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H.R. 2959 114th Congress House

TANF Accountability and Integrity Improvement Act

Official title: To prevent States from counting certain expenditures as State spending to reduce TANF work requirements.

Introduced: July 7, 2015 See on congress.gov
Social Welfare Poverty and welfare assistanceState and local finance
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 Everywhere this bill has been 7 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jun 28, 2016
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 496.
Jun 28, 2016
Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 114-644.
May 11, 2016
Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
May 11, 2016
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
Jul 10, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Jul 7, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jul 7, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 28, 2016

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 496.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

TANF Accountability and Integrity Improvement Act

(Sec. 2) This bill amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to set a limit on nongovernmental third-party contributions counted as qualified state expenditures used in determining whether a state maintains a certain level of historic state expenditures or else faces an associated penalty with a reduction in the state TANF grant.

Qualified state expenditures shall exclude:

  • the amount (if any) by which the value of all goods and services provided by a source other than the state or a local government during the fiscal year exceeds the value of all goods and services claimed by the state as qualified state expenditures for FY2016, and
  • any amount expended for medical services.
 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 3437 Reintroduced Bill TANF Accountability and Integrity Improvement Act
  • S 3091 EMPOWER Act of 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2959: TANF Accountability and Integrity Improvement Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2959/
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"H.R. 2959: TANF Accountability and Integrity Improvement Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2959/.
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H.R. 2959, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2959/.
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