HR 4236
107th Congress
House
Social Welfare
Aid to dependent children
Cash welfare block grants
Child care block grants
Economics and Public Finance
Families
Federal aid to child welfare
Federal aid to territories
Federal-territorial relations
Foster home care
Government Operations and Politics
Guam
Health
Intergovernmental fiscal relations
Medicaid
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Welfare eligibility
To provide access to welfare tools to help Americans get back to work.
Introduced: April 16, 2002
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Apr 16, 2002
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Apr 16, 2002
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to make Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, and Guam eligible for: (1) the TANF supplemental grant for population increases; (2) the TANF contingency fund; and (3) child care entitlement funds.
Amends SSA title XI to: (1) disregard foster care payments to Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, and Guam for purposes of the limitation of total payments to each territory; and (2) exempt Medicaid (SSA title XIX) transitional medical assistance in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam from the current Medicaid cap on spending.
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Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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