,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fhdh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,may #ac1 #bjbj,ms4  
,bass 7for herself1 ,mr4 ,bacon1 ,mr4   
,langevin1 ,mrs4 ,lawrence1 and ,mr4    
,mitchell7 introduced the following     
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on ,ways and ,means  ,a      
,,bill  ,to temporarily preserve        
eligibility for foster care benefits1   
and suspend certain education and work  
requirements1 for youth who would       
otherwise age out of eligibility for the
 benefits during a health emergency or  
disaster declared with respect to the   
coronavirus pandemic1 and for other     
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,pandemic           
,protection for ,transition-age ,foster 
,youth ,act or the ,pandemic ,protection
 ,act4  #b4 ,temporary preservation of  
eligibility for foster care benefits1   
and suspension of certain education and 
work requirements1 for youth who would  
otherwise age out of eligibility for the

 benefits during a health emergency or  
disaster declared with respect to the   
coronavirus pandemic  7a7 ,in general   
,during the applicable period-- 7#a7 a  
,state1 ,indian tribe1 tribal           
organization1 or tribal consortium      
operating a program under a plan        
approved under part ,e of title ,,iv of 
the ,social ,security ,act shall not    
deny a foster care benefit to an        
eligible youth2 and  7#b7 section       
#dge7h77;,b77iv7 of such ,act shall have
 no force or effect4  7b7 ,federal      
payments ,for purposes of part ,e of    
title ,,iv of the ,social ,security     
,act1 foster care maintenance payments  
made by such a ,state1 ,indian tribe1   
tribal organization1 or tribal          
consortium for the benefit of an        
eligible child in compliance with       
subsection 7a7 of this section shall be 
considered to be made under section #dgb
 of such ,act4  7c7 ,definitions ,in    
this section3 7#a7 ,applicable period   
,the term applicable period means the   

period that begins on the date the      
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services declared1 pursuant to section 
#cai of the ,public ,health ,service    
,act1 the public health emergency       
entitled ,determination that a ,public  
,health ,emergency ,exists ,nationwide  
as the ,result of the #bjai ,novel      
,coronavirus1 and ends #c months after  
the later of-- 7,a7 the date the public 
health emergency so declared terminates2
 or  7,b7 the end of the period covered 
by-- 7i7 the emergency declaration      
issued by the ,president on ,march #ac1 
#bjbj1 pursuant to section #eja7;b7 of  
the ,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster     
,relief and ,emergency ,assistance ,act 
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #eaia7;b772 and  7ii7 any
 subsequent major disaster declaration  
under section #dja of the ,robert ,t4   
,stafford ,disaster ,relief and         
,emergency ,assistance ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #eagj7 that supersedes the    
emergency declaration referred to in    
clause 7i7 of this subparagraph4  7#b7  

,eligible youth ,the term eligible youth
 means1 with respect to a foster care   
benefit1 a child who1 as of ,january #a1
 #bjbj1 was in foster care under the    
responsibility of a ,state or an ,indian
 tribe or was a youth receiving any     
benefit under section #dgg of the       
,social ,security ,act1 and who1 in the 
absence of this section1 would become   
ineligible for the benefit during the   
applicable period by reason of age4     
7#c7 ,foster care benefit ,the term     
foster care benefit means-- 7,a7 foster 
care under the responsibility of a      
,state or an ,indian tribe2  7,b7 foster
 care maintenance payments under section
 #dgb of the ,social ,security ,act2 and
  7,c7 any benefit under section #dgg of
 such ,act4