[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 2060 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2060

  To require the District of Columbia to comply with the 5-year time 
  limit for welfare recipients, to prohibit any future waiver of such 
                     limit, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 9, 1996

  Mr. Nickles introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
  To require the District of Columbia to comply with the 5-year time 
  limit for welfare recipients, to prohibit any future waiver of such 
                     limit, and for other purposes.

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

SECTION. 1. REQUIREMENT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TO COMPLY WITH 5-
              YEAR TIME LIMIT FOR WELFARE ASSISTANCE.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 10 days after the date of the 
enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Health and Human Services (in 
this Act referred to as the ``Secretary'') shall rescind approval of 
the waiver described in subsection (b). Upon such rescission, the 
Secretary shall immediately approve such waiver in accordance with 
subsection (c).
    (b) Waiver Described.--The waiver described in this subsection is 
the approval by the Secretary on August 19, 1996, of the District of 
Columbia's Welfare Reform Demonstration Special Application for 
waivers, which was submitted under section 1115 of the Social Security 
Act, and entitled the District of Columbia's Project on Work, 
Employment, and Responsibility (POWER).
    (c) Condition For Waiver Approval.--The Secretary of Health and 
Human Services shall not approve any part of the waiver described in 
subsection (b) that relates to a waiver of the requirement under 
section 408(a)(7) of the Social Security Act to not use any part of the 
grant made under section 403 of such Act to provide assistance to a 
family that includes an adult who has received assistance under any 
State program funded under part A of title IV of such Act attributable 
to funds provided by the Federal Government for 60 months (whether or 
not consecutive).

SEC. 2. NO WAIVER OF 5-YEAR TIME LIMIT FOR WELFARE ASSISTANCE.

    Beginning on and after the date of the enactment of this Act, the 
Secretary shall not approve any application submitted under section 
1115 of the Social Security Act, or under any other provision of law, 
for a waiver of the requirement under section 408(a)(7) of such Act to 
not use any part of the grant made under section 403 of such Act to 
provide assistance to a family that includes an adult who has received 
assistance under any State program funded under part A of title IV of 
such Act attributable to funds provided by the Federal Government for 
60 months (whether or not consecutive).
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