exceeds the amount of the grant so payable 
to the State for fiscal year 2010.’’. 
(f) CENSUS
BUREAU
STUDY.—Section 414 (42 
U.S.C. 614) is amended— 
(1) by striking subsection (a) and inserting the 
following: 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—The Director of the Bureau of 
the Census shall conduct a study to assess the effects of 
policies and programs related to low-income families, in-
cluding policies and programs under State programs fund-
ed under this part or funded with qualified State expendi-
tures (as defined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)), including 
changes and policies in such programs made pursuant to 
the Rewriting to Improve and Secure an Exit Out of Pov-
erty Act. The Director shall design the study in consulta-
tion with the Secretary. Every 5 years, the Director shall, 
in consultation with the Secretary, revise the content and 
nature of the study to reflect emerging policy issues re-
lated to low-income families.’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘of fiscal 
years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 
and 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘fiscal year’’. 
(g) FUNDING OF STUDIES AND EVALUATIONS.—Sec-
tion 413(h)(1) (42 U.S.C. 613(h)(1)) is amended by strik-
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ing ‘‘of fiscal years 1997 through 2002’’ and inserting 
‘‘fiscal year’’. 
(h) MATCHING
GRANTS
TO
CERTAIN
TERRI-
TORIES.—Section 1108 (42 U.S.C. 1308) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(2), by inserting ‘‘section 
403(a)(1) (to the extent exceeding the amount re-
quired to be so paid to the territory for fiscal year 
2011),’’ before ‘‘403(a)(2)’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b)(2), by striking ‘‘fiscal 
years 1997 through 2003’’ and inserting ‘‘each fiscal 
year’’. 
SEC. 6. WORK REQUIREMENTS. 
(a) PARTICIPATION RATE REQUIREMENT.—Section 
407 (42 U.S.C. 607) is amended by striking subsections 
(a) and (b) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(a) PARTICIPATION RATE REQUIREMENT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State to which a grant 
is made under section 403 for a fiscal year shall 
achieve a minimum participation rate of 50 percent 
with respect to all families residing in the State that 
include a work-eligible individual. 
‘‘(2) WORK-ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL DEFINED.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—In subsection (a), the 
term ‘work-eligible individual’, subject to sub-
paragraphs (B) and (C), means— 
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‘‘(i) an adult recipient of assistance 
under the State program funded under this 
part or under any other State program 
funded by qualified State expenditures (as 
defined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)); 
‘‘(ii) a former recipient of such assist-
ance who is— 
‘‘(I) a parent of a dependent 
child who is such a recipient; and 
‘‘(II) no longer eligible for assist-
ance under the State program funded 
under this part by reason of section 
408(a)(7); and 
‘‘(iii) a participant in a subsidized em-
ployment program funded under this part 
or under any other State program funded 
by qualified State expenditures (as defined 
in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)). 
‘‘(B) EXCLUSION OF INDIVIDUALS SANC-
TIONED
OR
UNDERGOING
PRE-SANCTION
RE-
VIEW.—The term ‘work-eligible individual’ does 
not include any individual with respect to 
whom— 
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‘‘(i) there is in effect a penalty im-
posed by the State under subsection (e) of 
this section; or 
‘‘(ii) the State has initiated (but not 
completed) the pre-sanction review process 
pursuant to section 408(a)(14)(A). 
‘‘(C) STATE OPTION TO EXCLUDE CERTAIN 
INDIVIDUALS.—A State may exclude from the 
term ‘work-eligible individual’ any resident of 
the State who is— 
‘‘(i) a single parent caring for a child 
who has not attained 1 year of age; 
‘‘(ii) a recipient of supplemental secu-
rity income benefits under title XVI, dis-
ability insurance benefits under title II, or 
other Federal or State benefits based on 
disability; 
‘‘(iii) an applicant for supplemental 
security income benefits under title XVI; 
‘‘(iv) an individual who is needed in 
the home of the individual to care for a 
disabled member of the family of the indi-
vidual; or 
‘‘(v) an individual who (but for the ex-
ercise of the State option under this 
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clause) would be a work-eligible individual 
under a tribal family assistance plan ap-
proved under section 412 or under a tribal 
work program to which funds are provided 
under this part. 
‘‘(b) CALCULATION OF PARTICIPATION RATES.— 
‘‘(1) AVERAGE MONTHLY RATE.—For purposes 
of subsection (a), the participation rate of a State 
for a fiscal year is the average of the participation 
rates of the State for each month in the fiscal year. 
‘‘(2) MONTHLY
PARTICIPATION
RATE.—For 
purposes of paragraph (1), the participation rate of 
a State for a month, expressed as a percentage, is— 
‘‘(A) the number of families residing in the 
State that include a work-eligible individual who 
is engaged in work for the month; divided by 
‘‘(B) the number of families residing in the 
State that include a work-eligible individual.’’. 
(b) 
PARTICIPATION
REQUIREMENTS.—Section 
407(c) (42 U.S.C. 607(c)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(c) ENGAGED
IN WORK.—For purposes of sub-
section (b): 
‘‘(1) GENERAL
RULE.—An individual is en-
gaged in work for a month in a fiscal year if the re-
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