Sec. 301 Definition of means-tested welfare spending
“(12)
“(A) The term means-tested welfare spending—
“(i) means spending for any Federal program that is designed to specifically provide assistance or benefits exclusively to low-income Americans;
“(ii) does not include such a program if the program—
“(I) is based on earned eligibility;
“(II) is not need-based;
“(III) is a program designed exclusively or primarily for veterans of military service; or
“(IV) offers universal or near universal eligibility to the working population and their dependents; and
“(iii) includes community and economic development programs targeted to low-income communities or populations.
“(B) For purposes of subparagraph (A), the spending on following Federal programs shall be means-tested welfare spending:
“(i) Cash and general programs
“(I) Supplemental Security Income.
“(II) Earned Income Tax Credit (Refundable Portion).
“(III) Refundable Child Credit.
“(IV) Temporary Assistance to Needy Families.
“(V) Title IV–E Foster Care.
“(VI) Title IV–E Adoption Assistance.
“(VII) General Assistance to Indians.
“(VIII) Assets for Independence.
“(ii) Medical
“(I) Medicaid.
“(II) State Children’s Health Insurance Program.
“(III) Indian Health Services.
“(IV) Consolidated Health Centers/Community Health Centers.
“(V) Maternal and Child Health.
“(VI) Healthy Start.
“(VII) Refundable Premiums and Out of Pocket Subsidies under the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act (PPACA).
“(iii) Food
“(I) Food Stamps Program.
“(II) School Lunch Program.
“(III) Women, Infant and Children (WIC) Food Program.
“(IV) School Breakfast.
“(V) Child Care Food Program.
“(VI) Nutrition Program for the Elderly, Nutrition Service Incentives.
“(VII) Summer Food Service Program.
“(VIII) Commodity Supplemental Food Program.
“(IX) Temporary Emergency Food Program.
“(X) Needy Families.
“(XI) Farmer’s Market Nutrition Program.
“(XII) Special Milk Program.
“(iv) Housing
“(I) Section 8 Housing (HUD).
“(II) Public Housing (HUD).
“(III) State Housing Expenditures.
“(IV) Home Investment Partnership Program (HUD).
“(V) Homeless Assistance Grants (HUD).
“(VI) Rural Housing Insurance Fund (Agriculture).
“(VII) Rural Housing Service (Agriculture).
“(VIII) Housing for the Elderly (HUD).
“(IX) Native American Housing Block Grants (HUD).
“(X) Other Assisted Housing Programs (HUD).
“(XI) Housing for Persons with Disabilities (HUD).
“(v) Energy and Utilities
“(I) Low-Income Home Energy Assistance.
“(II) Universal Service Fund—Subsidized Phone Service for Low-Income Persons.
“(III) Weatherization.
“(vi) Education
“(I) Pell Grants.
“(II) Title I Grants to Local Education Authorities.
“(III) Special Programs for Disadvantaged (TRIO).
“(IV) Supplemental Education Opportunity Grants.
“(V) Migrant Education.
“(VI) Gear-Up.
“(VII) Education for Homeless Children and Youth.
“(VIII) Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership (LEAP) Program.
“(IX) Even Start.
“(vii) Training
“(I) Job Corps.
“(II) Youth Opportunity Grants (under the Workforce Investment Act).
“(III) Adult Employment and Training (under the Workforce Investment Act).
“(IV) Senior Community Service Employment.
“(V) Food Stamp Employment and Training Program.
“(VI) Migrant Training.
“(VII) YouthBuild.
“(VIII) Native American Training.
“(viii) Services
“(I) Title XX Social Services Block Grant.
“(II) Community Service Block Grant.
“(III) Social Services for Refugees, Asylees, and Humanitarian Cases.
“(IV) Title III Aging Americans Act.
“(V) Legal Services Block Grant.
“(VI) Family Planning.
“(VII) Emergency Food and Shelter.
“(VIII) Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Grants.
“(IX) Americorps VISTA.
“(ix) Child Care and Child Development
“(I) Headstart.
“(II) Childcare and Child Development Block Grant.
“(III) Child Care Block Grant (under Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Program).
“(x) Community Development
“(I) Community Development Block Grant.
“(II) Economic Development Administration.
“(III) Appalachian Regional Development.
“(IV) Empowerment Zones, Enterprise Communities, Renewal Communities.
“(V) Urban Development Block Grant.
“(C) For purposes of subparagraph (A), spending on following Federal programs shall not be means-tested welfare spending:
“(i) The Social Security Disability Insurance program.
“(ii) Medicare.
“(iii) Retirement insurance benefits and survivor benefits under the Social Security program.
“(iv) Any program designed exclusively or primarily for veterans of military service.
“(v) Unemployment insurance benefits.
“(vi) Programs designed specifically to provide benefits to workers to compensate for job-related injuries or illnesses.
“(D) The term means-tested welfare spending includes the full cost of benefits and services provided under a program and the administrative costs for operating the program, subject to the limitations under subparagraph (E).
“(E)
“(i)
“(I) For purposes of this paragraph, only the refundable portion of the following tax credits shall be means-tested welfare spending:
“(aa) The earned income tax credit.
“(bb) The child tax credit.
“(cc) The making work pay tax credit.
“(II) For purposes of this paragraph, only the refundable portion of the premium and out of pocket health care subsidies to be paid under the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act shall be means-tested welfare spending.
“(III) For purposes of this clause, the term refundable portion means the portion of the credit which is paid to an individual in excess of the amount of Federal income tax owed by the individual.
“(ii) For purposes of this paragraph, only the costs of the free and reduced price segments of the school lunch and school breakfast programs shall be means-tested welfare spending.
“(F) For purposes of this paragraph expenditures by State and local governments of funds that are—
“(i) obtained by the State and local government from taxes, fees, or other sources of revenue established by the State or local government; and
“(ii) are not received as any form of grant from the Federal Government,”