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Code · BILL · 113th Congress · H.R. 814 (Introduced in House) — To reauthorize and amend the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families and relate... · Sec. 8

Sec. 8. Prohibition on imposing limit of less than 60 months on duration of assistance

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Section 408(a)(7) (42 U.S.C. 608(a)(7)) is amended— in the paragraph heading, by striking and inserting No assistance for more than 5 years ; Durational limits on assistance in the heading for subparagraph (A), by striking and inserting In general ; and No assistance for more than 5 years by adding at the end the following: A State to which a grant is made under section 403 shall not impose a limit of less than 60 months on the duration for which a family may be provided assistance from Federal or State funds under the State program funded under this part or under a program funded with qualified State expenditures (as defined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)). .
The heading of section 409(a)(9) ( 42 U.S.C. 609(a)(9) ) is amended by striking and inserting 5-year limit . rules governing durational limits Section 408(a) ( 42 U.S.C. 608(a) ), as amended by section 7(d)(1) of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following: A State to which a grant is made under section 403 for a fiscal year that, before the effective date of this paragraph, denied assistance under the State program funded under this part or any other State program funded by qualified State expenditures (as defined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)) to an individual or family on the basis of a durational limit on the assistance that was imposed other than under section 408(a)(7) shall conduct outreach to inform individuals and families who were so denied that they may be eligible for additional months of the assistance. .
Section 409(a) ( 42 U.S.C. 609(a) ), as amended by sections 5(c)(2)(A) and 7(d)(1) of this Act, is amended by adding at the end the following: If the Secretary determines that a State to which a grant is made under section 403 in a fiscal year has violated section 408(a)(15) during the fiscal year, the Secretary shall reduce the grant payable to the State under section 403(a)(1) for the immediately succeeding fiscal year by an amount equal to 5 percent of the State family assistance grant. .
Section 402(a)(1)(B) ( 42 U.S.C. 602(a)(1)(B) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: In the case of a State that, before the date this clause takes effect, denied assistance under the program to an individual or family on the basis of a durational limit on the assistance that was imposed other than under section 408(a)(7), the document shall describe how the State intends to inform the individuals and families who were so denied that they may be eligible for additional months of the assistance. .
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