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). 
‘‘(C) GRANT RELATED TO INCREASED EX-
PENDITURES FOR SUBSIDIZED EMPLOYMENT.— 
‘‘(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) SUBSIDIZED
EMPLOYMENT
EX-
PENDITURE
REQUIREMENT.—A 
State 
meets the requirement of this clause for a 
quarter if the total expenditures of the 
State for subsidized employment in the 
quarter, whether under the State program 
funded under this part or as qualified 
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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). 
‘‘(4) AUTHORITY TO MAKE NECESSARY ADJUST-
MENTS TO DATA AND COLLECT NEEDED DATA.—In 
determining the size of the caseload of a State and 
the expenditures of a State for basic assistance, non- 
recurrent short term benefits, and subsidized em-
ployment, during any period for which the State re-
quests funds under this subsection, and during the 
emergency fund base year of the State, the Sec-
retary may make appropriate adjustments to the 
data, on a State-by-State basis, to ensure that the 
data are comparable with respect to the groups of 
families served and the types of aid provided. The 
Secretary may develop a mechanism for collecting 
expenditure data, including procedures which allow 
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States to make reasonable estimates, and may set 
deadlines for making revisions to the data. 
‘‘(5) LIMITATION.—The total amount payable 
to a single State under subsection (b) and this sub-
section for fiscal years 2012 and 2013 combined 
shall not exceed 50 percent of the annual State fam-
ily assistance grant. 
‘‘(6) LIMITATIONS ON USE OF FUNDS.—A State 
to which an amount is paid under this subsection 
may use the amount only as authorized by section 
404. 
‘‘(7) TIMING OF IMPLEMENTATION.—The Sec-
retary shall implement this subsection as quickly as 
reasonably possible, pursuant to appropriate guid-
ance to States. 
‘‘(8) APPLICATION
TO
INDIAN
TRIBES.—This 
subsection shall apply to an Indian tribe with an ap-
proved tribal family assistance plan under section 
412 in the same manner as this subsection applies 
to a State. 
‘‘(9) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) 
AVERAGE
MONTHLY
ASSISTANCE 
CASELOAD
DEFINED.—The 
term 
‘average 
monthly assistance caseload’ means, with re-
spect to a State and a quarter, the number of 
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families receiving assistance during the quarter 
under the State program funded under this 
part or as qualified State expenditures, subject 
to adjustment under paragraph (4). 
‘‘(B) EMERGENCY FUND BASE YEAR.— 
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The term ‘emer-
gency fund base year’ means, with respect 
to a State and a category described in 
clause (ii), whichever of fiscal year 2009 or 
2010 is the fiscal year in which the 
amount described by the category with re-
spect to the State is the lesser. 
‘‘(ii) CATEGORIES
DESCRIBED.—The 
categories described in this clause are the 
following: 
‘‘(I) The average monthly assist-
ance caseload of the State. 
‘‘(II) The total expenditures of 
the State for non-recurrent short term 
benefits, whether under the State pro-
gram funded under this part or as 
qualified State expenditures. 
‘‘(III) The total expenditures of 
the State for subsidized employment, 
whether under the State program 
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funded under this part or as qualified 
State expenditures. 
‘‘(C) QUALIFIED STATE EXPENDITURES.— 
The term ‘qualified State expenditures’ has the 
meaning given the term in section 409(a)(7).’’. 
(b) MODIFICATION OF CASELOAD REDUCTION CRED-
IT.—Section 407(b)(3)(A)(i) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
607(b)(3)(A)(i)) is amended by inserting ‘‘(or if the imme-
diately preceding fiscal year is fiscal year 2011 or 2012, 
then, at State option, during the emergency fund base 
year of the State with respect to the average monthly as-
sistance caseload of the State (within the meaning of sec-
tion 403(c)(9)), except that, if a State elects such option 
for fiscal year 2011, the emergency fund base year of the 
State with respect to such caseload shall be fiscal year 
2009))’’ before ‘‘under the State’’. 
(c) DISREGARD FROM LIMITATION ON TOTAL PAY-
MENTS TO TERRITORIES.—Section 1108(a)(2) of such Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1308(a)(2)) is amended by inserting 
‘‘403(c)(3),’’ after ‘‘403(a)(5),’’. 
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