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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1860
To authorize a combined grant to States for administrative costs necessary
to carry out the program of aid to families with dependent children
under title IV of the Social Security Act, the State plan for medical
assistance under title XIX of such Act, and the Food Stamp program,
to eliminate enhanced Federal payments for such costs under such pro-
grams, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 26, 1993
Mr. INGLIS of South Carolina introduced the following bill; which was referred
jointly to the Committees on Ways and Means, Agriculture, and Energy
and Commerce
A BILL
To authorize a combined grant to States for administrative
costs necessary to carry out the program of aid to fami-
lies with dependent children under title IV of the Social
Security Act, the State plan for medical assistance under
title XIX of such Act, and the Food Stamp program,
to eliminate enhanced Federal payments for such costs
under such programs, 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 ‘‘Combined Welfare Ad-
ministration Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. COMBINED GRANT TO STATE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE
COSTS 
OF 
AFDC, 
MEDICAID, 
AND 
FOOD
STAMP PROGRAMS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The Secretary of Health and
Human Services shall make grants, in accordance with the
provisions of this section, to each State for the costs of
the necessary and proper administration of its State plan
for aid to families with dependent children approved under
part A of title IV of the Social Security Act, its State plan
for medical assistance under title XIX of such Act and
its State plan of operation approved (by the Secretary of
Agriculture) under the Food Stamp Act of 1977.
(b) SOURCE OF FUNDS.—Grants to States under
subsection (a) shall be made from amounts appropriated
to carry out this Act, or from funds made available for
such purpose—
(1) by the Secretary of Health and Human
Services pursuant to part A of title IV, or title XIX,
of the Social Security Act; or
(2) by the Secretary of Agriculture pursuant to
the Food Stamp Act of 1977.
(c) ESTABLISHMENT OF SINGLE FUND.—Amounts
made available pursuant to subsection (b) shall be com-
bined in a single fund account established by the Secretary
of the Treasury for the administration of this Act by the
Secretary of Health and Human Services.
SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF ENHANCED FEDERAL PAYMENTS
FOR 
STATE 
ADMINISTRATIVE 
ACTIVITIES
UNDER AFDC, MEDICAID, AND FOOD STAMPS.
(a) AFDC.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 403(a)(3) of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(3)) is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(3) in the case of any State, an amount equal
to 50 percent of the total amounts expended during
such quarter as found necessary by the Secretary for
the proper and efficient administration of the State
plan;’’.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(A) Section
402(e) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 602(e)) is amended—
(i) by striking ‘‘(e)(1)’’ and inserting
‘‘(e)’’; and
(ii) by striking paragraph (2).
(B) Part A of title IV of such Act (42 U.S.C.
601 et seq.) is amended by striking section 413.
(b) MEDICAID.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 1903(a) of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b(a)) is amend-
ed—
(A) by striking paragraphs (2), (3), (4),
and (6);
(B) in paragraph (5), by adding ‘‘plus’’ at
the end; and
(C) by redesignating paragraphs (5) and
(7) as paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(A) Section
1158 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1320c–7) is amend-
ed—
(i) by striking ‘‘(a) A State plan’’ and in-
serting ‘‘A State plan’’; and
(ii) by striking subsection (b).
(B) Section 1902(a)(25)(A)(ii) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 1396a(a)(25)(A)(ii)) is amended by striking
‘‘shall—’’ and all that follows and inserting the fol-
lowing: ‘‘shall be integrated with a mechanized
claims processing and information retrieval sys-
tem;’’.
(C) Section 1903 of such Act (42 U.S.C.
1396b) is amended by striking subsections (b)(3)
and (r).
(D) Section 1903(w) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
1396b(w)) is amended—
(i) in paragraph (1)(B), by striking ‘‘sub-
section 
(a)(7)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘subsection
(a)(3)’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘paragraphs (2), (3), (4),
(6), and (7)’’ each place it appears in para-
graphs (1)(B) and (2)(A)(iii) and inserting
‘‘paragraph (3)’’.
(E) Section 1919 of such Act (42 U.S.C.
1396r) is amended—
(i) in subsection (g)(3)(C), by striking
‘‘1903(a)(2)(D)’’ and inserting ‘‘1903(a)(3)’’;
and
(ii) by striking ‘‘1903(a)(7)’’ each place it
appears in subsections (h)(2)(E) and (h)(2)(F)
and inserting ‘‘1903(a)(3)’’.
(c) FOOD STAMP PROGRAM.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 16(a) of the Food
Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2025(a)) is amended
by striking ‘‘: Provided, That the Secretary’’ and all
that follows through the end and inserting a period.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—(A) Section
16(c)(1) of such Act (7 U.S.C. 2025(c)(1)) is
amended—
(i) in the matter preceding subparagraph
(A), by striking ‘‘and provide’’ and all that fol-
lows through ‘‘error rates’’;
(ii) in subparagraph (B), by striking
‘‘other than those receiving adjustments under
subparagraph (A)’’;
(iii) in subparagraph (C), by striking ‘‘sub-
paragraph (B)’’ and inserting ‘‘subparagraph
(A)’’; and
(iv) by striking subparagraph (A) and re-
designating subparagraphs (B) and (C) as sub-
paragraphs (A) and (B).
(B) Section 16(c)(5) of such Act (7 U.S.C.
2025(c)(5)) is amended—
(i) by striking ‘‘either incentive payments
under paragraph (1)(A) or’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)(C)’’ each
place it appears and inserting ‘‘paragraph
(1)(B)’’.
(C) Section 16(c)(6) of such Act (7 U.S.C.
2025(c)(6)) is amended—
(i) by striking ‘‘and incentive payments’’
and all that follows through ‘‘(1)(C)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘and claims pursuant to paragraph
(1)’’; and
(ii) by striking ‘‘paragraph (1)(C)’’ and in-
serting ‘‘paragraph (1)(B)’’.
(D) Section 16(c)(7) of such Act (7 U.S.C.
2025(c)(7)) is amended by striking ‘‘paragraph
(1)(C)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (1)(B)’’.
(E) Section 16 of such Act (7 U.S.C. 2025(c))
is amended by striking subsections (g) and (j).
(F) Section 23(a)(1) of such Act (7 U.S.C.
2032(a)(1)) is amended—
(i) in paragraph (1)(C), by striking ‘‘either
section 16(a) or 16(g)’’ and inserting ‘‘section
16(a)’’; and
(ii) by striking subparagraph (E).
SEC. 4. ALLOTMENT AND PAYMENT OF FUNDS UNDER
GRANT PROGRAM.
(a) IN GENERAL.—
(1) BASIS FOR PAYMENTS IN INITIAL YEAR OF
APPLICABILITY.—The total amount payable to a
State under this Act for fiscal year 1994 shall be
that amount which bears the same ratio to the
amount available pursuant to section 2 for that year
as the allowable administrative amounts determined
to be payable to such State for the last two quarters
in fiscal year 1993 and the first two quarters in fis-
cal year 1994 (as defined in subsection (b), and sub-