HR 3459
107th Congress
House
Social Welfare
Aid to dependent children
Aliens
Cash welfare block grants
Cost of living adjustments
Families
Fines (Penalties)
Government Operations and Politics
Government publicity
Immigration
Law
Translating and interpreting
Welfare eligibility
TANF Recipients' Lifeline Act
Introduced: December 11, 2001
Introduced by:
Velázquez, Nydia M.
Democratic
· New York
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2 steps
Introduced
In committee
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Dec 11, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Dec 11, 2001
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
TANF Recipients' Lifeline Act - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) repeal the five year limit on TANF benefits; (2) require a State to which a TANF grant is made to use appropriate bilingual personnel and printed material in the administration of the State program in those portions of the State in which a substantial number of TANF recipients speak a language other than English; and (3) provide for inflation adjustment of the TANF block grant.
Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to exempt TANF benefits from the ban on Federal means-tested public benefits for qualified aliens for the first five years after lawful entry into the United States.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1