[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3151 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3151

   To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to modify the State 
       maintenance of effort requirement, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 19, 2013

Mr. Reed (for himself, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Young of Indiana, 
 and Mr. Griffin of Arkansas) introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
   To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to modify the State 
       maintenance of effort requirement, 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 ``Promoting Assistance with 
Transitional Help Act''.

SEC. 2. MODIFICATION OF STATE MAINTENANCE OF EFFORT REQUIREMENT.

    (a) In General.--Section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)(I) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 609(a)(7)(B)(i)(I)) is amended--
            (1) in item (aa), by inserting before the period at the end 
        the following: ``, but not including (except as provided in 
        item (dd)) cash assistance provided to families that would be 
        eligible for assistance under the State program funded under 
        this part but for the application of section 408(a)(7)''; and
            (2) by redesignating items (dd) and (ee) as items (ee) and 
        (ff) and inserting after item (cc) the following:
                                            ``(dd) Transitional 
                                        assistance provided to families 
                                        that would be eligible for 
                                        assistance under the State 
                                        program funded under this part 
                                        but for the application of 
                                        section 408(a)(7) in an amount 
                                        not more than the amount 
                                        necessary to replace the loss 
                                        of any food assistance, rent 
                                        assistance, low-income energy 
                                        assistance, and childcare 
                                        assistance lost as a result of 
                                        increased family income from 
                                        earnings or child support 
                                        payments, for not more than 1 
                                        year after such loss.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to qualified State expenditures made by a State in 
any fiscal year that begins on or after October 1, 2014.
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