H.R.4692: To make any State whose child poverty rate increases by 5 percent or more in a fiscal year ineligible for a high performance bonus for the next fiscal year under the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families.

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Bill Summary

Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to make any State with an increase in child poverty of five percent or more in a fiscal year ineligible for a high performance bonus for the next fiscal year.

(Source: Library of Congress)

Bill Actions

Date Description
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Oct. 2, 1998

Introduced in the House by Edolphus Towns (D-N.Y.)

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