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118THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. R. 479
To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to target additional child
care funds by allocating to States based on the number of children
in poverty, and for other purposes.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY24, 2023
Mrs. M
ILLERof West Virginia introduced the following bill; which was
referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to target
additional child care funds by allocating to States based
on the number of children in poverty, and for other
purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Targeting Child Care 4
Funds Based on Poverty Act of 2023’’. 5
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SEC. 2. DISTRIBUTION OF ADDITIONAL MATCHING FUNDS 1
BASED ON SHARE OF CHILDREN IN POVERTY. 2
Section 418(a)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 3
U.S.C. 618(a)(2)(B)) is amended— 4
(1) by striking all that precedes ‘‘total’’ and in-5
serting the following: 6
‘‘(B) A
LLOTMENTS TO STATES .— 7
‘‘(i) I
N GENERAL.—Except as pro-8
vided in clause (ii), the’’; and 9
(2) by adding after and below the end the fol-10
lowing: 11
‘‘(ii) S
PECIAL RULE.—To the extent 12
that the total amount referred to in clause 13
(i) for fiscal year 2024 or for any suc-14
ceeding fiscal year exceeds the total 15
amount so referred to for fiscal year 2022, 16
the excess shall be allotted among the 17
States based on the share of each State of 18
the number of children in poverty who 19
have not attained 13 years of age.’’. 20
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