8(b)(1), 9(b)(1), 10(a), 11(a), and 12(b) of this Act, 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(20) BAN
ON
CONSIDERING
FINANCIAL
AID 
TIED
TO
EDUCATION
OF
CHILD
IN
DETERMINING 
ELIGIBILITY FOR, OR AMOUNT OF ASSISTANCE; BAN 
ON
IMPOSING
ADDITIONAL
REQUIREMENTS
BASED 
ON
EDUCATIONAL
ENROLLMENT
OF
CHILD.—A 
State to which a grant is made under section 403 
for a fiscal year shall not— 
‘‘(A) consider financial aid tied to the 
training, school attendance, or postsecondary 
school attendance of a minor child in deter-
mining that the eligibility of the family of the 
child for, or the amount of assistance to be pro-
vided to the family, under the State program 
funded under this part or any other State pro-
gram funded by qualified State expenditures (as 
defined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)); or 
‘‘(B) impose additional requirements on a 
family solely because the family includes a 
minor child who is enrolled in a training pro-
gram, school, or post-secondary educational in-
stitution.’’. 
(2) PENALTY.—Section 409(a) (42 U.S.C. 
609), as amended by sections 5(c)(2)(A), 7(d)(1), 
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8(b)(2), 9(b)(2), 10(b), 11(b), and 12(c) of this Act, 
is amended by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(23) CONSIDERING
EDUCATIONAL
ENROLL-
MENT OF CHILD OR OF FINANCIAL AID TIED TO 
EDUCATION OF CHILD.—If the Secretary determines 
that a State to which a grant is made under section 
403 in a fiscal year has violated section 408(a)(20) 
during the fiscal year, the Secretary shall reduce the 
grant payable to the State under section 403(a)(1) 
for the immediately succeeding fiscal year by an 
amount equal to 5 percent of the State family assist-
ance grant.’’. 
SEC. 18. ELIMINATION OF CERTAIN OTHER BARS TO TANF 
ASSISTANCE. 
(a) BAR ON ASSISTANCE FOR PERSONS CONVICTED 
OF DRUG FELONIES.—Section 115 of the Personal Re-
sponsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 
1996 (21 U.S.C. 862a) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading by striking ‘‘ASSIST-
ANCE AND’’ and inserting ‘‘SUPPLEMENTAL NU-
TRITION ASSISTANCE’’; 
(2) in subsection (a), by striking ‘‘for—’’ and 
all that follows through ‘‘(2) benefits’’ and inserting 
‘‘for benefits’’; 
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(3) in subsection (b), by striking all through 
‘‘The amount of benefits’’ and inserting the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(b) EFFECTS ON BENEFITS FOR OTHERS.—The 
amount of benefits’’; 
(4) in subsection (c), by striking ‘‘assistance 
or’’; and 
(5) in subsection (e), by striking ‘‘it—’’ and all 
that follows through ‘‘in section 3(s)’’ and inserting 
‘‘it in section 3(s)’’. 
(b) BAR ON ASSISTANCE FOR UNWED TEEN PAR-
ENTS NOT
IN SCHOOL.—Section 408(a) (42 U.S.C. 
608(a)) is amended by striking paragraph (4). 
(c) BAR ON ASSISTANCE FOR TEENS NOT IN AN 
ADULT-SUPERVISED
LIVING
ARRANGEMENT.—Section 
408(a) (42 U.S.C. 608(a)) is amended by striking para-
graph (5). 
(d) REDESIGNATION OF PROVISIONS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 408(a) (42 U.S.C. 
608(a)), as amended by the preceding provisions of 
this Act, is amended by redesignating paragraphs 
(6) through (20) as paragraphs (3) through (17), re-
spectively. 
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 
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