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MI HCR0056
Concurrent Resolution
Status
5/4/2010
Primary Sponsor
Rashida Tlaib
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AI Summary
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Calls on Congress to expedite reauthorization of the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) Emergency Contingency Fund before its September 30, 2010 expiration date.
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Requests inclusion of President Obama's proposal to extend the TANF Emergency Fund for one year and modestly expand it as part of pending jobs legislation.
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Identifies the TANF Emergency Contingency Fund as an effective job creation program created in 2009 through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that has subsidized jobs for over 100,000 low-income parents and young adults.
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Notes the program subsidizes only partial job wages with low administrative costs, enabling economic stimulus in both urban and rural communities while helping families meet household needs.
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Directs transmission of the resolution to the President of the U.S. Senate, Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, and Michigan's congressional delegation.
Legislative Description
A concurrent resolution to memorialize Congress to take urgent steps to expedite the reauthorization of the funding for the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Emergency Contingency Fund.
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Emergency F
Last Action
Referred To Committee On Appropriations
5/5/2010