[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 8203 Introduced in House (IH)]
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118th CONGRESS
2d Session
H. R. 8203
To prevent and address intentional misuse of subrecipient TANF funds.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
May 1, 2024
Mr. Davis of Illinois (for himself, Ms. Chu, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin,
Mr. Evans, Mr. Gomez, and Mr. Thompson of Mississippi) introduced the
following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
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A BILL
To prevent and address intentional misuse of subrecipient TANF funds.
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 ``TANF State Expenditure Integrity Act
of 2024''.
SEC. 2. AUTHORITY TO PREVENT AND ADDRESS INTENTIONAL MISUSE OF
SUBRECIPIENT FUNDS UNDER THE TANF PROGRAM.
(a) In General.--Section 417 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C.
617) is amended--
(1) by inserting ``(a) In General.--'' before ``No''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(b) Authority To Prevent Intentional Misuse of Subrecipient
Funds.--
``(1) Subrecipient monitoring.--
``(A) In general.--The Secretary--
``(i) shall develop a framework for the
monitoring of subrecipient use of funds
provided under section 403(a)(1) of this Act,
for the purpose of identifying intentional
misuse, to supplement single State audits
conducted under chapter 75 of title 31, United
States Code;
``(ii) may establish State plan
requirements or formats relating to clause (i);
and
``(iii) may request States to report to the
Secretary such information to supplement the
report provided under section 411(a) as the
Secretary determines is necessary to enable the
Secretary to comply with clauses (i) and (ii)
of this subparagraph.
``(B) No effect on single state audit authority.--
Clause (i) of this subparagraph shall not be
interpreted to limit the authority of the Secretary to
conduct single State audits under chapter 75 of title
31, United States Code.
``(2) Program integrity unit authorization and funding.--
``(A) TANF program integrity unit.--The Secretary
shall create a TANF Program Integrity Unit at the
Administration for Children & Families, which shall
conduct the monitoring described in paragraph
(1)(A)(i).
``(B) Appropriation.--Out of any money in the
Treasury not otherwise appropriated, the amount made
available in section 403(a)(1)(C) for each fiscal year
shall be increased by $10,000,000, and the amount of
the increase shall be available for the staffing and
operations of the TANF Program Integrity Unit and
related functions.
``(3) Annual report to the congress.--The Secretary shall
submit an annual report to the Congress on the activities
undertaken under paragraph (2)(A) in the fiscal year covered by
the report.''.
(b) Remedies.--Section 409(a)(1)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
609(a)(1)(B)) is amended--
(1) by striking ``(B) Enhanced penalty for intentional
violations.--If'' and inserting the following:
``(B) Enhanced penalty for intentional
violations.--
``(i) In general.--If''; and
(2) by adding at the end the following:
``(ii) Additional remedies.--If the
Secretary finds, as a result of subrecipient
monitoring under section 417(b)(1) of this Act,
that an amount has been intentionally misused
in violation of this part, then the Secretary
shall--
``(I) notify the State involved of
the finding; and
``(II) in addition to any penalty
imposed under clause (i), require the
State to expend, in addition to any
other amount required to be expended
under the State program funded under
this part, an amount equal to the
amount so misused, for the provision of
cash assistance directly to families
with an income below 100 percent of the
poverty line (as defined in 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).''.
(c) Deadline for Publication of Notice of Rulemaking.--Within 2
years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of
Health and Human Services shall publish a notice of rulemaking to
implement the amendments made by this section.
(d) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take
effect on the later of--
(1) the 1st day of the 5th calendar quarter that begins
after the date of the enactment of this Act; or
(2) the 1st day of the 1st Federal fiscal year that begins
after such date of enactment.
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