services Cor-
poration Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 2996 et seq.) is re-
pealed.
(4) FEMA EMERGENCY FOOD AND SHELTER
PROGRAM.—Title III of the Stewart B. McKinney
Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331 et seq.)
is repealed.
(5) RESEARCH REGARDING FAMILY PLANNING
AND
POPULATION
ISSUES.—Section 1004 of the
Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300a–2) is re-
pealed.
(6) 
VOLUNTARY
FAMILY
PLANNING
PROJECTS.—Section 1001 of the Public Health
Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300) is repealed.
(7) DOMESTIC VOLUNTEER SERVICE ACT.—The
Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C.
4950 et seq.) is repealed.
(8) CHILD CARE ASSISTANCE.—The Child Care
and Development Block Grant Act of 1990 (42
U.S.C. 9858 et seq.) is repealed.
(9) CHILD AND FAMILY SERVICES.—Part B of
title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 420–
435) is repealed.
(10) CHILD DEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATE SCHOL-
ARSHIP ASSISTANCE ACT OF 1985.—Title VI of the
Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1986 (42
U.S.C. 10901–10905) is repealed.
(11) STATE DEPENDENT CARE DEVELOPMENT
GRANTS ACT.—Subchapter E of chapter 8 of subtitle
A of title VI of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation
Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 9871–9877) is repealed.
(12) NATIVE
HAWAIIAN
FAMILY-BASED
EDU-
CATION CENTERS.—Section 9205 of the Native Ha-
waiian Education Act (Public Law 103–382; 108
Stat. 3794) is repealed.
(13) PROGRAMS OF NATIONAL SIGNIFICANCE.—
Title X of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act of 1965, as amended by Public Law 103–382
(108 Stat. 3809 et seq.), is amended—
(A) in section 10413(a) by striking para-
graph (4),
(B) in section 10963(b)(2) by striking sub-
paragraph (G), and
(C) in section 10974(a)(6) by striking sub-
paragraph (G).
(14) ABANDONED INFANTS ASSISTANCE.—The
Abandoned Infants Assistance Act of 1988 (42
U.S.C. 670 note) is repealed.
(15) CHILD ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREAT-
MENT.—The Child Abuse Prevention and Treatment
Act (42 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.) is repealed.
(16) FUNDING FOR INVESTIGATION AND PROS-
ECUTION
OF
CHILD
ABUSE
AND
NEGLECT.—The
Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 10601 et
seq.) is amended—
(A) in section 1402—
(i) in subsection (d)—
(I) by striking paragraph (2);
and
(II) by redesignating paragraphs
(3) and (4) as paragraphs (2) and
(3), respectively; and
(ii) by striking subsection (g); and
(B) by striking section 1404A.
(17) ADOPTION
OPPORTUNITIES.—The Child
Abuse Prevention and Treatment and Adoption Re-
form Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 5111 et seq.) is re-
pealed.
(18) FAMILY
VIOLENCE
PREVENTION
AND
TREATMENT.—The Family Violence Prevention and
Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10401–10418) is repealed.
(19) FAMILY SUPPORT CENTERS.—Subtitle F
of title VII of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless
Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11481–11489) is re-
pealed.
(20) COOPERATIVE RESEARCH OR DEMONSTRA-
TION PROJECTS.—Section 1110 of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1310) is repealed.
(21) MISSING CHILDREN’S ASSISTANCE ACT.—
The Missing Children’s Assistance Act (42 U.S.C.
5771–5779) is repealed.
(22) INVESTIGATION
AND
PROSECUTION
OF
CHILD ABUSE CASES.—Subtitle A of title II of the
Victims of Child Abuse Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C.
13001–13004) is repealed.
(h) AID TO LOW-INCOME COMMUNITIES.—
(1) COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANTS
AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT ACTION GRANTS.—Title
I of the Housing and Community Development Act
of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) is repealed.
(2) ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
ASSISTANCE.—
The Public Works and Economic Development Act
of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3121 et seq.) is repealed.
(3) APPALACHIAN
REGIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
PROGRAM.—The Appalachian Regional Development
Commission is terminated and the Appalachian Re-
gional Development Act of 1965 (40 U.S.C. App. 1
et seq.) is repealed.
(4) STATE LEGALIZATION IMPACT-ASSISTANCE
GRANTS.—Section 204 of the Immigration Reform
and Control Act of 1986 (8 U.S.C. 1255a note) is
repealed.
SEC. 4. ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE MEDICAID PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(I) of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(i)(I))
is amended to read as follows:
‘‘(I)(aa) who are receiving aid or
assistance under any plan of the State
approved under title I, X, or XIV, or
‘‘(bb) who would be eligible to re-
ceive aid or assistance under the
State’s plan under title XVI or part A
or E of title IV, as approved on the
day before the date of the enactment
of the State Flexibility, Individual
Empowerment, and Dependency Re-
duction Act, if such plan were in ef-
fect,’’.
(b) REPEAL
OF
MEDICAID
EXTENSION
PROVI-
SIONS.—Section 1925 of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 1396r–6) is repealed.
SEC. 5. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS.
(a) PENALTIES FOR SUBSTANTIAL NONCOMPLIANCE
WITH STATE PLAN
FOR CHILD
AND SPOUSAL SUP-
PORT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 403(h) of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603(h)) is hereby trans-
ferred to section 455 of such Act, inserted after sub-
section (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 ‘‘Act’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘part’’;
(II) by striking ‘‘part D’’ and in-
serting ‘‘this part’’; and
(III) 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)’’.
(b) ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR FAMILY SUPPORT.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 417 of the Social
Security 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’’.
SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS.
For purposes of this Act:
(1) INDIAN TRIBE.—The term ‘‘Indian tribe’’
means any Indian tribe, band, nation, or other orga-
nized group or community, including any Alaska Na-
tive village or regional corporation as defined in or
established pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims
Settlement Act, which is recognized as eligible for
the special programs and services provided by the
United States to Indians because of their status as
Indians.
(2) SECRETARY.—The term ‘‘Secretary’’ means
the Secretary of Health and Human Services.
(3) STATE.—The term ‘‘State’’ means any of
the several States, the District of Columbia, the
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Is-
lands of the United States, American Samoa, the
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands,
the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated
States of Micronesia, the Republic of Palau, or an
Indian tribe.
SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATES.
(a) GENERAL EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as pro-
vided in subsection (b), this Act shall take effect on the
date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) SPECIAL EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments
and repeals made by section 3 and the amendments made
by section 4 shall not take effect until the first day of
the first fiscal year for which funds are appropriated more
than 180 days in advance of such fiscal year to carry out
section 2.
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