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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 2359 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to establish deadlines |
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| 6 | 6 | | for the obligation and expenditure of funds and allow States to establish |
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| 7 | 7 | | rainy day funds under the program of block grants to States for tem- |
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| 8 | 8 | | porary assistance for needy families. |
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| 9 | 9 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 10 | 10 | | MARCH26, 2025 |
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| 11 | 11 | | Mr. C |
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| 12 | 12 | | AREY(for himself and Mr. MILLERof Ohio) introduced the following |
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| 13 | 13 | | bill; which was referred to the 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 establish deadlines for the obligation and expenditure |
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| 17 | 17 | | of funds and allow States to establish rainy day funds |
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| 18 | 18 | | under the program of block grants to States for tem- |
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| 19 | 19 | | porary assistance for needy families. |
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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 ‘‘Improve Transparency 4 |
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| 24 | 24 | | and Stability for Families and Children Act’’. 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | SEC. 2. DEADLINES FOR THE OBLIGATION AND EXPENDI-1 |
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| 29 | 29 | | TURE OF FUNDS. 2 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (a) I |
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| 31 | 31 | | NGENERAL.—Section 404(e) of the Social Secu-3 |
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| 32 | 32 | | rity Act (42 U.S.C. 604(e)) is amended to read as follows: 4 |
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| 33 | 33 | | ‘‘(e) D |
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| 34 | 34 | | EADLINES FOR OBLIGATION AND EXPENDI-5 |
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| 35 | 35 | | TURE OFFUNDS BYSTATES.— 6 |
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| 36 | 36 | | ‘‘(1) I |
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| 37 | 37 | | N GENERAL.—Except as provided in para-7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | graph (2), a State to which funds are paid, after the 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | effective date of this subsection, under section 9 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 403(a)(1) for a fiscal year shall obligate the funds 10 |
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| 41 | 41 | | not later than the end of the succeeding fiscal year, 11 |
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| 42 | 42 | | and shall expend the funds not later than the end 12 |
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| 43 | 43 | | of the 2nd succeeding fiscal year. 13 |
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| 44 | 44 | | ‘‘(2) E |
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| 45 | 45 | | XCEPTION FOR LIMITED AMOUNT OF 14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | FUNDS SET ASIDE FOR FUTURE USE .— 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | ‘‘(A) I |
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| 48 | 48 | | N GENERAL.—Notwithstanding para-16 |
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| 49 | 49 | | graph (1) of this subsection, a State to which 17 |
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| 50 | 50 | | funds are paid under section 403(a)(1), after 18 |
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| 51 | 51 | | the effective date of this subsection, for a fiscal 19 |
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| 52 | 52 | | year may reserve not more than 15 percent of 20 |
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| 53 | 53 | | the funds for future use in the State program 21 |
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| 54 | 54 | | funded under this part, subject to subparagraph 22 |
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| 55 | 55 | | (B) of this paragraph. 23 |
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| 56 | 56 | | ‘‘(B) L |
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| 57 | 57 | | IMITATION.—The total amount held 24 |
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| 58 | 58 | | in reserve by a State under subparagraph (A) 25 |
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| 59 | 59 | | of this paragraph shall not exceed an amount 26 |
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| 63 | 63 | | equal to 50 percent of the total amount paid to 1 |
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| 64 | 64 | | the State under section 403(a)(1) for the then 2 |
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| 65 | 65 | | preceding fiscal year. 3 |
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| 66 | 66 | | ‘‘(C) N |
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| 67 | 67 | | OTICE OF INTENT TO RESERVE 4 |
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| 68 | 68 | | FUNDS.—A State that intends to reserve funds 5 |
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| 69 | 69 | | under subparagraph (A) shall notify the Sec-6 |
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| 70 | 70 | | retary of the intention not later than the end of 7 |
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| 71 | 71 | | the period in which the funds are available for 8 |
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| 72 | 72 | | obligation without regard to subparagraph (A) 9 |
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| 73 | 73 | | of this paragraph.’’. 10 |
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| 74 | 74 | | (b) E |
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| 75 | 75 | | FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendment made by 11 |
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| 76 | 76 | | subsection (a) shall take effect on October 1, 2026. 12 |
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