113 S2015 IS: Welfare Reform and Upward Mobility Act
U.S. Senate
2014-02-11
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1.This Act may be cited as the
Welfare Reform and Upward Mobility Act
.2.The table of contents
of this Act is as follows:Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
TITLE I—Modifications to supplemental nutrition assistance program
Sec. 101. Work requirements.
Sec. 102. Termination of benefit increase.
TITLE II—Reporting of means-tested welfare spending in President’s budget submission
Sec. 201. Additional information in President’s budget submission.
TITLE III—Aggregate cap for means-tested welfare spending
Sec. 301. Definition of means-tested welfare spending.
Sec. 302. Reports to budget committees.
Sec. 303. Content of concurrent resolutions on the budget.
Sec. 304. Allocations of means-tested welfare spending.
Sec. 305. Reconciliation.
TITLE IV—Grants to promote self-sufficiency
Sec. 401. Grants to States.
TITLE V—Prohibition on funding of abortion
Sec. 501. Prohibition on funding for abortions.
Sec. 502. Prohibition on funding for health benefits plans that cover abortion.
Sec. 503. Prohibition on tax benefits relating to abortion.
Sec. 504. Construction relating to separate coverage.
Sec. 505. Construction relating to the use of non-Federal funds for health coverage.
Sec. 506. Treatment of abortions related to rape, incest, or preserving the life of the mother.
<enum>I</enum><header>Modifications to
supplemental nutrition assistance program</header><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HE2936C84DF654584A1FC583AAC400ECD" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header>Work
requirements</header><subsection id="ide501bbf9bd534f52bc7a0ca1fd1f64e5"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Declaration of policy</header><text>Section 2 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011) is amended by
adding at the end the following: <quote>Congress further finds that it should also be the purpose of the supplemental nutrition
assistance program to increase employment, to encourage healthy
marriage, and to promote prosperous self-sufficiency, which means the
ability of households to maintain an income above the poverty
level without services and benefits from the Federal
Government.</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id844a4f7491c7417ead2e94a07cd2b1e9"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definition of food</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 3(k) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2012">7 U.S.C. 2012(k)</external-xref>) is amended by inserting
before the period at the end the following: <quote>, except that a food, food product, meal, or other item described in this subsection shall be
considered a food under this Act only if it is a bare essential (as
determined by the Secretary)</quote>.</text></subsection><subsection id="id294ae3f5dd9d4a9d99fb55a817370bb3"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Other definitions</header><text>Section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2012">7 U.S.C. 2012</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end
the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id58C1E479302249C78128BB65E21B20E9" style="OLC"><subsection id="id118e8e4e94774178ac752238c12d3d06"><enum>(w)</enum><header>Able-Bodied, work-Capable adult</header><paragraph id="id4536e7ec12d74599b4ad18816308f5d6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>able-bodied, work-capable adult</term> means an individual who—</text><subparagraph id="idc17a4e344b6b4894b4ad9c7f4c370397"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is more than 18, and less than 63, years of age;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id99db3d2de80d4e22adda2735ed54e10a"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is not physically or mentally incapable of work; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcfed7073f584418e831983f0beddc74c"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is not the full-time caretaker of a disabled adult dependent.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5a30d3c752a14ad8bdc1f954e274bb48"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Physically or mentally incapable of work</header><text>For purposes of paragraph (1)(B), the term <term>physically or mentally incapable of work</term> means an individual who—</text><subparagraph id="id756ea9ee527244048adccb1fc6d4b283"><enum>(A)</enum><text>currently receives benefits under the supplemental security income program established
under title XVI of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1381
et seq.) or another program that provides recurring benefits to
individuals because the individual is disabled and unable to
work; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idc1f06cbf5ed042b2970a675990bbd715"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has been medically certified as physically or mentally incapable of work and who has a
credible pending application for enrollment in the supplemental
security income program established under title XVI of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.) or another program that
provides recurring benefits to individuals because the individual is
disabled and unable to work.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id07d542f70b9246aba8dcac0e61bc9ca7"><enum>(x)</enum><header>Approved offsite work activation</header><text>The term <term>approved offsite work activation</term> means—</text><paragraph id="idc328b31f0bd14aa980badd0701b8df86"><enum>(1)</enum><text>online job preparation and training programs that are approved and monitored by the State agency;
or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id9caae0ba72c24289b333c6cfa85423a6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>job search activities that are approved by the State agency and monitored by the State to ensure
that an appropriate number of job applications and employer contacts are
performed.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id67c80328075e4e409e50f6f56976e854"><enum>(y)</enum><header>Family head</header><text>The term <term>family head</term> means—</text><paragraph id="id151308e519794088b63a71f6c77f3de6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a biological parent who is lawfully present in the United States and resides within a
household with 1 or more dependent children who are the biological
offspring of the parent; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id68c79394cb5a4dc3af46013b44932282"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the absence of a biological parent, a step parent, adoptive parent, guardian,
or adult relative who resides with and provides care to the 1 or more
children and is lawfully present in the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id06e43820a24a443699fe9fa1948b1726"><enum>(z)</enum><header>Family unit</header><text>The term <term>family unit</term> means—</text><paragraph id="id6374323f029748be9f5c46510d83bda9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an adult residing without dependent children;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id009355394490479cb88069f1053308e0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a single-headed family with dependent children; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idcae6463a8eeb42babb8f651b31dd6c38"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a married couple family with dependent children.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id57292abad6b149bd89c564098ee55f7c"><enum>(aa)</enum><header>Family with dependent children</header><paragraph id="id5CC4510AFC69401DAB75CA32A76498B6"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>family with dependent children</term> means a unit consisting of a family head, 1 or more dependent children, and, if applicable, the
married spouse of the family head, all of whom share meals and reside
within a single household.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id10061e746923493a83cdbf6d07824a2e"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Multiple families in a household</header><text>There may be more than 1 family with dependent children in a single household.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idb4f84c8e86214c0f96237b13a619ccf7"><enum>(bb)</enum><header>Married couple family with dependent children</header><text>The term <term>married couple family with dependent children</term> means a family with dependent children that has both a family head and the married
spouse of the family head residing with the family.</text></subsection><subsection id="id6ac4bd4bbcbb4bfaad77bc2c3f6e23f0"><enum>(cc)</enum><header>Married spouse of the family head</header><text>The term <term>married spouse of the family head</term> means the lawfully married spouse of the family head who—</text><paragraph id="idecde0aaff6aa480ab6c402c266df27bd"><enum>(1)</enum><text>resides with the family head and dependent children; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id31dcb4004b944c9db640ffca62cf92f6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is lawfully present in the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd8c09c88356040db8645aeb0a328e9bc"><enum>(dd)</enum><header>Member of a family</header><text>The term <term>member of a family</term> means the family head, married spouse of the family head if present, and all dependent
children within a family with dependent children.</text></subsection><subsection id="id1f270f6eab0245d8b54685737f719278"><enum>(ee)</enum><header>Onsite work activation</header><paragraph id="id970F2FC0023845F19CCE6B99496CD9A2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>onsite work activation</term> means—</text><subparagraph id="idd2cb399441dc4622aad0844f5633a971"><enum>(A)</enum><text>supervised job search;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd14edf50169a4ae98d915e3138464267"><enum>(B)</enum><text>community service activities;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id69786d8a4d2c4d5eae4d24eb54f4cbfa"><enum>(C)</enum><text>education and job training for individuals who are family heads or married
spouses of family heads;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4563a5a067f84600ade4408d590a0327"><enum>(D)</enum><text>workfare under section 20; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id89b2fa1145114838a6d0301e2e4f9db7"><enum>(E)</enum><text>drug or alcohol treatment.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id02be07e233554f4189950f34e6ee956d"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Supervised job search</header><text>For purposes of paragraph (1)(A), the term <term>supervised job search</term> means a job search program that has the following characteristics:</text><subparagraph id="ide8c4b65e46944445af600a4539b3ed2c"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The job search occurs at an official location where the presence and activity of the recipient
can be directly observed, supervised, and monitored.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idC7BBB04D35C940389FB7FBBCC2EFECB2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The recipient's entry, time onsite, and exit from the official job search location are recorded in
a manner that prevents fraud.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id528d007945d342ccb000de18e66ef064"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The recipient is expected to remain and undertake job search activities at the
job search center.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9af76a2229c7401d9b30447e0cbcc55b"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The quantity of time the recipient is observed and monitored engaging in job search at the
official location is recorded for purposes of compliance with section
29.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id9e1e348438284ffb8db092fc35958b7f"><enum>(ff)</enum><header>Penalty period</header><paragraph id="idC37A9A6EAD9A4A4295B8DC8F73DDBF6C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>penalty period</term> means either of 2 periods of 6 consecutive months during each fiscal year.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id344ee46d3aaf48dabdb42abaaa4005d6"><enum>(2)</enum><header>First penalty period</header><text>The first penalty period of each fiscal year shall be the 6-month period beginning on October 1.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idaf23778e75a4463eaf2199104ef8dda1"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Second penalty period</header><text>The second penalty period of each fiscal year shall be the 6-month period beginning on April 1.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id00e1618c741b439394451dbc443194bd"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Adjustment</header><text>The entire supplemental nutrition assistance program 6-month funding allotment of a State during a
penalty period shall be adjusted in response to the performance of the
work activation program of the State during previous performance
measurement periods.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id2ee59092380f4a0e9c4fda18a4e07c03"><enum>(gg)</enum><header>Performance measurement period</header><paragraph id="idCA013CA50B9A42A68C4966A43C87AFAB"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>performance measurement period</term> means either of 2 periods of 6 consecutive months during each fiscal year.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idee6bf30d749d4d99b3e6cd321943da04"><enum>(2)</enum><header>First performance measurement period</header><text>The first performance measurement period of each fiscal year shall be the 6-month period beginning
on October 1.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id786f9d219d4b449aa705caad1dbfa0e5"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Second performance measurement period</header><text>The second performance measurement period of each fiscal year shall be the 6-month period beginning
on April 1.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7b64b15ebcd940298e0742bd66091268"><enum>(hh)</enum><header>Program-Eligible adult without dependent children</header><text>The term <term>program-eligible adult without dependent children</term> means a work-capable adult without dependent children who—</text><paragraph id="idE8800B85212F43F2BD02805F0220FE1D"><enum>(1)</enum><text>receives program benefits for 1 month; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idDDC6F69B911942539B6A55E454ACA938"><enum>(2)</enum><text>has maintained less than 120 hours of paid employment during that month.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idD2D7CD1998154925B754C639A75EA912"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Program-Eligible family unit</header><text>The term <term>program-eligible family unit</term> means—</text><paragraph id="id5ebf9bfd3ec24b3d9bae51da31d93e45"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a program-eligible adult without dependent children;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2a6a19e4283c42d9bcb66611b2f846cb"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a program-eligible single-headed family with dependent children; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2270b15d9ac34ce69c2e4caea2c2bf4d"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a program-eligible married couple with dependent children.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id167a0d72e1444bfd9bbb175a5cbf18ca"><enum>(jj)</enum><header>Program-Eligible married couple with dependent children</header><text>The term <term>program-eligible married couple with dependent children</term> means a work-capable married couple family with dependent children that—</text><paragraph id="id52D7179DC5D6462396622CF3FFA7511E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>receives program benefits for 1 month; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idC342EEED15994B6F97AC563CFB108E3F"><enum>(2)</enum><text>has maintained less than 120 hours of paid employment between the family head and the married
spouse of the family head, summed together and counted jointly, during the
month.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idae96dee2d8464708b3b660332faca219"><enum>(kk)</enum><header>Program-Eligible single-Headed family with dependent children</header><text>The term <term>program-eligible single-headed family with dependent children</term> means a work-capable single-headed family with dependent children that—</text><paragraph id="id58F3605438874C918D3A6E1DDE30B96C"><enum>(1)</enum><text>receives program benefits for 1 month; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id977C192B8E804DBCAF41952E5033E2B6"><enum>(2)</enum><text>has a family head who has maintained less than 120 hours of paid employment during that month.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ida9ccf28df51e4309b288bf0b97a5bddd"><enum>(ll)</enum><header>Single-Headed family with dependent children</header><text>The term <term>single-headed family with dependent children</term> means a family with dependent children that—</text><paragraph id="ida523aee1d6c64853a846b327f6fa855d"><enum>(1)</enum><text>contains a family head residing with the family; but</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfa765fce8b554caeb62318b451a7f45a"><enum>(2)</enum><text>does not have a married spouse of the family head residing with the family.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id4b062a2aa8964129b0cca7b65b3ddf61"><enum>(mm)</enum><header>State share of work-Capable family units in calendar year 2010</header><text>The term <term>State share of work-capable family units in calendar year 2010</term> for each State means the quotient obtained by dividing—</text><paragraph id="id49572aa94016483889c45a81a3c86b4b"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the average monthly number of work-capable family units in the State during calendar year 2010; by</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0760bceca793473bb9a9037a50ecd9c3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the average monthly number of work-capable family units in all 50 States and the District of
Columbia during calendar year 2010.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id75aabfb6d1df4e2c9a6d62017de28927"><enum>(nn)</enum><header>Total family units eligible for participation in work activation</header><text>The term <term>total family units eligible for participation in work activation</term> in a month means, in the State in that month, the sum of—</text><paragraph id="id3bc7b4e6b37a40c3b7807f297fc1c5e2"><enum>(1)</enum><text>program-eligible adults without dependent children;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id632c4f44650a46a48172e19ad6466a03"><enum>(2)</enum><text>program-eligible single-headed families with dependent children; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id831f11377e244c77bf28688461668433"><enum>(3)</enum><text>program-eligible married couples with dependent children.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idb548d23b69f34baf902ec0a3cf0110b7"><enum>(oo)</enum><header>Work activation</header><text>The term <term>work activation</term> means—</text><paragraph id="id554518da12de47ab9963ebe496507636"><enum>(1)</enum><text>onsite work activation; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id85ef700771554e5bb3d078da870616ed"><enum>(2)</enum><text>approved offsite work activation.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id11dc1e63e8eb4f0fbc8b3466912efb10"><enum>(pp)</enum><header>Work-Capable adult without dependent children</header><text>The term <term>work-capable adult without dependent children</term> means an individual who—</text><paragraph id="ideccf5d408f124c38b1239a4e081244d3"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is an able-bodied, work-capable adult; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id5C7751C2D8B446C7A90D04AD27BD4758"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is not a family head or the married spouse of a family head.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="ide2906a7e888c428fb64010ec7ec6c29a"><enum>(qq)</enum><header>Work-Capable married couple family with dependent children</header><text>The term <term>work-capable married couple family with dependent children</term> means a married couple with dependent children that contains at least 1 work-capable,
able-bodied adult who is—</text><paragraph id="id0de6b72755264dc69be47743922a6f63"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the family head; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idae3f44d0a57d45a6a7d9bef1f5ded815"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the married spouse of the family head.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id1dcf3bb4111f4df88df65b56b1162c87"><enum>(rr)</enum><header>Work-Capable single-Headed family with dependent children</header><text>The term <term>work-capable single-headed family with dependent children</term> means a single-headed family with dependent children that has a family head who is an
able-bodied, work-capable adult.</text></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id454930c270a7476192fc8968eedbf5bd"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Conditions of participation</header><text>Section 6 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2015">7 U.S.C. 2015</external-xref>) is amended by striking
subsection (d) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8476DAE4BA774831A752D6A26D3888ED" style="OLC"><subsection id="idb0c29eec35e14022b947e2aef5cd9222"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Conditions of participation</header><paragraph id="id45D8A3FFF9814B32B910D9A4348B59B5"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Work requirements</header><subparagraph id="id2d69e3d3965c43cb9fb419d308629658"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>No able-bodied, work-capable adult shall be eligible to participate in the supplemental
nutrition assistance program if the individual—</text><clause id="id37dd50e3586f46a69d5af5729bb26292"><enum>(i)</enum><text>refuses, at the time of application and every 12 months thereafter, to register for employment
in a manner prescribed by the Secretary;</text></clause><clause id="idc1d7a61aaa7e47faa8557004b6f19098"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>refuses without good cause to accept an offer of employment, at a site or plant not subject
to a strike or lockout at the time of the refusal, at a wage not less
than the higher of—</text><subclause id="id32e770c7240b4d2a9740f57c739b5eb3"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the applicable Federal or State minimum wage; or</text></subclause><subclause id="id5ed0125272d645ef965d784293466cbe"><enum>(II)</enum><text>80 percent of the wage that would have applied had the minimum hourly rate under section
6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of
1938 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/206">29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)</external-xref>) been applicable to the offer of employment;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idc522ab0d1b33492183e738820fcb3275"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>refuses without good cause to provide a State agency with sufficient information to allow the
State agency to determine the employment status or the job
availability of the individual; or</text></clause><clause id="ide86af67addf6485d86d3a02ff39b5c60"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>voluntarily—</text><subclause id="idf171e1fa8e2444c2a990fd109adc8124"><enum>(I)</enum><text>quits a job; or</text></subclause><subclause id="id86f8dd99da234cfcb4ed51bd62b6fb53"><enum>(II)</enum><text>reduces work effort and, after the reduction, is working less than 30 hours
per week, unless another adult in the same family unit increases
employment at the same time by an amount that is at least equal to
the reduction in work effort by the first adult.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id6ae5b934e48f4b729af50670c59003cd"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Family unit ineligibility</header><text>If an able-bodied, work-capable adult is ineligible to participate in the supplemental
nutrition assistance program because of subparagraph (A), no other
member of the family unit to which that adult belongs shall be eligible
to participate.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id50ce2948cb0e499e9d68fc9076ccc349"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Duration of ineligibility</header><text>An able-bodied, work-capable adult who becomes ineligible under subparagraph (A), and members
of the family unit who become ineligible under subparagraph (B), shall
remain ineligible for 3 months after the date on which
ineligibility began.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id02b945db7c90465dbf418137d927d5dd"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Restoration of eligibility</header><text>At the end of the 3-month period of ineligibility under subparagraph (c), members of
a work-capable family unit may have their eligibility to
participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program restored,
if—</text><clause id="id3429184bcb0342a98996b0291245b894"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the family unit is no longer a work-capable family unit; or</text></clause><clause id="id6993d936205748f1b07c257d3e94e9db"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the adult members of the family unit begin and maintain any combination of paid employment
and work activation sufficient to meet the appropriate
standards for resumption of benefits in section 29(c)(2).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idca64c3b4be3e4470b844a3fddac2f96f"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Strike against a government</header><text>For the purpose of subparagraph (A)(iv), an employee of the Federal Government, a State, or a
political subdivision of a State, who is dismissed for
participating in a strike against the Federal Government, the State,
or the political subdivision of the State shall be considered to
have voluntarily quit without good cause.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id77489b03d53f412f9dcc56f3849cd3d6"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Striking workers ineligible</header><subparagraph id="idd51073923fda425691e09949e9ee544e"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) and (C) and notwithstanding any other
provision of law, no member of a family shall be eligible to participate
in the supplemental nutrition assistance program at any
time that any able-bodied, work-capable adult member of
the household is on strike as defined in section 501 of the Labor
Management Relations Act, 1947 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/142">29 U.S.C. 142</external-xref>), because of a labor
dispute (other than a lockout) as defined in section 2 of the
National Labor Relations Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/152">29 U.S.C. 152</external-xref>).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ida5f09b8d51a9403b882f9be82ece80d8"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Prior eligibility</header><clause id="id6bd2419b651a4c8ebb898f3e95870430"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to clause (ii), a family unit shall not lose eligibility to participate in the
supplemental nutrition assistance program as a result of 1 of the
members of the family unit going on strike if the household was
eligible immediately prior to the strike.</text></clause><clause id="idd7c21bc9932c4876a4d0b9aeed0b7800"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>No increased allotment</header><text>A family unit described in clause (i) shall not receive an increased allotment as the
result of a decrease in the income of the 1 or more striking
members of the household.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ide87e46446fa04573a0bd03fae98300e7"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Refusal to accept employment</header><text>Ineligibility described in subparagraph (A) shall not apply to any family unit that does
not contain a member on strike, if any of the members of the
family unit refuses to accept employment at a plant or site
because of a strike or lockout.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id0609921847934dcfa1267dde362fce94"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Eligibility of students with dependent children</header><text>Section 6(e) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2015">7 U.S.C. 2015(e)</external-xref>) is amended by striking
paragraph (8) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id64BBAD842890485AA28FAD878026571A" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idd9c3071bc7094b6eaf32fecf25f9b72e"><enum>(8)</enum><text>is enrolled full-time in an institution of higher education, as determined by the
institution, and—</text><subparagraph id="id8537c04617614bf2b8324ad22c3192ae"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is a single parent with responsibility for the care of a dependent child under 12
years of age; or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbce689a6564a4401a440e94a0b7fa532"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is a family head or married spouse of a family head in a married couple family with dependent
children and has a dependent child under age 12 residing in the
home.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id997979a2cde84760bb7d260399e44fb4"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Work requirement</header><text>Section 6 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2015">7 U.S.C. 2015</external-xref>) is amended by striking
subsection (o) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id8E7A9A90D23E4682831C33297941F5F3" style="OLC"><subsection id="id3e3ba3ababca422bafebf92809ee5aa6"><enum>(o)</enum><header>Fulfillment of employment and work activation requirements</header><paragraph id="id9c4aee49f41947408742992543b28933"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If 1 or more adults within a program-eligible family unit are required by the State agency to
participate in work activation under section 29, no member of the
family unit shall be eligible for supplemental nutrition
assistance benefits unless the relevant 1 or more adults fully comply
with the work activation standards.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idfd986f75d5e244dba4957c171da27556"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Sanctions and resumption of benefits</header><text>If 1 or more adults within a program-eligible family unit who are required by the State
agency to participate in work activation under section 29 during a given
month fail to comply with the work activation standards, benefits for
all members of the family unit—</text><subparagraph id="id849bf5604a774c7b8b43e9bca80d70ce"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall be terminated in accordance with section 29(c)(1); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd4dedb9a902442d2996ee89dac7ae8e8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may be resumed upon compliance with section 29(c)(2).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="idc0b9b45b993e48c4aac60544e738e5c1"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Exclusion</header><text>Section 6 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2015">7 U.S.C. 2015</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end
the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4E868FB8C8AF48E7AED25DA4D712626F" style="OLC"><subsection id="ida2c352af34d84df796e85482407103c1"><enum>(r)</enum><header>Minor children</header><text>No child less than age 18 years of age may participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance
program unless the child is a member of a family with dependent children
and resides with an adult who is—</text><paragraph id="id14e191e2997d4d5caf69605416c7649c"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the family head of the same family of which the child is also a member;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id0469510bb57a45c78d364265f9422c2e"><enum>(2)</enum><text>eligible to participate, and participating, in the supplemental nutrition assistance
program as a member of the same household as the child; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7ec35725cf6f49508c57480f006df0a0"><enum>(3)</enum><text>lawfully residing, and eligible to work, in the United States.</text></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id3f14120295924044bb47bb5b63d08bdb"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Hearing and determination</header><text>Section 11(e)(10) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2020(e)(10)) is
amended by striking <quote>: Provided</quote> and all that follows through <quote>hearing;</quote> at the end and inserting a semicolon.</text></subsection><subsection id="id43bcf5f32ec94cb98587307abc86ff11"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Work requirements and activation program</header><text>The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the
following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5514ddcc0e094376a770fbafebc4361e" style="OLC"><section id="id79C58C802AE8476D84EC804504EA5832"><enum>29.</enum><header>Work requirements and activation program</header><subsection id="id1c91bf0743eb4a8ebe96c24760da0870"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Work activation standards</header><paragraph id="id07b562bff05a46b78d3caea87c29492d"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to paragraph (3), a family unit with adult members that is required to participate in
work activation under subsection (e) during a full month of
participation in the supplemental nutrition assistance program
shall fulfill the following levels of work activation during that month:</text><subparagraph id="id17eaf0cf7775493bb2839406d7de26ad"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Work activation performance level for program-eligible adult without dependent children</header><text>Each program-eligible adult without dependent children who is required to participate in work
activation by a State agency under subsection (e) for a particular month
shall be required to perform a minimum of 36 hours of work activation for
that month, including at least—</text><clause id="id63ce35689628465a88ecebb81d577602"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a minimum of 16 hours of supervised onsite work activation; and</text></clause><clause id="id70227e22d00448be80291a196aab7589"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a minimum of 20 additional hours of—</text><subclause id="id17ae333828fc4ae987ea2f16fd79fd7c"><enum>(I)</enum><text>onsite work activation;</text></subclause><subclause id="idb834682fc70949ef9c862c737950e3ca"><enum>(II)</enum><text>approved offsite work activation; or</text></subclause><subclause id="idb3b265a0000340d8977d9fdc10f896c6"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a combination of both.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd39dab47cd414504be29cbb1f825e5a0"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Work activation performance levels for program-eligible single parent families with dependent
children</header><text>Work-capable adult family heads in program-eligible single parent families with dependent children
who are required by a State agency to participate in work activation under
subsection (e) shall be required to perform a minimum of 72 hours of work
activation per month, including at least—</text><clause id="id5c6f549745fd43d48b03e5ee4bca8c2b"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a minimum of 32 hours of supervised onsite work activation; and</text></clause><clause id="ida33f98bcbd6d4b0ba8431e214af4652e"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a minimum of 40 additional hours of—</text><subclause id="id51110582b1a64691a18bcbb82391f1b8"><enum>(I)</enum><text>onsite work activation;</text></subclause><subclause id="ide158bfae09b54d3696ef1dd2f3f85358"><enum>(II)</enum><text>approved offsite work activation; or</text></subclause><subclause id="ide6fd7cc4a1cb4bbfad7a292ed8b1e0c2"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a combination of both.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9721f141e1fe44d491f736b4cc4be7de"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Work activation performance levels for program-eligible married couples with dependent children</header><clause id="idec7339cd69064025aea83311ea170ef1"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to clause (ii), each program-eligible married couple with dependent children that is
required by a State agency to participate in work activation under
subsection (e) shall be required to perform a minimum of 72 hours of work
activation per month, including at least—</text><subclause id="idae28da37ab3c4530af9667c6bf632a6b"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a minimum of 32 hours of supervised onsite work activation; and</text></subclause><subclause id="id797a73808e054d7c94e48801735630d5"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a minimum of 40 additional hours of—</text><item id="idf76dc07d7fd7409d9a57cf6f9c7e7387"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>onsite work activation;</text></item><item id="id8a99365581ac46dfbe24f157faecd2d9"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>approved offsite work activation; or</text></item><item id="ida9f87cf9352e4ab6b7fbb97017814b11"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>a combination of both.</text></item></subclause></clause><clause id="id668ab2b41019498389c05438d6ffc0cf"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Requirements</header><subclause id="id89612c8a3f2a4c40aaaf45c181f099cc"><enum>(I)</enum><header>Single joint obligation</header><text>The 72-hour requirement under clause (i) shall be a single joint obligation for the married
couple as a whole in which the activities of both married partners
shall be combined together and counted jointly.</text></subclause><subclause id="ida246856408134126bb5fb45ef56509f5"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Options</header><text>The work activation requirement for a work-capable married couple family with dependent
children may be fulfilled by—</text><item id="id2bcdb461319442f0b2474f04c80147b4"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>72 or more hours of appropriate activity by the family head;</text></item><item id="idbfd1d8886e5941c898b8064938d578f2"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>72 or more hours of appropriate activity by the married spouse of the family head; or</text></item><item id="id63f88a636c4f4c52aa567fd3e5eb6f71"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>the combined activity of the family head and married spouse of the family head which when
added together equal or exceed 72 hours.</text></item></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5b98ba39dba0490b9e8c3170214274ce"><enum>(D)</enum><header>No separate work activation requirement</header><text>Neither the family head nor the married spouse of the family in a married couple family with
dependent children shall be subject to a separate work
activation requirement as individuals.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id60606afdc37a4f58847d5181cb47e01b"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Limitation on combined hours of work activation and paid employment</header><subparagraph id="idDAFA3EA2890C484B970DDDC3AC9A604A"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (1), a State may count any
program-eligible family unit as fulfilling the full engagement requirement
of the family unit for a month, for purposes of paragraphs (3) and (4) of
subsection (e), if the combined sum of paid employment and work
activation by work-capable adults within the family unit in that month
equals at least 160 hours.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9A82A08250B84E679085581C2C3B1D2B"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Result of fulfillment</header><text>If the combined sum of hours of paid employment and work activation by work-capable individuals
within a program-eligible family unit is at least 160 hours in a given
month—</text><clause id="id974D1BD4E7074A2A8BE893702863D22D"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the family unit has fulfilled the Federal work activation standards of the family unit for that
month; and</text></clause><clause id="id16245359EBFA44C8947256DB69E3C910"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the State agency need not require members of the family unit to perform additional work activation
during that month.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id94d4ad2bdbc9415ab9817b3e5bf33205"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Pro rata reduction in employment and work activation standard during a
partial month</header><paragraph id="id0d013fdd1e324c0d9690a5b976eba535"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A program-eligible family unit shall be subject to a pro-rated work activation standard,
if the family unit—</text><subparagraph id="idb2d9282137ab45bdaf0754290877542b"><enum>(A)</enum><text>receives a pro-rated monthly allotment during the initial month of enrollment
under section 8(c); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idfbe37c513ca846a782b02a1055333805"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is required by the State to participate in the work activation program during that
month.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id2aae6c7200ac4ef584adf420dd08d722"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Pro-rated work activation standard</header><text>For purposes of paragraph (1), the term <term>pro-rated work activation standard</term> means a standard that equals a number of hours of work activity of a family unit
that bears the same proportion to the work activation requirement
for the family unit for a full month under subsection (a) as the
proportion that—</text><subparagraph id="ide8f4e7e14c54490aa542ee8e31167d40"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the pro-rated monthly allotment received by the household for the partial month under
section 8(c); bears to</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5ae504a5c51e4799bb8b2d3cf1020ba2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the full allotment the same household would receive for a complete month.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idae38a1415ad944e5ba9fa2db78fabbaf"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>For purposes of fulfilling the pro-rated work activation requirement during an initial
month of enrollment in the supplemental nutrition assistance program,
only those hours of adult work activation that occurred during the
portion of the month in which the family unit was participating in
the supplemental nutrition assistance program shall be counted.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id7f47abd4841646d0ba26a0b5e7100d8c"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Sanction for noncompliance by family units</header><paragraph id="id962566a50eb34799b92083c3f00df355"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Standard</header><subparagraph id="idbaaa53728e7846c6811165b460c6f3d7"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If 1 or more members of a program-eligible family unit are required to participate in
the work activation program under subsection (e)
in a calendar month and 1 or more individuals fail to fulfill the work
activation standards under subsection (a) or (b) for that month—</text><clause id="id268b446b8147414486ba427202b2cd09"><enum>(i)</enum><text>no member of the family unit shall be eligible to receive supplemental nutrition assistance
benefits during the subsequent calendar month; and</text></clause><clause id="idd1ccf8e1e0124d8887a841b8ef1dcd2e"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>except as provided in subparagraph (B), the State agency shall not provide the supplemental
nutrition assistance benefit payment for all members of the
family unit that otherwise would have been issued at the beginning
of the next month.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idbad96313422e4502a3ab6e2c06017767"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Administrative delay of sanction</header><clause id="ida4a09e369fd645738f991da066913a5a"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in clauses (ii) and (iii), if it is administratively infeasible for the
State to not provide the supplemental nutrition assistance benefit
that would be issued at the beginning of the first
month after the month of noncompliance, the State shall not
provide the payment to all members of the family unit that otherwise
would have been made at the beginning of the second month after the
month of noncompliance.</text></clause><clause id="id9ba8b45b3ea048be86ab6b552ac555e1"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>The sanction of benefits shall occur not later than 32 days after the end of the
month of noncompliance.</text></clause><clause id="idd4a8668e715c40cfa57de017dd7e9542"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Relationship of payments to members of the family unit</header><text>At least 1 monthly payment to all members of the family unit shall be not provided for each
month of noncompliance under subparagraph (A).</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idef4f38aaf1a14bca847789b7cb7e7815"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Resumption of benefits after sanction</header><subparagraph id="idfb553b1a78a64dd3812fbde02c108e41"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If a family unit has had the monthly benefit of the family unit not provided due to
noncompliance with a work activation requirement under paragraph
(1), the family unit shall not be eligible to receive future
benefits under the supplemental nutrition assistance program until—</text><clause id="id780c86b0da3e4ded887aadcf8e7d03c1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the 1 or more work-capable members of the family unit have—</text><subclause id="id957013D1D470458DA09E762D2F1CA78E"><enum>(I)</enum><text>successfully participated in a work activation program under subsection (e) for at least 4
consecutive, subsequent weeks; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idED0E47CF5F7A47EEAB385A1D2D30199F"><enum>(II)</enum><text>fulfilled the work activation standard for the family unit for that same 4-week period by
maintaining an hourly total of participation in work activation that is at
least equal to the appropriate monthly totals for hours of participation
provided in subsection (a);</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id0e0473bfccba4d9b869e1681326f1b84"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the family unit no longer contains any able-bodied, work-capable adults; or</text></clause><clause id="id1244edde08414314b4eee14b844e3cff"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the family unit maintains at least 120 hours of paid employment during the 4-week period.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idab7a2083e0134f71ab4bd6fa0da2f93b"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The resumed benefits provided under subparagraph (A) shall not restore or compensate for the
benefits that were not provided due to the sanction imposed under
paragraph (1).</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="id8d17e3d80756465ca28700398c9ebf50"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Work activation is not employment</header><text>Participation in work activation activities under this section shall not be—</text><paragraph id="id0733a4652da5464eaf513b9b3dffad56"><enum>(1)</enum><text>considered to be employment; or</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ida3a52b47f09847e1b4c9ae103af46ce1"><enum>(2)</enum><text>subject to any law pertaining to wages, compensation, hours, or conditions of employment
under any law administered by the Secretary of Labor.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="idd6d2c3eff21f4df48fcc8fc35903e4c3"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Work activation program</header><paragraph id="idb0d522b0ff4441febdd88323934eb021"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Program</header><text>Each State participating in the supplemental nutrition assistance program shall
carry out a work activation program.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="ide44b21cce10e4dcc87a15e5d5706c156"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purpose</header><subparagraph id="ideb38e0b989e04d03a4aa3e1eb388b1e0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The goals of each work activation program shall be—</text><clause id="id994275a1496c4ea3b4deac706f6fe9fc"><enum>(i)</enum><text>to encourage and assist able-bodied, work-capable adult recipients of supplemental nutrition
assistance to obtain paid employment;</text></clause><clause id="id66bac169e20f43739b7f820e389ad038"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>to reduce dependence on government assistance; and</text></clause><clause id="id05aca68f434344b9860bc7dc6480db82"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>to ensure that able-bodied, work-capable adult recipients of supplemental nutrition assistance
make a contribution to society and the taxpayers in exchange for
assistance received.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id8050138c74894dfea84d421a7dd248e7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>To accomplish the goals described in subparagraph (A), each State shall require able-bodied,
work-capable adult recipients of supplemental nutrition
assistance who are unemployed or under-employed to engage in work
activation.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idcf9cbd0a5cdc4a729ef5c04c1c42bd61"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Required State work activation participation rates</header><subparagraph id="id6bdedc3d1f184565814acf3dae7fed35"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to subparagraph (D), each State that receives supplemental nutrition assistance program
funding shall be required to meet, for the work activation programs of the
State—</text><clause id="id36e598b205354e49af023349d2f9878e"><enum>(i)</enum><text>a work activation participation rate for work-capable adults without dependent children, as
described in subparagraph (B); and</text></clause><clause id="idebde2d3f679240929c2df3c743e3ceac"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>a total recipient work activity participation rate, as described in subparagraph (C).</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id34dc76c564ce4b1182a733b55f7fed75"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Participation rate for work-capable without dependent children</header><text>The average monthly percent of program-eligible work-capable without dependent children who shall
be required to maintain full engagement in work activation under
subparagraph (A)(i) shall be—</text><clause id="id0f72ddc111344b9faa65c6ade1662211"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for each performance measurement period in fiscal year 2014, 50 percent of all program-eligible
adults without dependent children; and</text></clause><clause id="idffa63694dff34a94af3a136c4b90f10e"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for each performance measurement period in fiscal year 2015 and each subsequent fiscal year, 85
percent of all program-eligible adults without dependent children who are
eligible for work activation.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcf4eb2cd42c544529d236f6296aedee3"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Overall participation rate for all program-eligible recipients</header><text>The average monthly number of program-eligible family units who shall be required to maintain full
engagement in work activation in a given month shall be—</text><clause id="id411331b48d8f4e59a350b79dfd328cb1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>for each performance measurement period in fiscal year 2015, the lesser of—</text><subclause id="id05814db21c4b4b69b0040d30ba061f10"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the product obtained by multiplying—</text><item id="id75D940AFEDB040C5B9C365B1DD9974CB"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the State share of work-capable family units in calendar year 2010; by</text></item><item id="idE7AA3E82FDD34B03B46F6C271B4CEA48"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>2,000,000; or</text></item></subclause><subclause id="idc54cbef31a044f5e834f95c84e4e21df"><enum>(II)</enum><text>85 percent of the average monthly number of total program-eligible family units in the State; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id8d3285f58e93494a8bad6a871598f0e4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>for each performance measurement period in fiscal year 2016 and each subsequent fiscal year, the
lesser of—</text><subclause id="idA05A82A94F0443808AFA8D24348362DF"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the product obtained by multiplying—</text><item id="idbd711c8599994747ad3a6296111b0159"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>the State share of work-capable family units in calendar year 2010; by</text></item><item id="id30F64FBF1E084BBC887E510ECA72F173"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>4,000,000; or</text></item></subclause><subclause id="id2ef3a52a997e4beb9f3e4c59d52bb956"><enum>(II)</enum><text>85 percent of the average monthly number of total family units eligible for participation in work
activation in the State in the calendar year.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id512623b9083045ae9ac5842f0ac8f22c"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>If the total number of individuals in a State who are required to participate in work activation
under the work-capable adults without dependent children work activation
requirement described in subparagraph (B) is greater than the number of
individuals in the State who are required to participate under the overall
participation rate requirement described in subparagraph (C), the State
shall be required to fulfill only the requirement for work-capable adults
without dependent children.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idaa2bf4009d4b40ac84a4ca4da951f846"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Counting full engagement in work activation for purposes of measuring State compliance with
participation rates</header><subparagraph id="id8c5d4259bf594b939c22333aef3ad563"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For purposes of determining the compliance of a State with the participation rate standards in
paragraph (3), a State shall count in each month the number of
program-eligible family units that maintained full engagement in work
activation in that month.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd1469950ad3f4677bda74eddf998a2b4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Full Engagement</header><clause id="id38e4d76338e2466fbb4c6f92ea41f723"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A), a family unit shall be counted as having maintained full
engagement in work activation in a given month if the family unit was—</text><subclause id="id71135b1ccb9641fa944205358c18693f"><enum>(I)</enum><text>a program-eligible family unit that performed sufficient work activation in the month to meet the
work activation standards provided in subsection (a) or (b);</text></subclause><subclause id="idf53056758e8445e1ab175f89bce81abd"><enum>(II)</enum><text>a family unit that did not qualify for supplemental nutrition assistance benefits in a current
month because of a prior sanction but that qualified for a resumption of
benefits due to work activation performed in the month that meets the
standards provided in subsection (c)(2); or</text></subclause><subclause id="id55a040fc1dd841f7acf3602611c9c1f3"><enum>(III)</enum><text>a program-eligible family unit that—</text><item id="idecd12f3f762e4ec298f87549db87b165"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>received supplemental nutrition assistance benefits in a given month;</text></item><item id="id30b24ae030c341d9aa19a4600604a2f0"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>was required by a State agency to participate in work activation in that month;</text></item><item id="id6c3a60adb97b4be1aa212b17a06aa755"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>failed to perform sufficient work activation in that month to meet the standards in subsection (a)
or (b); and</text></item><item id="id37605fab3a06452dbe464b8384001a5a"><enum>(dd)</enum><text>was sanctioned by an elimination of supplemental nutrition assistance benefits in the 1 or more
immediately succeeding months, in accordance with subsection (c)(1).</text></item></subclause></clause><clause id="idfa5c5a26799d4486aade148ce8c12288"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Limitation</header><subclause id="id7173DAE4CBF64B6E8FFB1213661F4A21"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>For purposes of clause (i)(III), a family unit that was required to participate in work activation
but failed to perform sufficient activity to meet the standard shall be
counted as having maintained full engagement in work activation only in
the first month of noncompliance.</text></subclause><subclause id="id9ECD94E329AD4212A59CEB3DC710478E"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Subsequent months</header><text>Except as provided in clause (i)(II), the family unit shall not be counted as maintaining full
engagement in work activation in any subsequent month in which the family
unit was subject to the sanction for noncompliance.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcf6fa40138f94cde872f8d4dba6658bb"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Benefits previously terminated</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B)(i)(II) concerning family units that qualify for resumption
of benefits, a family unit that does not receive supplemental nutrition
assistance benefits in a given month because the benefits of the family
unit have been previously terminated in accordance with subsection (c)(1)
shall not be counted in that month—</text><clause id="id8d2dd96608ab471bb1821f28ad3bef22"><enum>(i)</enum><text>as a family unit that has maintained full engagement in work activation; or</text></clause><clause id="idd6a16cd710184ebc988f2c0b7ab2fe7e"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>as a program-eligible family unit.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id0f3d40622bbd4e2e939c2ee41802e225"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Penalties for inadequate State performance</header><subparagraph id="id190e9550c704470b9d95f444ac3fedc4"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Requirement</header><clause id="id3EF24B68434B4726BFF25F46192D01DE"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Beginning in fiscal year 2015 and for each subsequent fiscal year, each State shall count the
monthly average number of program-eligible family units that maintain full
engagement in work activation during each performance measurement period.</text></clause><clause id="id5FE9279F8F0848B3B2C4A9E0DDE942A9"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Reduction in funding</header><text>If the monthly average number of program-eligible family units that maintain full engagement in a
State is not sufficient to fulfill 1 or both of the relevant performance
standards in subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (3) during a
performance measurement period (subject to the limitation in paragraph
(3)(D)), the Federal supplemental nutrition assistance program funding for
the State shall be reduced for the entire penalty period that commences 12
months after the commencement of the relevant performance measurement
period.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id3f353b5f7da04e5ca5bcefe5528b8c6a"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Schedule of funding reductions</header><clause id="id7F46E89EA0A34249A707D20133525A71"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The funding reduction for a State under subparagraph (A) shall be determined by the number of
consecutive performance measurement periods during which the State has
failed to meet 1 or both of the relevant work activation participation
rates under subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (3) (subject to
paragraph (3)(D)).</text></clause><clause id="id8DB00D9ED9D04B12BC652345D2E97FA5"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Failure</header><text>If any State fails to maintain a monthly average number of program-eligible family units that
maintain full engagement in work activation during a performance
measurement period that fulfills 1 or both of the relevant performance
standards under subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (3) (subject to
paragraph (3)(D))—</text><subclause id="id452e5c792920443c9885edf6a40164aa"><enum>(I)</enum><text>for a single, nonconsecutive performance measurement period, the Federal supplemental nutrition
assistance program funding for the State shall be reduced by 20 percent of
the normal funding allotment of the State for the penalty period that
commences 12 months after the relevant performance measurement period;</text></subclause><subclause id="idbaf65d49dacb49e18bb0ebe8583d39b6"><enum>(II)</enum><text>for 2 consecutive performance measurement periods, the Federal supplemental nutrition assistance
program funding for the State shall be reduced by 30 percent of the normal
funding allotment of the State for the penalty period that commences 12
months after the relevant performance measurement period;</text></subclause><subclause id="ide7518f86d5964f5fb3ef208c46335088"><enum>(III)</enum><text>for 3 consecutive performance measurement periods, the Federal supplemental nutrition assistance
program funding for the State shall be reduced by 40 percent of the normal
funding allotment of the State for the penalty period that commences 12
months after the relevant performance measurement period;</text></subclause><subclause id="idb904999a8dbe4ffe8b8b8433b311fd85"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>for 4 consecutive performance measurement periods, the Federal supplemental nutrition assistance
program funding for the State shall be reduced by 50 percent of the normal
funding allotment of the State for the penalty period that commences 12
months after the relevant performance measurement period;</text></subclause><subclause id="id4e157d169a1f404ea9fcf09a10bc770d"><enum>(V)</enum><text>for 5 consecutive performance measurement periods, the Federal supplemental nutrition assistance
program funding for the State shall be reduced by 70 percent of the normal
funding allotment of the State for the penalty period that commences 12
months after the relevant performance measurement period; or</text></subclause><subclause id="id910b701abb9b4af893666c9f38a8b3c7"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>for 6 or more consecutive performance measurement periods, the Federal supplemental nutrition
assistance
program funding for the State shall be reduced by 100 percent of the
normal funding allotment of the State for the penalty period that
commences 12 months after the relevant performance measurement period.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb8a123644c9b42dd9cd09eb59391395e"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Restoration in funding resulting from improved State performance</header><clause id="id852555fabed3492b85d41874b9e3a8d1"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to clause (iii), if a State maintains a monthly average number of program-eligible family
units that maintain full engagement in work activation that is sufficient
to fulfill the relevant performance standards described in subparagraphs
(B) and (C) of paragraph (3), subject to the limitation in paragraph
(3)(D) for 1 nonconsecutive performance measurement period, the Federal
supplemental nutrition assistance funding for the State for the next
penalty period shall equal <fraction>1/2</fraction> of the sum of—</text><subclause id="id3211fd668c6442e2bbcfdd5d6b939737"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the normal funding allotment of the State for the performance measurement period; and</text></subclause><subclause id="idb57a4ea045f246539ad520ebe018545a"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the funding allotment of the State for the previous penalty period.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idafd15a606cff4213a1eb7a1ba125877a"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Subsequent periods</header><text>Subject to clause (iii), if a State maintains a monthly average number of program-eligible family
units who maintain full engagement in work activation that is sufficient
to fulfill the relevant performance standards described in subparagraphs
(B) and (C) of paragraph (3), subject to the limitation in paragraph
(3)(D) for 2 consecutive performance measurement periods, the Federal
supplemental nutrition assistance funding for the State shall equal 100
percent of the normal funding allotment of the State for the next penalty
period.</text></clause><clause id="idab65b7b5933045648aff83b899f8657d"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>Notwithstanding clauses (i) and (ii), no State shall receive more than 100 percent of the normal
funding allotment of the State due to the provisions of this paragraph.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id4dce933f5b004172bd3df5e668932a00"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Rewards to States for reducing government dependence</header><subparagraph id="ida3b0c51c561c4993a04accac4413cc3e"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If, in any future year, a State reduces the supplemental nutrition assistance caseload of the
State below the levels that existed in calendar year 2006, the
State shall receive a financial reward for reducing dependence.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idb3dae426f2ba4d09a776d08188cb03e5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Amount</header><text>The reward shall equal <fraction>1⁄4</fraction> of the savings to the Federal Government for that year that resulted from the
caseload reduction.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5486fbbb13c1421e98503e9be294cc86"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Use of reward</header><text>A State may use reward funding under this paragraph for any purpose chosen by the
State that—</text><clause id="id882b6c1c5cee4c02ac0e34407ccc153e"><enum>(i)</enum><text>provides benefits or services to individuals with incomes below 200 percent of the Federal
poverty level;</text></clause><clause id="idd9765695c078429c825809efe2123257"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>improves social outcomes in low-income populations;</text></clause><clause id="id122c6598e9ac47a9803d31c6a2c762c8"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>encourages healthy marriage; or</text></clause><clause id="id379c69c3cd004d509f67db2eb431ec53"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>increases self-sufficiency and reduces dependence.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="ide28e1483a25a469cb53a8892361e85fb"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Authorization of funding</header><subparagraph id="idbfad6f9bbaeb44ac95323f0089480404"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to provide funds to State
governments for the purpose of carrying out work activation programs
in accordance with this section $500,000,000 for fiscal year 2014
and each subsequent fiscal year.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id40fca59d1d5a4ad799d913e2840ebd3e"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Allocation among States</header><text>The total amount appropriated under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year shall be
allocated among the States in accordance with the proportion of
each State’s share of total funding for the supplemental nutrition
assistance program under this Act in fiscal year 2007.</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idcd36a35e180b403db8f3230ed86191ae"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Additional funding</header><clause id="id261693d1a5c040d1a6101331b45da415"><enum>(i)</enum><header>TANF funding</header><subclause id="id4893F82E45124F9BAE4E3DE0ECC0FEBE"><enum>(I)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in fiscal year 2014 and each subsequent fiscal year, a
State that receives supplemental nutrition assistance funds may spend, in
that fiscal year to administer the work activation program of the State
under this section, up to—</text><item id="id561AFDC06251462B85847F6AC41B3583"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>30 percent of the Federal funds available to the State through the program of block grants to
States for
temporary assistance for needy families established under part A of title IV of
the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 601
et
seq.) in that fiscal year; and</text></item><item id="id08D44117A41049C0971474B286647512"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>30 percent of funds from State sources allocated to the operation of the program described in item
(aa).</text></item></subclause><subclause commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id7E6763AEF832419683BF091BB81DD7F5"><enum>(II)</enum><header>Effect</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Any State that uses State funds allocated to the program of block grants to States for
temporary assistance for needy families established under part A of title IV of
the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 601
et
seq.) to administer the work activation program under this section may count those
funds for purposes of meeting the maintenance of effort requirement of the
State under that program of block grants in that fiscal year.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id28e128d3fdcc4a298da8440110482c40"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Workforce Investment Act funding</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in fiscal year 2014 and each subsequent fiscal year, a
State that receives Federal funds under the Workforce Investment Act of
1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/29/2801">29 U.S.C. 2801 et seq.</external-xref>) may spend up to 50 of those funds to
administer the work activation program under this section.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="id9674eec438974733a8391d6636a14627"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><paragraph id="idABBC329C11FF4B1FA773D94617000A40"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Section 5 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2014">7 U.S.C. 2014</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="id06214b354f174d2aa28d055e795bf109"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (a), in the second sentence, by striking <quote>, 6(d)(2),</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9C245BD392784D47B17B26B6F01C7A40"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(14), by striking <quote>section 6(d)(4)(I)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 29</quote>;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id9f8f11119f144701b1a1c51072a231c2"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (e)(3)(B)(ii), by striking <quote>subsection (d)(3)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 29</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idee2bf04f5e76402685629140bbc878a1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in the first sentence of subsection (g)(3), by striking <quote>section 6(d)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 29</quote>.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id7d30516ddd2b41d29e95e2f3e5bfd576"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 7(i)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2016(i)(1)) is amended
by striking <quote>section 6(o)(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 6(o)</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idda06080ba698439d868fd2dc7b72c7bf"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 11(e) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2020">7 U.S.C. 2020(e)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="idb480e408ccbb443da40e417c29f963c2"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (19); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id31456d4d9d74448aae029cf2d2da7114"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (20) through (23) as paragraphs (19) through (22),
respectively.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idfd5b21c3bd62428a9732a582c4b47632"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 16 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2025">7 U.S.C. 2025</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="id3a59d879fe924154aadcfcab6902b12a"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(4), by striking <quote>section 6(d)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 29</quote>; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id54ea0c0977c2469aa84d406a2fb20e01"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subsection (h).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id32b88f7252454af4bca3cae76bde7bd8"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Section 17 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2026">7 U.S.C. 2026</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="id7806b55778bc44e7a4693df2b6418530"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><clause id="ide030d433547c45faace17d8ad112775b"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(B)(iv)(III)—</text><subclause id="id97ea00549356409ab79376a2de262a08"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking item (bb); and</text></subclause><subclause id="ide817068dfc5440729540699d2eac6709"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by redesignating items (cc) through (jj) as items (bb) through (ii), respectively;</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id4c760c9b335546b69331c284d3ecc2e4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking the second sentence; and</text></clause><clause id="id0cc41bcde7f74e65b34a38f686b76b32"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(B), in the first sentence, by striking <quote>section 6(d)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 29,</quote>; and</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="ided24c5a0516c415ab30eb883114bfbb6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subsection (g).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idfcc67ab7a7524eebbfae4ebc744d0959"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Section 20 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2029">7 U.S.C. 2029</external-xref>) is amended—</text><subparagraph id="idf54f9bad832c4108aa3f659dd67abe9e"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text><clause id="id78096adba0bb42dda91c77908ea7b940"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (1); and</text></clause><clause id="idae4d3973d3184c07acc33a48565debf7"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (6) as paragraphs (1) through (5),
respectively;</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5d1c31ffc4c74478bab39c7daf2cc312"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subsection (f); and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idd2eb5b41ec9d40f596e3d8e564ddfb1c"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (f).</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idaf0a5ffdf446461c8cf884c268c70449"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Section 22(b) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2031">7 U.S.C. 2031(b)</external-xref>) is amended by
striking paragraph (4).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id21a979e84db147a78e00ec6004e2bd5c"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Section 26(f)(3)(E) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/7/2036">7 U.S.C. 2036(f)(3)(E)</external-xref>) is amended by
striking <quote>(22), and (23)</quote> and inserting <quote>(21), and (22)</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id6fedf00faee54f5d9d0a0e07b3db4062"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Section 501(b)(2)(E) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/20/9271">20 U.S.C. 9271(b)(2)(E)</external-xref>) is
amended by striking <quote>section 6(d)</quote> and all that follows through the end and inserting <quote>section 29 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idba5e0954eab84a9c913afbfa15adab8d"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Section 112(b)(8)(A)(iii) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C.
2822(b)(8)(A)(iii)) is amended by striking <quote>section 6(d)(4)</quote> and all that follows through <quote>(7 U.S.C. 2015(d)(4))</quote> and inserting <quote>section 29 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008</quote>.</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2ffaeab0748a4338875e2210e1d98558"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Section 121(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29
U.S.C. 2841(b)(2)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking <quote>section 6(d)(4)</quote> and all that follows through the end and inserting <quote>section 29 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008;</quote>.</text></paragraph></subsection></section><section id="id56c725a74b674d1c8d10936eb840130a"><enum>102.</enum><header>Termination of benefit increase</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 101(a)(2) of division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law
111–5; 123 Stat. 120; 124 Stat. 2394; 124 Stat. 3265) is
amended by striking paragraph (2) and inserting the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9909643DBB124A16BCBC92CE8ADEEDE7" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id4646e92b8f744e4986ac38533da2799c"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Termination</header><text>The authority provided by this subsection shall terminate on the date of enactment of the <short-title>Welfare Reform and Upward Mobility Act</short-title>.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><enum>II</enum><header>Reporting of
means-tested welfare spending in President’s budget submission</header><section id="idB4F52C80CF9340B18EA242565F55024C" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>201.</enum><header>Additional
information in President’s budget submission</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline"><external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/31/1105">Section 1105(a)</external-xref> of title 31, United States
Code, is amended—</text><paragraph id="id6C3D0E74F16F4B65ADF707D528279CD5"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by redesignating the second paragraph designated as paragraph (37), relating to outdated or
duplicative plans and reports, as added by section 11 of the GPRA
Modernization
Act of 2010 (<external-xref legal-doc="public-law" parsable-cite="pl/111/352">Public Law 111–352</external-xref>; 124 Stat. 3881), as paragraph (39); and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id2BBB2A821DD74832A556B33E7B5DACF7"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idE2A41EF99A984F049265E770332ACD9B" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idE8158FEC82AC48EF9E9A44F3881566F1"><enum>(40)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total level of means-tested
welfare spending (as defined in section 3 of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/622">2 U.S.C. 622</external-xref>)) by the Federal Government and the total
level of means-tested
welfare spending by all State and local governments and the
Federal Government for the most recent fiscal year for which such
data is
available and estimated levels for the fiscal year during which the
budget
submission of the President is made, for the fiscal year beginning
on October 1
of the calendar year during which the budget submission is made,
and for each
of the 9 ensuing fiscal years.</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><enum>III</enum><header>Aggregate cap for
means-tested welfare spending</header><section id="id8BD61CCB92E747F4A18571D217CF5666"><enum>301.</enum><header>Definition of
means-tested welfare spending</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/622">2 U.S.C. 622</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end
the following
new paragraph:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="idAB2452C26D8D47E4B861DE8D9FA7B30F" style="OLC"><paragraph id="idD67333589B37435A9F0A5AC56DEC0747"><enum>(12)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id53DF6EEBA263413F9CB28D8CF97A8138"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The term
<term>means-tested welfare spending</term>—</text><clause id="idF073E6FD6B764E7085032E8272D8EEF1" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>means spending for any Federal program that
is designed to specifically provide assistance or benefits
exclusively to
low-income Americans;</text></clause><clause id="idF251BD25F63D406DAEBED186A59F8ABB" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>does not include such a program if the program—</text><subclause id="id819E3B1D5F384B249460D071AFAA92D7"><enum>(I)</enum><text>is based on earned
eligibility;</text></subclause><subclause id="idC1B83AEF697648528DE42E2111F11FFC"><enum>(II)</enum><text>is not need-based;</text></subclause><subclause id="id7D135B37C635423C8F7BB1664A5396C7"><enum>(III)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is a program designed exclusively or
primarily for veterans of military service; or</text></subclause><subclause id="id095A97B4FED94B7B8492862538023398"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>offers universal or near universal
eligibility to the working population and their dependents; and</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id0A70AC01BFBD4B0BB15F92B79887DD18" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>includes community
and economic development programs targeted to low-income
communities or
populations.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idF3673AF82AFA4FDA81E78986EA49B51A" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A), the
spending on following Federal programs shall be means-tested
welfare
spending:</text><clause id="id244B80D204A04BBA9CE784838A67CFDC"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Cash and general
programs</header><subclause id="id23F6962F6BD245F191632687F008EF1D"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Supplemental Security Income.</text></subclause><subclause id="idF3EDF353B84B447BAB68F3426345140E"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Earned Income Tax Credit (Refundable
Portion).</text></subclause><subclause id="id552F9735138745FE8879F95CD40D516C"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Refundable Child Credit.</text></subclause><subclause id="idA654900502E543BEB673E458F996D852"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>Temporary Assistance to Needy
Families.</text></subclause><subclause id="id4ED01A16EBE148BDBA94066F4E75973C"><enum>(V)</enum><text>Title IV–E Foster Care.</text></subclause><subclause id="id73B5E93C3DD5435D8805259897BF81E2"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>Title IV–E Adoption Assistance.</text></subclause><subclause id="idCFAFEA8CE09C468CA2FFEFEF0E3EA519"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>General Assistance to Indians.</text></subclause><subclause id="id62FBE8BDB5A946728151C3D401614204"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text>Assets for Independence.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id93B6BEFBB85A40D49B3438B28FE03AB2"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Medical</header><subclause id="idA1E7A67ABB314D8EA35C01C69515FA64"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Medicaid.</text></subclause><subclause id="idD0ECAA70A9534CE6B74E8A5BAFAA6722"><enum>(II)</enum><text>State Children’s Health Insurance
Program.</text></subclause><subclause id="idD3D6E65FD7AE4139B077B35A87224B17"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Indian Health Services.</text></subclause><subclause id="id145986F4989B48A5852E82FE1B3019CB"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>Consolidated Health Centers/Community
Health Centers.</text></subclause><subclause id="id11118964DDE2475E89DF907FA94889BD"><enum>(V)</enum><text>Maternal and Child Health.</text></subclause><subclause id="id5B1F06C3A95649F8A46A3F44D5138006"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>Healthy Start.</text></subclause><subclause id="idE02B1184991C42D99D5AB4F8B0B2A4DD"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>Refundable Premiums and Out of Pocket
Subsidies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care
Act
(PPACA).</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idFC233E5753C74518B1FEACF4B8E594EF"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Food</header><subclause id="id3420CEBF89AA4404AF948D787D955C55"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Food
Stamps Program.</text></subclause><subclause id="id93B88DEE1ECD4E57BE96F758BAF5C940"><enum>(II)</enum><text>School Lunch Program.</text></subclause><subclause id="id61B8782B6EC6414A8F6382762ACB6C92"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Women, Infant and Children (WIC) Food
Program.</text></subclause><subclause id="id220EEBEAFE4C4F7AAF91271E845AEE1C"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>School Breakfast.</text></subclause><subclause id="id754FADF4D4D44348A5A7D17DA7D54CDB"><enum>(V)</enum><text>Child Care Food Program.</text></subclause><subclause id="id92528A4D3ACD4280989D9F1406B52BCF"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>Nutrition Program for the Elderly,
Nutrition Service Incentives.</text></subclause><subclause id="id5FBCAA19B6814ABFABDD856498391E5D"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>Summer Food Service Program.</text></subclause><subclause id="id1B02F1BA0D0341389B1DCC2AE7BE0AC1"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text>Commodity Supplemental Food
Program.</text></subclause><subclause id="id12ABA76F1A8B4F2A99752DF7028C2955"><enum>(IX)</enum><text>Temporary Emergency Food Program.</text></subclause><subclause id="id94EDCCA6B1A44A0BB46E4090D10F1B6F"><enum>(X)</enum><text>Needy Families.</text></subclause><subclause id="idD7A77D2E3C844A30965A8C4FF2976EE8"><enum>(XI)</enum><text>Farmer’s Market Nutrition
Program.</text></subclause><subclause id="idAE161F3E15174E4EBA5AA15CDF1EA8D4"><enum>(XII)</enum><text>Special Milk Program.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id2D3231145069412CBB487AD20FAD0F41"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Housing</header><subclause id="id604903D8616549A384990D2EF6A0F307"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8 Housing (HUD).</text></subclause><subclause id="idADF226089037453F98A726599F9EEB95"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Public Housing (HUD).</text></subclause><subclause id="id8EE8E875516148DBA32CB9C3D0325683"><enum>(III)</enum><text>State Housing Expenditures.</text></subclause><subclause id="id9BE1AAA2CF224669A2FB8774BF18ADD0"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>Home Investment Partnership Program
(HUD).</text></subclause><subclause id="idBD8FA19277394763A356DF0FC2E415FB"><enum>(V)</enum><text>Homeless Assistance Grants (HUD).</text></subclause><subclause id="idA23EBA8191544AF39AB032D03D4BE570"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>Rural Housing Insurance Fund
(Agriculture).</text></subclause><subclause id="id44E6B35B841F4B0D8143845BB65FAFEC"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>Rural Housing Service
(Agriculture).</text></subclause><subclause id="id388BAEEA8A3645F18CDECBE4AC3ACADE"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text>Housing for the Elderly (HUD).</text></subclause><subclause id="id990FC7C84F3048DB8A7AFE7D311DF456"><enum>(IX)</enum><text>Native American Housing Block Grants
(HUD).</text></subclause><subclause id="id679CE141BEDB469784A757763C48CB1C"><enum>(X)</enum><text>Other Assisted Housing Programs
(HUD).</text></subclause><subclause id="idA2C5B3F707D348E2AEA08080B83533DE"><enum>(XI)</enum><text>Housing for Persons with Disabilities
(HUD).</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id1506DAC8734742E095CC95D992AEDA5B"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Energy and Utilities</header><subclause id="id2D9F0B9425044A718AF79E7703A1D560"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Low-Income Home Energy Assistance.</text></subclause><subclause id="id547BD890DAD54E4F995819F67D3DC6C3"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Universal Service Fund—Subsidized Phone
Service for Low-Income Persons.</text></subclause><subclause id="id3A3E43E2F0744CB0B42B47FC1AAB38F5"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Weatherization.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idA795FF4EF79C4573994A58F18171D91A"><enum>(vi)</enum><header>Education</header><subclause id="id504C255208E34042907285B70A87797D"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pell
Grants.</text></subclause><subclause id="idF9D9658933C047ABAA6C1A48DA472608"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Title I Grants to Local Education
Authorities.</text></subclause><subclause id="id161276180D7148B484AE684E68E120DE"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Special Programs for Disadvantaged
(TRIO).</text></subclause><subclause id="idB1C10CF4B66B42DFAA4E19D54BF30613"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>Supplemental Education Opportunity
Grants.</text></subclause><subclause id="id54665E5A495E48A6A263536CD2A8B538"><enum>(V)</enum><text>Migrant Education.</text></subclause><subclause id="id013E2C402E11465C92BDF608411D79CC"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>Gear-Up.</text></subclause><subclause id="id2BDE417850D344DA836033282E79CB86"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>Education for Homeless Children and
Youth.</text></subclause><subclause id="id3066B8CB85774E708FD66C67889DA4A8"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text>Leveraging Educational Assistance
Partnership (LEAP) Program.</text></subclause><subclause id="idC3C990FED4A44D0D8B176BDEAADCD103"><enum>(IX)</enum><text>Even Start.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id35BFC18D48664118A3C65F89E37A3072"><enum>(vii)</enum><header>Training</header><subclause id="id3D63DE4A2531455EB501660B434033A9"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Job
Corps.</text></subclause><subclause id="idCF632A69DB3A49DBB351532A3E0B7C5D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Youth Opportunity Grants (under the
Workforce Investment Act).</text></subclause><subclause id="id3995FF570BC547E097E7B9459B8491B4"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Adult Employment and Training (under
the Workforce Investment Act).</text></subclause><subclause id="id2D86240ED9FD43509FC99BF62E4F630D"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>Senior Community Service
Employment.</text></subclause><subclause id="idDEC0A1E56C754637B37F454D166CC217"><enum>(V)</enum><text>Food Stamp Employment and Training
Program.</text></subclause><subclause id="idCCB6450EB4C34E5C8996148C8E789F18"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>Migrant Training.</text></subclause><subclause id="id03267B3FDB5B4BFFBF1BA482018D142A"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>YouthBuild.</text></subclause><subclause id="id3B1D9E052DEC417A8A522F95EED87F77"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text>Native American Training.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idEE7D55D0FBE64BE18ADAC1CCF0C1B782"><enum>(viii)</enum><header>Services</header><subclause id="id6B31830D7F6D47948BFAB2540E47ED0D"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title
XX Social Services Block Grant.</text></subclause><subclause id="idAE09A389FAA940288EBC8BAA6C76C2AA"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Community Service Block Grant.</text></subclause><subclause id="id6F86E4AE98E64726B5AF4230515C9434"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Social Services for Refugees, Asylees,
and Humanitarian Cases.</text></subclause><subclause id="idA3560382C70F4B14ACEB7D25038C3ECD"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>Title III Aging Americans Act.</text></subclause><subclause id="idAC998A44DB9145E180A59F03C8BAC2FB"><enum>(V)</enum><text>Legal Services Block Grant.</text></subclause><subclause id="idDB373954AD23423AA81C3342DE5FD71B"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>Family Planning.</text></subclause><subclause id="id021C68251DF4423888CB06FA53E89FB6"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>Emergency Food and Shelter.</text></subclause><subclause id="idFEFB62D632DA4E348D1C0C288BF9FC00"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text>Healthy Marriage and Responsible
Fatherhood Grants.</text></subclause><subclause id="idAE718C2DFC3E46CAB223F4CADE646140"><enum>(IX)</enum><text>Americorps VISTA.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id8B9E5A47576A458F9327904DD122251C"><enum>(ix)</enum><header>Child Care and Child
Development</header><subclause id="id8FB02FBC21ED437B9F5D486C09DEF7D4"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Headstart.</text></subclause><subclause id="id52E3E5D626A048A4B629F21D2C15A33D"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Childcare and Child Development Block
Grant.</text></subclause><subclause id="id14C988B54D344EAB868C92E93EDC6233"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Child Care Block Grant (under Temporary
Assistance to Needy Families Program).</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id0AE172D78BA64C0082BC65B995E9FCAC"><enum>(x)</enum><header>Community Development</header><subclause id="id0C297A5A4F9A475DADC1DDE2EFE6A0A9"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Community Development Block Grant.</text></subclause><subclause id="id26ECF3904D1D4330B4BC794C03AED21B"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Economic Development
Administration.</text></subclause><subclause id="idB717801655694BB299845247F544E2DD"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Appalachian Regional
Development.</text></subclause><subclause id="idCB337D1930F0466DBE065B8C5ED39665"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>Empowerment Zones, Enterprise
Communities, Renewal Communities.</text></subclause><subclause id="id837902B381E94B81A32E797B3D3275FD"><enum>(V)</enum><text>Urban Development Block Grant.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id719B0D5B075D42FCA05BF5A4FC66D128" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A), spending on following Federal programs shall not be means-tested
welfare spending:</text><clause id="id60531C56D1714347AF0B0F7787C3F66E"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Social Security Disability Insurance
program.</text></clause><clause id="idC5AD8523D1094B529B1A2FB98BA383BA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Medicare.</text></clause><clause id="id53518B28C3FA4F36B26ADCFA20A3120B"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Retirement insurance benefits and
survivor benefits under the Social Security program.</text></clause><clause id="id32CCB655833F401D90F381DE11F2B9C9"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>Any program designed exclusively
or primarily for veterans of military service.</text></clause><clause id="idDBCF3D2D8F764DB4B0F9844893E3622E"><enum>(v)</enum><text>Unemployment insurance benefits.</text></clause><clause id="idF4E94424AB1B4BF48A1580A60CE3E346"><enum>(vi)</enum><text>Programs designed specifically to
provide benefits to workers to compensate for job-related injuries
or
illnesses.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idAEBB413FA1D04EB4B6D1F6199A07ECEB" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term
<term>means-tested welfare spending</term> includes the full cost
of benefits and services provided under a program and the
administrative
costs for operating the program, subject to the limitations under
subparagraph
(E).</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idEF4533AE0A1441D383743F88823A360C" indent="up1"><enum>(E)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id26F44BFA05FF4639A5FF6AC5BCDE09D4"><enum>(i)</enum><subclause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="idFFEBB45128304062956E9498B304A06E"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this paragraph, only the
refundable portion of the following tax credits shall be
means-tested welfare spending:</text><item id="idD06D0521E0874084A2BCE291372E8512" indent="up2"><enum>(aa)</enum><text>The earned income tax
credit.</text></item><item id="id532CB31CAFAA418FA795E27134653F5F" indent="up2"><enum>(bb)</enum><text>The child tax credit.</text></item><item id="idF1BD1903162846AEA0175D11EFFAD8FA" indent="up2"><enum>(cc)</enum><text>The making work pay tax
credit.</text></item></subclause><subclause id="idE83338B47A72485DACFA85F6FD188C77" indent="up2"><enum>(II)</enum><text>For purposes of this paragraph, only
the refundable portion of the premium and out of pocket health care
subsidies
to be paid under the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care
Act shall be
means-tested welfare spending.</text></subclause><subclause id="idEA4DAF537A5941B58E2E4F87652A4A4D" indent="up2"><enum>(III)</enum><text>For purposes of this clause, the term <term>refundable portion</term> means the portion of the credit which is paid to an individual
in excess of the amount of Federal income tax owed by the
individual.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="id496DEBF336CB4002BCB3E1E233266105" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this paragraph, only the
costs of the free and reduced price segments of the school lunch
and school
breakfast programs shall be
means-tested welfare spending.</text></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id818E226A984440E98A09AF2964587832" indent="up1"><enum>(F)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this paragraph expenditures
by State and local governments of funds that are—</text><clause id="id72AD60CA48DB43FAA121EFE61577DA5E"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">obtained by the State and local government
from taxes, fees, or other sources of revenue established by the
State or local
government; and</text></clause><clause id="idB037F112A29F4E65840505DD9AE4E85C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>are not received as any form of
grant from the Federal Government,</text></clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph" indent="paragraph">shall
not be Federal means-tested welfare spending, without regard to
whether such State
and local expenditures take the form of contributions to a Federal
program
described in subparagraph (A) or listed in subparagraph (B).</continuation-text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="idADDAB9B090C04BCB8D5AB26637AFFFAD"><enum>302.</enum><header>Reports to
budget committees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section
202(e)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/602">2 U.S.C. 602(e)(1)</external-xref>) is
amended—</text><paragraph id="id0785EF9D4F744A8F8668CA1CE687F255"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by inserting
<quote>(A)</quote> after <quote>(1)</quote>; and</text></paragraph><paragraph id="idD30EA655E45D434892A0B6A0B92F71F6"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by adding at the end the
following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id5945D7E702DF44069F74E4C4029C2C58" style="OLC"><subparagraph id="id2F051E0A1985498C88B4BE5848C30202" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="id8C4916FFA0F040E4BB5FDE8C4C94B5A6"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall include in each report
submitted to the Committees on the Budget of the House of
Representatives and
the Senate under subparagraph (A) the information described in
clause (ii)
beginning on the earlier of—</text><subclause id="id94A72A20967543E3B08F59019D362CD8" indent="up1"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the first fiscal year that begins after the
date of enactment of this subparagraph and after any monthly rate
of
unemployment during the immediately preceding fiscal year is below
6 percent;
or</text></subclause><subclause id="idDA31F1F7303442AEBB8B3EE826493078" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">fiscal year 2016.</text></subclause></clause><clause id="idF00647890B1C416E8D1C83A822DBF0E9" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall include the following
information for the fiscal year commencing on October 1 of the year
in which
the report is submitted and for each of the ensuing 4 fiscal years:</text><subclause id="id6CA5DC956BC8417381D3E7FCA388BA20"><enum>(I)</enum><text>The Congressional Budget Office
baseline level of means-tested welfare
spending.</text></subclause><subclause id="idB51ED6B34E434A09BBE4C4811022D7E2"><enum>(II)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The aggregate level of means-tested welfare
spending computed by taking the aggregate level of means-tested
welfare
spending for fiscal year 2007 and adjusting that for inflation
according to the
procedures specified in clause (iii).</text></subclause></clause><clause commented="no" id="id425E4E5BD1574EB9BAAEACBDE2829101" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>In preparing the information required to be included under
this subparagraph—</text><subclause commented="no" id="idE126DA59F09E4971B933CFD612087CCA"><enum>(I)</enum><text>means-tested welfare
spending relating to medical
assistance programs shall be adjusted for inflation according to
the price
index for personal consumption expenditures for health products and
services as
calculated by the Bureau of Economic Analysis; and</text></subclause><subclause commented="no" id="id1A4B03A99B4C4ECD912F6231C1C580D3"><enum>(II)</enum><text>all other
means-tested welfare
spending shall be adjusted for inflation according to the weighted
price index for personal consumption expenditures excluding health
products and
services as calculated by the Bureau of Economic
Analysis.</text></subclause></clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph></section><section id="idC355C6E6215F41688CE5DDB96FEA9E95"><enum>303.</enum><header>Content of
concurrent resolutions on the budget</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act
of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/632">2 U.S.C. 632</external-xref>) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id25A4C3DC3C7F4DFCAA8245D6A885D980" style="OLC"><subsection id="id3E0E12D28CA549E18B1A7DDD4ADFEFE0"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Means-Tested
welfare spending</header><paragraph id="id292CBECDC239427BA9BE6B7842260B16"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The concurrent
resolution on the budget for a fiscal year shall set forth the
appropriate level for aggregate means-tested welfare spending for
the first
fiscal year of that concurrent resolution and for at least each of
the 4
ensuing fiscal years beginning on the earlier of—</text><subparagraph id="idC5A436E0BF0B4161B606AAD8BCD23466"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the first fiscal year that begins after the
date of enactment of this subsection and after any monthly rate of
unemployment
during the immediately preceding fiscal year is below 6 percent;
or</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id34A8A2D618484BCEB6F931003A4856B7"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">fiscal year 2016.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5C8DBE60274647A58F22A3F0AE14DA79"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Setting
level</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The level described in
paragraph (1) shall not exceed—</text><subparagraph id="idA400A78F45B64CECA53F3C59D76E0338"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in fiscal year 2016, $825,000,000,000;</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id5E5DF77BE6894817B93C6CC1F4B47FE6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in fiscal year 2017, $750,000,000,000; and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id62274CC66E5E435FB30E6518DDCE08AF"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in fiscal year 2018 and subsequent fiscal years, the aggregate level of Federal means-tested
welfare spending for fiscal year 2007, adjusted for inflation as follows:</text><clause commented="no" id="id71AFBB941C9848D5AC77997BD76E79D6"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Means-tested welfare
spending relating to medical
assistance programs shall be adjusted for inflation
according to the price index for personal consumption expenditures
for health
products and services as calculated by the Bureau of Economic
Analysis.</text></clause><clause commented="no" id="idE21B2F611B8044748D82BED1C351F00D"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>All other
means-tested welfare
spending shall be adjusted for inflation according to the
weighted price index for personal consumption expenditures
excluding health
products and services as calculated by the Bureau of Economic
Analysis.</text></clause></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></section><section id="idD4B20B46DF62466E8B7049A000D95C42"><enum>304.</enum><header>Allocations of
means-tested welfare spending</header><subsection id="id8E6ADBB0D7364DA3BE606865B19CEB9C"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 302 of the
Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/633">2 U.S.C. 633</external-xref>) is amended by adding at
the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id9BCD62447E2047E9ADA3A7A9C95474F6" style="OLC"><subsection id="id2C0577C4F00546AEBEB7C4EB4FEC528C"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Means-Tested
welfare spending limit</header><paragraph id="id03FE24C8B792418B881DB70239CE0002"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Further division
of amounts</header><text>For any concurrent resolution on the budget in which
levels for aggregate means-tested welfare spending are set forth
under section
301(j), in the House of Representatives and the Senate, the amounts
allocated
under subsection (a) shall be further divided to establish an
allocation
of—</text><subparagraph id="id2A1D2F9C6A4F43ED81E02921309BE40E"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">total new budget authority and total
outlays for discretionary means-tested welfare spending in
appropriation
measures for the first fiscal year of that concurrent resolution;
and</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id93A4B634DF2E41DFAE8B602F4476C107"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">total new budget authority and total
outlays for mandatory means-tested welfare spending for the first
fiscal year
of that concurrent resolution and at least each of the ensuing 4
fiscal years
to all other committees of the House of Representatives and the
Senate that
have jurisdiction over legislation providing mandatory means-tested
welfare
spending.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="id5E38E846B7014323BBD3615582BFC9D3"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Point of
order</header><subparagraph id="id81790D265CF44CF08A5D846741D7DD2B"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (B), it shall not be in order in the House of Representatives or
the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, amendment, or
amendment between the Houses if—</text><clause id="idC0F22093141E41499285CCEB8E6D05BF"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the enactment of
such bill or resolution as reported;</text></clause><clause id="id60A4BCC3D7004C598FD68D77F764D67F"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the adoption and
enactment of such amendment;</text></clause><clause id="id72FA47396FC540B29F0BCA71896848B5"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the enactment of
such bill or resolution in the form recommended in such conference
report; or</text></clause><clause id="idEAC732C87A1345D88FD8BBBF2870EFF7"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>the enactment of such amendment between the Houses,</text></clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">would
cause the applicable allocation of new budget authority or outlays
made under
subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1) for a fiscal year to be
exceeded.</continuation-text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id21384AA240D349FDBF5277803B0682B5"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The limits
on the allocation of new budget authority or outlays made under
subparagraph (A) or (B) of paragraph (1) shall not be in effect for
a fiscal year if the
average monthly unemployment rate in the preceding fiscal year
exceeded 7.5
percent.</text></subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block></subsection><subsection id="idE09A9E1A9D24441E8F4FF1D0691775EB"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming
amendment</header><text>Section 302(b) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974
is amended by striking <quote>under subsection (a)</quote> and inserting
<quote>under subsections (a) and (h)</quote>.</text></subsection></section><section id="id9E434FBC8650499695574DFE3F68ABA8"><enum>305.</enum><header>Reconciliation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 310(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/2/641">2 U.S.C. 641(a)</external-xref>) is amended—</text><paragraph id="id125E419B06CD4D7794A3A4AC360B3A71"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in paragraph (3), by striking
<quote>or</quote> at the end;</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id158983B2C4FF49DEBF8076C4AF219BE3"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by redesignating
paragraph (4) as paragraph (5);</text></paragraph><paragraph id="id7345860C59C745D6B5C8E1D46C3328F8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id167B7CA15D654ACF80479DDF1E2C5609" style="OLC"><paragraph id="id0E911BCD38BB4B8489925F24A9F69015"><enum>(4)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">specify the total amount by which new
budget authority for such fiscal year for mandatory means-tested
welfare
spending contained in laws, bills, and resolutions within the
jurisdiction of a
committee is to be changed and direct that committee to determine
and recommend
changes to accomplish a change of such total amount, which amount
shall be the
amount by which the Congressional Budget Office baseline level of
spending for
aggregate mandatory means-tested welfare programs exceeds the
allocation made
pursuant to section 302(h)(1)(B) for such fiscal
year; and</text></paragraph><after-quoted-block>; and </after-quoted-block></quoted-block></paragraph><paragraph id="idB0A81C3B729E4FE898A4D0FCCAE9B3C4"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by striking <quote>and (3)</quote> and inserting <quote>(3), and (4)</quote>.</text></paragraph></section><enum>IV</enum><header>Grants to promote
self-sufficiency</header><section id="H8B3BFB7514864F33A2476BBF94C44083"><enum>401.</enum><header>Grants to
States</header><subsection id="H7CE5B4D4874349DB81F62C838F1F2A24"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The purpose of this title is to encourage
States to develop policies to promote self-sufficiency and prosperity and
to
reduce poverty and Government dependence.</text></subsection><subsection id="H3189F7F9BF144E48988407298DB0A188"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Grants</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Social Security Act is amended by
adding at the end the following:</text><quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H205B885777874671A321418C59E60313" style="OLC"><title id="HA119A44EF2964A748AFDCF18BECF3585"><enum>XXII</enum><header>Grants to
States to Promote Self-Sufficiency and Prosperity and to Reduce
Dependence</header><section id="HC26CF7FB12124BF1818BE43384090AA4"><enum>2201.</enum><header>Grants to
States</header><subsection id="HDEEC19322BD6437FA68BFA6D6ED5344F"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In
general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Secretary may
provide grants to States to reward reductions in poverty and
Government
dependence and increases in self-sufficiency.</text></subsection><subsection id="H7C180B8080374188A65C1E4957D27F02"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Allocation of
grants to states</header><text>For each fiscal year for which funds are made
available under subsection (e), the Secretary shall make a grant in
an amount
equal to $100,000,000 to each of the 3 States with the greatest
percentage
increases in the self-sufficiency ratio of the State for the
preceding fiscal
year over the self-sufficiency ratio of the State for fiscal year
2007, as
compared with the changes in that ratio for each other State,
subject to
subsection (c).</text></subsection><subsection id="H1158A256AFC444F5AAC9E7401FCC7F8E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Limitation on
eligibility for grants</header><text>A State shall not be eligible for a grant
under this title for a fiscal year unless the self-sufficiency
ratio of the
State for the fiscal year is greater than the self-sufficiency
ratio of the
State for fiscal year 2007.</text></subsection><subsection id="H240AC65A4521432098D7C77DE001F766"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>In
this title:</text><paragraph id="H33912A44467A49A693DB11A4B589005C"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>self-sufficient
family</term> means a family (including a 1-person family) whose combined
income, excluding receipt of means-tested welfare spending (as
defined in
section 3(11)(A) of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment
Control Act of
1974), exceeds the poverty line (within the meaning of section
673(2) of the
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, including any revision
required by
such section applicable to a family of the size involved).</text></paragraph><paragraph id="H530AD040C7424EDD816B4805D7399B32"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The term
<term>self-sufficiency ratio</term> means, with respect to a State and a fiscal
year—</text><subparagraph id="HB324FF60FADC46CAB564BFD30D3EB364"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the number of
self-sufficient families residing in the State during the fiscal
year that are
headed by able-bodied individuals who have not attained 63 years of
age;
divided by</text></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA26BEFB6AE18411AAF9D03221D5DD060"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total number of families residing in
the State during the fiscal year that are headed by able-bodied
individuals who
have not attained 63 years of age.</text></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H14261B1E139E44EF9E1929DB9BBB2CB8"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The term
<term>State</term> means the 50 States and the District of Columbia.</text></paragraph></subsection><subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H2619653A6134431FA6B14B934D3385B5"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Limitations on
authorization of appropriations</header><text>For grants under this title,
there are authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary
$300,000,000 for
fiscal year 2016 and each succeeding fiscal
year.</text></subsection></section>.<enum>V</enum><header>Prohibition on
funding of abortion</header><section id="H93CACD939CD3487C89896832C71BBC7D"><enum>501.</enum><header>Prohibition on
funding for abortions</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">No funds
authorized or appropriated by Federal law, and none of the funds in any
trust
fund to which funds are authorized or appropriated by Federal law, shall
be
expended for any abortion.</text></section><section id="H40C24DBFD8A84CFF846FE69457229A60"><enum>502.</enum><header>Prohibition on
funding for health benefits plans that cover abortion</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">None of the funds authorized or appropriated
by Federal law, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are
authorized or appropriated by Federal law, shall be expended for health
benefits coverage that includes coverage of abortion.</text></section><section id="H158698A4986F4AE591186943C646E6ED"><enum>503.</enum><header>Prohibition on
tax benefits relating to abortion</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">For taxable years beginning after the date
of the enactment of this section, no credit shall be allowed under the
internal
revenue laws with respect to amounts paid or incurred for an abortion or
with
respect to amounts paid or incurred for a health benefits plan (including
premium assistance) that includes coverage of abortion.</text></section><section id="H535FE37331A14BA29136186A9C8F82C3"><enum>504.</enum><header>Construction
relating to separate coverage</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this title shall be construed as
prohibiting any individual, entity, or State or locality from purchasing
separate abortion coverage or health benefits coverage that includes
abortion
so long as such coverage is paid for entirely using only funds not
authorized
or appropriated by Federal law and such coverage shall not be purchased
using
matching funds required for a federally subsidized program, including a
State's
or locality's contribution of Medicaid matching funds.</text></section><section id="H1DDB72C7864542F98B7DCD196AF8C33C"><enum>505.</enum><header>Construction
relating to the use of non-Federal funds for health coverage</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Nothing in this title shall be construed as
restricting the ability of any non-Federal health benefits coverage
provider
from offering abortion coverage, or the ability of a State or locality to
contract separately with such a provider for such coverage, so long as
only
funds not authorized or appropriated by Federal law are used and such
coverage
shall not be purchased using matching funds required for a federally
subsidized
program, including a State's or locality's contribution of Medicaid
matching
funds.</text></section><section id="HFF3B613EE58F4AEFBFAE829BBF817678"><enum>506.</enum><header>Treatment of
abortions related to rape, incest, or preserving the life of the
mother</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The limitations
established in this title shall not apply to an abortion—</text><paragraph id="H3C7B71031AFE4457B4C4C0316EC158D0"><enum>(1)</enum><text>if the pregnancy
is the result of an act of rape or incest; or</text></paragraph><paragraph commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H296CACADFB394337B119124AD4ACD621"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the case where
a woman suffers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical
illness
that would, as certified by a physician, place the woman in danger of
death
unless an abortion is performed, including a life-endangering physical
condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself.</text></paragraph></section>