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113TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 365 

To amend the Social Security Act to eliminate the cap on certain payments 

under the TANF program to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, 

and American Samoa, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

JANUARY 23, 2013 

Mr. PIERLUISI (for himself, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Ms. 

BORDALLO, and Mr. SERRANO) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 

A BILL 

To amend the Social Security Act to eliminate the cap on 

certain payments under the TANF program to Puerto 

Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa, 

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 ‘‘Territorial TANF Eq5 uity Act of 2013’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF CAP ON CERTAIN PAYMENTS TO 

2 PUERTO RICO, THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, GUAM, 

3 AND AMERICAN SAMOA. 

4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1108 of the Social Secu5 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 1308) is amended by striking sub6 section (a). 

7 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

8 (1) REDESIGNATIONS.—Section 1108 of such 

9 Act (42 U.S.C. 1308) is amended by redesignating 

10 subsections (b), (c), (d), (f), and (g) as subsections 

11 (a), (b), (c), (d), and (e), respectively. 

12 (2) ADDITIONAL CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 

13 Section 1108 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1308) is 

14 amended— 

15 (A) in subsection (b), as redesignated by 

16 paragraph (1)— 

17 (i) by striking paragraphs (2), (4), 

18 and (5); and 

19 (ii) redesignating paragraph (3) as 

20 paragraph (2); 

21 (B) in subsection (c), as redesignated by 

22 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘subsection (b)’’ and 

23 inserting ‘‘subsection (a)’’; 

24 (C) in subsection (d), as redesignated by 

25 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘subsection (g)’’ and 

26 inserting ‘‘subsection (e)’’; and 


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1 (D) in subsection (e), as redesignated by 

2 paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘subsection (f)’’ each 

3 place it appears and inserting ‘‘subsection (d)’’. 

4 SEC. 3. SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS TO PUERTO RICO, THE 

5 VIRGIN ISLANDS, GUAM, AND AMERICAN 

6 SAMOA. 

7 Section 1108(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

8 1308(a)), as redesignated by section 2(b)(1) of this Act, 

9 is amended to read as follows: 

10 ‘‘(a) ENTITLEMENT TO SUPPLEMENTAL GRANTS.— 

11 ‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Each territory shall be en12 titled to receive from the Secretary for each fiscal 

13 year a supplemental grant in an amount equal to— 

14 ‘‘(A) in the case of Puerto Rico, the Virgin 

15 Islands, and Guam, 10 percent of the family as16 sistance grant payable to the territory for the 

17 fiscal year; and 

18 ‘‘(B) in the case of American Samoa, 

19 $100,000. 

20 ‘‘(2) APPROPRIATION.—Out of any money in 

21 the Treasury of the United States not otherwise ap22 propriated, there are appropriated for fiscal year 

23 2013 such sums as are necessary for grants under 

24 this subsection.’’. 


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1 SEC. 4. ELIGIBILITY OF PUERTO RICO, THE VIRGIN IS2 LANDS, GUAM, AND AMERICAN SAMOA FOR 

3 THE TANF CONTINGENCY FUND. 

4 (a) DEFINITION OF STATE.—Section 403(b)(7) of 

5 the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603(b)(7)) is amended 

6 by striking ‘‘and the District of Columbia’’ and inserting 

7 ‘‘, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Is8 lands, Guam, and American Samoa.’’. 

9 (b) ALTERNATIVE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA FOR TER10 RITORIES.—Section 403(b)(5) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 

11 603(b)(5)) is amended— 

12 (1) in subparagraph (A)(ii), by striking ‘‘or’’ at 

13 the end; 

14 (2) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by striking the pe15 riod at the end and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 

16 (3) by adding at the end the following: 

17 ‘‘(C) in the case of Puerto Rico, the Virgin 

18 Islands, Guam, and American Samoa, the State 

19 satisfies alternative eligibility criteria estab20 lished by the Secretary in consultation with the 

21 Governor of the State, to be submitted to the 

22 Congress not later than 1 year after the date 

23 of the enactment of this subparagraph.’’. 


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1 SEC. 5. ELIGIBILITY OF PUERTO RICO, THE VIRGIN IS2 LANDS, GUAM, AND AMERICAN SAMOA FOR 

3 CHILD CARE ENTITLEMENT FUNDS. 

4 (a) DEFINITION OF STATE.—Section 418(d) of the 

5 Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 618(d)) is amended by 

6 striking ‘‘and the District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘, 

7 the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, 

8 Guam, and American Samoa.’’. 

9 (b) AMOUNT OF PAYMENT.— 

10 (1) GENERAL ENTITLEMENT.—Section 

11 418(a)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 618(a)(1)) is 

12 amended by striking ‘‘equal to the greater of—’’ and 

13 all that follows and inserting the following: ‘‘equal 

14 to— 

15 ‘‘(A) in the case of Puerto Rico, the Virgin 

16 Islands, Guam, and American Samoa, 60 per17 cent of the amount required to be paid to the 

18 State for fiscal year 2010 under the Child Care 

19 and Development Block Grant Act of 1990; or 

20 ‘‘(B) in the case of any other State, the 

21 greater of— 

22 ‘‘(i) the total amount required to be 

23 paid to the State under section 403 of this 

24 Act for fiscal year 1994 or 1995 (which25 ever is greater) with respect to expendi26 tures for child care under subsections (g) 


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1 and (i) of section 402 of this Act (as in ef2 fect before October 1, 1995); or 

3 ‘‘(ii) the average of the total amounts 

4 required to be paid to the State for fiscal 

5 years 1992 through 1994 under the sub6 sections referred to in clause (i).’’. 

7 (2) ALLOTMENT OF REMAINDER.—Section 

8 418(a)(2)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 618(a)(2)(B)) 

9 is amended to read as follows: 

10 ‘‘(B) ALLOTMENTS TO STATES.—Of the 

11 total amount available for payments to States 

12 under this paragraph, as determined under sub13 paragraph (A)— 

14 ‘‘(i) an amount equal to 65 percent of 

15 the amount required to be paid to each of 

16 Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, 

17 and American Samoa for fiscal year 2010 

18 under the Child Care and Development 

19 Block Grant Act of 1990, shall be allotted 

20 to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, 

21 and American Samoa, respectively; and 

22 ‘‘(ii) the remainder shall be allotted 

23 among the other States based on the for24 mula used for determining the amount of 

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1 tion 403(n) of this Act (as in effect before 

2 October 1, 1995).’’. 

3 SEC. 6. INCREASE IN FEDERAL MATCHING RATE FOR FOS4 TER CARE AND ADOPTION ASSISTANCE IN 

5 PUERTO RICO, THE VIRGIN ISLANDS, GUAM, 

6 AND AMERICAN SAMOA. 

7 Section 474(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 

8 674(a)) is amended in each of paragraphs (1) and (2)— 

9 (1) by striking ‘‘in the case of a State other 

10 than the District of Columbia, or’’ and inserting ‘‘in 

11 the case of each of the 50 States,’’; and 

12 (2) by inserting ‘‘, or 75 percent, in the case of 

13 Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, and Amer14 ican Samoa’’ after ‘‘in the case of the District of Co15 lumbia’’. 

16 SEC. 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

17 The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 

18 on the 1st day of the 1st Federal fiscal year that begins 

19 1 year or more after the date of enactment of this Act. 

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