stood by the individual or family, of the 
steps the individual or family must take to 
end the sanction, and of the availability of 
assistance to come into compliance or dem-
onstrate good cause for noncompliance. 
‘‘(C) NOTICE TO EVICTED PERSONS.—The 
State shall make a reasonable effort to provide 
to an individual or family that has been evicted 
from a residence for failure to pay rent or as 
a result of another problem related to poverty, 
any notice required by this paragraph to be 
provided to the individual or family.’’. 
(ii) PENALTY.—Section 409(a) (42 
U.S.C. 609(a)), as amended by section 
5(c)(2)(A) of this Act, subsection (b)(3) of 
this section, and subparagraph (A)(ii) of 
this paragraph, is amended by adding at 
the end the following: 
‘‘(17) PENALTY
FOR
FAILURE
TO
FOLLOW 
SANCTION PROCEDURES.— 
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If the Secretary deter-
mines that a State to which a grant is made 
under section 403 in a fiscal year has violated 
section 408(a)(14) during the fiscal year, the 
Secretary shall reduce the grant payable to the 
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State under section 403(a)(1) for the imme-
diately succeeding fiscal year by an amount 
equal to not more than 5 percent of the State 
family assistance grant. 
‘‘(B) PENALTY
BASED
ON
SEVERITY
OF 
FAILURE.—The Secretary shall impose reduc-
tions under subparagraph (A) with respect to a 
fiscal year based on the degree of noncompli-
ance.’’. 
(iii) STATE
PLAN
REQUIREMENT
TO 
DESCRIBE HOW STATES WILL NOTIFY AP-
PLICANTS
AND
RECIPIENTS
OF
THEIR 
RIGHTS UNDER THE PROGRAM AND OF PO-
TENTIAL BENEFITS AND SERVICES AVAIL-
ABLE
UNDER
THE
PROGRAM.—Section 
402(a)(1)(B)(iii) 
(42 
U.S.C. 
602(a)(1)(B)(iii)) is amended by inserting 
‘‘, and will notify applicants and recipients 
of assistance under the program of the 
rights of individuals under all laws applica-
ble to program activities and of all poten-
tial benefits and services available under 
the program’’ before the period. 
(2) MODIFICATIONS TO WORK SANCTION.— 
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(A) ELIMINATION OF FULL FAMILY SANC-
TION; STATE
REQUIRED
TO
ESTABLISH
CER-
TAIN
GOOD
CAUSE
EXCEPTIONS.—Section 
407(e)(1) (42 U.S.C. 607(e)(1)) is amended— 
(i) by striking ‘‘shall—’’ and all that 
follows through subparagraph (B) and in-
serting ‘‘shall reduce the amount of assist-
ance otherwise payable to the family pro 
rata with respect to any period during a 
month in which the individual so refuses,’’; 
and 
(ii) by striking ‘‘may establish’’ and 
inserting the following ‘‘shall establish, 
which shall include the decline of an offer 
of employment at a wage less than the 
greater of the applicable Federal or State 
minimum wage, or 80 percent of the wage 
that would have governed had the min-
imum hourly rate under the Fair Labor 
Standards Act been applicable to the offer 
of employment, at a site subject to a strike 
or lockout at the time of refusal, or for 
medical reasons or a lack of sufficient 
physical strength or stamina’’. 
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(B) PROHIBITION ON SANCTIONING INDI-
VIDUAL FOR FAILURE TO ENGAGE IN WORK IF 
INDIVIDUAL
HAS
A
CHILD
UNDER
AGE
MONTHS
OR
IF
FAILURE
RESULTS
FROM
IN-
ABILITY TO SECURE CHILD CARE OR AFTER- 
SCHOOL ARRANGEMENTS FOR A CHILD UNDER 
AGE
13.—Section 
407(e)(2) 
(42 
U.S.C. 
607(e)(2)) is amended by striking ‘‘refusal’’ 
and all that follows and inserting ‘‘failure of an 
individual to engage in work required in accord-
ance with this section if— 
‘‘(A) the individual is a single custodial 
parent caring for a child who has not attained 
6 months of age; or 
‘‘(B) the individual is the single custodial 
parent caring for a child who has not attained 
13 years of age, and the failure resulted from 
the inability of the individual to secure child 
care or after-school arrangements for the 
child’’. 
(3) MODIFICATIONS TO CHILD SUPPORT SANC-
TION.—Section 408(a)(2) (42 U.S.C. 608(a)(2)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘State—’’ and all that follows 
and inserting ‘‘State shall deduct from the assist-
ance that would otherwise be provided to the family 
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