I 
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 Pro-
grams, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Support for Working 
Families Extension Act’’. 
SEC. 2. 2-YEAR EXTENSION OF THE EMERGENCY CONTIN-
GENCY FUND FOR STATE TEMPORARY AS-
SISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES PROGRAMS. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 403(c) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 603(c)) is amended— 
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(1) in paragraph (2)(B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘2010’’ the 1st place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘2012’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘and 2010’’ and inserting 
‘‘through 2012’’; 
(2) in paragraph (2)(C), by striking ‘‘2010’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2012’’; 
(3) in clause (i) of each of subparagraphs (A), 
(B), and (C) of paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘year 
2009 or 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘years 2009 through 
2012’’; 
(4) in paragraph (3)(C)(iii), by striking ‘‘80’’ 
and inserting ‘‘90’’; 
(5) by adding at the end of paragraph (3) the 
following: 
‘‘(D) GRANT RELATED TO INCREASED EX-
PENDITURES FOR WORK SUPPORT SERVICES.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—For each calendar 
quarter in fiscal years 2010 through 2012, 
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. 
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‘‘(ii) WORK
SUPPORT
SERVICES
EX-
PENDITURE
REQUIREMENT.—A 
State 
meets the requirement of this clause for a 
quarter if the total expenditures of the 
State for work support services in the 
quarter, whether under the State program 
funded under this part or as qualified 
State expenditures, exceeds the total such 
expenditures of the State in the cor-
responding 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 excess described 
in clause (ii).’’; 
(6) by adding at the end of paragraph (5) the 
following: ‘‘The total amount payable to a single 
State under subsection (b) and this subsection for 
fiscal years 2011 and 2012 shall not exceed 75 per-
cent of the annual State family assistance grant.’’; 
and 
(7) in paragraph (9)— 
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(A) by adding at the end of subparagraph 
(B)(ii) the following: 
‘‘(IV) The total expenditures of 
the State for work support services, 
whether under the State program 
funded under this part or as qualified 
State expenditures.’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(D) WORK
SUPPORT
SERVICES.—The 
term ‘work support services’ means services de-
signed to help an individual begin, remain, or 
advance in employment, as indicated by any 
guidance that the Secretary may provide.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 2101 of 
division B of the American Recovery and Reinvestment 
Act of 2009 (Public Law 111–5) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘2010’’ and inserting 
‘‘2012’’; and 
(B) by striking all that follows ‘‘repealed’’ 
and inserting a period; and 
(2) in subsection (d)(1), by striking ‘‘2010’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2012’’. 
Æ 
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