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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2242 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to measure improper |
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| 6 | 6 | | payments and establish goals for eliminating fraud and improper pay- |
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| 7 | 7 | | ments under the program of block grants to States for temporary assist- |
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| 8 | 8 | | ance for needy families, and for other purposes. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | MARCH21, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. A |
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| 12 | 12 | | RRINGTONintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 13 | 13 | | Committee on Ways and Means |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act |
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| 16 | 16 | | to measure improper payments and establish goals for |
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| 17 | 17 | | eliminating fraud and improper payments under the pro- |
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| 18 | 18 | | gram of block grants to States for temporary assistance |
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| 19 | 19 | | for needy families, and for other purposes. |
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| 20 | 20 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 21 | 21 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 23 | 23 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Eliminating Fraud and 4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | Improper Payments in TANF Act’’. 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | •HR 2242 IH |
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| 28 | 28 | | SEC. 2. STRENGTHENING PROGRAM INTEGRITY THROUGH 1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | IMPROPER PAYMENTS REVIEW. 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (a) I |
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| 31 | 31 | | NGENERAL.—Section 404 of the Social Security 3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | Act (42 U.S.C. 604) is amended by adding at the end the 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | following: 5 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ‘‘(l) A |
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| 35 | 35 | | PPLICABILITY OFPAYMENTINTEGRITYLAW.— 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | The Payment Integrity Information Act of 2019 shall 7 |
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| 37 | 37 | | apply to a State in respect of the State program funded 8 |
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| 38 | 38 | | under this part in the same manner in which such Act 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | applies to a Federal agency.’’. 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (b) E |
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| 41 | 41 | | FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendment made by 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2026. 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | (c) R |
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| 44 | 44 | | EPORT TOCONGRESS.—Within 1 year after the 13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health 14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | and Human Services shall submit to the Congress a writ-15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ten report that contains a plan to reduce or eliminate im-16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | proper payments made by States under part A of title IV 17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | of the Social Security Act within 10 years. 18 |
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