[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1438 Introduced in House (IH)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1438

   To authorize a State to temporarily extend a waiver granted with 
    respect to the State program of aid to families with dependent 
                               children.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 25, 2003

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

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                                 A BILL


 
   To authorize a State to temporarily extend a waiver granted with 
    respect to the State program 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. STATE OPTION TO TEMPORARILY EXTEND WAIVER GRANTED WITH 
              RESPECT TO THE STATE PROGRAM 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) State Option to Temporarily Extend Waiver In Effect on Date 
of Enactment of Welfare Reform.--A State that is operating under a 
waiver described in subsection (a)(1)(A) which would otherwise expire 
in the period that begins on January 1, 2002, and ends on September 30, 
2008, may elect to continue to operate under the waiver, on the same 
terms and conditions as applied to the waiver on the day before the 
date the waiver would otherwise expire, through the earlier of such 
date as the State may select or September 30, 2008.''.
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