Improving Transparency in TANF through Data Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 1469 To amend title IV–A of the Social Security Act, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES FEBRUARY 28, 2019 Mr. SCHWEIKERT (for himself, Mr. GOSAR, and Mr. GAETZ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To amend title IV–A of the Social Security Act, 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 ‘‘Improving Trans- 4 parency in TANF through Data Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. ALIGNING AND IMPROVING DATA REPORTING. 6 (a) REQUIRE STATES TO REPORT FULL-POPU- 7 LATION DATA.—Section 411(a)(1) of the Social Security 8 Act (42 U.S.C. 611(a)(1)) is amended— 9 (1) by striking subparagraph (B); 10 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:34 Mar 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1469.IH H1469 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 1469 IH (2) by striking ‘‘(1) GENERAL REPORTING RE- 1 QUIREMENT.—’’; and 2 (3) by— 3 (A) redesignating— 4 (i) subparagraph (A) as paragraph 5 (1); 6 (ii) clauses (i) through (xvii) of sub- 7 paragraph (A) as subparagraphs (A) 8 through (Q), respectively; 9 (iii) subclauses (I) through (V) of 10 clause (ii) as clauses (i) through (v), re- 11 spectively; 12 (iv) subclauses (I) through (VII) of 13 clause (xi) as clauses (i) through (vii), re- 14 spectively; and 15 (v) subclauses (I) through (V) of 16 clause (xvi) as clauses (i) through (v), re- 17 spectively; and 18 (B) moving each such redesignated provi- 19 sion 2 ems to the left. 20 (b) REPORTING OF PARTICIPATION IN WORK OR 21 WORK PREPARATION ACTIVITIES.—Section 411(a)(1) of 22 such Act (42 U.S.C. 611(a)(1)), as amended by subsection 23 (a) of this section, is amended by striking subparagraphs 24 (K) and (L) and inserting the following: 25 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:34 Mar 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1469.IH H1469 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 1469 IH ‘‘(K) The work eligibility status of each in- 1 dividual in the family, and— 2 ‘‘(i) in the case of each work-eligible 3 individual in the family— 4 ‘‘(I) the number of hours (includ- 5 ing zero hours) per month of partici- 6 pation in— 7 ‘‘(aa) work activities (as de- 8 fined in section 407(d)); and 9 ‘‘(bb) any other activity re- 10 quired by the State to remove a 11 barrier to employment.; and 12 ‘‘(ii) in the case of each individual in 13 the family who is not a work-eligible indi- 14 vidual, the reason for that status. 15 ‘‘(L) For each work-eligible individual and 16 each adult in the family who did not participate 17 in work activities (as so defined) during a 18 month, the reason for the lack of participa- 19 tion.’’. 20 (c) REPORTING TO DETERMINE INFORMATION ON 21 EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS OUTCOMES.—Section 22 411(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 611(c)) is amended to read 23 as follows: 24 VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:34 Mar 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H1469.IH H1469 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS 4 •HR 1469 IH ‘‘(c) REPORTING TO DETERMINE INFORMATION ON 1 EMPLOYMENT AND EARNINGS OUTCOMES.—The Sec- 2 retary, in consultation with the Secretary of Labor, shall 3 determine the information that is necessary to compute 4 the employment and earnings outcomes and the statistical 5 adjustment model for the employment and earnings out- 6 comes required under section 407, and each eligible State 7 shall collect and report that information to the Sec- 8 retary.’’. 9 SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 10 The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 11 on October 1, 2019. 12 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 02:34 Mar 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00004 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H1469.IH H1469 pbinns on DSK79D2C42PROD with BILLS