House bill · 119th Congress · Latest step: Committee action
Preventing Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in TANF Act
Official title: To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to target funds to low-income families, strengthen program integrity guardrails for State expenditure of funds, require measurement of improper payments, and establish goals for eliminating fraud and improper payments under the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep. Mike Carey R-OHWhere it went
- IntroducedMay 19, 2026
- Committee actionMay 21, 2026
- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Jun 3, 2026 — POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - Pursuant to clause 1(c) of rule XIX, the Chair announced further proceedings on H.R. 8872 is postponed.
Cost and committee reports
Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 8872.
- CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 8872, Preventing Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in TANF Act” on June 1, 2026. CBO’s description reads “As reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on May 29, 2026”.Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, June 1, 2026 ↗
Evidence
- Field in the Congress.gov record
- cboCostEstimates
- CBO publication
- https://www.cbo.gov/publication/62494
- CBO publication date
- June 1, 2026
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8872, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8872
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
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- Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 119-670 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Ways and Means Committee on May 29, 2026.Source: Congress.gov, reported May 29, 2026 ↗
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- Report API records
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/119/HRPT/670
- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8872, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8872
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
286c7e6d5bd15a30991de5567465f4f1eadd83f168681da3502337ba626d4736
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- Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. CAREY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 172, No. 85, May 19, 2026, Page H3628):Article 1 Section 8Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record May 19, 2026 ↗
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- Congress.gov bill record
- H.R. 8872, 119th Congress
- Congress.gov API record
- https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/119/hr/8872
- Record last updated by Congress.gov
- September 19, 2026
- PORKER copy retrieved
- September 24, 2026
- Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file
286c7e6d5bd15a30991de5567465f4f1eadd83f168681da3502337ba626d4736
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Vote results
No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).
Cosponsors
8 cosponsors — 8 Republicans
0 of 8 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.
Jodey Arrington (R-TX), Aaron Bean (R-FL), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Carol Miller (R-WV), Max Miller (R-OH), Blake Moore (R-UT), Adrian Smith (R-NE), Claudia Tenney (R-NY).
More from the sponsor
Other 119th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Mike Carey.
- H.J.Res. 25 (119th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Internal Revenue…
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- H.R. 1453 (119th) Clean Energy Demonstration Transparency Act of 2025
- H.R. 2036 (119th) Credit for Caring Act of 2025
- H.R. 2410 (119th) Revitalizing Downtowns and Main Streets Act
- H.R. 2538 (119th) CARE Act of 2025
Related bills
- H.Res. 1333 (119th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8646) making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug…Procedurally related
- H.R. 2242 (119th) Eliminating Fraud and Improper Payments in TANF ActRelated bill
- H.R. 2359 (119th) Improve Transparency and Stability for Families and Children ActRelated bill
Relationships as recorded by Congress.gov.
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 24, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.