[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1288 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

114th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                S. 1288

   To require States to implement a cash withdrawal daily limit for 
recipients of cash assistance under the temporary assistance for needy 
                           families program.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                              May 12, 2015

  Mr. Vitter introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
   To require States to implement a cash withdrawal daily limit for 
recipients of cash assistance under the temporary assistance for needy 
                           families program.

    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 ``Welfare Abuse Prevention Act''.

SEC. 2. CASH WITHDRAWAL DAILY LIMIT FOR ASSISTANCE UNDER STATE TANF 
              PROGRAMS.

    (a) State Requirement.--Section 408(a)(12) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 608(a)(12)) is amended--
            (1) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C); 
        and
            (2) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new 
        subparagraph:
                    ``(B) Cash withdrawal daily limit.--A State to 
                which a grant is made under section 403 shall maintain 
                policies and practices as necessary to ensure that cash 
                assistance disbursed through an electronic benefit 
                transfer card or an electronic payment card shall not 
                be used to withdraw more than $25 per day from an 
                automated teller machine or through a cash-back 
                procedure at a point-of-sale terminal that is located 
                in a place that is not prohibited from being used under 
                subparagraph (A).''.
    (b) Penalty.--Section 409(a)(16) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 609(a)(16)) 
is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) by redesignating clauses (i) and (ii) as 
                subclauses (I) and (II), respectively, and realigning 
                the left margins accordingly;
                    (B) by striking ``section 408(a)(12)'' and 
                inserting ``section 408(a)(12)(A)'';
                    (C) by striking ``If, within'' and inserting the 
                following:
                            ``(i) Prohibited places for spending of 
                        benefits.--If, within''; and
                    (D) by adding at the end the following new clause:
                            ``(ii) Cash withdrawal daily limit.--If, 
                        within 2 years after the date of the Welfare 
                        Abuse Prevention Act, any State has not 
                        reported to the Secretary on such State's 
                        implementation of the policies and practices 
                        required by section 408(a)(12)(B), or the 
                        Secretary determines, based on the information 
                        provided in State reports, that any State has 
                        not implemented and maintained such policies 
                        and practices, the Secretary shall reduce to $0 
                        the State family assistance grant payable to 
                        the State under section 403(a)(1) for--
                                    ``(I) the fiscal year immediately 
                                succeeding the year in which such 2-
                                year period ends; and
                                    ``(II) each succeeding fiscal year 
                                in which the State does not demonstrate 
                                that such State has implemented and 
                                maintained such policies and 
                                practices.'';
            (2) in subparagraph (B), by inserting ``clause (i) or (ii) 
        of'' before ``subparagraph (A)''; and
            (3) in subparagraph (C), by inserting ``clause (i) or (ii) 
        of'' before ``subparagraph (A)''.
    (c) Additional State Plan Requirement.--Section 402(a)(1)(A) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 602(a)(1)(A)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (vii), by striking ``section 408(a)(12)'' and 
        inserting ``section 408(a)(12)(A), and to comply with the cash 
        withdrawal daily limit required under section 408(a)(12)(B)''; 
        and
            (2) in clause (viii), by inserting ``the cash withdrawal 
        daily limit and'' after ``information on''.
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