I 112th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1167 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 17, 2011 Mr. Jordan (for himself, Mr. Scott of South Carolina, Mr. Garrett, Mr. Burton of Indiana, Mr. Gohmert, and Mr. Chaffetz) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, Rules, Agriculture, and Energy and Commerce, 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 A BILL To provide information on total spending on means-tested welfare programs, to provide additional work requirements, and to provide an overall spending limit on means-tested welfare programs.
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Short title
This Act may be cited as the Welfare Reform Act of 2011.
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Table of contents
The table of contents of this Act is as follows: Sec. 1. Short title. Sec. 2. Table of contents. Title I—TANF Reforms Sec. 101. Short title. Sec. 102. Elimination of temporary modification of the caseload reduction credit. Sec. 103. Reduction in funding of State family assistance grants. Title II—Work Requirements for the Food Stamp Program Sec. 201. Restoration of Act short title and references to the food stamp program. Sec. 202. Amendments. Sec. 203. Termination of benefit increase. Title III—Reporting of means-tested welfare spending in President’s budget submission Sec. 301. Additional information in President’s budget submission. Title IV—Aggregate cap for means-tested welfare spending Sec. 401. Definition of means-tested welfare spending. Sec. 402. Reports to budget committees. Sec. 403. Content of concurrent resolutions on the budget. Sec. 404. Allocations of means-tested welfare spending. Sec. 405. Reconciliation. Title V—Grants to promote self-sufficiency Sec. 501. Grants to States. Title VI—Prohibition on funding of abortion Sec. 601. Prohibition on funding for abortions. Sec. 602. Prohibition on funding for health benefits plans that cover abortion. Sec. 603. Prohibition on tax benefits relating to abortion. Sec. 604. Construction relating to separate coverage. Sec. 605. Construction relating to the use of non-Federal funds for health coverage. Sec. 606. Treatment of abortions related to rape, incest, or preserving the life of the mother.
<enum>I</enum><header>TANF Reforms</header> <section id="H362BEB0E6DFD43D5B7BC6BD452517719" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>101.</enum><header>Short title</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">This title may be cited as the <quote><short-title>Welfare Reform Restoration Act</short-title></quote>.</text> </section><section id="HAE0A9FE41D3D45D6A3C6F3F59B9755AA"><enum>102.</enum><header>Elimination of temporary modification of the caseload reduction credit</header> <subsection display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HA9CA01EB57D3478E8EC5B1300324F8BC"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 407(b)(3)(A)(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 607(b)(3)(A)(i)) is amended by striking <quote>(or if the immediately preceding fiscal year is fiscal year 2008, 2009, or 2010, then, at State option, during the emergency fund base year of the State with respect to the average monthly assistance caseload of the State (within the meaning of section 403(c)(9)), except that, if a State elects such option for fiscal year 2008, the emergency fund base year of the State with respect to such caseload shall be fiscal year 2007))</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HD3E2D3C744EB4AAEBA7552569A61517C"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2101 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (123 Stat. 448–449; Public Law 111–5) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H6299E9D39D96444095EEF12139C24C45"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in subsection (a)(2), by striking <quote>, except that paragraph (9) of such subsection shall remain in effect until October 1, 2011, but only with respect to section 407(b)(3)(A)(i) of such Act</quote>; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H1A25DFD94C864911B0C58123897F20ED"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subsection (d)(2).</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H4170D3F4E1674496A94E876E91718443"><enum>103.</enum><header>Reduction in funding of State family assistance grants</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 403(a)(1)(C) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(1)(C)) is amended by striking <quote>2003 $16,566,542,000</quote> and inserting <quote>2011 and each succeeding fiscal year $15,566,042,000, notwithstanding any other provision of law</quote>.</text> </section><enum>II</enum><header>Work Requirements for the Food Stamp Program</header> <section id="HFA7ECCF345194087AA107D920EC28A7B"><enum>201.</enum><header>Restoration of Act short title and references to the food stamp program</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Effective on the date of the enactment of this Act, the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), and each provision of law amended by section 4001 or 4002 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 1651), are restored as if sections 4001 and 4002 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 had not been enacted.</text> </section><section id="HE2936C84DF654584A1FC583AAC400ECD"><enum>202.</enum><header>Amendments</header> <subsection id="H3339FF3AF9BC4CECA3E4957CCB1BBB1D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Declaration of policy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H57D83831CB614E82A81F50E09DECFB52" style="OLC"> <quoted-block-continuation-text quoted-block-continuation-text-level="section">Congress further finds that it should also be the goal of the food stamp program to increase employment, to encourage healthy marriage, and to promote prosperous self-sufficiency which shall mean the ability of households to maintain an income above the poverty level without Government services and benefits.</quoted-block-continuation-text><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="HC5A2F76BF1714CB8B2FD956AE344C59E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HC4F6BF8D36DB4B06AB8FE65D91BE407C" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HAB0215B67D7B4CD8BC9FFF095B8549DC"><enum>(w)</enum><header>Able-Bodied, work-Eligible adult</header><text>The term <term>able-bodied, work-eligible adult</term> means an individual who—</text> <paragraph id="H03CC1E389874442CB1763AA19EBF5A3A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is more than 18, and less than 63, years of age;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HEA752AF5184345DA8EF28464A9450D6E"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is not physically or mentally incapable of work; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H897B39F5169544489E336C9E55E1A3E4"><enum>(3)</enum><text>is not the full-time caretaker of a disabled adult dependent.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H77BC52A73DA94E2FA07DF05BD72D1D53"><enum>(x)</enum><header>Physically or mentally incapable of work</header><text>The term <term>physically or mentally incapable of work</term> shall mean an individual—</text> <paragraph id="H74A02D643A64418BBFC41628B4C356E6"><enum>(1)</enum><text>who currently receives benefits from the Supplemental Security Income program or another program that provides recurring benefits to individuals because the individual is disabled and unable to work; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H79DC20B101C2475B8961C003D90D0844"><enum>(2)</enum><text>who 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 or another program that provides recurring benefits to individuals because the individual is disabled and unable to work.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC726681EAC3F472FACF6ACE450DFB27F"><enum>(y)</enum><header>Family with dependent children</header><text>The term <term>family with dependent children</term> means a unit consisting of a family head, one or more dependent children, and in some cases, the married spouse of the family head, all of whom share meals and reside within a single household. There may be more than one family with dependent children within a single household.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HD82007025F5A40E190E54BD852498516"><enum>(z)</enum><header>Family head</header><text>The term <term>family head</term> means—</text> <paragraph id="HB439ED4FE4A045FFAF1742D11083E2BD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>a biological parent who is lawfully present in the United States and resides within a household with one or more dependent children who are biological offspring; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HFFE0FD1399EC421797FD9FF86BE2CB7D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the absence of a biological parent, a step parent, guardian, or adult relative who resides with and provides care to the child or the children and is lawfully present in the United States.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7DCC79913CA74C449F8064F008AB45E2"><enum>(aa)</enum><header>Family unit</header><text>The term <term>family unit</term> means—</text> <paragraph id="HC50F5B4F443F45DDB6F960E0FF8B2872"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an adult residing without dependent children;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4B2A573AA1B24BE0AC29CF188701DB97"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a single-headed family with dependent children; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC1F7738B600A49CE967CE9C56DB3368A"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a married couple family with dependent children.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7681DB79E3A5441A87D9864E8C216566"><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 which has both a family head and the married spouse of the family head residing with the family.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H0BBA5EE99B534F0BBAF70334CBC8DB14"><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 resides with the family head and dependent children and is lawfully present in the United States.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HC6FDE4E5E61541CB9B45CAE52AFB24B8"><enum>(dd)</enum><header>Member of a family</header><text>The term <term>member of a family</term> means the family head, married spouse if present, and all dependent children within a family with dependent children</text> </subsection><subsection id="HE2B95009189C4FA09D54DB428C848EC8"><enum>(ee)</enum><header>Monthly potential work activation population</header><text>The term <term>monthly potential work activation population</term> means the sum of—</text> <paragraph id="HF9ECE16EF9354DA29EE54BE791894327"><enum>(1)</enum><text>all able bodied work eligible individuals without dependents who have received food stamp benefits and who have maintained less than 60 hours of paid employment during a month;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0FDF7484C3574B26A67B439C7E9C5BF8"><enum>(2)</enum><text>all work eligible single-headed families with dependent children which have received food stamp benefits during the month and have maintained less than 120 hours of paid employment by the family head during the month; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H9DD150A2B9044A95853D60AF63CD67A2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>all work eligible married couples with dependent children which have received food stamp benefits during the month and have maintained less than 120 combined hours of paid employment between the family head and the married spouse, summed together and counted jointly, during the month.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H6EEB18A1021A4B2B8374075EA5843042"><enum>(ff)</enum><header>Monthly work activation participants</header><text>The term <term>monthly work activation participants</term> means the sum of—</text> <paragraph id="H534255FCF9D944788C4FEE683CFBEDEC"><enum>(1)</enum><text>all able bodied work eligible individuals without dependents who have received food stamp benefits and who have maintained—</text> <subparagraph id="H368356D67C51447BB58A1A6F8E0FC182"><enum>(A)</enum><text>less than 60 hours of paid employment during a month; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H1787923B06A240ACB79512CF2B1B2347"><enum>(B)</enum><text>more than 60 hours of combined paid employment and work activation activity during the month;</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1826C988E00949519EBF412EACDE1B7A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>all work eligible single-headed families with dependent children which have received food stamp benefits during the month and contain a family head who has maintained—</text> <subparagraph id="HADE0A8B9A917498E95287F73DD054204"><enum>(A)</enum><text>less than 120 hours of paid employment during the month; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE379E2012B9F4D86BB0AE66CCC327FF3"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">more than 120 hours of combined paid employment and work activation activity during the month; and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HFAE5EA8C3DB94050AADFBC12D8291851"><enum>(3)</enum><text>all work eligible married couples with dependent children which have received food stamp benefits during the month, and have maintained—</text> <subparagraph id="HEC64A5157993454787E63926FB878C2D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>less than 120 combined hours of paid employment between the family head and the spouse, summed together and counted jointly, during the month; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7D990C2B25B445709A034014075E1B5E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>more than 120 hours of combined paid employment and work activation activity between the family head and the married spouse, summed together and counted jointly, during the month.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7D37F29C72D74B1C9632BEE7828FAFB2"><enum>(gg)</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 which contains a family head residing with the family but does not have a married spouse of the family head residing with the family.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HDA5959E8583F4496AF1A163755975D56"><enum>(hh)</enum><header>Supervised job search</header><text>The term <term>supervised job search</term> means a job search program which has the following characteristics:</text> <paragraph id="H9A41643367F843CDB0DF4E0A0F571BDD"><enum>(1)</enum><text>The job search occurs at an official location where the recipient’s presence and activity can be directly observed, supervised, and monitored.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD28FB3D0EBC64B7DA9EFF4AA5D908AD2"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The recipient’s entry, time on site, and exit from the official job search location are recorded in a manner which prevents fraud.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H3E68A744478C44B8BDD553456A395EDC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>The recipient is expected to remain and undertake job search activities at the job search center except for brief, authorized departures for specified off-site interviews.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H5911538F47F44A3D96765F5108793DF6"><enum>(4)</enum><text>The amount 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> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H61398EECCB194534B552F2781D51C7E3"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Work activation</header><text>The term <term>work activation</term> means—</text> <paragraph id="H52A29B57C4F449C9974AA35DA9B4BC9A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>supervised job search;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB7784EA0368C44C1B489F679D72773AB"><enum>(2)</enum><text>community service activities;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HA330248C752F431F9905CCDBF86E9B60"><enum>(3)</enum><text>education and job training for individuals who are family heads or married spouses of family heads;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H44D71D02792146AC8FDBD8DED2A0734B"><enum>(4)</enum><text>workfare under section 20; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H8E6956F1898B48A18418B6BF125D8A4F"><enum>(5)</enum><text>drug or alcohol treatment.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE32305FDAC1447A983759741379EB8BE"><enum>(jj)</enum><header>Work activation ratio</header><text>The term <term>work activation ratio</term> means the number of work activation participants in a given month divided by the potential work activation population for the same month.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H7E72235C02304176B7CC608F40AB1C7E"><enum>(kk)</enum><header>Work activities</header><text>The term <term>work activities</term> means paid employment, work activation, or a combination of both paid employment and work activation.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HEEF87A1A566A4D159695F6A919037481"><enum>(ll)</enum><header>Work eligible family unit</header><text>The term <term>work eligible family unit</term> means—</text> <paragraph id="H9D4C04D1F57D413B9456D434EAAE090E"><enum>(1)</enum><text>an able-bodied, work eligible adult without dependent children;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H18121C754A754C9C9E420C2483E045ED"><enum>(2)</enum><text>a work eligible single-headed family with dependent children; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H98434ACE297B4AC782C482233F6C69DE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a work eligible married couple family with dependent children.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF7CBCB4682304982807E0EDAEABB3708"><enum>(mm)</enum><header>Work eligible adult without dependent children</header><text>The term <term>work eligible adult without dependent children</term> means an individual who—</text> <paragraph id="H77F056727E214A5EB8D3011841D526AB"><enum>(1)</enum><text>is an able-bodied work eligible individual; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H0D57D24B951C4A5D8F58FC642309BFDC"><enum>(2)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is not a family head or the married spouse of a family head.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC54051A3AA5F48E182D01F28F45A110C"><enum>(nn)</enum><header>Work eligible married couple family with dependent children</header><text>The term <term>work eligible married couple family with dependent children</term> means a married couple with dependent children which contains at least one work eligible adult able-bodied adult who is—</text> <paragraph id="H97E2F7DBD451478189A9DD3336525E3A"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the family head; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HC864854011614BB4972836137B838D01"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the married spouse of the family head.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC861B8AF90CA46789595532D283C27D1"><enum>(oo)</enum><header>Work eligible single headed family with dependent children</header><text>The term <term>work eligible single headed family with dependent children</term> means a single headed family with dependent children which has a family head who is an able bodied work eligible adult.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="HCCBE436BC9D148A4A69D5375BB0D808E"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Conditions of participation</header><text>Section 6(d) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(d)) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7C2A51F9DABE41C9AE94D768AAFD1C1A" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HD41B4B73613A470BB8CA6DDAB70642C7"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Conditions of participation</header> <paragraph id="HF36C4B4D5D2246C1AFBBD7A5CD3F548E"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Work requirements</header> <subparagraph id="H058BABCCD4664EAB8451AA38EFB6DE39"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>No able-bodied work eligible adult shall be eligible to participate in the food stamp program if the individual—</text> <clause id="H43F8AD0F5E954DD6989127219D6D8832"><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="HDCC37972E55F440790DD249B1C9F7859"><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="H943EC968E07D4B1FBB5E06960B6AB114"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the applicable Federal or State minimum wage; or</text> </subclause><subclause id="HDDFB6CA1072D4BD4B8DC7BA4FF7E01EC"><enum>(II)</enum><text>80 percent of the wage that would have governed had the minimum hourly rate under section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. 206(a)(1)) been applicable to the offer of employment;</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="HDA783339A0B243D28CCA481560541C60"><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="HD9BBECBA1C8840C6BBCB75F3066B9460"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>voluntarily—</text> <subclause id="H1552B970617E4E00B1CEAA68D9141497"><enum>(I)</enum><text>quits a job; or</text> </subclause><subclause id="H930F7CCD42F34FABBEBE7C0DBE5D4C21"><enum>(II)</enum><text>reduces work effort and, after the reduction, the individual 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 equal to the reduction in work effort by the first adult.</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCEDB1F72DDC24636B1894CF993FC81A7"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Family unit ineligibility</header><text>If an able-bodied work eligible adult is ineligible to participate in the food stamp program because of subparagraph (A), then no other member of the family unit to which that adult belongs shall be eligible to participate.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HCD697CCEE0C74098AC41E951343BD96B"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Duration of ineligibility</header><text>An able-bodied work eligible adult who becomes ineligible under subparagraph (A), and members of the family unit who become ineligible under subparagraph (B), shall remain ineligible for three months after the date at which they became ineligible.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0C214F4C75EF4D5ABBA06E5FE0D4FBE1"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Restoration of eligibility</header><text>At the end of three months of ineligibility under subsection (c), members of a work eligible family unit may have their eligibility to participate in the food stamp program restored, if—</text> <clause id="H8D87063883814897AD52C749879FFD51"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the family unit is no longer a work eligible family unit; or</text> </clause><clause id="H2CEE3F7DDEF341F9BA6DA6D5FA6F1620"><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="H4650164B17A14E5A8F3C17E2D7E4739D"><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="H91262B7997CD4FD1BF811936C5F815E2"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Striking workers ineligible</header><text>Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no member of a family unit shall participate in the food stamp program at any time that any able-bodied work eligible adult member of such household is on strike as defined in the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 (29 U.S.C. 142(2)), because of a labor dispute (other than a lockout) as defined in section 2(9) of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 152(9)): <italic>Provided</italic>, That a family unit shall not lose its eligibility to participate in the food stamp program as a result of one of its members going on strike if the household was eligible immediately prior to such strike, however, such family unit shall not receive an increased allotment as the result of a decrease in the income of the striking member or members of the household: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That such ineligibility shall not apply to any family unit that does not contain a member on strike, if any of its members refuses to accept employment at a plant or site because of a strike or lockout.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="HED871F050C0A4652BACDF871E12DC4AD"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Termination of funding</header><text>Section 6 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015) is amended by striking subsection (h).</text> </subsection><subsection id="H39007F38544542F2B015A6087E9EAB1E"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Eligibility of students with dependent children</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6(e)(8) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(e)(8)) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HCDBA856408FE425D8A5C50FA542BCE6E" style="traditional"> <paragraph id="H446441E6E5E34FF680BFB427624D61FA"><enum>(8)</enum><text>is enrolled full-time in an institution of higher education, as determined by the institution, and—</text> <subparagraph id="H1623173CEB194AA998FA60D8A37F3619"><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="H1B1564B490174DDDB1DC78C9A4C01A50"><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="HD5A8BBEFAE994244A9C4A1725FCC2E35"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Work requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6(o) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(o)) is amended to read as follows:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H72F3A35F84F94E6783C88313B911B14C" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HAACC5CDF0167493AB7E94B5CD21ECC32"><enum>(o)</enum><header>Fulfillment of employment and work activation requirements</header> <paragraph id="H0DF9466C93FC464289A16E30B7BA646C"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If an adult or adults within a work 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 food stamp benefits unless the employment and work activation standards for the family unit are fulfilled.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF799F9D415694C95AD319232D53D3E36"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Sanctions and resumption of benefits</header><text>If an adult or adults within a work eligible family unit who are required by the State agency to participate in work activation under section 29 during a given month, fail to fulfill the work activation standards, benefits for all members of the family unit will be terminated in accordance with section 29(c)(1) and may be resumed upon compliance with the provisions of section 29(c)(2).</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="H6DB17672F5584612B76F7048ECAC733D"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Exclusion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015) is amended by adding at the end the following:</text> <quoted-block id="H2FD38B79CB144AF0BEDC29E945B636F6"> <subsection id="H17D8D773E67A46578EB347625729B37F"><enum>(r)</enum><header>Minor children</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">No child less than age 18 years of age may participate in the food stamp program unless that child is a member of a family with dependent children and resides with an adult who is—</text> <paragraph id="HFA1E3166D07F426587BBD27E48E01667"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the family head of the same family of which the child is also a member;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF61DF89D9D864967A5EAE14E8C458617"><enum>(2)</enum><text>eligible to participate, and is participating, in the food stamp program as a member of the same household as the child; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HCA848C5941AD455583E739BEA53A00C1"><enum>(3)</enum><text>lawfully residing, and is eligible to work, in the United States.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="HDB7241D1B5CF49CE9E11A8B8001EB297"><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>: <italic>Provided</italic></quote> and all that follows through <quote>hearing;</quote>, and inserting a semicolon.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H544484778FF94A148783651B94C1F2B4"><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="HFC1421EB3CA745599D2B18E017F38959" style="OLC"> <section id="H128CBD9932664721BC5FBC46E0BD39EA"><enum>29.</enum><header>Work requirements and activation program</header> <subsection id="HF552A105DF63420C960ABC26B404E716"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Employment and work activation standards</header><text>Family units with adult members that are required to participate in work activation under section 29(b) during a full month of participation in the food stamp program shall be expected to fulfill the following levels of work activity during that month:</text> <paragraph id="H62179921808142FEA9130D4B302C9BF8"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Each able-bodied work eligible adult without dependent children shall be required to perform work activities for at least 60 hours per month.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H7C5D7796FAE94A1E83684120F837C4BC"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Each family head of a work eligible single-headed family with dependent children shall be required to perform work activities for at least 120 hours per month.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HD60F8EBF81334637938763680FA4A0AC"><enum>(3)</enum><text>In each work eligible married couple family with dependent children, the family head and married spouse shall be required to perform work activities which when added together for the two adults equal at least 120 hours per month: <italic>Provided</italic>, That the 120-hour requirement 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> <subparagraph id="HA9A399D157194132A7F70C112FA194C4"><enum>(A)</enum><text>For purposes of meeting this requirement the paid employment and work activation of the family head shall be added to the paid employment and work activation of the married spouse, and the requirement shall be fulfilled as long as the sum of the work activities of the two individuals when added together equals or exceeds 120 hours per month.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF22AF7F997F14BE3BD03FE277AA3A825"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The work requirement for married couple with dependent children may be fulfilled by—</text> <clause id="H85AE17D4989B46AB8E4E8410ACC2DD2E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>120 or more hours of work activity by the family head;</text> </clause><clause id="HA2DE0230144C428BA2499A3BB02E3043"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>120 or more hours of work activities by the married spouse; or</text> </clause><clause id="HB4B67A74CEFB4C7293343DD3606033FF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>the combined work activities of the family head and married spouse which when added together equal or exceed 120 hours.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H42964EF46E0B48308D8E7BBCE8E3D49C"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Neither the family head nor the married spouse in a married couple with dependent children shall be subject to a separate work activation requirement as individuals.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H912CC0E8D8A846378200DC56F6A0B84F"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Pro rata reduction in employment and work activation standard during a partial month</header> <paragraph id="HE9C4FA8C5FB74B6BA942E86CF5A88712"><enum>(1)</enum><text>A work eligible family unit shall be subject to a pro-rated work activity standard, if the family unit—</text> <subparagraph id="H6D0AEAB2BC2748FFA8784C24B4E57D54"><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="H432689100E7948E8AF403032E2113781"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is required by the State to participate in the work activation program during that month.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H39DF02A61C83475C9C345C6B349E2D2A"><enum>(2)</enum><text>The pro-rated work activity standard shall be a number of hours of work activity having a value which bears the same ratio to the employment and work activation requirement for that family unit for a full month under subsection (a) as the ratio of the pro-rated monthly allotment received by the household for the partial month under section 8(c) bears to the full allotment the same household would receive for a complete month.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H454B6574B6E4423BAD15343F4B3A8356"><enum>(3)</enum><text>For purposes of fulfilling the pro-rated work activity requirement during an initial month of enrollment in the food stamp program, only those hours of adult work activity which occurred during the portion of the month in which the family unit was participating in the food stamp program shall be counted.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H11950212EE0D48588140F262FC5BC766"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Sanction for noncompliance</header> <paragraph id="HE63481ED5DFF48988AE0DF90B7ACA185"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If a member or members of a work eligible family unit are required to participate in the work activation program under subsection (e) in a given calendar month and the individual or individuals fail to fulfill the work activity standard under subsection (a) or (b) for that month, then no member of the family unit shall be eligible to receive food stamp benefits during the subsequent calendar month.</text> <subparagraph id="H04D5E7CBC9C248CE8CF3C8F4C85DAA6F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Administration of sanction</header><text>If a member or members of a work eligible family unit is required to participate in the work activation program under subsection (e) in a given calendar month and the individual or individuals fail to fulfill the work activity standard for that month, then the State agency must eliminate the food stamp benefit payment for all members of the family unit that otherwise would have been issued at the beginning of the next month except as provided in subparagraph (B).</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFD22C27F20924B639C1D66778CF927B6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Administrative delay of sanction</header><text>If it is administratively infeasible for the State to eliminate the food stamp benefit that would be issued at the beginning of the first month after the month of noncompliance, then the State must eliminate 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: <italic>Provided</italic>, That the sanction of benefits must occur no later than 32 days after the end of the month of noncompliance, and: <italic>Provided further</italic>, That at least one monthly payment to all members of the family unit must be eliminated for each month of noncompliance under paragraph (1).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDA9D90821A5146C9A17C453AC6E9DBD2"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Resumption of benefits after sanction</header> <subparagraph id="H2063215885714A59A9B705E77DB4B7C0"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If a family unit has had its monthly benefit eliminated due to noncompliance with a work activity requirement under subsection (b) then the family unit shall not be eligible to receive future benefits under the food stamp program, until—</text> <clause id="HBC63EBDFBC164B3E8DBC6F83FCB9696A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the work eligible member or members of the family unit have participated in the work activation program under subsection (e) for four consecutive subsequent weeks and fulfilled the work activity standard for the family unit for that same four week period; or</text> </clause><clause id="H044C0D477CD24E86B04C8547B73FA15A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the family unit no longer contains any able bodied work eligible adults.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA4E2FFF5E2294834873F015D9C4D2BE6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation</header><text>The resumed benefits cannot restore or compensate for the benefits that were eliminated due to the sanction imposed in subsection (c)(1).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD0C4B6C18A1142C4B4D3F6E680B7A53B"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Work activation is not employment</header><text>Participation in work activation activities under this section shall not be deemed employment and shall not be subject to any law pertaining to wages, compensation, hours, or conditions of employment under any law administered by the Department of Labor.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H820F7C2325F740EA81D805CDB62D6A60"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Work activation program</header> <paragraph id="H07DCD358DA034C0EBA14E518252D02A2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Program</header><text>States will run a work activation program.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB7C171DAA3B543818C9B03522A89ED42"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purpose</header><text>The goal of the program shall be to increase the employment of work eligible able-bodied adult food stamp recipients. To accomplish this goal, each State shall require able-bodied adult food stamp recipients who are unemployed or under-employed to engage in work activation.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H4CB86D614B494F0D9ABBA536CB6A0280"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Target work activation ratios</header> <subparagraph id="H2FAF360B3A55438DA56272DA29323789"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Commencing no later than six months after the effective date of this section, the State shall engage able-bodied food stamp recipients in work activation each month in sufficient numbers to meet the following monthly target work activation ratios:</text> <clause id="H89E27DB40E16434B8D3A652AAFD55B08"><enum>(i)</enum><text>In 2012 the monthly target work activation ratio shall be 4 percent.</text> </clause><clause id="HCDD12059CF254482935AD632A1C7AE6C"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>In 2013 and in subsequent years the monthly target work activation ratio shall be 7 percent.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H62E621FC04B5434FAC116C8CB3EDD309"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Limitation on education and training as a component of work activation</header><text>For purposes of compliance by the State with the work activation ratios, not more than 20 percent of the monthly work activation participants counted by the State may be engaged in employment and training as a means of fulfilling their employment and work activation standards.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H71620FDBB2444CBC80150EB8C1A5EF6C"><enum>(4)</enum><header>Work activation priority populations</header> <subparagraph id="HDEECD26A2ADF449DB5628ACE56136A7F"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In operating the work activation program, States shall give priority to participation by the following recipient groups:</text> <clause id="H0CB1E4EEFFCB4F72BCBF90E8CB903F62"><enum>(i)</enum><text>Work eligible adults without dependent children.</text> </clause><clause id="H25ADDC664A0A4049AC0DD1183E90D2CF"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Work eligible adults who are also recipients of housing assistance.</text> </clause><clause id="H20C75A13555B4B62A0FA790FCE164F16"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>Other work eligible recipients at the time of initial application for benefits.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H224C70D87B2D48BA949A58AD4A38E5B6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Participation share</header><text>Except as provided in paragraph (C), at least 80 percent of the participants in work activation should belong to the three priority groups listed in paragraph (A).</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE40499430C384450AC42384EB2E410D9"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Exception</header><text>The numeric requirement in paragraph (B) shall not pertain if the number of recipients in the three priority groups in paragraph is insufficient to meet that requirement, but in those circumstances, the State will continue to give priority to any recipients who belong to the three priority groups.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB3DAD4C857C84F12AFA2BDF2FECBE1CB"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Reimbursable expenses of participants</header> <subparagraph id="HA08A1D73E02C4909BA07AC667F06F529"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The State agency shall provide payments or reimbursements to participants in work activation carried out under this section for—</text> <clause id="HDED3217685AD480EA74ED4B8133D874A"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the actual costs of transportation and other actual costs (other than dependent care costs) that are reasonably necessary and directly related to participation in the work activation components of the program; and</text> </clause><clause id="H93846C31811545428C661F5EF34E1132"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the actual costs of such dependent care expenses that are determined by the State agency to be necessary for the participation of an individual in the work activation components of the program (other than an individual who is the caretaker relative of a dependent in a family receiving benefits under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.)) in a local area where an employment, training, or education program under title IV of such Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is in operation, except that no such payment or reimbursement shall exceed the applicable local market rate.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H88E3A286B359415784E5CA457894B47F"><enum>(B)</enum><text>In lieu of providing reimbursements for dependent care expenses under clause (i), a State agency may, at its option, arrange for dependent care through providers by providing vouchers to the household allowing the recipient to choose between all lawful providers. The value of the voucher shall not exceed the average local market rate.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H01D88D9C7B2643D7B8A6C50525A40EA3"><enum>(C)</enum><text>The value of any dependent care services provided for or arranged under paragraph (1) or (2), or any amount received as a payment or reimbursement under (1), shall—</text> <clause id="HA876FF6DB38042DC8A35AC7345ACF450"><enum>(i)</enum><text>not be treated as income for the purposes of any other Federal or federally assisted program that bases eligibility for, or the amount of benefits on, need; and</text> </clause><clause id="H2027D823F62A41198303A12201EBC81A"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>not be claimed as an employment-related expense for the purposes of the credit provided under section 21 of title 26.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H78A20758506241CEB12FBD967990B8A1"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Penalties for inadequate State performance</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If, in a given month, a State fails to engage food stamp recipients in work activation in sufficient numbers to meet or exceed the appropriate work activation ratio provided in subsection (e)(3), the Federal food stamp funding provided to the State in a subsequent penalty month will be reduced as follows: <italic>Provided,</italic> That, the month in which the State failed to engage food stamp recipients in work activation in sufficient numbers to meet or exceed the appropriate target work activation ratio shall be designated the non-performance month, and: <italic>Provided</italic><italic>further</italic>, That the month in which the State is penalized shall be designated the penalty month:</text> <subparagraph id="H3B12A031AC0A4ADD948FA2BBF9E3F676"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The penalty month shall be no later than four months after the non-performance month.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6B3A45E19D1F4CD1A141856CC08C7E1E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The amount of Federal food stamp funding the State shall receive for the penalty month shall equal the amount of Federal food stamp funds the State would otherwise have received multiplied by a fraction equaling—</text> <clause id="HDD4EBC53E50847F682D4AE6203336621"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the actual monthly work activation ratio achieved by the State in the penalty month; divided by</text> </clause><clause id="H66ED10E01F4D46E999557FD339D8F985"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the target monthly work activation ratio for the penalty month.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1B20A7B013CE46098F95E27963C4CDE3"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Rewards to States for reducing government dependence</header><text>If, in any future year, a State reduces its food stamp caseload below the levels which existed in calendar year 2006, the State shall receive a financial reward for reducing dependence.</text> <subparagraph id="H067AE676E7CC44F3A84D71E56D61FC75"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The reward shall equal one quarter of the savings to the Federal Government for that year that resulted from the caseload reduction.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDFF151104272473CA0952B774A86A6C6"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The State may use its reward funding for any purpose it chooses that provides benefits or services to individuals with incomes below 200 percent of the Federal poverty level, improves social outcomes in low-income populations, encourages healthy marriage, or increases self-sufficiency and reduces dependence.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA5F3BAC3D26D4CF185AD7407617E03A5"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Authorization of funding</header> <subparagraph id="HBF574D1F5EDF483B8148E661B15C2C11"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In fiscal year 2012, and in each subsequent fiscal year there is authorized to be appropriated $2,500,000,000 to be provided to State governments for the purpose of administering a work activation program in accordance with this section.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDFD341A80E404AB093AD7FD5ECDCC3B4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Allocation among States</header><text>The sum provided in subparagraph (A) shall be allocated to the States in proportion to each State’s share of total funding for the food stamp program under this Act in fiscal year 2007.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection></section><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="H073BB68965CF43E68C9B177F4A9F788B"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="HF4A59820009E4ECCAD7664785B72CA71"><enum>(1)</enum><text>in section 5—</text> <subparagraph id="HF7D3CC43DA484CCC8F8B77B6079360B4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a) by striking <quote>, 6(d)(2),</quote>,</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H53F012E742C64ACEAEA92255C44DAACC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(14) by striking <quote>6(d)(4)(I)</quote> and inserting <quote>29</quote>,</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H37521CC1E8AC4B1CA2A17C370A02657E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (e)(3)(B)(iii) by striking <quote>section (d)(3)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 29</quote>, and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6DC63DBA6FBA46879AFAD23895B6AC1E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in the 1st sentence of subsection (g)(3) by striking <quote>6(d)</quote> and inserting <quote>29</quote>,</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H873022F894BE4DB293A75FDDA735EE30"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in section 7(i)(2) by striking <quote>6(o)(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>6(o)</quote>,</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H715B9111A93E48EBA9A382D199A82ED2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>in section 11(e) by striking paragraph (19),</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HE30008EA0C5645E1985102A88A13F095"><enum>(4)</enum><text>in section 16—</text> <subparagraph id="H7DB723FD17F34360829C4D948C7F462D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(4) by striking <quote>6(d)</quote> and inserting <quote>29</quote>, and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC5727BED720540E3986D064555B92368"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (h),</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCD0CF12A1C4F49EAA2AFE24B35B002F7"><enum>(5)</enum><text>in section 17—</text> <subparagraph id="HB6314396DB2D4DED8763475A9EA035FB"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <clause id="HDC20822140AF4D3D81CD0E886B2C0E25"><enum>(i)</enum><text>in paragraph (1)(B)(iv)(III) by striking item (bb),</text> </clause><clause id="H8FB8A617306D45D185F0A38230AE6CCA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (2) by striking the 2d sentence, and</text> </clause><clause id="HF9B01186F6D04FD2BBAF1E02BE91ECC3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(B) by striking <quote>6(d)</quote> and inserting <quote>29,</quote> and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2239C24CAF844DA79CC32AF916269E53"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (g),</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H01DA44D25F2D41B0A94C8BF92B128B2F"><enum>(6)</enum><text>in section 20—</text> <subparagraph id="H65FF42AC87C940F498F2BDED91C26F0C"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (b)—</text> <clause id="H6894DD25155B4949BC6E877F111B9090"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (1), and</text> </clause><clause id="H59D7E99F14454D41B75718178005A235"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (2) through (6) as paragraphs (1) through (5), respectively, and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE1F7985CB97746B089136EDD8CBD165B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subsection (f), and</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3BC2649640764A7FB3D418550E05E128"><enum>(7)</enum><text>in section 22(b) by striking paragraph (4).</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="HD7D2343476A348BA9E63A7AE9E2A9734" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>203.</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), as amended by section 442 of Public Law 111–296 (124 Stat. 3183, 3265), is amended by striking <quote>after October 31, 2013</quote> and inserting <quote>on the date of the enactment of the Welfare Reform Act of 2011</quote>.</text> </section><enum>III</enum><header>Reporting of means-tested welfare spending in President’s budget submission</header> <section id="HCE03C1FBDD744F948DE3A5736F14EE7E" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>301.</enum><header>Additional information in President’s budget submission</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7803D6EB8A2948C1BD321DC77A8B1237" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HBA916F8C942D410C84B777B3203359A8"><enum>(37)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the total level of spending on means-tested welfare programs by the Federal Government and the total level of spending on means-tested welfare programs 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 nine ensuing fiscal years, and for purposes of this paragraph, means-tested welfare programs shall mean those programs defined in section 401 of the Welfare Reform Act of 2011.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><enum>IV</enum><header>Aggregate cap for means-tested welfare spending</header> <section id="H9D5467844E4A44FDBD6083FA056C8D5F"><enum>401.</enum><header>Definition of means-tested welfare spending</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3 of the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H671DFA10AB4747B3BF96F0EFA26E4054" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HEE52B89FAA184276A3B323C7C469FB95"><enum>(11)</enum><subparagraph commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="H6071F110EA064AACB60FBBECC9341766"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The term <term>means-tested welfare spending</term> refers to any Federal program that is designed to specifically provide assistance or benefits exclusively to low-income Americans, but is not such a program if it—</text> <clause id="HAD317C8C2E5A42CCB684F6DF1C1F7EB2" indent="up1"><enum>(i)</enum><text>is based on earned eligibility;</text> </clause><clause id="HFD547AED8CDD4CB6893FC4140A7AAB4C" indent="up1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>is not need-based;</text> </clause><clause id="HB9D43DCCA1164E7FBF7A30AEB422145E" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">is a program designed exclusively or primarily for veterans of military service; or</text> </clause><clause id="HCC5102FEBBBE4DB0AC9290DAC92B07D1" indent="up1"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>offers universal or near universal eligibility to the working population and their dependents.</text> </clause></subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">Community and economic development programs targeted to low-income communities or populations shall be considered means-tested welfare programs for purposes of this paragraph.</continuation-text><subparagraph id="HE93244B98E6049B4B91A0EB3FECF26C2" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>For purposes of subparagraph (A), the following Federal programs shall be considered to be means-tested welfare spending:</text> <clause id="H0590360038E249498CA50239010D33DD"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Cash and general programs</header> <subclause id="H499D325A18DB4937B6CAA814E622DCE8"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Supplemental Security Income.</text> </subclause><subclause id="HFA073E551F464BFFAAEEFC35562B05F3"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Earned Income Tax Credit (Refundable Portion).</text> </subclause><subclause id="H2BE6122DC02D45E897DFE75A009B824E"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Refundable Child Credit.</text> </subclause><subclause id="HC06BB86A62014CAE869BDA0B71E53E25"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>Temporary Assistance to Needy Families.</text> </subclause><subclause id="HA57752D009DC443A821BBA34FC916C2E"><enum>(V)</enum><text>Title IV–E Foster Care.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H76AA0F2936E14B3597982EEDA0754259"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>Title IV–E Adoption Assistance.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H7F01DAF3AE564AA1B8C17E2BB3F39CDF"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>General Assistance to Indians.</text> </subclause><subclause id="HE3A7306A163349E291D8C751EAE79886"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text>Assets for Independence.</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="HA4178CFD84234655BDDDDDC45C59694F"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Medical</header> <subclause id="H99F51999067B444CA219597F1BD9D5BA"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Medicaid.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H2C64518EC12742A19D177960B4061875"><enum>(II)</enum><text>State Children’s Health Insurance Program.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H5206DCD792B344DD9AD46063E83DF36B"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Indian Health Services.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H6F621F795B304136894C31F85FAB516C"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>Consolidated Health Centers/Community Health Centers.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H171189CBA7524DEE81844375AC7C4D21"><enum>(V)</enum><text>Maternal and Child Health.</text> </subclause><subclause id="HA687BF423B1E4251B41ABCBF50E8DC18"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>Healthy Start.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H4260A860B0274CC190C497482EE4415D"><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="H519590B56DDC4F9DBE3FA6273C2BCDDF"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Food</header> <subclause id="H3ECD94EAF3624AB99FD27814A6E73EC1"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Food Stamps Program.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H7E8FE628B0E746A6BDCE978BCE89D730"><enum>(II)</enum><text>School Lunch Program.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H7E6071110F274EFA95AFC2EA6589E3A9"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Women, Infant and Children (WIC) Food Program.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H573D8F44524A4FF9A85C082FF18262D2"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>School Breakfast.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H112969E3735348BC8429ECA0FFB871A3"><enum>(V)</enum><text>Child Care Food Program.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H7544F9AD0447430CB5283BA016E41027"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>Nutrition Program for the Elderly, Nutrition Service Incentives.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H343644B6F3644350AE5F24B8FE541FA2"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>Summer Food Service Program.</text> </subclause><subclause id="HBCE4CB638CC149EEA5A1BC8711518D0C"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text>Commodity Supplemental Food Program.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H348AFCE13C5F423DB52A008DFF9A0F08"><enum>(IX)</enum><text>Temporary Emergency Food Program.</text> </subclause><subclause id="HE8CDC46DE4FA42669C7001D67515A98F"><enum>(X)</enum><text>Needy Families.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H027B222894BF4B57B05EFBCC128293F6"><enum>(XI)</enum><text>Farmer’s Market Nutrition Program.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H51D6FB20220F4E269EA55BC7A35CF5BB"><enum>(XII)</enum><text>Special Milk Program.</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="H77A09C8CABEF486CA7FC7EE80F3CF12F"><enum>(iv)</enum><header>Housing</header> <subclause id="H9387673F8EEB4F349728830B7DED8439"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 8 Housing (HUD).</text> </subclause><subclause id="H9CC3CE0AF45741FBB7DC83E1F4946E50"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Public Housing (HUD).</text> </subclause><subclause id="H8C84CD18D6394F6D96B522765E79F446"><enum>(III)</enum><text>State Housing Expenditures.</text> </subclause><subclause id="HB50BEE4DBDCD48F4BA05B38913BF1B4B"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>Home Investment Partnership Program (HUD).</text> </subclause><subclause id="HFA151E2EBFF147E2B4531EFB8171837A"><enum>(V)</enum><text>Homeless Assistance Grants (HUD).</text> </subclause><subclause id="HEF21FD5CC1964679B4D3CD0AD36E3BD5"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>Rural Housing Insurance Fund (Agriculture).</text> </subclause><subclause id="H9A156BC5EFB94078A88F445918132189"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>Rural Housing Service (Agriculture).</text> </subclause><subclause id="H2523AC2706994E788B015521BED68675"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text>Housing for the Elderly (HUD).</text> </subclause><subclause id="HBBE3F5DFE60B44DEBB3C0E04FAADDA9D"><enum>(IX)</enum><text>Native American Housing Block Grants (HUD).</text> </subclause><subclause id="HAA9D8C5D15BE4B118D66D329B155C0C3"><enum>(X)</enum><text>Other Assisted Housing Programs (HUD).</text> </subclause><subclause id="H1DD6E55BF05D4B21A9665F5D7C3D2A5C"><enum>(XI)</enum><text>Housing for Persons with Disabilities (HUD).</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="H577EAE44F7F647028FFCAC258DD22256"><enum>(v)</enum><header>Energy and Utilities</header> <subclause id="H281848A711484B47B486E30DDF5C3784"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Low-Income Home Energy Assistance.</text> </subclause><subclause id="HA55499917EB84FF5A36FEDDAE1CCB4A8"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Universal Service Fund—Subsidized Phone Service for Low-Income Persons.</text> </subclause><subclause id="HB50BCF7F55C74B318D41C60127124D90"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Weatherization.</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="H6123580273BC45B68F30AC4E87446712"><enum>(vi)</enum><header>Education</header> <subclause id="H7355BBBCD1614F4788F1409FDF61CAF8"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Pell Grants.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H7D64F752F26A4CC59987F7F9AC948ADE"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Title I Grants to Local Education Authorities.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H531CC86096EE46EC88EF8AC7354C8ABB"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Special Programs for Disadvantaged (TRIO).</text> </subclause><subclause id="H7FC2C4645D68455587D62DF69A4099A7"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>Supplemental Education Opportunity Grants.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H0FEBBC08735C43358DA263F082560894"><enum>(V)</enum><text>Migrant Education.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H90AE09F07C09403F83E9D3F7B749419F"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>Gear-Up.</text> </subclause><subclause id="HACCFC5FC076D4E93959A295C2F104FE0"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>Education for Homeless Children and Youth.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H288D1D7DE8D94953AB974948C6C12FF4"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text>Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership (LEAP) Program.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H3AB0E523B67546A2A9F3BA1EA4949BCF"><enum>(IX)</enum><text>Even Start.</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="HE3A736C3EF344CF49AC2CB9E7E96E39E"><enum>(vii)</enum><header>Training</header> <subclause id="H451ACEA825884E04865CE4468EFCEEF1"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Job Corps.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H160484AEB27548CCA33DFDDB7CBCE636"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Youth Opportunity Grants (under the Workforce Investment Act).</text> </subclause><subclause id="HF7846E9AAC284BA0A9ECA365A9676FFB"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Adult Employment and Training (under the Workforce Investment Act).</text> </subclause><subclause id="HD6F6A92F956640548974754999F976AB"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>Senior Community Service Employment.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H1C13CFC152D14F19A18D9A4FC2C088E3"><enum>(V)</enum><text>Food Stamp Employment and Training Program.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H1CF8364E999B42AE99938D7C6F8288C1"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>Migrant Training.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H761534806F6948A591066F08101B4C8F"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>YouthBuild.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H52958BDE384A4AE28C0FDCAA694F514E"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text>Native American Training.</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="H4D647868456E4D84A7D38170BDBD4CD4"><enum>(viii)</enum><header>Services</header> <subclause id="H0620293D795844D5BE7163EC3CA252EA"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Title XX Social Services Block Grant.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H2AA58B614BE64DFB8E0DE536321E88DC"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Community Service Block Grant.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H2967C188DABB4A35881DB5A649B70CF9"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Social Services for Refugees, Asylees, and Humanitarian Cases.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H73257F52F0434239AFE157EE5E5854FB"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>Title III Aging Americans Act.</text> </subclause><subclause id="HE05C84BABCC14B25AD475EBD1B13E319"><enum>(V)</enum><text>Legal Services Block Grant.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H0727E47A69AC484188BB1BA62531E5C9"><enum>(VI)</enum><text>Family Planning.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H9055277687A04749A8CBC3C424F25CB4"><enum>(VII)</enum><text>Emergency Food and Shelter.</text> </subclause><subclause id="HBA1D65F66D594FBE8F7DD5D1BAC6F400"><enum>(VIII)</enum><text>Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Grants.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H0862B828ECD8446DBD529B938F728EAB"><enum>(IX)</enum><text>Americorps VISTA.</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="HF01C941DC5434B7085D26BEA8B78C59F"><enum>(ix)</enum><header>Child Care and Child Development</header> <subclause id="H6E23AC87E4264785B1E9026E12BEFE8A"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Headstart.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H30BBFE785F8D491DA3F8A7B0BAD362DC"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Childcare and Child Development Block Grant.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H4EDEF6A4A6B84A90A1AB54F389301D2E"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Child Care Block Grant (under Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Program).</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="H12447375575D40CEA2B604E207A84AB6"><enum>(x)</enum><header>Community Development</header> <subclause id="HC7EB1952EFFE4DE389955EDA41E74B63"><enum>(I)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Community Development Block Grant.</text> </subclause><subclause id="HF4B280B0BD3F4046B14BE2A04CDB5FE2"><enum>(II)</enum><text>Economic Development Administration.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H67CDE46E0081423987904FBCA690DEBA"><enum>(III)</enum><text>Appalachian Regional Development.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H989122A4E3D84B1192DE129E47082B8F"><enum>(IV)</enum><text>Empowerment Zones, Enterprise Communities, Renewal Communities.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H7FDFF8918B1B44AE9FA75BED60CBD8F7"><enum>(V)</enum><text>Urban Development Block Grant.</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H929CD7BD084747D9AE8973E5CC2B2E1D" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text>For purposes of this paragraph, the term <term>means-tested welfare spending</term> shall not include—</text> <clause id="H2CBEA3D89D474B6195B538F068677C86"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the Social Security Disability Insurance program;</text> </clause><clause id="HACAB911928DA4DD39AA728FB000344E1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>Medicare;</text> </clause><clause id="H7207BBBD2E244C87A0E314A5602126F1"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>retirement insurance benefits and survivor benefits under the Social Security program;</text> </clause><clause id="H5A0AB781583D47729356770F73AF2F00"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>any program designed exclusively or primarily for veterans of military service;</text> </clause><clause id="H2A3E075384EE4DA683066A2C02433759"><enum>(v)</enum><text>unemployment insurance benefits provided under title K; and</text> </clause><clause id="HED30CCE504554926A5C223FF474068FF"><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="H83CCDF88252042F381F66A61868D3605" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">For purposes of this paragraph, the term <term>spending on means-tested welfare programs</term> shall mean the full cost of benefits and services provided by the program, as well as the administrative costs for operating the program, subject to the limitations in subparagraph (E).</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H610BF5AD2EFA449C8299DEBF786674FA" indent="up1"><enum>(E)</enum><clause commented="no" display-inline="yes-display-inline" id="HB71DCF8F5AEE4C838E0F6559D5AD9BBC"><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 counted as means-tested welfare expenditures:</text> <subclause id="H177793D8B1534F71B5BFDCBE81DBC06E" indent="up1"><enum>(I)</enum><text>The earned income tax credit.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H10A6C95735B5483E9947AF1E0EDBC366" indent="up1"><enum>(II)</enum><text>The child tax credit.</text> </subclause><subclause id="H96B46B2F11C84681BA4F7FBA8EEE433B" indent="up1"><enum>(III)</enum><text>The making work pay tax credit.</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="H450CE567F02A47FE9F906CA7C93313A1" indent="up1"><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 counted as means-tested welfare expenditures; the refundable portion of these subsidies shall mean 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> </clause><clause id="H837E88EB02504409B03CAEBE3318A203" indent="up1"><enum>(iii)</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 included.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA8972627FE70426B9207ED6EC3B8A969" 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="H73F60DEF348F4E86BC8A2A101634A725"><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="H8EF3E8FCC1254EE5A98DCF630AEAD3B4"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>are not received as any form of grant from the Federal Government,</text> </clause><continuation-text continuation-text-level="subparagraph">shall not be considered as Federal means-tested welfare spending even if such state and local expenditures take the form of contributions to Federal programs listed or defined in subparagraphs (A) and (B).</continuation-text></subparagraph></paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section id="HE92ED24BC8F8450C99D06ED59B276161"><enum>402.</enum><header>Reports to budget committees</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 202(e)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by inserting <quote>(A)</quote> after <quote>(1)</quote> and by inserting at the end the following new subparagraph:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H01E47DC638E84EC280A853DF2B532D2F" style="OLC"> <subparagraph id="H9D63821480974EC28DB711113DAA5632" indent="up1"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning with 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 6.5 percent, 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 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> <clause id="HCBC8CE2E2A814A6DBCBFA5055A4D1645"><enum>(i)</enum><text>The Congressional Budget Office baseline level of Federal spending for aggregate means-tested welfare programs.</text> </clause><clause id="H2A76A107C076428AA54E0607178ADD91"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The aggregate level of Federal means-tested welfare spending computed by taking the aggregate level of means-tested welfare spending for fiscal year 2007 and adjusting that for inflation using the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, U.S. City Average, All Items, Not Seasonally Adjusted (CPI–U), as computed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, for all fiscal years occurring after fiscal year 2007 and before the applicable fiscal year.</text> </clause></subparagraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section id="H1047F35CD21847199AE883F4A5E91149"><enum>403.</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 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HED599FF4394D4AFC8411E93A91D508D3" style="OLC"> <subsection id="HF35642368D6044E7922E91685BC8E41C"><enum>(j)</enum><header>Means-Tested welfare spending</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Beginning with 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 6.5 percent, the concurrent resolution on the budget for the applicable 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. Such level shall not exceed the aggregate level of Federal means-tested welfare spending for fiscal year 2007, adjusted for inflation using the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, U.S. City Average, All Items, Not Seasonally Adjusted (CPI–U), as computed by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, for all fiscal years occurring after fiscal year 2007 and before the applicable fiscal year.</text> </subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </section><section id="HE7FDA3290EFB4C81BFF83EC3EE1B405F"><enum>404.</enum><header>Allocations of means-tested welfare spending</header> <subsection id="H8265A86F58134FD1A3FFAC3AE1B7BFFA"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended by adding at the end the following new subsection:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H7D76EFF148CE4C9B8A62B2387A5CFB50" style="OLC"> <subsection id="H7E832F23FB1D48969BD1A9A9B33DC56B"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Means-Tested welfare spending limit</header> <paragraph id="H54119936288A44459D21653FC38D5912"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Further division of amounts</header><text>For any concurrent resolution on the budget for 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="H91B9185D7C0C4B93A233866A14CB375F"><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 the resolution on the budget; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7DC1CE35A14E4211AC4A6E01EEC568AB"><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 the resolution on the budget 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="H49FAB4D20B1D4415A763899A30E60024"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Point of order</header><text>It shall not be in order in the House of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill, joint resolution, or amendment if—</text> <subparagraph id="H80435CF6E58847C3B25A1E8828467247"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the enactment of such bill or resolution as reported;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H71A3E450D63543B9AC2433CB39D287E0"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the adoption and enactment of such amendment; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7B9B0594F696478682B57BA92EE2DA28"><enum>(C)</enum><text>the enactment of such bill or resolution in the form recommended in such conference report,</text> </subparagraph><continuation-text continuation-text-level="paragraph">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></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="HDFFBFD97E5314E8D8B912BCAF9CFBF1A"><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="HFA0C17DDC1FC4F5BA5199436DAC7CC14"><enum>405.</enum><header>Reconciliation</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 310(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 is amended as follows:</text> <paragraph id="HB42956F2ACE64F78B5266B90FA4BE283"><enum>(1)</enum><text>Strike <quote>or</quote> at the end of paragraph (3) and strike the period at the end of paragraph (4) and insert <quote>; and</quote>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HAEEDEB9B66624F40A7CD86460FA8162C"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Redesignate paragraph (4) as paragraph (5), and in paragraph (5) as redesignated, strike <quote>and (3)</quote> and insert <quote>(3), and (4)</quote>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HBB7CA24388FA44EE858980DA2D8413BE"><enum>(3)</enum><text>After paragraph (3), insert the following new paragraph:</text> <quoted-block display-inline="no-display-inline" id="H067A45F8613143569DB9B254D57DC6DB" style="OLC"> <paragraph id="HDED3E9DE741448818BE63454F4CD9F43"><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.</text> </paragraph><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </paragraph></section><enum>V</enum><header>Grants to promote self-sufficiency</header> <section id="H8B3BFB7514864F33A2476BBF94C44083"><enum>501.</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 2012 and each succeeding fiscal year.</text> </subsection></section>. <enum>VI</enum><header>Prohibition on funding of abortion</header> <section id="H93CACD939CD3487C89896832C71BBC7D"><enum>601.</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>602.</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>603.</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>604.</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>605.</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>606.</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 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>