Tribal TANF Fairness Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-2128
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Cook, Paul [R-CA-8]
Introduced: 2019-04-08
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Family services

Indian lands and resources rights

Indian social and development programs

Poverty and welfare assistance
Latest action: action_date: 2019-04-08
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.

Summaries:
action_date: 2019-04-08
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><a name="summary"><b>Tribal TANF Fairness Act of 2019</b></a></p> <p>This bill allows a tribal government to lease land held in trust or in fee at a fair market value for the administration of a tribal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. Current law treats such transactions as <i>less-than-arm's-length leases</i>, and amounts charged to federal grants for such leases must be based on certain costs associated with property ownership rather than fair market value.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 2128 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 8, 2019 Mr. Cook (for himself, Ms. Moore , and Mr. Kind ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to clarify the authority of tribal governments in regard to the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Tribal TANF Fairness Act of 2019 . 2. Self-determination authority Section 412 of the Social Security Act ( 42 U.S.C. 612 ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (j) Rule of interpretation Notwithstanding subsection (e)(1), a tribal government (including a tribal government participating in an intertribal consortium) may lease land held in trust or in fee, at a fair market rate (as verified by an independent appraisal prepared in accordance with the Uniform Standards of Professional Appraisal Practice), for the administration of a tribal family assistance grant by the tribal government or the intertribal consortium. .