[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2579 Introduced in House (IH)]
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119th CONGRESS
1st Session
H. R. 2579
To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to allow States
to transfer a limited amount of funds provided under the program of
block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families, for
use under title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
April 1, 2025
Mr. Smucker (for himself and Ms. Van Duyne) introduced the following
bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
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A BILL
To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to allow States
to transfer a limited amount of funds provided under the program of
block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families, for
use under title I of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.
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 ``Reduce Duplication and Improve
Access to Work Act''.
SEC. 2. ALLOWING TRANSFERS TO SUPPORT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT.
(a) In General.--Section 404(d) of the Social Security Act (42
U.S.C. 604(d)) is amended--
(1) in paragraph (1), by adding at the end the following:
``(C) Title I of the Workforce Innovation and
Opportunity Act.'';
(2) in paragraph (2)--
(A) in the heading, by striking ``subtitle 1'' and
inserting ``subtitle a''; and
(B) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``subtitle 1''
and inserting ``subtitle A''; and
(3) in paragraph (3)--
(A) in subparagraph (B)--
(i) in the heading, by striking ``1 of
title xx'' and inserting ``a of title xx and
title i of wioa''; and
(ii) by striking ``1 of title XX'' and
inserting ``A of title XX or title I of the
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act''; and
(B) by adding at the end the following:
``(C) Funds transferred to title i of wioa
program.--
``(i) Limitation on reservation of funds.--
In the case of funds transferred under
paragraph (1)(C) of this subsection, not more
than 15 percent of the funds shall be reserved
for statewide workforce investment activities
referred to in section 128(a)(1) of the
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act.
``(ii) Submission of combined state plan
under wioa.--If a State intends to transfer
funds under paragraph (1)(C) of this
subsection, the State shall--
``(I) submit to the Secretary and
the Secretary of Labor a combined State
plan pursuant to section 103 of the
Workforce Innovation and Opportunity
Act that covers the State program to be
carried out pursuant to this part; and
``(II) in doing so, apply section
102(c)(3) of such Act to the programs
referred to in section 103(a)(2)(B) of
such Act covered by the combined
plan.''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall
take effect on October 1, 2026.
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