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<item congress="117" measure-type="hr" measure-number="4539" measure-id="id117hr4539" originChamber="HOUSE" orig-publish-date="2021-07-19" update-date="2021-09-01">
<title>Focusing State Efforts to Expand Opportunity Act</title>
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<action-date>2021-07-19</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Focusing State Efforts to Expand Opportunity Act</b></p> <p>This bill prohibits states from using Temporary Assistance for Needy Families grants to provide assistance or services to families whose monthly incomes exceed twice the poverty line.&nbsp;Under current law, families must be financially needy and have a minor child to qualify for assistance; however, individual states determine the financial eligibility requirements.</p>]]></summary-text>
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