[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1732 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1732

   To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to require 
 States, under the program of aid to families with dependent children, 
to disregard from the income of certain stepparents an amount equal to 
     the State's standard of need for the stepparent's new family.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 20, 1993

  Mr. Frank of Massachusetts introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to require 
 States, under the program of aid to families with dependent children, 
to disregard from the income of certain stepparents an amount equal to 
     the State's standard of need for the stepparent's new family.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. MODIFICATION OF STEPPARENT INCOME DISREGARD.

    (a) In General.--Section 402(a)(31)(B) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 602(a)(31)(B)) is amended by striking ``those other 
individuals living in the same household as the dependent child and 
claimed by such stepparent as dependents for purposes of determining 
his Federal income tax liability but'' and inserting ``(i) if the 
stepparent is paying child support (pursuant to a court order or an 
order of an administrative process established under State law) and the 
family (excluding the stepparent) would be eligible for such aid if the 
stepparent were not a member of the family, those other individuals 
living in the same household as the dependent child and claimed by such 
stepparent as dependents for purposes of determining his Federal income 
tax liability, or (ii) if not, such other individuals'' after ``the 
stepparent''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to payments under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act 
for calendar quarters beginning after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.

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