The TANF State Expenditure Integrity Act of 2024 creates new oversight mechanisms to prevent states from misusing federal welfare funds intended for low-income families. The bill requires the federal government to establish a TANF Program Integrity Unit to monitor how states and their subrecipients spend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds, supplementing existing audit processes. If intentional misuse of funds is discovered, states would face enhanced penalties and be required to spend additional money to provide direct cash assistance to families living below the poverty line. The legislation provides $10 million annually in federal funding to staff and operate the new monitoring unit and directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to publish implementation rules within two years of the bill's enactment. The new requirements would take effect no sooner than one to one and a half years after the bill becomes law.
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