Improving Employment Outcomes of TANF Recipients Act
Latest action · Jun 28, 2016 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 500.
Progress
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- IntroducedJul 7, 2015
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Improving Employment Outcomes of TANF Recipients Act
(Sec. 2) This bill amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to replace the current program of bonus grants for high performing states with a program requiring each state to collect and report information necessary to measure the state's level of performance for FY2018 and each ensuing fiscal year for each employment percentage, retention percentage, and earnings advancement measure for adults in unsubsidized employment after exiting the TANF program (indicators). The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) shall use the information collected for FY2018 to establish the baseline level of performance of each state for each indicator.
The state shall reach agreement with HHS: (1) on the requisite level of performance for each indicator for FY2019-FY2020; and (2) before FY2021 on the requisite level of performance for each indicator for that fiscal year.
HHS shall revise the requisite levels of performance for a fiscal year and a state to reflect the actual economic conditions and characteristics of participants.
HHS shall use an objective statistical model to make such performance level adjustments, and shall consult with the Department of Labor to develop a statistical adjustment model similar to one described in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.
HHS shall also develop a template which each state shall use to report on outcomes achieved under the new program or any other state program funded with qualified state expenditures.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jul 7, 2015Markup May 24, 2016Reported Jun 28, 2016 |
| Work and Welfare Subcommittee | Referred Jul 10, 2015 |
Actions 7
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 28, 2016Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Ways and Means. H. Rept. 114-648.
- Jun 28, 2016Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 500.
- May 24, 2016Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held.
- May 24, 2016Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 23 - 12.
- Jul 10, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
- Jul 7, 2015Introduced in House
- Jul 7, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H4017 | Lloyd Doggett D-TX | Jun 21, 2016 |
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Jun 2, 2016H.R. 2952, Improving Employment Outcomes of TANF Recipients ActAs ordered reported by the House Committee on Ways and Means on May 24, 2016
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 104, July 7, 2015, page H4861.
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | WELFARE REFORM PROPOSALS390 pages | Ways and Means Committee | Jul 15, 2015 |
| Serial No. 114-4 | EXAMINING THE PRESIDENT'S CYBERSECURITY INFORMATION-SHARING PROPOSAL59 pages | Homeland Security Committee | Feb 25, 2015 |
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R44518 | The Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Block Grant Legislation in the 114th Congress Archived | Report | Jan 25, 2017 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide payments to States for increasing the employment, job retention, and earnings of former TANF recipients.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Improving Employment Outcomes of TANF Recipients Act
- Short Titles as Reported to House
- Improving Employment Outcomes of TANF Recipients Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 28, 2016Reported in House
- Jul 7, 2015Introduced in House
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