‘‘(3) REPORTING.—Any State that receives a 
planning grant under this subsection shall, not later 
than 1 year after the State, submit a report (which 
may be included in a report submitted under section 
1305(d)) to the Secretary describing how the State 
used such grant. 
‘‘(d) ADDITIONAL GRANT
FOR COMMUNITY OUT-
REACH.—For any calendar quarter in which a State re-
ceives a payment under section 1302(a) for cash assist-
ance payments that the State is required to make for such 
quarter under section 1303, such State shall be entitled 
to an additional payment in an amount equal to 7 percent 
of such payment under section 1302(a), provided that the 
State spends not less than 10 percent of such additional 
payment conducting outreach, which shall include inter-
net, television, radio, print, and other media advertisement 
campaigns in all languages relevant to the targeted eligible 
population and in manners that are accessible to people 
with disabilities, to increase awareness of the cash assist-
ance program established under this title to populations 
that the State determines are difficult to reach. A State 
may conduct such outreach in coordination with commu-
nity nonprofit organizations in the State. 
‘‘(e) REGULATIONS.—The Secretary shall issue such 
regulations as are necessary to carry out this title. 
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‘‘SEC. 1302. PAYMENTS TO STATES FOR FAMILY ASSIST-
ANCE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsection (c), for 
each calendar quarter that a State has in effect a plan 
approved under section 1304, the Secretary shall pay to 
the State an amount equal to 100 percent of the amount 
of the cash assistance payments that the State is required 
to make for months that occur during such quarter under 
section 1303. 
‘‘(b) PAYMENTS FOR TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AND 
ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS.—In addition to amounts paid to 
a State under subsection (a), the Secretary shall make 
payments to the State (in such amounts as the Secretary 
determines appropriate) to pay for administrative costs at-
tributable to developing and implementing the State plan 
under this title. 
‘‘(c) TIMING AND MANNER OF PAYMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Prior to the beginning of 
each calendar quarter, the Secretary shall estimate 
the amount to which a State will be entitled under 
this title for such quarter, and shall pay to the 
State, in such installments as the Secretary may de-
termine, the amount so estimated, reduced or in-
creased to the extent of any overpayment or under-
payment which the Secretary determines was made 
under this section to the State for any prior quarter 
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and with respect to which adjustment has not al-
ready been made under this subsection. 
‘‘(2) SPECIAL PAYMENT.—If a State becomes 
entitled to payments under this title for any month 
during a calendar quarter for which the Secretary 
estimated that the State would not be so entitled, 
the Secretary shall, not later than 14 days after the 
State becomes so entitled— 
‘‘(A) re-estimate the amount to which the 
State will be entitled under this title for such 
quarter; and 
‘‘(B) pay the amount so estimated (ad-
justed for overpayments and underpayments as 
described in paragraph (1)) to the State. 
‘‘SEC. 1303. FAMILY CRISIS CASH ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—Subject to subsections (b), (c), 
and (d), for each month that is a family assistance month 
with respect to a State with a plan approved under this 
title (as determined under subsection (g)(1)), the State 
shall make a cash assistance payment to each eligible 
household that resides in an emergency assistance area (as 
defined in subsection (g)(3)) in the State in an amount 
equal to— 
‘‘(1) in the case of an eligible household that 
consists of 1 individual, $2,000; 
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‘‘(2) in the case of an eligible household that 
consists of 2 individuals, $3,000; 
‘‘(3) in the case of an eligible household that 
consists of 3 individuals, $3,500; and 
‘‘(4) in the case of an eligible household that 
consists of 4 or more individuals, $4,000. 
‘‘(b) INFLATION INCREASE.—For each fiscal year 
after fiscal year 2020, each amount specified in subsection 
(a) and subsection (d)(2) shall be equal to— 
‘‘(1) the amount that applied under such sub-
section (as increased under this subsection, if appli-
cable) for the preceding fiscal year; increased by 
‘‘(2) the percentage increase (if any) in the 
Consumer Price Index for all-urban consumers pub-
lished by the Department of Labor for the 12-month 
period ending with the month before the first month 
of the fiscal year involved. 
‘‘(c) PROPORTIONAL REDUCTION.—A State shall ad-
just on a pro rata basis the amounts paid to each eligible 
household under subsection (a) for a month (as increased 
under subsection (b) and, if applicable, reduced under sub-
section (d)) to the extent that amount determined for the 
State and month under section 1302(c) is insufficient to 
make full payments under such subsection to all eligible 
households in the State. 
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‘‘(d) PHASE-OUT.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph (2), 
the amount payable to an eligible household under 
subsection (a) for a month (as increased under sub-
section (b)) shall be reduced by a percentage equal 
to the number of percentage points by which the in-
come of such household exceeds 200 percent of the 
Federal poverty line (as defined in section 673(2) of 
the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, in-
cluding any revision required by such section, appli-
cable to a family of the size involved). 
‘‘(2) MINIMUM PAYMENT AMOUNT.—Subject to 
subsection (b), the amount payable to an eligible 
household under subsection (a) for a month shall not 
be reduced pursuant to this subsection to an amount 
that is less than $200. 
‘‘(e) TIMELINESS.—A State that receives a payment 
under section 1302 for a month shall make the payments 
described in subsection (a) not less than 14 days after the 
receipt of such payment. 
‘‘(f) MANNER OF PAYMENT.—A State may use the 
following methods to make cash assistance payments to 
eligible households under this section: 
‘‘(1) Transferring amounts to an account held 
by, or established for, an eligible household at— 
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‘‘(A) a community development financial 
institution (as defined in section 103 of the 
Community Banking and Financial Institutions 
Act of 1994 (12 U.S.C. 4701 note)); 
‘‘(B) a minority deposit institution; 
‘‘(C) a community development credit 
union; or 
‘‘(D) another financial institution. 
‘‘(2) Providing an eligible household with a 
debit or credit card to access payment amounts. 
‘‘(3) By making such payments through the 
benefit transfer system of an existing cash benefit 
program administered by the State, such as the sup-
plemental nutrition assistance program, a retirement 
benefit program, a welfare program, a disability as-
sistance program, a housing assistance program, or 
an unemployment assistance program. 
‘‘(4) Any other method determined appropriate 
by the State and approved by the Secretary. 
‘‘(g) DEFINITIONS.—In this section: 
‘‘(1) FAMILY ASSISTANCE MONTH.—The term 
‘family assistance month’ means, with respect to a 
State, a month occurring during any period that— 
‘‘(A) begins with the most recent month 
that is a trigger month for the State; and 
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‘‘(B) ends with the earlier of— 
‘‘(i) the 11th consecutive month fol-
lowing such trigger month that is not a 
trigger month for the State; and 
‘‘(ii) the first month following such 
trigger month that is— 
‘‘(I) if such trigger month is an 
economic trigger month, an economic 
recovery month; or 
‘‘(II) if such trigger month is a 
natural disaster trigger month, a nat-
ural disaster recovery month. 
‘‘(2) TRIGGER MONTH.— 
‘‘(A) IN
GENERAL.—The term ‘trigger 
month’ means, with respect to a State, a month 
in which— 
‘‘(i) the State’s average unemploy-
ment rate for the 6 months preceding the 
month involved exceeds the lowest monthly 
unemployment rate for the State for the 
12 months preceding the month involved 
by at least 0.5 percentage points; 
‘‘(ii) the national average unemploy-
ment rate for the 3 months preceding the 
month involved exceeds the lowest national 
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monthly unemployment rate for the 12 
months preceding the month involved by at 
least 0.5 percentage points; 
‘‘(iii) the number of applications for 
unemployment insurance benefits in the 
State for the month involved exceeds by at 
least 20 percent the average number of 
such applications for the 3 months pre-
ceding the month involved; or 
‘‘(iv) a major disaster exists in the 
State for which assistance is authorized 
under section 408 of the Robert T. Staf-
ford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act for individuals who live in an 
area of the State. 
‘‘(B) ECONOMIC
TRIGGER
MONTH.—The 
term ‘economic trigger month’ means a trigger 
month described in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of 
subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(C) 
NATURAL
DISASTER
TRIGGER 
MONTH.—The term ‘natural disaster trigger 
month’ means a trigger month described in 
clause (iv) of subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(3) EMERGENCY
ASSISTANCE
AREA.—The 
term ‘emergency assistance area’ means, with re-
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spect to a State and a month that is a family assist-
ance month for the State— 
‘‘(A) if the month is a family assistance 
month on the basis of an economic trigger 
month, the entire State; and 
‘‘(B) if the month is a family assistance 
month only on the basis of a natural disaster 
trigger month, the area in the State for which 
assistance to individuals residing in such area is 
authorized under section 408 of the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act. 
‘‘(4) RECOVERY MONTHS.— 
‘‘(A) ECONOMIC RECOVERY MONTH.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause 
(ii), the term ‘economic recovery month’ 
means, with respect to a State, the first 
month 
following 
an 
economic 
trigger 
month in which the State’s average unem-
ployment rate for the 6 months preceding 
the month involved does not exceed the 
State’s average unemployment rate for the 
6 months preceding the month before such 
economic trigger month by more than 2 
percentage points. 
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‘‘(ii) REQUIREMENT.—A month shall 
not be an economic recovery month unless 
at least 6 consecutive months preceding 
such month were not trigger months. 
‘‘(B) 
NATURAL
DISASTER
RECOVERY 
MONTH.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Subject to clause 
(ii), the term ‘natural disaster recovery 
month’ means, with respect to a State, the 
6th consecutive month following a natural 
disaster trigger month that is not a trigger 
month. 
‘‘(ii) EXCEPTION.—A month shall not 
be a natural disaster recovery month with 
respect to a State if the Secretary, upon 
request from the Governor of the State, 
determines, in coordination with the Sec-
retary of Housing and Urban Develop-
ment, the Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Administration, 
the Secretary of Labor, and the Secretary 
of Commerce and based on the progress of 
economic recovery of eligible households in 
the State, that the State requires more 
time to recover. The Secretary shall submit 
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to Congress a written justification of any 
such determination. 
‘‘(h) NOTIFICATION OF TRIGGER MONTHS.— 
‘‘(1) NOTIFICATION OF UNEMPLOYMENT-BASED 
TRIGGER MONTHS.—The Secretary of Labor shall 
provide notice to the Secretary of Health and 
Human Services whenever the Secretary of Labor 
determines— 
‘‘(A) that a month is an economic trigger 
month with respect to a State; or 
‘‘(B) that a month is an economic recovery 
month with respect to a State. 
‘‘(2) NOTIFICATION OF DISASTER-BASED TRIG-
GER MONTHS.—The Administrator of the Federal 
Emergency Management Administration shall pro-
vide notice to the Secretary whenever the Adminis-
trator determines— 
‘‘(A) that a month is a natural disaster 
trigger month with respect to a State, and the 
areas in the State for which assistance is au-
thorized under section 408 of the Robert T. 
Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assist-
ance Act; and 
‘‘(B) that a month is a natural disaster re-
covery month with respect to a State. 
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‘‘SEC. 1304. STATE PLANS FOR FAMILY CRISIS CASH ASSIST-
ANCE. 
‘‘(a) IN GENERAL.—A State shall not be eligible for 
payments under this title for any month unless the State 
has in effect for such month a State family crisis cash 
assistance plan that is approved by the Secretary under 
this section and is made available to the public by the 
State. 
‘‘(b) APPROVAL OF PLAN.—The Secretary shall not 
approve a State family crisis cash assistance plan under 
this section unless the plan meets the requirements of sub-
section (c). 
‘‘(c) PLAN REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—A State family crisis cash 
assistance plan shall include the following: 
‘‘(A) An estimate of the amount of funding 
that the State will need over the term of the 
plan to make cash assistance payments to eligi-
ble households under this title, including— 
‘‘(i) an estimate of— 
‘‘(I) the total number of eligible 
households in the State; and 
‘‘(II) the number of eligible 
households in the State that 1-person 
households, 2-person households, 3- 
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