S.Amdt. 2993

SA 2993. Mr. ROCKEFELLER (for himself and Mrs. Lincoln) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the bill H.R. 4, to reauthorize and improve the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families, improve access to quality child care, and for other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

On page 217, between lines 9 and 10, insert the following:

(g) State Option for Exclusion of Certain Recipients From the Determination of Monthly Participation Rates.--Section 407(b)(1)(B) (42 U.S.C. 607(b)(1)(B)) is amended--

(1) in clause (i), by inserting “, but not including any family for which the State has exercised the option described in clause (ii)(I)” before the semicolon; and

(2) in clause (ii)--

(A) in subclause (I), by inserting “, but (at State option for all such families or on a case-by-case basis) not including families for which the adult or minor child head of household who received assistance during the month was subsequently determined eligible for supplemental security income benefits under title XVI during the fiscal year” before the semicolon; and

(B) in subclause (II), by inserting “and (if the State elected the option described in subclause (I)) not including families for which the adult or minor child head of household who received assistance during the month was subsequently determined eligible for supplemental security income benefits under title XVI during the fiscal year” before the period.