3.0.0 4067 2023-01-13T04:49:54Z 2023-01-13T04:49:54Z House H HR 2005-10-17 109 hswm00 Ways and Means Committee House Standing Referred to 2005-10-17T17:57:00Z 2005-10-17 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. IntroReferral H11100 2 House floor actions hswm00 Ways and Means Committee 2005-10-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral Intro-H 9 Library of Congress 2005-10-17 Introduced in House IntroReferral 1000 9 Library of Congress V000081 Rep. Velazquez, Nydia M. [D-NY-12] NYDIA VELAZQUEZ D NY M. 12 N S000248 Rep. Serrano, Jose E. [D-NY-16] JOSE SERRANO D NY E. 16 2005-10-17 True L000551 Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-9] BARBARA LEE D CA 9 2005-10-17 True K000336 Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10] DENNIS KUCINICH D OH J. 10 2005-10-17 True F000116 Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] BOB FILNER D CA 51 2005-10-17 True E000250 Rep. Evans, Lane [D-IL-17] LANE EVANS D IL 17 2006-03-16 False O000159 Rep. Owens, Major R. [D-NY-11] MAJOR OWENS D NY R. 11 2006-03-16 False Social Welfare Aid to dependent children Aliens Bilingualism Cash welfare block grants Cost of living adjustments Economics and Public Finance Families Government Operations and Politics Government publicity Immigration Translating and interpreting Welfare eligibility Social Welfare 00 2005-10-17 Introduced in House 2005-11-01T20:18:09Z TANF Recipients' Lifeline Act - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) repeal the five year limit on TANF benefits; (2) require a state to which a TANF grant is made to use appropriate bilingual personnel and printed material in the administration of the state program in those portions of the state in which a substantial number of TANF recipients speak a language other than English; and (3) provide for inflation adjustment of the TANF block grant.

Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to exempt TANF benefits from the ban on federal means-tested public benefits for qualified aliens for the first five years after lawful entry into the United States.

]]> TANF Recipients' Lifeline Act Display Title TANF Recipients' Lifeline Act Official Title as Introduced To reform the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families. Introduced in House IH Short Titles as Introduced TANF Recipients' Lifeline Act Introduced in House 2005-10-17T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-109hr4067ih/xml/BILLS-109hr4067ih.xml 2005-10-17 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.