[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 605 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 605

  To extend waivers under the temporary assistance to needy families 
              program through the end of fiscal year 2008.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             March 12, 2003

 Mr. Smith (for himself, Mr. Wyden, Mr. Baucus, Mr. Allen, Mr. Warner, 
  Mr. Kerry, Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Akaka, Mr. Burns, Mr. Coleman, and Mr. 
    Dayton) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
  To extend waivers under the temporary assistance to needy families 
              program through the end of fiscal year 2008.

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

SECTION 1. STATE OPTION TO CONTINUE WAIVERS UNDER THE TEMPORARY 
              ASSISTANCE TO NEEDY FAMILIES PROGRAM.

    Section 415 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 615) is amended 
by adding at the end the following new subsection:
    ``(e) State Option To Continue Waivers.--
            ``(1) In general.--Notwithstanding paragraphs (1)(A) and 
        (2)(A) of subsection (a), or any other provision of law, with 
        respect to any State that is operating under a waiver described 
        in paragraph (2) which would otherwise expire on a date that 
        occurs during the period that begins on January 1, 2002, and 
        ends on September 30, 2008, the State may elect to continue to 
        operate under that 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.
            ``(2) Waiver described.--For purposes of paragraph (1), a 
        waiver described in this paragraph is--
                    ``(A) a waiver described in subsection (a); or
                    ``(B) a waiver that was granted to a State under 
                section 1115 or otherwise and that relates only to the 
                provision of assistance under a State program under 
                this part.''.
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