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                                                 Union Calendar No. 496
114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 2959

                          [Report No. 114-644]

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

                             June 28, 2016

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 7, 
                                 2015]


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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. LIMIT ON COUNTING OF NONGOVERNMENTAL THIRD-PARTY CONTRIBUTIONS 
              AS QUALIFIED STATE SPENDING TO MEET STATE SPENDING 
              REQUIREMENT.

    (a) Limit on Counting 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) Limit on counting of third-
                                party contributions.--Such term shall 
                                not include 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 
                                        2016.''.
    (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, 
2016.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 496

114th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 2959

                          [Report No. 114-644]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

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

_______________________________________________________________________

                             June 28, 2016

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed