H.R. 3151 — Introduced in House

I 113th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3151 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES September 19, 2013Mr. Reed (for himself, Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania, Mr. Young of Indiana, and Mr. Griffin of Arkansas) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to modify the State maintenance of effort requirement, and for other purposes. 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Promoting Assistance with Transitional Help Act. 2. Modification of State maintenance of effort requirement (a) In general Section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)(I) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 609(a)(7)(B)(i)(I)) is amended— (1) in item (aa), by inserting before the period at the end the following: , but not including (except as provided in item (dd)) cash assistance provided to families that would be eligible for assistance under the State program funded under this part but for the application of section 408(a)(7); and (2) by redesignating items (dd) and (ee) as items (ee) and (ff) and inserting after item (cc) the following: (dd) Transitional assistance provided to families that would be eligible for assistance under the State program funded under this part but for the application of section 408(a)(7) in an amount not more than the amount necessary to replace the loss of any food assistance, rent assistance, low-income energy assistance, and childcare assistance lost as a result of increased family income from earnings or child support payments, for not more than 1 year after such loss. . (b) Effective date The amendments made by subsection (a) shall apply with respect to qualified State expenditures made by a State in any fiscal year that begins on or after October 1, 2014.