TANF Accountability and Integrity Improvement Act

Bill: 114-hr-2959
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Noem, Kristi L. [R-SD-At Large]
Introduced: 2015-07-07
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Poverty and welfare assistance

State and local finance
Latest action: action_date: 2016-06-28
text: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 496.

Summaries:
action_date: 2015-07-07
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>TANF Accountability and Integrity Improvement Act</b></p> <p>This bill amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to exclude third party contributions from qualified state expenditures used in determining whether a state maintains a certain level of historic state expenditures or else faces an associated penalty with a reduction in the state TANF grant.</p> <p>The formula for determining the amount of the exclusion graduates from:</p> <ul> <li>the amount (if any) for FY2016 by which the value of all goods and services provided by a source other than the state or a local government during the fiscal year exceeds the value of all goods and services claimed by the state as qualified state expenditures for FY2015, and</li> <li>the amount (if any) for FY2017 by which such third party contributions exceed 50% of the value of all such goods and services claimed by the state as qualified state expenditures for FY2015, to </li> <li>the value of all such third party contributions during any fiscal year after FY2017.</li> </ul> <p>Qualified state expenditures shall not include any amount expended for medical services.</p>

action_date: 2016-06-28
action_desc: Reported to House with amendment(s)
text: <p><b>TANF Accountability and Integrity Improvement Act</b></p> <p>(Sec. 2) This bill amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to set a limit on nongovernmental third-party contributions counted as qualified state expenditures used in determining whether a state maintains a certain level of historic state expenditures or else faces an associated penalty with a reduction in the state TANF grant.</p> <p>Qualified state expenditures shall exclude:</p> <ul> <li>the amount (if any) by which the value of all goods and services provided by a source other than the state or a local government during the fiscal year exceeds the value of all goods and services claimed by the state as qualified state expenditures for FY2016, and</li> <li>any amount expended for medical services.</li> </ul>

tv_txt: I 114th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2959 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES July 7, 2015 Mrs. Noem introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To prevent States from counting certain expenditures as State spending to reduce TANF work requirements.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the TANF Accountability and Integrity Improvement Act . 2. No counting of third-party spending to meet State spending requirement (a) Exclusion of third-Party contributions 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) Exclusion of third-party contributions Such term shall not include— (aa) for fiscal year 2016, 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 State as qualified State expenditures for fiscal year 2015; (bb) for fiscal year 2017, the amount (if any) by which— (AA) the value referred to in subclause (aa)(AA); exceeds (BB) 50 percent of the value referred to in subclause (aa)(BB); and (cc) for any fiscal year after 2017, the value referred to in subclause (aa)(AA). . (b) Exclusion of expenditures for the provision of medical services Section 409(a)(7)(B)(i) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 609(a)(7)(B)(i) ), as amended by subsection (a) of this section, is amended by adding at the end the following: (VII) Exclusion of expenditures for the provision of medical services Such term shall not include any amount expended for the provision of medical services. . 3. Effective date The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on October 1, 2015.

tv_txt: IB Union Calendar No. 496 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 2959 [Report No. 114–644] 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 A BILL To prevent States from counting certain expenditures as State spending to reduce TANF work requirements.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the TANF Accountability and Integrity Improvement Act . 2. Limit on counting of nongovernmental third-party contributions as qualified State spending to meet State spending requirement (a) Limit on counting third-party contributions 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 State as qualified State expenditures for fiscal year 2016. . (b) Exclusion of expenditures for the provision of medical services Section 409(a)(7)(B)(i) of such Act ( 42 U.S.C. 609(a)(7)(B)(i) ), as amended by subsection (a) of this section, is amended by adding at the end the following: (VII) Exclusion of expenditures for the provision of medical services Such term shall not include any amount expended for the provision of medical services. . 3. Effective date The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on October 1, 2016.

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