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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5854 

To amend title IV–A of the Social Security Act, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

MAY 16, 2018 

Mr. SCHWEIKERT (for himself, Mr. WEBER of Texas, Mr. NORMAN, Mr. 

SMITH of Nebraska, and Mr. BIGGS) introduced the following bill; which 

was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 

A BILL 

To amend title IV–A of the Social Security Act, 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 ‘‘Improving Trans5 parency in TANF through Data Act’’. 

6 SEC. 2. ALIGNING AND IMPROVING DATA REPORTING. 

7 (a) REQUIRE STATES TO REPORT FULL-POPU8 LATION DATA.—Section 411(a)(1) of the Social Security 

9 Act (42 U.S.C. 611(a)(1)) is amended— 

10 (1) by striking subparagraph (B); 


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1 (2) by striking ‘‘(1) GENERAL REPORTING RE2 QUIREMENT.—’’; and 

3 (3) by— 

4 (A) redesignating— 

5 (i) subparagraph (A) as paragraph 

6 (1); 

7 (ii) clauses (i) through (xvii) of sub8 paragraph (A) as subparagraphs (A) 

9 through (Q), respectively; 

10 (iii) subclauses (I) through (V) of 

11 clause (ii) as clauses (i) through (v), re12 spectively; 

13 (iv) subclauses (I) through (VII) of 

14 clause (xi) as clauses (i) through (vii), re15 spectively; and 

16 (v) subclauses (I) through (V) of 

17 clause (xvi) as clauses (i) through (v), re18 spectively; and 

19 (B) moving each such redesignated provi20 sion 2 ems to the left. 

21 (b) REPORTING OF PARTICIPATION IN WORK OR

22 WORK PREPARATION ACTIVITIES.—Section 411(a)(1) of 

23 such Act (42 U.S.C. 611(a)(1)), as amended by subsection 

24 (a) of this section, is amended by striking subparagraphs 

25 (K) and (L) and inserting the following: 


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1 ‘‘(K) The work eligibility status of each in2 dividual in the family, and— 

3 ‘‘(i) in the case of each work-eligible 

4 individual in the family— 

5 ‘‘(I) the number of hours (includ6 ing zero hours) per month of partici7 pation in— 

8 ‘‘(aa) work activities (as de9 fined in section 407(d)); and 

10 ‘‘(bb) any other activity re11 quired by the State to remove a 

12 barrier to employment.; and 

13 ‘‘(ii) in the case of each individual in 

14 the family who is not a work-eligible indi15 vidual, the reason for that status. 

16 ‘‘(L) For each work-eligible individual and 

17 each adult in the family who did not participate 

18 in work activities (as so defined) during a 

19 month, the reason for the lack of participa20 tion.’’. 

21 (c) REPORTING TO DETERMINE INFORMATION ON

22 EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS OUTCOMES.—Section 

23 411(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 611(c)) is amended to read 

24 as follows: 


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1 ‘‘(c) REPORTING TO DETERMINE INFORMATION ON

2 EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS OUTCOMES.—The Sec3 retary, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, shall 

4 determine the information that is necessary to compute 

5 the employment and earnings outcomes and the statistical 

6 adjustment model for the employment and earnings out7 comes required under section 407, and each eligible State 

8 shall collect and report that information to the Sec9 retary.’’. 

10 SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 

11 The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 

12 on October 1, 2018. 

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