[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5757 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5757

    To extend temporarily waivers granted to States with respect to 
          programs of aid to families with dependent children.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 14, 2002

 Mr. Wu (for himself, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Oberstar, Ms. McCollum, and 
 Mr. DeFazio) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
    To extend temporarily waivers granted to States with respect to 
          programs of aid to families with dependent children.

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

SECTION 1. TEMPORARY EXTENSION OF CERTAIN WAIVERS GRANTED TO STATES 
              WITH RESPECT TO PROGRAMS OF AID TO FAMILIES WITH 
              DEPENDENT CHILDREN.

    Section 415 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 615) is amended 
by adding at the end the following:
    ``(e) Temporary Extension of Waivers In Effect on Date of Enactment 
of Welfare Reform.--A waiver described in subsection (a)(1)(A) which 
would otherwise expire in the period that begins on September 30, 2002, 
and ends on September 30, 2003, shall expire on the later of the date 
that is 1 year after the date the waiver would otherwise expire or 1 
year after the date of the enactment of this subsection, and, 
notwithstanding subsection (a)(1)(A), the extension of such a waiver by 
this subsection shall be taken into account in determining the date the 
waiver expires for purposes of subsection (a)(1)(A).''.
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