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103D CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 1293
To replace the program of aid to families with dependent children with
a program of block grants to States for families with dependent children,
and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
MARCH 10, 1993
Mrs. MEYERS of Kansas (for herself, Mrs. JOHNSON of Connecticut, Mr. GIL-
MAN, Mr. CLINGER, Mr. FAWELL, Mr. GINGRICH, Mr. SOLOMON, Mr.
DELAY, Mr. EWING, Mr. MOORHEAD, Mr. STUMP, Mr. GOSS, Mr.
DREIER, Mr. BALLENGER, and Mr. LIVINGSTON) introduced the follow-
ing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
FEBRUARY 28, 1994
Additional sponsors: Mrs. FOWLER, Mr. BAKER of Louisiana Mr. PETRI, Mr.
DORNAN, Mr. WOLF, Mrs. VUCANOVICH, Mr. BLILEY, Mr. GOODLING,
Mr. HANSEN, Mr. HORN, Mr. THOMAS of Wyoming, Mr. ROBERTS, Mr.
LIPINSKI, Mrs. LLOYD, Mr. PACKARD, Mr. KYL, Mr. COX, Mr. SAM
JOHNSON of Texas, Mr. BOEHNER, Mr. TALENT, Mr. ARMEY, Mr. SMITH
of Michigan, Mr. MCCRERY, Mr. PARKER, Mr. WALSH, Mr. GALLEGLY,
Mr. MCCANDLESS, Mr. GRAMS, Mr. MANZULLO, Mr. LINDER, Mr. DOO-
LITTLE, Mr. BACHUS of Alabama, Mr. SCHAEFER, and Mr. MCINNIS
A BILL
To replace the program of aid to families with dependent
children with a program of block grants to States for
families with dependent children, 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 ‘‘Welfare and Teenage
Pregnancy Reduction Act’’.
SEC. 2. BLOCK GRANTS TO STATES FOR FAMILIES WITH DE-
PENDENT CHILDREN.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Part A of title IV of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601–617) is amended to read as
follows:
‘‘PART A—BLOCK GRANTS TO STATES FOR FAMILIES WITH
DEPENDENT CHILDREN
‘‘SEC. 401. ENTITLEMENT.
‘‘For grants to which States meeting the require-
ments of this part are entitled, there is authorized to be
appropriated to the Secretary for each fiscal year an
amount equal to 103 percent of the aggregate amount of
Federal outlays under part A of this title (as in effect im-
mediately before the effective date of this part) for fiscal
year 1992.
‘‘SEC. 402. APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS.
‘‘To be entitled to a grant under this part for a fiscal
year, a State must, not later than June 30 of the imme-
diately preceding fiscal year, submit to the Secretary an
application which describes the State program to assist
families with dependent children, including the goals and
objectives of the program.
‘‘SEC. 403. BLOCK GRANT.
‘‘The Secretary shall make a grant to each State that
meets the requirement of section 402 in an amount equal
to 103 percent of the amount paid to the State under part
A of this title (as in effect immediately before the effective
date of this part) for fiscal year 1992.
‘‘SEC. 404. USE OF FUNDS.
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Each State to which a grant is
made under section 403 for a fiscal year shall use the
grant to carry out the State program to assist families
with dependent children.
‘‘(b) PROHIBITIONS.—Each State to which a grant
is made under section 403 for a fiscal year shall not use
any Federal or State funds provided to carry out the State
program to assist families with dependent children, to pro-
vide assistance during the fiscal year with respect to a
dependent child if—
‘‘(1) the mother or father of the dependent
child has not attained 18 years of age; or
‘‘(2) the paternity or maternity of the depend-
ent child has not been established.
‘‘(c) SPECIAL RULE.—During a period not exceeding
1 year from the date a family with a dependent child
moves to a State to which a grant is made under section
403 for a fiscal year from another State, the State may—
‘‘(1) apply the same rules as apply with respect
to any other dependent child in the State, in provid-
ing assistance with respect to the dependent child
under the State program to assist families with
dependent children; or
‘‘(2) treat the dependent child in the same man-
ner as such other State would have treated the de-
pendent child if the dependent child had not moved
from such other State.
‘‘SEC. 405. DEFINITION OF DEPENDENT CHILD.
‘‘As used in this part, the term ‘dependent child’
means an individual who—
‘‘(1) is needy, as determined by the State in
which the child resides;
‘‘(2) has been deprived of parental support or
care due to the death, continued absence from the
home (other than absence occasioned solely due to
the performance of active duty in the uniformed
services of the United States), or physical or mental
incapacity of a parent;
‘‘(3) is living with the individual’s father, moth-
er, grandfather, grandmother, brother, sister, step-
father, stepmother, stepbrother, stepsister, uncle,
aunt, first cousin, nephew, or niece, in a place of
residence maintained by 1 or more of such relatives
as his, her, or their home; and
‘‘(4) is—
‘‘(A) not more than 18 years of age; or
‘‘(B) at the option of the State—
‘‘(i) not more than 19 years of age;
and
‘‘(ii) a full-time student in a second-
ary school (or in the equivalent level of vo-
cational or technical training) who may
reasonably be expected to complete the
program of the secondary school (or the
training) before attaining 19 years of
age.’’.
‘‘SEC. 406. ANNUAL REPORTS.
‘‘Not later than 6 months after the end of each fiscal
year for which a State is made a grant under section 403,
the State shall submit to the Secretary a report which con-
tains—
‘‘(1) a statement of the average number of fam-
ilies with dependent children in the State during the
fiscal year;
‘‘(2) in absolute and in percentage terms, the
extent to which there has been an increase or de-
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendment made by
subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 1993.
(c) REFERENCES IN OTHER LAWS.—Any reference
in any law, regulation, document, paper, or other record
of the United States to part A of title IV of the Social
Security Act, or to a provision of law contained in such
part, shall, unless the context otherwise requires, be con-
sidered to be a reference to such part, or such provision,
as in effect immediately before October 1, 1993.
SEC. 3. REDUCTION OF FEDERAL AFDC ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS.
(a) COST–REDUCTION
REQUIREMENT.—The Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services shall, using any au-
thorities otherwise available, take such actions as may be
necessary to ensure that, for each fiscal year beginning
after September 30, 1994, the total administrative costs
of the program described in part A of title IV of the Social
Security Act shall not exceed 50 percent of the total ad-
ministrative costs of that program (as then in effect) for
fiscal year 1992.
(b) REPORTING REQUIREMENT.—Not later than 1
year after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Sec-
retary of Health and Human Services shall submit a writ-
ten report to Congress describing—
(1) the actions which have been or will be taken
in order to achieve timely compliance with subsection
(a);
(2) the procedures and criteria used in deter-
mining what actions to take, including the reasons
why each such action was chosen;
(3) the savings anticipated from each action de-
scribed under paragraph (1); and
(4) the methodologies and assumptions used in
connection with any computations under this section.
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