,,ii  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session  
,s4 #cebb  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,march #ah1    
#bjbj,mr4 ,cotton introduced the        
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on ,finance 
,a ,,bill  ,to extend and expand the    
temporary assistance for needy families 
7,,tanf7 program and related programs to
 respond to the ,,covid-#ai public      
health emergency1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,coronavirus ,,tanf 
,expansion ,act 4  #b4 ,extension of the
 temporary assistance for needy families
 program and related programs           
,activities authorized by part ,a of    
title ,,iv and section #aajh7;b7 of the 
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#fja et seq41 #acjh7;b77 shall continue 
through ,december #ca1 #bjbj1 in the    
manner authorized for fiscal year #bjai1
 and out of any money in the ,treasury  
of the ,united ,states not otherwise    
appropriated1 there are hereby          

appropriated such sums as may be        
necessary for such purpose4  #c4        
,expanded ,,tanf eligibility and waiver 
of certain requirements during the      
,,covid-#ai public health emergency  7a7
 ,in general ,for each month that occurs
 on or after the date of enactment of   
this ,act during the ,,covid-#ai public 
health emergency period1 a ,state may-- 
7#a7 expand eligibility for basic       
assistance provided under a ,state      
program funded under part ,a of title   
,,iv of the ,social ,security ,act 7#db 
,u4,s4,c4 #fja et seq47 or under any    
other ,state program funded with        
qualified ,state expenditures 7as       
defined in section #dji7;a77#g77;,b77i7 
of such ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4             
#fji7;a77#g77;,b77i77 to eligible       
families described in subsection 7b72   
and  7#b7 provide all families eligible 
for basic and other assistance under    
such ,state programs 7including eligible
 families described in subsection 7b77  
with a one-time cash payment that is not

 less than #ejj and not more than #a1jjj
 per each dependent in the family4  7b7 
,eligible families ,for purposes of     
subsection 7a71 an eligible family is a 
family-- 7#a7 with children under #ah   
years of age2  7#b7 whose income during 
the ,,covid-#ai public health emergency 
period has been reduced as a result of  
,coronavirus ,disease #bjai             
7,,covid-#ai71 including due to a family
 member's exposure to1 or illness from1 
,,covid-#ai1 a quarantine imposed with  
respect to ,,covid-#ai1 or the closure  
of a family member's place of           
employment1 school1 or childcare        
facility due to ,,covid-#ai2 and  7#c7  
whose annual income does not exceed #djj
 percent of the income official poverty 
line 7as defined by the ,office of      
,management and ,budget1 and revised    
annually in accordance with section     
#fgc7b7 of the ,omnibus ,budget         
,reconciliation ,act of #aiha7          
applicable to a family of the size      
involved4  7c7 ,increased ,state family 

assistance grants  7#a7 ,in general     
,from the amounts appropriated under    
subsection 7g71 with respect to a       
,state1 the ,secretary of ,health and   
,human ,services shall increase the     
amount of the ,state family assistance  
grant payable under part ,a of title    
,,iv and section #aajh7;b7 of the       
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#fja et seq41 #acjh7;b77 for the #b;d1  
#crd1 and #dth quarters of fiscal year  
#bjbj and the #ast quarter of fiscal    
year #bjba by such amount as the        
,secretary determines is necessary to   
offset the increased expenditures of the
 ,state resulting from the enactment of 
this section4  7#b7 ,disregard from     
limitation on total payments to         
territories ,section #aajh7;a77#a7 of   
the ,social ,security ,act 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #acjh7;a77#a77 shall be       
applied without regard to amounts paid  
to a territory under this section4  7d7 
,suspension of work requirements and    
rules with respect to time limits and   

child support ,for each month that      
occurs on or after the date of enactment
 of this ,act during the ,,covid-#ai    
public health emergency period1 the     
following requirements shall be         
suspended for families receiving basic  
or other assistance 7including eligible 
families described in subsection 7b77   
under a ,state program funded under part
 ,a of title ,,iv of the ,social        
,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #fja et   
seq47 or under any other ,state program 
funded with qualified ,state            
expenditures 7as defined in section     
#dji7;a77#g77;,b77i7 of such ,act 7#db  
,u4,s4,c4 #fji7;a77#g77;,b77i7773 7#a7  
,time limits for receipt of assistance  
under section #djh7;a77#g7 of such ,act 
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #fjh7;a77#g774  7#b7     
,work requirements and determination of 
monthly participation rates under       
section #djg of such ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4
 #fjg74  7#c7 ,imposition of individual 
and ,state penalties under sections     
#djg1 #djh1 and #dji of such ,act 7#db  

,u4,s4,c4 #fjg1 #fjh1 #fji74  7#d7      
,orders to participate in work          
activities issued under section         
#dff7;a77#ae7 of such ,act 7#db         
,u4,s4,c4 #fff7;a77#ae774  7e7          
,application to tribal plans ,this      
section shall apply to an ,indian tribe 
with an approved tribal family          
assistance plan under section #dab of   
such ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #fab7 in the   
same manner as this section applies to a
 ,state4  7f7 ,,covid-#ai public health 
emergency period defined ,in this       
section1 the term ,,covid-#ai public    
health emergency period means any period
 beginning on or after the date of the  
enactment of this section and before    
,january #a1 #bjba1 that occurs during--
 7#a7 an emergency period defined in    
paragraph 7#a77;,b7 of section #aace7;g7
 of the ,social ,security ,act 7#db     
,u4,s4,c4 #acbj;b-#e7;g772  7#b7 the    
emergency involving ,federal primary    
responsibility determined to exist by   
the ,president under section #eja7;b7 of

 the ,robert ,t4 ,stafford ,disaster    
,relief and ,emergency ,assistance ,act 
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #eaia7;b77 with respect  
to the ,coronavirus ,disease #bjai      
7,,covid-#ai72  7#c7 the national       
emergency declared by the ,president    
under the ,national ,emergencies ,act   
7#ej ,u4,s4,c4 #afja et seq47 with      
respect to the ,coronavirus ,disease    
#bjai 7,,covid-#ai72 or  7#d7 a         
declaration of a state of emergency on  
the part of a ,state or ,indian tribe   
with respect to the ,coronavirus        
,disease #bjai 7,,covid-#ai74  7g7      
,appropriation ,out of any money in the 
,treasury of the ,united ,states not    
otherwise appropriated1 there are       
appropriated for the period beginning on
 the date of enactment of this ,act and 
ending on ,december #ca1 #bjbj1 such    
sums as are necessary to carry out this 
section4 ,amounts appropriated under    
this subsection are designated by the   
,congress as being for an emergency     
requirement pursuant to section         

#bea7;b77#b77;,a77i7 of the ,balanced   
,budget and ,emergency ,deficit ,control
 ,act of #aihe4