Women's Option to Raise Kids Act

Women's Option to Raise Kids Act - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to increase from 12 to 36 months the child's age limit for exemption by a state of single parents with children from TANF requirements.

[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4379 Introduced in House (IH)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4379

To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to permit States to exempt 
     single parents with children under 60 months of age from TANF 
                    participation rate requirements.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 18, 2012

  Mr. Stark (for himself, Mr. Lewis of Georgia, Ms. Moore, Ms. Lee of 
 California, Mr. McDermott, Ms. Woolsey, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. DeLauro, 
Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Jackson of Illinois, Ms. Richardson, Ms. Norton, Mr. 
Conyers, Mr. Davis of Illinois, and Mr. Rush) introduced the following 
  bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in 
addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period 
    to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for 
consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 
                          committee concerned

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title IV of the Social Security Act to permit States to exempt 
     single parents with children under 60 months of age from TANF 
                    participation rate requirements.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Women's Option to Raise Kids Act''.

SEC. 2. INCREASED AGE LIMIT FOR EXEMPTION FROM TANF PARTICIPATION RATE 
              REQUIREMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 407(b)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 607(b)(5)) is amended by striking ``12 months'' each place it 
appears and inserting ``36 months''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to fiscal years beginning after fiscal year 2012.
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