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        <fullName>Sen. Rockefeller, John D., IV [D-WV]</fullName>
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        <text><![CDATA[ <p>Low-Income Gasoline Assistance Program Act - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to enable states to establish emergency assistance programs to make certain payments to eligible low-income households for the purchase of gasoline.</p> <p>Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to authorize a state to use funds from any TANF grant to carry out such a program.</p>]]></text>
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    <title>Low-Income Gasoline Assistance Program Act</title>
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        <title>A bill to provide emergency assistance for families receiving assistance under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act and low-income working families.</title>
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