H.R. 3151: Promoting Assistance with Transitional Help Act

113th Congress · introduced 2013-09-19 · Social Welfare · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Where it came from: introduced 2013-09-19 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

Promoting Assistance with Transitional Help Act

Plain summary

Promoting Assistance with Transitional Help Act - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act, with respect to the state maintenance of effort required to avoid a reduction in its TANF grant, to include as qualified state expenditures transitional cash assistance provided for up to one year to otherwise eligible families who have exceeded the five-year limitation on TANF assistance. Specifies as transitional cash assistance an amount necessary to replace the loss of any food assistance, rent assistance, low-income energy assistance, and childcare assistance lost as a result of increased family income from earnings or child support payments.

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Official text

Promoting Assistance with Transitional Help Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Reed, Tom [R-NY-23] · 4 cosponsors

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Mike Kelly (R-PA), Todd Young (R-IN)

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-113hr3151.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/113/hr>

Record fed-us-cong113-hr3151 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong113 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong113