HR 2991
114th Congress
House
Social Welfare
Child care and development
Elementary and secondary education
Employment and training programs
Poverty and welfare assistance
Vocational and technical education
Preparing More Welfare Recipients for Work Act
Everywhere this bill has been
4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 16, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Jul 14, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Jul 9, 2015
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.
Jul 9, 2015
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
Preparing More Welfare Recipients for Work Act
This bill amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act with respect to mandatory work requirements to:
- eliminate the requirement that recipients participate in certain core work activities not fewer than 20 hours per week, as well as separate requirements for two-parent families;
- allow states to receive partial credit for certain families participating for less than the minimum hours required for purposes of calculating the monthly participation rate;
- give states the option to apply an alternative work participation rate calculation;
- revise requirements for counting job search as work;
- modify the rule deeming an individual to meet work participation requirements by attending secondary school;
- require a state to meet individuals participating for three months in job readiness assistance and certify whether continued participation is necessary to prepare them for employment;
- replace with job readiness assistance as a separate work activity the currently recognized work activity of providing child care services to a participant in a community service program; and
- increase from 12 to 24 months the maximum period that vocational educational training counts as a work activity.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2991: Preparing More Welfare Recipients for Work Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-2991/
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