Reduce Bureaucracy to Uplift Families Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2284 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2284

  To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to limit the 
 percentage of funds made available for the program of block grants to 
States for temporary assistance for needy families that may be used for 
            administrative expenses, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 24, 2025

  Mr. Yakym introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
  To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to limit the 
 percentage of funds made available for the program of block grants to 
States for temporary assistance for needy families that may be used for 
            administrative expenses, 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 ``Reduce Bureaucracy to Uplift 
Families Act''.

SEC. 2. LIMITATION ON PERCENTAGE OF FUNDS MADE AVAILABLE THAT MAY BE 
              USED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.

    Section 404(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 604(b)) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``15'' and inserting 
        ``10''; and
            (2) in paragraph (2), by inserting ``, or for case 
        management needed to assist individuals with developing an 
        individual responsibility plan pursuant to section 408(b)'' 
        before the period.

SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON PERCENTAGE OF QUALIFIED STATE EXPENDITURES THAT 
              MAY CONSIST OF CERTAIN ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES.

    Section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)(I)(dd) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 609(a)(7)(B)(i)(I)(dd)) is amended by striking ``15'' and 
inserting ``10''.

SEC. 4. PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH ADMINISTRATIVE LIMITATION.

    Section 409(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 409(a)) is 
amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(17) Penalty for failure to comply with administrative 
        limitation.--If the Secretary determines that a State to which 
        a grant is made under section 403 for a fiscal year has failed 
        to comply with section 404(b) for the fiscal year, the 
        Secretary shall reduce the grant payable to the State under 
        section 403(a)(1) for the immediately succeeding fiscal year by 
        an amount equal to not more than 5 percent of the State family 
        assistance grant.''.

SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on October 1, 
2026.
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