To require States to implement drug testing programs for applicants for and recipients of assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, which would encourage healthy, drug-free families instead of encouraging dependent behavior or on-going drug abuse.

SA 937. Mr. VITTER submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by
him to the concurrent resolution S. Con. Res. 13, setting forth the
congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year
2010, revising the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2009,
and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years
2011 through 2014; as follows:

At the appropriate place in title II, insert the following:

SEC. _. RESERVE FUND TO REQUIRE DRUG TESTING AND TO PROVIDE
DRUG TREATMENT FOR TANF RECIPIENTS.

The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate
may revise the allocations of a committee or committees,
aggregates, and other levels in this resolution for a bill,
joint resolution, amendment, motion, or conference report
that--
(1) Would require that States operate a drug testing
program as part of their Temporary Assistance for Needy
Families (TANF) program;
(2) Would provide treatment programs for those who test
positive for illegal drug use or are convicted of drug-
related crime;
(3) Would withhold TANF assistance for two years to any
recipient who, after initially testing positive and having
been offered treatment, again tests positive; and

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(4) Would not reduce or deny TANF assistance allocated for
dependents if the dependent's caretaker tests positive for
drug use or is convicted of drug-related crime; by the
amounts provided in that legislation for that purpose,
provided that such legislation would not increase deficit
over either the total of the period of fiscal years 2009
through 2014 or the period of the total of fiscal years of
2009 through 2019.
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