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115TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 7264 

Making further additional continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2019, 

and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

DECEMBER 12, 2018 

Mrs. LOWEY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 

Committee on Appropriations 

A BILL 

Making further additional continuing appropriations for fiscal 

year 2019, 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 TITLE I—CONTINUING 

4 APPROPRIATIONS 

5 SECTION 101. FULL-YEAR EXTENSION. 

6 Division C of Public Law 115–245 is amended by 

7 striking the date specified in section 105(3) and inserting 

8 ‘‘September 30, 2019’’. 


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1 TITLE II—TEMPORARY ASSIST2 ANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES 

3 SEC. 201. TANF PROGRAM EXTENSIONS. 

4 (a) FAMILY ASSISTANCE GRANTS.—Section 

5 403(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(1)) 

6 is amended in each of subparagraphs (A) and (C) by strik7 ing ‘‘2017 and 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2019 and 2020’’. 

8 (b) HEALTHY MARRIAGE PROMOTION AND RESPON9 SIBLE FATHERHOOD GRANTS.—Section 403(a)(2)(D) of 

10 such Act (42 U.S.C. 603(a)(2)(D)) is amended— 

11 (1) by striking ‘‘2017 and 2018’’ and inserting 

12 ‘‘2019 and 2020’’; and 

13 (2) by striking ‘‘for fiscal year 2017 or 2018’’. 

14 (c) CONTINGENCY FUND.—Section 403(b)(2) of such 

15 Act (42 U.S.C. 603(b)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘fiscal 

16 year 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘each of fiscal years 2019 and 

17 2020’’. 

18 (d) TRIBAL FAMILY ASSISTANCE GRANTS.—Para19 graphs (1)(A) and (2)(A) of section 412(a) of such Act 

20 (42 U.S.C. 612(a)) are each amended by striking ‘‘2017 

21 and 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2019 and 2020’’. 

22 (e) CHILD CARE.—Section 418(a)(3) of such Act (42 

23 U.S.C. 618(a)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘2017 and 

24 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2019 and 2020’’. 


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1 (f) GRANTS TO THE TERRITORIES.—Section 

2 1108(b)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1308(b)(2)) is amend3 ed by striking ‘‘2017 and 2018’’ and inserting ‘‘2019 and 

4 2020’’. 

5 SEC. 202. MEASURING AND UNDERSTANDING OUTCOMES. 

6 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 411(a) of the Social Secu7 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 611(a)) is amended by redesignating 

8 paragraph (7) as paragraph (8) and inserting after para9 graph (6) the following: 

10 ‘‘(7) REPORT ON ENGAGEMENT, EMPLOYMENT

11 AND OUTCOMES.— 

12 ‘‘(A) REPORTING AGREEMENT.—Each 

13 State and the Secretary shall enter into an 

14 agreement specifying the manner by which the 

15 information and data described in this para16 graph shall be collected and reported to the 

17 Secretary beginning in fiscal year 2020. 

18 ‘‘(i) OUTCOMES FOR EXITING RECIPI19 ENTS.—Information and data regarding 

20 families who formerly received assistance 

21 and included a work-eligible individual 

22 (disaggregated by type of family, reason 

23 for exit, and participation in work activi24 ties during the preceding fiscal year) under 

25 the State program funded under this part 


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1 or under any State program funded with 

2 qualified State expenditures (as defined in 

3 section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)), with respect to 

4 the following: 

5 ‘‘(I) The percentage with at least 

6 1 formerly work-eligible individual em7 ployed during the 2nd quarter after 

8 exiting from the program. 

9 ‘‘(II) The percentage with at 

10 least 1 formerly work-eligible indi11 vidual employed during the 4th quar12 ter after exiting from the program. 

13 ‘‘(III) The median earnings when 

14 at least 1 formerly work-eligible indi15 vidual is employed during the 2nd 

16 quarter after exiting from the pro17 gram. 

18 ‘‘(IV) The percentage with at 

19 least 1 formerly work-eligible indi20 vidual employed during any of the 

21 first 4 quarters after exiting from the 

22 program. 

23 ‘‘(V) The distribution of income 

24 and earnings, including relative to 

25 poverty and deep poverty, for each of 


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1 the first 4 quarters ending after the 

2 quarter of exit from assistance. 

3 ‘‘(VI) The percentage who, at the 

4 time of exit from the program, were 

5 subject to the following: 

6 ‘‘(aa) A penalty under sec7 tion 407(e). 

8 ‘‘(bb) A sanction or penalty 

9 described in section 404 or 408. 

10 ‘‘(cc) A penalty or sanction 

11 not described in item (aa) or 

12 (bb). 

13 ‘‘(ii) ENGAGEMENT AND EMPLOY14 MENT OF CURRENT RECIPIENTS.— 

15 ‘‘(I) WORK-ELIGIBLE INDIVID16 UALS.—In the case of current work-el17 igible individuals under the State pro18 gram funded under this part or under 

19 any State program funded with quali20 fied State expenditures (as defined in 

21 section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)), the following 

22 information relative to current quarter 

23 being reported: 


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1 ‘‘(aa) Earnings in each of 

2 the 4 quarters immediately pre3 ceding the quarter. 

4 ‘‘(bb) Standard measures of 

5 employment, earnings, receipt of 

6 assistance, and participation in 

7 work activities (as defined in sec8 tion 407(d)) in each of the first 

9 4 quarters following the quarter. 

10 ‘‘(II) ALL RECIPIENTS.—The 

11 percentage of recipients of assistance 

12 under the State program funded 

13 under this part who have not attained 

14 24 years of age and who obtain a high 

15 school degree or its recognized equiva16 lent while receiving the assistance. 

17 ‘‘(B) STATISTICAL ADJUSTMENT MODEL

18 FOR EMPLOYMENT OUTCOMES.—The Secretary, 

19 in consultation with the Secretary of Labor and 

20 relevant experts, shall develop recommendations 

21 by March 1, 2020, on how to establish and dis22 seminate an objective statistical model that will 

23 allow the Secretary to make adjustments to the 

24 data reported pursuant to subclauses (I) 

25 through (IV) of subparagraph (A)(i) of this 


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1 paragraph, based on economic conditions and 

2 the characteristics of participants. To the ex3 tent practicable, the recommendations shall be 

4 compatible with the statistical adjustment 

5 model developed under section 

6 116(b)(3)(A)(viii) of the Workforce Innovation 

7 and Opportunity Act (29 U.S.C. 

8 3141(b)(3)(A)(viii)) and, with respect to a 

9 State, the State adjusted levels of performance 

10 established for the State under that section.’’. 

11 SEC. 203. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO DATA EXCHANGE 

12 STANDARDS TO IMPROVE PROGRAM COORDI13 NATION. 

14 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 411(d) of the Social Secu15 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 611(d)) is amended to read as follows: 

16 ‘‘(d) DATA EXCHANGE STANDARDS FOR IMPROVED

17 INTEROPERABILITY.— 

18 ‘‘(1) DESIGNATION.—The Secretary shall, in 

19 consultation with an interagency work group estab20 lished by the Office of Management and Budget and 

21 considering State government perspectives, by rule, 

22 designate data exchange standards to govern, under 

23 this part— 

24 ‘‘(A) necessary categories of information 

25 that State agencies operating programs under 


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1 State plans approved under this part are re2 quired under applicable Federal law to elec3 tronically exchange with another State agency; 

4 and 

5 ‘‘(B) Federal reporting and data exchange 

6 required under applicable Federal law. 

7 ‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—The data exchange 

8 standards required by paragraph (1) shall, to the ex9 tent practicable— 

10 ‘‘(A) incorporate a widely accepted, non11 proprietary, searchable, computer-readable for12 mat, such as the eXtensible Markup Language; 

13 ‘‘(B) contain interoperable standards devel14 oped and maintained by intergovernmental 

15 partnerships, such as the National Information 

16 Exchange Model; 

17 ‘‘(C) incorporate interoperable standards 

18 developed and maintained by Federal entities 

19 with authority over contracting and financial 

20 assistance; 

21 ‘‘(D) be consistent with and implement ap22 plicable accounting principles; 

23 ‘‘(E) be implemented in a manner that is 

24 cost-effective and improves program efficiency 

25 and effectiveness; and 


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1 ‘‘(F) be capable of being continually up2 graded as necessary. 

3 ‘‘(3) RULE OF CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in 

4 this subsection shall be construed to require a 

5 change to existing data exchange standards found to 

6 be effective and efficient.’’. 

7 (b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Not later than the date that 

8 is 24 months after the date of the enactment of this sec9 tion, the Secretary of Health and Human Services shall 

10 issue a proposed rule that— 

11 (1) identifies federally required data exchanges, 

12 include specification and timing of exchanges to be 

13 standardized, and address the factors used in deter14 mining whether and when to standardize data ex15 changes; and 

16 (2) specifies State implementation options and 

17 describes future milestones. 

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