[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4564 Introduced in House (IH)]

111th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4564

To extend for 1 year the Emergency Contingency Fund for State Temporary 
    Assistance for Needy Families Programs, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 2, 2010

Mr. McDermott (for himself, Mr. Stark, Ms. Moore of Wisconsin, Ms. Chu, 
 Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Mr. Davis of Illinois, Mr. Meek of Florida, Mr. 
 Pascrell, and Ms. Edwards of Maryland) introduced the following bill; 
         which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To extend for 1 year the Emergency Contingency Fund for State Temporary 
    Assistance for Needy Families Programs, and for other purposes.

    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 ``Emergency Jobs Program and 
Assistance for Families Extension Act''.

SEC. 2. 1-YEAR EXTENSION OF THE EMERGENCY CONTINGENCY FUND FOR STATE 
              TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES PROGRAMS.

    (a) In General.--Section 403(c) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 603(c)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting ``, and for fiscal 
        year 2011, such sums as are necessary'' before ``for payment'';
            (2) in paragraph (2)(B)--
                    (A) by striking ``2010'' the 1st place it appears 
                and inserting ``2011''; and
                    (B) by striking ``and 2010'' and inserting 
                ``through 2011'';
            (3) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking ``2010'' and inserting 
        ``2011'';
            (4) in clause (i) of each of subparagraphs (A), (B), and 
        (C) of paragraph (3), by striking ``year 2009 or 2010'' and 
        inserting ``years 2009 through 2011'';
            (5) in paragraph (3)(C)(iii), by striking ``80'' and 
        inserting ``100'';
            (6) by adding at the end of paragraph (3) the following:
                    ``(D) Grant related to increased expenditures for 
                work support services.--
                            ``(i) In general.--For each calendar 
                        quarter in fiscal year 2010 or 2011, the 
                        Secretary shall make a grant from the Emergency 
                        Fund to each State that--
                                    ``(I) requests a grant under this 
                                subparagraph for the quarter; and
                                    ``(II) meets the requirement of 
                                clause (ii) for the quarter.
                            ``(ii) Work support services expenditure 
                        requirement.--A State meets the requirement of 
                        this clause for a quarter if the total 
                        expenditures of the State for work support 
                        services in the quarter, whether under the 
                        State program funded under this part or as 
                        qualified State expenditures, exceeds the total 
                        such expenditures of the State in the 
                        corresponding quarter in the emergency fund 
                        base year of the State.
                            ``(iii) Amount of grant.--Subject to 
                        paragraph (5), the amount of the grant to be 
                        made to a State under this subparagraph for a 
                        quarter shall be an amount equal to 80 percent 
                        of the excess described in clause (ii).'';
            (7) by adding at the end of paragraph (5) the following: 
        ``The total amount payable to a single State under subsection 
        (b) and this subsection for fiscal year 2011 shall not exceed 
        50 percent of the annual State family assistance grant.''; and
            (8) in paragraph (9)--
                    (A) by adding at the end of subparagraph (B)(ii) 
                the following:
                                    ``(IV) The total expenditures of 
                                the State for work support services, 
                                whether under the State program funded 
                                under this part or as qualified State 
                                expenditures.''; and
                    (B) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(D) Work support services.--The term `work 
                support services' means services designed to help an 
                individual begin, remain, or advance in employment, as 
                indicated by any guidance that the Secretary may 
                provide.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 2101 of division B of the 
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Public Law 111-5) is 
amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(2)--
                    (A) by striking ``2010'' and inserting ``2011''; 
                and
                    (B) by striking all that follows ``repealed'' and 
                inserting a period; and
            (2) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ``2010'' and 
        inserting ``2011''.
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