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                                                 Union Calendar No. 497
114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 2966

                          [Report No. 114-645]

To amend the purposes of TANF to include reducing poverty by increasing 
             employment entry, retention, and advancement.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 8, 2015

   Mr. Smith of Missouri (for himself and Mrs. Noem) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

                             June 28, 2016

                      Additional sponsor: Mr. Reed

                             June 28, 2016

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed
 [Strike out all after the enacting clause and insert the part printed 
                               in italic]
[For text of introduced bill, see copy of bill as introduced on July 8, 
                                 2015]


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                                 A BILL


 
To amend the purposes of TANF to include reducing poverty by increasing 
             employment entry, retention, and advancement.


 


    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 ``Reducing Poverty through Employment 
Act''.

SEC. 2. PURPOSES OF THE TANF PROGRAM TO INCLUDE REDUCING POVERTY 
              THROUGH WORK.

    Section 401(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 601(a)) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (3);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (4) and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) reduce child poverty by increasing employment entry, 
        retention, and advancement of needy parents.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on October 1, 
2016.
                                                 Union Calendar No. 497

114th CONGRESS

  2d Session

                               H. R. 2966

                          [Report No. 114-645]

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL

To amend the purposes of TANF to include reducing poverty by increasing 
             employment entry, retention, and advancement.

_______________________________________________________________________

                             June 28, 2016

  Reported with an amendment, committed to the Committee of the Whole 
       House on the State of the Union, and ordered to be printed