,i  #aaeth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #aceb  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,march #b1 #bjag,mr4 
,renacci 7for himself1 ,mr4 ,meehan1    
,mr4 ,bucshon1 ,mr4 ,kilmer1 ,mr4       
,webster of ,florida1 and ,mr4 ,tiberi7 
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 encourage ,states to     
engage more ,,tanf recipients in        
activities leading to employment and    
self-sufficiency1 and to simplify ,state
 administration of ,,tanf work          
requirements4  #a4 ,short title ,this   
,act may be cited as the ,preparing     
,more ,welfare ,recipients for ,work    
,act4  #b4 ,improving counting of       
required hours of participation in work 

activities  7a7 ,elimination of         
distinction between core and non-,core  
work activities ,section                
#djg7;c77#a77;,a7 of the ,social        
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4           
#fjg7;c77#a77;,a77 is amended by        
striking 1 not fewer than #bj hours per 
week of which are attributable to an    
activity described in paragraph 7#a71   
7#b71 7#c71 7#d71 7#e71 7#f71 7#g71     
7#h71 or 7#ab7 of subsection 7d74  7b7  
,allowing ,states ,to receive partial   
credit for partial engagement ,section  
#djg7;c77#a77;,b7 of such ,act 7#db     
,u4,s4,c4 #fjg7;c77#a77;,b77 is amended 
to read as follows3  7,b7 ,partial      
credit for families participating for   
less than the minimum hours required ,if
 a family receiving assistance under the
 ,state program funded under this part  
includes an adult or minor child head of
 household receiving the assistance who 
has participated in work activities for 
an average of #ae hours 7or #aj hours1  
in the case of a single parent specified

 in paragraph 7#b77;,b77 per week during
 a month1 the family shall count as #j4e
 of a family for purposes of calculating
 the number described in subsection     
7b77#a77;,b77i7 for the month4  4  7c7  
,state option ,to request alternate work
 participation rate calculation ,section
 #djg7;a7 of such ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#fjg7;a77 is amended by adding at the   
end the following3  7#c7 ,state option  
to request alternate work participation 
rate calculation  7,a7 ,application ,a  
,state may apply to the ,secretary to   
apply subparagraph 7,c7 with respect to 
the ,state4  7,b7 ,approval of          
application ,the ,secretary may approve 
the application if the ,state           
demonstrates to the ,secretary 7in      
accordance with such guidelines as the  
,secretary shall establish7 that the    
,state has systems and mechanisms in    
place to accurately record individual   
hours of participation in work          
activities that accurately reflects the 
number of hours of participation of the 

individuals required to participate in  
the activities4  7,c7 ,alternative      
calculation ,a ,state whose application 
under this paragraph is approved by the 
,secretary shall be considered to be in 
compliance with this subsection for a   
month in a fiscal year if the sum of the
 total number of hours during which the 
recipients of assistance under the      
,state program funded under this part   
who are required to be participating in 
work activities during the month have   
participated in the activities is not   
less than the percentage equal to the   
minimum participation rate in effect    
under paragraph 7#a7 for the fiscal     
year1 multiplied by the sum of--  7i7   
#cj times the number of the recipients  
who are so required to participate for  
an average of at least #cj hours per    
week in the month 7as determined by the 
,state72 and  7ii7 #bj times the number 
of the recipients who are so required to
 participate for an average of at least 
#bj hours per week in the month 7as so  

determined74  4  7d7 ,modifications to  
counting job search as work ,section    
#djg7;c77#b77;,a7 of such ,act 7#db     
,u4,s4,c4 #fjg7;c77#b77;,a77 is amended 
to read as follows3  7,a7 ,counting of  
job search as work ,after the           
participation of an individual in an    
activity described in subsection 7d77#f7
 of this section of a ,state program    
funded under this part or any other     
,state program funded with qualified    
,state expenditures 7as defined in      
section #dji7;a77#g77;,b77i77 has been  
counted for #c months as participation  
in a work activity1 participation by the
 individual in such an activity shall   
count towards not more than half of the 
hours of participation in work          
activities by the individual4  4  7e7   
,modification of rule providing for     
participation by reason of secondary    
school attendance ,section              
#djg7;c77#b77;,c7 of such ,act 7#db     
,u4,s4,c4 #fjg7;c77#b77;,c77 is         
amended-- 7#a7 in the subparagraph      

heading1 by striking ,single teen head  
of household or married teen and        
inserting ,individual2  7#b7 by striking
 is married or a head of household and2 
and  7#c7 by striking #bj years and     
inserting #bf years4  7f7 ,requirement  
that ,state meet with individual        
involved in job readiness activities for
 more than #c months ,section           
#djg7;c77#b7 of such ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4
 #fjg7;c77#b77 is amended by adding at  
the end the following3  7,e7 ,periodic  
meeting with individuals participating  
in job readiness assistance ,after an   
individual has participated for #c      
months in an activity described in      
subsection 7d77#ab7 of this section of a
 ,state program funded under this part  
or any other ,state program funded with 
qualified ,state expenditures 7as       
defined in section                      
#dji7;a77#g77;,b77i771 the individual   
shall not be considered to be engaged in
 work by reason of participation in such
 an activity until the ,state has met   

with the individual1 and certified that 
continued participation in such an      
activity is necessary to help prepare   
the individual for1 or support the      
individual in1 employment4  4  7g7      
,providing child care assistance to     
community service participant replaced  
by job readiness assistance as separate 
work activity  7#a7 ,in general ,section
 #djg7;d77#ab7 of such ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #fjg7;d77 is amended to read  
as follows3  7#ab7 job readiness        
assistance4  4  7#b7 ,conforming        
amendment ,section #djg7;d77#f7 of such 
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #fjg7;d77 is amended
 by striking and job readiness          
assistance4  7h7 ,doubling of limit on  
counting vocation educational training  
as work ,section #djg7;d77#h7 of such   
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #fjg7;d77#h77 is    
amended by striking #ab and inserting   
#bd4  #c4 ,effective date ,the          
amendments made by this ,act shall take 
effect on ,october #a1 #bjag4