S.1461: A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from imposing penalties against a State under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program for failure to satisfy minimum work participation rates or comply with work participation verif

About This Bill

  • This bill was introduced in the 110th Congress
  • This bill is primarily about families
  • Introduced May 23, 2007
  • Latest Major Action May 23, 2007

Bill Summary

Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services for a specified period from reducing the state family assistance grant to or imposing other penalties against a state under part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)) of title IV of the Social Security Act for failure to satisfy minimum work participation rates or comply with work participation verification procedures.Specifies such period as the months from October 2006 through...

(Source: Library of Congress)

Bill Actions

Date Description
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 23, 2007

Introduced in the Senate by John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.)

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