[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
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[S. 2073 Placed on Calendar Senate (PCS)]






                                                       Calendar No. 598
104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 2073

  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 13, 1996

  Mr. Nickles introduced the following bill; which was read the first 
                                  time

                           September 16, 1996

            Read the second time and placed on the calendar

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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 
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 (as amended by the Personal Responsibility and Work 
Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996) 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).
    (b) Waiver Described.--The waiver described in this subsection is 
the demonstration project entitled the ``Project on Work, Employment, 
Responsibility (POWER)'', described in the welfare reform demonstration 
special application form submitted by the District of Columbia to the 
Secretary in August 1996 under section 1115 of the Social Security Act.

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

    (a) 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, as 
amended by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996, 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).
    (b) Effective Date.--This section shall take effect as if enacted 
on August 22, 1996.
                                     

                                                       Calendar No. 598

104th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                                S. 2073

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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.

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                           September 16, 1996

           Read the second time and placed on the calendar