,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #gjag  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,january #ab1        
#bjbf,mr4 ,krishnamoorthi introduced the
 following bill2 which was referred to  
the ,committee on ,ways and ,means1 and 
in addition to the ,committee on        
,education and ,workforce1 for a period 
to be subsequently determined by the    
,speaker1 in each case for consideration
 of such provisions as fall within the  
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to prohibit the withholding 
of ,federal funds under ,temporary      
,assistance for ,needy ,families1 ,child
 ,care ,development ,fund1 and the      
,social ,services ,block ,grant programs
 without explicit authorization from    
,congress1 and for other purposes4  #a4 
,short title2 findings  7a7 ,short title
 ,this ,act may be cited as the ,kids   
,before ,cuts ,act4  7b7 ,findings      
,congress finds as follows3 7#a7 ,the   
,congressional ,budget and ,impoundment 
,control ,act of #aigd reasserted       

,congress power of the purse4           
,specifically1 title ,x of such ,act    
established procedures to prevent the   
,president and other government         
officials from unilaterally substituting
 their own funding decisions for those  
of the ,congress4  7#b7 ,despite clear  
legal precedent1 the ,trump             
administration and the ,department of   
,health and ,human ,services announced  
on ,january #f1 #bjbe1 the freezing of  
#aj1jjj1jjj1jjj in ,federal funds1      
including approximately #a1jjj1jjj1jjj  
for ,illinois1 for social services and  
child care across #e of the ,nation's   
largest ,states4  7#c7 ,approximately   
#ajj1jjj families1 including more than  
#aeb1jjj children1 are served through   
the ,illinois ,child ,care ,assistance  
,program1 which is partially funded     
through the ,child ,care and            
,development ,block ,grant4  7#d7 ,the  
,,tanf block grant supports thousands of
 licensed child care providers in every 
county of ,illinois4  7#e7 ,the ,social 

,services ,block ,grant supports #bge   
organizations statewide through #ag     
program areas designed to protect the   
network of ,illinois human service      
providers4  #b4 ,limitation on freezing 
funds under ,,tanf1 ,child ,care        
,development ,fund1 and ,social         
,services ,block ,grant programs        
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
law1 ,federal funds may not be withheld 
from obligation or expenditure under any
 of the following programs without      
explicit authority provided under a law 
enacted by ,congress after the date of  
the enactment of this ,act3 7#a7 ,the   
program of block grants to ,states for  
temporary assistance to needy families  
under part ,a of title ,,iv of the      
,social ,security ,act4  7#b7 ,the      
program of block grants to ,states for  
social services under subtitle ,a of    
title ,,xx of the ,social ,security     
,act4  7#c7 ,funds provided to ,states  
under the ,child ,care and ,development 
,block ,grant ,act of #aiij4