3.0.0 3522 2022-02-08T23:14:54Z 2022-02-08T23:14:54Z Senate S 2020-03-18 116 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-03-18T20:40:15Z 2020-03-18 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2020-03-18 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001095 Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] Tom Cotton R AR N Social Welfare Appropriations Cardiovascular and respiratory health Department of the Treasury Economic performance and conditions Emergency medical services and trauma care Employment and training programs Executive agency funding and structure Infectious and parasitic diseases Poverty and welfare assistance Separation, divorce, custody, support State and local government operations Social Welfare 00 2020-03-18 Introduced in Senate 2020-04-10T20:35:05Z Coronavirus TANF Expansion Act

This bill reauthorizes through December 31, 2020, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program and expands TANF eligibility and assistance to respond to the COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus disease 2019) public health emergency. Specifically, states may (1) allow certain families that have incomes of up to 400% of the federal poverty level and that have experienced reduced incomes because of COVID-19 to receive TANF assistance, and (2) provide additional cash payments to these and other TANF recipients.

The Department of Health and Human Services must increase state and tribal TANF grants to offset increased expenditures that result from these changes. The bill provides appropriations for this purpose.

The bill also suspends TANF work requirements and other conditions during the emergency.

]]> Coronavirus TANF Expansion Act Display Title Coronavirus TANF Expansion Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Coronavirus TANF Expansion Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to extend and expand the temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) program and related programs to respond to the COVID-19 public health emergency, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-03-18T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s3522is/xml/BILLS-116s3522is.xml 2020-03-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. 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.