Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 120.djvu/167

 120 STAT. 136

PUBLIC LAW 109–171—FEB. 8, 2006

SEC. 7102. IMPROVED CALCULATION OF WORK PARTICIPATION RATES AND PROGRAM INTEGRITY.

Deadline.

VerDate 14-DEC-2004

10:20 Jul 12, 2007

(a) RECALIBRATION OF CASELOAD REDUCTION CREDIT.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 407(b)(3)(A) (42 U.S.C. 607(b)(3)(A)) is amended— (A) in clause (i), by inserting ‘‘or any other State program funded with qualified State expenditures (as defined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i))’’ after ‘‘this part’’; and (B) by striking clause (ii) and inserting the following: ‘‘(ii) the average monthly number of families that received assistance under any State program referred to in clause (i) during fiscal year 2005.’’. (2) CONFORMING AMENDMENT.—Section 407(b)(3)(B) (42 U.S.C. 607(b)(3)(B)) is amended by striking ‘‘and eligibility criteria’’ and all that follows through the close parenthesis and inserting ‘‘and the eligibility criteria in effect during fiscal year 2005’’. (b) INCLUSION OF FAMILIES RECEIVING ASSISTANCE UNDER SEPARATE STATE PROGRAMS IN CALCULATION OF PARTICIPATION RATES.— (1) Section 407 (42 U.S.C. 607) is amended in each of subsections (a)(1), (a)(2), (b)(1)(B)(i), (c)(2)(A)(i), (e)(1), and (e)(2), by inserting ‘‘or any other State program funded with qualified State expenditures (as defined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i))’’ after ‘‘this part’’. (2) Section 411(a)(1) (42 U.S.C. 611(a)(1)) is amended— (A) in subparagraph (A), by inserting ‘‘or any other State program funded with qualified State expenditures (as defined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i))’’ before the colon; and (B) in subparagraph (B)(ii), by inserting ‘‘and any other State programs funded with qualified State expenditures (as defined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i))’’ after ‘‘this part’’. (c) IMPROVED VERIFICATION AND OVERSIGHT OF WORK PARTICIPATION.— (1) IN GENERAL.—Section 407(i) (42 U.S.C. 607(i)) is amended to read as follows: ‘‘(i) VERIFICATION OF WORK AND WORK-ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUALS IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT REFORMS.— ‘‘(1) SECRETARIAL DIRECTION AND OVERSIGHT.— ‘‘(A) REGULATIONS FOR DETERMINING WHETHER ACTIVITIES MAY BE COUNTED AS ‘WORK ACTIVITIES’, HOW TO COUNT AND VERIFY REPORTED HOURS OF WORK, AND DETERMINING WHO IS A WORK-ELIGIBLE INDIVIDUAL.— ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than June 30, 2006, the Secretary shall promulgate regulations to ensure consistent measurement of work participation rates under State programs funded under this part and State programs funded with qualified State expenditures (as defined in section 409(a)(7)(B)(i)), which shall include information with respect to— ‘‘(I) determining whether an activity of a recipient of assistance may be treated as a work activity under subsection (d); ‘‘(II) uniform methods for reporting hours of work by a recipient of assistance;

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