[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2959 Introduced in House (IH)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2959

To prevent States from counting certain expenditures as State spending 
                   to reduce TANF work requirements.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 7, 2015

  Mrs. Noem introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To prevent States from counting certain expenditures as State spending 
                   to reduce TANF work requirements.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``TANF Accountability and Integrity 
Improvement Act''.

SEC. 2. NO COUNTING OF THIRD-PARTY SPENDING TO MEET STATE SPENDING 
              REQUIREMENT.

    (a) Exclusion of Third-Party Contributions.--Section 
409(a)(7)(B)(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 609(a)(7)(B)(i)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
                                    ``(VI) Exclusion of third-party 
                                contributions.--Such term shall not 
                                include--
                                            ``(aa) for fiscal year 
                                        2016, the amount (if any) by 
                                        which--

                                                    ``(AA) the value of 
                                                all goods and services 
                                                provided by a source 
                                                other than the State or 
                                                a local government 
                                                during the fiscal year; 
                                                exceeds

                                                    ``(BB) the value of 
                                                all such goods and 
                                                services claimed by the 
                                                State as qualified 
                                                State expenditures for 
                                                fiscal year 2015;

                                            ``(bb) for fiscal year 
                                        2017, the amount (if any) by 
                                        which--

                                                    ``(AA) the value 
                                                referred to in 
                                                subclause (aa)(AA); 
                                                exceeds

                                                    ``(BB) 50 percent 
                                                of the value referred 
                                                to in subclause 
                                                (aa)(BB); and

                                            ``(cc) for any fiscal year 
                                        after 2017, the value referred 
                                        to in subclause (aa)(AA).''.
    (b) Exclusion of Expenditures for the Provision of Medical 
Services.--Section 409(a)(7)(B)(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
609(a)(7)(B)(i)), as amended by subsection (a) of this section, is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
                                    ``(VII) Exclusion of expenditures 
                                for the provision of medical 
                                services.--Such term shall not include 
                                any amount expended for the provision 
                                of medical services.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on October 1, 
2015.
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