Sec. 401. Grants to States
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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. The Social Security Act is amended by adding at the end the following: The Secretary may provide grants to States to reward reductions in poverty and Government dependence and increases in self-sufficiency. 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).
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. In this title: 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).
The term self-sufficiency ratio means, with respect to a State and a fiscal year— 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 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. The term State means the 50 States and the District of Columbia. 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. .