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104TH CONGRESS

2D SESSION S. 2183

To make technical corrections to the Personal Responsibility and Work

Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

OCTOBER 1, 1996

Mr. DOMENICI (for himself and Mr. BINGAMAN) introduced the following bill;

which was read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed

A BILL

To make technical corrections to the Personal Responsibility

and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO THE PERSONAL

4 RESPONSIBILITY AND WORK OPPORTUNITY

5 RECONCILIATION ACT OF 1996.

6 (a) CLARIFICATION OF LIMITATION ON CERTAIN

7 FEDERAL OBLIGATIONS FOR 1997.—Section

8 116(b)(1)(B)(ii)(II) of the Personal Responsibility and

9 Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 is amend10 ed—
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1 (1) in item (aa), by striking ‘‘the State family

2 assistance grant’’ and inserting ‘‘the sum of the

3 State family assistance grant and the amount, if

4 any, that the State would have been eligible to be

5 paid under the Contingency Fund for State Welfare

6 Programs established under section 403(b) of the

7 Social Security Act (as amended by section

8 103(a)(1) of this Act), during the period beginning

9 on October 1, 1996, and ending on the date the Sec10 retary of Health and Human Services first receives

11 from the State a plan described in section 402(a) of

12 the Social Security Act (as so amended) if, with re13 spect to such State, the effective date of this Act

14 under subsection (a)(1) were August 22, 1996,’’;

15 and

16 (2) in item (bb)—

17 (A) by inserting ‘‘sum of the’’ before

18 ‘‘State family assistance grant’’; and

19 (B) by striking the period and inserting ‘‘,

20 and the amount, if any, that the State would

21 have been eligible to be paid under the Contin22 gency Fund for State Welfare Programs estab23 lished under section 403(b) of the Social Secu24 rity Act (as amended by section 103(a)(1) of

25 this Act), during the period beginning on Octo-
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1 ber 1, 1996, and ending on the date the Sec2 retary of Health and Human Services first re3 ceives from the State a plan described in sec4 tion 402(a) of the Social Security Act (as so

5 amended) if, with respect to such State, the ef6 fective date of this Act under subsection (a)(1)

7 were August 22, 1996.’’.

8 (b) CORRECTIONS RELATED TO THE CONTINGENCY

9 FUND FOR STATE WELFARE PROGRAMS.—

10 (1) ANNUAL RECONCILIATION.—Section

11 403(b)(4)(A) of the Social Security Act, as amended

12 by section 103(a)(1) of the Personal Responsibility

13 and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996,

14 is amended—

15 (A) in clause (i)(II), by striking ‘‘minus

16 any Federal payment with respect to such child

17 care expenditures’’; and

18 (B) in clause (ii)(I)—

19 (i) by inserting ‘‘the sum of’’ before

20 ‘‘the expenditures’’; and

21 (ii) by inserting ‘‘, and any additional

22 qualified State expenditures, as defined in

23 section 409(a)(7)(B)(i), for child care as24 sistance made under the Child Care and
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1 Development Block Grant Act of 1990’’

2 before the semicolon.

3 (c) CLARIFICATION OF HEADING.—The heading of

4 section 116(b)(1) of the Personal Responsibility and Work

5 Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 is amended by in6 serting ‘‘; LIMITATION ON FISCAL YEARS 1996 AND 1997

7 PAYMENTS’’ after ‘‘DATE’’.

8 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by

9 this section shall take effect as if included in the provisions

10 of and the amendments made by the Personal Responsibil11 ity and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.

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