United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 2991 (114th)
Preparing More Welfare Recipients for Work Act
Introduced
9 July 2015
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Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
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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.
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Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 9 July 2015
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Introduced in House · EN · 9 July 2015
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 9 July 2015
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/2991
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/2991