[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3002 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3002

To expand the educational and work opportunities of welfare recipients 
 under the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance 
                          for needy families.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 9, 1997

  Mrs. Lowey introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To expand the educational and work opportunities of welfare recipients 
 under the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance 
                          for needy families.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Postsecondary Adult Vocational 
Education Act''.

SEC. 2. 24 MONTHS OF HIGHER EDUCATION MADE PERMISSIBLE WORK ACTIVITY 
              UNDER THE TANF PROGRAM.

    Section 407 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 607) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (c)(2), by adding at the end the 
        following:
                    ``(E) 24 month limit on participation in higher 
                education.--For purposes of determining monthly 
                participation rates under paragraphs (1)(B)(i) and 
                (2)(B) of subsection (b), an individual shall not be 
                considered to be engaged in work by virtue of 
                participation in training described in subsection 
                (d)(8) after the individual has participated in such 
                training for 24 months (excluding any month before the 
                individual completed secondary school or received a 
                certificate of general equivalence).''; and
            (2) in subsection (d), by striking paragraph (8) and 
        inserting the following:
            ``(8) training provided at an institution of higher 
        education (as defined in section 481(a) of the Higher Education 
        Act of 1965);''.

SEC. 3. LIMITATION ON NUMBER OF PERSONS WHOSE HIGHER EDUCATION MAY 
              COUNT AS WORK.

    Section 407(c)(2)(D) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
607(c)(2)(D)) is amended to read as follows:
                    ``(D) Number of persons whose higher education may 
                count as work.--For purposes of determining monthly 
                participation rates under paragraphs (1)(B)(i) and 
                (2)(B) of subsection (b), not more than 20 percent of 
                individuals in all families and in 2-parent families 
                may be determined to be engaged in work in the State 
                for a month by reason of participation in training 
                described in subsection (d)(8).''.

SEC. 4. CLARIFICATION THAT PARTICIPATION IN A FEDERAL WORK-STUDY 
              PROGRAM IS A PERMISSIBLE WORK ACTIVITY UNDER THE TANF 
              PROGRAM.

    Section 407(d)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 607(D)(3)) 
is amended by inserting ``(including participation in an activity under 
a program established under part C of title IV of the Higher Education 
Act of 1965)'' before the semicolon.
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