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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 4623 

To extend for 2 years the Emergency Contingency Fund for State Temporary 

Assistance for Needy Families Programs, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 9, 2010 

Mr. SESTAK introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Ways and Means 

A BILL 

To extend for 2 years 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 ‘‘Support for Working 

5 Families Extension Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. 2-YEAR EXTENSION OF THE EMERGENCY CONTIN7 GENCY FUND FOR STATE TEMPORARY AS8 SISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES PROGRAMS. 

9 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 403(c) of the Social Secu10 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 603(c)) is amended— 


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1 (1) in paragraph (2)(B)— 

2 (A) by striking ‘‘2010’’ the 1st place it ap3 pears and inserting ‘‘2012’’; and 

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

5 ‘‘through 2012’’; 

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

7 and inserting ‘‘2012’’; 

8 (3) in clause (i) of each of subparagraphs (A), 

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

10 2009 or 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘years 2009 through 

11 2012’’; 

12 (4) in paragraph (3)(C)(iii), by striking ‘‘80’’ 

13 and inserting ‘‘90’’; 

14 (5) by adding at the end of paragraph (3) the 

15 following: 

16 ‘‘(D) GRANT RELATED TO INCREASED EX17 PENDITURES FOR WORK SUPPORT SERVICES.— 

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

19 quarter in fiscal years 2010 through 2012, 

20 the Secretary shall make a grant from the 

21 Emergency Fund to each State that— 

22 ‘‘(I) requests a grant under this 

23 subparagraph for the quarter; and 

24 ‘‘(II) meets the requirement of 

25 clause (ii) for the quarter. 


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1 ‘‘(ii) WORK SUPPORT SERVICES EX2 PENDITURE REQUIREMENT.—A State 

3 meets the requirement of this clause for a 

4 quarter if the total expenditures of the 

5 State for work support services in the 

6 quarter, whether under the State program 

7 funded under this part or as qualified 

8 State expenditures, exceeds the total such 

9 expenditures of the State in the cor10 responding quarter in the emergency fund 

11 base year of the State. 

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

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

14 be made to a State under this subpara15 graph for a quarter shall be an amount 

16 equal to 80 percent of the excess described 

17 in clause (ii).’’; 

18 (6) by adding at the end of paragraph (5) the 

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

20 State under subsection (b) and this subsection for 

21 fiscal years 2011 and 2012 shall not exceed 75 per22 cent of the annual State family assistance grant.’’; 

23 and 

24 (7) in paragraph (9)— 


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1 (A) by adding at the end of subparagraph 

2 (B)(ii) the following: 

3 ‘‘(IV) The total expenditures of 

4 the State for work support services, 

5 whether under the State program 

6 funded under this part or as qualified 

7 State expenditures.’’; and 

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

9 ‘‘(D) WORK SUPPORT SERVICES.—The 

10 term ‘work support services’ means services de11 signed to help an individual begin, remain, or 

12 advance in employment, as indicated by any 

13 guidance that the Secretary may provide.’’. 

14 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 2101 of 

15 division B of the American Recovery and Reinvestment 

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

17 (1) in subsection (a)(2)— 

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

19 ‘‘2012’’; and 

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

21 and inserting a period; and 

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

23 and inserting ‘‘2012’’. 

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