Sec. 100303. Emergency flexibility for State TANF programs
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Sections 407(a), 407(e)(1), and 408(a)(7)(A) of the Social Security Act shall have no force or effect during the applicable period, and paragraphs (3), (9), (14), and
(15)of section 409(a) of such Act shall not apply with respect to conduct engaged in during the period. The minimum work participation requirements and time limits established under section 412(c) of the Social Security Act shall have no force or effect during the applicable period, and the penalties established under such section shall not apply with respect to conduct engaged in during the period. If the Secretary of Health and Human Services finds that a State or an Indian tribe has imposed a work requirement as a condition of receiving assistance, or a time limit on the provision of assistance, under a program funded under part A of title IV of the Social Security Act or any program funded with qualified State expenditures (as defined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i) of such Act) during the applicable period, or has imposed a penalty for failure to comply with a work requirement during the period, the Secretary shall reduce the grant payable to the State under section 403(a)(1) of such Act or the grant payable to the tribe under section 412(a)(1) of such Act, as the case may be, for fiscal year 2021 by an amount equal to 5 percent of the State or tribal family assistance grant, as the case may be. For purposes of section 409(d) of the Social Security Act, paragraph
(1)of this subsection shall be considered to be included in section 409(a) of such Act. In this section: The term applicable period means the period that begins on March 1, 2020, and ends January 31, 2021. The term work requirement means a requirement to engage in a work activity (as defined in section 407(d) of the Social Security Act)or other work-related activity as defined by a State or tribal program funded under part A of title IV of such Act. Each other term has the meaning given the term in section 419 of the Social Security Act.