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S 671 105th Congress Senate Social Welfare Aid to dependent children Cash welfare block grants Crime and Law Enforcement Economics and Public Finance Families Family violence Government Operations and Politics Labor and Employment Victims of crimes Welfare eligibility Welfare recipients Welfare waivers Welfare work participation

A bill to clarify the family violence option under the temporary assistance to needy families program.

Introduced: April 30, 1997 See on congress.gov
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Apr 30, 1997
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Apr 30, 1997
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S3846-3847)
Apr 30, 1997
Introduced in Senate
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends title IV part A (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) (TANF) of the Social Security Act with respect to optional State certification that it has established and is enforcing standards and procedures to waive, for good cause, certain TANF program requirements for recipients with a history of domestic violence where compliance with such requirements would make it more difficult for the recipient to escape domestic violence. Declares that: (1) a State shall not be subject to numerical limitation in the granting of good cause waivers to victims of domestic violence; and (2) an individual granted such a good cause waiver shall not be counted in determinations of a State's compliance with certain participation rate requirements, or for purposes of determining penalties for certain State program failures.

What's happening now April 30, 1997

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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