,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bigi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,august #b1 #bjac    
,mr4 ,doggett 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,danny 
,k4 ,davis of ,illinois1 ,ms4 ,bass1    
,mr4 ,lewis1 ,mr4 ,rangel1 ,mr4         
,mc,dermott1 and ,mr4 ,blumenauer7      
introduced the following bill2 which was
 referred to the ,committee on ,ways and
 ,means  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend part ,e of
 title ,,iv of the ,social ,security    
,act to preserve the eligibility of a   
child for kinship guardianship          
assistance payments when the guardian is
 replaced by a successor legal guardian 
named in the kinship guardianship       
assistance agreement4  #a4 ,short title 
,this ,act may be cited as the          
,guardians for ,children ,act4  #b4     
,preservation of eligibility for kinship
 guardianship assistance payments with a
 successor guardian ,section            
#dgc7;d77#c7 of the ,social ,security   
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #fgc7;d77#c77 is    
amended by adding at the end the        

following3  7,c7 ,eligibility not       
affected by replacement of guardian with
 a successor guardian ,in the event of  
the death or incapacity of the relative 
guardian1 the eligibility of a child for
 a kinship guardianship assistance      
payment under this subsection shall not 
be affected by reason of the replacement
 of the relative guardian with a        
successor legal guardian named in the   
kinship guardianship assistance         
agreement referred to in paragraph 7#a7 
7including in any amendment to the      
agreement71 notwithstanding subparagraph
 7,a7 of this paragraph and section     
#dga7;a77#bh74  4