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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1859 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To require income from the first year of an apprenticeship to be disregarded |
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| 6 | 6 | | in determining eligibility for assistance under the program of block grants |
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| 7 | 7 | | to States for temporary assistance for needy families. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | MARCH5, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Ms. D |
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| 11 | 11 | | ELBENE(for herself, Ms. SA´NCHEZ, Ms. SEWELL, and Ms. STRICK- |
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| 12 | 12 | | LAND) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee |
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| 13 | 13 | | on Ways and Means |
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| 14 | 14 | | A BILL |
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| 15 | 15 | | To require income from the first year of an apprenticeship |
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| 16 | 16 | | to be disregarded in determining eligibility for assistance |
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| 17 | 17 | | under the program of block grants to States for tem- |
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| 18 | 18 | | porary assistance for needy families. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 20 | 20 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Apprenticeship Oppor-4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | tunity Act’’. 5 |
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| 27 | 27 | | SEC. 2. REQUIREMENT TO DISREGARD INCOME FROM 1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | FIRST YEAR OF AN APPRENTICESHIP IN DE-2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | TERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE 3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | UNDER THE TANF PROGRAM. 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (a) R |
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| 32 | 32 | | EQUIREMENT.—Section 408(a) of the Social Se-5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | curity Act (42 U.S.C. 608(a)) is amended by adding at 6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | the end the following: 7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | ‘‘(13) R |
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| 36 | 36 | | EQUIREMENT TO DISREGARD INCOME 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | FROM 1ST YEAR OF AN APPRENTICESHIP IN DETER -9 |
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| 38 | 38 | | MINING ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE .—A State to 10 |
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| 39 | 39 | | which a grant is made under section 403 shall dis-11 |
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| 40 | 40 | | regard all income received on account of the 1st year 12 |
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| 41 | 41 | | of an apprenticeship registered under the Act of Au-13 |
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| 42 | 42 | | gust 16, 1937 (commonly known as the ‘National 14 |
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| 43 | 43 | | Apprenticeship Act’; 50 Stat. 664, chapter 663; 29 15 |
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| 44 | 44 | | U.S.C. 50 et seq.), in determining the eligibility of 16 |
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| 45 | 45 | | the recipient for assistance under the State program 17 |
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| 46 | 46 | | funded under this part.’’. 18 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (b) P |
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| 48 | 48 | | ENALTY FOR VIOLATION.—Section 409(a) of 19 |
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| 49 | 49 | | such Act (42 U.S.C. 609(a)) is amended by adding at the 20 |
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| 50 | 50 | | end the following: 21 |
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| 51 | 51 | | ‘‘(17) P |
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| 52 | 52 | | ENALTY FOR NOT DISREGARDING IN -22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | COME FROM 1ST YEAR OF AN APPRENTICESHIP IN 23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | DETERMINING ELIGIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE .—If 24 |
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| 55 | 55 | | the Secretary determines that a State to which a 25 |
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| 56 | 56 | | grant is made under section 403 in a fiscal year has 26 |
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| 59 | 59 | | •HR 1859 IH |
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| 60 | 60 | | violated section 408(a)(13) during the fiscal year, 1 |
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| 61 | 61 | | the Secretary shall reduce the grant payable to the 2 |
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| 62 | 62 | | State under section 403(a)(1) for the immediately 3 |
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| 63 | 63 | | succeeding fiscal year by an amount equal to 1 per-4 |
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| 64 | 64 | | cent of the State family assistance grant.’’. 5 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (c) E |
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| 66 | 66 | | FFECTIVEDATE.—The amendments made by 6 |
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| 67 | 67 | | this section shall take effect on the 1st day of the 1st Fed-7 |
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| 68 | 68 | | eral fiscal year that begins after the date of the enactment 8 |
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| 69 | 69 | | of this Act. 9 |
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