[Congressional Bills 113th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5140 Introduced in House (IH)]

113th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5140

  To amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to enable a 
State to be reimbursed for child welfare training expenditures made by 
           a nonprofit educational institution in the State.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 17, 2014

Ms. Bass (for herself, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Rush, Mr. McDermott, and Ms. Lee 
of California) 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 enable a 
State to be reimbursed for child welfare training expenditures made by 
           a nonprofit educational institution in the State.

    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 ``Child Welfare Workforce Partnership 
Act''.

SEC. 2. CHILD WELFARE TRAINING EXPENDITURES MADE BY NONPROFIT 
              EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION DEEMED TO BE MADE BY STATE FOR 
              PURPOSES OF FEDERAL REIMBURSEMENT.

    (a) In General.--Section 474 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
674) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(h) Child Welfare Training Expenditures Made by Nonprofit 
Educational Institution Deemed To Be Made by State.--For purposes of 
this section, an expenditure described in subparagraph (A) or (B) of 
subsection (a)(3) which is made by a public or private nonprofit 
educational institution and which would be an allowable expenditure if 
made by the State claiming reimbursement with respect to the 
expenditure, shall be considered to have been made by the State, except 
to the extent that Federal funds have been paid with respect to the 
expenditure.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on October 1, 2014, and shall apply to claims submitted on 
or after that date.
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