[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[H.R. 1146 Introduced in House (IH)]







104th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1146

To reduce the Federal welfare bureaucracy and empower States to design 
    and implement efficient welfare programs that promote personal 
responsibility, work, and stable families by replacing certain Federal 
 welfare programs with a program of annual block grants to States, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 7, 1995

 Mr. Hastings of Washington (for himself, Mr. Fox of Pennsylvania, Mr. 
 Shadegg, Mrs. Chenoweth, Mr. Doolittle, Mr. Inglis of South Carolina, 
Mr. Metcalf, Mr. Scarborough, and Mr. Neumann) introduced the following 
  bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means and, in 
   addition, to the Committees on Commerce, Agriculture, Resources, 
Economic and Educational Opportunities, Banking and Financial Services, 
 the Judiciary, and Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to 
      be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To reduce the Federal welfare bureaucracy and empower States to design 
    and implement efficient welfare programs that promote personal 
responsibility, work, and stable families by replacing certain Federal 
 welfare programs with a program of annual block grants to States, and 
                          for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``State Flexibility, Individual 
Empowerment, and Dependency Reduction Act''.

SEC. 2. GRANTS TO STATES FOR AID TO LOW-INCOME INDIVIDUALS.

    (a) Authority To Make Block Grants.--The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall make a grant to each State for each of the fiscal 
years 1996 through 2015 in an amount equal to the allotment of the 
State, determined in accordance with subsection (d) for the fiscal 
year, if the State agrees to expend the grant in accordance with 
subsection (c).
    (b) Prior Appropriation Required.--The authority provided by 
subsection (a) shall be effective only to such extent or in such 
amounts as are provided in advance in appropriations Acts.
    (c) Provision of Aid to Low-Income Individuals.--A State shall use 
funds paid to the State under this section to provide aid to low-income 
individuals in need of assistance to gain economic independence. A 
State shall have the authority to provide such aid in any manner 
determined appropriate by the State, including the authority to 
determine--
            (1) the type of benefits constituting such aid;
            (2) the level of benefits constituting such aid; and
            (3) the eligibility criteria for such aid.
    (d) Allotments to States.--
            (1) In general.--The allotment for a State for a fiscal 
        year specified in subsection (a) shall equal the applicable 
        percentage of the total amount of Federal funds received by the 
        State, or by any additional recipient described in paragraph 
        (2) with respect to the State, for or during fiscal year 1995 
        under the programs eliminated by the amendments and repeals 
        made by section 3 (as such programs were in effect immediately 
        before the effective date of such amendments and repeals).
            (2) Additional recipients.--With respect to a State, an 
        additional recipient referred to in paragraph (1) means any of 
        the following:
                    (A) A governmental unit of the State.
                    (B) An individual who resides in the State during 
                fiscal year 1995.
                    (C) A person, other than an individual, whose 
                principal place of business is in the State during 
                fiscal year 1995.
            (3) Applicable percentage.--For purposes of paragraph (1), 
        the term ``applicable percentage'' means--
                    (A) for fiscal year 1996, 100 percent; and
                    (B) for fiscal years 1997 through 2015, the 
                applicable percentage for the immediately preceding 
                fiscal year reduced by 5 percentage points.
            (4) Proportionate reduction under certain circumstances.--
        If the funds appropriated to carry out this section for any 
        fiscal year are not sufficient to pay in full the total amount 
        which otherwise would be payable to the States under paragraph 
        (2) for such year, the allotment for each State for such year 
        shall bear the same proportion to the total amount of such 
        appropriated funds as such allotment would have borne to the 
        total amount which all States would have received under this 
        section for such year if the funds appropriated had not been 
        insufficient. In a case where additional funds become available 
        for making grants under this section for any fiscal year during 
        which the preceding sentence is applicable, the allotment for 
        each State shall be increased on the same basis as it was 
        reduced.
    (e) No Application or Performance Report Requirements.--A State may 
not be required to submit an application or periodic performance 
reports to the Secretary in order to receive a grant under this 
section. The 3d sentence of section 6503(h) of title 31, United States 
Code (relating to periodic authenticated reports), shall not apply to a 
grant under this section. Records related to funds received under this 
section shall be made available to the Secretary, the Inspector General 
of the Department of Health and Human Services, and the Comptroller 
General for necessary audits in accordance with such section.
    (f) Reports to the Congress.--If the Secretary determines that a 
State has materially failed to comply with any term of an award under 
this section, or has expended funds received under this section in a 
manner inconsistent with Federal law, the Secretary shall report such 
determination to the Congress. The Secretary may not suspend or 
withhold for any period part or all of a grant to a State under this 
section.
    (g) Authorization of Appropriations.--
            (1) In general.--There are authorized to be appropriated to 
        carry out this section such sums as may be necessary for each 
        of the fiscal years 1996 through 2015.
            (2) Advance notice of funding.--For the purpose of 
        affording adequate notice of funding available under this 
        section, an appropriation to carry out this section is 
        authorized to be included in an appropriation Act for the 
        fiscal year preceding the fiscal year for which such 
        appropriation is available for obligation.

SEC. 3. ELIMINATION OF CERTAIN WELFARE PROGRAMS.

    (a) Cash Aid.--
            (1) AFDC.--Part A of title IV of the Social Security Act, 
        except sections 403(h) and 417 (42 U.S.C. 601-617) is repealed.
            (2) SSI.--Title XVI of the Social Security Act, as in 
        effect pursuant to the amendment made by section 301 of the 
        Social Security Amendments of 1972, (42 U.S.C. 1381-1383d) is 
        repealed.
            (3) Foster care and adoption assistance programs.--Part E 
        of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 470-479) is 
        repealed.
            (4) Grants to territories for aid to the aged.--Title I of 
        the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 301-306) is repealed.
            (5) Grants to territories for aid to the blind.--Title X of 
        the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1201-1206) is repealed.
            (6) Grants to territories for aid to the totally 
        disabled.--Title XIV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
        1351-1355) is repealed.
            (7) Grants to territories for aid to the aged, blind, or 
        disabled.--Title XVI of the Social Security Act, as in effect 
        without regard to the amendment made by section 301 of the 
        Social Security Amendments of 1972, (42 U.S.C. 1381 note, 1382 
        note, and 1383 note, 1384 note, and 1385 note) is repealed.
            (8) Expenditures by bureau of indian affairs.--The Act of 
        November 2, 1921 (25 U.S.C. 13; commonly known as the ``Snyder 
        Act'') is repealed.
    (b) Medical Aid.--
            (1) Indian health services.--The Indian Health Care 
        Improvement Act (25 U.S.C. 1601 et seq.) is repealed.
            (2) Maternal and child health services block grant 
        program.--Title V of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 701-
        709) is repealed.
            (3) Community health centers.--Section 330 of the Public 
        Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254c) is repealed.
            (4) Migrant health centers.--Section 329 of the Public 
        Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 254b) is repealed.
    (c) Food Aid.--
            (1) Food stamp program.--The Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 
        U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) is repealed.
            (2) School lunch program.--Sections 4, 6, and 11 of the 
        National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1753, 1755, and 1759a) are 
        repealed.
            (3) Emergency food assistance program.--The Emergency Food 
        Assistance Act of 1983 (7 U.S.C. 612c note) is repealed.
            (4) School breakfast program.--Section 4 of the Child 
        Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1773) is repealed.
            (5) Child and adult care food program.--Section 17 of the 
        National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766) is repealed.
            (6) Summer food service program for children.--Section 13 
        of the National School Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1761) is repealed.
            (7) Commodity supplemental food program for children and 
        the elderly.--Sections 4 and 5 of the Agriculture and Consumer 
        Protection Act of 1973 (7 U.S.C. 612c note) are repealed.
            (8) Special milk program.--Section 3 of the Child Nutrition 
        Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1772) is repealed.
    (d) Housing Aid.--
            (1) Section 8 rental assistance and public housing.--Title 
        I of the United States Housing Act of 1937 (42 U.S.C. 1437 et 
        seq.) is repealed.
            (2) Rural single family housing loans.--Section 502 of the 
        Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1472) is repealed.
            (3) Section 236 interest reduction assistance.--Section 236 
        of the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z-1) is repealed.
            (4) Rural rental housing assistance.--Section 515 of the 
        Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1485) is repealed.
            (5) Rural rental assistance payments.--Paragraph (2) of 
        section 521(a) of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 
        1490a(a)(2)) is repealed.
            (6) Section 235 homeownership assistance.--Section 235 of 
        the National Housing Act (12 U.S.C. 1715z) is repealed.
            (7) Rent supplement assistance.--Section 101 of the Housing 
        and Urban Development Act of 1968 (12 U.S.C. 1701s) is 
        repealed.
            (8) Rural housing repair assistance.--Section 504 of the 
        Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1474) is repealed.
            (9) Farm labor housing loans.--Section 514 of the Housing 
        Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1483) is repealed.
            (10) Rural housing self-help technical assistance.--Section 
        523 of the Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490c) is repealed.
            (11) Farm labor housing grants.--Section 516 of the Housing 
        Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1486) is repealed.
            (12) Rural housing preservation grants.--Section 533 of the 
        Housing Act of 1949 (42 U.S.C. 1490m) is repealed.
    (e) Energy Aid.--
            (1) Low-income home energy assistance programs.--The Low-
        Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8621-8629) 
        is repealed.
            (2) Weatherization assistance program.--Part A of title IV 
        of the Energy Conservation and Production Act (42 U.S.C. 6861-
        6872), and the items relating thereto in the table of contents 
        of such Act, are repealed.
    (f) Jobs, Training, and Vocational Education Aid.--
            (1) Job training.--The Job Training Partnership Act (29 
        U.S.C. 1501 et seq.) is repealed.
            (2) JOBS program.--Part F of title IV of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 681-687) is repealed.
            (3) Indian employment, training, and related services.--The 
        Indian Employment, Training and Related Services Demonstration 
        Act of 1992 (25 U.S.C. 3401-3417) is repealed.
            (4) Vocational education.--The Carl D. Perkins Vocational 
        and Applied Technology Education Act (20 U.S.C. 2301 et seq.) 
        is repealed.
    (g) Social Services.--
            (1) Block grants to states for social services.--Title XX 
        of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397-1397f) is repealed.
            (2) Community services block grant program.--The Community 
        Services Block Grant Act (42 U.S.C. 9901), other than sections 
        671 and 673 of such Act, is repealed.
            (3) Legal services.--The Legal Services Corporation Act of 
        1974 (42 U.S.C. 2996 et seq.) is repealed.
            (4) FEMA emergency food and shelter program.--Title III of 
        the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
        11331 et seq.) is repealed.
            (5) Research regarding family planning and population 
        issues.--Section 1004 of the Public Health Service Act (42 
        U.S.C. 300a-2) is repealed.
            (6) Voluntary family planning projects.--Section 1001 of 
        the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300) is repealed.
            (7) Domestic volunteer service act.--The Domestic Volunteer 
        Service Act of 1973 (42 U.S.C. 4950 et seq.) is repealed.
            (8) Child care assistance.--The Child Care and Development 
        Block Grant Act of 1990 (42 U.S.C. 9858 et seq.) is repealed.
            (9) Child and family services.--Part B of title IV of the 
        Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 420-435) is repealed.
            (10) Child development associate scholarship assistance act 
        of 1985.--Title VI of the Human Services Reauthorization Act of 
        1986 (42 U.S.C. 10901-10905) is repealed.
            (11) State dependent care development grants act.--
        Subchapter E of chapter 8 of subtitle A of title VI of the 
        Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 9871-9877) 
        is repealed.
            (12) Native hawaiian family-based education centers.--
        Section 9205 of the Native Hawaiian Education Act (Public Law 
        103-382; 108 Stat. 3794) is repealed.
            (13) Programs of national significance.--Title X of the 
        Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended by 
        Public Law 103-382 (108 Stat. 3809 et seq.), is amended--
                    (A) in section 10413(a) by striking paragraph (4),
                    (B) in section 10963(b)(2) by striking subparagraph 
                (G), and
                    (C) in section 10974(a)(6) by striking subparagraph 
                (G).
            (14) Abandoned infants assistance.--The Abandoned Infants 
        Assistance Act of 1988 (42 U.S.C. 670 note) is repealed.
            (15) Child abuse prevention and treatment.--The Child Abuse 
        Prevention and Treatment Act (42 U.S.C. 5101 et seq.) is 
        repealed.
            (16) Funding for investigation and prosecution of child 
        abuse and neglect.--The Victims of Crime Act of 1984 (42 U.S.C. 
        10601 et seq.) is amended--
                    (A) in section 1402--
                            (i) in subsection (d)--
                                    (I) by striking paragraph (2); and
                                    (II) by redesignating paragraphs 
                                (3) and (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), 
                                respectively; and
                            (ii) by striking subsection (g); and
                    (B) by striking section 1404A.
            (17) Adoption opportunities.--The Child Abuse Prevention 
        and Treatment and Adoption Reform Act of 1978 (42 U.S.C. 5111 
        et seq.) is repealed.
            (18) Family violence prevention and treatment.--The Family 
        Violence Prevention and Services Act (42 U.S.C. 10401-10418) is 
        repealed.
            (19) Family support centers.--Subtitle F of title VII of 
        the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 
        11481-11489) is repealed.
            (20) Cooperative research or demonstration projects.--
        Section 1110 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1310) is 
        repealed.
            (21) Missing children's assistance act.--The Missing 
        Children's Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 5771-5779) is repealed.
            (22) Investigation and prosecution of child abuse cases.--
        Subtitle A of title II of the Victims of Child Abuse Act of 
        1990 (42 U.S.C. 13001-13004) is repealed.
    (h) Aid to Low-Income Communities.--
            (1) Community development block grants and urban 
        development action grants.--Title I of the Housing and 
        Community Development Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.) is 
        repealed.
            (2) Economic development assistance.--The Public Works and 
        Economic Development Act of 1965 (42 U.S.C. 3121 et seq.) is 
        repealed.
            (3) Appalachian regional development program.--The 
        Appalachian Regional Development Commission is terminated and 
        the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 (40 U.S.C. 
        App. 1 et seq.) is repealed.
            (4) State legalization impact-assistance grants.--Section 
        204 of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 (8 U.S.C. 
        1255a note) is repealed.

SEC. 4. ELIGIBILITY UNDER THE MEDICAID PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 1902(a)(10)(A)(i)(I) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(10)(A)(i)(I)) is amended to read as 
follows:
                                    ``(I)(aa) who are receiving aid or 
                                assistance under any plan of the State 
                                approved under title I, X, or XIV, or
                                    ``(bb) who would be eligible to 
                                receive aid or assistance under the 
                                State's plan under title XVI or part A 
                                or E of title IV, as approved on the 
                                day before the date of the enactment of 
                                the State Flexibility, Individual 
                                Empowerment, and Dependency Reduction 
                                Act, if such plan were in effect,''.
    (b) Repeal of Medicaid Extension Provisions.--Section 1925 of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396r-6) is repealed.

SEC. 5. TRANSFER OF CERTAIN PROVISIONS.

    (a) Penalties for Substantial Noncompliance With State Plan for 
Child and Spousal Support.--
            (1) In General.--Section 403(h) of the Social Security Act 
        (42 U.S.C. 603(h)) is hereby transferred to section 455 of such 
        Act, inserted after subsection (b) of such section 455, and 
        redesignated as subsection (c).
            (2) Conforming amendments.--
                    (A) Section 455(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 655(c)), 
                as added by paragraph (1) of this subsection, is 
                amended--
                            (i) in paragraph (1)--
                                    (I) by striking ``Act'' and 
                                inserting ``part'';
                                    (II) by striking ``part D'' and 
                                inserting ``this part''; and
                                    (III) by striking ``such part'' and 
                                inserting ``this part''; and
                            (ii) by striking paragraph (3).
                    (B) Section 452(a)(4) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
                652(a)(4)) is amended--
                            (i) by striking ``403(h)(1)'' and inserting 
                        ``455(c)(1)''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``403(h)(2)'' and 
                        inserting ``455(c)(2)''.
                    (C) Section 452 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 652) is 
                amended, in each of subsections (a)(4), (d)(3)(A), 
                (g)(1), and (g)(3)(A), by striking ``403(h)'' and 
                inserting ``455(c)''.
    (b) Assistant Secretary for Family Support.--
            (1) In general.--Section 417 of the Social Security Act (42 
        U.S.C. 617) is hereby transferred to section 452 of such Act, 
        added at the end of such section 452, and redesignated as 
        subsection (j).
            (2) Conforming amendment.--Section 452(j) of such Act (42 
        U.S.C. 652(j)), as added by paragraph (1) of this subsection, 
        is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``assistant secretary for family 
                support''; and
                    (B) by striking ``programs under this part, part D, 
                and part F'' and inserting ``program under this part''.

SEC. 6. DEFINITIONS.

    For purposes of this Act:
            (1) Indian tribe.--The term ``Indian tribe'' means any 
        Indian tribe, band, nation, or other organized group or 
        community, including any Alaska Native village or regional 
        corporation as defined in or established pursuant to the Alaska 
        Native Claims Settlement Act, which is recognized as eligible 
        for the special programs and services provided by the United 
        States to Indians because of their status as Indians.
            (2) Secretary.--The term ``Secretary'' means the Secretary 
        of Health and Human Services.
            (3) State.--The term ``State'' means any of the several 
        States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto 
        Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands of the United States, American 
        Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the 
        Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of 
        Micronesia, the Republic of Palau, or an Indian tribe.

SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATES.

    (a) General Effective Date.--Except as provided in subsection (b), 
this Act shall take effect on the date of the enactment of this Act.
    (b) Special Effective Date.--The amendments and repeals made by 
section 3 and the amendments made by section 4 shall not take effect 
until the first day of the first fiscal year for which funds are 
appropriated more than 180 days in advance of such fiscal year to carry 
out section 2.
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