Sec. 9. Improving the accountability of TANF financial resources
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Section 404 ( 42 U.S.C. 604 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: A State shall not use a grant made under this part, or any other program funded with qualified State expenditures (as defined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)), to provide any assistance, benefit, or service to a family whose monthly income, for the month in which the family applied for the assistance, benefit, or service, exceeds 200 percent of the poverty line (as defined by the Office of Management and Budget, and revised annually in accordance with section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 ( 42 U.S.C. 9902(2) )). .
Section 409(a)(7)(B)(i) ( 42 U.S.C. 609(a)(7)(B)(i) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: Such term does not include any amount expended to provide any assistance, benefit, or service to a family whose monthly income for the month in which the family applied for the assistance, benefit, or service exceeded 200 percent of the poverty line (as defined in the Office of Management and Budget, and revised annually in accordance with section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 ( 42 U.S.C. 9902(2) )) in effect with respect to the month involved. .
Section 404 ( 42 U.S.C. 604 ), as amended by subsection (a), is amended by adding at the end the following: For each fiscal year, a State to which a grant is made under this part shall expend not less than the applicable percentage of the total of the amounts paid to the State under this part and the State's qualified State expenditures (as defined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)) on core program activities. For purposes of paragraph (1), the applicable percentage with respect to a State is the greater of— the percentage of the total described in paragraph
(1)which was expended on core program activities by the State in fiscal year 2016; or the annual minimum percentage. For purposes of subparagraph (A), the annual minimum percentage is— for fiscal year 2017, 25 percent; for fiscal year 2018, 35 percent; for fiscal year 2019, 45 percent; for fiscal year 2020, 55 percent; and for fiscal years thereafter, 60 percent. If a State is required to increase its qualified State expenditures for a fiscal year to avoid the reduction under section 409(a)(7) by reason of section 409(a)(3)(A), the amount of any such increase which is attributable to the penalty under section 409(a)(3)(A) shall be expended on core program activities. For purposes of this subsection, the term core program activities means any of the following with respect to eligible families: Cash assistance to such families. Work, education, and training activities, including transportation. Child care assistance (including amounts transferred to the State's Child Care and Development Block Grant fund pursuant to subsection (d)(1)(B)). . Section 409(a) ( 42 U.S.C. 609(a) ), as amended by section 5, is amended by adding at the end the following: If, for any year beginning after the date that is 2 years after the date of enactment of this paragraph, the Secretary determines that a State has not complied with the minimum spending requirements applicable to such State under section 404(m), 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 5 percent of the State family assistance grant. The Secretary may reduce the amount of the penalty required under subparagraph
(A)based on the degree of noncompliance of the State with the requirements of section 404(m). . Section 409(a)(7)(B)(i) ( 42 U.S.C. 609(a)(7)(B)(i) ), as amended by subsection (b), is amended by adding at the end the following: Such term shall not include— for fiscal year 2017, the amount (if any) by which— the value of all expenditures for benefits or services including cash donations and in-kind contributions provided by a source other than the State or a local government during the fiscal year; exceeds the value of all such expenditures for benefits or services including cash donations and in-kind contributions claimed by the State as qualified State expenditures for fiscal year 2016; for fiscal year 2018, the amount (if any) by which— the value referred to in item (aa)(AA); exceeds 50 percent of the value referred to in item (aa)(BB); and for any fiscal year after 2018, the value referred to in item (aa)(AA). .
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