,i  #aafth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #adfi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #bh1       
#bjai,mr4 ,schweikert 7for himself1 ,mr4
 ,gosar1 and ,mr4 ,gaetz7 introduced the
 following bill2 which was referred to  
the ,committee on ,ways and ,means  ,a  
,,bill  ,to amend title ,,iv-,a of the  
,social ,security ,act1 and for other   
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,improving          
,transparency in ,,tanf through ,data   
,act4  #b4 ,aligning and improving data 
reporting  7a7 ,require states ,to      
report full-,population data ,section   
#daa7;a77#a7 of the ,social ,security   
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #faa7;a77#a77 is    
amended--  7#a7 by striking subparagraph
 7,b72  7#b7 by striking 7#a7 ,general  
reporting requirement4--2 and  7#c7 by--
 7,a7 redesignating--  7i7 subparagraph 
7,a7 as paragraph 7#a72  7ii7 clauses   
7i7 through 7xvii7 of subparagraph 7,a7 
as subparagraphs 7,a7 through 7,q71     
respectively2  7iii7 subclauses 7,i7    

through 7,v7 of clause 7ii7 as clauses  
7i7 through 7v71 respectively2  7iv7    
subclauses 7,i7 through 7,,vii7 of      
clause 7xi7 as clauses 7i7 through      
7vii71 respectively2 and  7v7 subclauses
 7,i7 through 7,v7 of clause 7xvi7 as   
clauses 7i7 through 7v71 respectively2  
and  7,b7 moving each such redesignated 
provision #b ems to the left4  7b7      
,reporting of participation in work or  
work preparation activities ,section    
#daa7;a77#a7 of such ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4
 #faa7;a77#a771 as amended by subsection
 7a7 of this section1 is amended by     
striking subparagraphs 7,k7 and 7,l7 and
 inserting the following3  7,k7 ,the    
work eligibility status of each         
individual in the family1 and-- 7i7 in  
the case of each work-eligible          
individual in the family--  7,i7 the    
number of hours 7including zero hours7  
per month of participation in-- 7aa7    
work activities 7as defined in section  
#djg7;d772 and  7bb7 any other activity 
required by the ,state to remove a      

barrier to employment42 and  7ii7 in the
 case of each individual in the family  
who is not a work-eligible individual1  
the reason for that status4  7,l7 ,for  
each work-eligible individual and each  
adult in the family who did not         
participate in work activities 7as so   
defined7 during a month1 the reason for 
the lack of participation4  4  7c7      
,reporting ,to determine information on 
employment and earnings outcomes        
,section #daa7;c7 of such ,act 7#db     
,u4,s4,c4 #faa7;c77 is amended to read  
as follows3  7c7 ,reporting ,to         
determine information on employment and 
earnings outcomes ,the ,secretary1 in   
consultation with the ,secretary of     
,labor1 shall determine the information 
that is necessary to compute the        
employment and earnings outcomes and the
 statistical adjustment model for the   
employment and earnings outcomes        
required under section #djg1 and each   
eligible ,state shall collect and report
 that information to the ,secretary4  4 

#c4 ,effective date ,the amendments made
 by this ,act shall take effect on      
,october #a1 #bjai4