,i  #aadth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #bifi  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,july #h1 #bjae ,mr4 
,holding introduced the following bill2 
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,ways and ,means1 and in addition to the
 ,committee on ,education and the       
,workforce1 for a period to be          
subsequently determined by the ,speaker1
 in each case for consideration of such 
provisions as fall within the           
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to eliminate the separate   
participation rate for #b-parent        
families receiving ,,tanf assistance4   
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,,tanf ,marriage ,penalty       
,elimination ,act4  #b4 ,modification of
 ,,tanf participation rate requirements 
7a7 ,elimination of separate            
participation rate requirements for     
#b-,parent families ,section #djg of the
 ,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4  
#fjg7 is amended--  7#a7 in subsection  
7a7-- 7,a7 by striking all through ,a   

,state the first place it appears and   
inserting the following3  7a7           
,participation rate requirements ,a     
,state  2 and  7,b7 by striking         
paragraph 7#b72  7#b7 in subsection     
7b7-- 7,a7 in the subsection heading1 by
 striking rates and inserting rate2     
7,b7 in paragraph 7#a77;,a71 by striking
 7a77#a7 and inserting 7a72  7,c7 by    
striking paragraph 7#b7 and             
redesignating paragraphs 7#c7 through   
7#e7 as paragraphs 7#b7 through 7#d71   
respectively2  7,d7 in paragraph 7#c7   
7as so redesignated71 by striking       
paragraphs 7#a77;,b7 and 7#b77;,b7 and  
inserting paragraph 7#a77;,b72 and  7,e7
 in paragraph 7#d7 7as so redesignated71
 by striking rates and inserting rate2  
and  7#c7 in subsection 7c7-- 7,a7 in   
paragraph 7#a7--  7i7 by striking all   
through ,for purposes of subsection     
7b77#a77;,b77i7 and inserting the       
following3  7#a7 ,general rules ,for    
purposes of subsection 7b77#a77;,b77i7  
2 and  7ii7 by striking subparagraph    

7,b72 and  7,b7 in paragraph 7#b77;,d7--
  7i7 by striking paragraphs            
7#a77;,b77i7 and 7#b77;,b7 of subsection
 7b7 and inserting subsection           
7b77#a77;,b77i72 and  7ii7 by striking  
in all families and in #b-parent        
families1 respectively14  7b7           
,conforming amendments  7#a7 ,the       
paragraph heading for section           
#dji7;a77#c7 of such ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4
 #fji7;a77#c77 is amended by striking   
rates and inserting rate4  7#b7 ,section
 #daa7;b77#a77;,a7 of such ,act 7#db    
,u4,s4,c4 #faa7;b77#a77;,a77 is amended 
by striking rates and inserting rate4   
#c4 ,effective date ,the amendments made
 by this ,act shall take effect on      
,october #a1 #bjae4