[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2979 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2979

To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to preserve the 
  eligibility of a child for kinship guardianship assistance payments 
 when the guardian is replaced by a successor legal guardian named in 
             the kinship guardianship assistance agreement.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             August 2, 2013

Mr. Doggett (for himself, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Bass, Mr. 
 Lewis, Mr. Rangel, Mr. McDermott, and Mr. Blumenauer) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to preserve the 
  eligibility of a child for kinship guardianship assistance payments 
 when the guardian is replaced by a successor legal guardian named in 
             the kinship guardianship assistance agreement.

    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 ``Guardians for Children Act''.

SEC. 2. PRESERVATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR KINSHIP GUARDIANSHIP ASSISTANCE 
              PAYMENTS WITH A SUCCESSOR GUARDIAN.

    Section 473(d)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 673(d)(3)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(C) Eligibility not affected by replacement of 
                guardian with a successor guardian.--In the event of 
                the death or incapacity of the relative guardian, the 
                eligibility of a child for a kinship guardianship 
                assistance payment under this subsection shall not be 
                affected by reason of the replacement of the relative 
                guardian with a successor legal guardian named in the 
                kinship guardianship assistance agreement referred to 
                in paragraph (1) (including in any amendment to the 
                agreement), notwithstanding subparagraph (A) of this 
                paragraph and section 471(a)(28).''.
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