Amend TANF to target funds to low-income families, strengthen state spending integrity guardrails, measure improper payments, and set goals for eliminating fraud and improper payments.

Blake D. Moore · Utah · Republican

policy impact 0.55 specificity 0.84 extraction confidence 78%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

Occurrences

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.

Moore cosponsored H.R. 8872, a bill to reform TANF by focusing funds on low-income families, strengthening expenditure guardrails, measuring improper payments, and setting fraud-reduction goals.

H.R. 8872 (RH) - Preventing Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in TANF Act - BILLS-119hr8872rh | Content Details | GovInfo
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Evidence

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GovInfo's reported House text lists H.R. 8872 on Union Calendar No. 584, adds Mr. Moore of Utah as an additional sponsor on May 29, 2026, and says the bill was reported with an amendment. The bill would apply payment-integrity law to state TANF programs, require an HHS plan to reduce or eliminate improper payments within 10 years, limit TANF assistance/services to families below 200% of poverty, set spending deadlines, and bar supplanting state funds.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Recent official action shows Moore joined a bill matching the commitment and the bill advanced out of committee, but it remained only reported in the House rather than enacted.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 8872 (RH) - Preventing Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in TANF Act
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 95%

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The House Rules Committee page for H.R. 8872 lists a June 2, 2026 meeting, bill text 'as reported,' and H. Rept. 119-670 from Ways and Means. Amendments were still listed as submitted, indicating the measure was awaiting further House process as of the refresh window.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The latest official House Rules listing points to pending floor-rule consideration after committee reporting, not final enactment of the TANF amendments.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 8872 - Preventing Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in TANF Act | House Rules Committee
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Preventing Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in TANF Act (H.R. 8872): consideration (H. Res. 1333), H3795 [3JN] ——— consideration (H. Res. 1333), previous question, H3795 [3JN]

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): In the latest lookback window, GovInfo's Congressional Record Index for House votes still lists H.R. 8872 only for procedural consideration under H. Res. 1333 and the previous question, not enactment or final passage. This supports keeping the promise unresolved while recognizing legislative effort.

unresolved same_term A for effort

VOTES IN HOUSE related term(s) House of Representatives
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Additional sponsors: Mr. Moore of Utah, Mrs. Miller of West Virginia, and Mr. Feenstra Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The official reported House bill text confirms Moore's same-term cosponsorship and that the bill had been reported and printed, a concrete effort step short of enactment.

unresolved same_term A for effort

H.R. 8872 (RH) - Preventing Waste, Fraud, and Abuse in TANF Act
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%

Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): unresolved. same_term A for effort

Moore has taken same-term legislative action by joining H.R. 8872, a bill that closely matches the TANF promise by targeting low-income families, adding spending-integrity guardrails, requiring improper-payment measurement, and setting fraud/improper-payment reduction goals. As of June 1, 2026, the measure had been reported from committee and placed on the Union Calendar, with House Rules activity scheduled, but it had not passed Congress or been enacted. That is meaningful effort, not fulfilled delivery yet.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%