[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4724 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4724

  To repeal the program of block grants to States for social services.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 10, 2016

Mr. Brady of Texas introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
  To repeal the program of block grants to States for social services.

    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 ``Reducing Duplicative and Ineffective 
Federal Funding Act''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF FUNDING FOR THE SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANTS PROGRAM.

    (a) Repeals.--Sections 2001 through 2007 of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1397-1397f) are repealed.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 404(d) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
        604(d)) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``any or all of 
                the following provisions of law:'' and all that follows 
                through ``The'' and inserting ``the'';
                    (B) in paragraph (3)--
                            (i) by striking ``rules'' and all that 
                        follows through ``any amount paid'' and 
                        inserting ``rules.--Any amount paid'';
                            (ii) by striking ``a provision of law 
                        specified in paragraph (1)'' and inserting 
                        ``the Child Care and Development Block Grant 
                        Act of 1990''; and
                            (iii) by striking subparagraph (B); and
                    (C) by striking paragraph (2) and redesignating 
                paragraph (3) as paragraph (2).
            (2) Section 422(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
        622(b)) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1)(A)--
                            (i) by striking ``administers or 
                        supervises'' and inserting ``administered or 
                        supervised''; and
                            (ii) by striking ``subtitle 1 of title XX'' 
                        and inserting ``subtitle A of title XX (as in 
                        effect before the repeal of such subtitle)''; 
                        and
                    (B) in paragraph (2), by striking ``under subtitle 
                1 of title XX,''.
            (3) Section 471(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
        671(a)) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (4), by striking ``, under 
                subtitle 1 of title XX of this Act,''; and
                    (B) in paragraph (8), by striking ``XIX, or XX'' 
                and inserting ``or XIX''.
            (4) Section 472(h)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
        672(h)(1)) is amended by striking the second sentence.
            (5) Section 473(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
        673(b)) is amended--
                    (A) in paragraph (1), by striking ``(3)'' and 
                inserting ``(2)'';
                    (B) in paragraph (4), by striking ``paragraphs (1) 
                and (2)'' and inserting ``paragraph (1)''; and
                    (C) by striking paragraph (2) and redesignating 
                paragraphs (3) and (4) as paragraphs (2) and (3), 
                respectively.
            (6) Section 504(b)(6) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
        704(b)(6)) is amended in each of subparagraphs (A) and (B) by 
        striking ``, XIX, or XX'' and inserting ``or XIX''.
            (7) Section 1101(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 
        U.S.C. 1301(a)(1)) is amended by striking the penultimate 
        sentence.
            (8) Section 1128(h) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
        1320a-7(h)) is amended--
                    (A) by adding ``or'' at the end of paragraph (2); 
                and
                    (B) by striking paragraph (3) and redesignating 
                paragraph (4) as paragraph (3).
            (9) Section 1128A(i)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 
        U.S.C. 1320a-7a(i)(1)) is amended by striking ``or subtitle 1 
        of title XX''.
            (10) Section 1132(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 
        U.S.C. 1320b-2(a)(1)) is amended by striking ``XIX, or XX'' and 
        inserting ``or XIX''.
            (11) Section 1902(e)(13)(F)(iii) of the Social Security Act 
        (42 U.S.C. 1396a(e)(13)(F)(iii)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``Exclusions'' and inserting 
                ``Exclusion''; and
                    (B) by striking ``an agency that determines 
                eligibility for a program established under the Social 
                Services Block Grant established under title XX or''.
            (12) The heading for title XX of the Social Security Act is 
        amended by striking ``BLOCK GRANTS TO STATES FOR SOCIAL 
        SERVICES'' and inserting ``HEALTH PROFESSIONS DEMONSTRATIONS 
        AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH CONDITION DETECTION''.
            (13) The heading for subtitle A of title XX of the Social 
        Security Act is amended by striking ``Block Grants to States 
        for Social Services'' and inserting ``Health Professions 
        Demonstrations and Environmental Health Condition Detection''.
            (14) Section 16(k)(5)(B)(i) of the Food and Nutrition Act 
        of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2025(k)(5)(B)(i)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``, or title XX,''; and
                    (B) by striking ``, 1397 et seq.''.
            (15) Section 402(b)(3) of the Personal Responsibility and 
        Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 
        1612(b)(3)) is amended by striking subparagraph (B) and 
        redesignating subparagraph (C) as subparagraph (B).
            (16) Section 245A(h)(4)(I) of the Immigration Reform and 
        Control Act of 1986 (8 U.S.C. 1255a(h)(4)(I)) is amended by 
        striking ``, XVI, and XX'' and inserting ``and XVI''.
            (17) Section 17 of the Richard B. Russell National School 
        Lunch Act (42 U.S.C. 1766) is amended--
                    (A) in subsection (a)(2)--
                            (i) in subparagraph (B)--
                                    (I) by striking ``--'' and all that 
                                follows through ``(i)'';
                                    (II) by striking ``or'' at the end 
                                of clause (i); and
                                    (III) by striking clause (ii); and
                            (ii) in subparagraph (D)(ii), by striking 
                        ``or title XX''; and
                    (B) in subsection (o)(2)(B)--
                            (i) by striking ``or title XX'' each place 
                        it appears; and
                            (ii) by striking ``or XX''.
            (18) Section 201(b) of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 
        (25 U.S.C. 1931(b)) is amended by striking ``titles IV-B and 
        XX'' each place it appears and inserting ``part B of title 
        IV''.
            (19) Section 3803(c)(2)(C) of title 31, United States Code, 
        is amended by striking clause (vi) and redesignating clauses 
        (vii) through (xvi) as clauses (vi) through (xv), respectively.
            (20) Section 14502(d)(3) of title 40, United States Code, 
        is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``and title XX''; and
                    (B) by striking ``, 1397 et seq.''.
            (21) Section 2006(a)(15) of the Public Health Service Act 
        (42 U.S.C. 300z-5(a)(15)) is amended by striking ``and title 
        XX''.
            (22) Section 203(b)(3) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 
        (42 U.S.C. 3013(b)(3)) is amended by striking ``XIX, and XX'' 
        and inserting ``and XIX''.
            (23) Section 213 of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
        U.S.C. 3020d) is amended by striking ``or title XX''.
            (24) Section 306(d) of the Older Americans Act of 1965 (42 
        U.S.C. 3026(d)) is amended in each of paragraphs (1) and (2) by 
        striking ``titles XIX and XX'' and inserting ``title XIX''.
            (25) Section 2605 of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance 
        Act of 1981 (42 U.S.C. 8624) is amended in each of subsections 
        (b)(4) and (j) by striking ``under title XX of the Social 
        Security Act,''.
            (26) Section 602 of the Child Development Associate 
        Scholarship Assistance Act of 1985 (42 U.S.C. 10901) is 
        repealed.
            (27) Section 3(d)(1) of the Assisted Suicide Funding 
        Restriction Act of 1997 (42 U.S.C. 14402(d)(1)) is amended by 
        striking subparagraph (C) and redesignating subparagraphs (D) 
        through (K) as subparagraphs (C) through (J), respectively.
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