I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3226 
To restore the TANF Emergency Contingency Fund to further support our 
Nation’s jobless workers. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
OCTOBER 14, 2011 
Ms. LEE of California introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To restore the TANF Emergency Contingency Fund to 
further support our Nation’s jobless workers. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. RESTORATION OF TANF EMERGENCY CONTIN-
GENCY FUND. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 403 of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 603) is amended by adding at the end the 
following: 
‘‘(c) EMERGENCY FUND.— 
‘‘(1) ESTABLISHMENT.—There is established in 
the Treasury of the United States a fund which 
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shall be known as the ‘Emergency Contingency 
Fund for State Temporary Assistance for Needy 
Families Programs’ (in this subsection referred to as 
the ‘Emergency Fund’). 
‘‘(2) DEPOSITS INTO FUND.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Out of any money in 
the Treasury of the United States not otherwise 
appropriated, there are appropriated for fiscal 
year 2012, $10,000,000,000 for payment to the 
Emergency Fund. 
‘‘(B) AVAILABILITY AND USE OF FUNDS.— 
The amounts appropriated to the Emergency 
Fund under subparagraph (A) shall remain 
available through fiscal year 2013 and shall be 
used to make grants to States in each of fiscal 
years 2012 and 2013 in accordance with the re-
quirements of paragraph (3). 
‘‘(C) LIMITATION.—In no case may the 
Secretary make a grant from the Emergency 
Fund for a fiscal year after fiscal year 2013. 
‘‘(3) GRANTS.— 
‘‘(A) GRANT RELATED TO CASELOAD IN-
CREASES.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—For each calendar 
quarter in fiscal year 2012 or 2013, the 
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Secretary shall make a grant from the 
Emergency Fund to each State that— 
‘‘(I) requests a grant under this 
subparagraph for the quarter; and 
‘‘(II) meets the requirement of 
clause (ii) for the quarter. 
‘‘(ii) CASELOAD INCREASE REQUIRE-
MENT.—A State meets the requirement of 
this clause for a quarter if the average 
monthly assistance caseload of the State 
for the quarter exceeds the average month-
ly assistance caseload of the State for the 
corresponding quarter in the emergency 
fund base year of the State. 
‘‘(iii) AMOUNT OF GRANT.—Subject to 
paragraph (5), the amount of the grant to 
be made to a State under this subpara-
graph for a quarter shall be an amount 
equal to 80 percent of the amount (if any) 
by which the total expenditures of the 
State for basic assistance (as defined by 
the Secretary) in the quarter, whether 
under the State program funded under this 
part or as qualified State expenditures, ex-
ceeds the total expenditures of the State 
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for such assistance for the corresponding 
quarter in the emergency fund base year of 
the State. 
‘‘(B) GRANT RELATED TO INCREASED EX-
PENDITURES
FOR
NON-RECURRENT
SHORT 
TERM BENEFITS.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—For each calendar 
quarter in fiscal year 2012 or 2013, the 
Secretary shall make a grant from the 
Emergency Fund to each State that— 
‘‘(I) requests a grant under this 
subparagraph for the quarter; and 
‘‘(II) meets the requirement of 
clause (ii) for the quarter. 
‘‘(ii) NON-RECURRENT
SHORT
TERM 
EXPENDITURE
REQUIREMENT.—A State 
meets the requirement of this clause for a 
quarter if the total expenditures of the 
State for non-recurrent short term benefits 
in the quarter, whether under the State 
program funded under this part or as 
qualified State expenditures, exceeds the 
total expenditures of the State for non-re-
current short term benefits in the cor-
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