,i  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bbhd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #bd1 #bjbe,mr4
 ,yakym 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 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 expenses1 and
 for other purposes4  #a4 ,short title  
,this ,act may be cited as the ,reduce  
,bureaucracy to ,uplift ,families ,act4 
#b4 ,limitation on percentage of funds  
made available that may be used for     
administrative expenses ,section        
#djd7;b7 of the ,social ,security ,act  
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #fjd7;b77 is amended--   
7#a7 in paragraph 7#a71 by striking #ae 
and inserting #aj 2 and  7#b7 in        
paragraph 7#b71 by inserting 1 or for   
case management needed to assist        
individuals with developing an          

individual responsibility plan pursuant 
to section #djh7;b7 before the period4  
#c4 ,limitation on percentage of        
qualified state expenditures that may   
consist of certain administrative       
expenses ,section                       
#dji7;a77#g77;,b77i77,i77dd7 of the     
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#fji7;a77#g77;,b77i77,i77dd77 is amended
 by striking #ae and inserting #aj4  #d4
 ,penalty for failure to comply with    
administrative limitation ,section      
#dji7;a7 of the ,social ,security ,act  
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #dji7;a77 is amended by  
adding at the end the following3  7#ag7 
,penalty for failure to comply with     
administrative limitation ,if the       
,secretary determines that a ,state to  
which a grant is made under section #djc
 for a fiscal year has failed to comply 
with section #djd7;b7 for the fiscal    
year1 the ,secretary shall reduce the   
grant payable to the ,state under       
section #djc7;a77#a7 for the immediately
 succeeding fiscal year by an amount    

equal to not more than #e percent of the
 ,state family assistance grant4  4  #e4
 ,effective date ,the amendments made by
 this ,act shall take effect on ,october
 #a1 #bjbf4