(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall take effect on October 1, 2013. 
SEC. 15. CHILD CARE ENTITLEMENT. 
(a) REPLACEMENT OF REQUIREMENT THAT POR-
TION OF FUNDS BE USED FOR CERTAIN POPULATIONS 
WITH CHILD CARE GUARANTEE.—Section 418(b)(2) (42 
U.S.C. 618(b)(2)) is amended to read as follows: 
‘‘(2) CHILD
CARE
TO
BE
GUARANTEED
FOR 
CERTAIN POPULATIONS.—As a condition of receiving 
funds under this section, a State shall guarantee the 
provision of child care services to— 
‘‘(A) each recipient of assistance under the 
State program funded under this part or under 
a State program funded with qualified State ex-
penditures 
(as 
defined 
in 
section 
409(a)(7)(B)(i)) of this Act, and to each work- 
eligible 
individual 
(as 
defined 
in 
section 
407(a)(2) of this Act), for any period in which 
the recipient or individual is— 
‘‘(i) participating in a work activity 
(as defined in section 407(d) of this Act); 
‘‘(ii) employed, and in a family the 
total income of which does not exceed 250 
percent of the poverty line (within the 
meaning of section 673(2) of the Omnibus 
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Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981, includ-
ing any revision required by such section 
applicable to a family of the size involved); 
or 
‘‘(iii) engaged in employment sub-
sidized by the State; or 
‘‘(B) each individual who is a former re-
cipient of assistance under such a program or 
a former work-eligible individual, for any por-
tion of the 24-month period, beginning with the 
date the individual left the program involved, in 
which the individual is employed and in a fam-
ily that meets the income requirement of sub-
paragraph (A)(ii).’’. 
(b) ELIMINATION OF STATE CAPS.—Section 418(a) 
(42 U.S.C. 618(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (2)— 
(A) by striking subparagraphs (B) and (D) 
and redesignating subparagraph (C) as sub-
paragraph (B); and 
(B) in subparagraph (B) (as so redesig-
nated), by striking ‘‘the lesser of the State’s al-
lotment under subparagraph (B) or’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (5), by striking ‘‘(2)(C)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(2)(B)’’. 
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(c) OPEN-ENDED ENTITLEMENT.—Section 418(a) 
(42 U.S.C. 618(a)) is amended— 
(1) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘Subject to 
the amount appropriated under paragraph (3), 
each’’ and inserting ‘‘Each’’; and 
(2) in paragraph (3), by striking ‘‘appro-
priated—’’ and all that follows and inserting ‘‘appro-
priated such sums as are necessary to carry out this 
section for each fiscal year.’’. 
(d) USE OF FUNDS IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHILD 
CARE AND DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT ACT OF 1990 
EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY CHILD CARE GUARANTEE.— 
Section 418(c) (42 U.S.C. 618(c)) is amended by inserting 
‘‘except to the extent that such a requirement or limitation 
would interfere with the provision of child care services 
required by subsection (b)(2)’’ before the period. 
SEC. 16. CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT. 
(a) ELIMINATION OF BAN ON PROVIDING ASSIST-
ANCE TO FAMILIES NOT ASSIGNING CERTAIN SUPPORT 
RIGHTS TO THE STATE.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 408(a) (42 U.S.C. 
608(a)) is amended by striking paragraph (3). 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—The 
fol-
lowing provisions are each amended by inserting 
after ‘‘section 408(a)(3)’’ the following: ‘‘(as in ef-
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fect before the effective date of the amendments 
made by section 10(a) of the Rewriting to Improve 
and Secure an Exit Out of Poverty Act took ef-
fect)’’: 
(A) Section 452(a)(10)(C) (42 U.S.C. 
652(a)(10)(C)). 
(B) Section 452(h) (42 U.S.C. 652(h)). 
(C) 
Section 
454(5)(A) 
(42 
U.S.C. 
654(5)(A)). 
(D) 
Section 
456(a)(1) 
(42 
U.S.C. 
656(a)(1)). 
(E) Section 457(a)(2)(B)(i) (42 U.S.C. 
657(a)(2)(B)(i)). 
(F) Section 457(a)(3)(A) (42 U.S.C. 
657(a)(3)(A)). 
(G) Section 457(a)(3)(B) (42 U.S.C. 
657(a)(3)(B)). 
(H) 
Section 
464(a)(1) 
(42 
U.S.C. 
664(a)(1)). 
(I) 
Section 
466(a)(3)(B) 
(42 
U.S.C. 
666(a)(3)(B)). 
(b) REQUIREMENT THAT ALL CHILD SUPPORT COL-
LECTED ON BEHALF OF A CHILD IN A FAMILY RECEIVING 
TANF BE DISTRIBUTED TO THE FAMILY.— 
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(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 457 (42 U.S.C. 657) 
is amended— 
(A) in subsection (c)(1), by striking 
‘‘means—’’ and all that follows through ‘‘(B) 
foster’’ and inserting ‘‘means foster’’; and 
(B) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(f) Notwithstanding the preceding provisions of this 
section, all amounts collected by a State as child support 
on behalf of a child in a family that is receiving assistance 
under the State program funded under part A or under 
the State plan approved under part A of this title (as in 
effect on the day before the date of the enactment of the 
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconcili-
ation Act of 1996) shall be distributed to the family.’’. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section 
458(b)(5)(C)(i)(I) (42 U.S.C. 658(b)(5)(C)(i)(I)) is 
amended— 
(A) by inserting ‘‘is collected on behalf of 
a child described in section 457(f) or’’ after 
‘‘involved’’; and 
(B) by striking ‘‘A or’’. 
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SEC. 17. STATE OPTION TO EXTEND ELIGIBILITY FOR AS-
SISTANCE TO CHILDREN THROUGH AGE 21; 
PROHIBITION ON CONSIDERING FINANCIAL 
AID TIED TO EDUCATION OF CHILD IN DE-
TERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR, OR AMOUNT 
OF ASSISTANCE; PROHIBITION ON IMPOSING 
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS BASED ON EDU-
CATIONAL ENROLLMENT OF CHILD. 
(a) STATE OPTION TO EXTEND TANF TO CHIL-
DREN UNDER AGE 22.—Section 419(2) (42 U.S.C. 
619(2)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of subparagraph 
(A); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of sub-
paragraph (B) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(C) at the option of the State, has not at-
tained 22 years of age.’’. 
(b) BAN ON CONSIDERING FINANCIAL AID TIED TO 
EDUCATION
OF CHILD
IN DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY 
FOR, OR AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE; BAN ON IMPOSING AD-
DITIONAL REQUIREMENTS BASED ON EDUCATIONAL EN-
ROLLMENT OF CHILD.— 
(1) PROHIBITIONS.—Section 408(a) (42 U.S.C. 
608(a)), as amended by sections 5(c)(2)(A), 7(d)(1), 
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