,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #caea  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #ai1      
#bjac,mr4 ,reed 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,kelly of ,pennsylvania1 ,mr4 ,young of 
,indiana1 and ,mr4 ,griffin of          
,arkansas7 introduced the following     
bill2 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            
requirement1 and for other purposes4    
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,promoting ,assistance with     
,transitional ,help ,act4  #b4          
,modification of ,state maintenance of  
effort requirement  7a7 ,in general     
,section #dji7;a77#g77;,b77i77,i7 of the
 ,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4  
#fji7;a77#g77;,b77i77,i77 is amended--  
7#a7 in item 7aa71 by inserting before  
the period at the end the following3 1  
but not including 7except as provided in
 item 7dd77 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 #djh7;a77#g72 and
  7#b7 by redesignating items 7dd7 and  
7ee7 as items 7ee7 and 7ff7 and         
inserting after item 7cc7 the following3
  7dd7 ,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 #djh7;a77#g7 in  
an amount not more than the amount      
necessary to replace the loss of any    
food assistance1 rent assistance1       
low-income energy assistance1 and       
childcare assistance lost as a result of
 increased family income from earnings  
or child support payments1 for not more 
than #a year after such loss4  4  7b7   
,effective date ,the amendments made by 
subsection 7a7 shall apply with respect 
to qualified ,state expenditures made by
 a ,state in any fiscal year that begins
 on or after ,october #a1 #bjad4