Welfare Reform Act of 2014 - Amends the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to declare that it should be the purpose of the supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP, formerly the food stamp program) to increase employment, encourage healthy marriage, and 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.
Declares that food or a food product shall be considered a food under such Act only if it is a bare essential (as determined by the Secretary of Agriculture [USDA]).
Defines "able-bodied, work capable adult" and "physically or mentally incapable of work."
Prescribes additional conditions of participation, denying SNAP eligibility, for instance, to any able-bodied, work-capable adult who: (1) refuses to register for employment or without good cause accept an offer of employment at a certain wage, (2) refuses without good cause to give a state agency sufficient information of his or her employment status or job availability, (3) voluntarily quits a job or reduces work effort below 30 hours a week unless another adult in the same family unit increases employment to make up the difference, or (4) is on strike because of a labor dispute other than a lockout.
Revises SNAP eligibility requirements for students with dependent children.
Denies SNAP eligibility to members of a program-eligible family required by the state agency to participate in work activation unless the relevant one or more adults in such family comply with the work activation standards. Terminates benefits for all family members for failure to participate in work activation during a given month.
Prescribes work activation standards for a family unit with adult members required to participate in work activation. Gives states the option to require greater amounts of work activations for work capable family units.
Requires each state participating in SNAP to carry out a work activation program whose goals are to: (1) encourage and assist able-bodied, work-capable adult SNAP recipients to obtain paid employment; (2) reduce dependence on government assistance; and (3) ensure that able-bodied, work-capable adult SNAP recipients make a contribution to society and the taxpayers in exchange for assistance received.
Sets forth mandatory state work activation participation rates.
Prescribes requirements for: (1) funding reductions as a penalty for inadequate state performance, (2) restoration in funding resulting from improved state performance, and (3) rewards to states for reducing government dependence.
Amends the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to terminate its temporary increase in SNAP benefits.
Requires the President's budget to include the total level of means-tested welfare spending by the federal government as well as the total by all states, local governments, and the federal government for the most recent year for which such data is available, and estimated levels for the fiscal year during which the budget submission is made.
Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to define "means-tested welfare spending" and specifies the federal programs on which welfare spending shall be means-tested, and which federal programs shall not be.
Requires reports to congressional budget committees and the concurrent resolution on the budget to include specified information with respect to means-tested welfare spending, and requires a point of order in both chambers of Congress if the means-tested welfare spending limit is to be exceeded.
Amends the Social Security Act (SSA) to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make grants to states to reward reductions in poverty and government dependence and increases in self-sufficiency.
Restricts funding for health benefits coverage that includes abortion.
[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4731 Introduced in House (IH)]
113th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 4731
To help individuals receiving assistance under means-tested welfare
programs obtain self-sufficiency, to provide information on total
spending on means-tested welfare programs, to provide an overall
spending limit on means-tested welfare programs, and for other
purposes.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 22, 2014
Mr. Jordan (for himself, Mr. Smith of Missouri, Mrs. Bachmann, Mr.
Huelskamp, Mrs. Blackburn, Mr. Weber of Texas, Mrs. Lummis, Mr.
DeSantis, Mr. Salmon, Mr. Price of Georgia, and Mr. Duncan of South
Carolina) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and
Means, the Budget, Rules, Energy and Commerce, and Education and the
Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker,
in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the
jurisdiction of the committee concerned
_______________________________________________________________________
A BILL
To help individuals receiving assistance under means-tested welfare
programs obtain self-sufficiency, to provide information on total
spending on means-tested welfare programs, to provide an overall
spending limit on means-tested welfare programs, and for other
purposes.
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 Reform Act of 2014''.
SEC. 2. TABLE OF CONTENTS.
The table of contents of this Act is as follows:
Sec. 1. Short title.
Sec. 2. Table of contents.
TITLE I--MODIFICATIONS TO SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Sec. 101. Work requirements.
Sec. 102. Termination of benefit increase.
TITLE II--REPORTING OF MEANS-TESTED WELFARE SPENDING IN PRESIDENT'S
BUDGET SUBMISSION
Sec. 201. Additional information in President's budget submission.
TITLE III--AGGREGATE CAP FOR MEANS-TESTED WELFARE SPENDING
Sec. 301. Definition of means-tested welfare spending.
Sec. 302. Reports to budget committees.
Sec. 303. Content of concurrent resolutions on the budget.
Sec. 304. Allocations of means-tested welfare spending.
Sec. 305. Reconciliation.
TITLE IV--GRANTS TO PROMOTE SELF-SUFFICIENCY
Sec. 401. Grants to States.
TITLE V--PROHIBITION ON FUNDING OF ABORTION
Sec. 501. Prohibition on funding for abortions.
Sec. 502. Prohibition on funding for health benefits plans that cover
abortion.
Sec. 503. Prohibition on tax benefits relating to abortion.
Sec. 504. Construction relating to separate coverage.
Sec. 505. Construction relating to the use of non-Federal funds for
health coverage.
Sec. 506. Treatment of abortions related to rape, incest, or preserving
the life of the mother.
TITLE I--MODIFICATIONS TO SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
SEC. 101. WORK REQUIREMENTS.
(a) Declaration of Policy.--Section 2 of the Food and Nutrition Act
of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``Congress further finds that it should also be the purpose of the
supplemental nutrition assistance 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.''.
(b) Definition of Food.--Section 3(k) of the Food and Nutrition Act
of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012(k)) is amended by inserting before the period at
the end the following: ``, 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)''.
(c) Other Definitions.--Section 3 of the Food and Nutrition Act of
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2012) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(w) Able-Bodied, Work-Capable Adult.--
``(1) In general.--The term `able-bodied, work-capable
adult' means an individual who--
``(A) is more than 18, and less than 63, years of
age;
``(B) is not physically or mentally incapable of
work; and
``(C) is not the full-time caretaker of a disabled
adult dependent.
``(2) Physically or mentally incapable of work.--For
purposes of paragraph (1)(B), the term `physically or mentally
incapable of work' means an individual who--
``(A) currently receives benefits under the
supplemental security income program established under
title XVI of the Social Security Act (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
``(B) 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 Social Security Act (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.
``(x) Approved Offsite Work Activation.--The term `approved offsite
work activation' means--
``(1) online job preparation and training programs that are
approved and monitored by the State agency; or
``(2) job search activities that are approved by the State
agency and monitored by the State to ensure that an appropriate
number of job applications and employer contacts are performed.
``(y) Family Head.--The term `family head' means--
``(1) 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
``(2) 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.
``(z) Family Unit.--The term `family unit' means--
``(1) an adult residing without dependent children;
``(2) a single-headed family with dependent children; or
``(3) a married couple family with dependent children.
``(aa) Family With Dependent Children.--
``(1) In general.--The term `family with dependent
children' 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.
``(2) Multiple families in a household.--There may be more
than 1 family with dependent children in a single household.
``(bb) Married Couple Family With Dependent Children.--The term
`married couple family with dependent children' means a family with
dependent children that has both a family head and the married spouse
of the family head residing with the family.
``(cc) Married Spouse of the Family Head.--The term `married spouse
of the family head' means the lawfully married spouse of the family
head who--
``(1) resides with the family head and dependent children;
and
``(2) is lawfully present in the United States.
``(dd) Member of a Family.--The term `member of a family' means the
family head, married spouse of the family head if present, and all
dependent children within a family with dependent children.
``(ee) Onsite Work Activation.--
``(1) In general.--The term `onsite work activation'
means--
``(A) supervised job search;
``(B) community service activities;
``(C) education and job training for individuals
who are family heads or married spouses of family
heads;
``(D) workfare under section 20; or
``(E) drug or alcohol treatment.
``(2) Supervised job search.--For purposes of paragraph
(1)(A), the term `supervised job search' means a job search
program that has the following characteristics:
``(A) The job search occurs at an official location
where the presence and activity of the recipient can be
directly observed, supervised, and monitored.
``(B) The recipient's entry, time onsite, and exit
from the official job search location are recorded in a
manner that prevents fraud.
``(C) The recipient is expected to remain and
undertake job search activities at the job search
center.
``(D) 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.
``(ff) Penalty Period.--
``(1) In general.--The term `penalty period' means either
of 2 periods of 6 consecutive months during each fiscal year.
``(2) First penalty period.--The first penalty period of
each fiscal year shall be the 6-month period beginning on
October 1.
``(3) Second penalty period.--The second penalty period of
each fiscal year shall be the 6-month period beginning on April
1.
``(4) Adjustment.--The entire supplemental nutrition
assistance program 6-month funding allotment of a State during
a penalty period shall be adjusted in response to the
performance of the work activation program of the State during
previous performance measurement periods.
``(gg) Performance Measurement Period.--
``(1) In general.--The term `performance measurement
period' means either of 2 periods of 6 consecutive months
during each fiscal year.
``(2) First performance measurement period.--The first
performance measurement period of each fiscal year shall be the
6-month period beginning on October 1.
``(3) Second performance measurement period.--The second
performance measurement period of each fiscal year shall be the
6-month period beginning on April 1.
``(hh) Program-Eligible Adult Without Dependent Children.--The term
`program-eligible adult without dependent children' means a work-
capable adult without dependent children who--
``(1) receives program benefits for 1 month; and
``(2) has maintained less than 120 hours of paid employment
during that month.
``(ii) Program-Eligible Family Unit.--The term `program-eligible
family unit' means--
``(1) a program-eligible adult without dependent children;
``(2) a program-eligible single-headed family with
dependent children; or
``(3) a program-eligible married couple with dependent
children.
``(jj) Program-Eligible Married Couple With Dependent Children.--
The term `program-eligible married couple with dependent children'
means a work-capable married couple family with dependent children
that--
``(1) receives program benefits for 1 month; and
``(2) has maintained less than 120 hours of paid employment
between the family head and the married spouse of the family
head, summed together and counted jointly, during the month.
``(kk) Program-Eligible Single-Headed Family With Dependent
Children.--The term `program-eligible single-headed family with
dependent children' means a work-capable single-headed family with
dependent children that--
``(1) receives program benefits for 1 month; and
``(2) has a family head who has maintained less than 120
hours of paid employment during that month.
``(ll) Single-Headed Family With Dependent Children.--The term
`single-headed family with dependent children' means a family with
dependent children that--
``(1) contains a family head residing with the family; but
``(2) does not have a married spouse of the family head
residing with the family.
``(mm) State Share of Work-Capable Family Units in Calendar Year
2010.--The term `State share of work-capable family units in calendar
year 2010' for each State means the quotient obtained by dividing--
``(1) the average monthly number of work-capable family
units in the State during calendar year 2010; by
``(2) the average monthly number of work-capable family
units in all 50 States and the District of Columbia during
calendar year 2010.
``(nn) Total Family Units Eligible for Participation in Work
Activation.--The term `total family units eligible for participation in
work activation' in a month means, in the State in that month, the sum
of--
``(1) program-eligible adults without dependent children;
``(2) program-eligible single-headed families with
dependent children; and
``(3) program-eligible married couples with dependent
children.
``(oo) Work Activation.--The term `work activation' means--
``(1) onsite work activation; and
``(2) approved offsite work activation.
``(pp) Work-Capable Adult Without Dependent Children.--The term
`work-capable adult without dependent children' means an individual
who--
``(1) is an able-bodied, work-capable adult; and
``(2) is not a family head or the married spouse of a
family head.
``(qq) Work-Capable Married Couple Family With Dependent
Children.--The term `work-capable married couple family with dependent
children' means a married couple with dependent children that contains
at least 1 work-capable, able-bodied adult who is--
``(1) the family head; or
``(2) the married spouse of the family head.
``(rr) Work-Capable Single-Headed Family With Dependent Children.--
The term `work-capable single-headed family with dependent children'
means a single-headed family with dependent children that has a family
head who is an able-bodied, work-capable adult.
``(ss) Program-Eligible Family Unit With Dependent Children.--The
term `program eligible family unit with dependent children' means the
group that includes all--
``(1) program eligible married couples with dependent
children; and
``(2) program-eligible single-headed families with
dependent children.
``(tt) Ratio of Caseload Decline Among Work-Eligible Adults Without
Dependent Children.--
``(1) Definition.--The term `ratio of caseload decline
among work eligible adults without dependent children' means,
in a given fiscal year, the figure that equals the ratio of the
number individuals specified in subparagraph (A) divided by the
number of individuals specified in subparagraph (B).
``(A) The remainder of--
``(i) the average monthly number of work
eligible adults without dependent children who
received benefits in the State in fiscal year
2014; minus
``(ii) the average monthly number of work
eligible adults without dependent children who
received benefits in the State in the given
fiscal year.
``(B) The average monthly number of work eligible
adults without dependent children who received benefits
in the State in fiscal year 2014.
``(2) Limitation.--If the average monthly number of work
eligible adults without dependent children who received
benefits in the State in the given fiscal year is greater than
the average monthly number of work eligible adults without
dependent children who received benefits in the State in fiscal
year 2014, then the ratio of caseload decline among work
eligible adults without dependent children for the given fiscal
year shall be zero.
``(uu) Contingency Factor.--The term `contingency factor' for a
State in a given fiscal year means the percentage of the program
eligible family units with dependent children in the State in that year
that equals--
``(1) the ratio of caseload decline among work eligible
adults without dependent children in the State in the previous
fiscal year; multiplied by
``(2) fifty.''.
(d) Conditions of Participation.--Section 6 of the Food and
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015) is amended by striking subsection
(d) and inserting the following:
``(d) Conditions of Participation.--
``(1) Work requirements.--
``(A) In general.--No able-bodied, work-capable
adult shall be eligible to participate in the
supplemental nutrition assistance program if the
individual--
``(i) refuses, at the time of application
and every 12 months thereafter, to register for
employment in a manner prescribed by the
Secretary;
``(ii) 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--
``(I) the applicable Federal or
State minimum wage; or
``(II) 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;
``(iii) 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
``(iv) voluntarily--
``(I) quits a job; or
``(II) 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.
``(B) Family unit ineligibility.--If an able-
bodied, work-capable adult is ineligible to participate
in the supplemental nutrition assistance program
because of subparagraph (A), no other member of the
family unit to which that adult belongs shall be
eligible to participate.
``(C) Duration of ineligibility.--An able-bodied,
work-capable 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.
``(D) Restoration of eligibility.--At the end of
the 3-month period of ineligibility under subparagraph
(c), members of a work-capable family unit may have
their eligibility to participate in the supplemental
nutrition assistance program restored, if--
``(i) the family unit is no longer a work-
capable family unit; or
``(ii) 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).
``(2) Strike against a government.--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.
``(3) Striking workers ineligible.--
``(A) In general.--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 supplemental nutrition
assistance program at any time that any able-bodied,
work-capable 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).
``(B) Prior eligibility.--
``(i) In general.--Subject to clause (ii),
a family unit shall not lose eligibility to
participate in the supplemental nutrition
assistance 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.
``(ii) No increased allotment.--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.
``(C) Refusal to accept employment.--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.''.
(e) Eligibility of Students With Dependent Children.--Section 6(e)
of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015(e)) is amended by
striking paragraph (8) and inserting the following:
``(8) is enrolled full-time in an institution of higher
education, as determined by the institution, and--
``(A) is a single parent with responsibility for
the care of a dependent child under 12 years of age; or
``(B) 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.''.
(f) Work Requirement.--Section 6 of the Food and Nutrition Act of
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2015) is amended by striking subsection (o) and
inserting the following:
``(o) Fulfillment of Employment and Work Activation Requirements.--
``(1) In general.--If 1 or more adults within a program-
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 supplemental nutrition
assistance benefits unless the relevant 1 or more adults fully
comply with the work activation standards.
``(2) Sanctions and resumption of benefits.--If 1 or more
adults within a program-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--
``(A) shall be terminated in accordance with
section 29(c)(1); and
``(B) may be resumed upon compliance with section
29(c)(2).''.
(g) Exclusion.--Section 6 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7
U.S.C. 2015) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(r) Minor Children.--No child less than age 18 years of age may
participate in the supplemental nutrition assistance program unless the
child is a member of a family with dependent children and resides with
an adult who is--
``(1) the family head of the same family of which the child
is also a member;
``(2) eligible to participate, and participating, in the
supplemental nutrition assistance program as a member of the
same household as the child; and
``(3) lawfully residing, and eligible to work, in the
United States.''.
(h) Hearing and Determination.--Section 11(e)(10) of the Food and
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2020(e)(10)) is amended by striking ``:
Provided'' and all that follows through ``hearing;'' at the end and
inserting a semicolon.
(i) Work Requirements and Activation Program.--The Food and
Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.) is amended by adding at
the end the following:
``SEC. 29. WORK REQUIREMENTS AND ACTIVATION PROGRAM.
``(a) Work Activation Standards.--
``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (3), a family unit
with adult members that is required to participate in work
activation under subsection (e) during a full month of
participation in the supplemental nutrition assistance program
shall fulfill the following levels of work activation during
that month:
``(A) Work activation performance level for
program-eligible adult without dependent children.--
Each program-eligible adult without dependent children
who is required to participate in work activation by a
State agency under subsection (e) for a particular
month shall be required to perform a minimum of 36
hours of work activation for that month, including at
least--
``(i) a minimum of 16 hours of supervised
onsite work activation; and
``(ii) a minimum of 20 additional hours
of--
``(I) onsite work activation;
``(II) approved offsite work
activation; or
``(III) a combination of both.
``(B) Work activation performance levels for
program-eligible single parent families with dependent
children.--Work-capable adult family heads in program-
eligible single parent families with dependent children
who are required by a State agency to participate in
work activation under subsection (e) shall be required
to perform a minimum of 72 hours of work activation per
month, including at least--
``(i) a minimum of 32 hours of supervised
onsite work activation; and
``(ii) a minimum of 40 additional hours
of--
``(I) onsite work activation;
``(II) approved offsite work
activation; or
``(III) a combination of both.
``(C) Work activation performance levels for
program-eligible married couples with dependent
children.--
``(i) In general.--Subject to clause (ii),
each program-eligible married couple with
dependent children that is required by a State
agency to participate in work activation under
subsection (e) shall be required to perform a
minimum of 72 hours of work activation per
month, including at least--
``(I) a minimum of 32 hours of
supervised onsite work activation; and
``(II) a minimum of 40 additional
hours of--
``(aa) onsite work
activation;
``(bb) approved offsite
work activation; or
``(cc) a combination of
both.
``(ii) Requirements.--
``(I) Single joint obligation.--The
72-hour requirement under clause (i)
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.
``(II) Options.--The work
activation requirement for a work-
capable married couple family with
dependent children may be fulfilled
by--
``(aa) 72 or more hours of
appropriate activity by the
family head;
``(bb) 72 or more hours of
appropriate activity by the
married spouse of the family
head; or
``(cc) the combined
activity of the family head and
married spouse of the family
head which when added together
equal or exceed 72 hours.
``(D) No separate work activation requirement.--
Neither the family head nor the married spouse of the
family in a married couple family with dependent
children shall be subject to a separate work activation
requirement as individuals.
``(2) State option to require greater amounts of work
activation.--At its discretion, a State may require work-
capable family units to engage in hours of work activation per
month that are greater than the levels specified in paragraph
(1), except that the number of hours of work activation
required of work-capable married couples with dependent
children shall not be greater than the number maximum hours of
work activation required of work-capable single parent families
with dependent children.
``(3) Limitation on combined hours of work activation and
paid employment.--
``(A) In general.--Notwithstanding subparagraphs
(A), (B), and (C) of paragraph (1), a State may count
any program-eligible family unit as fulfilling the full
engagement requirement of the family unit for a month,
for purposes of paragraphs (3) and (4) of subsection
(e), if the combined sum of paid employment and work
activation by work-capable adults within the family
unit in that month equals at least 160 hours.
``(B) Result of fulfillment.--If the combined sum
of hours of paid employment and work activation by
work-capable individuals within a program-eligible
family unit is at least 160 hours in a given month--
``(i) the family unit has fulfilled the
Federal work activation standards of the family
unit for that month; and
``(ii) the State agency need not require
members of the family unit to perform
additional work activation during that month.
``(b) Pro Rata Reduction in Employment and Work Activation Standard
During a Partial Month.--
``(1) In general.--A program-eligible family unit shall be
subject to a pro-rated work activation standard, if the family
unit--
``(A) receives a pro-rated monthly allotment during
the initial month of enrollment under section 8(c); and
``(B) is required by the State to participate in
the work activation program during that month.
``(2) Pro-rated work activation standard.--For purposes of
paragraph (1), the term `pro-rated work activation standard'
means a standard that equals a number of hours of work activity
of a family unit that bears the same proportion to the work
activation requirement for the family unit for a full month
under subsection (a) as the proportion that--
``(A) the pro-rated monthly allotment received by
the household for the partial month under section 8(c);
bears to
``(B) the full allotment the same household would
receive for a complete month.
``(3) Requirement.--For purposes of fulfilling the pro-
rated work activation requirement during an initial month of
enrollment in the supplemental nutrition assistance program,
only those hours of adult work activation that occurred during
the portion of the month in which the family unit was
participating in the supplemental nutrition assistance program
shall be counted.
``(c) Sanction for Noncompliance by Family Units.--
``(1) Standard.--
``(A) In general.--If 1 or more members of a
program-eligible family unit are required to
participate in the work activation program under
subsection (e) in a calendar month and 1 or more
individuals fail to fulfill the work activation
standards under subsection (a) or (b) for that month--
``(i) no member of the family unit shall be
eligible to receive supplemental nutrition
assistance benefits during the subsequent
calendar month; and
``(ii) except as provided in subparagraph
(B), the State agency shall not provide the
supplemental nutrition assistance benefit
payment for all members of the family unit that
otherwise would have been issued at the
beginning of the next month.
``(B) Administrative delay of sanction.--
``(i) In general.--Except as provided in
clauses (ii) and (iii), if it is
administratively infeasible for the State to
not provide the supplemental nutrition
assistance 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.
``(ii) Deadline.--The sanction of benefits
shall occur not later than 32 days after the
end of the month of noncompliance.
``(iii) Relationship of payments to members
of the family unit.--At least 1 monthly payment
to all members of the family unit shall be not
provided for each month of noncompliance under
subparagraph (A).
``(2) Resumption of benefits after sanction.--
``(A) In general.--If a family unit has had the
monthly benefit of the family unit not provided due to
noncompliance with a work activation requirement under
paragraph (1), the family unit shall not be eligible to
receive future benefits under the supplemental
nutrition assistance program until--
``(i) the 1 or more work-capable members of
the family unit have--
``(I) successfully participated in
a work activation program under
subsection (e) for at least 4
consecutive, subsequent weeks; and
``(II) fulfilled the work
activation standard for the family unit
for that same 4-week period by
maintaining an hourly total of
participation in work activation that
is at least equal to the appropriate
monthly totals for hours of
participation provided in subsection
(a);
``(ii) the family unit no longer contains
any able-bodied, work-capable adults; or
``(iii) the family unit maintains at least
120 hours of paid employment during the 4-week
period.
``(B) Limitation.--The resumed benefits provided
under subparagraph (A) shall not restore or compensate
for the benefits that were not provided due to the
sanction imposed under paragraph (1).
``(d) Work Activation Is Not Employment.--Participation in work
activation activities under this section shall not be--
``(1) considered to be employment; or
``(2) subject to any law pertaining to wages, compensation,
hours, or conditions of employment under any law administered
by the Secretary of Labor.
``(e) Work Activation Program.--
``(1) Program.--Each State participating in the
supplemental nutrition assistance program shall carry out a
work activation program.
``(2) Purpose.--
``(A) In general.--The goals of each work
activation program shall be--
``(i) to encourage and assist able-bodied,
work-capable adult recipients of supplemental
nutrition assistance to obtain paid employment;
``(ii) to reduce dependence on government
assistance; and
``(iii) to ensure that able-bodied, work-
capable adult recipients of supplemental
nutrition assistance make a contribution to
society and the taxpayers in exchange for
assistance received.
``(B) Requirement.--To accomplish the goals
described in subparagraph (A), each State shall require
able-bodied, work-capable adult recipients of
supplemental nutrition assistance who are unemployed or
under-employed to engage in work activation.
``(3) Required state work activation participation rates.--
``(A) In general.--Subject to subparagraph (D),
each State that receives supplemental nutrition
assistance program funding shall be required to meet,
for the work activation programs of the State--
``(i) a work activation participation rate
for work-capable adults without dependent
children, as described in subparagraph (B); and
``(ii) a work activation participation rate
for program eligible family units as described
in subparagraph (C).
``(B) Participation rate for work-capable adults
without dependent children.--The average monthly
percent of program-eligible work-capable without
dependent children who shall be required to maintain
full engagement in work activation under subparagraph
(A)(i) shall be--
``(i) for each performance measurement
period in fiscal year 2015, 30 percent of all
program-eligible adults without dependent
children;
``(ii) for each performance measurement
period in fiscal year 2016, 50 percent of all
program-eligible adults without dependent
children who are eligible for work activation;
and
``(iii) for each performance measurement
period in fiscal year 2017 and each subsequent
fiscal year, 85 percent of all program-eligible
adults without dependent children who are
eligible for work activation.
``(C) Participation rate for program-eligible
family units with dependent children.--
``(i) Requirements.--Subject to the
limitation in clause (ii), the average monthly
percent of program-eligible family units with
dependent children that shall be required to
maintain full engagement in work activation in
a given month shall be--
``(I) for each performance
measurement period in fiscal year 2017,
15 percent of program-eligible family
units with dependent children; and
``(II) for each performance
measurement period in fiscal year 2018
and subsequent years, the sum of--
``(aa) 15 percent of
percent of program-eligible
family units with dependent
children, plus
``(bb) the percent of
program-eligible family units
with dependent children that
equals the contingency factor
for the State for that year.
``(ii) Limitation.--Notwithstanding clause
(i), no State shall be required to maintain an
average monthly rate of full engagement in work
activation by program-eligible family units
with dependent children, in either performance
measurement period in a fiscal year, that
exceeds the following:
``(I) In fiscal year 2017, 15
percent of program-eligible family
units with dependent children.
``(II) In fiscal year 2018, 25
percent of program-eligible family
units with dependent children.
``(III) In fiscal year 2019, 35
percent of program-eligible family
units with dependent children.
``(IV) In fiscal year 2020, 50
percent of program-eligible family
units with dependent children.
``(D) Higher levels of work activation at state
discretion.--Nothing in this law shall be construed to
prohibit a State from maintaining levels of work
activation that are higher than those specified
subparagraph (B) or (C).
``(4) Counting full engagement in work activation for
purposes of measuring state compliance with participation
rates.--
``(A) In general.--For purposes of determining the
compliance of a State with the participation rate
standards in paragraph (3), a State shall count in each
month the number of program-eligible family units that
maintained full engagement in work activation in that
month.
``(B) Full engagement.--
``(i) In general.--For purposes of
subparagraph (A), a family unit shall be
counted as having maintained full engagement in
work activation in a given month if the family
unit was--
``(I) a program-eligible family
unit that performed sufficient work
activation in the month to meet the
work activation standards provided in
subsection (a) or (b);
``(II) a family unit that did not
qualify for supplemental nutrition
assistance benefits in a current month
because of a prior sanction but that
qualified for a resumption of benefits
due to work activation performed in the
month that meets the standards provided
in subsection (c)(2); or
``(III) a program-eligible family
unit that--
``(aa) received
supplemental nutrition
assistance benefits in a given
month;
``(bb) was required by a
State agency to participate in
work activation in that month;
``(cc) failed to perform
sufficient work activation in
that month to meet the
standards in subsection (a) or
(b); and
``(dd) was sanctioned by an
elimination of supplemental
nutrition assistance benefits
in the 1 or more immediately
succeeding months, in
accordance with subsection
(c)(1).
``(ii) Limitation.--
``(I) In general.--For purposes of
clause (i)(III), a family unit that was
required to participate in work
activation but failed to perform
sufficient activity to meet the
standard shall be counted as having
maintained full engagement in work
activation only in the first month of
noncompliance.
``(II) Subsequent months.--Except
as provided in clause (i)(II), the
family unit shall not be counted as
maintaining full engagement in work
activation in any subsequent month in
which the family unit was subject to
the sanction for noncompliance.
``(C) Benefits previously terminated.--Except as
provided in subparagraph (B)(i)(II) concerning family
units that qualify for resumption of benefits, a family
unit that does not receive supplemental nutrition
assistance benefits in a given month because the
benefits of the family unit have been previously
terminated in accordance with subsection (c)(1) shall
not be counted in that month--
``(i) as a family unit that has maintained
full engagement in work activation; or
``(ii) as a program-eligible family unit.
``(5) Penalties for inadequate state performance.--
``(A) Requirement.--
``(i) In general.--Beginning in fiscal year
2015 and for each subsequent fiscal year, each
State shall count the monthly average number of
program-eligible family units that maintain
full engagement in work activation during each
performance measurement period.
``(ii) Reduction in funding.--If the
monthly average number of program-eligible
family units that maintain full engagement in a
State is not sufficient to fulfill 1 or both of
the relevant performance standards in
subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (3)
during a performance measurement period
(subject to the limitation in paragraph
(3)(D)), the Federal supplemental nutrition
assistance program funding for the State shall
be reduced for the entire penalty period that
commences 12 months after the commencement of
the relevant performance measurement period.
``(B) Schedule of funding reductions.--
``(i) In general.--The funding reduction
for a State under subparagraph (A) shall be
determined by the number of consecutive
performance measurement periods during which
the State has failed to meet 1 or both of the
relevant work activation participation rates
under subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph
(3) (subject to paragraph (3)(D)).
``(ii) Failure.--If any State fails to
maintain a monthly average number of program-
eligible family units that maintain full
engagement in work activation during a
performance measurement period that fulfills 1
or both of the relevant performance standards
under subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph
(3) (subject to paragraph (3)(D))--
``(I) for a single, nonconsecutive
performance measurement period, the
Federal supplemental nutrition
assistance program funding for the
State shall be reduced by 20 percent of
the normal funding allotment of the
State for the penalty period that
commences 12 months after the relevant
performance measurement period;
``(II) for 2 consecutive
performance measurement periods, the
Federal supplemental nutrition
assistance program funding for the
State shall be reduced by 30 percent of
the normal funding allotment of the
State for the penalty period that
commences 12 months after the relevant
performance measurement period;
``(III) for 3 consecutive
performance measurement periods, the
Federal supplemental nutrition
assistance program funding for the
State shall be reduced by 40 percent of
the normal funding allotment of the
State for the penalty period that
commences 12 months after the relevant
performance measurement period;
``(IV) for 4 consecutive
performance measurement periods, the
Federal supplemental nutrition
assistance program funding for the
State shall be reduced by 50 percent of
the normal funding allotment of the
State for the penalty period that
commences 12 months after the relevant
performance measurement period;
``(V) for 5 consecutive performance
measurement periods, the Federal
supplemental nutrition assistance
program funding for the State shall be
reduced by 70 percent of the normal
funding allotment of the State for the
penalty period that commences 12 months
after the relevant performance
measurement period; and
``(VI) for 6 or more consecutive
performance measurement periods, the
Federal supplemental nutrition
assistance program funding for the
State shall be reduced by 100 percent
of the normal funding allotment of the
State for the penalty period that
commences 12 months after the relevant
performance measurement period.
``(C) Restoration in funding resulting from
improved state performance.--
``(i) In general.--Subject to clause (iii),
if a State maintains a monthly average number
of program-eligible family units that maintain
full engagement in work activation that is
sufficient to fulfill the relevant performance
standards described in subparagraphs (B) and
(C) of paragraph (3), subject to the limitation
in paragraph (3)(D) for 1 nonconsecutive
performance measurement period, the Federal
supplemental nutrition assistance funding for
the State for the next penalty period shall
equal \1/2\ of the sum of--
``(I) the normal funding allotment
of the State for the performance
measurement period; and
``(II) the funding allotment of the
State for the previous penalty period.
``(ii) Subsequent periods.--Subject to
clause (iii), if a State maintains a monthly
average number of program-eligible family units
who maintain full engagement in work activation
that is sufficient to fulfill the relevant
performance standards described in
subparagraphs (B) and (C) of paragraph (3),
subject to the limitation in paragraph (3)(D)
for 2 consecutive performance measurement
periods, the Federal supplemental nutrition
assistance funding for the State shall equal
100 percent of the normal funding allotment of
the State for the next penalty period.
``(iii) Limitation.--Notwithstanding
clauses (i) and (ii), no State shall receive
more than 100 percent of the normal funding
allotment of the State due to the provisions of
this paragraph.
``(6) Rewards to states for reducing government
dependence.--
``(A) In general.--If, in any future year, a State
reduces the supplemental nutrition assistance caseload
of the State below the levels that existed in calendar
year 2006, the State shall receive a financial reward
for reducing dependence.
``(B) Amount.--The reward shall equal \1/4\ of the
savings to the Federal Government for that year that
resulted from the caseload reduction.
``(C) Use of reward.--A State may use reward
funding under this paragraph for any purpose chosen by
the State that--
``(i) provides benefits or services to
individuals with incomes below 200 percent of
the Federal poverty level;
``(ii) improves social outcomes in low-
income populations;
``(iii) encourages healthy marriage; or
``(iv) increases self-sufficiency and
reduces dependence.
``(7) Authorization of funding.--
``(A) In general.--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
$500,000,000 for fiscal year 2014 and each subsequent
fiscal year.
``(B) Allocation among states.--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 supplemental nutrition assistance program under
this Act in fiscal year 2007.
``(C) Additional funding.--
``(i) TANF funding.--
``(I) In general.--Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, in fiscal
year 2014 and each subsequent fiscal
year, a State that receives
supplemental nutrition assistance funds
may spend, in that fiscal year to
administer the work activation program
of the State under this section, up
to--
``(aa) 30 percent of the
Federal funds available to the
State through the program of
block grants to States for
temporary assistance for needy
families established under part
A of title IV of the Social
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601 et
seq.) in that fiscal year; and
``(bb) 30 percent of funds
from State sources allocated to
the operation of the program
described in item (aa).
``(II) Effect.--Any State that uses
State funds allocated to the program of
block grants to States for temporary
assistance for needy families
established under part A of title IV of
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601
et seq.) to administer the work
activation program under this section
may count those funds for purposes of
meeting the maintenance of effort
requirement of the State under that
program of block grants in that fiscal
year.
``(ii) Workforce investment act funding.--
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in
fiscal year 2014 and each subsequent fiscal
year, a State that receives Federal funds under
the Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (29 U.S.C.
2801 et seq.) may spend up to 50 of those funds
to administer the work activation program under
this section.''.
(j) Conforming Amendments.--
(1) Section 5 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7
U.S.C. 2014) is amended--
(A) in subsection (a), in the second sentence, by
striking ``, 6(d)(2),'';
(B) in subsection (d)(14), by striking ``section
6(d)(4)(I)'' and inserting ``section 29'';
(C) in subsection (e)(3)(B)(ii), by striking
``subsection (d)(3)'' and inserting ``section 29''; and
(D) in the first sentence of subsection (g)(3), by
striking ``section 6(d)'' and inserting ``section 29''.
(2) Section 7(i)(1) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008
(7 U.S.C. 2016(i)(1)) is amended by striking ``section
6(o)(2)'' and inserting ``section 6(o)''.
(3) Section 11(e) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7
U.S.C. 2020(e)) is amended--
(A) by striking paragraph (19); and
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (20) through (23)
as paragraphs (19) through (22), respectively.
(4) Section 16 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7
U.S.C. 2025) is amended--
(A) in subsection (b)(4), by striking ``section
6(d)'' and inserting ``section 29''; and
(B) by striking subsection (h).
(5) Section 17 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7
U.S.C. 2026) is amended--
(A) in subsection (b)--
(i) in paragraph (1)(B)(iv)(III)--
(I) by striking item (bb); and
(II) by redesignating items (cc)
through (jj) as items (bb) through
(ii), respectively;
(ii) in paragraph (2), by striking the
second sentence; and
(iii) in paragraph (3)(B), in the first
sentence, by striking ``section 6(d)'' and
inserting ``section 29,''; and
(B) by striking subsection (g).
(6) Section 20 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7
U.S.C. 2029) is amended--
(A) in subsection (b)--
(i) by striking paragraph (1); and
(ii) by redesignating paragraphs (2)
through (6) as paragraphs (1) through (5),
respectively;
(B) by striking subsection (f); and
(C) by redesignating subsection (g) as subsection
(f).
(7) Section 22(b) of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7
U.S.C. 2031(b)) is amended by striking paragraph (4).
(8) Section 26(f)(3)(E) of the Food and Nutrition Act of
2008 (7 U.S.C. 2036(f)(3)(E)) is amended by striking ``(22),
and (23)'' and inserting ``(21), and (22)''.
(9) Section 501(b)(2)(E) of the Workforce Investment Act of
1998 (20 U.S.C. 9271(b)(2)(E)) is amended by striking ``section
6(d)'' and all that follows through the end and inserting
``section 29 of the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.''.
(10) 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 ``section 6(d)(4)'' and all that follows through ``(7
U.S.C. 2015(d)(4))'' and inserting ``section 29 of the Food and
Nutrition Act of 2008''.
(11) 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 ``section 6(d)(4)'' and all that follows through the
end and inserting ``section 29 of the Food and Nutrition Act of
2008;''.
SEC. 102. TERMINATION OF BENEFIT INCREASE.
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 paragraph (2) and
inserting the following:
``(2) Termination.--The authority provided by this
subsection shall terminate on the date of enactment of the
Welfare Reform Act of 2014.''.
TITLE II--REPORTING OF MEANS-TESTED WELFARE SPENDING IN PRESIDENT'S
BUDGET SUBMISSION
SEC. 201. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN PRESIDENT'S BUDGET SUBMISSION.
Section 1105(a) of title 31, United States Code, is amended--
(1) by redesignating the second paragraph designated as
paragraph (37), relating to outdated or duplicative plans and
reports, as added by section 11 of the GPRA Modernization Act
of 2010 (Public Law 111-352; 124 Stat. 3881), as paragraph
(39); and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(40) the total level of means-tested welfare spending (as
defined in section 3 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2
U.S.C. 622)) by the Federal Government and the total level of
means-tested welfare spending 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 9 ensuing fiscal
years.''.
TITLE III--AGGREGATE CAP FOR MEANS-TESTED WELFARE SPENDING
SEC. 301. DEFINITION OF MEANS-TESTED WELFARE SPENDING.
Section 3 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 622) is
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
``(12)(A) The term `means-tested welfare spending'--
``(i) means spending for any Federal program that
is designed to specifically provide assistance or
benefits exclusively to low-income Americans;
``(ii) does not include such a program if the
program--
``(I) is based on earned eligibility;
``(II) is not need-based;
``(III) is a program designed exclusively
or primarily for veterans of military service;
or
``(IV) offers universal or near universal
eligibility to the working population and their
dependents; and
``(iii) includes community and economic development
programs targeted to low-income communities or
populations.
``(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the spending on the
following Federal programs shall be means-tested welfare
spending:
``(i) Cash and general programs.--
``(I) Supplemental Security Income.
``(II) Earned Income Tax Credit (Refundable
Portion).
``(III) Refundable Child Credit.
``(IV) Temporary Assistance to Needy
Families.
``(V) Title IV-E Foster Care.
``(VI) Title IV-E Adoption Assistance.
``(VII) General Assistance to Indians.
``(VIII) Assets for Independence.
``(ii) Medical.--
``(I) Medicaid.
``(II) State Children's Health Insurance
Program.
``(III) Indian Health Services.
``(IV) Consolidated Health Centers/
Community Health Centers.
``(V) Maternal and Child Health.
``(VI) Healthy Start.
``(VII) Refundable Premiums and Out of
Pocket Subsidies under the Patient Protection
and Affordable Health Care Act (PPACA).
``(iii) Food.--
``(I) Food Stamps Program.
``(II) School Lunch Program.
``(III) Women, Infant and Children (WIC)
Food Program.
``(IV) School Breakfast.
``(V) Child Care Food Program.
``(VI) Nutrition Program for the Elderly,
Nutrition Service Incentives.
``(VII) Summer Food Service Program.
``(VIII) Commodity Supplemental Food
Program.
``(IX) Temporary Emergency Food Program.
``(X) Needy Families.
``(XI) Farmer's Market Nutrition Program.
``(XII) Special Milk Program.
``(iv) Housing.--
``(I) Section 8 Housing (HUD).
``(II) Public Housing (HUD).
``(III) State Housing Expenditures.
``(IV) Home Investment Partnership Program
(HUD).
``(V) Homeless Assistance Grants (HUD).
``(VI) Rural Housing Insurance Fund
(Agriculture).
``(VII) Rural Housing Service
(Agriculture).
``(VIII) Housing for the Elderly (HUD).
``(IX) Native American Housing Block Grants
(HUD).
``(X) Other Assisted Housing Programs
(HUD).
``(XI) Housing for Persons with
Disabilities (HUD).
``(v) Energy and utilities.--
``(I) Low-Income Home Energy Assistance.
``(II) Universal Service Fund--Subsidized
Phone Service for Low-Income Persons.
``(III) Weatherization.
``(vi) Education.--
``(I) Pell Grants.
``(II) Title I Grants to Local Education
Authorities.
``(III) Special Programs for Disadvantaged
(TRIO).
``(IV) Supplemental Education Opportunity
Grants.
``(V) Migrant Education.
``(VI) Gear-Up.
``(VII) Education for Homeless Children and
Youth.
``(VIII) Leveraging Educational Assistance
Partnership (LEAP) Program.
``(IX) Even Start.
``(vii) Training.--
``(I) Job Corps.
``(II) Youth Opportunity Grants (under the
Workforce Investment Act).
``(III) Adult Employment and Training
(under the Workforce Investment Act).
``(IV) Senior Community Service Employment.
``(V) Food Stamp Employment and Training
Program.
``(VI) Migrant Training.
``(VII) YouthBuild.
``(VIII) Native American Training.
``(viii) Services.--
``(I) Title XX Social Services Block Grant.
``(II) Community Service Block Grant.
``(III) Social Services for Refugees,
Asylees, and Humanitarian Cases.
``(IV) Title III Aging Americans Act.
``(V) Legal Services Block Grant.
``(VI) Family Planning.
``(VII) Emergency Food and Shelter.
``(VIII) Healthy Marriage and Responsible
Fatherhood Grants.
``(IX) Americorps VISTA.
``(ix) Child care and child development.--
``(I) Headstart.
``(II) Childcare and Child Development
Block Grant.
``(III) Child Care Block Grant (under
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families
Program).
``(x) Community development.--
``(I) Community Development Block Grant.
``(II) Economic Development Administration.
``(III) Appalachian Regional Development.
``(IV) Empowerment Zones, Enterprise
Communities, Renewal Communities.
``(V) Urban Development Block Grant.
``(C) For purposes of subparagraph (A), spending on the
following Federal programs shall not be means-tested welfare
spending:
``(i) The Social Security Disability Insurance
program.
``(ii) Medicare.
``(iii) Retirement insurance benefits and survivor
benefits under the Social Security program.
``(iv) Any program designed exclusively or
primarily for veterans of military service.
``(v) Unemployment insurance benefits.
``(vi) Programs designed specifically to provide
benefits to workers to compensate for job-related
injuries or illnesses.
``(D) The term `means-tested welfare spending' includes the
full cost of benefits and services provided under a program and
the administrative costs for operating the program, subject to
the limitations under subparagraph (E).
``(E)(i)(I) For purposes of this paragraph, only the
refundable portion of the following tax credits shall be means-
tested welfare spending:
``(aa) The earned income tax credit.
``(bb) The child tax credit.
``(cc) The making work pay tax credit.
``(II) 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 means-tested welfare spending.
``(III) For purposes of this clause, the term `refundable
portion' means the portion of the credit which is paid to an
individual in excess of the amount of Federal income tax owed
by the individual.
``(ii) 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 means-tested welfare
spending.
``(F) For purposes of this paragraph expenditures by State
and local governments of funds that are--
``(i) obtained by the State and local government
from taxes, fees, or other sources of revenue
established by the State or local government; and
``(ii) are not received as any form of grant from
the Federal Government,
shall not be Federal means-tested welfare spending, without
regard to whether such State and local expenditures take the
form of contributions to a Federal program described in
subparagraph (A) or listed in subparagraph (B).''.
SEC. 302. REPORTS TO BUDGET COMMITTEES.
Section 202(e)(1) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.
602(e)(1)) is amended--
(1) by inserting ``(A)'' after ``(1)''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(B)(i) 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--
``(I) 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 6 percent; or
``(II) fiscal year 2016.
``(ii) 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:
``(I) The Congressional Budget Office baseline
level of means-tested welfare spending.
``(II) The aggregate level of 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).
``(iii) In preparing the information required to be
included under this subparagraph--
``(I) means-tested welfare spending relating to
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
``(II) all other means-tested welfare spending
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.''.
SEC. 303. CONTENT OF CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS ON THE BUDGET.
Section 301 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C. 632)
is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(j) Means-Tested Welfare Spending.--
``(1) In general.--The concurrent resolution on the budget
for a 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--
``(A) 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 6 percent; or
``(B) fiscal year 2016.
``(2) Setting level.--The level described in paragraph (1)
shall not exceed the aggregate level of Federal means-tested
welfare spending for fiscal year 2007, adjusted for inflation
as follows:
``(A) In fiscal year 2016, the sum of
$825,000,000,000.
``(B) In fiscal year 2017, the sum of
$750,000,000,000.
``(C) In fiscal year 2018 and in subsequent fiscal
years, the aggregate level of Federal means-tested
welfare spending for fiscal year 2007, adjusted for
inflation as follows:
``(i) Means-tested welfare spending
relating to 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.
``(ii) All other means-tested welfare
spending 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.''.
SEC. 304. ALLOCATIONS OF MEANS-TESTED WELFARE SPENDING.
(a) In General.--Section 302 of the Congressional Budget Act of
1974 (2 U.S.C. 633) is amended by adding at the end the following:
``(h) Means-Tested Welfare Spending Limit.--
``(1) Further division of amounts.--For any concurrent
resolution on the budget in 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--
``(A) total new budget authority and total outlays
for discretionary means-tested welfare spending in
appropriation measures for the first fiscal year of
that concurrent resolution; and
``(B) total new budget authority and total outlays
for mandatory means-tested welfare spending for the
first fiscal year of that concurrent resolution 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.
``(2) Point of order.--
``(A) In general.--Except as provided in
subparagraph (B), it shall not be in order in the House
of Representatives or the Senate to consider any bill,
joint resolution, amendment, or amendment between the
Houses if--
``(i) the enactment of such bill or
resolution as reported;
``(ii) the adoption and enactment of such
amendment;
``(iii) the enactment of such bill or
resolution in the form recommended in such
conference report; or
``(iv) the enactment of such amendment
between the Houses,
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.
``(B) Exception.--The limits on the allocation of
new budget authority or outlays made under subparagraph
(A) or (B) of paragraph (1) shall not be in effect for
a fiscal year if the average monthly unemployment rate
in the preceding fiscal year exceeded 7.5 percent.''.
(b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 302(b) of the Congressional
Budget Act of 1974 is amended by striking ``under subsection (a)'' and
inserting ``under subsections (a) and (h)''.
SEC. 305. RECONCILIATION.
Section 310(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 (2 U.S.C.
641(a)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (3), by striking ``or'' at the end;
(2) by redesignating paragraph (4) as paragraph (5);
(3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
``(4) 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; and''; and
(4) in paragraph (5), as so redesignated, by striking ``and
(3)'' and inserting ``(3), and (4)''.
TITLE IV--GRANTS TO PROMOTE SELF-SUFFICIENCY
SEC. 401. GRANTS TO STATES.
(a) Purpose.--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.
(b) Grants.--The Social Security Act is amended by adding at the
end the following:
``TITLE XXII--GRANTS TO STATES TO PROMOTE SELF-SUFFICIENCY AND
PROSPERITY AND TO REDUCE DEPENDENCE
``SEC. 2201. GRANTS TO STATES.
``(a) In General.--The Secretary may provide grants to States to
reward reductions in poverty and Government dependence and increases in
self-sufficiency.
``(b) Allocation of Grants to States.--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).
``(c) Limitation on Eligibility for Grants.--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.
``(d) Definitions.--In this title:
``(1) The term `self-sufficient family' 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).
``(2) The term `self-sufficiency ratio' means, with respect
to a State and a fiscal year--
``(A) 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
``(B) 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.
``(3) The term `State' means the 50 States and the District
of Columbia.
``(e) Limitations on Authorization of Appropriations.--For grants
under this title, there are authorized to be appropriated to the
Secretary $300,000,000 for fiscal year 2016 and each succeeding fiscal
year.''.
TITLE V--PROHIBITION ON FUNDING OF ABORTION
SEC. 501. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTIONS.
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.
SEC. 502. PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR HEALTH BENEFITS PLANS THAT COVER
ABORTION.
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.
SEC. 503. PROHIBITION ON TAX BENEFITS RELATING TO ABORTION.
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.
SEC. 504. CONSTRUCTION RELATING TO SEPARATE COVERAGE.
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.
SEC. 505. CONSTRUCTION RELATING TO THE USE OF NON-FEDERAL FUNDS FOR
HEALTH COVERAGE.
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.
SEC. 506. TREATMENT OF ABORTIONS RELATED TO RAPE, INCEST, OR PRESERVING
THE LIFE OF THE MOTHER.
The limitations established in this title shall not apply to an
abortion--
(1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or
incest; or
(2) 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.
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Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Budget, Rules, Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Budget, Rules, Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Budget, Rules, Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Budget, Rules, Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Budget, Rules, Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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Referred to the Committee on Agriculture, and in addition to the Committees on Ways and Means, the Budget, Rules, Energy and Commerce, and Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Oversight, and Nutrition.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.