,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bbdb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #ba1 #bjbe,mr4
 ,arrington introduced the following    
bill2 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 measure
 improper payments and establish goals  
for eliminating fraud and improper      
payments under the program of block     
grants to ,states for temporary         
assistance for needy families1 and for  
other purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this 
,act may be cited as the ,eliminating   
,fraud and ,improper ,payments in ,,tanf
 ,act4  #b4 ,strengthening program      
integrity through improper payments     
review  7a7 ,in general ,section #djd of
 the ,social ,security ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #fjd7 is amended by adding at 
the end the following3  7l7             
,applicability of payment integrity law 
,the ,payment ,integrity ,information   
,act of #bjai shall apply to a ,state in

 respect of the ,state program funded   
under this part in the same manner in   
which such ,act applies to a ,federal   
agency4  4  7b7 ,effective date ,the    
amendment made by subsection 7a7 shall  
take effect on ,october #a1 #bjbf4  7c7 
,report to congress ,within #a year     
after the date of the enactment of this 
,act1 the ,secretary of ,health and     
,human ,services shall submit to the    
,congress a written report that contains
 a plan to reduce or eliminate improper 
payments made by ,states under part ,a  
of title ,,iv of the ,social ,security  
,act within #aj years4