[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1277 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1277

           To repeal the emergency fund for the TANF program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 3, 2009

 Mr. Price of Georgia (for himself and Mr. Jordan of Ohio) introduced 
  the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and 
 Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and Labor, for a 
 period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
           To repeal the emergency fund for the TANF program.

    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 ``Welfare Reform Restoration Act of 
2009''.

SEC. 2. REPEAL OF EMERGENCY FUND FOR THE TANF PROGRAM.

    (a) In General.--Part A of title IV and section 1108 of the Social 
Security Act shall be applied and administered as if the amendments 
made by section 2101 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 
2009 were never enacted.
    (b) Elimination of Related Provisions.--
            (1) Emergency fund.--Section 403 of the Social Security Act 
        (42 U.S.C. 603) is amended by striking subsection (c).
            (2) Temporary modification of caseload reduction credit.--
        Section 407(b)(3)(A)(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
        607(b)(3)(A)(i)) is amended by striking ``(or if the 
        immediately preceding fiscal year is fiscal year 2008, 2009, or 
        2010, then, at State option, during the emergency fund base 
        year of the State with respect to the average monthly 
        assistance caseload of the State (within the meaning of section 
        403(c)(9)), except that, if a State elects such option for 
        fiscal year 2008, the emergency fund base year of the State 
        with respect to such caseload shall be fiscal year 2007))''.
            (3) Disregard from limitation on total payments to 
        territories.--Section 1108(a)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 
        U.S.C. 1308(a)(2)) is amended by striking ``403(c)(3),''.
            (4) Sunset.--Section 2101 of the American Recovery and 
        Reinvestment Act of 2009 is repealed.
            (5) Clerical amendment.--Section 2000(b) of the American 
        Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is amended in the table 
        of contents by striking the item relating to section 2101.
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