Social Services Block Grant Restoration Act

Social Services Block Grant Restoration Act - Amends title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services) (SSBG) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide a permanent funding level of 2.8 billion dollars for the SSBG program.

Amends SSA title IV part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) to authorize States to use up to ten percent of their TANF funds to carry out SSBG programs.

[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1858 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1858

  To provide a permanent funding level for the Social Services Block 
Grant, and to authorize States to use 10 percent of their TANF funds to 
            carry out Social Services Block Grant programs.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 29, 2003

 Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut (for herself, Mr. Levin, and Mr. Matsui) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
                             Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide a permanent funding level for the Social Services Block 
Grant, and to authorize States to use 10 percent of their TANF funds to 
            carry out Social Services Block Grant programs.

    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 ``Social Services Block Grant 
Restoration Act''.

SEC. 2. PERMANENT FUNDING LEVEL FOR THE SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT.

    Section 2003(c) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1397b(c)) is 
amended to read as follows:
    ``(c) The amount specified in this subsection is $2,800,000,000.''.

SEC. 3. AUTHORITY OF STATES TO USE 10 PERCENT OF THEIR TANF FUNDS TO 
              CARRY OUT SOCIAL SERVICES BLOCK GRANT PROGRAMS.

    Section 404(d)(2) (42 U.S.C. 604(d)(2)) is amended to read as 
follows:
            ``(2) Limitation on amount transferable to title xx 
        programs.--A State may use not more than 10 percent of the 
        amount of any grant made to the State under section 403(a) for 
        a fiscal year to carry out State programs pursuant to title 
        XX.''.

SEC. 4. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on October 1, 
2003.
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