119-hr2579

[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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