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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4564 

To extend for 1 year the Emergency Contingency Fund for State Temporary 

Assistance for Needy Families Programs, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 2, 2010 

Mr. MCDERMOTT (for himself, Mr. STARK, Ms. MOORE of Wisconsin, Ms. 

CHU, Mr. LEWIS of Georgia, Mr. DAVIS of Illinois, Mr. MEEK of Florida, 

Mr. PASCRELL, and Ms. EDWARDS of Maryland) introduced the following 

bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 

A BILL 

To extend for 1 year the Emergency Contingency Fund 

for State Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Programs, and for other purposes. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Emergency Jobs Pro5 gram and Assistance for Families Extension Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. 1-YEAR EXTENSION OF THE EMERGENCY CONTIN2 GENCY FUND FOR STATE TEMPORARY AS3 SISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES PROGRAMS. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 403(c) of the Social Secu5 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 603(c)) is amended— 

6 (1) in paragraph (2)(A), by inserting ‘‘, and for 

7 fiscal year 2011, such sums as are necessary’’ before 

8 ‘‘for payment’’; 

9 (2) in paragraph (2)(B)— 

10 (A) by striking ‘‘2010’’ the 1st place it ap11 pears and inserting ‘‘2011’’; and 

12 (B) by striking ‘‘and 2010’’ and inserting 

13 ‘‘through 2011’’; 

14 (3) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking ‘‘2010’’ 

15 and inserting ‘‘2011’’; 

16 (4) in clause (i) of each of subparagraphs (A), 

17 (B), and (C) of paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘year 

18 2009 or 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘years 2009 through 

19 2011’’; 

20 (5) in paragraph (3)(C)(iii), by striking ‘‘80’’ 

21 and inserting ‘‘100’’; 

22 (6) by adding at the end of paragraph (3) the 

23 following: 

24 ‘‘(D) GRANT RELATED TO INCREASED EX25 PENDITURES FOR WORK SUPPORT SERVICES.— 


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1 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—For each calendar 

2 quarter in fiscal year 2010 or 2011, the 

3 Secretary shall make a grant from the 

4 Emergency Fund to each State that— 

5 ‘‘(I) requests a grant under this 

6 subparagraph for the quarter; and 

7 ‘‘(II) meets the requirement of 

8 clause (ii) for the quarter. 

9 ‘‘(ii) WORK SUPPORT SERVICES EX10 PENDITURE REQUIREMENT.—A State 

11 meets the requirement of this clause for a 

12 quarter if the total expenditures of the 

13 State for work support services in the 

14 quarter, whether under the State program 

15 funded under this part or as qualified 

16 State expenditures, exceeds the total such 

17 expenditures of the State in the cor18 responding quarter in the emergency fund 

19 base year of the State. 

20 ‘‘(iii) AMOUNT OF GRANT.—Subject to 

21 paragraph (5), the amount of the grant to 

22 be made to a State under this subpara23 graph for a quarter shall be an amount 

24 equal to 80 percent of the excess described 

25 in clause (ii).’’; 


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1 (7) by adding at the end of paragraph (5) the 

2 following: ‘‘The total amount payable to a single 

3 State under subsection (b) and this subsection for 

4 fiscal year 2011 shall not exceed 50 percent of the 

5 annual State family assistance grant.’’; and 

6 (8) in paragraph (9)— 

7 (A) by adding at the end of subparagraph 

8 (B)(ii) the following: 

9 ‘‘(IV) The total expenditures of 

10 the State for work support services, 

11 whether under the State program 

12 funded under this part or as qualified 

13 State expenditures.’’; and 

14 (B) by adding at the end the following: 

15 ‘‘(D) WORK SUPPORT SERVICES.—The 

16 term ‘work support services’ means services de17 signed to help an individual begin, remain, or 

18 advance in employment, as indicated by any 

19 guidance that the Secretary may provide.’’. 

20 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 2101 of 

21 division B of the American Recovery and Reinvestment 

22 Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5) is amended— 

23 (1) in subsection (a)(2)— 

24 (A) by striking ‘‘2010’’ and inserting 

25 ‘‘2011’’; and 


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1 (B) by striking all that follows ‘‘repealed’’ 

2 and inserting a period; and 

3 (2) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘2010’’ 

4 and inserting ‘‘2011’’. 

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