II 112th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1904 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 17, 2011 Mr. DeMint (for himself, Mr. Lee, Mr. Vitter, Mr. Paul, Mr. Sessions, Mr. Graham, Mr. Inhofe, and Mr. Coburn) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance 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—Modifications to Food Stamp Program Sec. 201. Restoration of Act short title and references to the food stamp program. Sec. 202. Work requirements. Sec. 203. Definition of food. Sec. 204. 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>Modifications to Food Stamp Program</header> <section id="HFA7ECCF345194087AA107D920EC28A7B"><enum>201.</enum><header>Restoration of Act short title and references to the food stamp program</header> <subsection commented="no" id="id98F8C622C7A94ABB83C97EF264231091"><enum>(a)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Effective June 18, 2008, sections 4001 and 4002 of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (Public Law 110–246; 122 Stat. 1853) and the amendments made by those sections are repealed.</text> </subsection><subsection commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id97F63F280C5542D2A92C9DE3703EDB77"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Application</header><text>The <act-name parsable-cite="EPCA">Food Stamp Act of 1977 </act-name> (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. 1853), shall be applied and administered as if those sections and the amendments made by those sections had not been enacted.</text> </subsection></section><section id="HE2936C84DF654584A1FC583AAC400ECD"><enum>202.</enum><header>Work requirements</header> <subsection id="H3339FF3AF9BC4CECA3E4957CCB1BBB1D"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Declaration of policy</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 2 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2011) is amended by adding at the end the following: <quote>Congress further finds that it should also be the purpose of the food stamp program to increase employment, to encourage healthy marriage, and to promote prosperous self-sufficiency, which means the ability of households to maintain an income above the poverty level without services and benefits from the Federal Government.</quote>.</text> </subsection><subsection id="HC5A2F76BF1714CB8B2FD956AE344C59E"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text>Section 3 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (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> <paragraph id="idCF002539C6C84F61A4E43F16F6957C98"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>able-bodied, work-eligible adult</term> means an individual who—</text> <subparagraph id="H03CC1E389874442CB1763AA19EBF5A3A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>is more than 18, and less than 63, years of age;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HEA752AF5184345DA8EF28464A9450D6E"><enum>(B)</enum><text>is not physically or mentally incapable of work; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H897B39F5169544489E336C9E55E1A3E4"><enum>(C)</enum><text>is not the full-time caretaker of a disabled adult dependent.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H77BC52A73DA94E2FA07DF05BD72D1D53"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Physically or mentally incapable of work</header><text>For purposes of paragraph (1)(B), the term <term>physically or mentally incapable of work</term> means an individual who—</text> <subparagraph id="H74A02D643A64418BBFC41628B4C356E6"><enum>(A)</enum><text>currently receives benefits under the supplemental security income program established under title XVI of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.) or another program that provides recurring benefits to individuals because the individual is disabled and unable to work; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H79DC20B101C2475B8961C003D90D0844"><enum>(B)</enum><text>has been medically certified as physically or mentally incapable of work and who has a credible pending application for enrollment in the supplemental security income program established under title XVI of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.) or another program that provides recurring benefits to individuals because the individual is disabled and unable to work.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HD82007025F5A40E190E54BD852498516"><enum>(x)</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 1 or more dependent children who are the biological offspring of the parent; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HFFE0FD1399EC421797FD9FF86BE2CB7D"><enum>(2)</enum><text>in the absence of a biological parent, a step parent, adoptive parent, guardian, or adult relative who resides with and provides care to the 1 or more children and is lawfully present in the United States.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7DCC79913CA74C449F8064F008AB45E2"><enum>(y)</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="HC726681EAC3F472FACF6ACE450DFB27F"><enum>(z)</enum><header>Family with dependent children</header> <paragraph id="id6E70280CC65743BF87BA6B6EA441221F"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>family with dependent children</term> means a unit consisting of a family head, 1 or more dependent children, and, if applicable, the married spouse of the family head, all of whom share meals and reside within a single household.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idD0386A539FE444D6903C0976DA90E085"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Multiple families in a household</header><text>There may be more than 1 family with dependent children in a single household.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7681DB79E3A5441A87D9864E8C216566"><enum>(aa)</enum><header>Married couple family with dependent children</header><text>The term <term>married couple family with dependent children</term> means a family with dependent children that has both a family head and the married spouse of the family head residing with the family.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H0BBA5EE99B534F0BBAF70334CBC8DB14"><enum>(bb)</enum><header>Married spouse of the family head</header><text>The term <term>married spouse of the family head</term> means the lawfully married spouse of the family head who—</text> <paragraph id="id03A963C34A83423695E122BDBAAE4853"><enum>(1)</enum><text>resides with the family head and dependent children; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idC7F1652ABCAC4246AF3047F92D623E19"><enum>(2)</enum><text>is lawfully present in the United States.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HC6FDE4E5E61541CB9B45CAE52AFB24B8"><enum>(cc)</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>(dd)</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 adults without dependents who have received food stamp benefits and 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 that 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 that 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>(ee)</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 adults without dependents who have received food stamp benefits and 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 that have received food stamp benefits during the month and include 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 who 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, combined, 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, combined, during the month.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7D37F29C72D74B1C9632BEE7828FAFB2"><enum>(ff)</enum><header>Single-Headed family with dependent children</header><text>The term <term>single-headed family with dependent children</term> means a family with dependent children that—</text> <paragraph id="id0D6FAD6C0F024470B5270BE63FAB1C85"><enum>(1)</enum><text>contains a family head residing with the family; but</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id3F9D891D2DE447B8AB3345BA7B14D1D0"><enum>(2)</enum><text>does not have a married spouse of the family head residing with the family.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H61398EECCB194534B552F2781D51C7E3"><enum>(gg)</enum><header>Work activation</header> <paragraph id="id79C825D93C714B65A167E888EC14EF6D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The term <term>work activation</term> means—</text> <subparagraph id="H52A29B57C4F449C9974AA35DA9B4BC9A"><enum>(A)</enum><text>supervised job search;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HB7784EA0368C44C1B489F679D72773AB"><enum>(B)</enum><text>community service activities;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HA330248C752F431F9905CCDBF86E9B60"><enum>(C)</enum><text>education and job training for individuals who are family heads or married spouses of family heads;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H44D71D02792146AC8FDBD8DED2A0734B"><enum>(D)</enum><text>workfare under section 20; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H8E6956F1898B48A18418B6BF125D8A4F"><enum>(E)</enum><text>drug or alcohol treatment.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HDA5959E8583F4496AF1A163755975D56"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Supervised job search</header><text>For purposes of paragraph (1)(A), the term <term>supervised job search</term> means a job search program that has the following characteristics:</text> <subparagraph id="H9A41643367F843CDB0DF4E0A0F571BDD"><enum>(A)</enum><text>The job search occurs at an official location where the presence and activity of the recipient can be directly observed, supervised, and monitored.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD28FB3D0EBC64B7DA9EFF4AA5D908AD2"><enum>(B)</enum><text>The recipient’s entry, time on site, and exit from the official job search location are recorded in a manner that prevents fraud.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3E68A744478C44B8BDD553456A395EDC"><enum>(C)</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> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H5911538F47F44A3D96765F5108793DF6"><enum>(D)</enum><text>The quantity of time the recipient is observed and monitored engaging in job search at the official location is recorded for purposes of compliance with section 29.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HE32305FDAC1447A983759741379EB8BE"><enum>(hh)</enum><header>Work activation ratio</header><text>The term <term>work activation ratio</term> means the quotient obtained by dividing—</text> <paragraph id="id43EAC5A7019542EC94818C1587FE17B9"><enum>(1)</enum><text>the number of work activation participants in a month; by</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id8CAF942C959042A0945E9B5BC19AF835"><enum>(2)</enum><text>the monthly potential work activation population for the month.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H7E72235C02304176B7CC608F40AB1C7E"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Work activities</header><text>The term <term>work activities</term> means—</text> <paragraph id="id6A29DD065AE84BEBB9FAC85040965061"><enum>(1)</enum><text>paid employment;</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idFBDAD3C94F5540B4A7CF59D16FA44823"><enum>(2)</enum><text>work activation; or</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="idCBE5085867464B138725B91A86A14C2D"><enum>(3)</enum><text>a combination of both paid employment and work activation.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="HF7CBCB4682304982807E0EDAEABB3708"><enum>(jj)</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 adult; 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="HEEF87A1A566A4D159695F6A919037481"><enum>(kk)</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="HC54051A3AA5F48E182D01F28F45A110C"><enum>(ll)</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 that contains at least 1 work-eligible, 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>(mm)</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 that 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 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2015(d)) is amended by striking subsection (d) and inserting the following:</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 applied 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, is working less than 30 hours per week, unless another adult in the same family unit increases employment at the same time by an amount that is at least equal to the reduction in work effort by the first adult.</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="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), 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 3 months after the date on which ineligibility began.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H0C214F4C75EF4D5ABBA06E5FE0D4FBE1"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Restoration of eligibility</header><text>At the end of the 3-month period of ineligibility under subparagraph (c), members of a work-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> <subparagraph id="idCAC8FCC79DC047FAA0420B2813FBDDEF"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraphs (B) and (C) and notwithstanding any other provision of law, no member of a family shall be eligible to participate in the food stamp program at any time that any able-bodied, work-eligible adult member of the household is on strike as defined in section 501 of the Labor Management Relations Act, 1947 (29 U.S.C. 142), because of a labor dispute (other than a lockout) as defined in section 2 of the National Labor Relations Act (29 U.S.C. 152).</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id37A17487730E4D838535B3A7213FCF1D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Prior eligibility</header> <clause id="idEAE66BF711AF428A908213C7B03B3140"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Subject to clauses (ii), a family unit shall not lose eligibility to participate in the food stamp program as a result of 1 of the members of the family unit going on strike if the household was eligible immediately prior to the strike.</text> </clause><clause id="idA3FE576DD564431F9C6CE67CBBB60C84"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>No increased allotment</header><text>A family unit described in clause (i) shall not receive an increased allotment as the result of a decrease in the income of the 1 or more striking members of the household.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="idFA20963776754C9097DA6A8BFA5E22E2"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Refusal to accept employment</header><text>Ineligibility described in subparagraph (A) shall not apply to any family unit that does not contain a member on strike, if any of the members of the family unit refuses to accept employment at a plant or site because of a strike or lockout.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="H39007F38544542F2B015A6087E9EAB1E"><enum>(d)</enum><header>Eligibility of students with dependent children</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6(e) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2015(e)) is amended by striking paragraph (8) and inserting the following:</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>(e)</enum><header>Work requirement</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2015) is amended by striking subsection (o) and inserting the following:</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 1 or more 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 family unit complies with the employment and work activation standards.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HF799F9D415694C95AD319232D53D3E36"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Sanctions and resumption of benefits</header><text>If 1 or more 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 comply with the work activation standards, benefits for all members of the family unit—</text> <subparagraph id="id35E16E54DBF04372B0D74EBE6343C9EF"><enum>(A)</enum><text>shall be terminated in accordance with section 29(c)(1); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id512F8583A10C4EDCA78EF7E32764A4F8"><enum>(B)</enum><text>may be resumed upon compliance with section 29(c)(2).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="H6DB17672F5584612B76F7048ECAC733D"><enum>(f)</enum><header>Exclusion</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 6 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (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 the 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 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 eligible to work, in the United States.</text> </paragraph></subsection><after-quoted-block>.</after-quoted-block></quoted-block> </subsection><subsection id="HDB7241D1B5CF49CE9E11A8B8001EB297"><enum>(g)</enum><header>Hearing and determination</header><text>Section 11(e)(10) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2020(e)(10)) is amended by striking <quote>: <italic>Provided</italic></quote> and all that follows through <quote>hearing;</quote> at the end and inserting a semicolon.</text> </subsection><subsection id="H544484778FF94A148783651B94C1F2B4"><enum>(h)</enum><header>Work requirements and activation program</header><text>The Food Stamp Act of 1977 (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> <paragraph id="id72237B4B43E24966B07C89DE25021743"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A family unit with adult members that is required to participate in work activation under subsection (b) during a full month of participation in the food stamp program shall fulfill the following levels of work activity during that month:</text> <subparagraph id="H62179921808142FEA9130D4B302C9BF8"><enum>(A)</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> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H7C5D7796FAE94A1E83684120F837C4BC"><enum>(B)</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> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HD60F8EBF81334637938763680FA4A0AC"><enum>(C)</enum><text>Subject to paragraph (2), in each work-eligible married couple family with dependent children, the family head and married spouse shall be required to perform work activities that when added together for the 2 adults equal at least 120 hours per month.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idDE019F221F8F48F5AA538CEFA5068F55"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Requirements</header> <subparagraph id="id1AEA7C8529574B529D21521ECEBE5443"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Single joint obligation</header><text>The 120-hour requirement under paragraph (1)(C) 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><subparagraph id="HA9A399D157194132A7F70C112FA194C4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Relationship to paid employment and work activation</header><text>For purposes of meeting the 120-hour 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 if the sum of the work activities of the 2 individuals equals or exceeds 120 hours per month.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HF22AF7F997F14BE3BD03FE277AA3A825"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Options</header><text>The work requirement for a work-eligible married couple family with dependent children may be fulfilled—</text> <clause id="H85AE17D4989B46AB8E4E8410ACC2DD2E"><enum>(i)</enum><text>by 120 or more hours of work activity by the family head;</text> </clause><clause id="HA2DE0230144C428BA2499A3BB02E3043"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>by 120 or more hours of work activities by the married spouse; or</text> </clause><clause id="HB4B67A74CEFB4C7293343DD3606033FF"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>if 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>(D)</enum><header>No separate work activation requirement</header><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><header>In general</header><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><header>Pro-rated work activity standard</header><text>For purposes of paragraph (1), the term <term>pro-rated work activity standard</term> means a standard that equals a number of hours of work activity of a family unit that bears the same proportion to the employment and work activation requirement for the family unit for a full month under subsection (a) as the proportion that—</text> <subparagraph id="id25AA4A74B21E404AB637C2118C7731E1"><enum>(A)</enum><text>the pro-rated monthly allotment received by the household for the partial month under section 8(c); bears to</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id4E0815F882D54BF7879C009AD41EA0A1"><enum>(B)</enum><text>the full allotment the same household would receive for a complete month.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H454B6574B6E4423BAD15343F4B3A8356"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Requirement</header><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 that 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>Standard</header> <subparagraph id="id0F07469EA84C4E7FA18FB81979AFEEAB"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If 1 or more members of a work-eligible family unit are required to participate in the work activation program under subsection (e) in a calendar month and the 1 or more individuals fail to fulfill the work activity standard under subsection (a) or (b) for that month—</text> <clause id="idCF466794CE2A4F33B13D80AA1815CADC"><enum>(i)</enum><text>no member of the family unit shall be eligible to receive food stamp benefits during the subsequent calendar month; and</text> </clause><clause id="id8879E678F8454E3DA94F9774D870CBD5"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>except as provided in subparagraph (B), the State agency shall not provide 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.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HFD22C27F20924B639C1D66778CF927B6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Administrative delay of sanction</header> <clause id="id53A395B96B3E4DC0B39A01E0C709D38D"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Except as provided in clauses (ii) and (iii), if it is administratively infeasible for the State to not provide the food stamp benefit that would be issued at the beginning of the first month after the month of noncompliance, the State shall not provide the payment to all members of the family unit that otherwise would have been made at the beginning of the second month after the month of noncompliance.</text> </clause><clause id="id761FE0DA93E949148A5FA874EA19FA2F"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Deadline</header><text>The sanction of benefits shall occur not later than 32 days after the end of the month of noncompliance.</text> </clause><clause id="id4EEF7DDE79FC43898BE9C01D3149D0B3"><enum>(iii)</enum><header>Relationship of payments to members of the family unit</header><text>At least 1 monthly payment to all members of the family unit shall be not provided for each month of noncompliance under subparagraph (A).</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="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 the monthly benefit of the family unit not provided due to noncompliance with a work activity requirement under subsection (b), 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 1 or more work-eligible members of the family unit have participated in the work activation program under subsection (e) for at least 4 consecutive subsequent weeks and fulfilled the work activity standard for the family unit for that same 4-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 not provided due to the sanction imposed under paragraph (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—</text> <paragraph id="idFB1ABD7084ED4794B6F0A25233B8D5C1"><enum>(1)</enum><text>not be considered to be employment; and</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id260D4BEFE2FC493180B5707CC08EFF47"><enum>(2)</enum><text>not be subject to any law pertaining to wages, compensation, hours, or conditions of employment under any law administered by the Secretary of Labor.</text> </paragraph></subsection><subsection id="H820F7C2325F740EA81D805CDB62D6A60"><enum>(e)</enum><header>Work activation program</header> <paragraph id="H07DCD358DA034C0EBA14E518252D02A2"><enum>(1)</enum><header>Program</header><text>Each State participating in the food stamp program shall carry out a work activation program.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="HB7C171DAA3B543818C9B03522A89ED42"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Purpose</header> <subparagraph id="idAA88F106BCFC446A8CFA5E8558CF4C42"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The goal of each work activation program shall be to increase the employment of able-bodied, work-eligible adult food stamp recipients.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id64D2FC9DA6E14883BA2E0EA64C43F6AF"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Requirement</header><text>To accomplish the goal, each State shall require able-bodied adult food stamp recipients who are unemployed or under-employed to engage in work activation.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H4CB86D614B494F0D9ABBA536CB6A0280"><enum>(3)</enum><header>Target work activation ratios</header> <subparagraph id="H2FAF360B3A55438DA56272DA29323789"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>Beginning on the date that is 180 days after the date of enactment of this section, a 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 each subsequent year, 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 the employment and work activation standards of the participants.</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 carrying out the work activation programs, a State 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 food stamp benefits.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H224C70D87B2D48BA949A58AD4A38E5B6"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Participation share</header><text>Except as provided in subparagraph (C), at least 80 percent of the participants in a work activation program shall belong to at least 1 of the 3 priority groups listed in subparagraph (A).</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE40499430C384450AC42384EB2E410D9"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Exception</header> <clause id="id526231C77AD44DB8A3B3421CA9D68AF5"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>The percentage requirement in subparagraph (B) shall not apply if the number of recipients in the 3 priority groups in the State is insufficient to meet that requirement.</text> </clause><clause id="id7748CA5AD9674BE7B709131B8217F27B"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Priority</header><text>In circumstances described in clause (i), the State shall continue to give priority to any recipients who belong to 1 of the 3 priority groups.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HB3DAD4C857C84F12AFA2BDF2FECBE1CB"><enum>(5)</enum><header>Reimbursable expenses of participants</header> <subparagraph id="HA08A1D73E02C4909BA07AC667F06F529"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>A 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 as 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 in which an employment, training, or education program under title IV of that Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et seq.) is in operation, on the condition that no such payment or reimbursement shall exceed the applicable local market rate.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H88E3A286B359415784E5CA457894B47F"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Vouchers</header> <clause id="idE750FF0E2EBA4085B3718BBDE7AA0A18"><enum>(i)</enum><header>In general</header><text>In lieu of providing reimbursements for dependent care expenses under subparagraph (A)(ii), a State agency may, at the option of the State agency, arrange for dependent care through providers by providing vouchers to the household to allow the recipient to choose between all lawful providers.</text> </clause><clause id="id1D3FE3D6B547484E81DA612288E47428"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Value of vouchers</header><text>The value of a voucher shall not exceed the average local market rate.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H01D88D9C7B2643D7B8A6C50525A40EA3"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Value of services</header><text>The value of any dependent care services provided for or arranged under subparagraph (A) or (B), or any amount received as a payment or reimbursement under subparagraph (A), 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 the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H78A20758506241CEB12FBD967990B8A1"><enum>(6)</enum><header>Penalties for inadequate State performance</header> <subparagraph id="id668A6AFE2FEC439F92246F1DDA6F48B9"><enum>(A)</enum><header>Definitions</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">In this paragraph:</text> <clause id="id85315C107A4A4CA7BFEF34E234E5A625"><enum>(i)</enum><header>Non-performance month</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>non-performance month</term> means a month in which a State fails to engage food stamp recipients in work activation in sufficient numbers to meet or exceed the appropriate target work activation ratio under paragraph (3).</text> </clause><clause id="id13895F09C0174E6DA2997B54F32F01A2"><enum>(ii)</enum><header>Penalty month</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The term <term>penalty month</term> means a month in which a State is penalized for the failure.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id070D264FC9E3427BB09508B5AF09147D"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Penalty</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">If, in a month, a State fails to engage food stamp recipients in work activation in sufficient numbers to meet or exceed the appropriate work activation ratio under paragraph (3), the Federal food stamp funding provided to the State in a subsequent penalty month shall be reduced in accordance with this paragraph.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H3B12A031AC0A4ADD948FA2BBF9E3F676"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Timing</header><text>The penalty month shall be not later than 4 months after the non-performance month.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6B3A45E19D1F4CD1A141856CC08C7E1E"><enum>(D)</enum><header>Reduction</header><text>The amount of Federal food stamp funding a State shall receive for the penalty month shall equal the product obtained by multiplying—</text> <clause id="id346F04D70D5A4C41AB5D2A0EE2698798"><enum>(i)</enum><text>the amount of Federal food stamp funds the State would otherwise have received; and</text> </clause><clause id="idC63C3E3FE4D2432687F38560A637FFA1"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>the quotient obtained by dividing—</text> <subclause id="HDD4EBC53E50847F682D4AE6203336621"><enum>(I)</enum><text>the actual monthly work activation ratio achieved by the State in the penalty month; by</text> </subclause><subclause id="H66ED10E01F4D46E999557FD339D8F985"><enum>(II)</enum><text>the target monthly work activation ratio for the penalty month.</text> </subclause></clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H1B20A7B013CE46098F95E27963C4CDE3"><enum>(7)</enum><header>Rewards to States for reducing government dependence</header> <subparagraph id="id152944C23BFE4DC5A0929348978C6FD5"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>If, in any future year, a State reduces the food stamp caseload of the State below the levels that existed in calendar year 2006, the State shall receive a financial reward for reducing dependence.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H067AE676E7CC44F3A84D71E56D61FC75"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Amount</header><text>The reward shall equal <fraction>1/4</fraction> of the savings to the Federal Government for that year that resulted from the caseload reduction.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDFF151104272473CA0952B774A86A6C6"><enum>(C)</enum><header>Use of reward</header><text>A State may use reward funding under this paragraph for any purpose chosen by the State that—</text> <clause id="idD839EBC76A1D4E4A999E22A07B781B64"><enum>(i)</enum><text>provides benefits or services to individuals with incomes below 200 percent of the Federal poverty level;</text> </clause><clause id="id9E135527AD5A4DB69D4B86BE3350DB43"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>improves social outcomes in low-income populations;</text> </clause><clause id="id51D787F70EEC43EE95305376DD5D139E"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>encourages healthy marriage; or</text> </clause><clause id="id5FB49C3F7C444CEFB8940A0A11329AAE"><enum>(iv)</enum><text>increases self-sufficiency and reduces dependence.</text> </clause></subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HA5F3BAC3D26D4CF185AD7407617E03A5"><enum>(8)</enum><header>Authorization of funding</header> <subparagraph id="HBF574D1F5EDF483B8148E661B15C2C11"><enum>(A)</enum><header>In general</header><text>There is authorized to be appropriated to the Secretary to provide funds to State governments for the purpose of carrying out work activation programs in accordance with this section $2,500,000,000 for fiscal year 2012 and each subsequent fiscal year.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HDFD341A80E404AB093AD7FD5ECDCC3B4"><enum>(B)</enum><header>Allocation among States</header><text>The total amount appropriated under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year shall be allocated among the States in accordance with the proportion of each State’s share of total funding for the 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>(i)</enum><header>Conforming amendments</header> <paragraph id="idC6D47E354BC74410A43DE8A1A1AFDB95"><enum>(1)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">Section 5 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2014) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="HF7D3CC43DA484CCC8F8B77B6079360B4"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">in subsection (a), in the second sentence, by striking <quote>, 6(d)(2),</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H53F012E742C64ACEAEA92255C44DAACC"><enum>(B)</enum><text>in subsection (d)(14), by striking <quote>section 6(d)(4)(I)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 29</quote>;</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H37521CC1E8AC4B1CA2A17C370A02657E"><enum>(C)</enum><text>in subsection (e)(3)(B)(ii), by striking <quote>subsection (d)(3)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 29</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="H6DC63DBA6FBA46879AFAD23895B6AC1E"><enum>(D)</enum><text>in the first sentence of subsection (g)(3), by striking <quote>section 6(d)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 29</quote>.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H873022F894BE4DB293A75FDDA735EE30"><enum>(2)</enum><text>Section 7(i)(1) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2016(i)(1)) is amended by striking <quote>section 6(o)(2)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 6(o)</quote>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="H715B9111A93E48EBA9A382D199A82ED2"><enum>(3)</enum><text>Section 11(e) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2020(e)) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="id568CAA897D1144D58AEBB82443F4FF82"><enum>(A)</enum><text>by striking paragraph (19); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id97B8A1BFA6A94A069702EF89FC07AB07"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by redesignating paragraphs (20) through (23) as paragraphs (19) through (22), respectively.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HE30008EA0C5645E1985102A88A13F095"><enum>(4)</enum><text>Section 16 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2025) is amended—</text> <subparagraph id="H7DB723FD17F34360829C4D948C7F462D"><enum>(A)</enum><text>in subsection (b)(4), by striking <quote>section 6(d)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 29</quote>; and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="HC5727BED720540E3986D064555B92368"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (h).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="HCD0CF12A1C4F49EAA2AFE24B35B002F7"><enum>(5)</enum><text>Section 17 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2026) is amended—</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)—</text> <subclause id="id345C22E6E8E84A48B70B716DCF54E66A"><enum>(I)</enum><text>by striking item (bb); and</text> </subclause><subclause id="idD0F072B5DAE1473AB88E7EEC1B1DE950"><enum>(II)</enum><text>by redesignating items (cc) through (jj) as items (bb) through (ii), respectively;</text> </subclause></clause><clause id="H8FB8A617306D45D185F0A38230AE6CCA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>in paragraph (2), by striking the second sentence; and</text> </clause><clause id="HF9B01186F6D04FD2BBAF1E02BE91ECC3"><enum>(iii)</enum><text>in paragraph (3)(B), in the first sentence, by striking <quote>section 6(d)</quote> and inserting <quote>section 29,</quote>; and</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="H2239C24CAF844DA79CC32AF916269E53"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">by striking subsection (g).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H01DA44D25F2D41B0A94C8BF92B128B2F"><enum>(6)</enum><text>Section 20 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2029) is amended—</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;</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="HE1F7985CB97746B089136EDD8CBD165B"><enum>(B)</enum><text>by striking subsection (f); and</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id083A012C384940BBA84CE853660F8F5F"><enum>(C)</enum><text>by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection (f).</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="H3BC2649640764A7FB3D418550E05E128"><enum>(7)</enum><text>Section 22(b) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2031(b)) is amended by striking paragraph (4).</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id205ECD5FCE334746A39981ABFA369096"><enum>(8)</enum><text>Section 26(f)(3)(E) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2036(f)(3)(E)) is amended by striking <quote>(22), and (23)</quote> and inserting <quote>(21), and (22)</quote>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id1E4CA758A3904CABBE1D113F6C642611"><enum>(9)</enum><text>Section 501(b)(2)(E) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (20 U.S.C. 9271(b)(2)(E)) is amended by striking <quote>section 6(d)</quote> and all that follows through the end and inserting <quote>section 29 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977.</quote>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id894D6285B54143C89B13411C1248D353"><enum>(10)</enum><text>Section 112(b)(8)(A)(iii) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2822(b)(8)(A)(iii)) is amended by striking <quote>section 6(d)(4)</quote> and all that follows through <quote>(7 U.S.C. 2015(d)(4))</quote> and inserting <quote>section 29 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977</quote>.</text> </paragraph><paragraph id="id6DCB149F1D0441A482102DAC9BB6FF2E"><enum>(11)</enum><text>Section 121(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C. 2841(b)(2)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking <quote>section 6(d)(4)</quote> and all that follows through the end and inserting <quote>section 29 of the Food Stamp Act of 1977;</quote>.</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="id4486B4800C3A4504BE11DB817B712BCD"><enum>203.</enum><header>Definition of food</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 3(k) of the Food Stamp Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. 2012(k)) is amended by inserting before the period at the end the following: <quote>, except that a food, food product, meal, or other item described in this subsection shall be considered a food under this Act only if it is a bare essential (as determined by the Secretary)</quote>.</text> </section><section commented="no" display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HD7D2343476A348BA9E63A7AE9E2A9734" section-type="subsequent-section"><enum>204.</enum><header>Termination of benefit increase</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">Section 101(a)(2) of division A of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5; 123 Stat. 120; 124 Stat. 2394; 124 Stat. 3265) is amended by striking <quote>after October 31, 2013</quote> and inserting <quote>on the date of 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="id29B37F98C89147D7806F1A4184D05EED" 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><paragraph id="idE01B0A949051494E855F9A4284E83348"><enum>(12)</enum><text>The limits established by this paragraph shall not be in effect in a fiscal year if the average monthly unemployment rate in the preceding fiscal year exceeded 7.5 percent.</text> </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">The Director shall include in each report submitted to the Committees on the Budget of the House of Representatives and the Senate under subparagraph (A) the information described in clause (ii) beginning on the earlier of—</text> <clause id="id67651012225541F381E054CD1AE26919"><enum>(i)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the first fiscal year that begins after the date of enactment of this subparagraph and after any monthly rate of unemployment during the immediately preceding fiscal year is below 7.5 percent; or</text> </clause><clause id="id12F2AE3414E34601B49CEAE93B44DA76"><enum>(ii)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">fiscal year 2015.</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph id="id1BF0FEF5A34E4953BEA8CA8B6ADB266A" indent="up1"><enum>(C)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The Director shall include the following information for the fiscal year commencing on October 1 of the year in which the report is submitted and for each of the ensuing 4 fiscal years:</text> <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 according to the procedures specified in clause (iii).</text> </clause></subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="idD376126069EB4299A071F3CFA364134D" indent="up1"><enum>(D)</enum><text>In preparing the report required by this subparagraph—</text> <clause commented="no" id="idC81DFF28C5E249C083CE67FF5BE6A215"><enum>(i)</enum><text>spending on means-tested medical assistance programs shall be adjusted for inflation according to the price index for personal consumption expenditures for health products and services as calculated by the Bureau of Economic Analysis; and</text> </clause><clause commented="no" id="id698FFC011AD1472C83F2854C61F98FFA"><enum>(ii)</enum><text>spending for all other means-tested programs shall be adjusted for inflation according to the weighted price index for personal consumption expenditures excluding health products and services as calculated by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.</text> </clause></subparagraph><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> <paragraph id="id7CA3ACE1350E46C89F622BC0D96A445D"><enum>(1)</enum><header>In general</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">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 beginning on the earlier of—</text> <subparagraph id="id94F319520BB74A4BB1C5901EBD578A82"><enum>(A)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">the first fiscal year that begins after the date of enactment of this subsection and after any monthly rate of unemployment during the immediately preceding fiscal year is below 7.5 percent; or</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph id="id7409C2739D2B4F0B9EEEA62D3F96F0D4"><enum>(B)</enum><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">fiscal year 2015.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph><paragraph id="idDA42045603174A6C9605F84778DE7B75"><enum>(2)</enum><header>Setting level</header><text display-inline="yes-display-inline">The level described in paragraph (2) shall not exceed the aggregate level of Federal means-tested welfare spending for fiscal year 2007, adjusted for inflation as follows:</text> <subparagraph commented="no" id="ID80365db009614382bc0fef9b90ca69fb"><enum>(A)</enum><text>Spending on means-tested medical assistance programs shall be adjusted for inflation according to the price index for personal consumption expenditures for health products and services as calculated by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.</text> </subparagraph><subparagraph commented="no" id="ID6ab7861b949c478f89a62d0b813be876"><enum>(B)</enum><text>Spending for all other means-tested programs shall be adjusted for inflation according to the weighted price index for personal consumption expenditures excluding health products and services as calculated by the Bureau of Economic Analysis.</text> </subparagraph></paragraph></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>