104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3562

AN ACT

To authorize the State of Wisconsin to implement

Works’’.the demonstration project known as ‘‘Wisconsin
104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION H. R. 3562

AN ACT

To authorize the State of Wisconsin to implement the

demonstration project known as ‘‘Wisconsin Works’’.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
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1 SECTION 1. AUTHORITY TO IMPLEMENT WISCONSIN

2 WORKS DEMONSTRATION PROJECT.

3 (a) IN GENERAL.—Upon presentation by the State

4 of Wisconsin of the document entitled ‘‘Wisconsin Works’’

5 (as signed into State law by the Governor of Wisconsin

6 on April 26, 1996) to the appropriate Federal official with

7 respect to any Federal entitlement program specified in

8 such document—

9 (1) such official is deemed to have waived com10 pliance with the requirements of Federal law with

11 respect to such program to the extent and for the

12 period necessary to enable the State of Wisconsin to

13 carry out the demonstration project described in the

14 document; and

15 (2) the costs of carrying out the demonstration

16 project which would not otherwise be included as ex17 penditures under such program shall be regarded as

18 expenditures under such program.

19 (b) LIMITATION OF COSTS.—Subsection (a)(2) shall

20 not apply to the extent that—

21 (1) the sum of such costs and the expenditures

22 of the State of Wisconsin under all programs to

23 which subsection (a) applies during any testing pe24 riod exceeds
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1 (2) the total amount that would be expended

2 under such programs during such testing period in

3 the absence of the demonstration project.

4 (c) TESTING PERIOD.—For purposes of subsection

5 (b), the testing periods are—

6 (1) the 5-year period that begins with the date

7 of the commencement of the demonstration project,

8 and

9 (2) the period of the demonstration project.

10 (d) RECAPTURE OF EXCESS.—If at the close of any

11 testing period, the Secretary of Health and Human Serv12 ices determines that the amount described in subsection

13 (b)(1) exceeds the amount described in subsection (b)(2)

14 for such period, such Secretary shall withhold an amount

15 equal to such excess from amounts otherwise payable to

16 the State of Wisconsin under section 403 of the Social

17 Security Act (relating to the program of aid to families

18 with dependent children) for the first fiscal year beginning

19 after the close of such period. The preceding sentence shall

20 not apply to the extent such Secretary is otherwise paid

21 such excess by the State of Wisconsin.

22 SEC. 2. NO EFFECT ON CERTAIN OTHER WAIVERS GRANT23 ED TO THE STATE OF WISCONSIN.

24 This Act shall not be construed to affect the terms

25 or conditions of any waiver granted before the date of the
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1 enactment of this Act to the State of Wisconsin under sec2 tion 1115 of the Social Security Act, including earned

3 waiver savings and conditions. The current waivers are

4 considered a precondition and can be subsumed as part

5 of the Wisconsin Works demonstration.

6 SEC. 3. AUTHORITY TO PARTICIPATE UNDER SUBSEQUENT

7 LEGISLATION.

8 If, after the date of the enactment of this Act, any

9 Federal law is enacted which modifies the terms of, or the

10 amounts of expenditures permitted under, any program to

11 which section 1 applies, the State of Wisconsin may elect

12 to participate in such program as so modified.

Passed the House of Representatives June 6, 1996.

Attest:

Clerk.