Reduce Bureaucracy to Uplift Families Act

119 HR 2284 IH: Reduce Bureaucracy to Uplift Families Act U.S. House of Representatives 2025-03-24 text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. I 119th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2284 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 24, 2025 Mr. Yakym introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 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. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Reduce Bureaucracy to Uplift Families Act . 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. 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 . 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. . 5. Effective date The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on October 1, 2026.