Protect TANF Resources for Families Act
In committee: it can still change before the session ends.
- Stage
- In committee
- Started in
- House
- Sponsors
- 3
- Latest action
- Apr 1, 2025
What it does
The Protect TANF Resources for Families Act would amend the Social Security Act to prohibit states from using federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant funds to replace their own state or local spending on TANF-related programs, requiring instead that federal funds only supplement state and local expenditures. It mandates that state chief executives certify annually that federal TANF funds will not supplant non-federal funds for services promoting the program’s purposes. The bill also reauthorizes the TANF program through September 30, 2026, extending current funding levels and appropriations as needed from the U.S. Treasury. These changes take effect October 1,…
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Where it stands
Introduced (Done)
Committee (Current step)
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What moved
Who is involved
Sponsors
The lawmakers who put their names on it, lead sponsors first.
Where it goes next
While a bill can still move, the questions are about people and money.